Super Card System

"The Cerberus Fruit—that's just Fujitora's way of putting it. In fact, the correct name of Queen the Plague's Devil Fruit should be the Mythical Zoan-type Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Hellhound!"

Unlike the classifications of Logia and Paramecia Devil Fruits, Zoan-type Devil Fruits have the most branches and are the most complex. Not only are there special Mythical Zoan types, but also Ancient Zoan types. Moreover, based on the different species they transform into after animalization, they have names like Dog-Dog Fruit, Cat-Cat Fruit, Elephant-Elephant Fruit, Bug-Bug Fruit, and so on.

And when Zoan-type Devil Fruit users undergo transformation, they all have one characteristic: their facial features generally retain the user's original appearance. This is why Ian now sees that all three of Queen the Plague's heads are in the form of a fox.

To be honest, Ian didn't know whether to call Queen the Plague a three-headed dog or a three-headed fox; he always felt that this fruit was quite different from what he had in mind…

A Hellhound should look strong and fierce, with spiked collars around its necks, and three dog heads spewing molten flames, right?

But there's nothing to be done. The person who ate this Mythical Zoan fruit turned out to be a fox Mink. It's like how Kuina's Ashura Fruit works—after transformation, she looks like three Kuinas, not three Ashuras…

After Queen the Plague completed her transformation, she appeared exceptionally imposing under the moonlight. Clearly, she is also a Zoan-type Devil Fruit awakened user; otherwise, after animalization, she couldn't have such a large size. She is covered with long, fiery red fur, making her entire body look as if it's burning. Her fluffy tail swayed gently, more like a giant torch. The three heads, with six eyes, all have beastly vertical pupils after transformation, looking extremely eerie.

Most importantly, after completing her transformation, she did not immediately attack Ian but cautiously watched Ace, Marco, and Fujitora as they arrived.

"It's you again…" Her middle head said.

Although the jailer beasts in Impel Down also possess immense strength and robust bodies, they give the impression of being foolish and dull, as if their intelligence has regressed. However, both Queen the Plague and Jack the Drought, whom Ian had seen before, retain clear intelligence after transformation. This makes one wonder whether there are low-level and high-level distinctions in Zoan awakenings…

After recognizing Ace and the others who had arrived at the scene, Queen the Plague seemed to assess the strength of both sides. Realizing she might not be their match alone, she immediately raised all three heads, staring intently at the full moon in the sky.

All Minks have two special talents. One is that they can use the "Electro" power, which seems related to their fur, similar to static electricity. Although the electricity can't reach the strength that Ian and Enel can control, it can paralyze opponents in battle. The second special talent is that on a full moon night, as long as they gaze at the moon for a while, they can transform into "Sulong" (Moon Lion)!

In the Sulong form, the Mink's fur becomes longer and, as if stimulated, they become berserk. Their speed, strength, and the electricity they carry are greatly enhanced, causing their combat power to soar instantly.

However, this Sulong form is not easy to control. If an untrained Mink uses this transformation rashly, they may fight until they exhaust themselves to death, battling until they die.

Doroni is also a Mink, as is Beppo, but when they were with the Dragon Hunter Pirates, they would hide in their rooms early on a full moon night. Doroni had never received Sulong training but remembered the warnings from his elders back home and didn't dare to try it casually.

As for Beppo, he left Zou at a young age, so he had no knowledge in this regard. Initially, because he accidentally saw the full moon and uncontrollably transformed, if he hadn't luckily encountered Law, who saved him using the powers of the Op-Op Fruit, he might have died. This is also why he later always followed Law, his savior.

But now, Ian finally witnessed the Sulong transformation for the first time. After Queen the Plague gazed at the moon for a while, the fur on her three fox heads, from head to neck, began to grow rapidly, soon covering most of her body. This fur was fiery red, giving Ian and the others the impression that the flames were burning even more fiercely.

Her animalized body became even more agile, and the three pairs of beastly pupils turned red, revealing a sense of cold-bloodedness and ferocity.

As the night wind blew, Queen the Plague was like a surging fiery cloud. Zoan-type awakened animalization, coupled with the Mink's Sulong transformation—the combination brought a suffocating aura!

Bonney stared in amazement at this fiery fox beast, feeling her legs go weak, her back drenched in cold sweat, because she had never thought she would feel fear towards a fox…

Fujitora had already drawn his cane-sword, Izo clenched his fists and took a stance. His weapons were originally two flintlock pistols, but they had been confiscated during imprisonment, so now, like Ace, he could only rely on his fists to fight.

Marco had transformed into a phoenix, his arms becoming flaming wings. The group spread out, cautiously surrounding Queen the Plague.

Ian held his two swords, considering whether to use his full power. Now he couldn't say for sure what level of strength Queen the Plague had, but at least she gave him a pressure that even Akainu hadn't.

At this moment, in everyone's sight, Queen the Plague's body seemed to pause for a moment. Ian's heart tightened, and in his En field, he suddenly sensed something huge pouncing down from above. Without thinking, he grabbed Bonney behind him and leaped back to dodge.

At the same time, Queen's massive body landed, her claw slamming into the spot where Ian had just been standing. A loud explosion sounded, and under the immense force, the ground was blasted into a circular pit several meters in diameter. Countless fragments of broken stones shot out in all directions like cannonballs. As Ace, Fujitora, and Izo jumped away, they immediately concentrated Haki on their wrists, raising them to block the impact of the stone fragments.

Marco flew into the air, but one of Queen's heads suddenly raised toward him. The next second, a massive pillar of flame spewed from her fox mouth, directly targeting Marco!

Marco hadn't expected such an attack, so even though he had Observation Haki, he couldn't react in time and was hit head-on by the pillar of flame. His right arm and the right side of his body were instantly blasted away.

"She can breathe fire!?" Within the blue flames, Marco's body regenerated, and he said with lingering fear.

"Not only that! Be careful of her poison!" Ace said while doing a roll on the ground. As he rolled away, a mass of green liquid spat from another of Queen's heads, splattering onto the ground where he had just been. Then they saw wisps of blue smoke rising as the ground sizzled, corroded by the poison into a pit.

This, of course, was the special ability from the Hellhound Fruit; otherwise, how could a fox Mink spit poison?

Ace, Fujitora, and Izo had actually fought Queen the Plague before when they first came to Wano Country and were familiar with her abilities. It's just that at that time, when they confronted her, it wasn't a full moon night…

As Ace had just dodged the poison, Queen swung a claw at Fujitora. The massive fiery red claw, accompanied by a huge whooshing sound, slammed into Fujitora's blade. As Fujitora was sent flying by the immense force, a strong electric current also transmitted through the blade to him. Fujitora couldn't help but cry out in pain from the shock, his body crashing through several large trees behind before finally stopping.

Ian had just settled Bonney, telling her to stay as far away as possible. Turning back, he saw this scene and immediately realized this wouldn't do. Ace and Fujitora couldn't fully utilize their Devil Fruit powers.

So, as he rushed over, he shouted to Marco, "Hold her off for a bit!"

Marco nodded in understanding and swooped toward Queen the Plague from above, while Ian made a detour midway, found Fujitora, and without thinking, used a Dual Heaven Returning Shield on him.

Fujitora's entire body was enveloped by the power of the Dual Heaven Returning Shield, forming a faint light membrane around him. This immediately began to heal the injuries he had just suffered when he was sent flying.

However, he immediately frowned and said to Ian, "The Sea Sponge Worms in my body seem to be resisting this power. It will take some time to expel them!"

"As long as it works!" Ian said, "I'll go remove them from Ace too!"

With that, he left Fujitora to stay where he was for now and turned to run toward Ace's position. Queen the Plague noticed him approaching, and one of her heads turned toward him, opening her mouth to spew a pillar of flame at Ian.

Ian was not polite; he opened his mouth and fired a Black Cero toward the flame pillar. Although he was not at his peak, the power of the Black Cero was not something that flame pillar could match. It instantly dispersed Queen's flame pillar and continued toward her.

Queen the Plague seemed startled, but at this moment, she had mobility beyond imagination, instantly jumping sideways to dodge the Black Cero.

Then, she engaged again with Marco, who had come back to tangle with her.

Taking this opportunity, Ian reached Ace's side. After giving him a Dual Heaven Returning Shield, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If Ace and Fujitora didn't recover, they would become weak links among their group. But turning to look at Queen, who was continuously spitting flames and poison at Marco in the air, Ian felt puzzled.

He admitted that Queen the Plague was quite strong at this moment, at least far above the level of a Marine Admiral. But not to mention that there were so many experts on their side—even Ian himself, if he went all out, was confident he could subdue her. But the problem was, knowing that the disparity in strength between herself and Ian's side was so great, why hadn't Queen the Plague shown any intention of escaping?

And don't forget, she also had the suspicion of just having bombed the Tenshukaku and attempting to assassinate the shogun of Wano Country. The samurai of Wano Country were probably heading this way. In this situation, she should be trying her best to shake off Ian and escape. Because once she was surrounded by the samurai of Wano Country, her identity would be exposed, and the relationship between the shogun and the Beasts Pirates would crack.

She couldn't possibly be unaware of these circumstances. So why was she continuing to fight here? She couldn't really be foolish enough to think that she had a significant advantage and wanted to kill Ian and his group here, right?

Also, did she attempt to assassinate the shogun on her own initiative, or was it under Kaido's orders!?

Something's wrong. There's definitely something wrong here!

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