A moment later, Queen, who had spiraled into the sky, finally fell back down.
The higher he flew, the harder he fell.
He shot upward like a rocket, then came crashing down like a meteor.
Queen's massive body soon smashed through the cave's thick ceiling again, then violently blasted a crater dozens of meters wide into the ground, making the entire cavern tremble violently.
At last, the dust-covered Queen crawled up from the ground.
Though his mouth was full of dirt, Queen was one of the Beasts Pirates' top performers. He had also brought Kaido's thick-skinned, tough-fleshed traits to the extreme.
The shell of his giant scorpion form was practically indestructible, its hardness not even inferior to Diamond Jozu of Whitebeard's crew, who had eaten the Diamond-Diamond Fruit.
Combined with the overwhelmingly powerful physique of a Zoan user, Queen's defense was truly intimidating.
Even if Queen stood still and let people hit him, there were not many people on the seas capable of beating him to death.
It was precisely because he had such a body that Queen, like his good brother Jack, had developed the bad habit of charging headfirst into every fight. Even after falling behind against Garen, he showed no intention of retreating.
"Damn it!"
Not only did Queen have no intention of stopping, but a furious red light instead appeared in the savage insect eyes of his arthropod body.
Kaido, who was watching from the side, apparently had not seen enough of Phantom's abilities. So he allowed Queen, who was clearly inferior to Phantom, to continue picking a fight while he sat aside and focused intently on observing Phantom's movements.
"Still not going to behave?"
Garen smiled calmly. The arrogance of someone who did not take his opponent seriously at all instantly stirred Queen's anger.
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