Chapter 304: Mythical Beast-Type: Eight-Headed Serpent Form

When will the timing be ripe?

At least not now—even when Saint Saint Saiwen raises his flag and completely breaks ties with the World Government, it still isn't the right moment.

The Yellow Emperor embedded as a mole in the Navy's high command is far more valuable than the Yellow Emperor who left the Navy to join the Morning Star Group, since he can monitor the Navy's large-scale movements at any time.

"Big brother, why are you still awake so late?"

"Admiral Karp was around during the day." The Yellow Emperor pulled out a pre-organized dossier from his chest and handed it over: "Some things can't be said openly."

Saint Saint Saiwen took the envelope, opened it, and glanced once—immediately spotting information that caught his interest.

"Mythical Beast-type: Eight-Headed Serpent Form?"

"Zefa went personally?"

When Saint Saint Saiwen killed Blackie Snake, he had once ordered Yuzhi to prepare plenty of fruit nearby.

But perhaps fate was against them—they never obtained the Snake-Snake Fruit: Mythical Beast-type: Eight-Headed Serpent Form.

That's why Blackie Snake's clansman, the Barrier Fruit user Blackie Cicada, is still locked up in the Shogun's prison.

The Eight-Headed Serpent Form user can transform into the mythical creature known as the Eight-Headed Serpent.

Each head possesses independent consciousness, can launch attacks from multiple angles, and each head represents one life—granting eight lives total.

It is an extremely powerful Mythical Beast-type.

If properly developed, this fruit might be only slightly inferior to Kaido's Blue Dragon Fruit.

Unfortunately, Blackie Snake's development of the Eight-Headed Serpent Form was likely less than one percent.

"Yes." The Yellow Emperor explained.

"A month ago, the Navy obtained intelligence suggesting the holder will conduct a transaction on Gaya Island—that is, on Moria's territory as one of the Saint Saint Saiwen Warlords."

Upon hearing this, Saint Saint Saiwen's expression was utterly unimpressed.

"Big brother, you're giving me intelligence from a month ago? The flowers are already withered."

And since Moria hasn't reported back, either he plans to wait until he obtains it before saying anything, or he never got it at all.

"There's nothing I can do." The Yellow Emperor looked grim.

"Zefa kept it extremely secret—I only heard about it recently by chance."

"Also, the World Government has recently shifted the Navy's future focus—it looks like they're preparing to devote all their strength against the Revolutionary Army."

"Thanks for the effort, big brother."

Saint Saint Saiwen wasn't the least worried about the Revolutionary Army,

The Revolutionary Army's four generals now operate by striking and vanishing—sometimes even Dragon didn't know where they were active.

"By the way, keep a close eye on Vegapunk."

If there was anything on the seas that could make Saint Saint Saiwen feel uneasy, it was the Mother Seed—but he couldn't simply kill Vegapunk.

Vegapunk's value lies in staying alive.

"I've got it." The Yellow Emperor nodded: "If there's nothing else, I'll head back to Punk Hazard."

"Fine." Saint Saint Saiwen didn't try to stop him.

Or rather, from the very beginning, Saint Saint Saiwen respected the Yellow Emperor's decisions and never forced him to do anything he didn't want to do.

The Yellow Emperor was still a Navy Admiral, one of the absolute top powerhouses on the seas—and Saint Saint Saiwen understood the principle that going too far is worse than not going far enough.

Watching the Yellow Emperor vanish into light, Saint Saint Saiwen began pondering the possibility of Enel consuming the Eight-Headed Serpent Form.

That guy Enel once rejected the Vampire Form, calling it ugly and refusing to eat the Bat-Bat Fruit: Mythical Beast-type: Vampire Form—the Eight-Headed Serpent Form is even uglier.

Of course, Enel's sense of aesthetics might be abnormal,

and he might think having eight heads on his neck looks way more badass and cool.

That fits Enel's personality perfectly.

Now that Karp's entire family is settled, Saint Saint Saiwen's adopted son Luffy is being cared for by Lady Ruru; after a moment's thought, Saint Saint Saiwen returned to Elbaf to retrieve his crew.

Before heading to Elbaf, Saint Saint Saiwen had a hundred ways to force Harald to submit and obtain the Nidhoggr Form.

Yet Saint Saint Saiwen never imagined.

The full power of the Dragon-Dragon Fruit: Mythical Beast-type: Nidhoggr Form actually depends on the consumer's body size.

At Saint Saint Saiwen's three-meter height, forcibly consuming the Nidhoggr Form would be somewhat imperfect.

Fortunately, he successfully sold one Pure Gold Ring, unlocking the chance to consume a third Devil Fruit—and unexpectedly manifested the Human-Human Fruit: Mythical Beast-type: Satan Form.

Just from the name, Satan Form is clearly on par with Nidhoggr Form and Nika Form—a divine Mythical Beast-type.

Even if it's only at the initial stage now.

After signing the Deep Sea Pact with Im, it should advance to the next stage—and if he kills and recovers the Devil Powers of the Five Elders and the Divine Knights, he'll be no weaker than Im.

It was deep night when Saint Saint Saiwen arrived at Jia Ba's house via a spatial gate; Jia Ba's voice followed immediately.

"Finished?"

"Finished. I'm heading back tomorrow."

Meanwhile, in the first half of the Grand Line, Paradise.

Gaya Island, Mokutown.

Before Moria seized Gaya Island, Mokutown was already a lawless pirate hub, famed for its lavish pirate culture.

After taking over Gaya Island,

Moria deliberately moored the Thriller Bark at the vacant portion of the island and turned it into a renowned pirate paradise in the first half of the Grand Line.

Second only to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Zefa and Enel, master and disciple, disguised themselves and lay in wait for days at a bar in Mokutown, finally gathering concrete information about the Eight-Headed Serpent Form.

"They're trading tonight." Zefa made a throat-slitting gesture: "Get it, then we leave."

Had it not been for Enel's suggestion, Zefa would have long since declared the Navy's independence—thus Zefa sees Enel as the hope of the new-wave Navy.

Enel possessed both courage and strategy, with formidable talent and physique; the only thing he lacked was a powerful Devil Fruit.

Natural-type Devil Fruits were extremely rare; Zephyr had not held high hopes, initially only seeking a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, until he learned of the news regarding the Mythical Zoan-type Yamata no Orochi form.

Zephyr led Enel to raid Jiayadao.

Heaven does not fail the determined; after lying in wait for many days, the master and disciple were finally on the verge of having their wish granted.

"No problem, Teacher."

Zephyr's presence perfectly compensated for the fatherly love Enel lacked in his youth; Enel truly regarded Teacher Zephyr as family.

Except for his undercover identity, which he never revealed... there was almost no concealment in other aspects.

"Teacher, was the damage to Headquarters significant?"

The master and disciple only learned through the newspaper that not long ago, the Four Emperors had gathered at New Marineford to rescue the old captain's son, Blackbeard.

"Not much; the Navy... has a contingency plan."

Enel understood; because of the lessons learned from the Battle of Marineford, the Navy had drawn upon previous lessons when constructing New Marineford.

"It's just that I never expected the Four Emperors to form a united front to save Rock's son."

"Teacher, is this Rock very strong?"

Hearing this, Zephyr fell silent.

"Rock... is not a matter of strong or not."

"Before Sengoku and I became Admirals, one of the Navy Admirals from the era of Fleet Admiral Kong was casually killed by Rock."

Zephyr sighed deeply: "The only Admiral to be beheaded in nearly a hundred years of Navy history."

Enel hesitated for a moment before asking.

"Teacher, if peak Rock were compared to Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, who would be stronger?"