Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 42

This is his utilization of the Door Fruit. The Door Fruit not only represents a door but also the space that appears after opening the door. He used the fruit’s ability to transform his body, creating a unique space inside himself where he stored all his treasures.

This includes the treasure that was originally on the ship with Rox and disappeared after the battle in the Valley of the Gods.

“Thunder Eight Trigrams!”

ochoku swung his sword backward, and the collision between the giant sword and the wolf’s fang club sparked new flames.

“Can’t hold back anymore, huh, apprentice? I thought you were going to keep hiding there forever!”

Kaido’s presence had been low since the beginning, barely participating in John and their battle.

Both he and Silver Axe noticed Kaido peeking from above but still considered John, their primary enemy. Compared to this apprentice, they saw John as the bigger threat.

They didn’t think this apprentice would ambush them. John had already angered everyone, and if Kaido helped John, he would be against all the pirates present.

However, when they clashed with Kaido for the first time, they realized the problem. His power was overwhelming, even pushing them back before stabilizing.

During this time, Kaido hadn’t been idle. He had been performing sword dances, stacking them to their limits.

After three stacked sword dances, the power of Thunder Eight Trigrams reached its peak. Due to underestimating Kaido, ochoku was directly knocked back by his strike.

“Don’t underestimate me, damn senior. Why do you think you’re fighting among yourselves? Since you don’t have the numerical advantage, you naturally have to use your brains. John is quite capable, but now it’s your turn.”

Compared to them, who were consuming stamina in the melee, the members of the Hundred Beasts in the sky maintained their peak condition. They could exert stronger power compared to the pirates who had just fought a hard battle.

Flames, leaves, rocks and various abilities appeared here.

“You’ve really found an extraordinary group of subordinates. With so many mythical Zoan users, you must have gained a lot from Rox’s treasure trove.”

Shaina, Queen, Jin, Kaido— their transformations and elemental manipulation abilities led ochoku to only one conclusion: mythical Zoan users, and not just one.

Mythical Zoan types, even rarer than Logia types appeared in Kaido’s hands in abundance. Besides Rox’s unknown treasure, he couldn’t think of anywhere else to find so many mythical Zoan types.

“It has nothing to do with me, King Spear!” The swordsman could release flying slashes, and he could also produce a pillar-shaped club aura.

Kaido wanted to avoid explaining anything to ochoku. It was better this way; only a few people knew about Arceus’s abilities. If too many people knew, it would attract unnecessary attention.

Rox’s treasure trove was a good excuse. He could use it to brush off any threatening old monsters.

“Indeed, it has nothing to do with me. After all, the fruit has been eaten by you guys. But this place is below that lake. I don’t know what that bastard John did, but I reckon everything above is filled with water now.

Now, you choose to fight me, but when the water rises, do you want to drown? Ability users can’t swim!”

After five years, Kaido’s strength has undergone a qualitative change, surpassing Ochoku’s imagination. He didn’t want to be entangled with Kaido in such a place. At least he had to get outside first. That way, he and Silver Axe could join forces.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized Silver Axe had gone silent.

Although he had been seriously injured by John’s counterattack earlier, it shouldn’t have been fatal.

At this moment, a strong sense of drowsiness surged into his mind. ochoku felt his eyelids becoming heavy. Looking around, the environment had become extremely dim, as if shrouded in darkness.

Dark Abyss, depending on the version, enemies within the range would fall into a drowsy or sleeping state. Originally a skill exclusive to Dark Ray, Arceus, who obtained the Evil Face Stone Tablet, could also use this skill.

Sleep and drowsiness were two different states. Sleep would render one completely unconscious, while drowsiness meant occasional dozing off. Due to his good condition, ochoku had only fallen into a drowsy state.

But in this state, he faced a direct blow from Kaido. This wasn’t a one-on-one fight but a group battle. Kaido, who had yet to reach his peak, wouldn’t be foolish enough to insist on one-on-one combat.

Arceus had brought the entire underground space under the influence of Dark Abyss. Under his control, his own people naturally wouldn’t be affected.

Ochoku naturally realized that Arceus was the source of all this. This strange black space was created by that unknown creature. He wanted to deal with Arceus, but Kaido needed to give him the chance.

“Where do you think you’re going? Thunder Eight Trigrams!”

Clang!

“I understand now. That inexplicable anger earlier was because of that guy, right? You have quite a few ability users under your command.”

Arceus was also considered a mythical Zoan user by him. Although he had a quadrupedal beast form, there were still users who preferred to use their abilities in beast form.

Anger and drowsiness, two strange states inexplicably appeared on him. If he couldn’t react to this, he wouldn’t be worthy of mixing in the New World.

Kaido didn’t speak but immediately launched a relentless attack. At this point, he wasn’t skilled enough in sword dances, so ochoku wouldn’t give him ten seconds to perform a sword dance. While the effect was still present, he needed to use this time to deal with him properly.

However, at this moment, several points that were only seeping water suddenly burst open, and a large amount of seawater began to flood into the cave. When Queen saw the seawater, he was shocked, but he found that the seawater seemed to be controlled by someone, completely bypassing them.

Kaido remembered. There was indeed a stone tablet in Rox’s treasure trove, and it was taken away by John.

After obtaining the Devil Fruit ability, those treasures were hidden from him using the Door Fruit inside another space within his body. This was also why Arceus had never sensed the location of the stone tablet.

After John’s death, the abilities were released, and the treasure fell out of that space, naturally summoned by Arceus.

Dark Abyss covered the entire area. Taking advantage of this gap, he also absorbed his fourth stone tablet, the Water Droplet Stone Tablet.

In this water-dominated world, the Water Droplet Stone Tablet undoubtedly greatly enhanced his combat effectiveness. With the Water Droplet Stone Tablet, he naturally gained the ability to manipulate water, and because of John’s previous actions, seawater had already begun to seep in, which Arceus merely utilized.

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