But here, the Fur Race definitely has the precise control over the 'Moon Lion' ability, especially that Cat-Dog duo.
He had an impression, was it a cat or a dog? Able to battle Jack under Kaido for five days and nights in normal form, their strength is quite solid.
Even if Jack is remembered as the 'Ivory King' or something, judging people only by their appearances is sure to cost you.
A bounty of a billion, whether from the perspective of danger or strength, isn't weak.
Being able to match him in normal form indicates that this Cat-Dog pair is also at this level, which is why Sage came personally.
In case the timing or weather conditions were wrong, and someone triggered the 'Moon Lion', Lily might not be able to handle it alone.
Most of the battle strength isn't to be wasted here; it's better for Sage to come personally.
"Huh? We're not stopping?" Renedia saw the ship still floating and couldn't help but ask.
"Why stop? I'm not interested in jungle adventures. Head towards that tree that looks like a whale, can't go wrong..."
Sage's eyes flickered red, and a sinister smile appeared: "Ah... many auras are gathering over there."
The ship, upheld by the cloak, didn't dock along the coast but floated in mid-air, adding another layer of black cloud above this sky, creating a shadow in the forest, moving forward.
"Carrot, carrot..."
Inside the forest, a rabbit-like Fur Race member swayed its fluffy bottom, with a rabbit tail twitching on top, bending over in an open area to pull out carrots.
"Master, do you want to eat some carrots?"
Carrot pulled out a carrot, wiped the mud off it, and happily spoke upwards.
"How many times have I told you, I don't eat carrots!"
A voice sounded from the tree, revealing a leopard-like Fur Race member lying on the thick trunk, with long bangs covering its left cheek.
"I'm a leopard Fur Race member, how could I eat carrots..."
Pedro said, "I like eating meat and lasagna."
"Huh? But carrots are delicious."
Carrot took a crisp bite of a carrot, showing a happy smile, "The happiest thing is eating carrots."
"That's because our fur types are different!"
Pedro rolled his eyes, "Finish eating carrots, then continue our training."
"Okay, Master!"
Carrot took a big bite of the carrot, squinting his eyes, leaning against the tree comfortably, looking around, attempting to spot new traces of carrots. But when she turned her head, she suddenly froze and looked up, asking:
"Master, it's getting dark fast today, it's already night."
"Nonsense, don't think about escaping training, it's not dark yet..."
Pedro, with his hands behind his head, just finished speaking, and his face froze as he looked towards the sky, his single eye's pupil narrowing.
"Black cloud? No way! How can there be black clouds here?!"
He suddenly got up, surprisingly looking at the approaching big black cloud.
Zou, at its height, protrudes above the clouds and won't even rain. The Elephant Lord would spray water on its back twice daily, creating a rain-like scene, solving the need for water.
There absolutely would not be clouds forming.
Pedro stood up, agilely climbed to the treetop, squatted at the very top, and looked towards the approaching black cloud.
"That is..."
He saw clearly...
That cloud-like thing looked more like the texture of fur, and on top of it...
"Pirate Ship!"
Pedro immediately ran down, pulled Carrot, and said, "Let's go back! Pirates are coming!"
"Pirates? Are they the ones you kept talking about?"
Carrot, being pulled, dropped the carrot and followed Pedro quickly through the forest.
"Pedro, what are pirates like? What you told before seemed so nice..."
"Of course, there are good ones, but... there are also terrifying guys!"
Pedro's already frightening face turned darker, and a giant terrifying woman popped into his mind. He took a deep breath and said, "Let's talk after we go back! In this direction... they're targeting our town!"
In the town within the Fluffy Kingdom, many Fur Race members gathered, carnivorous and herbivorous, all looked solemnly at the sky as the black cloud approached.
"Pedro..."
Seeing Pedro rushing in from outside, a lion Fur Race member dressed as a Western swordsman looked over and asked, "You came from outside, did you see clearly? What's on that black cloud?"
Shishilian, the Captain of the Inuarashi Musketeer Squad under Duke Inuarashi, also Carrot's captain.
The Fur Race members are generally divided into two groups by habit, one active during the day, and one at night, resulting in the King of Daylight and the King of Night.
The Firearms Team under the King of Daylight, Duke Inuarashi, specifically guards Duke Inuarashi.
While Pedro belongs to the Knight's Order, the leader under the King of Night, Nekomamushi.
"Pirates!"
Pedro said seriously, "Not sure what kind of pirates!"
Though isolated, some Fur Race members still possess adventurous spirits; the King of Daylight and the King of Night had once gone out to sea, and Pedro had done so 15 years ago, thus has some understanding of pirates.
Although not recognizing the flag, descending with clouds already signified something different.
Soon, the black cloud in the sky passed through the forest, reaching the town above, covering more than half, making the Fur Race members look up.
"So those are Fur Race members? Zoan-type? Jabra isn't here... Hmm, if he changes to human-beast form, he'd be about the same as these guys?"
Renedia, holding a telescope, looked over, amazed, "And why is it so strange that a leopard can stand with a rabbit, lions with zebras... won't they eat each other?"
"Because people are essentially human."
Sage said, "Like Giants and Small People, just with an extra layer of fur, still a bit different from the Zoan-type."
The Fur Race has more fur...
Zoan-type's human-beast form still has a human face.
"Oh? Then what if a Fur Race member ate a Zoan-type Fruit, what would happen then?"
Renedia focused the telescope on a Wild Bull Fur Race member, then looked at a Hunting Horse Fur Race member beside it and asked:
"What if that bull ate the Horse-Horse Fruit, or that horse ate the Ox-Ox Fruit, what would they become?"
Sage paused, said with dark humor, "I don't know what they'd become, but maybe they'd develop into an ultimate job worker with a chest-tag, after I, a big landlord like me, exploit all residual value and kick them out."
"You wouldn't do that, you even support many heavily injured ones." Renedia rolled her eyes.
The black cloud finally reached the town center, stopping there, and continuously descended to a low altitude level.
Allowing Sage a clearer view of them, and enabling the Fur Race members to see this side more clearly as well.
Pedro shouted, "Hey! Pirates! Fluffy Kingdom does not welcome humans, leave immediately!"
Sage glanced around, shook his head, "The aura's wrong, can't see the main target."
"Then let me say hello."
Lily walked to the ship's bow, standing alongside Sage, gently pressing her left hand on the sword hilt at her waist, her pupils spiraled with a scarlet color, then, a nearly substantial Supreme King's Haki burst around.
Buzz!
Among the blue, mixed with black and red airflow, scattered beneath the black cloud, centered in the town, expanding outward.
"Blue, huh... developing well." Sage smiled slightly.
Those with overlord potential using Supreme King's Haki generally go through three stages.
The initial awakening of Supreme King's Haki, unconscious release, and conscious control, all belong to 'colorless.'
Once proficient, able to accurately impact with differences, it forms a personal color, initially shapeless but truly transforming into one's own once mastered and understanding what they want.
Above that third stage comes Conqueror's Haki.
Lily's control over Supreme King's Haki is already quite good now.