Chapter 471: A Battle of Soldiers and Generals
Chapter 471: A Battle of Soldiers and Generals
"Cataclysm Pirates!"
Among the many Big Mom Pirates ships tasked with intercepting the Straw Hats, Charlotte Daifu was rubbing his waist, summing a Smoke Devil, and riding the smoke towards the largest flagship.
On the Doomstar, Lily had reached the front of the deck, calmly gazing at the approaching purple-black devil. By her side, Marica on the left smiled brightly, while Renitia on the right revealed a small fang, showing no intention of attacking.
Even Akainu behind them simply crossed his arms, standing silently.
The storm raged on, with the howling winds fluttering everyone's clothes and hair.
Just as the Smoke Devil, wielding a large sword, was about to slash down in front of Lily, a piercing sound suddenly came from behind, followed by a smoke ring that appeared from the side of the flagship. A figure emerged from it, quickly colliding with the descending sword.
Boom!
The heavy force clashed with the descending sword for a moment, and then the person extended a fist, springing forward and punching the devil in the face. With a punch, the devil was dispersed, and without pausing, the figure created another smoke ring in midair before landing on the ship where Charlotte Daifu was located.
"Oh?"
Daifu looked at the figure crouching on the deck, his legs transformed into springs, "Are you challenging me?"
Belami raised his head, a sinister smile appearing on his face, "I'm your opponent!"
Boom!
As he spoke, a warship appeared from the side of the flagship and fired its first cannonball, hitting the cake ship. It accelerated and rammed into the ship with its battering ram.
A large number of pirates jumped off the warship, drawing blades and firearms, gathering behind Belami.
At the same time, the entire fleet behind the Doomstar set sail, half heading towards Cake Island and the other half attacking the cake ships in the sea area.
"I've found you."
On the deck of a warship, Urki carried a lead pillar, allowing the ship to fire cannons from both sides while facing another ship that was distinctly different from the cake ships.
On that approaching ship, he spotted Snaggle, who had already drawn his sword.
Urki revealed a sinister smile, "The last battle wasn't satisfying. This time, it should be easier."
"He's not your target."
Another warship sailed alongside, and Hawkins drew a few tarot cards, glancing at Snaggle in front of him. He said calmly, "Your individual odds of winning are 80%. The divination results are also favorable. There's no need to overthink it. We're not here for a solo fight. Our plan is to quickly defeat the troublesome ones."
In large-scale battles, discipline is paramount.
Lily's strategy was to first eliminate the troublesome members of the Big Mom Pirates, preventing them from turning their attention to their subordinates. Otherwise, even if Sage managed to defeat Big Mom, the losses they would suffer would be unbearable.
Cannon fodder?
Even cannon fodder takes time to recruit. The vast sea doesn't refresh at midnight.
These hard-to-recruit and trained subordinates are not meant to test the rumor of ants defeating an elephant.
Plundering, occupying, and stabilizing all require manpower.
The best approach is, of course, a battle of soldiers and generals.
Snaggle is not important, but defeating him is.
Moreover...
"Take him out first."
Hawkins put away his tarot cards and drew his longsword, "Then let's find Crackers. Our fight from last time wasn't over."
In this situation, he didn't need to display a strong demeanor. Strategy took precedence. If two people could easily handle one opponent, there was no need for a solo challenge.
Boom, boom, boom!
The appearance and attack of the Cataclysm Fleet naturally provoked a counterattack from Big Mom's crew, with a barrage of cannonballs fired from the Cake Ship towards the Cataclysm Fleet.
Although they weren't the type of cannons that could be fired while standing on deck in the rain, the cannons inside the ship's cabin could still be launched.
Most of the Cake Ship's targets were focused on the leading ship, the Doomstar, as they knew it was the flagship.
"Sugar Sea Bull!"
On one of the ships, Perospero waved his candy staff, and a large clump of candy descended from the staff's position, forming a massive candy wave on the sea surface, towering higher than the Doomstar and surging forward.
While seawater could render Devil Fruit users powerless, it had never been known to completely nullify their abilities; only another Devil Fruit user could do that.
"Kinetic Cannon!"
Just as the Sugar Sea Bull surged forward, a flash of white light abruptly shot out from the Doomstar, blasting a huge hole in the Sugar Sea Bull and causing it to explode at the center of the hole, scattering its entire body.
"Hehe!"
Renitia aimed her extended mechanical hammer forward, targeting Perospero's direction, and shouted, "Slime Monster! I'll pound you to death this time!"
"You damn brat!"
Perospero's temples bulged with anger, "I'm not a slime monster, this is sugar! Cannon fire! Fire at will!"
Boom, boom, boom!
The surrounding Cake Ships continuously fired cannonballs, and some ships were hit mid-launch by a nearby passing Cataclysm battleship, severing their keels and sinking them.
Despite this, a large number of cannonballs still flew towards the fan-shaped position at the front.
Just as the cannonballs reached mid-flight, a burst of black water erupted from the front of the ships, piercing the cannonballs and causing them to explode in mid-air. The water flow was also blasted apart at this moment, and the scattered water droplets fell into the sea.
Upon closer inspection, it was not 'water' but countless strands of black hair gathered into a bundle.
Marica maintained a smiling face, and her long hair danced in the air, transforming into numerous piercing spikes that punctured and exploded the incoming cannonballs.
"Oh la la."
She glanced in one direction, took a step forward with her long, black-clad legs, and as she kicked up a smoke ring, her hair retracted, and she caught an incoming cannonball with one hand. Before it could explode, she threw it back with a speed and force many times greater than the initial cannon fire, piercing a Cake Ship.
Whoosh! In the next instant, she leaped forward, grabbing the mast and lifting half of the Cake Ship. Her heaving chest made her bosom even more prominent.
Boom! She threw half of the Cake Ship with force, breaking through a smoke ring and smashing it towards a nearby warship.
Sizzle!!
Just as the Cake Ship reached the warship's overhead, it was sliced in half by a watery slash, falling into the sea.
Sumugi stared coldly at the airborne Marica, raising his greatsword towards her.
"Then, I'll be your opponent." Marica smiled.
"It doesn't matter if you were prepared or not. I'll kill anyone who dares, and show you that the Four Emperors are not so easily ambushed!" Sumugi declared coldly.
(End of Chapter)
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