Deep inside Onigashima's main hall, channels of flowing lava divided the chamber into a checkerboard of light and shadow. At that moment, a silent yet breathtaking display was taking place in Kaido's royal court.
Twelve "Devil Fruit Weapons" stood on the central stone platform like living exhibits.
The Zoan group occupied the left side:
Katydid Genzo-in Spiked Club form, its emerald carapace gleamed with a cold metallic sheen.
Scorpion Giant Shears-the blades made a venomous "click" as they opened and closed.
Purple-Spotted Butterfly Hair Ornament-its scaled wings trembled slightly.
Stag Beetle Ring-Pommel Greatsword-the barbs on its spine rose and fell as if breathing.
Flea Shoes-a mobility device capable of launching its wearer a thousand meters in an instant.
Alpaca Round Shield-its wool-like metal filaments stretched out like tentacles.
Most of these weapons retained their basic metallic forms, but the living patterns flowing across their surfaces, the compound eyes that occasionally opened, and the lingering Life Magnetic Fields of their original users made them seem like tormented souls imprisoned in metal.
The Paramecia group stood on the right:
Rust-Rust Fruit Gloves-murky glimmers slowly swirled at the five fingertips.
Rewind-Rewind Fruit Rag-the flow of time across the fabric's surface was chaotic.
Fire Element Summoning Lamp-the wick burned spontaneously without a flame to light it, its fire shifting colors.
Echo-Echo Fruit Headphones-the wearer could monitor every sound-wave vibration within a five-kilometer radius.
But the most striking were the two Mythical Zoan weapons suspended directly above the center of the platform-the energy fluctuations they emitted made the air throughout the hall warp slightly.
The first: Mythical Zoan Eyeball Devil Fruit Weapon-[Eye of Surveillance].
It was secured to a base, taking the form of a bloodshot eyeball. Deep within, its pupil was not a human circle, but a constantly rotating cross-shaped pattern. More than ten