Ryokugyu saw Hashirama charging at him. Just as he prepared to respond, he felt the ground around him trembling.
Masses of plants burst from beneath the earth. Amazon Lily was quite large, but the terrain along the island's outskirts had been completely transformed.
Most terrifyingly, Ryokugyu discovered that he could not control these plants!
The plants seemed protected by some unknown force. His power could neither control nor assimilate them.
That was only natural. At the very least, whenever Hashirama Senju used Wood Release, his chakra filled those plants, so Ryokugyu's power naturally could not assimilate them.
Even the tree-men Ryokugyu had just summoned were directly crushed by the plants bursting from the ground.
A tremendous sense of terror welled up in Ryokugyu's heart. Who was this guy? Why was his ability being completely overwhelmed?
There was a hierarchy among Devil Fruits. For instance, the Snow-Snow Fruit and the Ice-Ice Fruit developed in different directions, with the Ice-Ice Fruit being simpler and more direct.
Could this guy have eaten a Devil Fruit superior to the Forest-Forest Fruit? How was that possible? Wasn't the Forest-Forest Fruit already one of the most powerful Logia fruits?
Ryokugyu possessed neither the bearing nor the dignity of a strong man. A guy who only knew how to ambush others and take advantage, and who desperately wanted to be the Celestial Dragons' dog, would be strange if he had either strength or grace.
The Kuja Pirates had all been saved by Hashirama. Countless plants tore the tree-men apart and gently lifted the women into the air.
Though they were all pirates, they were still women. Hashirama retained some gentlemanly manners.
Ryokugyu took a deep breath and walked toward Hashirama. With every step, a profusion of flowers and grass bloomed beneath his feet, giving him a rather