coobybook Chapter 162 Awakening, Lion's Lament.
Chapter 162 Awakening, Lion's Lament.
Lion Power·Royal Palace Volume.
Dozens of ice lions, larger than warships, roared and charged at the frost wolf.
Allen opened his enormous mouth and blew gently.
A grayish-white breath emerged, carrying extreme cold that even froze the ice and snow!
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Lion Valley!
Countless golden slashes erupted like a torrential rain, precisely striking the giant wolf's joints and other vital points.
Clang—clang—clang—!
The strike landed on the massive body, producing a metallic clang.
The giant claw tore through the curtain of slashing attacks, then suddenly closed in as it approached the golden lion.
With its five claws bent, it grasped the golden lion along with the sword aura surrounding it in its palm.
The extreme cold energy frantically eroded inwards, causing the air to crackle under its strain, and layers of transparent ice coffins materialized out of thin air.
They attempted to completely seal this great flying pirate into an eternal ice prison!
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"Ice Release - Thousand-Year Ice Coffin!"
"Hahahaha!!! You think you can freeze me?! Don't even dream about it!!"
"I'm the Golden Lion!!!!"
The golden lion's body spun wildly with its feet, and countless sword energies bombarded the ice coffin, shattering it inch by inch!
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How can I describe my current experience...?
Abandon domineering aura, forget swordsmanship, and do not consider using the Sharingan.
He only used Ice Release to draw upon the power of the Devil Fruit...
Gradually, I became more and more proficient.
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Consciousness is sinking.
Gradually delve deeper into the world of ice and snow.
Everything was white.
Peel back layer by layer, and move forward step by step.
At the edge of the snow, Allen saw a huge white wolf lying there.
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Very beautiful.
It lay low, its icy blue eyes like condensed starlight, silently watching the tiny Allen.
Its entire body was frosty white, flowing and dancing like the aurora borealis in the coldest land.
A perfect blend of elegance and savagery, holiness and ferocity.
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"What do you want? How can I awaken?"
Allen spoke softly.
The giant wolf did not respond, but simply lowered its head and rested it against Allen's palm.
Upon contact—
My thoughts drifted back to that day.
The moment a child, adrift in the snow, grasps a Devil Fruit.
Shift in perspective —
The consciousness belonging to the Snow White Wolf was clearly arranged and presented in Allen's mind.
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It is the last of its kind.
Throughout its long lifespan, no creature on this icy land could rival it.
It has been searching for its own kind.
What begins as a biological instinct gradually transforms into a habit, and eventually degenerates into a hopeless ritual.
The more you search, the larger the void becomes, so large that it threatens to engulf you.
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Eventually, it grew old.
Without any particular reason, without a tragic final battle, it fell on the ice ridge it had passed time and time again.
Let the wind and snow bury me; a strange tranquility fills the long-standing anxiety and emptiness.
It understood.
It's the only one left in this world; it can't find any others like it.
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It didn't know the concept of death, it just thought it had fallen asleep and didn't know how much time had passed.
until……
It heard it.
The soft sound of ice and snow condensing in the blood of that life.
So familiar, exactly the same...
That was the first time my ears had ever used them, and I heard the sound of my mother's blood flowing.
There's absolutely no mistake, they're the same kind!
I've been searching for people like me for so long!!!
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I want to scream, but where is my throat?
I want to dig away the snow covering me, but where are my claws?
In what form do I exist? How can I tell you... that I am here!
what……
Very good!
You found me!
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Are you asking me?
What do I want?
No... I don't want anything.
I only want to protect you, my kind.
I no longer exist; it's enough that you exist.
Continuing on, the ice and snow in our blood prove that we once existed.
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The existence of Devil Fruits is not just about the possibility of human evolution, but also the wish of all living beings in this world.
The ice and snow melted, and the pure white faded.
The white wolf's silhouette stretched infinitely, transforming into a freezing point that illuminated the dark space.
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I've been ignoring it all along.
Ice Release, a bloodline of the Snow Clan.
I've always considered it as a supplementary tool, a means to get through the initial stages.
But like the Sharingan, it is an equally important existence.
What kept me alive that day wasn't just the Sharingan.
It was the resonance of ice and snow that led me to it, and it led me to it.
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I should have realized that much sooner.
The kaleidoscope is the eye that reflects the soul; it knows what I need, the furnace...
The answer has been there for a long time.
"Possessing both the Sharingan and Ice Release bloodline limits, he bears the responsibility of fusing ice and fire to sever causality."
The control panel already told me!
"Sometimes, it is precisely those who are not in the situation who can see clearly... feel, understand, and accept—this is the process of awakening a Devil Fruit."
Teacher Zefa's words rang out.
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It turns out that the fruit had already awakened and had long since become part of my bloodline.
Right the moment you eat it!
It's because I haven't responded to this expectation!
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On the icy plains.
The fierce battle caused the iceberg to break apart, exposing the dark permafrost that had been hidden from the sun for countless years.
Black and white are mixed up, and a golden mass roars wildly.
The golden lion's eyes were filled with madness, and the blood gushing from its head soaked its robes.
The twin swords unleashed a dazzling light, relentlessly bombarding the giant white wolf.
Layers of solid ice armor piled up in front of the giant wolf, and the speed at which the slashes shattered them was completely out of their reach.
The ice layer grew thicker and thicker, like a giant cocoon completely enveloping the giant wolf.
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The golden lion swung his sword tirelessly.
He was dying.
As death drew ever closer, his laughter grew ever more exhilarating.
He sensed that the creatures within the ice were undergoing some kind of transformation.
"Hehehehehehe!!!"
"Hehehehehehehehehehehehe!!!!"
"I understand!!"
"I know why you chose to turn yourself in, and why you said those things before you died!!"
"Hahahaha..."
As she laughed, two streams of tears rolled down her cheeks.
"So that's how it is..."
"To be able to usher in a new era with just one life... that's such a bargain!!"
"I was so moved I cried!! Roger!!!!"
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"I haven't lost!! The era you started absolutely, absolutely cannot withstand the era I started!!!"
"Hehehehehehehehehehe!!!!"
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The golden lion paused abruptly, its movements suddenly stopping as if it had died from exhaustion.
After a brief pause—
"I will open... the door to a new era."
stab-
A blinding light burst forth from the two famous swords, Sakura Jū and Muku.
Whoosh!
The two swords detached from his body, transforming into a crimson-gold meteor that tore through the dark clouds and shot straight into the sky.
The next second—
The sky has cracked open.
Sunlight shines on this frozen land, refracting countless brilliant rays of light.
Two intertwined swords spiraled down from the cracked gap in the sky.
The overflowing sword energy cut through the dazzling light, like a shower of colorful cherry blossoms.
"Lion...Heavenly Fall - Final Scene!!"
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Click—
The final blow, imbued with the Golden Lion's full power, shattered the enormous ice cocoon.
A strong, deep blue light shone from the crack.
hum-
It wasn't an explosion, but a gentle disintegration.
The giant ice cocoon transformed into billions of tiny ice dust particles, which were lifted and swirled upwards by an invisible force field, forming a dazzling blizzard.
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A figure appears in the heart of the ice and snow.
First, there was that long, flowing, snow-white hair.
The translucent silver-white color makes it seem as if each strand is drawn from pure ice marrow.
Behind him, a full moon was pulled out from the center, inlaid with three ice crystal magatama, which slowly rotated.
His face retained its original contours, but the bright red diamond-shaped mark between his eyebrows gave him an air of otherworldly coldness.
With arms outstretched, Sakura Juki held two swords in his hands.
The wind and snow gently surrounded him, not daring to overstep their bounds in the slightest.
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President.
The ruler of ice and snow, the only thought of all who see it, must be so.
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The golden lion struggled to keep his eyelids open, too weak even to laugh out loud.
"Heh... Hahaha..."
"Not bad...the way he holds a sword..."
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Allen gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, and slowly swung the two swords apart, one in front of the other.
"I will remember you, and your name will be..."
"The Lion's Lament"
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There was no explosive roar that tore through the atmosphere; instead, a flowing, icy blue slash emerged from the sword's edge.
It appeared slow but was actually swift, piercing through the golden lion's chest the instant the strike occurred.
Fine snowflakes drifted down onto the legendary pirate's shoulders, draping him in a snow-white burial cloak.
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The wind stopped and the snow ceased.
Absolute silence.