Overlord's Awakening! (Seeking Follow-ups!)

"What!?"

Shiryu stared at Storm, who had been cut cleanly in two yet remained utterly unruffled, and couldn't help blurting out in shock.

"You're a Logia user?!"

Before today.

Shiryu hadn't bothered to pay any attention to Storm, the new head jailer who had voluntarily transferred to Impel Down.

So he had no idea that Storm was a [Clay Fruit] user.

Now, seeing Storm's peculiar ability to turn his body into clay, Shiryu was caught off guard.

He mistakenly assumed the man had eaten an extremely rare Logia Devil Fruit.

Something like a "Mud Mud Fruit"...

But Shiryu's shock.

Did nothing to disrupt Storm's next move.

His body had nearly been split in two by [Rain Shower], but white clay poured out from the gap, covering his surface.

As the clay continuously filled in.

Storm's physique swelled in the blink of an eye to a size comparable to Shiryu's.

The distance between them was already very close.

Storm's enlarged form shrank that gap even further.

[Shave]!

Storm's figure vanished from its spot, reappearing directly in front of Shiryu.

His right fist, strengthened and swollen by the [Clay Fruit], swung forward with breathtaking force.

Caught off guard, Shiryu took a heavy clay punch straight to the gut.

Abdominal Punch!

Thud!

A dull, muffled sound rang out.

The once-arrogant Shiryu of the Rain was sent flying over ten meters away by Storm's blow.

"Bastard!"

Mid-flight, Shiryu steadied himself and landed back on the ground with a crisp flip.

He glared viciously at Storm, raising his Famous Sword [Rain Shower] once more.

Logia users weren't invincible.

At the very least, Shiryu had plenty of ways to deal with them.

Haki was the enemy of all ability users!

But just as Shiryu lifted [Rain Shower] in his hand.

A completely unfamiliar sensation surged through his grip.

Shiryu immediately looked down at his blade.

He suddenly noticed that the blood-red edge of [Rain Shower] had somehow become entangled with several clumps of white clay.

The white clay seemed to possess an "asexual reproduction" ability.

In an instant.

The clay's volume swelled to several times its original size.

The gorgeous, sinister Famous Sword [Rain Shower] was now sheathed in a bizarre layer of white clay.

Turning it into a ridiculous white fire poker!

Shiryu had completely lost his feel for the blade.

Storm's combat experience was fairly solid.

He knew well.

No matter what level a swordsman was, their strength was almost entirely tied to their weapon.

As long as he could lock down the swordsman's Famous Sword, the opponent's power would take a nosedive.

After all, there couldn't possibly be some freak like a "Swordless Great Swordsman" roaming the seas, right?

Just as Shiryu had drawn his blade to strike.

Storm had quietly conjured several clumps of clay and stuck them onto the man's longsword.

Now, the effect was outstanding!

He had temporarily "sealed" Shiryu's Famous Sword.

Taking advantage of the moment Shiryu was busy cleaning off the clay, Storm rapidly closed in.

[Shave]!

A four-star [Shave] erupted with lightning-fast speed as Storm instantly appeared before Shiryu.

But Shiryu of the Rain, after all, was the Deputy Warden of Impel Down, and his reaction speed was no slower.

Seeing Storm approach, Shiryu stopped obsessing over clearing the clay from [Rain Shower].

He swung the white clay staff in his hand, wielding it like a razor-sharp longsword, slashing at the man before him.

[Kami-e]!

Storm clearly sensed the airflow changes from Shiryu's attack, and his clay-like body rippled like a wave.

Shiryu's "clay staff" came straight down at Storm's head.

But Storm neither dodged nor avoided, letting the attack land while throwing a "clay heavy punch" forward!

Smack!

Shiryu's "clay staff" smashed directly into Storm's head, and the latter's half a skull burst open.

White clay splattered in all directions like droplets of water.

Boom!

Storm's heavy punch struck Shiryu's abdomen again, and the latter flew backward with the impact.

"Cough!"

His soft abdomen taking repeated heavy blows, Shiryu couldn't withstand the damage and coughed involuntarily.

A trickle of crimson blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, sliding down his chin.

Once could be an accident.

But twice?

The surrounding Impel Down guards saw Shiryu sent flying by Storm again and began whispering among themselves.

"The Deputy Warden got knocked back..."

"The Head Jailer is so strong! He's actually suppressing the Deputy Warden!"

"Is the prison about to change hands?"

Hannyabal, mixed in the crowd, quietly slipped away at that moment.

He didn't know whether Storm was stronger or Shiryu was more formidable.

But with a riot in the prison, the Head Jailer and Deputy Warden brawling in public...

Hannyabal sent out an emergency signal.

"Hurry to the fourth level and summon Magellan!!"

The two fighters on the field paid no attention to the onlookers' reactions.

Shiryu wiped the corner of his mouth; he couldn't care less about such minor injuries.

But seeing Storm's head rapidly restore itself, he couldn't help spitting again.

"Damn it!"

No time to coat with Armament Haki, unable to land effective attacks on the enemy...

Shiryu's peripheral vision glanced at [Rain Shower] in his right hand.

After this round of attacks.

The clay covering [Rain Shower] had grown thicker and thicker.

Now, even if Shiryu wanted to let go of the hilt, he couldn't.

Because the clay had not only wrapped around [Rain Shower].

But also entangled most of his right hand!

Shiryu's right hand now looked like a mutated, giant white mallet.

'I can't let this mud keep growing...'

A thought flashed through Shiryu's mind.

The next moment, without hesitation, he directly released his Armament Haki.

Black Haki surged from within Shiryu's body, wrapping his entire right arm from the inside out.

Along with the Famous Sword [Rain Shower] and the outer "clay sheath," all of it was enveloped by Shiryu's Armament Haki.

Just now, Shiryu's right hand looked like a white mallet.

Now it was a "black mallet"!

Though Armament Haki could touch the solid bodies of Logia users.

It couldn't disable their abilities like Seastone could.

And for the solid clay produced by the [Clay Fruit]...

Armament Haki had no way to "erase" it either.

Shiryu released Armament Haki, but it only suppressed the clay's continued expansion—it couldn't make it disappear.

He casually swung the mallet in his right hand a few times, getting used to this peculiar "weapon."

"Kid!"

Shiryu looked at Storm, a cold smile spreading across his face.

"Game's over!"

This time, without waiting for Storm to attack first, Shiryu charged straight at him.

Even though the Deputy Warden was dragging a bizarre black club, his movements looked somewhat ridiculous.

But his speed was anything but slow!

Seeing Shiryu use Armament Haki, Storm didn't underestimate him in the slightest.

Without waiting for Shiryu to close in, he swung his right fist.

White clay piled together, rapidly expanding and enlarging.

In an instant, Storm's right arm swelled to the size of a Giant Tribe member's.

He swung his right arm with force, and the giant clay fist surged forward in a ferocious attack.

Giant Clay Fist!

On the other side, Shiryu swung his right arm too—that strange, ugly black club.

Boom!

One black, one white.

Two weapons of vastly different shapes and colors collided violently.

A thunderous roar erupted on the spot, rolling shockwaves spreading outward in all directions.

But Shiryu was still Shiryu.

One of Impel Down's twin pillars.

Even though Shiryu had lost his Famous Sword weapon now.

His Armament Haki level was nothing to scoff at.

In the face of that Armament Haki club.

Storm's giant clay fist held out for only a few seconds before rapidly crumbling.

Shiryu smashed through most of the giant clay fist with overwhelming force, large chunks of clay falling to the ground.

But the clay's soft nature still cushioned a fair amount of his strength.

In the end.

Shiryu's black club came to a halt.

This wasn't entirely because the clay had absorbed part of his power.

It was also because inside the giant clay fist, a hard force stopped the black club from advancing further.

[Tekkai]!

Storm's right hand was deeply hidden within the giant clay fist.

His knuckles now gleamed with the same pitch-black luster.

At this moment.

Storm's fist was like a hard nail, blocking the incoming attack.

If he had taken a moment to check his status, he would have seen a new ability appear in his skill list—

[Armament Haki: ☆]

But even without seeing the awakening of [Armament Haki].

Storm could still clearly feel the presence of this power.

When he had fended off the Man-faced Lion's group attack earlier, Storm had already sensed this power.

Now, using [Tekkai] to block Shiryu's assault, the feeling grew even sharper and more distinct.

This was it!

Haki!

Just as Storm was about to throw another punch to test his new ability.

A furious shout came from the prison cafeteria entrance.

"Everyone, stop!"

Caught in the middle of battle, Storm had no mind for outside noise.

Neither did Shiryu.

And so—

"Poison Dragon!"

Two deep-purple Poison Dragons flew over with ferocious momentum.

Storm stood his ground, unmoved.

But Shiryu reacted like a mouse spotting a cat.

He hurriedly swung the black club in his hand, striking at the incoming Poison Dragon, shattering its head in one blow.

Immediately after.

Shiryu hastily sidestepped, dodging the splattering venom.

"Magellan..."

Shiryu stared with deep wariness at the man standing at the cafeteria entrance.

"Yo, Warden!"

Storm, calm and composed, waved a greeting at Magellan.

Magellan looked at Shiryu, disheveled and with blood at the corner of his mouth, then at Storm, unhurried and unruffled.

Hadn't Hannyabal said Shiryu was cold-blooded, ruthless, and had turned his blade against his comrades in Impel Down?

But the scene before him looked more like...

Storm was the one brutalizing Shiryu?

Today... there probably won't be a recommendation...

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