"Sonia, what's your Devil fruit power? Is it only life absorption?"
As Sonia swallowed the chewed pulp, she threw away the remaining fruit.
Hancock and Mary, who had regained their composure, immediately turned their gazes towards her.
Sonia didn't answer right away but checked her body for any changes.
After a moment, Sonia's face brightened, and she said, "It feels like it's here!"
Right after, Sonia's body began to change drastically in front of Kahn and the others.
First, her long green hair turned purple, resembling bat fur. Her ears became sharp and erect, and her mouth revealed sharp teeth. Her arms transformed into claws with purple fur, sharp red nails, and bat wings.
Honestly, this image was quite ugly.
Seeing Sonia's new form, most of Hancock and Robin's envy disappeared instantly.
However, Sonia didn't care about her appearance. After transforming into a human beast form, she looked down at her sharp purple claws and exclaimed, "What a terrifying increase. I feel like I can easily tear apart anything with these claws."
"This is one of the characteristics of Mythical Zoan types, enhancing the physical fitness, resilience, and resistance of the user to the greatest extent," Kahn explained, then asked curiously, "Sonia, what is your superpower?"
In the game, Patrick Redfield only showed two abilities of the Mythical Zoan Vampire form. One is absorbing lifespan to restore youth, and the other is releasing a huge amount of black mist to form a dark field like the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit. But Kahn was sure that the Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Beast Vampire form, had more abilities.
The reason why Patrick Redfield only showed these two abilities was that after regaining his youth, his strength had already returned to the peak of the world. Top-notch swordsmanship, top-notch Haki, top-notch physique... Patrick Redfield, once a non-Devil Fruit user like Roger and Rayleigh, would still be among the world's strongest even without using the Devil Fruit abilities. He didn't use other abilities because they were not as good as his swordsmanship or Haki-infused punches.
"My superpowers are different from yours, Master. There are three types in total," Sonia said slowly. "The first one is blood-sucking, or more precisely, life-sucking. As you mentioned, I can absorb the target's lifespan by sucking blood or touching them with my sharp claws, making myself eternally young."
"The second is creating darkness. I can consume physical energy to release a large amount of black mist, creating a night field that's invisible to the naked eye. If used at night, the range of this field will be ten times that of the day, and the consumption can even be ignored."
"The third is ultrasonic waves, similar to my sister's electric waves. With my sharp ears, I can amplify Observation Haki to an incredible level."
When she said the last part, Sonia pointed to her sharp, big ears and added with a bit of regret, "Unfortunately, it's different from the Observation Haki that my sister and Master can maintain 24/7. My Observation Haki can only be enhanced to an unimaginable level by releasing ultrasonic waves."
"Is this pervert real?!" Mary complained. "Ultrasound combined with the night field. Enemies who haven't mastered Observation Haki will be doomed if they encounter you."
"Even if someone masters Observation Haki, if their overall strength can't overwhelm you, you'll easily defeat them with your unique perception. This is simply the dream ability for assassins."
"Indeed," Robin nodded in agreement with a soft smile. "If Sonia changed her career to become an assassin, it wouldn't be long before she became the number one killer in the underworld."
"Draining Lifespan and the Dark Night Domain are vampire abilities, while ultrasonic waves are more like bat abilities," Hancock remarked, frowning slightly as she looked at Sonia's bat wings. "Sonia, can you fly?"
"Yes," Sonia raised her hands, showing off the bat wings connected to them. "I have two ways of flying. One is in this current human-beast form, and the second is in full beast form as a giant bat."
"Besides those three abilities, does this Mythical Zoan have any other enhancements?" Kahn asked.
"Uh-huh," Sonia nodded eagerly. "Among the three superpowers, the most formidable are the conceptual lifespan absorption and the ultrasonic waves enhancing Observation Haki. However, only the lifespan absorption is offensive; the other two are auxiliary. Compared to these three superpowers, the greatest boost from this Mythical Zoan type is the enhancement of the user's physical fitness."
"Especially the speed, which has skyrocketed to an unbelievable level—whoosh!" As soon as she finished speaking, Sonia's 2.5-meter-tall figure vanished from sight.
Suddenly, Sonia reappeared in front of them, her body flickering slightly with distorted shapes—after images.
After a moment, Sonia's afterimages surrounded Kahn and his group. In their Observation, Haki's perception, Sonia was shifting back and forth at an unimaginable speed, creating afterimages with her sheer velocity.
"Damn...," Mary gasped, realizing the light spot representing Sonia changed position several times per second, too fast for her Observation Haki to keep up.
"This speed..." Even Robin, who had only mastered Observation Haki last year, showed horror. "Combined with the night field and ultrasonic waves, who can stop Sonia's assassination?"
"Not only that but also the conceptual lifespan absorption," Kahn added with an excited smile. "This speed, combined with the night domain and ultrasonic perception, can only be countered by those who can escape the night domain at extreme speed, Logia users like Hancock who can elementalize in advance, or someone with Haki powerful enough to ignore the life-stealing effect."
"Otherwise, anyone touched by Sonia doesn't need to be bitten. Just a touch can absorb their life, instantly turning them into an old person who can't even stand."
"There is no doubt that the combination of these abilities is as formidable as Paramecia rule-type abilities," Kahn continued. "While the abilities of the Mythical Zoan Vampire form aren't as varied and overwhelming as my Dragon form or Kaido's Dragon form, this Devil Fruit has a conceptual-level power similar to Bartholomew Kuma's Paramecia Paw-Paw Fruit. Combined with its other abilities, the Mythical Zoan Vampire form is simply the top assassination power. One-on-one, it's almost an unsolvable existence."
"Just like Mary and Robin said, with the abilities of the Mythical Zoan Vampire form, if Sonia entered the underworld as an assassin, she'd undoubtedly become the world's number one killer in no time."
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