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Whitebeard and Red-Haired Shanks remained silent, choosing to observe Ron's abilities for now.
The most surprising was Kaido, the Four Emperors known as the "strongest creature." At this moment, he actually took half a step back, a hint of fear flashing in his dragon eyes. This guy was truly a monster.
"What's wrong?" Ron tilted his head, revealing a sunny smile. "Are you all scared?"
He slowly raised his right index finger, letting it sweep across the crowd.
"Then... I'll choose my opponent."
As the last word fell, Ron's figure suddenly vanished from his original spot. The next moment, he appeared before Kaido like a ghost, his right hand turned into ice, and he smashed a fist toward Kaido's face!
Once hit, he would definitely be instantly frozen!
"Let's start with you, Cutie."
Hearing this address, Kaido completely exploded!
"Bastard!"
Ron's gaze pierced the blue giant dragon circling in the air like a sharp sword, a dangerous arc forming at the corner of his mouth.
The purple patterns around his body moved like living things, giving off an eerie light.
"Kaido..." Ron's voice echoed across the sea. "Let me see your power."
Before his words finished, Kaido had already opened his massive mouth: "Blast Breath—!!!"
A scorching fire tornado roared toward him, carrying an aura of destruction, as if it would devour everything.
But Ron didn't dodge or evade. Instead, he changed his fist to a palm and met it head-on.
An amazing scene occurred: those purple patterns suddenly surged, their flow speed in Ron's palm quickened, shining with purple light, completely devouring Kaido's dragon breath!
"This...!" Kaido's dragon pupils suddenly contracted. He couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes.
Ron had completely taken his attack, but the other party was perfectly fine, not even a single hair was lost!
What a joke!
Was his Blast Breath fake?
And what were those crooked scribbles on Ron's body?
The patterns all over Ron's body flared up for a moment before being hidden under his skin. This was a characteristic of the Demon Body, which couldn't be hidden.
Every time he absorbed the power of a Devil Fruit, the patterns would appear. Only after the absorption was complete could he control their concealment.
At this moment, the absorbed dragon breath power was circulating within his body.
He tried to control it and found that the Mythical Zoan's Devil Fruit ability was the same. As long as there was enough energy, he could use it throughout his entire body!
However, the Blast Breath from just one attack wasn't enough to support full-body beast transformation.
"So that's how it is..." The purple light in Ron's eyes surged. "Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon."
The next moment, the patterns on his right arm suddenly flowed in reverse.
"Full Counter!"
A dragon breath even hotter than Kaido's original version erupted!
This Blast Breath appeared an eerie purplish-black. The seawater it passed over instantly boiled, and even the air was scorched and twisted.
"Roar—!!!"
Kaido hastily let out dragon breath again to block. The two forces collided in mid-air.
But this time, the explosion's shockwave tilted entirely toward Kaido, forcefully pushing his massive dragon body back hundreds of meters!
Seeing Kaido being pushed back and the Blast Breath becoming stronger after being released again, Ron couldn't help but burst into laughter: "As expected of a Mythical Zoan!"
Immediately, he charged toward Kaido!
He directly rode on Kaido's neck, grabbing his dragon horns with both hands. Since Kaido was currently in dragon form, he could only try to bite Ron with his massive mouth, but Ron skillfully dodged.
"Let's see if I can absorb directly from inside you!"
With that said,
Ron's hands were covered in demonic patterns, glowing with an eerie purple light. But then he realized that no energy was coming from his palms.
"Looks like it's not possible."
Ron then gave up and was suddenly shaken off by Kaido.
Looking at Ron so close, Kaido's eyes were filled with fury. The terrifying Blast Breath gathered in his massive mouth again!
However, this time Ron didn't give Kaido a chance to release his skill.
He directly extended his hand into Kaido's throat and sucked the power!
The violent Blast Breath was all absorbed by Ron's Devil Body!
The patterns on his arms began to change dramatically, and fine dragon scale patterns even appeared on the surface of his skin.
Even more amazingly, his pupils also turned into vertical slits, exactly like Kaido's!
"Is this next...?"
Ron suddenly let out a long roar toward the sky, and a purplish-black lightning bolt descended from above!
This was exactly Kaido's signature ability—"Thunder Bagua"!
But at this moment, it was perfectly copied by Ron, and its power was even greater!
Kaido was completely shocked!
He transformed back into his human form and landed on the deck, his club Hassaikai hitting the ground heavily: "What a joke! How could you..."
"Surprised?" Ron slowly descended onto the sea surface, each step creating purple ripples. "Every one of your abilities, I can do now."
He raised his right hand, palm facing upward. Purple energy pulsed in his palm, sometimes transforming into Blast Breath fire, and sometimes gathering into a swirling mass of Thunder Bagua.
"It seems..." Ron clenched his fist, a dangerous light flickering in his eyes. "I can also use the abilities of the Mythical Zoan."
At this moment, the entire battlefield was silent.
Everyone realized a terrifying truth: Ron could not only absorb abilities, but even copy the special forms of Mythical Zoans!
And this absorption seemed to truly have no upper limit; he had already perfectly mastered all of Kaido's abilities!
"Want to continue?" Ron tilted his head and looked at Kaido, his tone as relaxed as if he were chatting about everyday life.
But only he himself knew that while he could perfectly copy Kaido's moves, the absorbed energy was not yet enough to support his complete transformation into the Azure Dragon form.
However, this was already enough.
Kaido's dragon mouth twitched slightly, his large vertical pupils filled with disbelief: "What a joke!" His voice boomed like muffled thunder. "How do you know my moves?" His thick dragon claws restlessly gripped the air. "Did you eat the Copy-Copy Fruit?"
Ron merely smiled lightly at the words, neither admitting nor denying.
He casually shook his right hand, the purple patterns on his palm rippling like flowing water. This misunderstanding suited him perfectly; let them guess.
"Blast Breath—!!!"
The enraged Kaido once again unleashed scorching dragon breath. This time, he used nearly all his strength.
But Ron just stood calmly in place, extending a single hand forward. The eerie purple patterns on his palm suddenly began to spin, forming a miniature vortex that completely devoured the world-destroying dragon breath!
"Thanks for the meal." Ron licked his lips, the purple light in his eyes surging. He could feel the dragon power within him becoming a bit more abundant, but it was still far from a qualitative change.
Kaido's dragon whiskers trembled violently. This Emperor of the Sea, who had dominated the New World for decades, now felt a sense of being toyed with. He violently swung his dragon tail, stirring up monstrous waves: "Don't get carried away!"
But Ron was in a great mood. With every breath, he could feel the power of the Devil Body!