Without needing to use any special abilities, just the purest form of Haki and body techniques, these Fur Race members gathered here can't even touch Sage.
Under the effect of the North Star Divine Fist, sneak attacks are ineffective. Regardless of which direction these Fur Race members attack from, as long as Sage can't see them, his body will automatically react.
Head, torso, hands, elbows, hips, knees, feet...
These Fur Race members aren't limited to clawing and biting, they use elbows and knees too, but Sage quickly showed them what it means to have a body where every part is a weapon.
This body, strengthened through relentless training, will make them fall with a mere brush, hurt with a bump, get bruised with a touch, and get muscle injuries from a scrape.
A circle of Fur Race members surrounded Sage, but as he rushed in, they collapsed in batches.
Bam!
As Sage slightly dodged the heavy sword attack from a mighty Tiger Fur Race member, he stepped on the blade, spinning his body and tails like a whip, striking the Tiger Fur Race member's face and driving him into the ground.
In the open space of the entire town, only Sage stands.
"Not bad, a decent warm-up."
Sage twisted his neck, looking at the fallen Fur Race members, then turned his head toward Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, who also fought but were knocked down several times, and joked with a smile: "Have you yielded?"
"Fur Race never yields!"
Inuarashi knelt on one knee, leaning on his long sword, wiped the blood from his mouth, "What do you take us Fur Race for? Weaklings who yield to violence? Even if the Fur Race dies, they will never yield to you!"
"That's right!"
Nekomamushi stood up, leaning on a trident, spat out several mouthfuls of blood, and then shouted: "The Holy Land of the Fur Race, you will never approach it!"
"Why is it yielding when it comes to me?"
Sage kicked away a fallen Wild Bull Fur Race member blocking his path, approaching the cat and dog, smiling:
"Encountering Kozuki isn't yielding? For what? Bonds? Friendship? I have those too, and I certainly won't trap myself to some intangible destiny, nor will I allow those who depend on me to surrender in vain."
He walked up to the lion Fur Race member named Shishilian, squatted down, grabbed his fur, lifted his head close, and said:
"If you were facing an absolute power capable of bringing peace and prosperity to the Fur Race, pushing you further."
"Or blindly believing in destiny, making you passively surrender, waiting for the so-called destined one to come, only to return to the state before I arrived... which would you choose?"
Shishilian glared at Sage, silent.
"Not choosing? Seems you're not yet convinced."
Sage released his grip, letting Shishilian fall, clapped off the fur from his hand, stood up and sighed: "Ah, the sea..."
"It can be righteous, evil, passionate, or mad, but it cannot be predestined!"
Sage bared his teeth, "Can't be destined!"
He looked up at the sky, which had darkened into stars and night under the cover of clouds.
"Lily, what's the weather?"
"Cloudless." Lily answered from above the clouds: "It's a full moon."
Sage surveyed the Fur Race members around, then pointed to the sky, "Fight me with 'Moon Lion'."
The clouds covering the town gradually shrank, revealing the full moon hidden by clouds.
He had the ability to prevent Fur Race members from ever transforming, as long as his clouds were thick enough, even if it was a full moon, the Fur Race couldn't see it.
But now, he's actively withdrawing the clouds expanded around the cloak, letting the moon shine on the Fur Race.
"Go ahead, transform for me." Sage said with a smile.
"Arrogant fellow!"
Nekomamushi and Inuarashi immediately looked up at the moon, their voices turning hoarse in an instant.
Fur Race members lying around stood up one by one, all staring intently at the full moon, their eyes starting to vibrate, breathing hurriedly, some of their physiques expanding, some hair growing longer.
Under the moonlight, regardless of their fur color, all began transforming, growing fur with a layer of white light, turning wholly white swiftly.
Claws elongating, fur bristling, teeth growing wildly, eyes all emanating a crimson glow.
Under the town, white beasts roared madly, searching for the culprit who had just knocked them all down.
"This transformation is indeed strong, but..."
Lily shook her head atop the clouds: "It's meaningless, Sage is the strongest."
The Fur Race members fighting with all their might are just in a normal state...
Whoosh!
As all the Fur Race members focused on the center, a gigantic white cocoon stood there, swirling like a hurricane, blowing white fringes.
"We do have something in common, as we all transform..."
Inside the white cocoon, the first thing that caught the Fur Race's eyes was hair blazing white as a flame, as if burning.
Next was a pair of eyebrows coiled like cloud patterns at the brow, and three Haki battle stripes on each cheek, extending down to the neck, exploding downward and covering the upper body except for the chest, like black fur.
The white cloud flame around the shoulders extended to the arms, like the mythical plumage of the gods.
The Supreme King's aura wasn't spread out, but the appearance of Haki and aura coiling together made the fierce Fur Race members involuntarily step back, their transformed raging Moon Lion couldn't hide their fear.
"Not making a move?"
Sage spread his palms, smiling: "This is your only chance..."
"Don't underestimate us!"
Inuarashi picked up a long sword from the ground, crossed it with his own long sword, and thrust forward fiercely. Haki coiled around the two swords, flowing like cherry blossoms or like flames emerging from the swords, swelling expansively.
"Oden's Dual-Sword Style..."
Nekomamushi stood side by side with Inuarashi, also abandoning the trident in his hands and somehow picking up two swords, adopting the same stance as the former.
Then, they charged forward!
Two massive white figures, to the left and right, intersected like twin serpents approaching the Sage. The four swords unified in their strike, merging into a cross-shaped 'X' mark, slicing closely past the Sage's body.
"Peach Blossom Spring Ten Fists!!"
Clang!!
The crossed blades were blocked by a single fist, the clash of Haki against Haki prevented even a hint of unstable impact between the fist and the blades.
"How is this possible..."
Inuarashi showed an expression of disbelief.
This was their full strength. After Master Oden's defeat years ago, all of the household servants secretly practiced Oden's Dual-Sword Style, waiting for revenge.
"Hmm..."
The Sage felt it carefully, "It has a bit of Kaido's instantaneous explosive power, but not fully developed, and some penetrating force, though not quite at Big Mom's level. It's a youthful version combined somewhat together, roughly estimating that Kozuki fool's strength. But when you perform it, it's just a youthful mini version."
"Ten Fists?"
The corner of his mouth lifted, "I only need one punch!"
His gaze intensified, his fist blocking forward suddenly opened and shot forth.
"Galaxy Strike!!"
Boom!!
The air wave expanded from the blade, creating a massive circle, shaking the surrounding buildings open, and simultaneously smashing all four blades. A gigantic Haki shockwave emerged from the Sage's fist, hitting the cat and the dog, sending their bodies flying backward.
This horizontal shockwave pushed forward, demolishing any structures along its path, shattering the forest outside the buildings, creating an unobstructed passage before the Sage.
The cat and the dog landed separately in the ruins, their white fur covered in blood spots, lying there completely immobilized.
"Your turn."
The Sage shook his hand, looking at the other transformed Fur Race, saying: "I just demonstrated my exquisite body techniques earlier; now I'll show you my other methods."
Whoosh!
Transforming into a Moon Lion, Carrot, with her hair trailing to her heels, swiftly flashed to the side of the Sage, swiftly clawing with her lightning-infused paws.
"Can you outrun my lightning?"
Crackle!
The Sage didn't even glance at her, as a black-red lightning bolt descended fiercely from the Black Cloud Cloak holding up the Death Star above, striking Carrot, leaving her charred and collapsed on the ground.
"Carrot!"
Pedro quickly followed, quickly bringing other Fur Race members who reacted and attacked collectively.
"Heavenly full..."
Rumblings!
Just as they began, the black clouds contained massive amounts of black and red hues, emitting snake-like dancing lightning, striking these Fur Race members.
"Great Freedom Celestial God!"
Some were struck by one, some by two, but under the speed of lightning, it didn't take much time.
These lightning users, with speed magnified severalfold, had no resistance against real lightning, all struck blackened and collapsing down.
"Now, choose..."
The Sage raised a hand towards the sky, the edge of the clouds began to gather darkness, gradually expanding to cover all of Zou, on this giant elephant's back, laying a layer of black clouds.
Also covering the moonlight.
With no full moon, the white fur on the Fur Race members steadily regressed, each reverting to their original form.
The Sage rose with the wind, descending a black cloud from the clouds, floating by his feet and supporting him upwards to beneath the clouds, overlooking below.
His gaze, just like humans looking at animals about to be slaughtered, showed no difference.
"Survival or destruction is a particularly big proposition, but now, you need to choose this proposition."
The Sage raised his hand upwards, gazing at the massive cloud covering the elephant's back, letting it all fill with black and red hues, some lightning even peeking from the clouds, seemingly waiting for his gesture to uniformly descend.
"Choose survival, submit to me, preserve your Fur Race species, and enjoy the prosperity and growth I bring."
"Or choose destruction, refuse to submit, vanish from the seas, become one of the endangered species?"
The Sage's mouth curled, his sinister white teeth almost glowing under the clouds, paired with a vicious grin, and the lightning poised to descend above, looking incredibly terrifying.
Just like a calamity imposed by the heavens...
Why did the Pirate Emperor let the World Government strictly prohibit war, it's because they possess the destructive power capable of ruining the world!
And among them, the most destructive... is Calamity Sage!
Full moon transformation?
Then let it vanish like the Saiyans...