"You don't know your place!"
Saint Saturn had seen far too many brainless fools.
The two before him were undoubtedly among the finest examples.
They really weren't very bright.
They dared to take on anything they encountered and would certainly become scourges in the future.
Even he could never have imagined it.
One day, he would personally give orders not to provoke the name of the Beasts lightly.
A fist and a spiked club.
A strike drawing on every ounce of strength.
Piercing the dark clouds!
"Sulong!"
Beneath the moonlight.
Shane's entire body turned snow-white, with blood-red eyes and white hair.
His human-beast form already possessed extraordinary combat power, and now his strength rose another level.
Sizzle!
Electricity sparked.
"Moon God Assault: Violet Lightning Ninefold Strike!"
Shing!
Electricity crackled there as well.
Kaido gripped the long handle of his spiked club with both hands.
Haki and lightning coiled around it together.
This was the embryonic form of the true Thunder Bagua!
"Thunder Bagua!"
Two bolts of lightning shot toward the sky to the side.
Blood vessels appeared in Shane's eyes.
Ever since his soul had crossed over.
He had already encountered no small number of powerful foes.
Garp, Sengoku, Saint Saturn.
Any one of them could put an end to him.
He absolutely could not pin his hopes on others.
Only by pushing his strength to its limit every time could he seek a sliver of survival.
"Is it the formidable vitality of a Mythical Zoan? But why are there two of the same type?"
Saint Saturn attacked Kaido with his cane and stabbed his claws toward Shane.
Devil Fruits were complex and varied.
Even among Zoans, there were fruits of the same type.
Multiple types of the Dog-Dog Fruit had been eaten in Alabasta and by later Marine Vice Admirals.
Cat-Cat Fruit users included Who's-Who and Rob Lucci.
Even the Human-Human Fruit.
Had both Chopper's ordinary form and Sengoku's Buddha Form!
"The Devil Fruit Encyclopedia has no Black Dragon Form!"
"If it's something outside the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, that's even worse!"
Saint Saturn understood this well.
He struck at each of them, determined to snuff out these two future pirate titans in their infancy.
Possessing a Mythical Zoan wasn't the problem; having ambition along with a fruit ability was what made them frightening!
Black flames and Haki filled his cane and fingertips.
Lightning pierced a corner of the battlefield.
Saint Saturn seized the opening to strike.
Boom!
Dust rose, and the haze created by the impact was filled with flashes of electricity.
Saint Saturn of the Five Elders, who had already stood at the pinnacle of the seas, refused to believe he couldn't kill these two little things!
"Boy, get yourself a better weapon next time. That one's too weak!"
Bang!
Kaido spat blood.
Advanced Haki often required only a simple strike.
Yet there wasn't a single injury on the surface of his body!
Instead, the spiked club in his hands shattered.
It had been caused by the collision between the cane and the spiked club just now.
"I will, you old bastard!"
Kaido tossed away the ruined spiked club with one hand.
From that day onward.
No matter what sort of battle he fought, he would use a spiked club made from Seastone!
"And you?"
Saint Saturn looked toward the crater in the ground.
It was from their clash just now.
The great crater Shane had gouged out on impact.
"Your concern is so fake."
He walked out of the dust.
At that moment, Shane only felt himself drawing ever closer to the limits of life.
Beyond the human body's limits reached through the Six Powers lay Life Return.
It allowed one to pour vitality into any part of the body.
Thereby increasing combat power!
Kumadori, who would later become a member of CP9.
And Onigumo, an elite Vice Admiral of Marine Headquarters.
Both excelled at using Life Return to channel vitality into their hair for combat.
Luffy and Lucci could use it to rapidly recover, classic examples of replenishing themselves with whatever they ate.
Shane already possessed the formidable vitality and defenses of the Black Dragon Form.
But after awakening the Six Powers, he had continually squeezed out his vitality on high-level battlefields.
Instead, this had brought him another step closer to Life Return.
Crack, crack!
Appearing on the battlefield again.
Shane felt his bones and muscles ease all over.
His flesh was transforming.
"I feel like all my internal organs are cheering."
Shane wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He exchanged a glance with Kaido nearby.
"Bolo Breath!"
The two transformed into dragons in unison!
The azure dragon coiled around flame clouds and spat fire.
The black dragon brimmed with white light and vast waves of heat.
"Old bastard, have a taste of this!"
Amid Kaido's furious roar, Saint Saturn raised his cane, holding both arms before him.
Armament Haki covered his entire body!
"Let's make your trip worthwhile!"
Shane's flames were just as ferocious.
Heat waves swept through heaven and earth, pursuing him as though crazed.
Two long pillars of fire blasted him at full force.
"Damned ants! Despicable inferiors!"
Saint Saturn cursed incoherently.
These two earthworms actually dared to keep putting up a desperate resistance!
They had no idea, having provoked the Celestial Dragons and the Reverie.
What sort of annihilation awaited them!
"The war at God Valley will end!"
"When it does, you'll all be caught in one net!"
"Pirates will never reach the pinnacle of power!"
Saint Saturn fully transformed into a demonic beast.
His six spider limbs, together with his hands and those horns!
It was the unmistakable Ushi-Oni Form!
"Let the devil rule God Valley once more!"
Accompanying his roar, the black flames of awakening surged from his cane.
They became spiraling black fire!
They counterattacked Shane and Kaido.
The attacks, which had been pouring out with the force of missiles, began to weaken.
Boom!
The double Bolo Breath actually struggled against these black flames.
"Darkness descends!"
Saint Saturn spat black ink from his mouth-the power of the Ushi-Oni!
Anyone covered in it would lose their senses.
Without Observation Haki, they would become blind flies, helpless to resist slaughter!
Shane's blood-red eyes remained unchanged.
The black dragon's long whiskers and hair were all snow-white.
He spat violet lightning with all his might, slowly winding it around his Bolo Breath.
He tried to increase its power!
"You can do that?"
Kaido froze, then hurriedly tried winding blue-white lightning around his own attack.
The double Bolo Breath grew stronger again.
Yet it still seemed somewhat inadequate against that black ink and black fire!
The two sides' clashing blasts reached the final, decisive moment.
"You call that darkness? It's just ink spat out by an octopus!"
Rocks's familiar laughter rang out.
Darkness suddenly poured down like water.
The spreading shadows were a shocking sight.
His hair fluttered freely, and blood spattered his face.
The fighting had continued for nearly a day.
He had finally found an opening to break through.
"Dark Water!"
Whoosh!
The darkness pulled at Saint Saturn.
He felt every cell and every bit of his Lineage Factor being torn at!
"The Dark-Dark Fruit!"
Saint Saturn had gained the upper hand and was preparing to finish Shane and Kaido in one fell swoop.
He hadn't expected Rocks to seize the chance to break through.
This also meant the battle had turned once again!
Saint Garling, who had been intercepting Rocks, had already fallen into difficulty.
"Rocks!"
Saint Saturn hurriedly protected himself with Haki.
Fortunately, he also possessed a Zoan's recovery speed.
"Every Devil Fruit User is an ant before me!"
"From this moment on, the war enters the cleanup phase!"
"Turn into stone statues, you worthless trash!"
Rocks pulled Saint Saturn in with one hand and attacked the ground with the other, spreading shadowy darkness.
Amid the terror.
Large numbers of Marines and pirates were turned into stone statues!
"Plunge the Celestial Dragons into terror!"
Rocks was going to sweep them all into darkness and destroy them utterly with gravity.
Far away on God Valley.
Saint Garling's eyes widened, his breathing quickening.
Beside him.
The Holy Knights!
As monstrously powerful as they were, with the authority to pass judgment on Celestial Dragons.
They were actually in a wretched state, with no strength left to fight.
The Barrier-Barrier Fruit's power surrounded them.
After a day and a night of battle.
In the end, Rocks, who stood at the pinnacle of the era, had proven superior.
Outside the canyon.
The ones who had defeated them were the Rocks Pirates!
Rocks fixed his eyes on Saint Saturn.
Marking him as his next target!
Following behind him were.
Whitebeard Newgate, Golden Lion Shiki, and Charlotte Linlin.
Giant Island King Zhi, Divine Power Silver Axe, Captain John, and Gourmet Knight Streusen.
Stussy, Kuja Flameflower, Kurozumi Semimaru, and Kurozumi Higurashi.
"Those bastards have blasphemed against the gods!"
Someone among the Holy Knights attempted to deliver one final strike.
But the Seastone Bullets were blocked by Kurozumi Semimaru, who had crossed two fingers.
"Don't interfere with us ruling the world!"
At the sight.
Even Saint Saturn felt his scalp tingle!
"Let this world descend into madness!"
There were still far too many lunatics in the Rocks Pirates.
"Everyone! Anyone below Vice Admiral, withdraw from the battlefield!"
Kong, Fleet Admiral of Marine Headquarters, gave the order through a Den Den Mushi.
"Otherwise, we'll lose the next generation of Marines!"
"Vice Admirals and above, stay behind and stop the Rocks Pirates, even if it costs your lives!"
"If the gods are powerless to shelter their people, then leave this world to us!"
Saint Saturn thrust his cane forward, only for Whitebeard's Murakumogiri to block it.
Kong walked past him.
Sengoku, Zephyr, and Tsuru strode forward as the Marines' new pillars.
The situation grew tense.
The Rocks Pirates truly seemed unstoppable!
The Marines stood at the harbor in despair.
"Is there anyone left who can stop Rocks? That guy is invincible!"
Amid the sorrow.
Two young men stepped onto the stage of history.
"That guy's gotten stronger, Rayleigh!"
Roger held down his straw hat.
Not one of the crewmates behind him showed any fear.
"It's only Rocks! We just have to beat him!"
Garp strode toward the battlefield.
Making the terrified Marines stop in their tracks, one after another.
From that moment on.
Justice and freedom each had a banner of their own.
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