"Humph, do you think you can make it in time?"
Koya sneered inwardly and swung the sword in his hand without hesitation. A streak of sword light shot straight up into the sky!
"Damn it! I'm a transmigrator! How could I possibly be killed by a nobody like you?"
Luo Sa roared furiously in his heart. At that moment, he held nothing back and summoned every ability he had.
Transform!
Life Return!
His still-incomplete Conqueror's Haki!
He called upon every ability he could think of.
All for the slimmest chance of survival!
As everything came together, it seemed to fulfill some kind of condition.
A brilliant burst of white light suddenly erupted from Winged Gull.
Boom!
Koya's sword struck the white light with a thunderous crash, but was instantly deflected!
"What?"
"Hm? What happened?"
"That white light, and the power surging from within it—is that the power of a Devil Fruit?"
All the officers, Garp included, halted in midair. Their expressions shifted as they watched the constantly changing mass of white light.
As the light faded, a bird appeared in midair. It had an enormous yellow beak, a white body, and a blue head. It looked remarkably like Winged Gull.
"Winged Gull evolved... into Pelipper!"
Luo Sa was overcome with excitement as he looked himself over. A sensation several times stronger than before surged through him.
"What is that?"
"Although it looks a little unusual, it still seems to be a seagull?"
"Another form of the Ancient Zoan Archaeopteryx Fruit?"
"It seems to have broken through in the middle of the fight. That feeling... it's so powerful!"
The spectators cried out in astonishment. But after seeing the Archaeopteryx earlier, they weren't particularly confused.
"A breakthrough in the middle of battle?"
"That guy really is lucky!"
Koya's expression darkened. He was