I'm Not Interested in Devil Fruits

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"Heh heh heh..." 

The Snake Princess chuckled softly, giving him no time to remain in shock as she went on the offensive.

Liam immediately lowered his stance, ready to use 'Soru' to evade, but a thought crossed his mind. 

After calculating her attack's trajectory using Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki), he transformed his body into a gust of wind. 

In his elementalized form, he split into two air masses, and Snake Princess's long leg sliced down between them— whoosh— missing him completely.

Using his 'Gasu Gasu no Mi' (Gas Gas Fruit) ability, Liam quickly turned into poisonous gas, wrapping around the tall, golden-haired beauty.

"Keh keh keh keh... My body is laced with lethal poison..." Liam's sinister laugh echoed within the toxic gas cloud. 

"The same trick again..." Snake Princess's expression remained calm as she extended her arms and spun around. "No matter how many times you try, it won't work!" 

'Bang!' 

A powerful gust of wind burst from her, dispersing the poisonous gas cloud that Liam had transformed into. 

Many of the Kuja warriors let out a sigh of relief. After all, he was just an outsider pirate; there was no way he could harm their Snake Princess-sama.

The swirling air reformed in midair, with Liam's head emerging, grinning down at her. 

"True, it didn't work! But I think I saw something..." 

Snake Princess brushed back her golden hair and looked up at him with a teasing smile. "And what did you see, little pervert?" 

"Couldn't see clearly— let me have another look!" 

The poisonous gas cloud scattered widely, leaving only a gap where Hancock stood, covering the entire arena as if a dark, foreboding cloud had descended, enveloping Snake Princess's tall figure. 

'Bang!' 

The same move led to the same result. 

The poison gas was forcefully blown away by a fierce gust of wind. 

Standing in the center, Snake Princess's golden hair and clothing flowed wildly in the fierce wind.

The poison gas dispersed, drifting toward the audience area. Some Kuja women, unaware it was poisonous, allowed it to wash over them in confusion.

Experienced warriors quickly covered their mouths and noses, shouting, "It's poison!" 

"Huh?" The warriors lowered their hands, looking at each other in confusion, feeling no discomfort. 

The gas circled through the audience area before returning, as if guided by an unseen force, stirring up gusts of wind and making hair fly in all directions.

Sandersonia and Marigold exchanged glances, while Cosmos, standing nearby, lowered her hand and looked in surprise at the retreating gas. She could have sworn it had turned into harmless air right before reaching them—was it that sinful man... no, that boy, who had done it? 

In the ring, Hancock noticed a faint bead of sweat on Snake Princess's forehead for the first time. 

"It must be exhausting using Haki over your whole body, right, Empress Sama?" 

Liam, who had gathered the dispersed gas back into his body, landed on the ring, smiling as he said, "I'd only ever seen people use Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki) to create flames before, but this is the first time I've learned it can create wind too!" 

From his close observations, Liam had clearly seen that Snake Princess dispersed the poison gas by covering her entire body with Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), producing a fierce gust of wind! 

He'd seen Shanks ignite flames on a black blade, and had heard tales of people punching with Busoshoku Haki to create thunder!

In the manga, examples like Luffy's 'Fire Fist Pistol' and Foxfire Kin'emon's fiery sword cuts had proven that Busoshoku Haki could unleash elemental techniques. 

"Oh?" Snake Princess steadied her breathing slightly, brushing back her golden hair, "It seems you already knew quite a bit about Haki... even before arriving on Amazon Lily Island." 

Liam humbly replied, "Not much, really..." 

Snake Princess glanced around the arena casually, sighing, "I'm tired! Little boy, the game ends here..." 

She took a step forward. 

'Buzz!~' A powerful, invisible aura swept across the ring! 

'Haoshoku Haki!' 

Liam's pupils shrank, and he extended his arm back without hesitation.

As soon as she landed, Snake Princess vanished.

'Whoosh'—dark clouds gathered, merging with her form, reassembling into her black battle armor midair.

'Bang!' With her next step, the stone floor beneath her shattered, sending debris flying. Snake Princess charged toward Liam.

'Shing Shing Shing!'—her armor disassembled, swirling back and reconnecting; the arm guards snapped onto her outstretched arm with a clattering sound.

Liam's right arm surged with strength as he reinforced it with 'Tekkai'.

Snake Princess, moving like a golden streak, crashed into him!

With his arm wrapped in a layer of 'Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki)', Liam tightened his Iron Fist, ready to deliver his strongest punch.

'Boom!!'

Their fists collided at the center of the ring, unleashing a shockwave far stronger than any before.

'Zzzt Zzzt...' Red-black lightning-like energy crackled from the impact point.

Hancock's black hair whipped in the wind as her 'Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki)' sensed the raw power behind their clashing fists. "Giorno, that idiot! How dare he underestimate me!" She bit her lip, worrying he'd get killed by Snake Princess in one punch.

In the center of the arena…

The 1.8-meter-tall Liam stood his ground against the 2-meter-tall Snake Princess, their fists locked.

"He actually withstood it?!"

In the audience, the Kuja women were stunned. They had expected Snake Princess's serious punch to easily defeat this outsider from the sea. But no one imagined Liam would still be standing!

Snake Princess looked down and withdrew her arm. This boy's strength kept surprising her.

Even her fist was slightly numb.

She clenched her fist again, her 'Busoshoku Haki' surging as she said calmly, "Impressive, boy. To hold your ground before me alone... Since that's the case, I won't hold back anymore!"

Liam kept his fist raised, though his arm had grown noticeably thicker and was trembling.

'A full-force strike— was he exhausted now?' Snake Princess thought, observing the boy in front of her. His arm bones were likely fractured from that last clash.

She threw a second punch.

'Krrrack'—B.I.B. swiftly wrapped around his form, and Liam retreated, narrowly dodging her fist. Snake Princess's punch paused midway, her gaze shifting as Hancock, in her distress, charged toward her!

"Huh?" Mid-kick, Hancock was also surprised to see that Giorno was still moving!

With a sigh, Snake Princess reached out, grabbing Hancock's ankle and dangling her upside down.

"Let me go!" Hancock, suspended and kicking, swayed back and forth before being casually tossed aside by Snake Princess.

(End Of The Chapter)