Plague and Hail

Chapter 35: Plague and Hail

Queen, who had disappeared and then reappeared suddenly, almost made Cole wet himself.

Cole stared in terror at the giant dinosaur that had suddenly appeared behind Roy.

Before Cole could even scream in fear.

"Interesting, this is really too interesting. How did you pull off that attack just now? Kid, you're making me almost not want to kill you."

He said this, but his attack showed no mercy.

"Electric QUEEN."

His elongated neck and sharp teeth instantly lunged towards Roy's waist.

Just as everyone thought a bloody scene would unfold the next moment.

Bang!

The sound of teeth colliding violently echoed in the air.

"Eh!!!"

Contrary to everyone's expectations, no one was bitten to pieces.

The instant the giant dinosaur's teeth bit towards Roy's body.

With just a bang, Roy's upper body suddenly dissipated.

Sensing no bloody taste in his mouth.

Scrape, scrape, scrape.

He retracted his elongated neck, looking with slight confusion at where he had attacked.

"Nani, how is this possible!"

Roy, who had been maintaining his form in the air using Geppo, was now...

Apart from his lower half, which was still treading on air, his upper body had vanished without a trace.

This scene undoubtedly left both the World Government and the pirates utterly bewildered.

A person's upper body had vanished without a trace, while their lower body remained active.

Everything had happened in the blink of an eye, but fortunately, everyone present was not a bumpkin from the East Blue.

After just a moment's hesitation, everyone had a terrifying answer in their hearts.

A Devil Fruit user with Logia-type abilities.

This sight could only be explained by that.

After all, among all Devil Fruits, only Logia-type users could Elementalize; other Devil Fruit abilities... had not yet been discovered to have this function.

"Damn it, I didn't expect you to be a Logia-type Devil Fruit user. I should have attacked with Haki earlier."

Looking at Roy, whose upper body had Elementalized and vanished without a trace.

Queen gritted his teeth, anger flashing in his eyes.

After all, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user who also possessed the strength of a Great Swordsman was proving to be far more troublesome than Queen had anticipated.

"Damn it, why is everyone against me? I just wanted to get some research equipment, is that too much to ask?"

"Banquet Heat Fist."

Without any hesitation, the moment he discovered Roy could Elementalize.

Queen flashed his body and, with a speed utterly unsuited to his physique, appeared behind Roy once more.

This time, his attack was imbued with top-tier Armament Haki.

When facing a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, any carelessness could become a fatal blow.

A top-tier Devil Fruit could instantly turn an ordinary person from an ant into an elephant.

And in this ever-changing Pirate World, all sorts of comebacks were never uncommon on these seas.

From the moment Roy revealed his Logia-type Devil Fruit ability, Queen lost all his playful intentions.

If Queen had previously viewed Roy as merely a slightly troublesome beast.

Then, after Roy displayed his Logia-type Devil Fruit ability, combined with his Great Swordsman strength, Roy was now seen by Queen as a tiger.

Different opponents naturally required different abilities.

"Uh oh, Boss Queen is getting serious. Hurry and change course, we need to leave here immediately."

On the Beasts Pirates' ship, when the pirates saw their boss unleashing his Devil Fruit ability and starting to use stronger attack methods.

Their first reaction wasn't cheers, but a hasty turn of the ship, preparing to leave the battlefield.

Those familiar with Queen knew that he was now serious.

After all, a serious Plague and the usual Plague were two entirely different concepts.

In the eyes of the pirates in the Beasts Pirates, this sea area was destined to have all life wiped out.

After all, Plague's infamous reputation was built on countless corpses; it wasn't just a catchy nickname for someone sailing the seas.

BANG!

The mechanical claw, covered in Armament Haki, collided with Roy's lower body.

It wasn't as intense as everyone imagined.

Before the giant mechanical claw could even get close to Roy.

His body, which had been floating in mid-air, instantly dissolved into a cloud of mist.

"Damn Logia elementalization, I almost had him."

The sparks from the missed claw made Queen's mood irritable.

Just as he was about to activate Observation Haki to search for Roy's figure.

"Captain Queen, watch out above!"

A pirate subordinate from a distance, his face filled with horror.

"Above?"

He looked up with confusion at the sky full of dark clouds.

The next moment, a hailstone larger than a small mountain directly appeared above his head.

"What, how is that possible?"

The giant hailstone in the sky almost made Queen's eyeballs bulge out.

"Everyone, quickly change course and run! This is not an attack we can withstand."

Under the force of gravity, the hailstone was no different from a cannonball.

As the Marines' warships and transport ships began to retreat afterward.

Queen looked up at the sky, at the giant hailstone attacking him.

"Invisible Fighter Black."

A technique similar to Germa 66's Invisible Black, Queen made his body invisible.

"I didn't expect you to have this trick. Since you want to attack on a large scale, don't I?"

"Have a taste of my masterpiece, Freeze No. 1!"

A mechanical arm automatically ejected a cannonball filled with blue solution.

"Wait, Captain Queen, we haven't left yet!"

Watching Queen from a distance, preparing to launch a plague virus.

While the Marines and World Government personnel were still rushing to escape.

Sharp-eyed pirates, upon seeing Queen's actions, immediately dropped what they were doing and started shouting at Queen.

But clearly, the ordinary pirate subordinates couldn't influence Queen's decision.

As he directly shot the plague cannonball in his hand towards the descending hailstone in the sky.

"Damn it, everyone quickly find gas masks! If you don't find them, you'll all die!"

Facing the hailstone from the sky and the Freeze No. 1 virus Queen launched, the latter clearly caused more panic among the Beasts Pirates members.

BANG!

The cannonball filled with blue solution collided with the giant hailstone, like steel hitting an egg.

Freeze No. 1 shattered the instant it came into contact with the hailstone.

A large amount of light blue smoke instantly spread.

The large hailstone also directly smashed a huge indentation into the otherwise smooth sea.

Seawater splashed into the sky, turning into fine rain.

And while everyone on the sea surface was struggling to keep their ships steady and prevent them from capsizing.

The exploding viral weapon had now combined with the seawater.