Mythical Zoans Are Animals Too

"Yata Mirror!"

At the critical moment, Kizaru moved at top speed to evade the attack and press his pursuit of Ye Zhuo.

After reflecting several times through the sky, he appeared where Ye Zhuo had originally been.

By all logic, this was the absolute limit of his attack and movement speed.

How had Ye Zhuo, without Observation Haki, foreseen 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 utterly silent and unseen.

"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 and send your soul out of your body."

Ye Zhuo clenched his fists.

Over a hundred houses came crashing down on Kizaru.

Kizaru fled at top speed and slashed at Ye Zhuo with his sword.

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

Ye Zhuo snapped his fingers.

Over a thousand Shadow Samurai rose from the darkness, then leaped into the air and flew toward Kizaru.

"Ridiculous. An attack like this can't possibly affect this old man!"

Sentomaru sneered.

The next moment, he turned into a pig.

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

Ye Zhuo patted the little pig Sentomaru on the head.

Before Kizaru arrived, he turned invisible again.

While invisible, Ye Zhuo swept through every corner in the span of a breath, turning every Marine into a gorilla.

"Not bad. Sending them to Hawk-Eye should make them stronger."

After giving his assessment, Ye Zhuo revealed himself.

Kizaru's Observation Haki sensed the instant he paused.

He transformed into a flash of light and dove down.

"I only said half of that earlier."

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

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

Combined with the Dog Talisman's immortality, it kept him at his peak forever.

"What exactly is your Devil Fruit ability?

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

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

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

Right now, it was better to 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 that had been developed to its 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 looked 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 did not know whether he would still be alive if he gave life to an object with the Rat Talisman.

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

Besides, even after Shendu lost the Rat Talisman, he had merely turned into a statue. He had only been destroyed after Lo Pei used 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 also considered dragons to be animals.

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

Sitting atop the Winged Fire Dragon's back, Ye Zhuo flicked his finger.

Over a thousand Shadow Samurai swung their blades tirelessly at Kizaru.

Massive houses continuously smashed 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 again.

Watching his subordinates turn into animals one after another,

while being unable to attack Ye Zhuo's true body no matter what he did,

Kizaru spoke. "Everyone, retreat!"

All the gorillas instantly scattered. Though they had become animals, their minds remained human.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

Kizaru was going to launch an indiscriminate attack!

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

The rain of light jewels burst bubble after bubble throughout the Sabaody Archipelago.

It blasted down the charging Shadow Samurai and shattered the houses hurtling toward him.

Only then did Ye Zhuo slowly reveal himself.

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

Ye Zhuo grabbed hold of the Winged Fire Dragon and turned to dive down.

Golden light burst from his eyes, erupting with immense power.

Boom!

Kizaru stopped moving, and laser beams likewise erupted from both his hands!

This was 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 fought an Admiral with effortless ease.

If he had not encountered a Logia user,

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

Hadn't Sentomaru's battle-axe coated in Armament Haki also been destroyed by overwhelming force?

Absolute speed and strength were the truths of these seas.

"Can't your eyes fire lasers?"

Those words reminded Kizaru of the scene when Ye Zhuo had gone all out earlier.

"I can!"

Power erupted from Ye Zhuo's hands as well, except it was a fierce blast of flames that would trigger explosions!

"And one more."

He closed his mouth, then opened it again and unleashed a breath of fire!

Faced with this scene,

Kizaru could only use his Logia elemental form and stop meeting him head-on.

Once his body reassembled,

Ye Zhuo patted the Winged Fire Dragon on the head and withdrew all the life force he had given it.

He landed on the ground.

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

Among animals, there were not only ordinary creatures, but also Ancient Zoans and even Mythical Zoans!

According to the rules of the Pirate World,

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

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

The muscles throughout Ye Zhuo's body instantly swelled with power.

First, he transformed into an upright humanoid beast—a leopard!

Rob Lucci's Devil Fruit.

Then he changed into a towering mammoth.

Jack the Drought's power.

After adapting to it all, Ye Zhuo finally understood:

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

He raised his head and looked at Kizaru. During the remaining hour of the mission countdown,

he had finally found something fun.

Unlike ordinary Zoan Devil Fruits,

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

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

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 at Kizaru like a giant of gold.

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

"What?"

This time,

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

What kind of monster was he fighting?

"Take this!"

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

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

Ye Zhuo finally understood.

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

This was simply too conceptual!

In the distance,

Rayleigh, seated atop a hill, stared blankly at the sight before him.

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

No wonder he killed Celestial Dragons whenever he pleased. With this kind of strength, as long as he was not trapped by Seastone, he could swagger anywhere under heaven.