Her breathing continued to come in a certain rhythm that felt similar to a storm in many ways, allowing her to get into the right frame of mind and to regulate her body better for each situation she was put into.
Her body became like paper as she made full use of her bodily control to become more flexible, allowing her to dodge a couple of attacks and to reduce the parts of her body that could be targeted by altering the shape of her body slightly.
Paper Art and Life Return were added to the layers of techniques she was showcasing as she added them and switched to them when she needed to use them.
She rarely had to use Iron Body to toughen up her body, except for times when she was attacking someone to make those parts of her body a little tougher so that the attack could be slightly stronger.
Finger Pistol and Tempest Kick techniques were used in the same way as she switched between her style of attacking from a close or longer range, making use of whatever limbs were free at such a time.
When she had the time to land more crushing blows, she switched to her eight impact fist techniques and the shockwave techniques to penetrate past the tough armour and Haki of her opponents.
There were very few times that she had to pull out her Divine special techniques, which made full use of every part of her body to deal the most damage in an all-out attack inspired by the techniques of the giants.
Moon Walk and Shave were both used to increase her speed and mobility further, as she switched between them when she was on the ground or was forced to fight in the air.
Alyssia had not yet pulled out her best techniques and powers, yet she was untouchable while being able to keep dealing damage to every single one of those people who outnumbered her in that fight.
It was not long before they had their armour fell off their bodies, destroyed.
Their bodies were not in good shape, while Alyssia looked perfectly fine.
She yawned, looking over at them. "I can keep fighting for days. Want to keep this up?"
Her gaze turned back toward Una with a slight smirk on her face. "Is this enough to prove that I am worthy of fighting you? I am sure they can keep fighting for longer, but I think it will be pointless for them to keep trying. It would be quite a waste to let them use up something so precious."
Una frowned in response. "Very well. I can see that you are worthy enough. I shall have to step forward. Everyone, stand back."
"Pontiff..."
"We are sorry..."
"I want to try again."
"I am not willing to accept this outcome."
"I can do better than this."
They began to voice their opinions, but they saw the serious expression on Una's face that shut them up quite quickly.
It was quite overbearing of a look that she gave them, giving them little room to go against her.
Alyssia looked over and grinned. "So you are a conqueror. Now things should be quite interesting, but I guess that you have more surprises in store for me."
She thought to herself. 'Of course she does. Her sister would not tell me to be careful and boast of the fighting power Una has unless it was something that would make many have difficulties with.'
If Una had lived for a very long time and kept honing her skills, then her capabilities would not have deteriorated in the slightest.
It could even be possible that Una would have attained a state where she was at the very peak of what could be achieved by most races on the Blue Planet.
That alone would be something that would cause Alyssia to get excited over when it came to being able to face off against a worthy enough opponent, but she already knew that things were not so simple.
She watched on as a change took place in front of her eyes.
Una began to be surrounded by flames as her beautiful and youthful appearance began to transform into something that looked like a lizard of some kind.
Alyssia's eyes narrowed as she took in the sight before her.
All kinds of pieces of information from the Devil Fruits and known myths and legends from her previous life began to be put to use.
It only took her a short moment for her to understand exactly what she was seeing. "Salamander."
If it were a transformation into a lizard alone, then she would have believed the power to be a regular Zoan type, but that was not what was in front of her eyes.
Mythical or god-level Devil Fruits, which were usually Zoan types, were quite special in many ways.
They tended to follow along with the legends of such legendary creatures and figures of worship by allowing them to take on various forms and attributes.
What Alyssia was seeing was the mythical Salamander, which was known as a creature of fire.
While other mythical creatures could control fire and had a range of different abilities and traits unique to them, the Salamander was somewhat unique in its own way.
It may have shared some similarities with some other Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits, but it was certainly powerful and unique enough to garner the attention of Alyssia, who became quite excited.
Alyssia couldn't help but chuckle and make a joke internally. 'Ah, fire... my only weakness.'
The transformation proceeded quite quickly as the pupils of Una's eyes turned to slits.
Her face morphed into the shape of a lizard's snout while her teeth sharpened.
A tail came out from behind her, and her arms and legs started to take the shape of claws, but more natural in her human hybrid form.
Scales appeared on her skin while the flames began to move over her back and shoulders, as they remained there, burning in a shape that looked similar to floating clouds.
The colour of the scales had a gradient effect created as yellow blended with orange and a darker red in some places.
There were some blackish parts that seemed like they had been singed.
With all of those features coming together, it created quite a hot and molten feel to it, as if the form had a deep attachment to that kind of hot environment.