After scanning the surroundings, Berlos fixed her gaze on Griffin the Griffin Girl and Agni the Fire Rat, who stood at the forefront.
Her eyes lingered for a long moment before a playful smile suddenly curled at the corners of her lips as she spoke coldly.
"So you're the Beast Girls at my level? Not weak, but far from sufficient."
"With strength like yours, how could you possibly protect our master or expand his territory?"
Her tone remained condescending; Berlos still didn't regard these two Beast Girls of equivalent standing as worthy of her attention.
Faced with such contempt, both the Lion Girl and Fire Rat's expressions darkened simultaneously.
"Hah, just born and already acting like you're in charge? Who do you think you are?"
The Griffin Girl retorted defiantly, though inwardly she felt somewhat insecure. Nevertheless, she had to push back at this moment.
"That's right~ We're all at the same level, so being too arrogant isn't good, Berlos~"
The Fire Rat's voice still carried a soft, cute tone, but she didn't yield an inch.
Of course, similar to the Griffin Girl, she felt somewhat insecure inside—she just didn't show it.
This was inevitable.
Although they were all top-tier Beast Girls at the Admiral Candidate Level, there were still disparities in their strength.
The distinctions in power among the Mythical Zoan forms of Zoan-type Devil Fruits were extremely clear.
The Hellhound Form was inherently stronger than the Lion Form and Fire Rat Form.
This was a predetermined, innate advantage that couldn't be changed.
Indeed, Berlos had just been born, yet her formidable strength already matched Griffin's, who had existed for some time.
As for Agni, she was completely suppressed beneath Berlos, only capable of passive resistance with little chance of victory.
"So this is the distinction in strength among Mythical Zoans? Interesting. The Devil Fruit Encyclopedia did mention this."
Brian, watching from the sidelines, nodded thoughtfully as he pondered.
He recalled the general introduction about Mythical Zoans he'd seen during his multiple reviews of the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.
As Devil Fruits even rarer than Logia Types in the world, Mythical Zoans corresponded to legendary species.
Consuming one granted the powerful abilities of mythological legends.
However, even among these mythical legendary species, distinctions in strength could be quite pronounced.
Some mythical species controlled thunder and were indestructible.
Others seemed to have no notable use beyond the ability to fly.
Over hundreds and thousands of years, predecessors had roughly categorized Mythical Zoans into three tiers based on comprehensive factors: the inherent strength of different Mythical Zoan fruits, the performance of their users, and the fruits' potential.
The first tier of Mythical Zoans belonged to basic mythological forms—capable of transforming into mythical creatures, but with relatively weak attainable abilities.
Examples included the Pegasus Form of the Horse-Horse Fruit and the Tanuki Form of the Dog-Dog Fruit, which demonstrated poor performance.
The second tier of Mythical Zoans was significantly more powerful.
They can touch upon stronger rule domains, even defining battlefield rules to some extent, making them extremely difficult to break or defend against.
For example, the Great Serpent God Fruit and Phoenix Fruit from the original work, including the Griffin Girl's Lion Fruit and the Fire Rat's Fire Rat Fruit, all essentially belong to this tier.
If calculated seriously, the Yamata no Orochi Fruit also falls within this tier, and its ranking is even higher.
After all, it corresponds to the legendary mythical creature, the Yamata no Orochi.
Unfortunately, the Yamata no Orochi Fruit's user in the original work, Kurozumi Orochi, was utterly useless and failed to fully showcase this fruit's abilities.
Truly sitting on a mountain of treasures yet unwilling to lift a finger.
No wonder Kurozumi Orochi ultimately failed to conquer Wano Country—pure trash.
The third tier of Mythical Zoans is undoubtedly stronger than the second tier, belonging to the high-level Mythical Zoan category.
Prominent examples include the newly born Hellhound Girl, as well as the legendary Angel Fruit and Devil Fruit, among others.
It's worth noting that Kaido's Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon Form from the original work unquestionably belongs to this tier and is one of the top Mythical Zoans.
Of course, while the classification is set, how the fruit users master them is another matter entirely.
People have countless facets, and fruits naturally have myriad functions—it all depends on the user's development level.
However, if we really calculate it this way, how should Luffy's Nika Fruit be classified?
Suddenly, Brian thought of a key point.
In the original work, the protagonist Luffy's fruit ability absurdly transformed from the initial Rubber Fruit directly into the Human-Human Fruit's Nika Form, also known as the Sun God Nika.
This was as absurd as a chicken suddenly flying into the sky one day to become a soaring phoenix, utterly disillusioning.
"If we follow the original work's trajectory, there might be an even higher threshold above the top-tier Mythical Zoan level."
This threshold likely includes only one or two fruits.
For example, the Nika Fruit, and the fruit Imu consumed————
Forget it, no need to think that far ahead for now. Let's take it step by step.
Brian shook his head, temporarily dismissing these thoughts. Overthinking wasn't particularly meaningful anyway.
The atmosphere among the three Mythical Zoan Beast Girls was growing increasingly tense.
"Hahaha, struck a nerve, didn't I? The weak will always be weak."
"Even if you come at me together, what do I have to fear?"
"Now that I have been born, I will naturally become my master's sharpest blade, slaying all who dare disrespect him."
"When the time comes, you lot will obediently submit under my power."
"Hahahaha!" Throwing her chest out proudly, the Hellhound Girl displayed intense aggression at this moment.
If she acted like this even toward her fellow Beast Girls, one could already predict how brutal she would be when facing enemies.
In Brian's future campaigns of conquest, the Hellhound Girl indeed lived up to her words, becoming an extremely sharp blade in his hands, undefeated in battle.
Of course, these were all matters for later.
The main focus now was on Griffin and Agni, who had been provoked by Berlos.
Having been provoked like this, Griffin and Agni reacted quite differently.
The irritable Griffin now had a gloomy expression, with wisps of green energy swirling around her body, causing the surrounding space to ripple continuously.
She had always considered herself a patient person, and since her birth, her performance had been outstanding.
Never did she expect that at this moment, the Hellhound Girl's few provoking words would ignite such anger in her—even she herself was surprised.
"So far, you're the first Beast Girl who dares to act so arrogantly toward me. If you have the guts, let's settle this one-on-one."
"Let's see who's truly stronger. The loser will keep their mouth shut from now on."
"I agree as well. Although we belong to the same team, I've never been particularly fond of you."
Agni nodded, looking at Berlos with clear displeasure.
The conflict between the Beast Girls escalated to a truly white-hot stage after the Hellhound Girl's birth.