Mousse lifted a foot and lightly stomped the ground. The earth, packed rock-hard by countless Giants over thousands of years, was instantly crushed into a massive footprint dozens of meters deep. Soil and stone around its edges heaved high into the air, riddled with cracks, making it look just like a meteor crater!
The violent tremor caused by that stomp left every Giant present unable to keep their footing. The first one to move lost his balance with one leg raised and crashed down in a daze. Prince Loki, who had been shrunk down, instead benefited from the misfortune and stood the most steadily, leaving his expression somewhat complicated.
Yet Mousse, who had caused such a shocking scene, still felt somewhat regretful. He could only grow this large, so calling it "Heavenly Phenomenon" was really a stretch. At best, it was merely a shrunken version.
Forget comparing it to the boastful "ten thousand zhang tall" in Journey to the West—even the actual dimensions netizens had calculated from Bull Demon King's supposedly literal, rather than exaggerated, true form—"five hundred to one thousand zhang tall"—were far greater than Mousse's current size. After all, Bull Demon King's eight-hundred-zhang body had already left Monkey helpless.
It probably isn't that this world can't contain something larger. After all, there are colossal creatures like Zunesha and Ancient Weapons. It's still because I'm not strong enough, so this is as far as I can go?
Mousse could not help laughing helplessly at the thought. Having his strength judged by mental power had already given him an enormous advantage. If it were judged by vitality like most Devil Fruit abilities, then this awakened ability of his would be complete trash!
That said, vitality did have some effect. Even the Book-Book Fruit consumed physical stamina when using its awakened