"Nine."
A calm voice came from Rowan, as if he were rechecking the number of people.
The Donquixote Family executives looked back at Rowan's location, their pupils shrinking instantly.
What... did they see?
Art Fruit user - Jora.
Although this noisy old woman is not good at physical skills, as a Paramecia Devil Fruit user, she has solved many enemies for the Donquixote Family with her strange ability.
As long as someone is hit by Jora's so-called "imagination-transformed smoke", whether it's a person or an object, it will all be turned into a work of art similar to an abstract painting according to Jora's wishes.
Objects that become abstract art will lose their original "function", for example, blades will no longer be sharp, and shields will no longer be strong...
And living things that become abstract art will completely lose their lives in just ten minutes.
The combination of these two characteristics makes this seemingly strange ability incredibly terrifying!
...
A second ago.
Jora was thinking in her heart.
"I hate it, I hate it so much!"
"Those sand soldiers are too ugly. Watch me use my ability to turn them all into my art!"
"Speaking of... those sand soldiers should be part of a Logia Devil Fruit, right?"
"In that case, if I turn the sand soldiers into art, wouldn't it be the same as turning a part of Ryan Rowan's body into art?"
"Ahahaha, wouldn't that be a surprise attack!"
"I'm so smart, the young master will definitely... wait?"
Jora looked up and saw Rowan jumping up.
...
The next second.
The scene in Jora's mind froze on the black spear falling heavily towards her.
...
Boom!
The black spear fell.
Jora's figure was gone.
Rowan held the end of the black spear in one hand and slowly stood up.
With a slight shake, he grabbed the middle of the black spear again with his right hand, then spun the spear in a beautiful circle, with the tip pointing to the ground, behind his back.
At his feet, Jora's body had sunk into the ground, her eyes rolled back, only exhaling, not inhaling.
She was probably... dead.
This scene made most of the Donquixote Family members feel their scalps tingle!
When Rowan appeared earlier, the countless sand armies were too eye-catching, so that the Donquixote Family executives subconsciously ignored the main body that "created" these sand soldiers.
That's right.
The so-called Logia Devil Fruit does not have any "summoning" ability at all.
The Logia Devil Fruit ability only has one thing, and that is to become nature itself!
It has been heard that among the Logia Devil Fruit users in the Marines, some can swing fists like lava dogs, and some can control ice like pheasants.
But those so-called "birds" and "dogs" are all manifestations of their own power and will.
Ryan Rowan of Golden Dawn is the same.
Yellow sand raged, gathering thousands of sand soldiers, surrounding the entire Aden Kingdom's palace tightly.
Those soldiers were too "real".
If someone with enough courage approached carefully, they might even find that each of them had different facial features, age, wrinkles, height, and even breathing rate!
That almost lifelike appearance made others subconsciously think that these sand soldiers were Rowan's "summoned creatures".
But what is the truth?
They are the "nature" that Rowan controls!
...
After Rowan stood still again.
Clang!
A crisp sound came, which was the sound of metal colliding with the stone bricks on the ground.
Looking in the direction of the sound, it could be seen that it was actually the honor guard, hitting the ground with the end of the flagpole in his hand.
Clang!
Another sound, very rhythmic.
What followed was more rhythmic crisp sounds.
Clang! Clang! Clang...
More and more sand soldiers began to hit the ground with the spears in their hands.
As more and more sand soldiers participated in this action, the originally crisp and pleasant sound had now turned into a deafening roar.
Not a dull war drum, nor a hoarse roar.
Just hitting the ground with the end of a spear, but it formed an invisible sense of oppression, coming head-on!
That was a song —
A song that can only appear and can only exist on the battlefield!
...
"I, I, I think the situation is not good..."
Trebol retreated again and again, looking very frightened.
He shook his sticky snot and trembled all over, saying, "This guy doesn't want to take us all down by himself, does he!"
Trebol turned his head and looked at Doflamingo's string clone. "I, I, I think, Doffy, we can't beat him, let's run!"
This scene surprised everyone in the Donquixote Family.
After all, Trebol, as one of the elders of the family, had a fanaticism for the Donquixote Family itself that others could not understand.
Anyone might think that the Donquixote Family would lose, but at least Trebol would definitely not.
Sure enough, the moment everyone's attention was diverted, Trebol suddenly changed his tone and growled, "Now, Sugar!"
A short-haired little girl wearing a spotted dress suddenly rushed out, heading straight for Rowan.
Hobby-Hobby Fruit user - Sugar.
If Jora's ability can be described as "strange", then Sugar's Paramecia ability can completely be referred to as "terrifying".
The Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability allows people who are touched to be turned into "toys" that the user wants, thereby losing their fighting ability.
But if it were only that, then there would be nothing to it.
The truly terrifying part of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability is that people who are turned into toys will lose their "existence" in this world.
No one will remember them, and their traces of existence in this world will be completely erased!
Unless Sugar herself releases this ability, or Sugar loses consciousness, this ability effect will continue indefinitely.
Until forever!
This ability has never been exposed to the outside world, so Sugar can be said to be the most deeply hidden trump card in the Donquixote Family!
At this moment, facing Ryan Rowan, Trebol had already sent a signal in advance, ordering Sugar to be ready at all times.
Once Rowan showed any slack, they could use this sudden attack to reverse the situation!
The Four Seas Alliance without Ryan Rowan is not worth worrying about at all.
...
In the blink of an eye.
Sugar's hand had already touched Rowan's body.
"Success!" Trebol couldn't help but get excited.
Sugar was the same, thinking about what kind of toy to turn this emperor from eight hundred years ago into.
Decided!
Sugar's ten fingers scratched, but it was not the fluffy texture of a doll as expected, but still the material of light armor.
She suddenly felt her head sink, and when she looked up, she realized that Rowan was still maintaining his human form.
It... it didn't work?
How is it possible!
Looking at Sugar's surprised face, Rowan leaned down slightly and touched her head.
"You know, little girl."
Rowan said slowly, "The more 'absolute' something is, the easier it is to deal with, because its 'extra possibilities' have disappeared."
"The essence of Devil Fruit users fighting is Haki."
"And you happen to be a little worse than me in Haki."
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