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Chapter 2457 Teach's Swamp Fruit and the Three-Headed Dragon!
May 9th.

3:25 PM.

The area around the Army Headquarters' No. 17 Duel Arena was now completely surrounded by spectators.

Teach, a tall and muscular man, wearing a black coat of justice.

A smile, a mixture of naivety and greed, graced his face.

He stood steadily at one end of the field.

On his right hand was a dark, eerie metal claw that seemed to absorb all light.

That was an Imperial Arm called Shadow Claw.

An ominous aura transformed into wisps of black smoke, slowly emanating from above.

His opponent was Wakanda, who had already been promoted to major general at the young age of twenty-four.

This elite black panther skinner from the fur tribe is agile and has a sleek physique.

Its jet-black fur gleamed with a healthy sheen in the sunlight.

The Wakanda major general had a solemn expression and sharp, piercing eyes.

With his body slightly lowered, he had already entered his optimal fighting state.

His right arm was covered by an elegantly designed, silver-white arm armor that gleamed with a metallic sheen.

Similarly, the amber crystal on the back of the hand of the 'Teigu' Queen Bee Sting' was emitting a faint buzzing sound.

"The battle begins!"

When the suspended ball device, acting as the referee, issues a command.

The Wakanda general vanished instantly, leaving only a blurry afterimage in his place.

"shave!"

He knew all too well how difficult Logia-type Devil Fruit users were to deal with.

In particular, the intelligence report mentioned that Teach's Swamp Fruit was unusually strange.

We must not allow ourselves to be dragged into a protracted war.

We must launch a rapid attack using the high speed and explosive power unique to the fur tribe!

however.

Just as he rushed to within ten meters of Teach at a speed too fast for the naked eye to see.

Teach didn't even glance at him.

He simply raised his unarmed left hand and snapped his fingers lightly in full view of everyone.

【Snapped! 】

All of a sudden.

A large amount of mud gushed out from the solid ground centered on Teach's feet.

At the same time, it rapidly spreads outward, forming a brownish-yellow swamp with strange bubbles emerging from it.

Its area is so large that it covers the entire dueling arena.

The strong smell of mud and the suffocating miasma permeated the air.

"what!"

The Wakanda major general, who was moving at high speed, was deeply shocked.

He clearly felt a suction force pulling his feet into the slippery swamp.

What's even more deadly is that this mud seems to possess life and will.

It immediately climbed up along my legs upon contact.

【boom! 】

The Wakanda general immediately unleashed his domineering aura and pushed the mud off his body.

Just as he was about to make his next move.

Eight thick, long tentacles made of sticky silt suddenly rose from the surrounding swamp.

It came lashing out fiercely from different directions.

The force was so great that it created a sonic boom in the air.

"Swamp tentacles!"

Teach's voice rang out again.

Wakanda's pupils contracted.

The amber crystal on the back of the arm armor suddenly lit up.

An invisible yet visible spherical sonic field erupted outwards from him.

Successfully neutralized the eight mud tentacles that were smashing towards them.

"Sound Call. Finger Pistol. Queen Bee Sting!"

His right hand transformed into a blur as fast as lightning.

At the same time, high-frequency shockwaves are condensed at the fingertips, which are tinged with a dark light.

A precise and efficient strike to Tichy's face!

But the latter remained unmoved.

He stood there, watching Wakanda approach with a mocking expression.

【Boom! 】

Suddenly, a colossal creature, fifteen meters long, burst out of the swamp in front of Teach.

The Wakandan general, caught off guard, was knocked flying on the spot.

"That's a mudfish dragon!"

A colonel outside the arena immediately recognized the monster.

"A Logia-type Swamp-Swamp Fruit user would be well-suited to raising a Mudfish Dragon."

"But when did he summon it?"

"I didn't see him use a Poké Ball or any other means."

Of course, Teach, who was on the field, wouldn't explain this.

The Wakanda major general, who had fallen back to a distance, had no interest in pursuing such matters.

Regardless of how it was summoned, the fact is that it has already appeared.

"This can't go on; we must finish this quickly!"

The Wakanda general gritted his teeth, pulled out a pill that shimmered with a silvery light from his pocket, and swallowed it without hesitation.

This is a specially made Moon Lion Pill from the Institute of Biochemistry.

In an instant.

Terrifying silver lightning erupted from his body.

His jet-black hair turned silvery-white and shiny at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Strength and speed increase exponentially.

At the same time, his pupils turned black and his aura surged.

Sulong form. Daytime only!

Although each Moon Lion Pill can only last for about an hour.

But the advantage is that they can transform into furry tribes at any time, even during the day.

"Roar!"

The silver-white leopard-shaped warrior let out a terrifying roar.

The violent bursts of lightning temporarily pushed back the surrounding rolling mud.

"Thunder Leopard, Charge!"

The Wakanda Major General used his Observation Haki to pinpoint Teach's location.

It ignored the mudfish dragon that lunged at it with its gaping maw.

【boom! 】

His figure completely transformed into a silver lightning bolt.

The speed was far greater than before.

Amidst the deafening sonic boom, it seemed to teleport away from the mud and suction.

He pierced and tore through the Mudfish Dragon's massive body, then closed in on Teach once more.

Combining the 'Teigu' Queen Bee Sting, Sound Breathing, Finger Pistol, Armament Haki, and the right fingertip of Sulong Raiden.

Like a thunderbolt cleaving through the space between the two sides.

To everyone's surprise, Teach's solution was simply to preemptively elementalize.

This fierce and violent attack swept across a large area of ​​mud.

It then merges into the swamp.

When they reappeared, they were already behind the Wakanda Major General.

Even the mudfish dragon swam around him unharmed.

This left some people outside the venue confused.

It's not surprising that Teach managed to dodge, but how come the Mudfish Dragon was unharmed?
The same colonel, with a hint of hesitation, said:

"I think I saw the Mudfish Dragon disappear into the mud before it was hit."

"You mean it also has the ability to elementalize?"

"No, if it was just elemental transformation, the Wakanda general's attack was imbued with Haki, so it's impossible that he would be unharmed."

"That's right, so turning into mud might just be a form of manifestation; essentially, it could be a kind of space recycling."

Don't even say it.

These army officers had a brief discussion.

They analyzed Teach's awakened ability.

"Swamp Dragon!"

"Mud Dragon!"

"Why don't you all come out and play with him?"

"Hahaha—"

At this moment, Teach opened his arms and released the other two monsters inside him.

Summoned from the swamps on either side of the Wakanda Major General.

Together with the mudfish dragon in front of him, they formed a triangular encirclement around him.

This is not over yet.

Large amounts of mud automatically gather on their surface, forming a flowing protective layer.

In this way, it will be much more difficult for the opponent's attack to be effective.

Crucially, these three dragons can be retracted into Teach's body at any time and then released to any location in the swamp.

This is in conjunction with the disturbances and impacts generated by the swamp itself.

Everyone can see it.

Within the limited arena, the Wakanda general was already locked in a desperate and arduous battle.

Putting yourself in their shoes, if you let them fight Teach, you probably wouldn't have any good ideas.

"General Beluga's 'children' are all terrifying."

A merman colonel shook his head and smiled bitterly.

(End of this chapter)