Terror Crocodile Fruit

After a night of deep contemplation, Luo Ya finally arrived at an excellent plan.

Upon learning that Ambuseton, the general of this country, went out to sea every day to hunt pirates, Luo Ya decided to offer his surrender; after all, a slave collar was nothing more than a mere formality to him.

Whether he chose to finish off Ambuseton while he was isolated or drag him back to the palace to brand him with the "wolf-dog" mark, this approach would bypass the layers of resistance involved in storming the palace directly.

Action followed thought!

Early the next morning, Luo Ya headed to the docks and boarded the largest ship. Standing on the deck was a bald, muscular man wearing earth-yellow armor and a skirt in the style of ancient Greece.

Two exaggeratedly large blades were tucked into his waist; they lacked hilts, using a groove on the back of the blade as a grip. The edges were jagged and serrated. A large number of "citizens" were busy working around him.

"Halt! Who are you? What are you doing getting so close?" a burly man holding a cutlass barked.

"Heh, I've come to join General Ambuseton."

"There are plenty of people who want to join the General. Who do you think you are? Get lost, now!" With that, he shoved Luo Ya, trying to force him away.

"Wait!" At the bald man's command, the man with the cutlass turned back, confused. "General?"

"The renowned Black Flame Swordsman wants to join me? I am, of course, more than welcome to have you, hahaha." It was clear he had recognized Luo Ya.

Luo Ya awkwardly rubbed his nose. Damn! I forgot about the bounty posters. Looks like I have to do this the hard way.

After all, with Luo Ya's strength, a voluntary surrender was obviously suspicious. Furthermore, Luo Ya was quite notorious, having participated in countless battles to topple nations and assassinate kings and nobles.

Drill Dragon Nail!

With a loud bang, the man with the cutlass was kicked by Luo Ya into the crowd, vomiting blood mixed with visceral fragments; he clearly wouldn't survive.

Ryujin Jakka was unsheathed in an instant, and a massive amount of flames condensed into a pillar of fire that soared into the sky, slashing toward Ambuseton.

The crowd on the ship was instantly routed by the intense heat, scrambling to jump into the sea or flee onto the docks. A large number of people quickly gathered around, as the last time pirates had invaded the country of Osama was two years ago.

"Who is this person? How dare he challenge General Ambuseton?"

"He's actually quite handsome. I wonder how many Beli he'll fetch when he's sold."

"He's truly courting death. Having harmed so many citizens, I imagine His Majesty the King will torture him severely."

As the fire pillar dissipated, the bald man raised his twin blades and swung them down in a cross, his entire appearance undergoing a drastic transformation.

His body was covered in scaly armor with strange cracks, his height surged to over ten meters, and a thick, heavy tail swayed behind him.

His head elongated, transforming into the image of a crocodile standing on two legs.

"Hahaha, Luo Ya, I was just wondering how to find you, and here you are delivering yourself to my doorstep. From now on, you shall be my slave."

Ambuseton roared, charging toward Luo Ya, his two large blades instantly coated in pitch-black Armament Haki.

He swung down heavily at Luo Ya.

Clang! Luo Ya raised his blade to block. The immense force caused his legs to buckle. Seizing the momentum, he stepped back with his right leg, gathering a massive amount of Armament Haki.

Drill Dragon Nail!

With a bang, he kicked Ambuseton away. The recoil left Luo Ya's right leg numb, and he hurriedly put some distance between them.

"That's an interesting move, but it's useless!" Ambuseton glanced at his shin where he'd been kicked, then howled and charged at Luo Ya again.

Damn it! This is troublesome. Luo Ya inwardly cursed. Enemies of this massive size usually possessed both inexhaustible stamina and superior defense.

It was like kicking a stomach or a shin—the damage was far less than before, and at one meter eighty-nine, Luo Ya could only reach Ambuseton's shins.

Watching the howling Ambuseton charge, Ryujin Jakka quickly turned black, its temperature rising rapidly.

The moment Ambuseton lunged, Luo Ya rolled forward, leaped up, and slashed at Ambuseton's knee. I really did jump up to hit your knee!

"Success!" The familiar sensation told Luo Ya that this strike would surely severely limit his mobility.

Before Luo Ya could celebrate, a massive foot kicked him, sending him flying onto the docks.

He landed with a bang and slid dozens of meters, knocking over a pile of wooden crates before being buried under the debris with a loud crash.

The onlookers erupted into cheers.

"General Ambuseton is too strong!" "As expected of a user of the Ancient Zoan Terror Crocodile Fruit, this combat power is terrifying."

Facing the cheers of the crowd, Ambuseton remained unmoved, speaking toward the depths of the crates, "If you're this weak, I might as well just take your head for the bounty; it's still worth a fair amount!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than swish, swish, swish sounds of air being torn apart rang out.

Twelve black-red flame blades flew out, hovering silently in the sky.

Boom!

Luo Ya burst out from the crates and slashed down at Ambuseton's head. With a clang, it was blocked by Ambuseton's crossed blades.

Meanwhile, eight flame blades seized the opportunity to fly behind him and pierce into his back. Squish! Eight times over, red blood gushed out.

Yet, Ambuseton seemed entirely unaffected, swinging his blade to knock Luo Ya away. His other blade swung down heavily at Luo Ya in mid-air.

Clang! Clang! With a few crisp sounds, four flame blades struck Ambuseton's blade, forcing it to miss its mark.

The empty strike kicked up a massive cloud of dust with a boom. Luo Ya took the chance to recall the eight flame blades, but the moment they left Ambuseton's body, the wounds stopped bleeding and nearly healed instantly.

"Are you scratching me? You made such a big name for yourself, yet you're weak as hell, hahahaha!"

Ambuseton roared with laughter and charged at Luo Ya once more.

Luo Ya held Ryujin Jakka before his chest, where twelve blades of fire converged and fused into one.

Ryujin Jakka transformed directly into a massive sword ten meters long and one meter wide!

He swung it down toward Ambuseton. With a metallic clang, the weapons collided, and Ambuseton's terrifying strength actually suppressed Luo Ya with just one hand.

Ambuseton swung his other blade toward Luo Ya's waist. In an instant, Luo Ya's eyes turned blood-red.

Clang! Four newly manifested fire blades crossed to block the heavy, powerful strike. Seeing this, Ambuseton let out a roar and increased his force even further, pressing Ryujin Jakka right up to Luo Ya's face.

Swish! The upper half of the giant Ryujin Jakka split back into four blades, which shot straight toward Ambuseton's face, slashing in a cross pattern.

"Ah!" Ambuseton's crocodile maw gaped wide as he shrieked, dropping his two large blades. He threw his hands up in front of his face, wanting to cover it but afraid to touch the wounds.

Seeing this, Luo Ya felt a surge of joy; it seemed Ryujin Jakka wasn't underperforming, but rather that other parts of Ambuseton were protected by cracked, high-defense scales.

In truth, as a user of the Ancient Zoan Crocodile-Crocodile Fruit, Ambuseton's greatest strengths were not his raw power, but his terrifying bite force and the defensive capabilities of his scales.

Furthermore, the areas covered in scales had almost no sense of pain, and when combined with the awakening regeneration of a Zoan fruit, his resilience was truly monstrous.

Only the soft skin on his chest and his face were his weakest points.

This was why Ambuseton had always been dismissive of attacks on other parts of his body, yet defended his chest with airtight precision.

Having realized this, Luo Ya seized the opportunity to condense all sixteen fire blades into Ryujin Jakka and slashed diagonally down at Ambuseton's chest.

Screech! A teeth-grinding sound echoed out. The exquisite yellow armor on Ambuseton's body shattered with a boom, and a bloody gash appeared on his chest as a fountain of blood sprayed out.

"Ah!" Ambuseton screamed and collapsed to the ground. Accompanied by the scent of roasting meat, the agony of the flames from Ryujin Jakka's cut finally took effect.

The scorching heat of three thousand degrees was enough to make Luo Ya shudder just thinking about it; even a thousand degrees had nearly driven him mad back in the soul space.

"No, it's impossible! How could General Ambuseton fall?" "Who is this person? To think he could defeat General Ambuseton!"

"General Ambuseton, get up! If you lose, who will stop this pirate?"

The crowd on the field roared in disbelief, for Ambuseton's strength had long been deeply ingrained in their minds.

As an awakened fruit user, Ambuseton naturally didn't fall so easily. Just as Luo Ya moved to take advantage of the situation and decapitate him, the screaming Ambuseton's body grew even larger, his shrieks turning into a deafening roar.

A behemoth fifteen meters long sprawled on the ground, its thick, clawed limbs digging deep into the earth.

Its elongated crocodile snout was at least two meters long.

Clang! Luo Ya's decapitation strike landed on the heavy scales and was deflected instantly, leaving only a shallow white mark behind.

Luo Ya was startled; the defense had already been absurd, but the full beast transformation had further enhanced both his size and his durability.

"Roar!" Fully transformed into a crocodile, Ambuseton bellowed and snapped his jaws at Luo Ya, his interlocking teeth sharp as swords.

Luo Ya hurriedly kicked out, his foot slamming into Ambuseton's thick lip with a bang.

He used the force to flip backward, but Ambuseton didn't pause, his jaws wide open as he lunged to bite Luo Ya once more.