Celestial Dragon Reinforcements, a Great Pirate?!

A black shadow leaped out of the crater Sengoku had blasted into the ground. Although Saint Garling looked somewhat disheveled after taking Sengoku's attack head-on, the aura radiating from him had not weakened in the slightest.

On the contrary, the pain surging through his body only further stirred Saint Garling's savagery. The faint fear he had harbored toward Tsugikuni Yoriichi completely vanished in this life-or-death moment.

After all, he was a top-tier powerhouse who stood at the pinnacle of the world. Saint Garling might briefly reveal the emptiness within his heart, but when his life was on the line, a strong man's instincts would unleash the terrifying power this body was meant to possess.

Black flames swiftly wrapped around Saint Garling's body. In the blink of an eye, the man before them had entered his Mythical Zoan Transformation. His Grim Reaper-like form appeared before Sengoku, making Sengoku's breath catch.

It was not the first time Sengoku had seen Saint Garling in this form, but in his recollection, this Mythical Zoan Transformation should have been the ability of Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro.

That Gorosei had died long ago at Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hands. Sengoku had thought that power had disappeared along with Saint Nasjuro's death, yet now it had resurfaced in Saint Garling.

Had the Holy Land found the Devil Fruit Saint Nasjuro had eaten?

Was the Holy Land truly so efficient that, after finding that Devil Fruit, they had bestowed its power upon a newly appointed Gorosei?!

Or was it that...

This power had never been granted to Saint Garling through a Devil Fruit at all?!

At that moment, such a question arose in Sengoku's mind. He was the Fleet Admiral of the Marines and believed he knew more about the Holy Land than Tsugikuni Yoriichi did, but in truth, Sengoku