By the time Ye Chen dragged the battered, powerless Crocodile into the middle of the woods, the fighting there was over too.
Strictly speaking, it had ended before it even began.
The reason was simple: even all of them together were no match for Perona.
Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction. Perona's hand-to-hand combat skills might not be strong, but her Devil Fruit ability was formidable. It gave him the confidence to challenge the whole world.
Negative Hollow worked against a single opponent or as a wide-area attack. Even if ten thousand Marines showed up, Perona could handle them on her own.
Most people had to lift a finger—or a foot—to fight. Perona could take down her enemies while casually holding her parasol. Who had it easier than she did?
Ain and Bonney had terrifying abilities too, but they couldn't just stand aside and do nothing in a fight. For their powers to work, they had to touch their enemies. Perona alone needed only to snap her fingers, and it was done.
That move was every bit as powerful as Conqueror's Haki.
Ye Chen's eyes had lit up the first time he saw Perona. She could practically take on the entire Donquixote Family by herself.
Her ability had limits against opponents with overwhelming Haki, but that was enough. Perona only needed to clear out the small fry. Ye Chen, Lucci, and the others would handle the rest.
Now the Marines on Sabaody had deployed their forces: more than sixty thousand elite troops, eight vice admirals, twenty-four rear admirals, thirty-six captains, twenty commodores, and twenty CP assassins. When the time came, Perona was sure to surprise Ye Chen.
At the very least, she could easily take out half the Marines on her own.
"Damn it..."
Mr. 3 had barely recovered from the