World-Destroying Dragon Orb

"Th-this is still the Azure Dragon?!"

As Houka's enormous dragon head appeared, its deep-set eyes and majestic horns made Imu's layered pupils tremble involuntarily.

Imu gripped the long-handled serpentine blade and retreated hundreds of meters without meaning to, as though facing a natural enemy even more terrifying than Sun God Nika.

Kozuki Houka's strength and presence still fell short of Joy Boy's at his peak.

But that instinctive shudder, born of body and soul,

told Imu that the new form Houka had revealed was on an entirely higher level than Sun God Nika's power.

Could a God-level ability superior to both Imu's Devil Fruit power and the Sun God's power really exist?

Had Imu known the Azure Dragon's potential was so immense, Imu would have mobilized the entire World Government to hunt down that Devil Fruit long ago.

How could a God-level Devil Fruit like that be allowed to remain out in the world?

"This is the Ancestral Dragon!"

"The first dragon born at the dawn of creation! Ancestor of all dragons!"

The moment Houka's colossal Ancestral Dragon form spoke, the space above the entire sea shuddered.

Clouds churned overhead, and endless waves surged across the sea...

"The Ancestral Dragon? Now that's a powerful name!"

"Loki, it sounds much better than your Nidhogg!"

Rocks laughed freely at Loki beside him. Houka's power had given him a glimmer of hope that they could defeat Imu today.

"Hmph! You'd better decide whether you can bear to give Imu's Devil Fruit power to Houka!"

Loki snorted coldly. He already treated Imu's defeat and the theft of that power as a certainty.

"Wahahaha! If Houka wants it, I'll give it to him!"

Rocks waved a hand, unconcerned. Only if Houka didn't want it would he consider giving Imu's power to his son Teach.

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