Chapter 333: Engaging in Battle
Chapter 333: Engaging in Battle
The two sides stared at each other for a moment, and the fleets behind them were also approaching at this time.
Perospero transformed his candy scepter into a candy bow, and in his other hand, he condensed a huge arrow made of candy. He drew the bow and aimed at the sky.
"Rain of Death!"
Whoosh!
The giant candy arrow shot towards the sky and then exploded in the air, turning into countless arrows that enveloped Lily and the ships behind her.
There was no way to dodge this wide-range arrow attack. Marika, who was on the ship, was stunned, and her hair started to grow upwards.
"Leave it to me! Engine Machine Gun!"
At this moment, Reinity raised her mechanical hammer into the air, and the hammer head extended into a gun barrel. It spat out tongues of fire, shattering the falling candy arrows.
"Engine Cannon!"
She turned the hammer towards the front and held it horizontally. Sparks flew from her small hands to the hammerhead, and under the power of the engine, it fired a specially made shell at extreme speed.
Perospero was startled. With his Kenbunshoku Haki, he could sense that this small shell was not to be underestimated. He raised his hand, and a huge mass of candy liquid appeared.
"Candy Wall!"
The liquid gushed out from the bow of the ship and attached itself to the statue of a smiling face at the front, forming a shield that caught the incoming shell.
Boom!!
The violent explosion blew up the candy liquid, and the purple-pink viscous liquid splattered everywhere, bringing the two fleets even closer together.
The two main ships collided to the side of Katakuri and Lily.
"Board them!"
Suleiman, who had taken over command, shouted as he brandished his cutlass.
Bang!
The statue of the Swallow Dragon on the bow of the ship collided head-on with the statue of the smiling face, as if triggering a fuse, causing the ships behind them to gather and crash into each other.
"Take them out!"
"Kill!!!"
Shouts and battle cries rang out from the ships as the prepared pirates stepped over the railings and bulwarks and boarded their opponents' ships.
A pirate leaped and slashed at a Big Mom pirate, cutting him down with one blow. Before he could follow up, he was immediately pierced through the neck from the side.
The Big Mom pirates boarded the Death's Messenger. As one of them raised his blade, he was immediately impaled through the abdomen by a man with a long spear. But he was quickly dealt with by another pirate who leaped over and stabbed him through the heart.
Large numbers of pirates attacked and defended against each other, creating a chaotic and brutal melee on the decks.
Boarding battle!
A huge brawl!
"Candy Man!"
Perospero pointed his candy staff at the deck, and candy liquid gushed out, enveloping several intruders. It sealed them in candy, turning them into candy statues.
As someone who had eaten the Leck-Leck Fruit, Perospero had the ability to turn anything into candy, even his enemies. Anyone trapped in this candy only needed to be left for three minutes to become a real candy gourd.
"Kuku kuku kuku, I love this kind of situation the most."
He flicked his elongated tongue and tapped his staff on the deck again, causing more candy waves to surge towards the Heavenly Disaster pirate crew.
A bounty of 700 million berries was not for show.
If it weren't for the fact that he was the eldest brother and had no desire for the position of 'Four Emperors', Snack would never have obtained this position.
When it came to dealing with these small fries, he alone was more than enough.
"Engine Shockwave!"
Just as the candy wave was about to reach the Death's Messenger, a mechanical hammer swung into action. The shockwave created by the hammer's strike collided with the candy waves, causing them to fly apart and splatter into the sea.
"You're all gonna die, dammit!"
Reinity, with her small body, spun around, wielding the mechanical hammer like a giant circle. She knocked away all the approaching enemy pirates.
After spinning a full circle, she stood with the mechanical hammer on her shoulder, facing Perospero, and shouted, "You long-tongued licker, don't you dare desecrate the candy that I like. The way you're using it makes it look unappetizing!"
"What do you mean, the candy that you like?"
Perospero's eyes twitched, and he said angrily, "I am the Minister of Candy. When it comes to making candy, I am the best! You're just a brat who likes candy. It would be better for you to become a Candy Man quietly!"
Everyone in Big Mom's family had a talent for making delicious sweets. When it came to making candy, he was a professional!
"Shut up! Your candy is sticky and gross just to look at! That sticky liquid is so stubborn that even seawater won't dissolve it. If seawater won't touch it, how can you expect people to eat it? Why don't you jump into the sea and let the seawater wash your brain? Maybe that will change your mind and make you more refreshing!"
Reinity raised her mechanical hammer and aimed it forward. "Or I could blow your tongue into your ass, so you can't talk anymore and become a silent man!"
Boom!
Another shell was fired.
At the same time, on another ship that had also boarded an enemy vessel, a tall woman with brown skin and silver-white wavy long hair brandished a longsword, piercing a charging pirate.
The sword did not draw blood, but instead, a suction force was applied, and the pirate who was stabbed let out a moan that sounded like both relief and pain. His robust body quickly withered, turning into a dried corpse that fell to the ground.
"That's enough."
The woman was surrounded by a halo of light that looked like water waves, and at her feet lay more than a dozen dried corpses that had been sucked dry.
Known as "Nine Billion Bounty, Eight Billion Legs" on the high seas, she was one of the 'Sweet Four Generals' and had a bounty of 930 million berries—Charlotte Smoothie.
A Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user who had eaten the Juice-Juice Fruit, she could squeeze the moisture out of anything she touched and turn it into juice, earning her the nickname 'Juice Man'.
She could also absorb the moisture she squeezed out to temporarily strengthen herself.
For example, at this moment, she was holding her sword with both hands and aiming at the side of a black ship. "Just split that ship in half! Juice Slash!!'
Buzz!
As the longsword fell, it created a vertical slash of water that rushed towards the Death's Messenger.
No Haki was needed. The strengthening power that some abilities brought was even more powerful than Haki enhancement!
For example, with this move, a single sword strike could split a ship in two!
For pirate crews, whether large or small, the symbol of their crew was always their main ship.
Destroying the ship would also destroy the symbol of the pirate crew!
"Iron Mass: Spider Web!"
Just as the slash was about to reach the Death's Messenger, black hair intertwined, and layers of thick spider webs suddenly appeared on the side of the ship. The webs, imbued with Haki, firmly blocked the slash.
Boom!!
After a brief stalemate, the slash attack exploded amidst the spider web, dissipating its power but also causing the web to shatter into strands of hair that vanished amidst the tempest.
Hiss! In the very instant they disappeared, snake-like strands of hair shot out from the black ship, piercing through the deck and the bodies of the prepared pirates who were about to attack.
Marika leaped from the bulwark onto another ship, landing amidst the pierced pirates. She smiled at the ship where Smoothie was located and said, "Don't damage the ships, or Sag won't be happy."
"The Raven, huh?"
With narrowed eyes, Smoothie coldly replied, "You seem quite capable. The juice extracted from you should be quite tasty."
Below the ships, amidst the wreckage in the sea, a burly man with three-layered, fan-shaped orange hair jumped off a ship and landed on a piece of wreckage, plunging his hands into the seawater.
His entire body turned a fiery red, and the seawater his hands touched began to boil, emitting bubbles and rapidly expanding outwards.
The seawater transformed into scalding hot liquid! Even the ships would be damaged by such high temperatures!
With just this move, he could annihilate the entire Heavenly Disaster pirate crew!
"I'll boil all of you alive! Hot Spring of the Fiery Sea!"
"Bone-Melting Fist: Flowing Fire!"
Just as the boiling seawater continued to spread, a fireball suddenly appeared in the air and hurtled towards him.
The man hesitated for a moment, then stood up, his red-hot fist meeting the fireball.
Boom! Scorching liquid splashed from his fist, landing on the wreckage and melting holes into it.
"Iron Water?" He furrowed his brows, looking towards the black ship.
On the Death's Messenger, a figure quickly spun through the air, leaving behind several smoke trails before landing on a piece of wreckage and gazing at the person before him.
"Aggin, the Ghost Man," he said in a deep voice.
"The fourth son, Owen."
Aggin said solemnly, "Regardless of your intentions, you'll have to defeat me first."
"So, you're the same type of ability user as me."
Owen snorted, "It seems you won't let me use my ability easily. Fine, then I'll defeat you first and make all of you experience despair!"
"I know your information; your temperature won't affect me."
Aggin drew out the two hammers strapped to his waist, quickly heating them until they turned red. "When it comes to high temperatures, I'm even better than you."
Charlotte Owen, a Paramecia-type ability user of the Netsu Netsu no Mi, also known as the Blazing Fruit.
He could instantly heat up any object he touched, and his ability was so advanced that he could even boil the entire sea!
Aggin didn't possess this ability, but he had his own strengths—his physical prowess, for one, was akin to that of steel!
"Are you that full of yourself just because of your bounty of over 100 million? I'm a different caliber of pirate than you. My bounty is only 300 million because my loyalty lies solely with my family, and as an older brother, I have to give way to my younger siblings."
Owen grinned, "Your intelligence network is lacking. You didn't dig deep enough. Once I kill you, you'll understand what it means to be invited to become a Warlord!"
Aggin the Ghost Man had a bounty of 120 million, and that was because his worth was only that much. To increase his bounty, he would have to progress step by step.
His bounty was only 300 million because he hadn't been active for a long time. However, underestimating him would cost one their life.
Charlotte Owen, once invited to become a Warlord!
Although he refused, he had the qualifications!
On the other side, amidst the wind and rain, a straw whip danced nimbly, piercing through members of the Big Mom Pirates.
Hawkins, his longsword transformed into a straw whip, strode onto the deck, waving his arm to once again scatter a group of pirates preparing to attack. Calmly, he said, "Today, your deaths will be beyond your imagination."
"Roll! Salted Roll!"
As he finished speaking, a spiral sword energy swiftly assaulted him, instantly piercing a spiral hole through his head.
"A pirate with a bounty of just over 300 million dares to board my ship alone!"
In front of the fallen pirates, a man over three meters tall, with purple hair, sparks at the tips of the two locks of hair behind his head, a scar on his right eye, wearing only a right shoulder pauldron and a cloak draped over his shoulder, shouted, "It's only right that you die by my hand!"
Boom! As he spoke, the heads of the fallen pirates suddenly exploded.
At the same time, Hawkins' pierced head was entwined with straw, restoring his normal appearance.
"Who are you?"
He looked at the man.
"I am Charlotte Cracker! Mom's fifteenth child and tenth son!"
Cracker shouted, "Are you immortal or something?!"
"Cracker?"
Hawkins hesitated, then took out a wanted order from his pocket and pointed to the head of a middle-aged man on it. "Is this you?"
"That's me!"
"I'm saying that's not you," Hawkins shook his head. "He doesn't look like you."
"I also say that's not me! That's definitely not me! That's my Biscuit Knight!"
Cracker angrily said, "But it's raining today, so you have the honor of seeing my true face!"
He was very frustrated, especially today; he was incredibly frustrated!
As one of the 'Sweet Four Generals' and the most active among them, Cracker, nicknamed 'Thousand Arms', was the user of the Bisu Bisu no Mi, also known as the Biscuit Fruit.
He usually acted through his Biscuit Knights.
The reason for this was that he was afraid of pain, even the pain of an injection. So, he would wrap himself in biscuits for protection.
As a capable user, he could create biscuits with varying degrees of hardness, including ultra-compressed biscuits as tough as steel.
However, biscuits also had weaknesses; they would soften when soaked in water.
And today, it was pouring rain!
Three of the Four Generals might be a little lacking, but the other three all possessed the strength to destroy a country on their own.
Cracker was the most outstanding among them because he could create a large number of Biscuit Knights, impenetrable and sword-resistant entities that could easily crush arrogant opponents. Coupled with Busoshoku Haki, it was extremely difficult to break through his defense.
But when it rained, he couldn't do anything.
He had no choice but to reveal his true self!
(End of Chapter)
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