Mythical Zoans Are Animals Too

"Yata Mirror!"

At the critical moment, Kizaru intended to evade the attack at top speed and pursue Ye Zhuo further.

After refracting through the air several times, he appeared where Ye Zhuo had originally stood.

Ordinarily, this should have been the absolute limit of his attack and movement speed.

How could Ye Zhuo, who lacked Observation Haki, have predicted it in advance?!

"Are you wondering where I am?"

Ye Zhuo's voice rang out. He was already on the ground.

Snake Talisman invisibility!

Combined with the Rabbit Talisman's high-speed movement, he became a completely silent presence.

"Combat really is the best way to grow stronger.

If I could catch your real body,

I'd really like to use the Sheep Talisman to force your soul out of your body."

Ye Zhuo clenched his fists.

More than a hundred houses came crashing down on Kizaru.

Kizaru escaped at maximum speed and slashed at Ye Zhuo with his sword.

"Just as magic should be used against magic, Haki should be used against ability users."

Ye Zhuo snapped his fingers.

More than a thousand Shadow Samurai rose from the darkness, leaping toward Kizaru.

"Ridiculous. That sort of attack can't possibly work on this old man!"

Sentomaru sneered.

The next moment, he turned into a pig.

"The Monkey Talisman can turn oneself or others into anything."

Ye Zhuo rubbed pig Sentomaru's head.

Before Kizaru arrived, he vanished again.

While invisible, Ye Zhuo traversed every corner in an instant, turning every Marine into a gorilla.

"Not bad. They should grow stronger if I send them to Hawk-Eye."

After giving his assessment, Ye Zhuo revealed himself.

Kizaru's Observation Haki sensed the instant he paused.

He transformed into a streak of light and dove down.

"I only said half of that earlier."

Ye Zhuo moved so fast that even his afterimage vanished, appearing on the other side of the street.

The Horse Talisman granted stamina recovery and super healing, so he would never tire.

Together with the Dog Talisman's immortality, it kept him in peak condition forever.

"What exactly is your Devil Fruit ability?

And did killing the Celestial Dragons serve some purpose of yours?

Was it for fame, or to vent your anger?"

Kizaru stood opposite Ye Zhuo. He did not continue attacking, since that would have been meaningless.

For now, he might as well seize the chance to figure out all of Ye Zhuo's abilities.

In Kizaru's eyes, Ye Zhuo possessed an incomparably powerful Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit developed to its absolute limit.

Terrifying speed, strength, and vitality.

He could also unleash flames and laser beams, make objects float, turn so many people into animals, and summon Shadow Samurai.

He seemed like a fusion of numerous powerful Devil Fruits.

"Are you tired?"

Ye Zhuo looked at Kizaru. In truth, he had not had enough fun yet.

He also wondered whether he would still be alive if the Rat Talisman gave life to an object.

Logically speaking, with the Dog Talisman, Ye Zhuo was immortal.

Besides, after Shendu lost the Rat Talisman, he had merely become a statue. Lo Pei had still needed a spell to break him apart.

Ye Zhuo used the Monkey Talisman to turn a roadside house into a Winged Dragon.

Then he used the Rat Talisman to grant it life.

Whoosh!

The Winged Dragon even breathed fire.

"As expected, all twelve of my talismans are pure abilities without side effects."

What Ye Zhuo had not expected was that the Monkey Talisman would classify dragons as animals too.

After granting it life with the Rat Talisman, he himself suffered no effects whatsoever.

Seated atop the Winged Fire Dragon's back, Ye Zhuo flicked a finger.

More than a thousand Shadow Samurai tirelessly swung their blades at Kizaru.

Massive houses continually crashed down toward Kizaru.

"A Marine Admiral really is impressive. Too bad you just can't hurt me."

Ye Zhuo patted the Winged Fire Dragon and turned it invisible, making Kizaru miss once more.

Seeing his subordinates turned into animals one after another,

while he remained unable to strike Ye Zhuo's true body no matter what he did,

Kizaru spoke. "Everyone, fall back!"

All the gorillas immediately scattered. They had become animals, but their minds remained human.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

Kizaru was going to attack indiscriminately!

He refused to believe he could not hit Ye Zhuo hiding among them.

Countless light orbs shattered bubble after bubble across the Sabaody Archipelago.

They blasted away the charging Shadow Samurai and shattered the houses crashing toward him.

Only then did Ye Zhuo slowly reveal himself.

"Let's see whose laser beams are stronger."

Ye Zhuo grabbed the Winged Fire Dragon and turned, diving downward.

Golden light burst from his eyes with tremendous power.

Boom!

Kizaru halted his movements, and laser beams likewise erupted from both his hands!

The two attacks were a pure clash of energy.

One came from a demon sorcerer.

The other came from a Devil Fruit.

At that moment, a pig hid in the embrace of a group of gorillas, staring blankly at the scene.

Too powerful!

From beginning to end, Ye Zhuo had displayed effortless composure in the face of an Admiral.

If he had not encountered a Logia user,

even a Haki expert would have been unable to fight Ye Zhuo.

Hadn't Sentomaru's battle-axe, coated in Armament Haki, been destroyed by overwhelming force all the same?

Absolute speed and strength had always been the truth of these seas.

"Can't your eyes fire lasers?"

Those words reminded Kizaru of the moment Ye Zhuo had unleashed his full firepower earlier.

"I can!"

Power erupted from Ye Zhuo's hands as well, except it was a fierce explosive blaze that detonated on impact!

"And there's one more."

He closed his mouth, then opened it again to release a breath of fire!

Faced with this sight,

Kizaru could only use Logia elementalization rather than continue meeting the attacks head-on.

By the time his body reassembled,

Ye Zhuo patted the Winged Fire Dragon's head and reclaimed all of its life force.

He landed on the ground.

Ye Zhuo found it boring. This was the Pirate World.

Animals did not only include ordinary creatures, but Ancient Zoans and even Mythical Zoans!

According to the Pirate World's rules,

all Zoan Devil Fruit forms counted as animals, including Mythical Zoans!

"If I want to know whether the Monkey Talisman is really this powerful in the Pirate World, I'll have to test it."

Every muscle in Ye Zhuo's body erupted at once.

First, he transformed into a standing beast-man form—a Leopard!

Rob Lucci's Devil Fruit.

Then he switched into a towering mammoth.

Jack the Drought's strength.

Only after adapting to it all did Ye Zhuo understand.

"Looks like the Monkey Talisman really can transform me into every animal recognized by Zoan Devil Fruits in the Pirate World."

He raised his head to look at Kizaru. During the remaining hour of the mission countdown,

he had finally found something interesting.

Unlike ordinary Zoan Devil Fruits,

the forms created by the Monkey Talisman had no side effects!

"Then let's start with one you know!"

Ye Zhuo's lips curled upward as his entire body rapidly expanded.

"Mythical Zoans are animals too!"

Whoosh!

Golden light flashed as Ye Zhuo looked down upon Kizaru like a golden giant.

"Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Buddha Form!"

"What?!"

This time,

a bead of cold sweat involuntarily appeared on Kizaru's face.

What kind of monster am I fighting?!

"Take this!"

Ye Zhuo threw a punch, unleashing a powerful golden shockwave.

Kizaru gripped the Ama no Murakumo Sword in both hands and blocked with all his strength.

Ye Zhuo finally understood.

No wonder the system's character panel described the Twelve Talismans as conceptual-level!

They were simply too conceptual!

In the distance,

Rayleigh, seated atop a hill, was dumbfounded by the sight before him.

"Where did this kid come from? What kind of monster is he?"

No wonder he could kill Celestial Dragons whenever he wanted. So long as Seastone did not restrain him, he could run rampant anywhere under heaven.