Atlas shook his numb arms. The thick dragon scales on his body were still smooth, and it was obvious that he had not suffered any damage in the aftermath.
The defense of these scales is indeed a bit exaggerated.
The main reason why he was at a disadvantage in the fight with Kaido just now was that Atlas wanted to try out the different moves using Kaido's body.
Moreover, although the Horai Hakke looks similar, it is still not as powerful as Kaido's own technique.
The Monkey talisman is a power he unlocked not long ago. It can turn the target creature into the animal the holder wants, and it can also be used on himself.
Obviously, humans and mythical creatures are considered animals, so Atlas can easily transform into Kaido.
Even Kaido's Devil Fruit powers and basic physical abilities can be perfectly reproduced, including making clouds and rain, expelling fire and swallowing thunder, all of which are a breeze.
However, the Monkey talisman cannot conjure non-living things, such as money, RVs, and the like.
Of course, after changing shape, it can possess all the characteristics of that animal, provided that the physical quality of the changed animal cannot exceed that of the person.
In other words, if Atlas directly transforms into the Monkey King, he can have all the abilities of the Monkey King, such as being indestructible and changing shape...
But these are only based on Atlas's body, and their power cannot reach the full state of the Great Sage.
Just like Kaido's Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, Marco's Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Phoenix, and Sengoku's Human-Human Fruit, Model: Buddha, these are all creatures that exist in mythology. The theoretical upper limit is that they can destroy stars with one blow and enjoy immortality.
Obviously, they cannot do it because they have limits and cannot conceptually lift the fruit up infinitely.
Just like Atlas's current talisman, it has magic weapon-level power, but it is limited by Atlas' physical carrying capacity and can only exert its maximum power to the current level.
"Want to know?"
After withdrawing his thoughts, Atlas showed a smile exactly like Kaido's, "Try my Impact Wave first!"
As soon as the words fell, Atlas's body instantly grew taller.
In an instant, golden light surged from the ground, and a golden Buddha appeared above Onigashima. The dazzling light illuminated the entire island.
Before Kaido had time to react, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head.
However, Atlas would not give the opponent any extra time to think. He directly raised his hand and struck a giant Buddha shock wave. The golden torrent instantly surged towards Kaido!
Naturally, Kaido would not sit still and wait for death. He waved the Hassaikai in his hand, and the invisible stick energy burst out, aiming to counter the golden torrent.
Just like a storm in the sea stirring up a few waves, the invisible stick energy was instantly submerged by the golden torrent.
"Horai Hakke (Roaring Thunder Eight Trigrams)!!"
With no other choice, Kaido swung the Hassaikai again, Conqueror's Haki wrapped around it, and faced the attack head-on!
Boom!!!
The sky and the earth turned upside down, and the terrifying Big Buddha Shock Wave was split into two halves from the middle by an iron rod, and shot towards the left and right sides of Onigashima respectively.
Rumble--!!!
The golden torrent hit the island, and the sky was filled with dust. One-third of the territory of the island was cut off in an instant.
"Why...why did Sengoku suddenly appear here again?!"
"What's going on? Who's going to save us?"
The Beasts Pirates were helpless and wanted to cry without tears.
Not to mention that the blow just now directly reduced their number by half, just Kaminari breathing out Bolo breath from time to time above their heads was enough to put their lives in danger.
Beasts Pirates, Danger!!
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Wano, Udon, Prisoner Mine.
Because of the existence of strategic materials such as seastone, the focus of the Beasts Pirates in Wanokuni is primarily the Udon Prison. For this reason, a significant force was assigned to guard the place.
From excavation and mining to weapons production, there is the most comprehensive industrial chain here.
Large amounts of industrial waste are dumped into the river every day, gradually causing serious pollution to the entire Wanokuni water system.
Snap--!!!
The long whip cracked, sending up flying blood foam, shrill screams, and angry shouts.
"Move it!!"
"You, move the stone faster!!"
"If you can't do anything, just die and get out of the way!!"
The overseers had evil smiles on their faces, waving long whips to encourage the prisoners to move. Huge stones were loaded onto wooden carts, surrounded by groups of men in different costumes, who were desperately pushing the carts.
It was almost time for dinner, and if you didn't finish the work, you'd probably be hungry again later.
People who are hungry cannot complete the excess work.
This is a vicious cycle, and the final result is just to become the ghost of the overseers.
"Ho! Ho!"
On the other side, the supervisor responsible for distributing food grabbed a small ball with disdain and threw it into a bowl held by an old man with both hands.
Ho! Ho!
The old man stared at the glutinous rice dumplings swirling in the bowl with some disbelief, "Just...a little bit? I've been working all day..."
The supervisor sneered and said with a mocking look on his face, "Move five big stones to exchange for one glutinous rice dumpling, you—"
He looked up and down at the old man in front of him with a low eyebrow.
He was old and thin, with light blue flame-shaped hair, eyebrows, and beard, and a blue vest-like tattoo decorated with pink flowers on his shoulders. He looked seriously inappropriate for him.
This tattoo is really embarrassing, the supervisor thought to himself.
"You're getting too old, can't you even earn your own rations, Soldier—?!"
As he spoke, he quietly raised the long whip in his hand.
Snap--!!!
The collision with the air produced a violent air explosion, and the supervisor had a sinister smile on his face, his mouth full of sarcasm.
"It seems that you are not far away from death!! If you dare to contradict the jailer, you will be punished by beheading!!"
The long whip was wrapped with barbs and whipped on the old man's flesh and blood.
"Master Hyogoro!!"
"Don't resist them, save your strength..."
"Otherwise you will die!!"
People with headbands tied around them and people with obvious Wano characteristics gathered around and looked at the old man on the ground with concern, seeming to have great respect for him.
"I'm fine."
The old man struggled to raise his buried head from the ground and forced a smile, "I am Hyogoro of the Flower."
In fact, he knew very well that these words were just to comfort the Wanokuni warriors present.
After all, as the former gang boss of the Flower Capital, he was quite prestigious among the entire samurai community. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a spiritual pillar.
It would be a shame for the warriors if he fell so easily!
Although now, he no longer cared about the glory of the past.
To put it simply, there is nothing worse than death. He could no longer see the future of Wanokuni, so he might as well just lie down and wait for the so-called prophecy to come true.
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