Jack the Drought Was Going Mad

Still got some strength left?

The moment Jack the Drought heard that, it felt like someone had slapped him viciously across the face. It burned with pain!

He had used every ounce of strength he had, his limbs trembling uncontrollably, yet he had only moved forward two centimeters. Meanwhile, the brat before him was completely unharmed and actually said he still had some strength left??

Wasn't that blatant mockery?

Jack the Drought panted heavily in rage and roared at Ye Yu, "Brat, don't get too cocky... I... I'm Jack the Drought... Jack!"

Clearly, he had used too much strength just now. Even speaking took effort now.

Ye Yu became interested in the fool before him. With no Television Snail by his side, basking in the sun and teasing Jack the Drought was not a bad way to pass the time.

With that thought, Ye Yu flashed a broad, shameless grin and lay down directly on the ground in front of Jack the Drought.

"Jack, use whatever tricks you have. Just don't block the sunlight and interfere with my sunbathing," Ye Yu said casually, utterly ignoring Jack the Drought.

"What did you say? Brat! I am—" Jack's face turned pale with rage.

Before he could finish, Ye Yu impatiently cut off Jack the Drought.

"I know. Aren't you Jack the Drought? A great pirate with a bounty as high as one billion!"

"But... nine hundred million of that bounty is because of your tusks." Ye Yu lay on the deck, smiling.

At first, when Jack the Drought heard Ye Yu praise him as a great pirate worth one billion, he was rather pleased, thinking that this brat at least knew his stuff.

But... that last sentence was an extreme insult to Jack the Drought!

Nine hundred million of his bounty was because of his tusks? Countless enemies had mocked him before, but Ye Yu's words hurt him more than anything else ever had...

His eyes bloodshot, Jack the Drought trembled with rage, his face flushed red as he threw back his head and roared at the sky.

"Bastard! Brat, I'll kill you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jack the Drought's body began to swell in a bizarre fashion. First his head, then his limbs, and finally his torso—he transformed into an enormous mammoth!

With an elephantine roar, the warship sank deeper into the sea as Jack the Drought's transformation increased its draft.

One had to know that Jack had instantly turned into a crazed mammoth, his size expanding by several hundred times!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mammoth stomped on the deck, producing deafening booms. The entire warship swayed from side to side.

The enormous trunk swung into the air, instantly coated in pitch-black Armament Haki, carrying an overwhelming aura.

The next instant, the blackened trunk covered in Armament Haki came smashing down at Ye Yu.

The sheer power and speed distorted the surrounding air.

A massive afterimage appeared!

"Go on, block this, brat!" Jack the Drought roared furiously.

The massive trunk filled the sky, larger than Ye Yu himself, and collided with Ye Yu's Conqueror's Haki rain shield once more.

Boom!

A violent burst of wind pressure erupted from the point of impact, instantly blasting away the pirate lackeys who had been knocked unconscious by Conqueror's Haki.

The next moment, a miserable elephant cry rang out, and large amounts of blood scattered across the sky as though it were raining blood.

"I told you already, Jack. Don't block my sunlight. Your trunk covered the sun over my head," Ye Yu said calmly, still lying on the deck.

The mammoth's enormous body crashed onto the ground and rolled about wildly. It was clear that the giant trunk coated in Armament Haki had been reduced to a bloody mess by the collision.

At this moment, Jack the Drought's heart was in turmoil!

How... was this possible?

Jack's eyes opened to their limit, bloodshot veins filling them.

After transforming into a mammoth, his already-proud strength became several times greater, and he had even coated himself in high-purity Armament Haki!

Jack believed that with this strike, even a body of steel would be smashed to pieces. But... but...

In the end, Ye Yu had not moved an inch. Instead, Jack's Armament Haki-covered trunk had been ravaged by the rebounding force. Right now, Jack felt as though an egg had struck a rock!

"Damn brat, what kind of power is that?" Jack the Drought asked in shock.

Ye Yu smiled faintly.

"This is merely a defensive shield formed from my Conqueror's Haki," Ye Yu said casually.

That made Jack the Drought's mind even more chaotic.

Conqueror's Haki? It was actually Conqueror's Haki!

Could the legendary Conqueror's Haki be used like this? How did invisible Conqueror's Haki seem to possess physical form?

It could actually become a defensive shield around him, with defensive power even stronger than Armament Haki!

He had once heard Lord Kaido say that true peerless powerhouses could use Conqueror's Haki as an offensive method, coating their bodies or weapons with it to attack.

Even merely drawing upon a portion of Conqueror's Haki for localized coating was a level of control that stopped countless highly gifted people from ever reaching that height!

But now... this brat could freely and precisely control vast amounts of Conqueror's Haki around every angle of his body! It was as airtight as a city wall!

If this shield really was Conqueror's Haki, then this method of controlling it had reached a height that even Lord Kaido had never attained!

It was unimaginable that this brat's understanding of Conqueror's Haki surpassed that of the world's strongest creature, his master, Kaido of the Four Emperors!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Jack the Drought shook his head forcefully.

The brat before him looked less than twenty years old. The growth of Conqueror's Haki depended not only on talent, but even more on the resolve and experience of a king!

No matter how he looked at him, this brat did not resemble the kind of formidable figure who possessed Conqueror's Haki!

It had to be some other power. Damn brat, he had nearly been fooled!

Simple-minded Jack the Drought simply did not believe Ye Yu's words.

"Brat, stop lying. Even if you somehow possess Conqueror's Haki, you cannot possibly master a realm that even Lord Kaido cannot reach!" Jack roared as his body transformed again.

The enormous mammoth body gradually shrank, changing into a half-human, half-elephant form.

"Brat, this is the strongest form of a Zoan Devil Fruit: the hybrid form! Both my strength and speed have reached their peak. Prepare yourself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jack's muscles swelled dramatically. Though humanoid, his body still retained many mammoth traits. Dense Armament Haki coated his fist as he used the most primitive attack possible, smashing it viciously toward Ye Yu.

The surrounding air seemed to rip apart. Under that overwhelming aura, even the sea began to boil, and Ye Yu's warship rocked continuously amid the roaring waves.

Bang!

The entire Marine warship rocked even more violently.

Even under such a powerful attack, Ye Yu's Conqueror's Haki shield only rippled slightly.

Jack the Drought's fist sank five centimeters into the defensive shield. When he tried to push further, he felt a mysterious, immense rebounding force and could not advance another inch!

Jack the Drought was completely stunned. This attack had fully surpassed his usual strength. Even his master, the immortal Kaido, would be injured if struck by it!

Yet this brat before him... he had not even broken through his defense?!

Jack the Drought's mind completely fell apart!

Ye Yu slowly sat up as well.

"That'll do, Jack the Drought. You've already tried your best. I'm rather pressed for time, so let's part ways here," Ye Yu said with his head tilted.

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful force burst outward from Ye Yu in all directions.

Almighty Push!