Ares's heart was filled with joy.
He had always worried that seawater would become his "natural enemy," because it was universally acknowledged across the seas that seawater countered Devil Fruit users.
However...
Ares could still maintain his Devil Fruit's abilities and characteristics even in seawater!
In his Azure Dragon Form, he was practically in his element while swimming through the seawater.
"Even if I can't use my flames in seawater, with the toughness of my body and my ability to breathe underwater..."
"There's no one in the sea who can defeat me!"
Ares was extremely confident about this.
His enormous dragon tail swayed as the Azure Dragon he had transformed into began swimming freely across the seabed, moving no slower than the naturally powerful Fish-Man Race.
He swam through the sea like a fish roaming freely wherever it pleased.
Ares thought of the swimming techniques he had learned from the Fish-Man Race's Sebastian, as well as some of the Fish-Man Race's special combat techniques.
An excited glint flashed through his enormous dragon eyes.
With his powerful body and the combat skills of the Fish-Man Race...
He could definitely dominate these seas and become the lord of the ocean!!!
In the sea—I'm invincible!
Ares, transformed into an Azure Dragon, swam rapidly toward the surface like a terrifying Sea King behemoth. Although seawater had drained most of the strength from his body,
for Ares, who could breathe underwater, even the slightest bit of strength was enough to let him swim freely through the ocean.
Boom!!
Ares's enormous, ferocious dragon head broke through the surface, sending up a surging splash.
"Roar!!!"
"Zephyr, our battle isn't over yet!!!"
His voice rang out in an extremely excited, joyous shout as his several-hundred-meter-long dragon body emerged from the sea.
The moment he broke the surface,
Ares