Chapter 360: "Ice Disaster" Oni Princess!
Within Udon, the cries of battle shook the heavens.
Countless prisoners inside the prison, all wielding weapons, charged out amidst the starlight-like flames, engaging in a fierce melee with the jailers guarding Udon.
At the same time.
On the massive prison walls of Udon, Rabbit and Ace were standing upon it.
Ace was looking somewhat blankly at the scene inside Udon.
"So strong..."
He could clearly see—the defense of the Beasts Pirates inside Udon was undeniably strong, with at least a dozen Headliners and a massive number of ordinary members inside.
The Headliners among them and many members were fruit ability users, and had currently transformed into various half-human, half-beast forms.
Clearly, just as Ace had heard, many ability users had recently been added to the Beasts Pirates internally.
Normally, the basic strength of this number of ability users plus "Headliners" who generally mastered Haki should be invincible in battle—just the "Beasts" inside Udon alone would highly likely be enough to annihilate an ordinary kingdom on the sea.
But under the enhancement of Rabbit's ability, those prisoners who charged out of the prison were clearly holding them at a stalemate.
And the most crucial thing was...
Squelch!
Right in front of Ace, he personally saw a samurai holding a spear have his body shredded by the sharp claws of a Beasts Pirates Headliner. His neck was directly severed, blood visibly spilling out.
This scene made that Headliner let out a ferocious burst of laughter.
Placed anywhere on the sea, this was absolutely a severe injury sufficient to cause death.
But...
Whoosh!
In just a moment, flames instantly rose from the samurai whose neck was severed.
The flames covered the wound on his neck in an instant, and the blood stopped spilling immediately.
Another instant later.
Whoosh!
The flames dissipated, and the wound on that samurai's neck had disappeared without a trace.
After a brief moment of being stunned, he let out another roar, thrust his spear again, and pierced the abdomen of the Headliner who was already stunned on the spot.
This was not an isolated case.
Ace could see—all the prisoners were like this.
Not only had they reached an unprecedented level in personal strength, each one seemed to possess an extreme abundance of fighting spirit, and moreover, seemed to have an "immortal body".
The flames wreathing their bodies were like divine flames—they could not only condense to form weapons, but could even heal the injuries suffered by the prisoners.
This caused the battle to quickly show a trend of being "one-sided" after the initial stalemate.
After all, a powerful army that doesn't get injured, doesn't feel fear, and is forever full of fighting spirit will never be defeated.
And Ace understood even more—there was only one reason for the existence of this "army".
"It's his ability..."
Ace slightly turned his eyes to look at Rabbit beside him.
At the same time, Rabbit looked at the scene in the prison.
Beneath his Rabbit mask, a look of satisfaction also appeared on Roy's face.
Yes.
The slice clone Rabbit manifesting here right now was also a clone he had conceptualized in his mind for a long time.
Although the wish required for his "Star Fruit" was still being collected and not completely finished.
But the power he needed right now had already begun to take shape.
Firstly, the "Combine-Combine Fruit" on this clone.
[Liberation Fruit]
[Fruit Fusion Materials: Nika Fruit LV5 + Pump-Pump Fruit LV5]
[Fruit Effect: Possesses the effects of both fruits simultaneously]
To be honest, Roy was very surprised when he first discovered these two fruits could be combined—after all, one is a Paramecia fruit, and the other is the most special Mythical Zoan fruit; at first glance, they seemed to have no intersection.
But after thinking about it carefully, Roy understood.
The Nika Fruit's Drums of Liberation can grant "physical freedom" to all allies.
The Pump-Pump Fruit's cries of encouragement can grant "spiritual resolve" to all allies.
The combined effect of the two, exactly as its name suggests, represents... the liberation of the people of the world.
Relying on this fruit, Roy can activate the fighting spirit within anyone who still has a shred of it left, and grant them strength surpassing their prime—even ordinary commoners, under the enhancement of this power, will possess combat strength comparable to elite soldiers.
On this foundation, Roy also supplemented it with the effect of the Ratatoskr Fruit—this fruit can directly mold the Source Energy of Lineage Factor and wishes into truly existing physical objects.
Just like Loki can rely on this to freely manipulate clouds, mist, wind, and snow.
Relying on this fruit, Roy can also turn the "fighting spirit" within all encouraged people into their truly existing weapons.
As long as their fighting spirit doesn't extinguish for a day, they will absolutely not die bare-handed—and coincidentally, under the effect of the "Liberation Fruit", their fighting spirit inherently never extinguishes.
But this was still not all.
Besides these two fruits, Roy also added two fruits to Rabbit, which were the "Phoenix Fruit LV5" and the "Flame-Flame Fruit LV5" obtained not long ago.
[Phoenix Fruit LV5]
[Fruit Awakening; Phoenix Fire, fruit awakening, the body will be wreathed in the unique flame clouds of a Zoan awakening, all attributes comprehensively enhanced. At the same time, can form a contract with allies using the special "Fire of Life". For allied targets who signed the contract, all damage they receive will be transferred to the ability user themselves. The flames will weaken with attacks until extinguished or the ability user voluntarily cancels the contract]
[Flame-Flame Fruit LV5]
[LV5: Fruit Awakening; Flame Manipulation, fruit awakening, oneself becomes the incarnation of flames, can manipulate all "flames" in the outside world and maintain their existence, even encountering fierce wind and rain will not extinguish them]
The effect of the Phoenix Fruit is the Fire of Life—as long as the flame is still burning, all allied units attached with the Fire of Life will not be injured.
And the effect of the Flame-Flame Fruit is to maintain the existence of flames, which can ensure the Fire of Life almost never extinguishes.
"In other words, as long as Rabbit himself can ensure his 'survival' or not lose consciousness, he can create an army that is 'powerful in combat', has 'boundless fighting spirit', 'lacks no weapons or blades', and 'won't be injured' at any time."
This was Roy's goal.
To fight against and even overthrow the World Government, besides top powerhouses, an army is also essential.
And almost all the powerful armies and soldiers in this world are controlled by the World Government.
But it didn't matter.
"When the oppressed people of this world gather together, the angry roar they let out... can still be deafening."
And Rabbit, is the representative of "one person being equal to an army of a million".
Of course, Rabbit didn't continue watching for too long.
After merely roughly confirming the victory of the battle inside Udon, he looked towards Ace.
"Let's go, Mr. Ace."
Ace was somewhat dazed upon hearing this.
Go? Where to?
But a moment later, he abruptly recalled the "plan" Dog and Rabbit had told him earlier.
Thus, his expression also instantly became serious.
The deepest part of Udon.
Inside the exclusive large office of the "Warden".
Whoosh!
Flames surging up from beneath the ground were burning all the surveillance Transponder Snails and communication Transponder Snails inside the office to ashes.
The Transponder Snails opened their mouths wide, letting out "Awooo, awooo" cries.
But the next moment...
Crack!
Their voices and pain were forever frozen within the freezing cold air.
The entire office, and even the continuous corridors of the external prison, were covered in thick, solid ice in an instant.
"Step!" "Step!"
On that solid ice, crisp footsteps were slowly approaching.
That was the sound of wooden clogs.
The one stepping in wooden clogs was a woman.
She had a beautiful face, long hair grading from white to pale blue, two demon-like horns growing on her head, a tall figure, wore a white sleeveless kimono and a long red hakama, a large shimenawa tied around her waist, and carried a giant kanabo on her back.
Frost spread along with her footsteps, and a pattern was distinctly engraved on her left arm.
That was the mark of the "Deep Sea Contract".
Very clearly.
She was the new Three Disaster who took over managing Udon after Queen—codenamed "Ice Disaster". As for her real name, most Beasts members in Udon didn't know it, only knowing her nickname was "Oni Princess".
But they knew one thing.
And that was this Oni Princess indeed possessed overwhelming power sufficient to become an All-Star.
"Bugs hiding in the dark, severing my means to contact Father and 'Death Disaster'?"
Right now, she looked at the Transponder Snails inside the ice, letting out a somewhat indifferent voice.
"Causing such chaos, is it to help the 'Akazaya Nine' escape?"
As soon as her words fell.
"I actually didn't know the 'Akazaya Nine' were imprisoned here."
"But that's not important either... because our target is only you—Fire Fist!"
The sudden voice, accompanied by crimson scorching flames, turned into a giant fist crashing over from the other end of the corridor.
"!!!"
Faced with this sudden attack, Oni Princess's eyebrows slightly raised.
She didn't panic in the slightest, merely slowly reaching out her hand and gripping the giant kanabo behind her back.
"Thunder Bagua!"
Amidst a low roar, she abruptly swung the kanabo.
Accompanied by black-red Conqueror's Haki lightning and intense freezing air, the crashing flames were directly shattered by this club in an instant—from the center of the 'Fire Fist', a 'tunnel' constructed of ice appeared out of thin air.
At the end of the tunnel, Oni Princess immediately saw the man wearing an orange hat, bare-chested, and wreathed in flames all over. "Flames... are you the intruder who liberated those samurai?"
She whispered.
When mentioning the words "liberated those samurai", her expression seemed to change slightly—that seemed to be an expression of slight hesitation, even her aura seemed to fluctuate for an instant.
But the next moment, the "Deep Sea Contract" mark on her left arm flickered.
A certain pitch-black power spread out along her body, making her aura instantly solid and powerful.
And that bit of hesitation on her expression also vanished instantly, replaced only by a coldness like frost.
"To think you dare to actively come looking for me."
While whispering, her body also began to undergo obvious changes.
Her originally beautiful face began to elongate, white hair began to grow on her body, and then in just a moment, she transformed into the form of a half-human, half-fox.
[Dog-Dog Fruit; Okuchi no Makami Model; Human-Beast Form]
"Now, for the sake of Father and that Lord... I will eliminate you!!"
As the low roar fell, her figure abruptly leaped forward fiercely.
BOOM!
The massive power instantly crushed the solid ice on the ground, and Oni Princess forcefully charged into the ice tunnel within the flames.
Seeing this, Ace's expression gradually became serious.
He fiercely brought his hands together: "Great Flame Commandment; Flame Emperor!"
The scorching flames instantly began to spin, strong Haki similarly surged from within the flames, and the extreme high temperature even made the flames faintly present a brilliant white color.
Very clearly—compared to when he met Roy near Water 7 back then, Ace's strength had also grown by more than just a little bit.
Watching the scorching flames swallow Oni Princess, Ace let out a shallow breath and looked into the flames: "Is she taken care of..." However, before his voice faded.
BOOM!
Accompanied by the booming sound of breaking wind, the kanabo wrapped in frost scattered the flames.
And from within the flames, that fox-like, ghost-like body crashed out.
On her body, flames were still continuously burning.
But her body was distinctly repairing itself continuously amidst the burning of the flames.
[Deep Sea Contract; Immortal Body]
From the mark of the Deep Sea Contract on her left arm, a massive amount of pitch-black Source Energy of Lineage Factor eagerly surged out.
"Black Rope Heavenly Retribution Wisdom King!"
She roared lowly, raising her kanabo, and smashed it down towards Ace.
"This guy... is indeed very strong!"
Seeing this scene, Ace gritted his teeth tightly—he had already judged that if he took this hit, even if he elementalized, he would absolutely be heavily injured.
But...
"Hey! This position should be fine, right—Rabbit!?"
Right now, after a brief moment of solemnity, Ace couldn't wait to open his mouth and let out such a shout.
"..."
These words made Oni Princess, who was charging over swinging her kanabo, also freeze for a moment.
But before she could react, she heard a voice coming by her ear.
"It's fine, no, rather... this position is perfect!"
Accompanied by that calm voice, Oni Princess saw another figure appearing out of thin air from the flames to her left.
That figure wearing the Rabbit mask was none other than Rabbit.
At this time, he was slowly emerging from the flames.
"!!!"
Oni Princess almost instinctively wanted to retreat.
But...
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"
She had just taken one step back when she already heard the... Drums of Liberation sounding from within Rabbit's body!
Immediately after, Oni Princess felt a burst of severe pain instantly come from her head. Her hands uncontrollably released the kanabo and covered her forehead. On the other side, Rabbit raised his hand high.
The tail of a squirrel faintly manifested in his hand, and accompanying it... was the increasingly resounding sound of the Drums of Liberation. [Ratatoskr Fruit; Application of Source Energy of Lineage Factor; Item Creation]
Just as mentioned before—the Ratatoskr Fruit, as a Mythical Zoan, is not considered outstanding in terms of physique and strength.
But in return, it gained the power to create "items" using the Source Energy of Lineage Factor and various wishes.
For example, the "Crown of Wisdom" on the head of the Giant Kingdom Regent Hajrudin previously was exactly this.
And now, from Rabbit's hand, a sword gradually manifested under the power of this fruit.
And the material it was made of was...
"The wish belonging to the Nika Fruit—Freedom!"
[Imaginary Creation; Blade of Freedom]
"Then... 'Oni Princess' Yamato."
While whispering softly.
"I have come, to return your freedom!"
Rabbit didn't hesitate, raising the sword and bringing it down.
Squelch!
Oni Princess's left arm, engraved with the mark of the "Deep Sea Contract", was instantly severed by him!
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