The barrier disappeared.
Ares pounced at once. With a clean punch, he sent Charcoal Higurashi flying, then reached out and grabbed the box.
After seeing the Devil Fruit with eight leaves, he confirmed that this was...
Zoan · Snake-Snake Fruit · Mythical Zoan · Yamata no Orochi Form!!
Unable to contain his delight, he thought, As expected, it's the Yamata no Orochi Form. Such a powerful Mythical Zoan was truly wasted on Kurozumi Orochi!
"If it had been another powerful fighter, they absolutely wouldn't have let this Mythical Zoan Fruit become nothing more than a useless extra..."
Memories and scenes related to Kurozumi Orochi immediately surfaced in Ares's mind.
That man's combat power could only be described as trash. His personal strength was extremely weak.
Even after obtaining the Mythical Zoan—the Yamata no Orochi—he had done almost nothing to develop the Devil Fruit's abilities.
As a result...
Such a powerful Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit had been completely wasted by that useless Kurozumi Orochi!!
Ares knew very well...
The Mythical Zoan: Yamata no Orochi Form possessed a full eight lives, and each head had its own independent consciousness.
Used for cultivation or combat, these were all incredibly powerful abilities that could greatly enhance the eater's strength.
An idea also sprang up in Ares's mind. "Now that Kaido and I are both Mythical Zoan ability users, plus this third Mythical Zoan—the Yamata no Orochi Form..."
"Perhaps one day, I might be able to create a pirate crew made entirely of Mythical Zoan users!!"
Even if he couldn't make every member a Mythical Zoan user, having quite a few Mythical Zoan members would still be enough.
The combat power of such a pirate crew would undoubtedly be unprecedentedly powerful. Surpassing the Rocks Pirates wouldn't be a dream!!
After all...
Having fused with the