"Huff... huff... huff..."
Monet gasped for breath, looking helplessly at the endearingly dopey Flame Bear blocking her path.
She had tried countless methods, but whether she attacked head-on or tried to go around, this seemingly slow and clumsy Flame Bear always forced her back with greater strength and speed.
So despite the lively clash of fire and snow just now, Monet had barely moved from her original spot.
In fact, with her Logia Devil Fruit ability, Monet probably ranked below only the Four Supreme Officers in the Donquixote Family. Among the remaining officers, only Lao G in his Combat Preservation Fist mode might have been able to defeat her.
Yet today, she had been completely suppressed by a little kitty's summon...
Her ability being at a disadvantage was certainly part of it, but Monet also knew that if she could not even defeat one of her opponent's summons, whether their powers countered hers would not actually change the result.
But she still refused to accept it...
"The Young Master needs me right now... how can I... give up like this! Blizzard!"
Vast quantities of snowflakes flew from Monet's body, swirling around her to conceal her figure and forming a massive Snow Tornado that slammed toward the Flame Bear blocking her way.
"Roar-hum!"
Now possessing a little basic intelligence, the Dudu Bear roared and raised its round arms. A Fire Tornado simultaneously whipped up around it in the opposite direction, meeting the attack without yielding.
The instant the two enormous tornadoes collided, the red and white rapidly diminished at a rate visible to the naked eye, gradually revealing the Flame Bear hidden within and...
A hideous white snow demon.
Perhaps because Luo had not transformed her into a "Harpy," the demon Monet transformed into still retained a humanoid shape.
"Die!"
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