The Venom-Venom Fruit Shows Its Might!

"Bastard!"

"Why are you acting so cocky when all you can do against my attacks is dodge?"

"Show me the ability you used to defeat Donquixote Doflamingo!"

"Otherwise, you definitely won't be a match for me!"

Jack the Drought took Roya's earlier taunts as nothing more than a bluff.

What a brute, in both thought and action!

And perhaps in Jack the Drought's eyes, Roya had only managed to defeat Donquixote Doflamingo, whose Devil Fruit power had already awakened, because of that strange ability of his.

As the user of the Ancient Zoan Mammoth-Mammoth Fruit, Jack the Drought had immense confidence in his brute strength.

After all, Ancient Zoan Fruits were even rarer than Logia Fruits!

On the other side, Roya was already preparing to use his power. However, he did not intend to activate his Dark-Dark Fruit power. Instead, he planned to test the Venom-Venom Fruit power.

After obtaining the Venom-Venom Fruit and allowing it to undergo automatic training for some time, Roya had yet to truly use its power in actual combat.

Therefore, he intended to make Jack the Drought the first test subject for his Venom-Venom Fruit power.

"Hmph, you're utterly arrogant. Die!"

After shouting, Jack the Drought once again launched an attack at Roya, his body wrapped in high-intensity Armament Haki.

In comparison.

Roya did not waste any more words. He casually sheathed his sword, then released a purple liquid from both hands—the highly toxic substance created by the Venom-Venom Fruit power.

Facing Jack the Drought's fierce assault, Roya first created a venom barrier with the Venom-Venom Fruit power and easily blocked the attack. Then, he used outward-emitting Armament Haki to knock him back.

The next second, Roya shifted from defense to offense. With a wave of one hand, the Venom-Venom Fruit power that had formed only a barrier instantly transformed into a king cobra-like shape and dove toward Jack the Drought.

"Hm?"

Faced with the "venomous snake" baring its fangs as it charged at him, Jack the Drought froze for a moment and widened his eyes. Yet, with Observation Haki, he instinctively crossed the two weapons in his hands and used Armament Haki to forcibly block Roya's attack.

After barely blocking the strike, Jack the Drought discovered that the purple venom he had stopped was splattering everywhere around him.

Moreover, the venom that landed on the ground possessed corrosive properties, slowly eating hole after hole into the surface.

Seeing such a scene, Jack the Drought was genuinely terrified.

"You..."

"Why is your Devil Fruit power different from the one before?"

"Do you possess two Devil Fruit powers? But how is that possible?"

Jack the Drought's face was filled with shock as he deeply doubted the power Roya had displayed.

He had realized that the Venom-Venom Fruit power Roya had just used was completely different from the power he had displayed when fighting Donquixote Doflamingo.

Thus, Jack the Drought's surprise was only natural.

Of course, it was not just Jack the Drought. Even Donquixote Doflamingo, who was tied to the warship, wore an astonished expression.

After all, he had personally experienced Roya's Dark-Dark Fruit power earlier. Now that he saw Roya display another kind of power, he could naturally tell the difference clearly.

"Impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"Did this guy eat two Devil Fruits and gain two Devil Fruit powers at once?"

Donquixote Doflamingo's expression was extremely grim.

Anyone who had already eaten a Devil Fruit and gained its power would die if they ate another Devil Fruit. It was absolutely impossible for someone to possess two Devil Fruit powers at the same time. As a Devil Fruit user himself, he knew this basic common sense.

Likewise, Jack the Drought, who was fighting Roya, had the same thought.

However.

What they did not know was that Roya had not eaten any Devil Fruit at all.

Roya had no need to explain himself to them, much less let them know his secrets.

"Just who are you?" Jack the Drought roared with a frown.

"Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral Roya," Roya replied calmly.

Immediately after.

Roya stopped wasting words and once again used the Venom-Venom Fruit power.

Like Magellan's skill, Venom Dragon, he released venom from his body with the Venom-Venom Fruit power and shaped it into the form of a dragon.

However, the Venom Dragon released by Roya was far more imposing and domineering than Magellan's.

Facing Roya's Venom-Venom Fruit power, Jack the Drought felt an unprecedented sense of oppression and danger.

There was no time for amazement. Jack the Drought could only assume a defensive stance immediately. Faced with such a massive "Venom Dragon," his heart became deeply uneasy.

All of a sudden.

Roya exerted force and directly slammed down the "Venom Dragon" formed by the Venom-Venom Fruit power.

At first.

Jack the Drought forcibly resisted with his Armament Haki. He seemed able to hold on for a while, but as Roya continued to exert force and wrapped the enormous "Venom Dragon" in Armament Haki as well—

Finally, after a thunderous boom.

Jack the Drought could no longer endure it and was directly swallowed by the "Venom Dragon."

After the venom gradually dispersed, Jack the Drought had already returned to human form. Both knees were planted firmly on the ground, his eyes rolled back, and he appeared to have lost consciousness, though his body continued twitching without stop.

Moreover, the venom remaining on Jack the Drought's body seemed to still be slowly corroding him. After all, he no longer had Armament Haki protecting him.

"He won!"

"Rear Admiral Roya defeated Jack the Drought, the pirate with a one-billion-berry bounty under one of the Four Emperors, Kaido!"

"That strength is terrifying!"

The Marines aboard the warship cried out in shock.

As for Donquixote Doflamingo, his face had gone pale, and he no longer knew what to say.

When Sheepshead and Ginrummy, the Beasts Pirates' Headliners, saw this, they shouted and hurried forward, intending to rescue Jack the Drought. However, as soon as they approached, the venom splattered across the ground sizzled and emitted thick smoke. Its horrifying appearance immediately forced them both back.

"Lord Sheepshead! Lady Ginrummy! Boss Jack has fallen! What should we do?" the other pirates aboard the ship shouted in panic.

"This..."

"Retreat! We retreat!"

"Go back and report this to Lord Kaido!"

Sheepshead and Ginrummy hesitated for a moment before making their decision.

Immediately after.

The pirates swiftly turned their ship around and fled in defeat.