"Urgh!" Vice Admiral Lorn opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. He struggled free of the wall, dropped down, and landed on one knee, staring in disbelief at the enormous wooden dragon coiling between heaven and earth. "How is this possible? Isn't he a Flame-Flame Fruit user? Why can he summon a monster like this too? What kind of power is this?!"
Back at the auction house, he had clearly seen Ye Yang use flames. He could think of no power other than the Flame-Flame Fruit that allowed someone to control fire.
But if he was a Flame-Flame Fruit user, what was this monster? Had he eaten two Devil Fruits?
The moment that thought arose, Lorn dismissed it.
That was impossible. Everyone on the seas knew that a person could eat only one Devil Fruit in their lifetime. Eating a second would make their body explode and kill them. This had to be some unknown ability.
And an ability that could control both flames and a monster like this was extremely troublesome!
A monster that could severely injure him with a single blow was already beyond his ability to handle. Now that the Celestial Dragon had been rescued, he should retreat for the time being and wait for the Admirals to arrive before apprehending this criminal.
Lorn was already thinking of retreating. He would not foolishly throw his life away in a battle he could not win.
"All troops, heed my command! Protect the Celestial Dragon and prepare to ret-"
Just as he was about to order the Marines to retreat, before he could finish speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, glaring at Ye Yang across from him as though they might split apart.
"Stop!"
Ye Yang was slowly raising both hands. Lorn remembered that gesture. Ye Yang made it every time before he attacked!
Ignoring Lorn's furious shout, Ye Yang's lips curled into a cold smile.
Since causing trouble earns me Negative Points, I might as well make it big!
The next moment, his hands blurred, completing the hand seals in less than a second. Then he called out coldly.
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"
Four small fire dragons suddenly surged from Ye Yang's mouth and flew into the sky, swelling in the wind. In just a few breaths, they grew to more than ten meters long and blasted toward the Marines below with scorching heat!
"M-monster!"
The Marines stared in despair at the four fire dragons bearing down on them. The utterly disproportionate difference in size left them unable to muster even a trace of resistance.
Boom! Boom!
The fire dragons slammed into the ground. The entire surface shook without pause, and enormous cracks spread outward as though a massive earthquake had struck.
Immediately afterward, a terrifying shock wave swept outward, whipping up rubble from the ground and sending it shooting like bullets!
When the shock wave subsided, billowing dust filled the surroundings. An enormous crater dozens of meters deep, its bottom lost from sight, lay before Lorn.
Thud!
Lorn collapsed to his knees, staring blankly at the enormous crater before him.
The Celestial Dragon... is dead...
This bastard... how dare he... how dare he kill a Celestial Dragon!!
Lorn knew very well that even he might not have survived an attack like that, much less a Celestial Dragon who could not even truss a chicken.
The Celestial Dragon was dead. There was not the slightest possibility he had survived!
And with the Celestial Dragon dead, Lorn, who had been responsible for protecting him, was finished too.
A Celestial Dragon had been killed under his protection. That was a grave crime. He knew very well how the World Government would punish him. They would strip him of his rank and execute him to appease the other Celestial Dragons' anger!
It was all this bastard's fault! If not for him, I would still be a glorious Headquarters Vice Admiral, still enjoying my wonderful life!!
This bastard ruined everything!!!
Lorn slowly rose to his feet again. His eyes turned bloodshot as he stared at Ye Yang across the enormous crater, filled with hatred.
He bent down, picked up a Tachi from the ground, and walked toward Ye Yang like a puppet.
Ding! Congratulations, Master, you have gained 1,000 Negative Points!
Hearing the Forbidden Magic Book's notification, Ye Yang's lips curved slightly as he glanced sideways at Lorn, who was walking toward him.
"Not bad, that resentment. Keep hating me to your heart's content. That's how you can make me even stronger!"
Boom!
Lorn stamped both feet hard against the ground and used Shave of the Six Powers. He vanished in the blink of an eye, charging straight at Ye Yang.
The next moment, he appeared before Ye Yang, raised the Tachi high, and hacked straight down without any technique!
Ye Yang neither dodged nor evaded, watching him with utter disdain.
The wooden dragon coiling in midair swung its tail, blocking Lorn's slash and sweeping him away at the same time. He crashed through several houses, then gouged a long furrow in the ground before finally coming to a stop.
Lorn lay on the ground. Struck by the wooden dragon's terrifying force, his bones were broken all over, and his chest had caved in. His breathing was faint, and he had completely lost consciousness.
"I won't kill you. Spend the rest of your life resenting me to your heart's content!"
Without caring whether Lorn could hear him, Ye Yang left those mocking words behind, dispelled Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, then turned and left.
He did not intend to kill Lorn. A Vice Admiral-level fighter could provide him with an abundance of Negative Points. Rather than kill him, it was better to let him live and hate him to his heart's content, supplying him with an endless stream of Negative Points!
Lorn's bones were already shattered. Even if he received treatment, he would suffer significant lasting effects and could pose no threat to Ye Yang.
Besides, even if he could be healed, Ye Yang thought nothing of a mere Vice Admiral!
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