manynovel Chapter 7 Special Serpent Head - Spirit, Eight-Headed Shadow - Appearance!
Chapter 7 Special Serpent Head - Spirit, Eight-Headed Shadow - Appearance!
"That's it! Hehehe~~"
"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"
Bang--!!
A figure flew out of the already dilapidated cabin and fell straight into the sea.
"Kaido, you bastard!!!"
Flying backwards in mid-air, Bazel said angrily:
"You promised not to use Conqueror's Haki, but you secretly added something extra to your attack!"
Kaido walked out of the dilapidated room, looking indifferent, his left pinky finger picking at his ear.
"Stop nagging and making so much noise! I'm a pirate!"
"Bazaar, when have you ever seen a pirate keep their promise?!"
"Abel, go and fish him out of the sea."
Seeing that Bazel was about to sink, Jin, who was preparing lunch nearby, didn't bother to take off his apron.
With a flap of its black wings, the suspended flames merged into its body, and it then swooped down toward the sea at an extremely fast speed.
Cough cough cough...
"Mr. Kaido, aren't you taking this a bit too seriously?"
Jin looked at Bazel, who was vomiting seawater on the deck, and frowned slightly when his gaze swept over the scars on the other's chest and abdomen.
"Bazaar's strength shouldn't be that great."
Kaido picked up his gourd and drank heavily, the liquor sliding down his open collar and onto his pectoral muscles.
"Abel, you underestimate the Devil Fruit he ate. Stop playing dead, Bazel!"
"The power of Yamata no Orochi is all-encompassing!"
This is the seventh day since Bazel joined the Beasts Pirates. During these seven days of sailing, the Cute Little Classroom has been open every day.
As the only "student" among them, Bazel thoroughly familiarized himself with the power of the Yamata no Orochi Fruit during this week.
Just as Kaido had predicted.
The eight heads of the Yamata no Orochi each possess a different ability.
Bazel currently only knows four and a half of these abilities.
Poison, fire, physical manipulation, eight lives.
As for the Poison Body and the Fiery Flow Martial Body...
That was just a special form of Bazel's humanoid form, a form that uses poison and fire to attack, and it doesn't count as a head ability.
Snake venom, flames, and eight lives go without saying.
Body manipulation was an ability he discovered unexpectedly during Kaido's training with sticks.
For Bazel, who is proficient in the Six Styles of the Navy and Life Return, he is naturally sensitive to changes in his body.
After awakening this ability, Bazel could clearly feel it.
The degree of control I have over my body seems to have reached an unbelievable level.
No matter how severe his injuries or how much physical exertion he suffered, as long as all eight of his heads were not completely severed...
Give him time and plenty of food, and he can recover quickly from his injuries and regain his strength.
Even a broken arm can heal in a short time.
As for the remaining half of the ability...
Bazel believed it was half a head simply because the head called "Spirit" seemed to be in a nascent, undeveloped stage.
The Shadow of Orochi!
Using the special spiritual power possessed by the head, it forcibly seized the body of the redeemer and transformed it into a phantom serpent demon.
After being transformed into a phantom serpent demon, the serpent head (spirit) can store these serpent demons in the serpent neck, and summon them again when needed.
More importantly, these phantom serpent demons can use Bazel's ability to spew poisonous mist and fire.
Although it wasn't as powerful as he used it himself, it was better than nothing, at least better than his previous foolish close-quarters combat.
but,
Bazel had a strange feeling that this ability was merely the outer skin of the Spirit Serpent's Head, and that there was an even more powerful and real force hidden within.
Because of this feeling, he even approached Kaido to ask if the other party had ever had such thoughts.
"You're saying there's an even more powerful force hidden away?"
Kaido crossed his arms, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
"I didn't want to tell you this so soon, Bazel. Have you ever heard of the awakening of a Devil Fruit?"
The awakening of a Devil Fruit?
A guess flashed through Bazel's mind.
"What does this have to do with awakening?"
"Let me put it this way: if a user who has eaten a Devil Fruit has exceptional talent, there is a chance that the Devil Fruit will awaken after they have developed it to its full potential."
Kaido sat down cross-legged, his gaze fixed on Bazel.
"No matter what type of Devil Fruit it is, it has the potential to awaken; the only difference is the difficulty."
"If one successfully awakens the Devil Fruit, its power will be elevated to a new level."
"but!"
"The awakening of Zoan-type Devil Fruits is different; the awakening process of the fruit we ate can fail."
"If the awakening fails, the fruit will be in a semi-awakened state, and the eater will become a speechless beastman."
"I once heard that guy, Lockes, mention something."
After a brief pause, Kaido fell silent, seemingly making some kind of decision in his mind.
Half a minute later, the sound rang out again.
"Devil Fruits are treasures of desire that exist in fantasy, and the awakening of Zoan-type fruits is the most special kind of awakening."
"Lox said he believed that the awakening of the Zoan type was a soul-based duel with the animal represented by the fruit."
"If you defeat that animal, you will gain even greater strength and power."
"If you fail, your body will be dominated by the animal it represents, turning you into a monster that only knows how to vent its power."
"Bazaar, the hidden power you sensed is actually the true power contained within the Yamata no Orochi itself!"
Kaido placed his hand on Bazel's shoulder, his expression grave.
"If you want to know its true power, you will have to awaken the Devil Fruit, which means you will very likely fight the legendary Yamata no Orochi in the future."
Fighting the Yamata no Orochi!?
Barzel was dumbfounded.
Why hadn't he heard of this before he traveled through time?
and many more!
Bazel suddenly remembered that in the original anime, Kaido did not use any abilities similar to awakening when fighting Luffy.
If Kaido wasn't lying.
That means if Kaido wants to awaken the Mythical Zoan type Azure Dragon Fruit, the object he needs to defeat is the will of the Azure Dragon.
If this is true, then Kaido's choice not to awaken his Devil Fruit is understandable.
Lions and leopards are easy to defeat, but what about fighting mythical beasts?
Even if all the crew members on the ship attacked with their butts together, they still couldn't win!
"Of course, all of this is just Locke's speculation. Just take it as a joke."
Kaido patted Bazel on the shoulder and laughed heartily.
"Forget about what the Yamata no Orochi originally looked like, I simply can't imagine what the Azure Dragon looks like or what abilities it might have!"
"Health is the foundation, and dominance is the only truth on this vast sea!!"
"Bazaar, if you want to become stronger, you can't let the development of your fruit consume all your energy!"
"Strength! Speed! A powerful body is the only way to increase your domineering aura."
"Dominance is the key to victory!!"
Bazel looked at Kaido with a strange expression.
Is domineering presence the key?
He remembered that Kaido said the same thing when he was Luffy's tutor in the original work.
Immediately after saying this, Teacher Ke'aiduo transformed into a giant dragon and breathed dragon breath.
It completely fails to embody the idea that "dominance is the key."
Just as Bazel was considering how to make a sarcastic remark, a little girl's scream and a wild beast's panicked roar suddenly came from near the ship.
"Hey, get out of the way, you lousy pirate ship!!!"
Bang--!!!
Kaido and Bazel were both stunned.
"Something terrible has happened, Mr. Kaido, Bazel!!"
Jin's forehead was covered in cold sweat:
"That stupid sea lizard rammed a hole in the hull of our ship!"
"Water is starting to take on the hull; the Beast is going to sink!!"
"Those two guys..."
Kaido gritted his teeth and transformed into a giant dragon, his eyes filled with anger and undisguised ferocity.
"Bazel, bring your woman up here. Jhin, grab those two guys; I'm going to teach them a lesson later!"
"This is a spoils of war that I finally managed to pick up... cough, I finally got!"
Just then, Bazel, who was holding Tianyue Shi and jumping onto the top of Qinglong's head, heard these words.
He immediately squinted.
"You just let it slip, didn't you!? You were feeding Kaido!"
"This ship really is just some junk you picked up off the street!"
Heat!
Kaido pretended not to hear and destroyed the already sinking pirate ship with a burst of heat.
Amidst the wreckage of the ship split in two, the winged Ash carries an unconscious lizard and a blonde girl.
"Wait, Mr. Kaido, I know that girl. Her father is a scientist who creates pure gold!"
After seeing the pattern on the girl's clothes, Tengetsu suddenly patted the dragon horn.
"When I traveled through time, I arrived at Alkemi, the legendary island where pure gold was made, two hundred years ago!!"