But now was not the time to look at any of that. Everyone turned their eyes to the sky and froze. That unchanging black dot was still there. So Chen Fan really had been behind that explosion. Many people had hoped Chen Fan and Kaido would perish together, because that would have been the best outcome for them. Both Chen Fan and Kaido were far too dangerous; their very existence threatened this world.
Yet no one had expected Chen Fan to still be alive after such an impact. He had been at the center of the explosion. Soon, people noticed a change: the wings on Chen Fan's back had shrunk by several times. It seemed the explosion had affected Chen Fan as well. They just did not know how severe the effects were, whether his strength had greatly declined, or what the outcome would be if they attacked him now. All of those matters needed careful consideration.
At that moment, a tiny white snake only five centimeters long stared at Chen Fan from the ground with murder in its eyes. A minuscule horn protruded from its small white head. This was Kaido, the world's strongest creature. That did not mean he was truly unmatched in strength, but that he possessed a vitality beyond anyone's imagination. A life force even greater than a Logia's elementalization was his ultimate trump card.
"Damn it! I have to start devouring all over again. My powerful body... I spent years painstakingly building it, and that bastard destroyed it all! Still, that explosion was not entirely bad. Misfortune turned into a blessing—I actually evolved completely into the ancient Sky-Swallowing Beast... White Scale. Now I will not be limited to devouring Zoan Devil Fruit Users. I can devour every living creature in the world! And this time,