Chapter 40: Successive Defeats

  "Hawkins, you bastard..." Drake growled, lying on the ground as his body was slowly recovering from the bullet wounds using the power of the Zoan-type Devil Fruit.

  Hawkins said expressionlessly, "Even without my reminder, your subordinates wouldn't be able to do anything to her even if they got the Sea Tower Stone handcuffs. She's not a puppet that would let you put handcuffs on her obediently."

  "That's right!" Monet agreed, saying a word, the figure flying in the air aimed at Luo and dived down instantly.

  “ROOM——”

  "Useless!" Monet directly ignored Luo's surgical fruit hemisphere and entered it.

  "Slaughterhouse!"

  Monet's body was cut in half at the waist, falling to the ground. Before Monet elementalized, Luo's hands made a few strange movements in an instant.

  Only Monet's two severed halves floated in mid-air, reassembled in a bizarre state.

  Upper body in snowy ground, lower body above head, immediately reunite.

  "It's really impolite to women like that~" Monet's expression was wooden, and after she finished speaking, her entire body turned into a patch of white snow, then stood in front of Luo with her original posture.

  "Still no use?"

  He let out a loud cry, and suddenly saw Monet's entire body merge into the snowy ground, then a snow blade with a shark-like fin on its back, like the ones found on the ocean surface, came slashing towards him.

  "Not good!" Luo looked down at his feet, his face changing color, and immediately jumped back a few steps, increasing the distance from the snow blade.

  "What's wrong?" A lazy voice came from Luo's back, making Luo feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar. He looked ahead again, but there was no longer any sign of Snow Blade.

  "The Devil's Counterpart!"

  "Hmm!?" Mona turned around, only to see an enormous scarecrow, holding a five-inch nail behind its back, approaching stealthily. Mona instinctively felt that the five-inch nail contained a kind of ominous power, and her face changed color slightly.

  Monet immediately chose to disintegrate, his body scattered and transformed into a patch of white snow falling to the ground.

  "Bazel's at home, what's this..." Luo's expression was puzzled, and also shocked by the giant scarecrow in front of him.

  Hawkins' face was originally paralyzed, and now it's even more expressionless as a scarecrow. His flat voice came out of his mouth: "No matter what our original purpose was, it's better to unite now. Can't let this woman knock us down one by one!"

  Ruo nodded and then looked at Hobodi: "Harald, you also think so, right?"

  Hobodi shook his head: "I was going to take them all down anyway, except for you, Ro. Hawkins and everyone here getting wiped out is a good thing for us! You didn't want the initial bounty to reach 1 billion Berries, did you? The Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral, Donquixote's auction house, the Northern Sea Kingdom nobles... their deaths will all increase our bounties."

  "What did you say?!" Luo's face was displeased: "Isn't it time to put aside our previous goals for now? You also saw the elementalization of the Natural System, if we don't join hands, we'll both be done in by this woman."

  "I don't think so, without finding Hailuo Shi or her weakness, whether we join hands or not doesn't make much sense."

  "You dare to say that, King! If you hadn't ambushed me, this woman would already be wearing Shanghai-style handcuffs on her wrists." Drake slowly got up from the ground, squatting down and looking at Hopody on the stage with discontent.

  "Hmmph~ Are you guys having an internal conflict? X-Flag·Dreke, rumor has it that you're a Devil Fruit user from the Beast Type, and yet you recovered from my technique so quickly. It seems the rumors are true. In that case, I won't let you continue recovering. And do you think you came to North Sea under the orders of the Shogun? Taiping Xue——"

  "The command of the Warring States General... how?" Drake's expression was puzzled.

  "Mycotoxin." Monet's wicked smile grew, Snow Wing's right wing suddenly hardened, the feathers on it transformed into icy blades made of snow and ice, gleaming with a cold light as they shot towards Drake.

  "What!?" Drake's eyes widened in shock, his mind filled with incomprehension at the Snow Girl's words, and before he could react to defend himself, it was already too late.

  Only a flash of snow-white blade swept past!

  Detestable, after some time when I recover... Drake's furious roar echoed in his heart, he had already been hit by this sneak attack twice.

  Hiss——

  A sharp, piercing sound cut a huge "X"-shaped wound across Drake's chest, and he let out a miserable cry. Severe pain and cold swept through his entire body, and then Drake convulsed for a few seconds before losing consciousness and falling into the snowy ground.

  "Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, it seems that's all. The first one is already done, next..." Monet's gaze was fixed on Luo and Hawkins.

  "Damn it!" Luo cursed and glared at Hobody with dissatisfaction, immediately opening a semicircle: "ROOM!"

  "Is it just struggling in vain?"

  "Beipo!" Luo shouted loudly.

  All of a sudden, in the snowy ground, a white bear sat up from its fake death, looking around at the vast expanse of snow with a silly expression: "Have I returned to my hometown?"

  "Prepare for battle."

  "Aye aye captain!" Beppo looked around and as soon as he spotted Monet high up, he immediately identified the enemy and ran into Ro's circle.

  "Slaughterhouse!" Luo's two fingers crossed, and Beipo's body, which was within the surgical fruit circle, suddenly exchanged with a snowflake floating in mid-air. Beipo had already taken an attacking stance.

  "Ah!" Beipo kicked Mona's shoulder with one foot, and the white bear that suddenly appeared in front of her eyes didn't notice at all. She let out a cry of pain and her whole body fell from the air, thudding into the snowy ground with a "thud".

  "Did I hit the real body?" Hawkins exclaimed, and immediately said: "It seems there's still a chance to win. Trafalgar, if your ability can attack before she elementalizes, then consider me. My five-inch nail, as long as it hits that woman's real body, she won't have a single chance of winning. That white bear's kicking technique isn't enough to make her lose consciousness." Hawkins said calmly beside Luo.

  "Can you completely trust me? If this technique can't be done with complete trust, it's likely to get you killed. Basilisk's home run!"

  "Just thinking about reaction time, I'm confident." The gigantic strawman-like Hawkins stepped into Luo's circle.

  Far away, Mo Nai covered her white jade arm, which was torn by the bear's claws with several blood marks, and got up from the ground. Her disheveled hair covered one eye, and her face became unprecedentedly gloomy.

  Today's auction has already been messed up, she can't afford to fail again.

  "Don't be too arrogant, playing with you guys will end up with a slap in the face! No matter who it is, they can't escape from here."

  "Ah da~" Beipo jumped forward again, kicking towards Monet.

  "Move it! Snow Mallet—" Monet's snow wing transformed into a giant mallet, and Bebe happened to be right under it, getting smashed into the snowy ground.

  "Sorry......" Beipo fell into the snow, his eyes rolled back and he was knocked unconscious.

  "Bebo!"

  "Now you still have the mood to worry about others, it's better to take care of yourself! Yan Chui Xue ---" Mo Nai's cold voice came, Luo and Hawkins hurriedly looked up.

  Only a large expanse of solid snow cones could be seen, already prepared and ready to fill the auction hall's ceiling.

  "Snow and Rain."

  As the sound fell, all the snow cones on the ceiling fell down.

  Luo's face suddenly changed, and he hastily opened his mouth: "ROOM!"

  In the semi-circle, Luo and Hawkins' figures exchanged with two snowflakes, appearing near the entrance of the auction hall. Luo crouched on the ground, panting slightly, looking back: "No way, this will consume our physical strength to death, Bazur's household, do you have confidence in breaking through this snow wall?"

  Hawkins looked at Luo: "Are you planning on having me take the Hailuo Stone handcuffs?"

  "Uh-huh, I'll stall for time here, you go get the Sealore Stone handcuffs. With my abilities, I can make Beipo instantly close in on her and restrict her powers. After that, we'll have a chance of winning."

  Hawkins thought for a moment, nodded in response, and then looked at Luo with a puzzled expression: "My purpose in coming to this auction house is to swallow all the forces here, of course, including your forces before. What about you? You hid on Seagull Island as a doctor, what's your purpose in coming here?"

  "Me?" Luo's expression turned nostalgic, her eyes seeming to traverse the past, but she immediately snapped back: "My purpose for coming here is to stir up trouble in this place, to let the Don Quixote family know... I am their eternal nightmare!"

  Is he a survivor of Minyos nine years ago? Hawkins guessed in his heart, tactfully didn't continue to ask, and immediately turned around.

  Standing in front of the dense snow wall, Hawkins held a five-inch nail, and a thick, ominous aura emanated from his body. Hawkins raised the scarecrow's arm high.

  "Foolish!"

  Pfft!

  As Hawkins reached out to strike the snow wall, several massive icicles suddenly protruded from it, piercing directly through his body.

  "Gurgle...!" Hawkins' body leaned forward, spewing a mouthful of fresh blood onto the snowy wall. Two small straw-woven wooden puppets fell from his body, and then his body collapsed to the ground, no longer responding.

  "Basil's home!!" Luo shouted with wide eyes.

  "Luò, your words are quite interesting. I wonder how the young master would react if he heard them. Don't worry, I won't kill you, after all, you're the young master..."

  “RO——”

  "The speed of using abilities has slowed down. Dome-shaped snow house, cone!" Monet's expression was extremely cold and detached, manipulating the snowy wall at the entrance, just like Hawkins, protruding several giant snow cones.

  Hehehehe!

  Innumerable snow cones, ceaselessly piercing Luo's entire body, one by one, although under Monet's deliberate control, none of them hit the vital points, but the extreme and continuous pain made Luo crouch on the spot and let out a miserable scream "Ahhhhhhhhh!"

  His consciousness was unable to focus, and the semicircular canopy of the surgical fruit opened halfway before automatically disappearing.

  Finally, Luo Lian's shouting strength was exhausted, and he lay on the ground with his last breath. The blood around his body stained a large area of snow red. His gaze looked forward, at that stage, the man he couldn't see through.

  "Harald, who are you? Why haven't you made a move yet? Indeed, you are Don Quixote..." Luo roared.

  "Idiot, how could that be? If I chose you, it's destined that you'll stand on the opposite side of Dorofranmingo. You'd better sleep for a while, Luo! I want to have a heart-to-heart talk with this beautiful lady."

  Luo's last consciousness heard this sentence that still made him gnash his teeth, and immediately after, a loud crash was heard on the stage. The mask fell onto the wooden board on the stage, and he saw the man on the stage take off his mask.

  It's just a blurry scene in front of me, and I haven't thoroughly seen that face...

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