Chapter 1624 Another Kind of Power
Kaku, who had been poised to strike, showed no mercy to his old comrade-in-arms, and the power of the Ancient Zoan Mosasaur Fruit within him was fully unleashed.
To everyone's astonishment, Kaku's body underwent an astonishing transformation.
His limbs expanded and lengthened rapidly, his torso extended and his spine protruded segment by segment, transforming him into a streamlined behemoth.
Its head was deformed, its snout protruded forward, and it was covered with dagger-like, pale white teeth. A powerful, massive tail lashed the ground with a dull thud.
In the blink of an eye, a giant reptile, over twenty meters long and exuding the ferocious aura of an ancient ocean overlord—the Mosasaurus—replaced Kaku's original position.
The mosasaur slammed its four claws into the ground, its massive body unleashing an astonishing speed disproportionate to its size. Like a runaway heavy chariot, it charged toward Lucci with an aura of crushing everything in its path.
The upper and lower jaws suddenly opened like giant hydraulic clamps, a foul stench filled the air, and a muffled sound of flesh and bone being torn apart followed.
The mosasaur's massive jaws, filled with sharp teeth, clamped down hard on Lucci's inner thigh, its sharp teeth embedding deeply into his dark red skin.
The excruciating pain in his leg and the powerful bite force caused his massive, twenty-meter-tall body to stagger. The mosasaur's terrifying bite force and weight acted like the strongest shackles, tightly binding his movements.
"A great opportunity!" Luffy, hovering in the air, certainly wouldn't miss this perfect chance to attack.
Luffy took a deep breath, clenching his right fist and channeling a powerful martial arts aura that flowed towards his right fist like rivers converging into the sea.
His right fist began to expand rapidly at a visible speed, with the blood vessels under his skin bulging. In the blink of an eye, a giant fist comparable to half the body of the Lucci Titan was formed.
The giant fist, like a meteor falling to earth, descended from above, carrying the terrifying power to shatter mountains and rivers, and slammed fiercely towards Lucci.
"Don't even think about it!"
Lucci tried to withstand the earth-shattering blow. The loud bang of their fists colliding far surpassed any previous collision, and a terrifying shockwave spread wildly in all directions in a spherical shape.
Lucci's hastily parried giant arm was instantly shattered by Luffy's massive, concentrated fist, which struck Lucci's abdomen with unstoppable force. The fist's momentum barely diminished.
The giant's abdomen caved in deeply, forming a terrifying fist-shaped mark. His internal organs had been displaced by the punch, and excruciating pain swept through his entire body.
It's done!
As Lucci was caught off guard by a heavy blow, Capone Becky's eyes quickly dimmed.
At this moment, two of Lucci's three heads have fallen into Capone Bege's control, leaving only the middle head struggling to hold on with its stubborn will.
Almost simultaneously, the same thought arose in the minds of the spectators: It's over, Lucci's defeat is inevitable.
"How could I possibly lose here!"
Lu Qi's remaining head suddenly let out a heart-wrenching roar.
Lu Qi's 20-meter-tall giant body was enveloped in a dark red light that shot into the sky, and an unimaginable surge of life energy burst forth uncontrollably like a wild horse!
His body began to swell a second time, even more violently!
The mosasaur, which was biting his thigh tightly, was the first to feel a devastating increase in power; the muscles and bones of his thigh instantly became several times thicker.
The sharp teeth could no longer penetrate even a fraction; instead, they were forcibly broken apart by an irresistible force.
The mosasaur let out a painful howl, its massive body being effortlessly kicked away by Lucci with a casually raised foot, as if it were a stray dog blocking its path.
It traced a parabola and crashed heavily a hundred meters away, instantly losing its beast form.
"What's this" ?!
Lucci's height broke through 30 meters, 50 meters, and 100 meters, eventually stopping at a height of over 200 meters, a truly towering and terrifying giant.
Although he was far from reaching the legendary Hundred-Armed Giant's complete form with fifty heads and a hundred arms, at this moment, more than twenty heads with different expressions but equally ferocious features had already grown densely on his shoulders.
His arms, on the other hand, were like a dense forest, growing out of various parts of his torso in numbers exceeding fifty.
"Telepathy can't keep up..."
For the first time, a hint of helplessness appeared on Capone Becky's enormous head.
The mental energy consumed by taking over two heads was already straining him; his mental abilities were far from being able to control more than twenty heads containing violent wills at the same time.
He decisively severed the mental connection between Lucci's two heads, declaring his abandonment of this attempt to control them.
Kaku clutched his aching chest and struggled back into the crowd, his face pale and a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth, looking at the demon-like giant with lingering fear.
That kick almost knocked him unconscious.
"This is more interesting!" Luffy became even more excited, rubbing his hands together and stretching his rubber body, as if he wanted to continue charging forward and challenge this even stronger form.
"Let's end this fruit experience here. The next Anubis Fruit will surely give you a different feeling," the shopkeeper appeared, interrupting the upcoming battle.
Lucci's more than twenty heads turned towards the shopkeeper at the same time, the madness in his eyes gradually subsided, and darkness surged out from the shopkeeper again, precisely enveloping Lucci's huge giant body.
Moments later, the darkness dissipated, and the hundred-armed giant, over two hundred meters tall, vanished.
Lucci returned to his normal human form, shirtless and somewhat pale. The raging power of the Hundred-Armed Giant within him had been replaced by a profound power.
The shopkeeper held the replaced Hundred-Armed Giant Fruit in his hand.
"Feel the power of another mythical beast!"
Lucci closed his eyes, carefully experiencing the completely different new power within his body, no longer the power of the Hundred-Armed Giant that pursued the ultimate physical destruction.
He slowly opened his eyes, and the world, from Lucci's perspective, underwent a dramatic transformation, no longer just a series of colors.
"What is this gas?"
Lu Qi looked at everyone with a blank expression. He saw two kinds of gas, one black and one white, surging wildly on everyone's body. He didn't know what these gases represented.
This unique perspective is only visible to him. The different amounts of gas emitted by each person, combined with the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit abilities within him, give him a novel experience.
If he fights a target that emits more black energy, the Anubis Fruit seems to give him even greater power. This is not his imagination; an executioner suddenly wants to judge the sins of everyone in the world.
It is one of the core abilities of the Anubis Fruit.
[Heart Measurement]
