Mythical Zoans, or "Phantasm Beasts", were the rarest category within Zoan Devil Fruits.
Every Mythical Zoan fruit was a symbol of absolute power.
If normal Devil Fruits were treasures, then Mythical Zoans were treasures among treasures.
Marco, Whitebeard's First Division Commander, was the user of the Mythical Zoan Phoenix Fruit.
In the Paramount War, he alone held off Admiral Kizaru thanks to his absurd regenerative abilities.
Almost every Mythical Zoan user in the One Piece world was a top-tier powerhouse.
The weight of this fruit in Blaine's hands needed no explanation.
"Is… this also part of your ability?"
Wayne asked hoarsely, staring at the fruit.
"More or less. Anyway, this fruit is yours.
Eat it and see what happens."
Blaine pushed the enormous Devil Fruit into Wayne's hands.
"I, I heard that right? You're giving me the Devil Fruit?"
Blaine rolled his eyes.
"I said eat it. Why the nonsense? Do you think I'd screw you over?"
Wayne grinned stupidly. If he refused now, he'd just look pretentious.
"Then… I won't hold back! Brother, from today on, I'll go through fire and water for you!"
He grabbed the Devil Fruit and took a big bite.
The taste was so bitter he almost vomited, but he forced himself to swallow.
Immediately, a strange, indescribable power surged through his body.
His physical structure began to twist and reshape.
"Let's head to the border and test the transformation."
After half an hour of walking, they reached the wasteland near demon territory.
Wayne focused for nearly a minute, then found the feeling.
His body transformed dramatically,
The tall human disappeared, replaced by a towering ancient Tyrannosaurus, its roar shaking the heavens.
Claws and fangs tore into the ground; the oppressive weight of the creature felt suffocating.
Nearby, several C-rank demons appeared.
Wayne locked onto them, his massive feet stomped down like falling boulders, the earth trembling.
One heavy step crushed a C-rank demon instantly.
The Tyrannosaurus opened its enormous jaws, instinct overwhelming rational thought.
A sweeping bite tore through the entire group of demons,
Bones cracking, flesh ripping, echoes filling the wasteland.
The Tyrannosaurus truly was savage.
If one compared transformation power to ability rank…
Wayne had jumped from an ordinary human straight to S-rank ability user.
Transformations like the First Squad Captain's, where only a single body part could mutate, rarely grew beyond A-rank.
But a full-body Zoan transformation?
That rivaled an S-rank ability.
And the growth potential was enormous.
Devil Fruit powers depended entirely on personal development.
How far Wayne could go depended on his own talent.
"Holy, BROTHER!! You're basically my dad now! This fruit is insane!"
After wiping out the demons, Wayne felt reborn.
Years of frustration finally burst out of him.
He was no longer a powerless ordinary person.
He was now an S-rank existence.
How could he not be excited?
He probably wouldn't sleep for days.
Blaine felt genuinely happy.
With his cheat ability, it was basically "one person ascends, everyone ascends."
Well, his brother ascends.
"All this is fatherly love for you. Spend a few days getting used to the fruit.
I'll talk to the District Chief, just the two of us will enter the tournament. No need for the other Captains.
"The rewards are great. Our good days are coming."
Wayne was already too excited to form proper sentences.
He felt like he had been sponsored…
…and honestly, it felt great.
"I'm heading back to edit videos. You enjoy your new toy."
Blaine still had tons of anime coins unspent.
Time to invest and grow stronger.
He returned to his rental room, opened his computer, and logged into the Anime Projection App.
His anime coins had jumped from 2,300 to over 3,000.
Likes, comments, and shares had exploded.
The total shares across the platform exceeded one billion.
Many related videos were trending.
In the Naruto world, Uchiha Madara had posted a video.
[The world's strongest man should be me.
Watch how these ant-like Allied Shinobi Forces die before me.]
Blaine opened it.
In a barren desert, hundreds of Allied Shinobi fought desperately against Madara.
Their earlier fighting spirit had completely vanished as they stared at the sky,
From above the clouds, an unimaginably massive meteorite was falling.
Kunai dropped from trembling fingers.
"What is that…?"
"Is… is this the power of a god?"
"A meteor…? Madara's strength is beyond imagination."
"Even if we run full-speed, we won't escape the impact."
"The difference in power is too great. We can't win!"
Naruto's clones, Ōnoki, Gaara, all were frozen in shock as the meteor descended.
Madara stared down at the shinobi without emotion, as if looking at insects.
Ōnoki, the Third Tsuchikage, flew up alone, using every last ounce of strength to slow the giant boulder.
"Earth Style: Super Light and Heavy Boulder Technique!"
The meteor slowed… barely.
But Madara's calm voice echoed above him:
"So tell me, how will you stop the second one?"
Another meteor fell.
The battlefield turned hopeless in an instant.
Blaine's blood boiled.
No matter how many times he watched it, that scene always hit hard.
Madara is insane!
Sadly, this was only one phase of his power.
He still wasn't the absolute strongest in Naruto lore.
But still,
Madara is awesome.
Madara's video shot to #1 instantly.
Shinobi across the Naruto world watched in horror.
How do you fight something like this?
For many shinobi, the gap between the First Generation and later Kage became painfully clear.
It was an uncrossable chasm.
Madara's casual strike made the Third Tsuchikage dump all his abilities at once,
completely absurd.
Meanwhile, in a shady underground casino in the One Piece world, a group of broke gamblers were discussing Madara's video.