Hearing Blackbeard's words, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates Second Division couldn't help but gulp. Wasn't that invincible?
"Moreover, did you see? That guy's entire body is covered in scales, without a single gap even on the belly. As far as I know, even Kaido, when he transforms into a dragon, only has his back covered in scales; his belly has none."
"That is to say, the guy before us is even harder to deal with than Kaido, with not the slightest flaw on his entire body," Blackbeard narrowed his eyes.
As he said these words, even he himself felt it was incredibly unbelievable, because Yamato's ability seemed even stronger than Kaido's.
"Could it be that this guy... has already awakened?"
Blackbeard was a man of wide experience and seemed to have thought of something in an instant.
Apart from awakening, Blackbeard couldn't think of any other explanation.
"Can an artificial devil fruit even achieve this level? It's truly an unbelievable thing. Or is it... because that guy is a monster?"
Blackbeard looked at Yamato's majestic figure and suddenly felt an impulse to make Yamato his partner.
However, he also knew that Yamato most likely would not agree to become his partner.
"Then doesn't that mean Captain Ace has no way to deal with the opponent at all? Is he destined to lose?"
The members of the Whitebeard Pirates Second Division looked at each other. If it were them, it seemed they would also be at a loss.
"Well then, Fire Fist Ace, what other tricks do you have? Show them all, otherwise, I'm going to make my move," Yamato said calmly.
"Gladly, Cross Fire!" Ace crossed his two index fingers, and a cross-shaped beam of light shot out.
Quickly, the cross-shaped beam of light aimed at Yamato's body, leaving a glowing cross-shaped mark on her surface.
The next second, flames surged out along the light lines, winding and climbing like fiery snakes, reaching the glowing mark in the blink of an eye.
The moment they touched, the flames exploded.
Not only that, the cross-shaped glowing mark was also detonated, causing an even more terrifying second explosion.
The huge impact from the explosion did manage to flip Yamato's body over.
However, only half of her body flipped over, crashing onto the island reef, while her upper body remained motionless, still lying on the soft, pink flame cloud.
"It only managed to flip half of her body over," Ace's expression was about to crack.
It was obvious at a glance that his move still hadn't caused the slightest bit of damage to Yamato.
"Oh dear, my body is too big, resulting in a larger surface area to receive force and greater impact, making it harder to control. Let's just make it smaller then," Yamato said.
After speaking, Yamato's massive body began to shrink.
A few seconds later, the over two-hundred-meter-long pink dragon shrank to about twenty to thirty meters long, directly shrinking several times in size.
"No way? It can even shrink?"
This time, not only the Whitebeard Pirates' members, but even the Beasts Pirates' members were shocked.
"This ability... I don't remember ever seeing Lord Kaido use it. Could it be something the young master developed herself?" Haruko was utterly astonished.
Could it be that Yamato's devil fruit ability had already surpassed Kaido's?
"Zehahaha, no mistake, it must have reached that realm," Blackbeard was becoming more and more surprised and interested in Yamato.
"You can even shrink?" Ace stared wide-eyed at Yamato, who had become much smaller.
Yamato smiled faintly, "A dragon is a creature that can be large or small, rise or hide, transform freely. Changing size at will is naturally not a problem."
"Alright, now it's my turn to make a move. Dragon Tail Sweep!"
As the words fell, Yamato's body suddenly twisted, and her slender dragon tail swept out like an iron whip, so fast that the naked eye could only see an afterimage.
"So fast! Mirror Flame!" Ace was startled. There was no time to dodge; he could only confront it head-on.
Bang!
The moment the flames collided with the pink dragon tail, Ace was sent flying.
"Dragon Fights in the Wild!" "Soaring Dragon in the Sky!" "Overbearing Dragon Repents!" "Dragon Seen in the Field!" "True Dragon Plucks the Heart!"
Immediately after, Yamato directly attacked using her beast form, employing close combat and physical techniques.
However, she looked like she was just messing around, pummeling Ace with a series of blows.
"Playing around again," Haruko saw it clearly. Her young master wasn't serious at all and was just fooling around.
Otherwise, if Yamato unleashed a Heat Breath, this island reef would be gone.
But even though Yamato was just fooling around, with the size difference and the absolute advantage of her opponent's abilities being ineffective, Ace was still beaten up quite badly.
Half an hour later.
Ace was lying on the ground covered in bumps, twitching all over, like a dead fish.
"Hahaha, now you know how big the gap between you and me is, right?" Yamato transformed back into human form, looking at Ace who she had beaten up with bumps all over his head, and laughed heartily.
"Damn it, lost again," Ace struggled to get up, sitting on the ground panting heavily.
After fighting Yamato this time, he once again realized the huge gap between him and Yamato.
"Let's call it a day for today," Yamato glanced at him, then turned and walked towards Haruko.
Looking at Yamato's expression of having had enough fun, a trace of imperceptible softness appeared in Haruko's cold eyes. "Where to next?"
"Of course, we continue to wander around. Let's go," Yamato waved her hand, leading her people onto the pirate ship.
On the pirate ship, Yamato stood there. "Hey, say hello to Whitebeard for me. Don't forget."
Then, the pirate ship moved away from the coast, heading off in a direction.
After Yamato and the others left, Blackbeard and his group came to Ace's side. "Captain Ace, how are you?"
"I'm fine, just a bit sore all over, ouch..." Ace touched his head, grimacing.
Seeing this, the others couldn't help but laugh rather unkindly.
"Ace, are you going to keep challenging that Onihime next time?" his companions teased.
"Isn't that obvious? She's my goal," Ace answered without a second thought.
Hearing this, the others looked at him with strange expressions. "Oho ho, we told you Captain Ace likes her, and you wouldn't admit it. Now you've exposed yourself."
Ace was first dumbfounded, then became angry and embarrassed. "What nonsense are you guys spouting? That's not what I meant at all. Looking for a beating, are you?"
"Look, that's clearly the expression of someone whose thoughts have been hit right on the mark," the guys continued to tease him.
Ace rolled his eyes fiercely. "Say whatever you want. It's not that anyway."
"Zehahaha, stop teasing Captain Ace. Let's get ready to return to the old man," Blackbeard interjected.
Hearing Blackbeard say this, everyone stopped their joking, carried Ace onto the ship, and left the island reef.
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