Strongest Defense

What an incredible sense of power!

Looking at the Sky Island creature blasted apart by his punch, Oak felt an unprecedented fullness of strength.

The Cause-and-Effect Fruit's conversion truly lived up to its name. Its conversion of strength and size was incredibly powerful.

Boom!

He punched the sea of clouds, and the immense force shook the clouds beneath his feet. More Sky Island creatures were jolted out of the cloud sea. Enraged, these massive creatures, dozens or even hundreds of meters tall, roared and charged at him.

Biting, whipping with tentacles, ramming—attacks of every kind surged toward him. Yet Oak had no intention of dodging and took every attack head-on. In the next instant, his body expanded once more.

Eight meters, nine meters, ten meters... fifteen meters...

In just a moment, he had grown to a height comparable to that of the Giant Tribe. Raising his hand, he slapped each of the surrounding Sky Island creatures one by one, deliberately controlling his strength so he would not kill them with a single blow.

Under that tremendous force, the Sky Island creatures were sent flying one after another, as weak as infants in his hands.

Smack!

Oak slapped his body with his Paw-Paw palm and flashed past the creatures one by one. Each time he passed a creature, he lightly patted it with his Paw-Paw palm, drawing a pale red Paw Bubble from its body.

These were the injuries within their bodies—pain, fatigue, and more. Gathering the bubbles together, Oak plunged both hands into them and willingly endured the damage.

After his body trembled slightly, his size surged once again, growing comparable to that of the Ancient Giant Tribe.

Hahaha!

Feeling the power within him surge yet again, Oak laughed loudly. This was why he had wanted the Cause-and-Effect Fruit. Used