"WHAT KIND OF MONSTER IS THAT? A SEA KING?" Quinn shouted in surprise.
King was also shocked, looking out at sea at the massive, pitch-black fish body stretching as far as the eye could see.
The waves it raised were hundreds of meters high, like a tsunami, with a deafening roar.
"Is it a Devil Fruit ability? But how can a Devil Fruit user go into the sea?"
The two looked at each other, their eyes full of shock and confusion.
Creak, creak, creak.
A stumbling footstep sounded from behind.
King barely managed to turn his head and saw Admiral Ryokugyu emerge from the quarry again, blood at the corner of his mouth, clutching his chest.
His expression was extremely unpleasant, though it was unclear if he was injured by Caesar or just angry.
Ryokugyu face was gloomy.
Noticing the mockery in King eyes, the rage in his heart surged even more.
With a wave of his hand, countless vines grew in swarms, covering the ground within a hundred-meter radius in the blink of an eye.
On the ground, green grass spread like a carpet, fresh and gorgeous flowers swayed in the wind, and vines as thick as pythons extended, once again binding Quinn and King, tightly squeezing their already withered bodies, making their bones crackle, almost to the point of breaking.
"Cough, cough!" Quinn was the first to give in, coughing up fragments of shattered internal organs, a horrifying sight.
"QUINN!" King eyes bulged with rage as he roared, but he couldn't break free from the vines.
He stared at Ryokugyu with utter humiliation and shouted.
"RYOKUGYU! Is this how an Admiral should behave, abusing us like this?"
"Shut up! The man I idolize is the one who upholds absolute justice! I won't feel the slightest guilt no matter how much I torture evildoers like you!"
Ryokugyu shouted fiercely, a sharp vine sprouting from his right palm. He raised it high and violently stabbed it into King chest!
"AHHHHH!"
King writhed in agony.
On his exposed chest, where the vine had pierced, countless visible green lines rapidly spread in all directions, like green blood vessels.
"Tell me! Who is that person? If you lie, my little darling will crawl into your blood vessels, bursting them one by one, and then grow out of your body!"
Ryokugyu had lost all semblance of dignity, the ferocity on his face and the ruthlessness emanating from him surpassing even seasoned murderous pirates.
King let out another miserable howl.
The pain of having all his blood vessels ruptured was unbearable, making him feel like he was about to explode.
"Why don't you ask him yourself!! Are you afraid, Ryokugyu? Hahaha, you're doomed! HAHAHAHA!"
King laughed maniacally, as if he had gone mad, disregarding the danger of his body bursting.
"You're asking for death!"
Killing intent flashed in Ryokugyu eyes as he exerted force, driving the vine deeper into King body, impaling him completely and pinning him to the ground.
BOOM!!
With an earth-shattering explosion, a black rock the size of a small mountain crashed down, demolishing half of the cylindrical quarry of Udon.
Countless stone fragments flew about, and amidst the chaos of flying rocks, two enormous figures were flung out, crashing heavily in front of Ryokugyu.
Ryokugyu pupils suddenly contracted as he looked at the two massive bodies before him, exclaiming in shock.
"BIG MOM! KAIDO!"
Quinn and King quickly looked over.
Seeing the familiar figures lying on the ground, tears welled up in their eyes as they shouted in unison.
"KAIDO! WAKE UP!"
Ryokugyu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his face lit up with wild joy.
He spread his arms, his ten fingers rapidly elongating into hollow vines poised to pierce the bodies of Kaido and Big Mom.
"Haha, this is truly effortless! If I can absorb the life force of Kaido and Big Mom, my power will grow to an unparalleled level. Haha, then I'll be able to eliminate every single pirate on the sea, leaving none alive!"
The tips of the ten vines were sharp and extremely corrosive, enhanced by Ryokugyu ability.
He could pierce through the body of almost anyone caught off guard!
At this moment, Big Mom and Kaido were both lying motionless on the ground, their fates unknown.
This was like a pie falling from the sky, meat delivered to his mouth, express delivery right to Ryokugyu doorstep.
How could he not absorb them?
"Let me absorb it!!"
Ryokugyu eyes gleamed with ruthlessness and excitement, as if envisioning himself sweeping across the seas, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth.
Out at sea, a pitch-black monster fish, ten kilometers long, leapt out of the water in an impossible manner, carrying millions of tons of seawater, soaring into the air and casting a vast shadow!
Ryokugyu paused, his actions halting as he looked up at the giant fish with confusion.
"What's this? A Sea King? A whale? Looking to die?"
"Yo!"
The enormous fish opened its mouth, letting out a sky-shattering cry.
Its body, as large as an island, began to transform!
Its tail elongated, growing feather-like scales.
The two rear fins became sharp, turning into two giant bird claws.
The upper body fins stretched out, growing larger and larger, becoming two enormous wings that blotted out the sky.
The black fish head protruded, changing into a massive, hooked golden bird beak.
In its golden pupils, each larger than a house, the figures below were reflected.
The mountain-like Golden Winged Great 'Peng' let out a cry that tore through heaven and earth!
"Screech!"
"Hm?" Ryokugyu watched this astonishing scene, even forgetting what he was about to do.
"Fish-Fish Fruit, Kun Peng Form, Second Form, Golden Winged Great Peng!"
Caesar opened his golden beak and spewed a beam of icy frost towards Ryokugyu!
A white frost pillar thousands of meters long descended in an instant!
"Vine Kingdom! Plant Domain!"
Ryokugyu didn't dare to be careless. His body suddenly grew taller and expanded!
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a towering tree, a hundred meters tall, with lush branches and leaves growing all over.
Leaves as large as umbrellas unfurled, densely packed like tightly connected scales, completely covering his hundred-meter-tall trunk!
At the same time, on the ground, the surface broke open, and vines as thick as dragons sprang up!
They instantly grew into towering trees, straight as spears, supporting countless massive branches and leaves above!
Crack crack crack crack!!
A series of teeth-clenching freezing sounds rang out from the mountain-like giant tree.
'How does he have Aokiji ability? Freezing?' This thought flashed through Ryokugyu mind.
The kilometer-long frost beam completely froze the hundred-meter-tall giant tree, turning it into a green tree encased in crystal-clear ice.
From the outside, it looked truly translucent and crystalline, a lush green with a glassy, emerald hue.
"Mere freezing can't stop me! My little darlings, break through it!"
Ryokugyu roared, and countless thick vines shot out like arrows, crashing into the thick ice.
The immense force quickly caused cracks to appear in the ice.
Whoosh!
Caesar flapped his kilometer-long wings, arriving above the Skull Island. He extended his massive right wing, like a giant hand.
He grasped the huge sword stuck in Onigashima and pulled it out with a mighty heave!
Crack crack!
Onigashima immediately shattered completely, revealing a sword a thousand meters long.
This sword was pitch-black all over, incredibly heavy, likely weighing no less than a small mountain!
In this world, there were probably very few who could lift it.
But even such a terrifying giant blade appeared tiny compared to the ten-kilometer-long body of the Golden Winged Great Peng.
"Have you been waiting long, my dear friend? Zhulong!"
Caesar opened his beak, letting out a joyful cry.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The sword in his grip also vibrated happily, humming!
Looking at Ryokugyu who was about to break free from the ice, Caesar golden pupils flashed with a fierce light.
Gripping the thousand-meter sword, he slashed down through the air!
"Conqueror's Haki Infusion! Heaven-Splitting Slash!"