“Gigantification…”
Zane’s golden vertical pupils flickered with excitement.
If he could suddenly grow dozens of times larger like the flood dragons from mythology, dealing with ordinary warriors who lacked Armament Haki would be like a dimensional stomp.
More importantly, this seemed to be the necessary path toward his “Heavenly Flood Dragon” form.
“Choice Two!” Zane commanded decisively in his mind.
[Choice Confirmed!
Distributing rewards…] [Congratulations!
Host has obtained the skill “Gigantification” (LV1)!] [This skill is currently locked.
It will unlock only after completing the “Amazon Lily Trial”!]
Zane’s heart stirred.
As expected, the system wouldn’t give anything for free — real combat was required to unlock it.
He slithered to the window, basking in the moonlight as he once again sensed the faint strand of Armament Haki he had just condensed.
“Tomorrow, this ‘wild snake’ will teach the warriors of Amazon Lily a proper lesson.”
…
At dawn, the sunlight had yet to fully dispel the thin mist over Amazon Lily, but the air was already thick with a mix of tension and anticipation.
Inside the bedchamber, Zane was awakened by a strange, intimate sensation.
“Night… mmm…”
Boa Hancock rolled over in her sleep, treating Zane like a living, cool body pillow.
Her soft, warm arms wrapped tightly around him, the heavy pressure of her full breasts and curvaceous body nearly suffocating him.
“Hiss— (Lady, I’m not a damn pillow!)”
Zane struggled for a moment but quickly gave up.
His body was cold, while the body heat radiating from Hancock was the most comfortable passive recovery after a day of cultivation.
He tried shifting aside, only to be pulled even tighter against her.
“Don’t move, Night…” Hancock mumbled sleepily, her voice husky and seductive from just waking up.
Stripped of her daytime arrogance, she looked like a娇弱 woman clinging to her lover.
She lifted her head slightly, her long wet lashes fluttering.
Those world-famous eyes that could petrify anything gazed at him with rare laziness and reluctance.
She gently rubbed her soft cheek against his cool scales, then leaned in and pressed a tender kiss to his forehead with those lips that could make the world kneel.
“Good morning, my Night.” Her fingers gently stroked the top of his head.
Zane sighed inwardly.
He could feel Hancock’s unique dependence on him — a dependence that was his greatest shield in this world.
He wrapped his tail lightly around her wrist in response.
Eating this soft rice is both terrifying and addictively sweet.
“Today, I will take you somewhere.”
Zane paused.
He knew exactly where she meant — the arena the system had warned him about.
“Hiss— (Let’s go.
I’ll meet them head-on.)” Zane showed clear eagerness for battle.
Hancock had been ready to use her petrifying glare to intimidate any warrior who dared question her pet.
But seeing the excited flick of Zane’s tail, her heart — already tamed by him — surged with excitement.
“Good!
My Night, I’ll accompany you!”
On Amazon Lily, the Empress’s orders were absolute.
When Hancock carried Zane tenderly in her arms through the grand yet imposing palace toward the massive circular arena at the island’s center, the atmosphere grew heavy with tension.
This arena was where Kuja warriors trained, fought, and even executed traitors.
Normally filled with women’s shouts, the sound of breaking bones, and victory cheers.
Today, three tall figures stood imposingly in the center of the sandy arena.
They wore refined snake-scale armor, wielded spears and broad blades, and emanated thick, near-solid waves of Haki.
The three Captains of the Kuja Royal Guards.
They were the backbone of Amazon Lily’s fighting force and Hancock’s most trusted elites.
Yet facing the seemingly ordinary black male snake in the Empress’s arms, their expressions were filled with vigilance and disdain.
“Lady Snake Princess, do you truly intend to let it undergo the test?” asked the central captain, Aine, her gaze sharp as a hawk, tone full of doubt.
“It looks like nothing more than an ordinary black snake.
It might be a bit stronger than our regular warriors, but it’s hardly qualified to be your ‘pet’,” sneered the most muscular captain, Daisy, her eyes sweeping over Zane with open contempt.
In their eyes, Zane was just a wild creature Hancock had picked up on a whim — a potential burden that needed to prove its worth to the island.
Hancock gently placed Zane on the sand.
He didn’t rush to attack.
Instead, he slowly stretched his body.
“Gigantification!”
The moment the command was given, the system icon flared.
[Skill Activated: Gigantification (LV1)!]
The next second, a bone-chilling crunching sound erupted!
“Crack crack crack — BOOM!”
Under the horrified gazes of everyone present, the black snake that had been just over three meters long began expanding wildly, like an inflatable balloon — no, like a compressed spring finally released.
Five meters… ten meters… fifteen meters!
The flat sandy ground sank instantly under the terrifying weight.
In just two seconds, a steel python as thick as a water barrel, pitch-black with scales the size of shields, coiled dominantly in the center of the arena!
His raised head cast a massive shadow that completely engulfed the burly Daisy.
The entire arena fell deathly silent.
Even Hancock’s pupils contracted slightly.
So this is Night’s true form?
“M-Monster!” Daisy looked up, cold sweat instantly soaking her back.
Her earlier contempt turned to pure terror, but warrior instinct made her roar to shake it off:
“Size means nothing!
I’ll cut you in half!”
Daisy swung her heavy snake-shaped broadsword, coated in proficient Armament Haki, bringing a piercing wind straight toward Zane’s vital spot!
Facing this mountain-splitting strike, Zane didn’t even dodge.
He simply whipped his tail.
Concentrating all his strength and the newly comprehended strand of Armament Haki into the tip of his tail.
[Skill Combo: Gigantification + Iron Tail!]
The massive black tail tore through the air with a deafening sonic boom like a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier!
“WHOOSH — BANG!!!”
This wasn’t the sound of weapons clashing.
It was absolute overwhelming force!
Daisy’s prized broadsword shattered like glass the instant it touched the black tail.
The giant tail continued unimpeded, slamming into her Haki-coated abdomen like a siege hammer.
“Pffft—!!”
Daisy didn’t even have time to scream.
Blood sprayed wildly as she was launched like a golf ball, smashing into the spectator wall a hundred meters away.
BOOM!
Debris flew and dust billowed.
One strike.
The strongest power-type captain of the Kuja Royal Guards — instantly defeated.
Zane slowly retracted his tail.
His enormous body loomed through the dust, his huge golden vertical pupils coldly overlooking the remaining two captains.
He flicked his crimson tongue.
With his massive size, his hiss sounded like rolling thunder:
“Hiss— (Next.
Who wants to die?)”