Mythical Zoan, Nika Form

Grand Line.

Marineford.

In the Fleet Admiral's office at Marine Headquarters, the Navy's strongest figures of the current era had gathered.

Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru...

The three Admirals' skin was giving off a metallic sheen, like iron armor.

It seemed there were still six years until the Seraphim were freshly produced.

The technology used on them was not yet mature.

"Demon King Ye Zhuo is at war with Big Mom.

This is a great opportunity for us to enter the New World!

If the two fight, both sides are bound to suffer."

Sengoku looked at everyone.

But Garp was eating snacks, lost in thought.

It was only after he left the hospital that he heard the Demon King had entered the New World.

"Deploy!"

Sakazuki spoke. A hatch suddenly opened in his half-mechanical, half-modified stomach.

Inside, a large dog was barking aggressively.

Fortunately, there was Vegapunk's translator.

Creak!

A small hatch also opened on Aokiji's stomach.

The blue chicken spoke:

"If you want to restore your body, you must kill the ability user."

Elsewhere.

Kizaru was unusually serious.

His stomach opened, revealing a monkey's head.

It was drinking coffee inside.

"In theory, if our Haki is strong enough, we can remove the Devil Fruit's effects."

At the sight of this.

Tsuru helplessly covered her eyes with one hand.

"Zephyr has already gone to the New World."

"No. If you go, you'll turn into a real crane."

Sengoku thought Tsuru intended to act personally.

After a pause, he finally understood what she had said.

"Didn't Zephyr just get a new arm and form some Pirate Pursuit Unit?"

Wasn't that just adding to the chaos?

"Perhaps the one he is pursuing is Demon King Ye Zhuo."

Garp's single sentence froze the atmosphere in Marine Headquarters.

After having his arm cut off, Zephyr had become increasingly haggard.

The moment he got his mechanical arm, he stopped training new recruits.

He formed the Pirate Pursuit Unit and headed for the New World.

These were troubled times, and it was truly thought-provoking.

Four years later, the Summit War would end.

Whitebeard II would become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, which would be when he defected.

Totto Land.

Cake Island.

Big Mom was eating until her mouth dripped with grease.

She had already sent ten pirate ships ahead as the vanguard.

Before long, they would surround and attack Hive Island.

Then, she would personally lead her army there!

She would raze the former base of the Rocks Pirates to the ground!

What Demon King Pirates? They were merely a brat who had just emerged onto the scene.

Not only had he made the Dark World submit, he had also slaughtered her best friend.

He deserved to die!

"Katakuri, why is it so chaotic outside?"

Big Mom said unhappily.

"Mother, someone is probably here to report on the advance fleet."

Katakuri picked up his trident and walked toward the door.

A potato Homie suddenly stumbled inside.

"Mother! This is bad!

Our pirate ships have all been wiped out!

The Demon King has broken in!"

"What?"

Charlotte Linlin sat bolt upright despite being on the verge of death.

Her fury immediately flared.

"He's here?"

Prometheus turned into fiery long hair, with the hat-sword Napoleon in her hand.

Standing atop the thundercloud Zeus, she circled through the sky.

"Follow me to war!"

Big Mom let out a furious roar.

She led Vice Captain Streusen, the four Sweet Commanders, dozens of subordinate ministers, and powerful officers.

The pirate crew's experts from every division, along with an uncountable army of Homies.

(PS: There were still at least around five years before Snack was removed from the ranks.)

One of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin.

She had risen to fame decades ago, known as the Iron Balloon, with a mutated physique.

A monster whose three types of Haki and Devil Fruit had all awakened.

At Sheep's House, even while rampaging, she had killed two captains of the older generation of Giant Warrior Pirates.

(PS: Not those two from Little Garden, but the even older Mountain Beard and Waterfall Beard.)

After forming a pirate crew with Streusen.

She later joined the Rocks Pirates because of a pirate game.

She met Kaido in his youth and gave him a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

She was said to have never been injured, possessing monstrous strength from birth!

Above Cake Island.

Big Mom's aura surged as dark clouds gathered overhead and lightning crisscrossed the sky.

Vice Captain Streusen was already old, yet he still stood among the crowd and watched expectantly.

Katakuri, Smoothie, Cracker, Snack.

The four Sweet Commanders unleashed their Observation Haki, their blood-red glow like something returned from hell.

Dozens of children, acting as ministers, guarded their respective areas.

At this moment.

When the foundation of an Emperor's crew was revealed before the world.

The immense pressure swept across the Four Seas, making even breathing feel searingly painful.

Until.

A gigantic pirate ship appeared.

The Demon King smashed through camp after camp.

Until it had slaughtered its way into the heart of Totto Land.

Cake Island!

"What the hell?"

Ye Zhuo stood at the bow. The moment he saw this, his whole body went numb.

"So you're trying to ambush me?

No wonder those people on the way were weak as hell.

They were all hiding here?"

[ Ding! ]

[ Main chain mission completed: Destroy the second of the Four Emperors, attack Cake Island ]

[ Mission reward: Eye of Aurora · Perfect Version ]

A golden necklace appeared around Ye Zhuo's neck.

This thick gold chain was the Eye of Aurora, capable of teleporting anywhere in the world.

"Now I only need to roll one more."

Ye Zhuo had just wanted to complain when he saw a brand-new mission.

[ Main chain mission activated: Destroy the third of the Four Emperors, defeat the Big Mom Pirates ]

[ Mission rewards: Iron Balloon, Lunarian Flame, Snow-Snow Fruit ]

Three rewards at once?

The Iron Balloon referred to Big Mom's absurdly powerful mutated physique.

The Lunarian Flame was the trait of the strongest of the Three Calamities, the Flame Calamity.

The Snow-Snow Fruit?

Ye Zhuo thought for a moment before remembering. It seemed to belong to an officer of the Donquixote Family.

That person was already dead.

"Too lousy. If you give me such trash rewards again, I'll retire and become the Pirate King."

Ye Zhuo rubbed his fists.

Complaining aside.

He still had to get the mission rewards.

Even without a countdown, he needed to finish it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, his opponents would all die of old age.

Then he would have no more mission rewards in the future.

"Such a huge show of force. You really need a beating."

Ye Zhuo used the Eye of Aurora.

He directly teleported everyone aboard the ship onto Cake Island.

The nine Shadowkhan legions also appeared.

"Brat, the land you have stepped upon belongs to an Emperor of the Sea!"

Big Mom cast a contemptuous glance at Ye Zhuo.

"Is that so?"

Ye Zhuo raised his head, twisting his neck irritably.

"I don't like people talking to me from above."

The Monkey Talisman shone.

It transformed into a Zoan-type ability from the Pirate World.

Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika Form!

Mist and clouds swirled around him, and his hair turned snow-white.

Even the robes of the Eight Demons and the divine armor became pure white.

Only the Eye of Aurora, Shivas Bracelet, and First Kitetsu retained their respective colors.

White Nika, golden accessories, and a pitch-black Supreme Grade Blade.

The three became Ye Zhuo's adornments.

He could not help laughing, feeling that everything around him could be used as he pleased.

"What Devil Fruit ability is this?"

Big Mom stared in shock at Ye Zhuo on the ground.

The next second.

Ye Zhuo treated Cake Island like a trampoline and leaped up laughing.

"Big Mom! Kneel before me!"