Chapter 464: Raving Demon-Like
Chapter 464: Raving Demon-Like
"Mahahaha! You can't escape!"
Charlotte Big Mom's tongue flapped wildly as she flew, gripping her Long Blade and charging upward at full speed—her pace not a bit slower than Kuro's.
"Zeus!"
"Yes, Mother!"
The thundercloud beneath her feet suddenly expanded, crackling with intense lightning. With a deafening boom, a thunderbolt erupted toward the sky, striking Kuro.
Lightning moves faster than the eye can follow.
"Slash!"
The moment the thunder erupted, it already surrounded Kuro. He swiftly swung his blade, releasing a wisp of Black Radiance that cleaved the thunderbolt in half. The lightning split into two streams, racing toward Kuro's flanks.
"Boom!"
As the blade severed the thunder, Kuro let out a sharp cry. His Haki erupted from the blade, merging with a golden slash that surged toward the approaching Charlotte Big Mom.
"Mahahaha!"
Charlotte Big Mom swung her blade to intercept the golden slash, locking in a brief struggle before shattering it with a crack.
With a flick of her left hand, she unleashed another flame, while her thundercloud spat a wisp of lightning. The fire and thunder intertwined, forming a blazing pillar of thunderfire that accelerated toward Kuro, still frozen mid-swing.
"Vermilion Bird!"
Kuro's eyes widened. A fiery encirclement enveloped him just as the thunderfire pillar struck. His form shifted into a winged flame bird mid-air.
The thunderfire pillar pierced the bird's chest, leaving a gaping hole.
"Screech!"
The flame bird shrieked, then dove headfirst into the thunderfire pillar, rocketing toward Charlotte Big Mom. As the flames engulfed her, a shadowy figure burst from the bird's body, appearing behind her.
"Ahhh!!!"
Trapped in flames, Charlotte Big Mom let out a pained roar. The shockwave made Kuro's body tremble. Instinctively, he soared higher, watching the flames collapse under the sonic blast.
"Slash-formed flame?"
Panting, Charlotte Big Mom grinned maliciously. "Mahahaha! Little brat, your techniques are quite unique!"
Her dress was now tattered, revealing a dense network of pale scars across her body—though they were already fading.
Completely ineffective!
"Mahahaha! If that's all you've got, it won't work on me!" Charlotte Big Mom cackled.
"Is that so?"
Kuro hovered high above, gazing down at the tiny island below. "Then guess why I flew this high?"
"Hm?" Charlotte Big Mom looked up, her eyes narrowing at a wisp of blackness descending from the sky.
The heavens darkened.
Kuro spread his five fingers, aiming them at Charlotte Big Mom. "Because those annoying Homies in the sea can't reach this altitude."
Above him, a torrent of seawater burst through the clouds, cascading downward.
"Heavenly Flame! Thundercloud!"
Charlotte Big Mom threw a punch, launching the thunderfire pillar at Kuro.
"Lion's Majesty: Imperial Palace Sea Spiral!"
A colossal waterspout erupted from the seawater, spiraling downward to collide with the thunderfire pillar.
Boom!!
The clash of water and fire erupted into a massive steam cloud, obscuring the battlefield.
"Prometheus!"
Charlotte Big Mom aimed her flame fist at the smoke. "Zeus!"
"Yes, Mother!"
The two Homies roared in unison. Flames spewed fireballs, while the thundercloud encased them in lightning, unleashing a barrage of thunderfire orbs into the smoke.
"Afterimage."
A voice suddenly echoed behind Charlotte Big Mom.
Kuro materialized behind her, Autumn Water sheathed. He assumed an Iaijutsu stance, palm open, gripping the hilt as he stared at the old hag.
"Swallow Return!"
Shing!
His hand closed on the hilt, drawing the blade in a flash. Three golden lightning-charged slashes erupted, sealing Charlotte Big Mom's escape routes.
"You!"
Charlotte Big Mom's eyes darted backward as she prepared to retaliate. Suddenly, two waterspouts erupted from the smoke—one slamming into her head, the other into her flaming arm.
Crash!
The force of the water impact jolted her body, drenching her in a sudden halt.
"Mother, watch out!" Prometheus screamed, flying from her arm.
The three slashes struck. A wisp of light aimed for her neck, another for her chest, and a third from the side.
"Hmph!!"
Charlotte Big Mom's eyes flared. She raised her arm.
Clang!!!
Napoleon's blade blocked the neck-targeting slash.
Hiss-hiss!!
But blood spurted from her waist and chest.
"Little brat!!"
Pain twisting her face, Charlotte Big Mom swung wildly—but only at an afterimage.
Kuro reappeared high above, smirking. "You think I'd clash head-on with you? I'm not insane."
Even after being hit by two seawater blasts, she still had this much power. Clashing directly might send him crashing into the ocean.
But—
"It's over."
Kuro slammed his palm downward. The Grand Line's seawater domain, which had pierced the clouds, now surged toward him. With a press of his palm, the entire mass descended like a tidal wave.
The seawater's force felt like the sky itself collapsing, darkening everything.
"Go experience Aokiji's Ice Age, old hag!" Kuro snarled grimly.
"Hey, what the hell is that?!"
On Cake Island, Perospero gaped at the descending seawater. "Can humans really do this?!"
"Obviously", Katacurry muttered, sweat dripping as he stared at the sky. "That's a genuine monster, Mother."
"Mother!!"
Prometheus and the thundercloud screamed in unison.
Charlotte Big Mom ignored the descending seawater entirely. She casually wiped the blood from her chest and waist, staring at her hand with a manic smile. "How long has it been since a young man made me bleed? Mahahaha, Prometheus!"
"Yes, Mother!"
The flames exploded violently. Charlotte Big Mom extended her arm, letting the flames crawl up her sleeve, engulfing her arm, and finally encircling her hair into a blazing crown.
"Napoleon!"
She roasted her Long Blade in the flames, wrapping it in fire. The face on the blade twisted grotesquely. Her thundercloud spat lightning, encasing the blade in arcs of electricity.
"Sea water."
Charlotte Big Mom glared at the descending Grand Line seawater. Gripping Napoleon tightly, white flames surged around her as she rocketed upward, swinging her blade with a thunderous strike.
"Mahahaha!!!"
Her explosive laughter reverberated through the seawater, making it tremble.
Above, Kuro's expression hardened as he tightened his grip on Autumn Water.
"Emperor Sword!"
A booming voice erupted from below the seawater.
"Barrage Viguo!!!"
Boom!!!
The seawater split in half like tofu. A torrent of flame, rivaling the Grand Line's seawater in scale, erupted upward. Kuro barely dodged in terror.
The thunder-infused explosion of flames expanded outward, turning the sky crimson. The light pierced the darkness of Kuro's seawater onslaught, bathing the island and sea below in sudden brilliance.
Steam billowed into the air, nearly obscuring all of Totto Land.
Within the steam, Charlotte Big Mom's head crowned in flames, her back cloaked in a hood of fire, her thundercloud crackling with purple lightning that surged over her body.
Her tongue hung out, her bloodshot eyes locked on Kuro as she gripped her massive Long Blade—engulfed in white flames, lightning dancing across its length.
"Little brat!!!"
Her appearance was utterly raving demon-like!
Kuro's seawater domain had been completely evaporated!
(End of Chapter)
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