Dimon and Stussy stopped in unison and looked toward the source of the voice.
"Saturn," Jaygarcia Saturn Saint, was the only one of the Five Elders whose name he remembered.
"An encounter? No, it seemed like he had been waiting for me." Dimon chuckled. "Good afternoon, old man Saturn."
Stussy took a step back and moved in front of Dimon protectively, then stared at Saturn without a word.
Saturn snorted. His gaze swept past Dimon before he suddenly glared at Stussy.
His eyes glowed red.
The next moment, bang!
Stussy's head was struck by an invisible force, and she fell straight backward.
Dimon turned to look. The girl's face had been smashed into a bloody mess.
The spilled blood seemed to possess a life of its own as it returned to her body, and her wounds healed in the blink of an eye.
Stussy covered her face and stood up, glaring at Dimon indignantly.
"Didn't you say you'd protect me? That hurt like hell!"
Dimon spread his hands. "How was I supposed to protect you from someone killing with a look?"
Although he knew about Evil Eye and had indeed had a chance to save her, she would not die anyway. He might as well let Stussy suffer a little and see how powerful the move was.
He had to admit, the move looked pretty cool. Could he learn it by devouring Saturn?
Stussy clearly had not calmed down. She lightly punched Dimon, then glared furiously at Saturn atop the slope.
"You rotten old man! You ruined my makeup!"
Pain was something she could endure, but the makeup she had painstakingly applied was not to be desecrated.
Did he know how long it took to put on makeup?!
Saturn remained calm, merely narrowing his eyes as he observed her. Just as the intelligence said, an immortal body...
Dimon ignored Stussy and walked toward the slope. His right hand clenched into a fist and turned pitch-black.
"Dimon, no matter what your Rocks Pirates came here to do, I can grant you the status of a Celestial Dragon and let you join the Holy Knights. What do you say?"
Saturn spoke calmly.
He had specifically come here to recruit him.
Dimon moved in a flash, closing in like lightning before driving his charged fist into Saturn's face.
"Not much sincerity there, old man!"
Bang!!
The heavy punch caved in Saturn's entire face.
High-level Armament Haki—internal destruction!
Saturn's face twisted as he was violently sent flying like a ball. He crashed through several trees, bounced and rolled across the ground, and only came to a stop after slamming into a rock wall.
"Nice one, Dimon~"
Stussy clapped enthusiastically, giving him plenty of emotional support. "So handsome! Hit him harder!"
Dimon ignored her and continued walking toward Saturn.
"If you want to recruit me, show some sincerity first. Give me ten Devil Fruits."
"You insolent bastard!"
Saturn rose to his feet with blood all over his face, his wounds rapidly vanishing as well.
He stared sharply at Dimon, his eyes narrowing as red light flickered within them.
Evil Eye!
Dimon tilted his head slightly, evading the attack as he pounced toward Saturn like a leopard, then swept out with a kick.
Bang!!
The powerful kick snapped Saturn's cane and struck him like a steel whip.
Saturn was kicked away again, his entire body plastered against the rock wall behind him like a painting.
"You think the same move will work on me a second time right in front of my eyes?" Dimon mocked.
Evil Eye followed the target's gaze, and the red glow served as a warning before it attacked.
As long as one knew that, avoiding it was easy.
After taking hit after hit, Saturn was completely enraged.
Black lightning flickered around him as his body began to swell. Six spider legs sprouted from his lower half, while black Flame Clouds coiled around his upper body.
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In the blink of an eye, Saturn revealed his Hybrid Form and looked down at Dimon from above.
"Rumor has it that the wine you brew is called the Wine of Eternal Life, and those who drink it gain the power of eternal youth and immortality."
"This ability is something we need... that is indeed true."
"But do not get too arrogant, brat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hybrid Form Saturn raised one of his spider legs and drove its sharp claw down.
Dimon blocked with both arms, concentrating Armament Haki on the point of impact.
With a bang, he forcibly stopped the strike.
The next moment, Dimon grabbed the spider leg with his backhand. He planted his feet, transferred his strength through his waist, and with a twist of his hips, threw the massive spider over his shoulder and slammed it into the ground.
"What?!"
Saturn's breathing hitched, shock flashing in his eyes. "What monstrous arm strength... Is this brat a giant?"
His body flew through the air before being hurled viciously into the ground, smashing out a huge crater.
But it was not over.
Dimon leaped into the air, and the Armament Haki around his right fist erupted with blazing red light.
Saturn had been thrown so badly that his balance was completely overturned. Before he could even get up, he saw a streak of red light descending from the sky.
Boom!!
The ground cracked, and the crater instantly expanded several times over.
The punch struck Saturn squarely in the chest. High-level Armament Haki's internal destruction pulverized his organs in an instant.
"Puh...!"
Saturn spat out a mouthful of blood, veins bulging across his forehead.
A spider leg stabbed at Dimon from the side, kicking him away.
Dimon steadied himself in midair and landed lightly atop a tree branch, mocking him.
"That is all the Five Elders are capable of?"
The spider's attempt to turn itself over looked rather comical as its six legs swiftly supported its massive body.
By the time Saturn regained his footing, his injuries had already completely healed.
He stared coldly at Dimon in the tree. "Useless. Do you think you are the only one with an immortal body?"
After a pause, he issued his final ultimatum.
"I will give you one last chance. Join the Holy Knights and brew the Wine of Eternal Life for us!"
The corner of Dimon's lips rose as he smiled disdainfully. "You seem pretty confident in your immortality. A few dogs raised by Imu dare to bark wildly in front of me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, black lightning flickered around him, and demonic power drifted around his body like smoke.
The next moment.
Pitch-black demonic power surged into the heavens amid flashes of lightning. A pair of black wings spread open, blotting out the sky.
"What... is that thing?!"
Saturn stared at the scene in shock, instinctively sensing a trace of danger.
It was like the instinctive pressure of a superior predator facing inferior prey.
Suddenly.
A streak of black light flashed by.
Saturn's pupils shrank sharply. Dimon, wings spread behind his back, had already appeared before him.
Truly before him.
Before his eye!
The next moment, a pitch-black hand pierced through his eye like a Sharp Blade.
"Arghhhhh!"
Saturn let out a miserable scream as his six spider legs continuously stumbled backward. In his panic, he staggered about like a drunken man.
"My eye... my eye!!"
Overwhelming pain surged through him. Saturn clutched his right eye in disbelief as he realized that the wound in his eye would not heal.
Dimon gently flapped his wings and hovered above Saturn, grinning.
"That's right. That is how dogs bark."
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