At Marine G-1 Base, the monsters' battle had only just begun.
Fleet Admiral Buddha Sengoku was, like Bright, a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user.
The Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu granted him immense physical enhancements and the ability to unleash shockwaves at will.
On top of that, the man possessed Conqueror's Haki. Empowered by both forms of Haki, the shockwaves he unleashed could easily pierce mountains and blow away towns.
The incoming shockwaves were about to extinguish every flame wrapped around Bright's body in an instant.
They even continuously passed through Bright's body, trying to bypass his formidable outer defenses and damage him from within.
But it was pointless. His insides were just as tough as Black's surface.
Still, it would have been far too wasteful to let Fleet Admiral Sengoku blow out the Flame Dragon he had worked so hard to create.
Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki spread out, wrapping around the flames that had almost taken on physical form.
The golden Flame Dragon turned pitch-black in that instant, with thick black lightning coiling around it.
Now, the oncoming shockwaves could no longer do anything to Bright.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku, transformed into a gigantic golden Buddha, could not help but narrow his eyes. "This guy! What terrifying Haki!"
"Now leave it to me!!"
Ryokugyu laughed loudly. Having transformed into a gigantic plant man, he suddenly drove both arms into the ground.
Then, from the ground in Bright's path, countless trees and vines twisted upward, surging toward Bright like tentacles.
As a Marine Admiral, Ryokugyu's strength was unquestionably up to standard. The trees he created possessed extraordinary toughness and strength, not something ordinary people could break free from easily.
But the instant they touched the black Flame Dragon, the trees and vines that should have been incomparably tough turned