Chapter 16: New Power

"Roar--"

At Crown Island, a deafening roar that made countless beasts tremble and panic echoed.

"Brush..." The next moment, Ren threw the pair of gilded horns directly to the ground and transformed into Beast form.

Ren's big eyes were filled with a trace of madness: "Let's see if you can bring me a surprise..."

"Brush..."

The Qilin opened its mouth wide, revealing ferocious and sharp fangs; then, it bit the pair of gilded horns and crunched them hard.

"Crack..."

Under Carina's stunned gaze, the gilded horns, which should have been as strong as steel, were easily bitten into pieces by Ren.

After chewing five times, the gilded horns were all swallowed.

"Roar--"

All of a sudden, the Qilin let out an extremely loud roar.

It seemed to be in some pain, but also like he was fighting something.

The pair of tiger-like eyes glowed with a strange green light.

Then its already huge size actually increased dramatically again.

Although compared to those large sea beasts and Sea Kings, it is far inferior.

But its huge body is no less than that of giants.

Moreover, every muscle was full of unimaginable explosive power.

Its thick limbs stood there like pillars supporting the sky, and its extremely violent aura gave people unparalleled deterrence.

At this moment, the pair of antlers in its head was even more dazzling than before, directly transforming into a golden color that shone with a metallic sheen.

"It's really a power that makes people go crazy..."

Ren, who was in Beast Form, roared loudly as an intense desire for destruction suddenly emerged from his heart uncontrollably.

At this moment, his eyes are extremely bloodshot, and they are full of murderous intent.

But in the blink of an eye, traces of perseverance, unyielding will, and other crazy emotions appeared on it.

The will that makes people almost go crazy, the desire to kill everyone in his sight and destroy everywhere, constantly invades his mind.

"Ren——"

Carina, who was watching from afar, was a little worried.

But at this moment, Ren, who was full of destructive desires, had no intention of responding to her.

"Boom..."

Then, the Qilin stomped hard on the ground, making it caved in before moving somewhere like a swift stream of light.

In Carina's doubtful gaze, a mountain hundreds of meters high was ruthlessly smashed through.

"Roar-"

"Crack... bang..."

At the other side of the Mountain, Ren's eyes were extremely firm while shouting loudly: "You're just a pair of horns, yet you want to influence my will? Get out of here!!"

Then, a terrifying Conqueror's Haki swept out from him as the center.

Throughout the Crown Island, countless beasts fainted with foam coming out of their mouths.

Even the fish, shrimp, and sea beasts in the nearby waters are no exception.

Some Sea Kings lurking on the bottom of the sea were so frightened that they fled in panic.

Carina, who was not very strong in the first place, was also unable to withstand the impact of Conqueror's Haki and lost consciousness directly.

"Ho-ho-"

The Qilin roared there several times, and then it rushed into the sky as fast as lightning.

"Woo hoo hoo..."

In the blink of an eye, it had already reached an altitude of hundreds or thousands of meters.

"Roar--"

The huge Qilin stood high in the sky, and then it opened its bloody mouth wide.

"Buzz~~~Buzz~~~"

The next moment, dazzling light kept gathering in its mouth.

"call out--"

In an instant, a dazzling shock wave broke out and penetrated the air as it blasted downwards.

"Boom..."

The huge mountain peak was instantly shattered.

"Boom...boom..."

Smoke and dust billowed everywhere.

In the blink of an eye, an area within a radius of several hundred meters was completely reduced to ruins.

Along with those beasts that had no time to escape, they were all ruthlessly killed.

It was indescribably shocking.

"Roar!"

Immediately afterwards.

The huge Qilin roared, and then its pair of horns kept shining.

"Wha--" An astonishing laser cannon shot out and hit a hillside about ten meters high.

"Boom..."

There was an astonishing explosion there, followed by heat waves.

The small hillside was reduced to rubble and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Is this the power of the Gilded passed down from generation to generation on Crown Island?"

Ren looked at the devastated island below, which had been destroyed beyond recognition by himself: "Not only can I use laser cannon and shock waves, but my own power has also been greatly improved in all aspects..."

Feeling the surge of power in his body, he revealed indescribable excitement.

Although the power he had just acquired was extremely violent, he had been able to control it perfectly and use it as he pleased.

"Sure enough, for the same treasure, how much value and power it can exert depends on whose hands it is!"

"call…"

Stepping on the auspicious clouds, he ran wildly down, then he glanced at Carina, who was lying not far away, stunned by the Conqueror's Haki he had previously unleashed and had not yet woken up.

The other party's breath was very steady and was even relaxed a little.

"brush..."

The huge beast began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye and transform into Human form.

"Heh... As expected, the pair of gilded horns and the Qilin fruit are perfectly integrated..."

Ren touched his head.

He found that no horns grew there.

Then, after feeling the full and surging power in his body, Ren smiled, satisfied.

In fact, he's fine with having a horn in human form or something.

As long as he doesn't turn into a real inhuman monster, he won't mind it too much.

Sometimes, for power, you have to pay something.

"brush..."

He took a step forward and disappeared in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared directly beside the towering mountain dozens of meters away.

Then he clenched his right fist until his veins bulged out and punched it directly.

"boom!!"

There was a loud bang, followed by the shaking of the Mountain.

"Crack...click..." Spider web-like cracks continued to spread on it until it suddenly collapsed.

Large amounts of smoke and dust billowed from the messy ruins.

"Hmm, compared to before, my physique is completely different... can I possess such amazing power even in human form?"

Ren smiled excitedly.

The huge changes brought about by those mysterious gilded horns. Obviously, it's not just about allowing him to fire laser cannons and shock waves.

Even without Armament Haki strengthened his attack; his pure physical destructive power alone seems to have completely surpassed the giants.

He clenched his fists tightly, showing a proud smile while looking at the sea in the distance: "The next step is to further improve my Haki through continuous training and fierce battles!"

T/N: A Kirin is the Japanese word for Qilin, a mythological chimerical creature.