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Powers generally have three growth stages. For example, like how some creatures grow from small to medium to large, they correspond to the baby, youth, and adult stages.
Inside Daichi's body at this moment, the small Groudon, having eaten ten artificial Devil Fruits, has completed its first change. Its body has grown much bigger, and the hard scales covering its entire body shine brightly.
Baby Stage Groudon!
"Waaah! (Fight! Fight!)"
The small Groudon spread its arms, crying out loudly and proudly, gradually gaining some of the presence of a ruler of the earth.
Onigashima's back mountain, the battlefield.
"Ooooh!!!"
Daichi clenched his fists and growled, power continuously flowing from within his body, and his skin surface gradually became crystal-like.
Head, waist, arms and legs…
By the time the transformation finished, Daichi looked as if he had put on red armor, his wild appearance amazing.
Armored Warrior - Daichi makes his appearance!
In the distance, Page One's eyes widened in shock.
"What a cool transformation!"
"Wait, transformation?"
"Is Daichi a Devil Fruit user?"
Having known him for so many years, he had no idea that Daichi was also a Devil Fruit user. He felt a bit guilty for transforming earlier.
How sneaky!
Page One felt cheated, as if he had been tricked. They were good friends who often trained together, yet Daichi had kept a secret.
"Bastard, I won't hold back!"
"Roar!"
The Spinosaurus roared, its thick legs pushing off, charging angrily at Daichi like a war machine.
"Here he comes."
Daichi's gaze moved slightly, focusing on the Spinosaurus charging from a hundred meters away. He had no intention of avoiding its attack. Instead, he laughed and met it head-on!
From walking to running!
The man and the dinosaur rapidly approached!
When the distance closed to less than ten meters, Daichi suddenly jumped up. His powerful explosive force instantly shot him into the air, and his raised arms slammed down like war hammers!
"So fast!"
Page One's eyes moved upward. Before he could react, his head suddenly sank, and his jaw slammed hard into the ground!
"Boom!!!"
Centered on the Spinosaurus, the ground within dozens of meters was completely broken, and countless rock pieces flew into the sky.
Massive amounts of smoke and dust shot upward!
"Such powerful strength, who is it?!"
Inside Skull Dome, the resting officers' expressions changed, and they all looked sideways. Although they didn't know what had happened, they could feel the shock that had just occurred.
Very strong!
"Flap!"
The sound of wings flapping echoed, and the flaming pterodactyl had flown toward the battlefield!
Back mountain, center of the huge crater.
Page One had returned to his human form, his shaking arms holding him up on the ground, trying to get up but failing multiple times.
"Drip! Drip!"
Blood continuously dripped onto the ground.
"Don't push yourself."
A familiar voice came from beside his ear.
Bastard!
Page One gripped the ground angrily.
As an Ancient Zoan, his greatest strength was his unbelievable toughness. He could get up even after suffering severe injuries.
But he was defeated in one blow!
A similar situation had just happened a little over a month ago, which made it somewhat difficult for his proud self to accept.
Daichi squatted down, poked Page One, who still looked like he wanted to struggle, and said with a laugh, "You're only 14, you're already very strong!"
"I'm 15!"
Page One corrected him through gritted teeth.
In most parts of the world, 15 is considered an adult, which is why he didn't need Daichi's sympathy.
"..."
Daichi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
What's the difference if it's just one year?
After a while, Page One finally got back some of his strength. His injuries weren't severe. He had mainly suffered a heavy blow to the head, which temporarily prevented him from controlling his body.
"Next time, I'll definitely win!"
"Impossible."
Daichi grinned.
Go easy on him? As if!
The Beast Pirates are not a loving family. It's common for pirates to fight each other to climb the ranks.
To earn others' respect, one must be a bit flashy. Being humble and quiet will only lead to being looked down upon, and it's easier to be bullied.
Moreover, he will only get stronger and stronger!
Even if converted, Groudon's level should at least be that of a Mythical Zoan, and a top-tier Mythical Zoan not weaker than an Azure Dragon. Its potential is unknown how many times stronger than an Ancient Zoan.
The name of a Legendary Beast is not given for nothing.
"It's still not enough!"
Daichi recalled his transformation just now.
Although it looked cool, like he was wearing red armor, a large part of his body was still in human form.
He preferred to be armed completely!
Unfortunately, Groudon was too small, and its power wasn't enough for him to transform into a complete form. He guessed that it would need to evolve once more to achieve a true human-beast form.
The problem was the little guy's appetite.
"Where am I going to find Devil Fruits?"
Daichi had a headache.
He learned from the little guy that the fastest way for it to evolve quickly was to absorb natural energy.
Ideally, it would be a meteorite tearing through the earth, causing natural energy to burst out, which would allow it to quickly evolve into its strongest original form, where creating continents with bare hands wouldn't be a problem.
But a disaster of that size would also destroy the world.
Ordinary food also contains natural energy, but the amount is too small. To evolve by eating, it would take at least years.
In this world, if there's anything that contains a large amount of natural energy, it must be the miraculous Devil Fruits.
The SMILEs he ate before contained concentrated natural energy, but they were fakes and of poor quality, only useful for baby Groudon.
Therefore, for Groudon to evolve again, he either had to spend a lot of time or find real Devil Fruits to feed it.
"Let's take it slow."
Daichi stretched, no longer thinking about these messy things.
In just three or four months, he had grown from a mere nobody to someone who could fight with the Headliners. Complaining now would be like being greedy after getting a good deal.
"Someone's coming, let's go."
Figures continuously appeared from the direction of Skull Dome.
Daichi took a few steps, then turned back to look at Ulti, who was standing still, and raised an eyebrow, "Ulti, we should go back."
"Ah, oh!"
Ulti finally reacted and quickly ran to Daichi's side, her eyes filled with shock as she looked at Daichi.
[Is this guy really Daichi?]
[Impossible! Absolutely impossible!]
[My little brother Daichi couldn't possibly be this amazing!]
Her thoughts were written all over her face.
After walking for a while, Ulti would appear on Daichi's left side, then on his right, secretly watching him, her heart itching like crazy.
She even forgot about her injured brother.
Finally, the girl couldn't hold back and asked casually, "Daichi, you seem to have gotten a lot stronger, huh?"
"I've been training a lot recently, so yes, I've gotten much stronger."
Daichi calmly admitted.
Ulti's heart sank.
Although she didn't know what was going on, her little brother had suddenly gotten much stronger. If he passed her in the future, how would she be able to bully Daichi anymore!
No, she had to work harder on her training too!
The girl's words didn't match her thoughts.
"Oh, then keep up the hard work!"
"Thank you, I will work twice as hard."
Daichi nodded with a smile.
Heh, now you know how amazing he is, right?
"Hmm?"
Daichi's eyes moved, noticing Page One secretly poking him.
The two exchanged knowing glances.
"Brother-in-law, I approve of you!"
"Brother-in-law?"
"Yes, Brother-in-law!"
"..."
Daichi secretly glanced at Ulti, took a deep breath, then glared fiercely at Page One.
"I treat you like my own brother, and this is how you repay kindness with betrayal?"
"..."
Page One guiltily avoided his gaze, but thinking of a beautiful future without his sister bothering him, he immediately glared back with determination.
"Stop pretending. Everyone knows you've liked my sister for years. From now on, you're my brother-in-law!"
"..."
A certain "Ulti Fan Club President" fell silent.
Ulti leaned closer, watching Daichi and her brother giving each other looks, a question mark appearing above her head.
"What are you two doing?"
"None of your business!"
Both spoke at the same time.
Men talk, women stay away!