Swoosh...
As he spoke, Luo Chen had already arrived in front of Carlos. He looked up at Carlos's strong and muscular body, his eyes revealing an undisguised fighting spirit.
"Hmm, what's wrong? Who are you? Are you going to go on stage too? If so, I still won't hold back against you, you brat!!"
Seeing the young man who had suddenly appeared before him, and seeing the undisguised fighting spirit emanating from him, Carlos spoke with a hint of sarcasm.
"Whether that's true or not, you'll have to confirm it yourself. Let's go..."
Tap... Tap... Tap...
Luo Chen paced and ran away.
"Tch, let me show you what true power is, you brat... Lion King Half-Beast Transformation!!"
At the same moment, Carlos rushed towards him, transforming his lower body into a beast as he ran, leaping forward on all fours and pouncing with his lion claws.
"Hmm... Naive. You think you can catch my lion's claw with your bare hands? Fine, then let me tear it to shreds! Lion King Exploding Claw!!"
When Carlos saw that Luo Chen actually wanted to catch his incredibly fierce lion claw with his bare hands, a sinister smile appeared on his lips. He gathered all his strength into his hand, and in the blink of an eye, the claw turned as black as ink, as if emanating a terrifying aura like an abyss. Carlos could imagine that Luo Chen's head would explode like a watermelon under his claw.
boom...
"Um..."
When Carlos's lion claw clashed with Luo Chen's right fist, it didn't Burst like a watermelon as he had expected; instead, they remained locked in a stalemate.
A powerful surge of energy swept across the surroundings once more, shaking up and shattering tables and chairs on the ground, which then exploded in all directions.
"Damn it, don't even think about defeating me in strength! I am the king of this island! Get down here! Eagle's Wing Spread..."
Carlos roared, and a pair of huge wings appeared on his back. Using the force of the flapping wings, he blasted Luo Chen down from mid-air.
call out...
Shot by Carlos's powerful punch, Luo Chen's body flew out like a cannonball, crashing to the ground with a thud, kicking up a large pile of gravel and wood chips.
brush...
As soon as he landed, before Carlos could press his advantage, Luo Chen stood up again, his eyes flashing with intense light. Although he had been knocked down, Luo Chen did not feel discouraged at all; on the contrary, his fighting spirit was even stronger, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
"Hehehe, very good, you're strong, this way I can enjoy myself even more, Carlos!!"
shave!!"
After laughing, Luo Chen pushed off the ground and disappeared from Carlos's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Hmm... This is...? It's the Six Powers, Shave! This is a closely guarded secret of the Navy. Kid, how do you know how to use this? Are you from the Navy?"
Carlos was somewhat surprised that Luo Chen could use Shave so skillfully, and asked while staring intently at the locations where Luo Chen had appeared one after another.
"Heh heh, the Navy? Impossible. Those guys probably consider me their mortal enemy by now. As for how I learned all this, I don't seem obligated to tell you. If you want to know, then show me your true skills and defeat me, and you'll naturally find out everything. It all depends on whether you have the ability!!"
Upon hearing Carlos's question, Luo Chen stopped a short distance away, glanced at him from afar, and chuckled.
"Oh, is that so? You'll have to see what I'm capable of. Interesting. It's been a long time since anyone dared to speak to me like that. Young man, I wonder if you have the qualifications to be so presumptuous. Very well, let me test you. Hundred Beasts Shift..."
After saying that, Carlos transformed into a beast, and an ancient ferocious beast, a griffin, about eight or nine meters long and nearly four meters tall, appeared in front of Luo Chen.
roar...
As soon as Carlos appeared as a griffin, he roared to the sky, as if announcing his return to the world. An aura of ancient savagery emanated from him, making people tremble and their legs shake at first glance, fearing his existence from the bottom of their hearts.
"A griffin? That Ancient Zoan hailed as having power comparable to the Mythical Zoan, is this the hidden Carlos card you mentioned, Monet? It's truly terrifying. Even I was almost intimidated by its savage aura. I never imagined that guy was hiding so deeply. What kind of scheme is he plotting?"
The speaker was Gladius, an executive sent by Doflamingo. When Carlos revealed his trump card to everyone, transforming into a terrifying, colossal Colossal Beast, Gladius was awed by the savage aura emanating from it. After a brief moment of calm, Gladius awkwardly spoke to the empty spot beside him.
call...
A gust of cold wind swept by, and then Monet appeared in the swirling Snowflake. She gently covered her cherry lips with her fair and beautiful right hand, smiled, and replied.
"That's right, that's the ability Carlos never shows to others. Now he's revealing it to us without any concealment. I'm afraid he has no intention of letting any of us leave here. What will you do, Gladius? Are you going to make a move?"
Monet gave him a meaningful look and asked.
"No, we will make a move, but not now. What we should do now is quietly wait for Carlos and that guy to settle their differences, and then we will make our move. At that time..."
Gladius didn't finish his sentence, but Monet, who had once infiltrated the palace as a secretary and was sent by Doflamingo to infiltrate Caesar's inner circle, naturally understood his meaning. Monet then filled in the gaps in his sentence.
"We'll reap the benefits then. I never expected someone under the highest-ranking official to be so cunning. It seems the young master has plenty of talented people around him; there's no need to worry about a lack of personnel. I was overthinking it..."
Monet sighed and continued, she hadn't expected Gladius, who had been relatively unknown in his family after eating the Pamu Pamu no Mi, to be so cunning. She had thought he would be as fiery as the fruit itself suggested.
Looking at it this way, it seems she was overthinking things. Monet originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to claim all the credit so that she could ask the young master to grant her request to return to the family. This plan failed before it could even be implemented, which greatly disappointed Monet, but she didn't show it on her face.
"Hehehe, I can roughly guess what you're thinking, but I still advise you to give up. The young master won't allow anyone to interrupt his plans, otherwise the consequences will be beyond what either of us can bear, do you hear me, Monet?!"
Gladius noticed a hint of disappointment in her eyes. Considering her recent actions, including hiding some important information about Carlos, his already sharp and intelligent mind allowed him to guess Monet's thoughts. So he spoke in a deep voice, hoping to enlighten her.
"Yes, I understand, Gladius. Don't worry. Although our intentions differ, the ultimate goal is the same: to fulfill the young master's ambition. So, without you saying it, I know the importance of the matter."
Seeing how solemnly he spoke, Monet understood the gravity of the matter and smiled as she explained herself.
boom...
Just as he was about to continue trying to persuade them, a loud bang rang in his ears, and a black figure flew backward from their side, crashing heavily into the wall and smashing through the walls of several private rooms. Finally, it came to a stop against the outer Fortified Wall, which was made of steel and iron, but it also created a large hole in the wall.
Thump...
The figure landed on the ground with a thud.