Chapter 52: Seeking Follow-up Reads! Wind Dragon's Roar Swallows The Twin Cats!
Although Dragon's appearance was shocking enough, the Black Cat Pirates on the ship were all South Blue elites with extensive combat experience. After a brief moment of surprise, some people around them had already aimed their Muzzles and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
[Bang!]
The first loud Gunshot directly kicked off the battle. More Gunshots rang out from all directions, and dense Bullets poured over like Heavy Rain.
Seeing this, Dragon frowned slightly, forcefully stopping his subconscious instinct to use Haki.
For him, if he used Haki or overly strong Martial Arts, this battle would lose its meaning. He had to ensure he only responded using the Hurricane Fruit Ability.
In an instant, the Bullet Rain closed in, but it was blocked by a Pale Green Whirlwind that appeared out of thin air around Dragon, slowly circulating. The Bullet heads, having lost their Force, clattered and fell all over the ground.
"As expected, it's a Devil Fruit Ability, but it looks very different from ours, meow!"
'Fishing Little Cat' was seen jumping over from his White Ship at some unknown point, squatting on the Black Ship's Mast and looking down at Dragon.
He and 'Three-Legged Cat' came from the lowest levels of the South Blue, so they hadn't received much good Education. They had only been taught Writing by two kind elders for three years and had no opportunity to learn about Devil Fruits. Therefore, their understanding of Devil Fruits was limited to knowing that they were the 'Secret Treasure of the Sea'.
Furthermore, up until now, they had only heard of other Devil Fruit Users in the South Blue but had never seen them, so they still thought everyone had different Animal Forms like themselves.
"He seems to be able to turn into Wind and control Wind. The Cannonball just now must have been blown back by him using Wind. Look closely, meow!" Black Cat 'Three-Legged Cat' reminded the other with a serious Expression, while carefully observing the opponent's battle.
At the same time, the Black Cat Pirates on the Deck, seeing that the Musket Shooting was useless, the Pirates around them holding Steel Sabers, Daggers, and Long Swords all showed their fiercest Expressions and surrounded him.
As expected, this time, the suddenly appearing Marine could no longer stand still and ignore the attacks. Instead, accompanied by green wind, he moved through the crowd with extremely ethereal movements, dodging Blade slashes and sword thrusts from all angles. Occasionally, some people felt their Weapons touch something solid, but it was only a layer of translucent Air Current.
Meanwhile, Dragon suppressed the urge to counterattack, dealing with the Pirates' siege while sensing the Strength of the Wind.
At this moment, if Rear Admiral Aven saw him, he might think Dragon was using Observation Haki, but this was merely sensing the flow of air, combined with occasional partial Element Transformation.
Dragon felt that since he was already a Logia System Ability User, he had to quickly get used to utilizing the characteristics of Element Transformation.
The Moves/Techniques he was using at this moment had already been named 'Wind Dragon's Protection' in his Heart. The Wind power applied to his body could not only increase Agility and Speed but also provide protection and Air current perception. It seemed like a fairly comprehensive support skill, but it was more than that.
"Wind Dragon!"
The next moment, the green wind that had been quietly circulating around Dragon's body suddenly became violent. More Wind power surged out, forming a spiraling Wind Dragon that fiercely swept the nearly one hundred Pirates on the Deck towards High Altitude.
"Ahhhhhh!"
This wasn't over yet. The Pirates enveloped by the Gale began to show dense, bloody cuts on their bodies. The intense pain, like torture by a thousand cuts, made them let out instinctive Screams and painful cries.
"My heavens, what the hell is this?"
'Fishing Little Cat' instantly appeared beside 'Three-Legged Cat', looking in disbelief at the Wind Dragon circling around a Tornado. Dragon's figure in the Eye of the Storm was faintly visible.
As soon as the Wind Dragon appeared, his animal instinct was warning him frantically. Fortunately, he immediately followed his instinct and jumped down at the fastest Speed. Otherwise, he would probably be suffering from the cutting in the Wind right now.
"..."
'Three-Legged Cat' didn't respond to 'Fishing Little Cat' because he didn't know what to say. Dragon's Ability was too astonishing; he didn't know how to deal with it.
Ten seconds later, as the Wind power dissipated, the Black Cat Pirates, covered in wounds and Bloody Wounds, fell like dumplings, one after another. Some unlucky ones fell directly into the ocean.
Most astonishingly, a huge hole appeared on the Deck, right where Dragon had been standing. However, he didn't fall through but floated there in mid-air, with a much smaller Wind Dragon moving around him.
What made 'Three-Legged Cat' and 'Fishing Little Cat' most nervous was that Dragon's Gaze was focused on them. This caused the two of them to adopt a wary Posture like felines.
However, the latter had no Killing Intent towards these two 'Cats'.
He had already learned about their Data/Files on the way here. For Pirates like these, who only targeted Nobility, didn't harm Civilians at all, and didn't engage in much Slaughter, they still needed to be captured, but there was no need to kill them.
However, being stared at like this finally made 'Three-Legged Cat' and 'Fishing Little Cat' unable to hold back. Acting on the idea of striking first to gain the upper hand, despite having no verbal or Gaze Communication, they attacked Dragon almost simultaneously.
The Ability Users in African Lion Cat Form and Pallas's Cat Form, one on the left and one on the right, were so fast their figures blurred. Without even a single moment of Breathing, they approached Dragon in an instant.
Their ten Cat Claws, capable of cutting metal, fiercely clawed forward. One attacked high, the other low, coordinating with considerable tacit understanding.
"Black Cat Frenzy Scratch, meow!"
"White Cat Frenzy Scratch, meow!"
At the same time, the Wind Dragon on Dragon's body roared out and grew rapidly against the wind, quickly transforming into a Wind Dragon over three meters tall and ten meters long.
It completely ignored 'Three-Legged Cat''s clawing and instead rammed into him, knocking him out. As fast as he came, he went back just as fast. Immediately after, it flicked its dragon tail, whipping the 'Fishing Little Cat' on the other side back.
[Bang! Bang!]
Both of them slammed heavily onto the ship's side one after another, spitting out a mouthful of Blood. They looked with fear at Dragon, who was slowly floating before them, and the Wind Dragon moving in mid-air, staring at them.
Actually, as Zoan Users, although the Wind Dragon's attack was heavy enough, it wasn't enough to make them lose their combat Ability. However, the huge gap between their Strengths was despair-inducing.
"Captain! Captain!"
Just then, the Crewmates of the White Cat Pirates on the other White Ship ran over, gritting their teeth and waving their Weapons, stepping on the Ropes attached to their Grappling Hooks.
They also saw the Strength Dragon displayed, but the two Captains usually treated them well. Most of them had previously suffered oppression and bullying from the Nobility. It was the Captains who appeared, severely dealt with the Nobility, and brought them out onto the Great Sea to live worry-free and free and unrestrained lives.
Therefore, at this moment, even the Black Cat Pirates who had been cut by the Tornado, as long as they had the Strength to stand up, endured their injuries and pain, desperately charging towards Dragon.
"Captains, quickly escape on the White Ship!"
"Yes, run quickly, we'll hold him back!"
The pirates of the Black Cat and White Cat crews believed that with the Strength of the two Captains, they would definitely be able to escape successfully. They were Devil Fruit Users!
"You, you..."
'Three-Legged Cat' and 'Fishing Little Cat''s eyes turned red, but they didn't choose to leave on their own. Instead, they stood up and, together with their Crewmates, roared as they attacked Dragon.
"If we die, we die together, meow—"
Dragon was also a little surprised to see this scene. He had encountered many Pirate Crews before, but he had never seen Pirates so united, even willing to go to their deaths for their Captains.
He developed Curiosity towards these Pirates.
"Alright, I'll lock you up first." Dragon felt that enough Time had passed.
The next moment, the Wind Dragon expanded violently, then exploded with a boom, turning into a surging green gale that swept away everything around, swallowing all the Pirates and The Twin Cats. The White Ship and Black Ship were torn apart and dismembered in the Wind...
[Aooooooh——————]
The faint Wind Dragon's Roar echoed across the Great Sea.
(End of this chapter)