The scene returned to a point several nautical miles from the fierce battle between Chinjao and Saint Shepherd Sommers, where a strangely quiet area existed. Two utterly different, terrifying auras confronted each other here: one auspicious yet imbued with heavenly might, the other as massive and solid as an ancient mountain.
Above the sea, a magnificent hall carved from ivory and white jade had appeared out of thin air. Pale golden mist that never dispersed wreathed its columns, and an exotic fragrance filled the air. In the center of the hall stood even a long table draped in velvet, laden with exquisite tea and pastries. The scene was utterly out of place amid the surrounding battlefield of raging warfare and interwoven ice and fire, like an unreal dream.
This was the creation of "Dream Manifestation," the ability of Holy Knights member Limossif Saint Killingham. He hovered before the hall, his body already transformed. In the awakened hybrid form of his Mythical Zoan Qilin Fruit, he stood nearly five meters tall, his bearing elegant and divine. Iridescent scales covered his body, auspicious clouds swirled around him, mist billowed beneath his feet, and a pair of antlers shimmered with a dreamlike luster. Yet his eyes, which ought to have been compassionate, now brimmed with the indifference and mockery peculiar to the Celestial Dragons, who regarded all living things as worthless straw dogs.
His opponent, Dian Wei, stood like a black iron tower at the edge of the illusory hall. He had yet to use any other form granted by his Zamazenta Fruit ability, remaining in human form instead. At this moment, everything about him was utterly contained. His skin bore a dark golden metallic sheen, as though tempered countless times, and the contours of his muscles resembled the most perfect forged creation,