The Venom-Venom Fruit Shows Its Might!

"Bastard!"

"Why are you acting so smug when all you do is dodge my attacks?"

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

"Otherwise, you're definitely no match for me!"

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

What a brute, in both thought and action!

Moreover, Jack the Drought probably believed that Roya had defeated Donquixote Doflamingo, whose Devil Fruit powers had already awakened, solely because of that strange ability.

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

After all, it was an Ancient Zoan Fruit, even rarer than a Logia!

Meanwhile, Roya was already preparing to use his power, though not the Dark-Dark Fruit. Instead, he intended to test out the Venom-Venom Fruit.

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

So, he decided to make Jack the Drought the first test subject for his Venom-Venom Fruit abilities.

"Hmph, you're arrogant to the extreme. Die!"

After roaring, Jack the Drought once again launched an assault on Roya, his body wrapped in powerful Armament Haki.

In comparison.

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

Facing Jack the Drought's fierce attack, Roya first created a venom barrier with the Venom-Venom Fruit and easily blocked the blow. Then, he used projected Armament Haki to send him flying 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 plunged toward Jack the Drought.

"Hm?"

Faced with the "venomous snake" baring its fangs and charging 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 forcefully block Roya's attack.

After barely managing to block it, Jack the Drought discovered that the purple venom he had deflected had splattered all around him.

Moreover, the venom that fell onto the ground had corrosive properties, eating away at the deck and leaving hole after hole.

Jack the Drought was genuinely frightened by the sight.

"You..."

"Why is this Devil Fruit power different from the one you used earlier?"

"Could it be that you possess two Devil Fruit abilities? 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 noticed that the Venom-Venom Fruit ability Roya had just unleashed was completely different from the power he had shown when dealing with Donquixote Doflamingo.

Therefore, Jack the Drought's shock was only natural.

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

He had personally experienced Roya's Dark-Dark Fruit ability earlier. Now that he saw Roya display another 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 abilities at once?"

Donquixote Doflamingo's expression was incredibly ugly.

After all, anyone who had already eaten a Devil Fruit and gained its power would die if they ate another one. It was absolutely impossible for someone to possess two Devil Fruit abilities at the same time. As a Devil Fruit user himself, he knew that 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.

But 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 unleashed the Venom-Venom Fruit's power.

Like Magellan's skill, Venom Dragon, he released venom from his body with the Venom-Venom Fruit 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.

Faced with Roya's Venom-Venom Fruit, Jack the Drought felt an unprecedented pressure and sense of danger.

There was no time to marvel. Jack the Drought could only immediately assume a defensive stance. Facing such an enormous "Venom Dragon," his heart began to pound uneasily.

All of a sudden.

Roya exerted force, smashing down the "Venom Dragon" formed from the Venom-Venom Fruit's power.

At first.

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

Finally, with a 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 reverted to human form. Both knees were planted on the ground, his eyes rolled white, and he appeared to have lost consciousness, though his body continued to twitch violently.

Furthermore, the venom remaining on Jack the Drought's body seemed to 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 Kaido, one of the Four Emperors!"

"That strength is terrifying!"

The Marines aboard the warship cried out in astonishment.

As for Donquixote Doflamingo, his face had turned pale. He no longer knew what to say.

Seeing this, Sheepshead and Ginrummy, the Headliners of the Beasts Pirates, shouted and hurried forward, intending to rescue Jack the Drought. But when they approached, the venom that had fallen to the ground sizzled and gave off thick smoke. The terrifying sight immediately drove them both back.

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

"This..."

"Retreat! We retreat!"

"Go back and report this to Lord Kaido!"

After hesitating for a while, Sheepshead and Ginrummy made their decision.

Immediately after.

The pirate ship was swiftly turned around by the pirates, and they fled in utter disarray.