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The sun had risen to its peak, blazing fiercely over the battlefield. "Was that not your full strength just now, Ayr?" The Red Earl frowned slightly, a trace of genuine surprise flickering in his eyes. The power Ayr had used to enhance himself clearly had no immediate cooldown; otherwise, he wouldn't have triggered it so casually, without hesitation or buildup. This meant Ayr could erupt with such devastating might anytime, anywhere—a fact inconceivable to the Five Elders, for that kind of increase in ability should have come with a cooldown, perhaps even decades long. The last time they had witnessed such a release was twenty years ago.
High above, the sun's rays refracted off Ayr's skin like polished metal, illuminating the terrifying aura that clung to him. He looked more god than man, his power nearly surpassing the known limits of existence itself—greater than Admirals, Emperors, Ten Tails Jinchūriki, even the Sage of Six Paths. Yet the records had clearly shown that Ayr's strength-enhancing ability did have a cooldown, something that warped reality and shattered balance, something that should have been used sparingly. The second time he had ever unleashed that overwhelming augmenting power was during his second assault on the Holy Land—Mariejois.
That day, as witnesses gasped in disbelief, Ayr had drawn upon the full might of the Ten Tails Jinchūriki, devouring light and reshaping gravity with his chakra cloak until his mere presence paralyzed the battlefield. Sengoku's expression had darkened. "That's a level of power even I've never witnessed. Just what kind of monster is this Ayr?" Garp's fists tightened, his tone thick with tension as he muttered, "No… it's not chakra… it's beyond chakra. It's like Six Paths mixed with Haki, and something else entirely." Even the leader of the CP0, silent until then, finally spoke: "He's amplifying again—but I don't think it has negative side effects. If it did, he wouldn't be this reckless with it."
Ayr stood tall like a battle-hardened deity incarnate, divine flames licking his shoulders, and to everyone's astonishment, that hadn't even been his full power before. Now that the Ten Tails Jinchūriki cloak had returned, he was complete—a true Sage of Six Paths. Back then, he had stood toe-to-toe with the three strongest of Roger's crew, but now flames more intense than magma licked his body, distorting the air around him. "He just fought the three commanders of the Roger Pirates on even footing without taking damage, and now he's gotten stronger?!" one marine trembled. "No, this isn't a trick," another replied. "His form's changed. His aura's changed. His presence is overwhelming."
Since that last activation, his augmenting ability hadn't been seen again. The last known usage had been when he accessed the Ten Tails' power to achieve a semi-complete Sage of Six Paths transformation during the destruction of Mariejois. Yet even now, simply standing here, Ayr's sheer aura sent tremors through Loguetown. "It's been years since then," muttered a CP0 agent. "We were told he wouldn't be able to use that power again for at least two decades…" "And yet… here he is," another said grimly. Back then, his Sage Mode had been incomplete, but the flames surrounding Ayr now were unlike anything seen before—neither Haki-based nor chakra-based, but solar, a scorching radiance like Amaterasu fused with Akainu's magma, refined into divinity itself. His power seemed to burn through the air.
At the core of it all, Ayr's secret remained shrouded. How could he amplify himself so drastically? Had he awakened a new ability—a hybrid between a Mythical Zoan and a chakra beast? Whatever the case, even the Red Earl began to feel genuine pressure. Yet the worst part wasn't Ayr's transformation or the flames; it was the overwhelming spiritual presence he exuded, as if declaring, I alone reign over Heaven and Earth. His current strength far exceeded what had once shocked the world, and even now, no one—not even the Five Elders—could fully comprehend the depths of his ability. They had seen countless powers—the Yami Yami no Mi, the Pika Pika no Mi, the Gura Gura no Mi—but nothing like this.
Even the dragons, with all their ancient weapons and divine lineage, had not prepared for something like him. Among the crowd, stunned onlookers could only stare in disbelief as Ayr radiated pure dominance, his chakra surging with planetary weight interwoven with Haki so dense it bent the space around him. He had tapped into that terrifying ability again—this time, without warning—while facing only three of Roger's lieutenants. "Did he just get even stronger again?! Didn't he already kill three of the Five Elders one-on-one not long ago?! The next time he activates that ability, he might be unstoppable!" someone cried, awestruck.
Even before this form, Ayr had been a terrifying force—a pirate worth seven billion, capable of burning through seastone, resisting sealing ninjutsu, and shrugging off Admiral-level attacks. Now, his body transformed once more, the sky clearing as blue returned to the heavens. His frame, once four meters tall, expanded to nearly seven, akin to Kaido's monstrous hybrid form. But Kong, watching from afar, noticed something deeper. "Wait a minute… this isn't just another transformation. It's him evolving."
During the Hive Island battle years ago, Ayr had first revealed hints of Six Paths Sage Mode, though it had not been fully realized until the Battle of the Valley of the Gods. Its cooldown was immense—it could not be used casually unless years passed between activations. "Don't panic," a CP0 operative said. "The Five Elders believed the ability couldn't be used again for twenty more years. That gives us a decade to eliminate Ayr before he evolves further…" But that assumption had clearly been wrong. There were side effects, certainly—but they were not visible.
Kong took a deep breath, his voice grave. "If this is Ayr's current limit… then I doubt I'll ever catch up to him." Douglas Bullet wiped sweat from his brow, stunned into silence. To the Five Elders, Devil Fruits held limitless potential—but combining one with chakra, Sage Mode, and Haki was a recipe to overturn the balance of the world itself. The skies parted and the clouds fled. "Ayr's Devil Fruit mastery is already legendary," said Crane. "Every fight, he displays entirely new abilities. He's more than a monster—he's a one-man apocalypse."
Long Xian, watching from afar, smiled bitterly. "As expected of a pirate worth seven billion... With you by our side, Ayr, the fall of the World Government is inevitable." Ayr could unleash this form at will, but he had chosen not to during the Roger encounter. Now, however, his aura soared higher and higher, eclipsing the battlefield entirely. Everyone could sense the changes within him—it confirmed what Kong had feared all along: Ayr's time limit had returned early. The monster had awakened again.
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