Liu Feng was indeed the most perverted of perverts, so it was better not to provoke him.
A low, weak roar suddenly echoed from the shocking ruins, followed by the strange sound of something enormous dragging across the ground.
Liu Feng paused for a moment, then a playful smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"It seems that it’s not so easy to finish it off."
Zephyr slowly retracted his fist, shaking his head with a soft sigh.
"Sure enough, reptiles are just a little thick-skinned and thick-fleshed."
The Golden Lion grinned, unfazed.
Rayleigh smiled calmly and added, "That’s only natural. This guy has had this animal-type Devil Fruit for so many years. Even if it’s the most difficult animal-type mythical beast to develop, he’s bound to have it awakened by now."
Everyone chatted casually, their eyes now fixed on the direction of Yamata no Orochi.
An extremely strange and terrifying scene slowly unfolded. Despite the Yamata no Orochi’s muscles and bones being shattered by the shock fruit’s power and the violent impact of Zephyr’s domineering punch, the beast somehow began to crawl! Its dark green scales aged rapidly, turning pale and colorless, before crumbling to the ground like dust.
The flesh left behind revealed fresh, tender scales that appeared even harder than before.
In the perception of everyone’s observation, Haki, the Yamata no Orochi, now transformed by Kurozumi Orochi, began to exude a sinister and fierce aura. It surged from a state of extreme weakness, quickly surpassing the peak of its former power!
Waves of foul-smelling wind whistled through the air so violently that they lifted the ruined ground like waves in the sea.
Within moments, the shadow of a "new" Yamata no Orochi, even stronger and more ferocious, loomed before them.
"Guhehe! I was almost killed by you in one second."
The Yamata no Orochi let out a sharp, piercing roar that sent a painful echo through everyone’s eardrums.
Sticky saliva dripped from the mouths of its eight massive heads, burning the ground below with charred holes.
"It’s a pity that such an attack can’t kill me!!!"
"Shedding skin again and again is an evolution for me," the Orochi declared, his voice dripping with malevolent pride.
"As long as I don’t die, my strength will grow stronger and stronger!"
"Even the strongest ability in the world is meaningless to me!"
The grim, sinister laugh echoed through the air, filled with arrogance and malice. The eight pairs of cold, reptilian eyes flashed with a chilling light, and with a mocking, rampant expression, they locked onto Liu Feng and his party.
Indeed, this was the terrifying power of his awakened animal-type fantasy beast, Yamata no Orochi form! Not only had he gained the powerful inhuman regenerative ability and immense physical enhancement typical of an awakened Zoan-type Devil Fruit, but he had also acquired a unique "evolution" ability. This transformation allowed him to shed his skin and "reborn" stronger every time he was injured, much like the mythological demon beast Yamata no Orochi.
With this newfound power, he was an unstoppable force.
"Die!!" he bellowed, ready to unleash his fury.
"Submit to the power of Yamata no Orochi!!"
A deafening roar reverberated as the cold wind surged violently.
With a terrifying display of power, seven of Yamata no Orochi’s heads lunged toward Liu Feng and his group, each attack resembling a mountain falling from the sky. The earth trembled beneath the force, and the ground shattered under the impact of the Orochi’s assault.
Liu Feng and the others nimbly dodged, their figures flashing like streaks of light. The ground where they once stood was now left with massive, nerve-wracking craters, each one sending a chill down the spine.
However, the Orochi’s assault didn’t stop. The snake heads, relentless in their fury, continued their barrage of violent, storm-like attacks. The air became thick with a swirling mass of black shadows, the sound of howling winds intensifying as it enveloped the group in an overwhelming wave of force.
"Hahahaha!! I don’t have time to play with you!!" The Golden Lion, Shiki, cackled with cruel amusement. His body shot into the air, narrowly avoiding the strike of two of the Orochi’s heads. With blades in hand, he turned his attention to Kaido, launching himself at the Beast Pirate captain.
Kaido, unperturbed by Shiki’s challenge, grinned darkly. "Shiki, you’re looking for death!" he snarled. "You couldn’t do anything to me on the ship back then, and now, you still can’t be my opponent!!"
The massive, spiked mace in Kaido’s hand swung down with a force that shattered the air itself, creating visible ripples around it. The power behind the strike was almost enough to bend reality, as the spiked weapon clashed fiercely with the two famed swords of the Golden Lion in mid-air. The violent impact sent sparks flying in all directions, lighting up the furious expression on Shiki’s face, his excitement palpable.
"Hahahaha!" The Golden Lion’s laugh echoed, unshaken by the force of the blow. "That’s not necessarily true!!"
The moment his words rang out, the ground beneath them trembled violently. Suddenly, the earth itself began to twist and bulge, rising as if alive.
From the cracked ground, a massive lion made of earth and stone emerged, its massive form swarming over Kaido and swallowing him whole in a single, devastating bite.
"Lion’s Mighty Earth Roll!!"
Shiki roared as the colossal lion, with the strength of the earth itself, barreled toward the Beast Pirate captain, crashing into him and sending him flying across the battlefield.
The ground shattered in their wake, and the landscape itself seemed to quake with the impact.