"Sure enough, the so-called hardest armor is a lie. This must be the true power hidden within the stone."
From the moment they left Onigashima, Kuzan's worldview had been under constant assault. The Wailord transport ship was still within reason, just a powerful creature. After all, entire islands with full ecosystems could exist inside the belly of a Sea King.
The Seraphim research wasn't too shocking either. Although it was startling that such childlike beings held so much power, he had already heard some rumors about them.
It was just a bit of technological awe; replicating abilities, cloning humans. It was somewhat outrageous, but ultimately still within the realm of acceptance.
A scientist five hundred years ahead of the world. These titles weren't just for show.
But compared to the transformation of Shayna's body, all of that now seemed insignificant. As she flapped her wings, a terrifying cyclone had already formed high in the sky.
Due to the earlier battle, Egghead was littered with destroyed buildings. Now, all these shattered structures were being swept into the sky by the wind.
If he didn't already know Shayna's ability, Kuzan would have fully believed she was the user of Logia-type Wind-Wind Fruit.
The seemingly ordinary stone, once integrated into her body, could erupt with such terrifying power. It was a really huge shock.
The Beasts Pirates had always claimed to the outside world that Kaido was trying to forge an indestructible set of armor, and to this day, they hadn't changed that narrative.
It was a known fact that the hardness of the plate was ridiculous. Even the World Government had yet to find a way to destroy it after all this time.
Armor forged from this stone would indeed be quite strong, but simple hardness was nothing like what he was witnessing now.
It wasn't that the plate was useless, it was that outsiders never knew its proper use. That was Kuzan's current thought.
[If just one of them has this kind of terrifying power... how many do the Beasts Pirates have?]
Thinking back, the Beasts Pirates had been searching for these things for a long time and had paid a heavy price for it. People once thought Kaido had gone mad, chasing after something that was good for nothing except being hard.
But the reality in front of Kuzan now told a different story: the Beasts Pirates had simply been a generation ahead. They had long discovered the use of these things.
The Marines had even once similarly traded it with them for Seastone, essentially handing over this kind of destructive weapon directly into their hands.
As the one experiencing it, Shayna felt it even more intensely. From the moment she was born, she had never experienced such overwhelming power. The boundless energy within her was ceaseless, pouring into her limbs with her wings as the center.
Dazzling specks of light continued to scatter from her wings. From below, it looked like a cascading starry sky. It wasn't anything else, it was the excess energy from the plate.
The Icicle Plate could temporarily form the core within Regice's body because Regice and other "legendary giant" Pokémon are inherently special. Their bodies are different from humans, allowing them to perfectly accommodate this kind of power.
But Shayna was different. Even the body of a Lunarian couldn't withstand the full power of a single plate.
Hundreds of years ago, their chief had received the power of the Flame Plate. While it made him stronger, the power constantly pushed his body's limits.
But the situation now was different. Arceus, whose power had now been fully restored, could control his plates with far greater precision.
The power from the plate remained within Shayna's limit of endurance. The portion that exceeded her body's capacity was scattered into the sky by her wings, ultimately forming a beautiful yet deadly brilliance.
"This... is the power of the sky?"
Shayna looked up toward the sky. The flow of air was clearly visible in her vision. With just a wave of her hand, the clouds were molded by the wind into shapes that mirrored her will.
16th plate - Sky Plate, Type - Flying.
The most memorable aspect of the Sky Plate is undoubtedly the regional bird Pokémon*, or the Pidgeot that waited in the forest for twenty years, only seeing its Trainer after they lost protagonist status. [TN: Pokemon that can be captured in the early stages of the games, most often Normal or Flying-type.]
But the Sky Plate doesn't just represent flying and regional bird Pokémon, it represents the power of the sky itself.
Flying is merely the surface. Beyond that, the true essence lies in the power of the sky.
The movement of air currents creates wind, and the alternation of hot and cold air currents changes the weather. Wind and weather are the true powers brought by the Sky Plate.
S-Bear's ability bounced away the upper level of Egghead. But after such a large area was repelled by the Paw-Paw Fruit, traces were left in the sky. Following the changes in the air currents, Shayna already knew where Vegapunk had gone.
"Those things aren't that hard to deal with. When the flames go out, their defense drops drastically. That's your chance. Get rid of those eyesores and then head back early. See you at Onigashima."
Since the Seraphim's power comes from the Lunarians, their weakness is just as obvious.
The Lunarian race's exaggerated defense is what makes the Seraphim so difficult to handle.
After leaving those instructions, Shayna had no intention of wasting time here. She flapped her new wings and gave chase into the distance.
Kizaru tried to stop Shayna, but once Zeraora returned, he could no longer move around freely like before.
With his speed advantage now matched, the threat Kizaru posed dropped by a level.
"Get out of the way."
"Sorry, no can do. She's really mad right now. Just stay here and fight us like a good boy."
In just a few minutes, the roles had reversed. Kizaru, who had just been tying Shayna down, was now completely held back by Zeraora.
Rumble!
At this moment, the sky darkened. Faced with the choice of first dealing with the Seraphim and then chasing Vegapunk, or directly chasing Vegapunk, she chose the latter.
The Seraphim were just creations. If their creator wasn't eliminated, there was no telling how many more disgusting things like them would appear in the future.
She entrusted this place to Zeraora without worry. Without the Blue Flame Mode or any special abilities, if Seraphim wanted to deal with Zeraora, they would have to abandon their defensive mode, otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to capture Zeraora, let alone assist in an attack.
Once they gave up their defense mode, Zeraora would surely seize the opportunity. That was Shayna's trust. And before leaving, she even created a home-field advantage for Zeraora.
The thunderclouds blanketing the sky were Shayna's doing. Beneath the endless lightning, this had already become the perfect battlefield for Zeraora.
"She really helped a lot."
Rumble!
Under Zeraora's guidance, the lightning in the sky converged toward his body. Bathed in thunderlight, every strand of his fur was crackling with lightning. A dazzling lightning spear had already formed in his hand.
His sunglasses dimmed the blinding glare of the lightning. Kizaru no longer uttered words like "scary" and instead gathered the radiant light he had conjured in the entire battle so far.
Chapter 1119 Sky Plate, the Authority of the Sky
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