Fatal Wounds Won't Kill It?!

Seeing the astonishing change in the slime, Xi Yan and the others were all stunned.

"What... what the hell is this?" Sanji stared in surprise at the slime that had transformed into an animal, and said, "A frog?"

"It's a lizard, isn't it?" Zoro said, stroking his chin.

"Lizards don't look like this," Xi Yan said, stroking his chin. "This is a salamander, isn't it?"

Compared to a lizard, it looked more like a salamander with extremely strong vitality.

"A newt?"

What is that?

A hint of doubt appeared in Zoro's eyes; he had never heard of such a creature before.

"It's a creature with extremely strong vitality," Xi Yan said. "Even if it suffers a fatal wound, it won't die."

"Ha?!"

"That's outrageous?!"

Brook's eyes were filled with astonishment. Could there really be such a Lihai creature in this world?

How could he survive a fatal wound?

"Does this kind of creature split?" Zoro asked curiously.

"Normally, that's not the case," Xi Yan said, stroking his chin. "Salamanders do not have the ability to reproduce by fission."

"They also lay eggs, just like lizards."

If I'm not mistaken, that's how it is.

"Similar to a lizard..."

Sanji glanced at the giant salamander and said, "Then what about those living slimes it spews out?"

That thing was clearly alive.

No one answered this time, because they weren't sure what it was either.

However, Xi Yan did see something on the other party—a strange light that only Devil Fruit User possess!

It's unclear whether this is a product created by the ability user or the ability user themselves.

Just then, a salamander in the distance spat out a huge ball of venom towards them, its target being the group of people on the shore!

Seeing this, Sanji's expression changed, and he shouted, "Run!"

After saying that, everyone immediately ran forward and successfully avoided the enormous ball of venom.

Once they were some distance away, Brook glanced back at the ball of venom that had been thrown at him and said, "What on earth is that...?"

How disgusting!

Stop standing there, get out of here right now.

"Profound!"

Meanwhile, on the other side...

In order to capture Caesar Clown, Luffy and his crew head to the front of the research institute, intending to enter through the Great Gate to capture Caesar.

To Luffy and his crew's surprise, Caesar appeared on their own initiative as soon as they arrived at the battlefield between the G5 Branch Navy and the Centaur forces!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Standing atop the Caesar of the warship, Caesar laughed as he looked down at the Venomous Slime below, saying, "What a delightful scene!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Who is this guy?

Luffy pointed at Caesar and said, "Why do I feel like punching him?"

This feeling is so strange.

"I don't know," Perona said, shaking her head. "I don't know him either."

She had been reading the newspapers frequently over the past two years, but she hadn't recognized who the person was.

"What about Robin?"

"I don't know him either," Nicole Robin said, frowning. "But I suspect this guy might be our target."

As soon as Nico Robin landed, the half-goat man beside her shouted.

"Master, why did you come out? It's dangerous here!"

"That's right, these G5 Branch navy men are thugs. Let us deal with them!"

Nico Robin, having overheard these words, paused for a moment before saying, "It seems this guy is that Caesar, Caesar Clown."

Upon hearing this, Luffy's expression immediately changed.

No wonder he wanted to beat this guy up earlier; he's the bastard who used children as experiments!

"So you're Caesar!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

"That's right!" Caesar said with a smirk, "Straw Hat Crew and everyone in G5 Branch, I am the world's greatest scientist, Caesar Clown!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

"The world's number one scientist?"

After staring at the man laughing maniacally for a while, Franky said, "I seem to remember the world's greatest scientist being Vegapunk."

Upon hearing this, Caesar's face immediately darkened.

Then, he angrily said, "Who does Vegapunk think he is? He has no right to be called the world's greatest scientist!"

"Only I, the great one!"

"Only Caesar Courant is qualified!"

Finally, a smile reappeared on Caesar's face—a twisted smile.

Clearly, he was jealous of Vegapunk.

Franky ignored Caesar's words and instead said to his companion, "Looks like this guy has a grudge against Vegapunk."

"Isn't this obvious?" Perona said.

This can be seen from the other party's attitude.

Nico Robin narrowed her eyes, more inclined to believe that the person was jealous than that they had a grudge against Vegapunk.

After all... there was a look of jealousy in his eyes when he said those things just now.

"Hmph, what do you know?"

Caesar, having taken the Straw Hat Crew's words to heart, snorted and said, "My relationship with him is not that simple."

"Forget it, there's no point in explaining this to you, because you wouldn't understand anyway."

After shaking his head, Caesar turned his gaze to the distant volcanic area, his eyes gradually becoming fervent.

"Just wait!!" Caesar spread his arms wide and said, "Once that kid has knocked all his clones over here, you'll understand just how terrifying the Chemical Explosion Incident that happened in Punk Hazard four years ago really was..."

"That's Death Country where no one can survive!"

"And I... named this weapon, which can threaten the entire island, ' Death Country '!"

"How was it? Pretty fun, huh?"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

As if he had witnessed something amusing, Caesar suddenly burst into laughter.

Then, he floated into the air and shouted, "Enjoy this, you lot!"

"Use your lives to experience firsthand the power of a weapon capable of destroying an island!"

"You will later understand just how great Caesar Courant, the world's greatest scientist who developed this weapon, truly was!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Seeing Caesar laughing uncontrollably, Franky and the others fell silent.

This guy really is just like they thought—a mad scientist.

"A weapon capable of destroying an island..." Perona frowned. "That's too ruthless."

Although we don't know what kind of weapon the other side used, a weapon capable of destroying an island must be incredibly powerful!

What kind of opponent have they inexplicably encountered?

Nico Robin, on the other hand, unconsciously thought of the weapon Pluton.

That thing is also a weapon capable of easily destroying an island!

The only difference is that Pluton uses cannons, while this guy uses some kind of chemical explosive weapon...

Wait a minute, could it be that the chemical experiment Tea Beard mentioned was actually orchestrated by this guy?!

As if she had just realized something, Nico Robin said, "Looks like this guy was keeping everyone in the dark."

He deliberately caused an explosion, then returned some time later, purifying the island's Poisonous Gas as a savior, leading the survivors to believe he was the savior.

This is probably why people Tea Beard are willing to treat him like a god.

Ha, what a wicked fellow.

Thinking of this, Nico Robin was about to say something, but before she could open her mouth, she saw Luffy rush into Caesar's face.

"Huh?"

"Eh!!"

Caesar was dumbfounded when Luffy inexplicably grabbed him.

How were they able to capture him?

Could it be... that this person is Haki?

"Got you?" Luffy grinned.

"Oh no! Straw Hat has captured his master!" shouted Taxi Soldiers from Caesar's side.

"That bastard!"

"Quickly, rescue the master!"

"Profound!"

After saying this, the men rushed toward the wreckage of the warship, clearly intending to rescue Caesar.

But before they could take a few steps, they were stopped by Franky and his group.

"We can't let you guys bother Luffy!" Franky grinned and said, "Perfect, let me test Sanji's physical strength."

After saying that, Franky kicked him.

"Bump!"

The heavy leather boots slammed into the enemy's abdomen, sending him flying into the air towards the distant wreckage.

"Whoosh~"

"Boom!!"

"Huh?"

"So strong?!"

Franky was somewhat surprised; Sanji's physique was even more impressive than he had imagined.

Those enemies who were blocked roared angrily upon seeing this.

"Damn it, kill them!"

"That won't do."

Nico Robin raised her hands and said, "We can't fall here!"

"Twenty-Four Flower Wheels!"

"Hook Claw!"

"Click click click~"

Numerous arms appeared on the enemy's body, then constricted him until his bones cracked, and he finally collapsed to the ground, his Byakugan rolling back in his head.

Perona's attack was more direct; she summoned a large number of Negative Ghost Negative Ghost without hesitation and used them to attack these enemies.

"Negative Hollows!"

"Weng~"

"I... I wish I could be a paramecium."

"If there's a next life, I'd rather be a bug."

"I'm not even as good as a salted fish..."

"Hala hala hala~"

"Now you know how powerful I am, huh? You lot!" Perona said, hands on her hips, mid-air. "I'm not someone to be trifled with!"

"Hala hala hala~"

Perona was clearly very satisfied with her results.

"Hello!"

What's wrong with you guys?

Some of the centaurs that hadn't been attacked immediately showed expressions of shock, clearly not understanding what had just happened.

"You guys are really capable!"

Luffy smiled and tightened his grip on Caesar, bringing the shocked Caesar back to his senses.

"Asshole!!"

Gazing at Luffy with a furious expression, Caesar snapped out of his daze and shouted, "Get your filthy hands off me!"

"No way!" Luffy said without hesitation.

"Hateful..."

"Having Haki is really great," Franky remarked, glancing at the situation above. "It makes it easy to grab Logia users."

Hearing Franky's words, a hint of envy appeared in Perona's eyes.

Actually, she really wanted to learn Armament Haki, but unfortunately, her talent was too limited, so...

Why.

"I wonder if I'll ever be able to learn how to Haki..."

"Keep trying," Franky said. "Maybe one day you'll get it."

Perona gave a wry smile upon hearing this. If she could really learn it, she should have mastered it within two years.

Franky didn't mind; he just offered a word of comfort.

Franky then said, "Let's take care of these guys. We can leave Caesar to Luffy; with his current strength, he can definitely defeat him easily."

"It's hard to say," Nicole Robin said, frowning.

"What's the meaning?"

"Armament Haki can indeed grasp the Logia Devil Fruit user's body, but it can't restrain the user themselves," Nico Robin explained. "And we don't yet understand how the Gas-Gas Fruit works, so..."

Although Nico Robin didn't finish her sentence, Franky and Perona understood what she meant.

Not knowing about the Gas-Gas Fruit, they had no idea what kind of moves this guy would use.

Thinking of this, the two men's eyes became wary.

If Luffy encounters any problems, they must provide immediate support.

At that moment, Luffy launched an attack on Caesar.

"Rubber Clock!"

Luffy, gathering Armament Haki on his forehead, didn't hesitate to throw his head off, intending to use the rebound force to knock Caesar unconscious!

Seeing this, Caesar immediately dispersed the parts of his body that Luffy hadn't touched, forcibly dodging the attack.

"Don't get too cocky, you bastard!"

Caesar shouted, "Gas Lasso!"

The next moment, pinkish-white smoke flew out from Caesar's body, went up Luffy's neck and wrapped around his head, quickly enveloping him completely!

"What the hell is this thing?!" Luffy exclaimed, "Why can't I shake it off?!"

As he spoke, Luffy tried again, but still couldn't get rid of the gas.

The gas is like glue, sticking to your body and you can't shake it off no matter what you do!

"Of course you can't shake it off!" Caesar sneered. "Because this is a noose made of my gas!"

"As long as I don't cancel it, it can't possibly disappear!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

"Straw Hat, just wait until I poison you with my gas!"

His Highly Toxic Gas is terrifying; it can easily kill anyone!

Therefore... even this pirate with a bounty of 500 million Beli could not possibly escape his poisoning!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

'It's a shame I can't kill him with that weapon, but I can't let this guy keep causing trouble,' Caesar thought to himself. 'So I'll just finish him off here.'

As for the experiment...

Using the Straw Hat Pirates and the Marines from the G5 Branch for experiments would be the same!

At that time... the people of the Underworld will know just how terrifyingly powerful their weapons are.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Whoosh!