Boom!
That was the second dull thud.
That was Dalton pressing the Reject Shell again!
A huge roar came.
The United Army soldiers watching this scene couldn't help but brighten up.
They definitely recognized that kind of weapon—
A specialty of Sky Island, the Reject Shell!
It was a special weapon that only someone with extremely high physical resilience like Dalton could use, and it was incredibly powerful.
Because of its immense power, using it alone put a tremendous strain on the user's body, undoubtedly a huge test for the user.
Within the Four Seas Alliance, besides the Shandian warrior "War Oni" Wiper, who inherently used it as a trump card in battle, only a few Fish-Man warriors, "Jackal" Chaka, and Dalton could normally use the Reject Shell in combat.
This kind of immense power was something ordinary humans simply couldn't wield, and it was a power people called forbidden!
Undoubtedly, it was a final weapon meant for "mutual destruction"!
Even Dalton, who possessed the Ox-Ox Fruit, Ancient Bison Model ability, could only use the Reject Shell once during testing.
From his observations, "War Oni" Wiper had come to a conclusion.
This Zoan Devil Fruit user from the blue sea, under the condition of ensuring his own safety, could use the Reject Shell at most twice!
...
Twice... is that not much?
It's already quite a lot.
The Reject Shell in Wiper's hand was purely a final move for mutual destruction.
He was already the most valiant and skilled warrior among the Shandian people, but with just a human body, he couldn't even withstand the recoil of a single Reject Shell!
Yet Dalton's body could endure using the Reject Shell twice in succession!
"Is this... a Devil Fruit from the blue sea?"
Wiper couldn't help but recall the man covered in lightning, the "God" of Sky Island whom he so deeply hated.
Enel!
After the great war on Sky Island, the Shandian people and the Sky Island residents officially joined the Four Seas Alliance, establishing a regular shipping route connecting Sky Island and Alabasta. Through this, they came into contact with many things they had never heard of.
According to Dalton's explanation, Enel's near-godlike abilities were the Logia-type Devil Fruits widely known in the blue sea!
Although Logia-type Devil Fruit users were quite rare in the blue sea, they were not blindly worshipped as "gods."
"The blue sea... so it's this vast?"
Wiper gazed at the boundless sea, murmuring in awe.
After arriving in Alabasta, he had seen many things he had never encountered before, and learned much interesting knowledge.
The ancestors of the Shandian people were once close friends with the great adventurer Cricket, hence their spirits yearned for exploration.
Because of this, the Shandian people were able to more quickly accept the various changes brought about by joining the Four Seas Alliance.
"Zoan-type Devil Fruit, combined with the Reject Shell as a trump card... if perfectly integrated, it is indeed a powerful combination..."
Wiper thought carefully.
For Wiper, the Reject Shell itself was the ultimate weapon to deal with Enel, so Wiper had no doubt about its power.
"Zoan-type Devil Fruits allow one to use the Reject Shell at least twice."
"It's no exaggeration to say that no one could withstand the impact of two Reject Shells, right?"
Wiper surmised.
But Wiper was, after all, still a Shandian who had lived on Sky Island for many years.
Wiper still knew very little about the blue sea.
He didn't know how "vast" the blue sea truly was.
Although he had prepared his mind with the concept that "the blue sea is quite vast," in the end, he still underestimated it.
In the blue sea, there existed many things that defied reason.
Such beings could easily shatter many people's common sense!
For example, the Reject Shell against "Plague" Queen.
...
If Wiper himself were present, he would surely be astonished by the scene before him...
After the clash, "Plague" Queen paid the price of one of his forelimbs and sensed the presence of the Reject Shell in Dalton's hand.
Then, Queen showed immense anger and continued to charge at Dalton.
This was, of course, a good thing.
If Queen had chosen to retreat and not fight, then this battle would have been very difficult for Dalton.
The former could have used his absolute numerical advantage to launch time-consuming attacks against Dalton.
Anyone could see that Dalton, having used the Reject Shell, was at the end of his rope.
"Being able to use the Reject Shell twice" and "being able to perfectly use the Reject Shell twice in battle" were two completely different concepts.
Tactics, pain, stamina... and so on, all were important factors influencing the course of the battle.
Therefore, after using the Reject Shell once, Dalton's own stamina was already severely lacking.
The reason Dalton could still burst forth with such intense momentum now was entirely due to adrenaline surging under his strong will.
In other words—Dalton was enraged!
But once this burst of anger passed, the underlying problems would surface.
Dalton would immediately fall into a very disadvantageous situation and ultimately be defeated.
This was an unquestionable outcome.
And for "Plague" Queen, choosing such a simple way to win would not go against his character.
He was that kind of person; winning was all that mattered.
For victory, Queen would even dare to bring his Beasts Pirates comrades within the range of his poison gas attacks in the future!
Undoubtedly, "Plague" Queen was such a "despicable villain."
But a despicable villain does not necessarily mean one must "retreat."
As long as victory can be achieved, whether "advancing" or "retreating" is actually a suitable course of action!
Therefore, facing the enraged Dalton, Queen not only didn't retreat but rushed forward like a warrior, as if he himself had been blinded by rage.
As expected.
Dalton seized the opportunity, leaped up, jumped to Queen's side, and then, aiming at the huge torso of Queen's Brachiosaurus, pressed the button on the Reject Shell.
The second Reject, erupted!
Boom!
A huge roar came, but the scene Dalton expected did not appear.
As stated before, Wiper had far underestimated the terrifying nature of the top fighters in the blue sea.
"Plague" Queen actually chose to take the hit from Dalton's Reject Shell, all to seize the opponent's actions at the earliest possible moment!
But... Wiper really did underestimate the people of the blue sea.
Dalton could indeed unleash the Reject Shell twice at most, but that was merely based on common sense calculations.
"Life," this miraculous thing, often did one thing: break common sense!
Therefore, the instant the second Reject erupted, before Queen could counter, Dalton pressed the Reject Shell's button again.
The third Reject, erupted!
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