God Valley.
It brought far too many surprises and unexpected turns.
Starting from this island.
The powerhouses of the three great factions of the coming decades would also make their appearances, one after another.
It also meant that Roger and Garp, as members of the new generation, would fully mature and reach their peak.
Youngsters like Kaido would also lie low in the shadows.
Shane!
In Sengoku's eyes at that moment, he was a dangerous future.
"Peace will come in the end!"
"You lunatics raised by Rocks do nothing but wreak senseless destruction!"
"You slaughter Celestial Dragons, then replace them as the new Celestial Dragons!"
"Order isn't established overnight."
"But recovering from the destruction caused by lunatics like you takes even longer."
Sengoku's body kept growing, brilliant golden light spilling from its surface.
His entire body looked as though it had been coated in gold dust.
"You destroy things, then simply walk away!"
"And you even dream of becoming some King of the World!"
"You're just as ignorant as Rocks!"
For Sengoku.
At that moment, he intended to stamp out evil in its cradle!
"Shane!"
Kaido roared, dragon horns joining his pair of Oni horns.
He entered the fight in his hybrid form.
Lightning and Armament Haki coursed through the spiked club in his hand.
"Our fight hasn't even started yet!"
Was this a Zoan?
Sengoku looked down at the two of them.
He identified Kaido's form as a Zoan at a glance.
That lightning could never belong to an ordinary Zoan, while the draconic transformation suggested an Ancient Zoan.
Could it be one of those Devil Fruits offered as prizes?!
"The Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form!"
Even Ivankov and Ginny, who had been captured as slaves, knew this information.
How could Sengoku, a Marine Admiral, possibly not know?!
"There are two of them!"
Sengoku's pupils contracted.
Blue-white lightning covered Kaido.
While violet lightning covered Shane!
They had the same towering hybrid forms.
Except Shane wasn't using a weapon and relied on his fists!
"Hahahahaha!"
Kaido let out a laugh that sounded like a fish.
He had thought his own Devil Fruit ability had caught Sengoku's eye.
He hadn't expected the two fruits to be what startled him.
He turned to look.
It was actually Shane!
That meant the black dragon from earlier, which even he had found absurd, was Shane!
He clenched his fingers into a fist.
Shane had slain every Celestial Dragon on the island protected by the Holy Knights and the Five Elders.
He had completed [Choice 2].
And received the corresponding rewards.
Kami-e and Geppo of the Six Powers.
At this point, he could be said to have collected the initial Six Powers.
His improved martial arts techniques made his body stronger once again.
Shane felt something inside him much like what Kaido had described, as though a thread really was pulling at him.
When a certain era arrived.
He would surpass the limits of the human body's potential and pull it out from within.
When it coursed through every bone in his body, that would be Armament Haki!
Iron Body brought toughness, while Kami-e brought suppleness.
Breaking past human limits, a single finger pointed into the air was not enough to constrain humanity!
Thus came Geppo, allowing one to walk through the air!
Crack, crack, crack.
As Shane faced Sengoku.
His strength was entirely new.
Mink Tribe Electro, his hybrid form, and the Six Powers.
Combined with his recent combat experience.
Shane adapted rapidly, trying to bring all his strength together.
Next, he only needed to do two things.
One, survive until the end of God Valley.
Two, establish his own pirate crew.
Once he had completed both, he would be able to eat the Paw-Paw Fruit through a mutation of his constitution!
Shane had already thought about it.
If he had a mutated constitution, he could eat up to three Devil Fruits.
The price was that he wouldn't rest at night, and he wondered whether he would end up with dark circles under his eyes.
But if he had the Paw-Paw Fruit!
He could send his fatigue to someone else too!
And make up for one of the Azure Dragon Form's few shortcomings: abstract Paramecia powers!
Memories and pain could both be pushed out.
Air compression, high-speed movement through the air!
"You're just one link in the chain!"
Shane raised his head and stared at Sengoku the Buddha!
Kaido's questions rang in his ears!
"How do you have the same fruit as me, Shane?!"
Even Kaido was getting unnerved. What happened to every fruit being unique?
"Are our dragon forms the same?"
Violet lightning coiled around Shane's entire body, making him look absurdly flashy.
"No! Yours has a sinister air! Even the dragon scales are different."
Kaido poised himself to strike.
Before either of them had finished speaking.
Sengoku thrust out a palm.
The Buddha Shockwave shattered a corner of the warship.
Kaido and Shane were both jolted into coughing up blood.
"What dragon scales? This is called a Fruit Skin, you idiot Kaido!"
Shane met the attack with his fists.
"Join forces with me, and let's create our own pirate crew!"
Kaido swung his spiked club.
Two rising Supernovas of the Rocks Pirates.
On the deck of a Marine warship.
Faced the Marines' greatest fighting force head-on.
Admiral Sengoku!
"Two brats who don't know their place!"
"You won't have a future!"
"Impel Down beneath the sea will be where you spend the rest of your lives!"
The corners of Sengoku's mouth turned downward.
His powerful Haki combined with his Devil Fruit ability.
The Buddha Shockwave grew stronger once again.
The damage piercing through their bodies erupted all at once, blasting the entire warship apart.
Boom! Boom!
Even with Shane and Kaido attacking together, they still failed to break through Sengoku's Haki!
"What do you think a Marine Admiral is? Someone here to play house with you?"
Sengoku raised another palm and suddenly brought it crashing down.
The damage kept coming.
Shane felt pain in every one of his internal organs.
If not for this powerful body, he probably would have been beaten into a wreck long ago!
Sengoku in his prime truly lived up to his reputation.
"Take one last look at this world!"
"When you open your eyes again."
"You'll be in a cage that never sees daylight!"
Sengoku kept striking with his palms.
As one of the few powerful Marines who possessed Conqueror's Haki.
He was already among the finest of this era at combining Devil Fruit powers with Haki.
"What incredible power! Hahahaha! This feels great!"
Kaido felt himself growing stronger. This Mythical Zoan truly had tremendous vitality.
It allowed him to experience the power of the strongest fighters more directly.
Though both ability users were repeatedly driven back in the clashes, even coughing up blood.
They both enjoyed the sensations the damage brought!
Bang!
An explosion rang out.
Although the Marine warships of thirty-eight years ago were not as formidable as those that came later.
It was still utterly terrifying for Sengoku to blast one apart with his bare hands.
"Quake!"
On the land of God Valley.
Whitebeard made his signature motion.
He threw a punch at Kong.
Even someone as powerful as the Fleet Admiral could only fight back reactively.
The battlefield descended into unbridled frenzy.
As the earth shook and the mountains trembled.
Waves surged in, as though they would swallow God Valley!
Dozens of ships were under Golden Lion's control.
They smashed down wildly, one after another, sending the Marines fleeing in all directions.
"Damn it!"
"These are all powers capable of destroying the world!"
"Just how many monsters has this game created?!"
The gigantic Sengoku seized Shane and Kaido in both hands, trying to blast them to death.
He was seething with rage now!
"An inhumane game like this should never exist!"
Black Arm Zephyr charged across the battlefield in his youngest form, unable to keep himself from voicing his feelings.
"But they're the ones who created this absurd game. They simply lost control of it."
Tsuru was still young and beautiful. No one had wanted the battle to develop to this point.
Except Rocks!
The harbor.
Shane regained consciousness once again.
He forced himself into his dragon form.
"Bolo Breath!"
"Bolo Breath!"
Kaido also woke up immediately.
The two spat out explosive flames at the same time.
"You refuse to learn!"
As a result, Sengoku was about to throw them into the sea.
"Hey, Sengoku, is that how you treat our apprentice crew members?"
The languid voice rang out again.
He raised his head drunkenly.
"Drunken Brawler's Flame!"
Flames likewise spewed from his mouth.
"You're not enough on your own, John!"
Sengoku's gaze swept over everything with disdain.
Many people would later call him the Resourceful General.
That was in contrast to two other men.
One was the Admiral Who Never Killed, Zephyr.
The other was Monkey D. Garp.
By comparison,
Sengoku really was the one who leaned toward "intellect"!
But when facing these great pirates of his own era, Sengoku felt not the slightest fear.
"There's me too, Sengoku!"
The harbor transformed into a giant's face and spoke.
Or rather,
it was Wang Zhi, who had merged with part of God Valley!
He had previously merged with the entire island.
As a result, he had repeatedly been caught up in the attacks of Rocks, Newgate, and Shiki.
Wang Zhi simply decided to merge with whichever area he was fighting in.
An enormous stone hand, as large as ten warships, descended from the sky!
"You're on your own, apprentice crew members!"
Wang Zhi abruptly struck with one hand.
Captain John's gaze also changed abruptly, and he swiftly attacked.
Rescuing them was a pretense; seizing the chance to attack Sengoku was their real aim!
The pirates let out arrogant shouts.
"Don't underestimate the Rocks Pirates!"
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