The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

She ordered the duck to collect the attributes and see if it could retrieve Ember's mysterious flame, which looked quite powerful. The duck left two shadows at the scene, which were then swapped with the shadow left in the whale Laboon's stomach.

Akainu is too wary, and there's too much lava on site; they'll only have one or two chances at most.

Vivi, holding onto the tool Mr. 3, quietly ran towards Yamato's residence.

The battle between Akainu and King entered a heated phase from the very beginning. As a Logia-type Magma-Magma Fruit user, Akainu's attacks had an extremely wide range. In addition, he was consciously blocking Jack the Drought, who would hinder him. His wide-range attacks such as "Meteor Volcano" never stopped. Judging from his unrestrained fighting style, he could fight for another ten days without any problem.

Jack the Drought tried to rush in to help several times, but was driven back by the lava. His mammoth form was indeed fleshy, but mammoths have long fur and are very afraid of fire. Unfortunately, Akainu's lava was extremely hot. He tried several times but was driven back each time. He was extremely anxious as he watched "Jin" being beaten up by Akainu.

Meteor showers rained down from the sky, turning the entire Oni Island a fiery red, making it look like a giant torch from a distance.

Vice Admiral Onigumo, a fierce-looking and ruthless general under Akainu's command, led his men to clear out the outer enemies before charging into the dragon-shaped palace on Onigashima.

Vice Admiral Onigumo will face off against Jack the Drought, allowing Akainu to focus on dealing with King.

Meanwhile, Vivi, who was trying to take advantage of the situation, did not find Yamato in the original room.

Where did this person go?

Having no other choice, she could only shout at the top of her lungs, "Big wolfhound! Where are you? I'm coming to save you!"

To avoid revealing her location, she used a nickname, and Vivi thought she was quite clever...

Her voice carried far and wide, reaching the entire Onigashima Island. Akainu, Onigumo, King, Jack, the Marines, and the pirates were all stunned. What was going on? How did such a serious battlefield suddenly become so unserious?

The sound carried by the sea breeze was somewhat distorted. Akainu was too busy with his affairs to recognize who it was for a moment. He tried to use his Observation Haki to investigate, but King's combat strength was also formidable, so he couldn't afford to be distracted.

Shortly after Vivi called out, Yamato's voice came from afar: "I am not a wolfhound!"

Chapter 231 The River of Dead Reappears

The night on Onigashima was truly pitch black, with Akainu's lava filling the air. The battle lines of the Marines and pirates were intertwined. Vivi's Observation Haki already knew where Yamato was, but Kaido's palace had five floors above ground and two below, with many twists and turns, making it like a maze. She really didn't have much confidence in her ability to find people in such a complex environment.

Since we've already started, let's keep shouting.

"Forget about the wolfhound, come quick! I'm coming to save you!"

Vivi's voice was unfamiliar to the pirates on Onigashima, but Yamato's voice was very familiar to those of Kaido's confidants.

As Kaido's right-hand man, King immediately found a key to breaking the deadlock. Ignoring the fact that he was being fiercely attacked by Akainu, he loudly ordered Jack the Drought: "Don't worry about me, go find Yamato! Don't let her leave the island!"

"But...Big Brother!"

"Go!"

Jack was completely obedient to "Brother Ash". He let several long swords of Vice Admiral Ghost Spider pierce his back as if nothing had happened. He turned around and transformed into a mammoth, his four legs stomping on the ground, and rushed towards the dragon-shaped palace that served as his base.

"Little Bat, I can't get out! That bastard Kaido has trapped me here!" Yamato's voice rang out in the palace on Onigashima. Vivi scratched her head. If you don't come to find me, it'll be a bit difficult for me to find you.

She and Yamato were like "telepaths," exchanging several words across the entire battlefield.

Big wolfhound, blah blah blah.

Little bat, blah blah blah.

Vivi was just about to use divination to find her way when suddenly her eyes lit up. She saw Jack the Drought transformed into a mammoth, huffing and puffing as he ran inside.

Such a large elephant would be extremely conspicuous on the battlefield.

This guy knows the location, follow him!

Vivi, along with Mr. 3, a mere prop, followed Jack from a distance.

"Jack! Turn around! There's someone behind you!" From his vantage point, Ember saw a dark figure following Jack and immediately understood her plan.

Jack, who is 100% obedient to Kaido and his brother King, suddenly stopped and turned around while running. His eyes, which seemed a little small compared to his huge body, looked into the darkness, trying to find the enemy hidden in the night.

"What a nuisance!" Vivi cursed under her breath. It seemed impossible to sneak away and steal someone away. The timing of Jhin's order was extremely tricky; Jack was standing right in front of a doorway. Want to get past him? She had to defeat Jack the Drought.

Vivi immediately entered her vampire form. Her bright red cloak billowed, and blood-red light danced everywhere. Combined with her Observation Haki and after expending some of her energy, a continuous stream of blood poured out from her cloak.

"Type Zero: Dead River!"

When dealing with Diamante, she mainly relied on Observation Haki to mislead, with her vampire abilities as a secondary factor. It looked impressive, but she didn't actually use much blood. Now, it's different when facing Jack the Drought. She uses Observation Haki to mislead, but more importantly, she uses real blood. It's a veritable river of blood, a river of death.

Hypnosis, flight, high speed, and high strength are all abilities inherent to the vampire form. Anyone who eats this fruit would have these abilities. Zero Style: Dead River is different. This move is a technique she developed on her own after persistently bleeding herself to kill pirates.

"Isis, Gwyn! Cooperate with me!"

"Yes, sister!"

"Understood, sister!"

Two blood relatives emerged from the ring and necklace, appearing like clouds on her shoulders, one on each side.

Isis cooperated with her as she poured out blood, and Gwyn added a black flame to the blood. These flames fed on emotions, and the more negative emotions there were, the brighter they burned.

Vivi released more than a third of her accumulated blood in one go, which she had been collecting persistently over the past two years. In an instant, the entire east and south sides of Ghost Island were covered in blood.

This is not an illusion, but a real river of blood.

"Hear my command, kill this guy!" Vivi, riding a blood-red warhorse and wearing a blood-red thorn crown, pointed at Jack the Drought in front of her. Hundreds of undead pirates drew their swords and charged at the giant mammoth with shouts.

"Who do you think I am?! You're asking for death!" Jack had no idea what fear was. With a single swing of his mammoth trunk, he sent four or five undead pirates flying, but more undead pirates swarmed forward. Some of them even climbed up his four legs like monkeys, stabbing his tough skin with their swords.

"Get out of here! Get out of here!" Jack stomped, charged, and jumped, trying to shake off the group of undead pirates clinging to him.

"Heh heh!" The living dead pirates' vocal cords could no longer produce any sound. As long as the blood in the Dead River did not dry up, they would not die. Even if they were smashed to pieces, they could heal themselves by lying in the blood for a while.

Realizing that the power provided by his mammoth form was not enough to eliminate these annoying little ants and was actually quite clumsy, Jack decisively reverted to his human form. Wielding two scythe-shaped machetes, he charged into the ranks of the undead pirates, slashing left and right, quickly slaughtering these enemies.

His eyes were bloodshot from the fighting, but the attacks from the undead pirates continued to rain down on his chest, back, and thighs.

His defense was far superior to Diamanti's; many swords and blades struck his thick skin as if they were hitting rubber, offering no resistance whatsoever.

The undead pirates placed their swords in Gwyn's flames, and this time, their attacks finally had some killing power.

Eight-meter-tall Jack was covered in blood-red undead pirates, and there were countless swords everywhere. Some of the undead pirates were so strong that when their arms were cut off, the severed limbs were still tightly gripping the hilts of their swords. Black flames continued to burn on Jack's body, and from a distance, he looked like a giant hedgehog.

Vivi wasn't idle either; she was cheering on the Living Dead Pirates.

Bello Betty possesses the power of the Encouragement Fruit, and she can simulate similar effects by using suggestion and the authority of her River of Death.

A bloodshot glint appeared in her eyes: "Gentlemen, I love war. Gentlemen, I love war. Gentlemen, I love war so much! Gentlemen, remember this: kill the enemy on sight! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

She affects all creatures in the Dead River, and there is no distinction between friend and foe.

Jack was naturally affected as well.

The burly man was so engrossed in the killing that he seemed tireless, his scythe-shaped blade flashing up and down as he relentlessly slashed at the undead pirates.

The image that flashed through his mind was Vivi's blood-red eyes. At this moment, he lost most of his rationality and only knew how to slash and chop, completely unaware that his mind had been affected by the hypnotic abilities of the Dead River and the vampire.

Chapter 232 Are Pterodactyls Also Dragons?

Vivi rode her horse slowly past Drought Jack, who acted as if he hadn't seen her and was still hacking at the undead pirates.

Vivi's voice was extremely soft, like a whisper from a dream: "Continue the fight, my warrior."

“I will fight for you, my lady!” Jack said in a deep voice.

"Jack! You idiot, what are you doing? The enemy has already walked right past you! Wake up! Calm down!" King, who was fighting Akainu high in the sky, saw that his little brother was not in a good state and quickly reminded him.

His words had some effect; Vivi's hypnosis was extremely ineffective against powerful individuals with domineering auras.

Fortunately, Jack's domineering level is really average, and coupled with his usually thoughtless actions, he has very low resistance to hypnotic suggestions.

Jin's reminder elicited a slight response from him, but his brain and body were currently disconnected; his mind understood, but his body might not.

Vivi glanced at Jin, annoyed by his repeated reminders.

In order to prevent her humanity from being corrupted by the violent and bloodthirsty desires of her vampire form, she consciously sheds some of her emotions after entering this form, which makes her appear cold and aloof.

In her opinion, King's performance was nothing special. Besides that mysterious flame, what else did this guy have? Swordsmanship? Haki? Devil Fruit ability? This guy's strength was clearly inferior to Marco's.

Vivi didn't know if Akainu had figured out the secret of that flame.

"You asked for it!" She gave Jin a cold look.

Vivi drew her black sword, Shusui, directly in her vampire form. Her fighting spirit was high, and her Armament Haki covered the black sword, making the blade shine with a dark luster.

Transformed into a pterosaur, she quickly locked onto Ember, who was hovering in mid-air.

Gwyn breathed a mouthful of flame onto the blade, and the next second, Vivi swung her sword fiercely.

"Slay the Dragon!"

With the blood from the River of the Dead and Gwyn's fire abilities fused together, Vivi felt the joy of the Black Blade Shusui the moment it was swung. This guy in front of her could be considered the "evil dragon of Wano Country"? Why didn't you say so earlier!

In a moment of perfect harmony between man and sword, she even saw a scene from hundreds of years ago where Shimotsuki Ryoma swung his sword at the evil dragon.

Weiwei felt she had never been in such good shape before; this strike was the best she had ever made in the past two years.

The will of man, the will of the sword, the past, the present and the future seem to be merged into one sword strike, and then the sword is swung out!

King, who was locked onto by Observation Haki, was taken aback. This woman was a swordsman of extremely high level? He tried to dodge, but Akainu punched him in the ribs from the other side. Although he was not injured, he was still a beat too slow. The blood-red blade light cut directly into his torso.

Half of the flames behind Ember, which were part of his racial ability, were extinguished in an instant. This time, a significant portion of the flames disappeared, making them quite noticeable.

Akainu was indeed blinded by his own involvement. He was very cautious in fighting a Yonko commander whose background and abilities he did not know, and he kept testing the guy's defense. He did not expect that the problem was with the flames. Now, after launching two fierce punches, he saw that the flames behind King had decreased again, and he immediately understood.

"I understand now. Your flames can provide you with defense, right? What a peculiar ability."

"Damn it!" Jhin cursed. With his secret exposed, his confidence inevitably plummeted.

Relying on his Ancient Species Pteranodon form, his defense is still higher than that of an ordinary person, but it is not enough against the powerful Akainu.

He used to be able to play very aggressively, but now he doesn't dare to.

Akainu was a swordsman in his youth. He glanced in Vivi's direction twice. The misleading effect of his Observation Haki was still there, so even he couldn't tell who it was, only that it was a woman.

A female swordswoman? Do you even know her?

Vivi stopped watching Akainu and King's fight. Once the flames were extinguished, King would have nothing to boast about, and his defeat was only a matter of time.

Jack the Drought was held back by a large number of undead pirates, while Vivi quickly entered the palace.

She was still accompanied by dozens of undead pirates. She used up almost one-fifth of her blood again to cover the first and second floors of the palace.

"You guys go, and let me know when you find the big wolfhound."

She sent the undead pirates to find someone.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Yamato's voice rang out from afar: "I've said it several times, I'm not a wolfhound!"