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Chapter 1179: Undefeated Since Debut
Chapter 1179: Undefeated Since Debut
"What's going on?!"
Charlotte·Big Mom felt her body slipping from her control. No matter how desperately she tried to reclaim precise command of her movements, she couldn't escape the relentless buoyancy—or rather, it wasn't just buoyancy. She couldn't even turn her body freely. It was as if the very air had fallen into chaos, each swirl of air currents moving independently, like rogue waves.
"Anemii!" Charlotte·Big Mom bellowed. "Quickly, stabilize me!"
"Mother, mother!"
The Wind Homies shrieked in panic from above her, their voices growing fainter. Even though they were sentient winds, they were still winds at their core. In this chaotic space, they too were tossed about like leaves in a storm, helplessly adrift.
The ground shattered into countless fragments, floating into the sky alongside the disordered air currents, splintering into ever finer debris.
One by one, the people around her began rising upward, just like Charlotte·Big Mom. It hardly mattered whether they floated or not—after all, the ground beneath them no longer existed.
"Cursed body, why won't you move!" Eustass Kid gritted his teeth, trying to force his limbs to respond. Even the mechanical prosthetic on his severed arm looked ready to come loose. Maintaining his current state was already a struggle.
"Mother! Mother!"
Perospero screamed in terror, desperately trying to envelop himself in sticky sugar threads. But the moment he formed them, the syrupy strands scattered chaotically into the air like unruly ribbons.
"Ability's Awakening!"
Ro strained to tilt his head downward, shouting toward Kuro as his body helplessly drifted. "You've Awakened your Ability, Kuro!"
Kuro scoffed, "You lot could Awaken, so why wouldn't I be able to?"
The concept of Devil Fruit Ability Awakening wasn't new. Even before the last battle against Kaido, there had been hints of its potential.
But back then, he'd only used the Bornless Void Slash—the ultimate form of his combat power. Yet, having ultimate combat power didn't automatically mean achieving Awakening. They were two distinct applications.
This strength was something Kuro had Awakened later, though he'd never taken pride in it.
Just an Awakening, after all. The Warden Beasts of Impel Down had Awakenings too—they'd just failed in the end.
But Devil Fruits weren't equal in rank. Their inherent hierarchies made the phrase "no useless Devil Fruits, only useless users" meaningless. The Float-Float Fruit, recognized as one of the Grand Line's apex Devil Fruits, had only shone brighter under Kuro's hands after Shanks' legendary legacy.
The Float-Float Fruit's core concept was "weightlessness." After Awakening, this concept naturally extended to the environment, altering it completely.
In this Awakened state, Kuro had transformed the entire area into a zero-gravity zone.
But it went even further. Zero gravity was merely the environment—Kuro, as a Devil Fruit user, could actively control it. Under his manipulation, the chaotic space could become a "decomposition field", tearing apart anything fragile. The soil and seawater beneath them shattered and ascended in fragments, their weak structures easily disintegrating.
If he weren't worried about his subordinates and Wano Country's civilians, he could have lifted the entire nation into a gravity-free abyss.
This wasn't just simple weightlessness. It was a space thrown into utter disorder. Even if someone tried to move, they'd need leverage points—but here, their bodies were trapped in chaotic air currents, rendering any effort useless.
Humans couldn't fight nature. Coincidentally, this Ability embodied a form of natural law.
A simulated "natural law" of space.
Kuro didn't know if anyone in the Grand Line could directly manipulate space. From what he remembered, some arrogant lightning-brat had reached the Moon barehanded, no spacesuit needed. If his memory was correct, perhaps the Grand Line's denizens could survive in space. But Kuro merely simulated a space he understood—his own interpretation.
Want to move?
Master the rhythm of this chaotic floating realm first.
The Float-Float Fruit's strength had always lain in strategy, not raw power. Kuro's Awakening didn't enhance his personal combat might—it reshaped the battlefield itself into something far more useful.
Right now, he had an advantage far superior to Shanks' legendary "Fart Rampage" across the Grand Line on a single ship.
True, he couldn't directly control living bodies, but in this chaotic space, his enemies were immobilized.
If he could manipulate living beings, there'd be no challenge at all.
He'd created this Awakening. As a Devil Fruit user, he could move freely within this space. And he was already a swordsman of lethal precision.
Violent output plus absolute control.
How could you possibly compete?
Kuro chuckled, stepping forward. His body drifted into the chaotic void as he gripped his Yokai Blade. The Black-Back Blood Blade shimmered, its edge glinting even in the turbulent air.
"This technique..."
Ro strained to extend his hand, an enormous dome of spatial distortion enveloping Flower Capital. Just as he was about to activate his Ability, his body lurched violently, ascending rapidly into the high sky.
"Room!" Ro activated his power, vanishing with Luffy's crew, Eustass Kid, and Yamato in tow. They reappeared far away, still trapped in the chaotic currents.
"Fool."
Kuro grinned upward. "You think your domain's larger than mine? On land, maybe I'd need to hold back. But in the air? You'll never come down."
He'd anticipated Ro's move. The moment Ro activated his Ability, Kuro seized the chance to expand his chaotic space skyward, removing all restraint for Wano's people. Ro's domain couldn't possibly match his range.
Could Ro teleport across the entire Wano Country? Obviously not.
But Kuro's power could envelop Wano—and far beyond.
"Viguo!!"
Charlotte·Big Mom roared midair, gripping Napoleon tightly. A shockwave of energy slashed through the chaotic air, carving a fleeting gap—but the disordered space immediately swallowed it whole.
"The old Four Emperors are still the old Four Emperors. Quick reflexes, but adapting to this environment? Impossible." Kuro shook his head with a smirk.
Chaos had no pattern, no order, no openings or anchor points. The only "opening" was himself. Defeat him, and the Awakening's power would vanish.
But... how could that happen?
After all, from his debut to now, he'd never tasted defeat.
(End of Chapter)
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