As the former chief jailer of the deep-sea prison Impel Down, Shiryu knew better than anyone how powerful Magellan's Venom-Venom Fruit was.
It was an unreasonable power that could even poison the air.
However, when the Blackbeard Pirates invaded Impel Down, fate had not been on Magellan's side.
Thus, with Shiryu's assistance, Magellan ultimately fell before the ruthless Blackbeard Pirates, while Shiryu chose to consume the power of the Venom-Venom Fruit, which had been extracted by Blackbeard.
Just now, even though he had only cut a tiny wound across the back of Maud's hand, Shiryu had felt fortunate that he had chosen to consume the Venom-Venom Fruit back then.
Otherwise, how could he have opened a fatal breach in this monster?
All he needed to do now was patiently wait for the venom to erode Maud's vitality.
At that moment, Shiryu had victory in the bag.
But before Shiryu could grow excited, Maud's decisive act of cutting off his palm slapped him hard across the face.
"Magellan's Venom-Venom Fruit ability, huh? Back when you were surrounded at Marineford, you relied on this ability to break out, didn't you? You should show this level of deadly poison some respect."
Before the venom could spread, Maud directly severed his right hand. His casual demeanor made it look as easy as clipping off a tiny piece of fingernail.
While Shiryu stared in astonishment, he looked coldly at Maud and said, "That's your dominant hand, right? In that case, your sword is basically... Hmm?"
Shiryu had only spoken halfway when his pupils contracted. At Maud's severed palm, where blood was gushing everywhere, flesh buds writhed frantically. In the span of a single breath, a fully restored palm had grown back.
Maud raised his restored right hand and casually flexed his fingers. Then, the shadows