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Chapter 486: Stay Right Here!
Chapter 486: Stay Right Here!
On the other side of Broken Cake Island, a swift flash of lightning appeared before Katakutsu, moving so quickly that it was barely visible.
Clang!
Katakutsu's trident, 'Earth Dragon', thrust forward, creating a spark on its blade. Then, like a blacksmith, his eyes glowed with a red aura, and he began to swing his weapon rapidly.
Clang, clang, clang!
With his trident, he swung in anticipation, aiming to pierce that incredibly fast figure. But his attack was quickly countered, and it became a clash of weapons.
"Rainy Sticky Balls!"
Katakutsu spun his trident outward, blocking the lightning-like sword swings, then quickly crouched and pressed down on the ground. The ground, already transformed into sticky rice cakes, quickly rose into numerous rice cake strips that fell like rain onto the spot where the lightning had appeared.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
As soon as the lightning stopped, countless lightning blades burst forth, cutting through the rice cake strips, which then soared into the sky.
Lily appeared high in the air, her white lightning sword swirling with thunderbolts. She swiftly swung downward, unleashing a net of lightning.
"Thunder Net!"
"Useless!"
Katakutsu plunged his trident into the ground, and his fists were enveloped in a faint glow. Under this radiance, some rice cake rings appeared on the ground near him. With a sweep of his hand, a rice cake ball sprouted a huge rice cake arm filled with Tyrant Energy, blocking the net of lightning infused with slashing attacks.
"Beydeta Lily, I was a bit careless last time, but I won't make the same mistake again! Unmatched Donuts!"
Two rice cake balls on the ground extended two sticky rice arms, both covered in Armament Aura, swiftly reaching upward to pursue Lily in the sky.
"Tyrant Energy?"
A cold light flashed in Lily's eyes. "This level of power is not enough."
She kicked off a smoke ring in the air, her body seemingly merging with her sword. Transforming into lightning, she slashed fiercely at the oncoming fist, filling the entire rice cake fist with thunderbolts. With a single strike, she split it open from the center.
Lily kicked off the surface of the sliced rice cake fist, then sidestepped and slashed at the wrist of the other arm, severing it. She spun around and thrust her white lightning sword into the empty air below.
"Eightfold Thunder Birds!"
The swirling thunderbolts on her sword entangled with the Tyrant Energy, and under the combined force of the slashing attacks, they transformed into eight soaring thunderbirds. After turning in the air, they attacked Katakutsu from all directions.
"A change in direction of the slashing attacks?"
Even Katakutsu was momentarily stunned by this sudden move. "Thunderbolts? No, is that a demon sword? In that case..."
Clap!
He clapped his hands, and the rice cake rings on the ground expanded even further.
Unlike in the Mirror World, where he could awaken and assimilate the entire world, in the real world, he could only assimilate the land. He lacked the ability to attack from all directions.
However, this didn't mean he had become weaker.
"Sticky Ball Chant!"
From the numerous rice cake rings, countless rice cake arms shot out, covered in Tyrant Energy, and bombarded the turning thunderbird slashes. Several rice cake arms hit one of the thunderbirds, as if multiple people were grabbing the soaring bird and erasing it.
At their level and status, the utilization of abilities was undoubtedly important, but the existence of Tyrant Energy was the fundamental key.
Rice cakes were inherently weak. Even dried and hardened rice cakes couldn't match the hardness of steel. Katakutsu's position among the Three Generals was undoubtedly due to the power of Tyrant Energy!
Powerful Tyrant Energy was the key to determining victory!
Katakutsu's eyes glowed with a red aura, and his Tyrant Aura surged into the sky. All the rice cake rings burst forth with Tyrant Energy-infused rice cake arms, attacking Lily as she bounced in the air.
A simple group attack against such a swift slashing opponent would be difficult to capture without favorable terrain, but under the power of his Perception Color, Katakutsu was confident he could capture her.
As for that mysterious slashing attack that could sever his Perception Color...
He wanted to see it again!
This time...
"I will defeat you!"
Katakutsu looked up, "Are you running away? Or will you dodge and then attack, showing me your true strength!"
"Provocation Technique?"
Lily bounced in the air, and as one of the approaching rice cake fists drew near, she dodged upward and gracefully landed on the fist.
She stared at the numerous rice cake fists approaching like spears, and a glimmer of blue-white light flashed in her eyes.
Lily crouched slightly, and her sword, also wrapped in a blue-white spiral aura, was sheathed as she assumed a ready stance.
"Who do you think I am? I don't need to be provoked by such things."
Clang!
The blue-white light illuminated the gloomy sky, and for a moment, a lightning-like flash entered Katakutsu's vision.
The rice cake arms he had sent out were neatly severed at their center, along with the future trajectory of Lily's movement that he should have seen in his Perception Color.
Just like in the previous battle, his Perception Color had been completely severed!
Moreover, this time, the severing was exceptionally clean. Unlike before, where he could still sense a faint connection, Katakutsu could clearly feel the sharpness of the severing, with not a trace of residue remaining.
"Don't underestimate my perception! I don't need Kenbunshoku Haki to sense things!"
Katakuri's eyes widened as he shouted, and the mochi ring on the ground extended its mochi arms once again, reaching out towards the sharp beam of light that had appeared in front of them.
The strength of their Tyrant Auras was actually quite similar, but the difference lay in how they utilized it. One spread their aura across multiple mochi arms to capture the fast-moving birds.
The other concentrated their aura on a single point, reaching the peak of their abilities and breaking free from the black cage.
Sizzle!
The sword's light flickered, and Lily appeared behind Katakuri, her body still in the motion of sheathing her sword. Numerous wounds covered her body, all of them bearing the imprint of a fist.
Her battle skirt was stained with blood, and her arms, now bent at unnatural angles, were clearly broken.
Katakuri, on the other hand, maintained his stance with both arms raised, and the mochi arms extending from the mochi ring also hung motionless in the air.
Boom!
The sky suddenly erupted with thunder.
Boom!
As the thunder roared, a gaping wound tore open on Katakuri's body, from his left temple to his right waist, spewing blood.
Katakuri's body staggered, and he fell to one knee, appearing to have lost his breath and remaining motionless.
Lily sheathed her sword and stood up, not even glancing at Katakuri. Instead, she looked towards the center of the sea and said calmly, "I've won."
After a moment, Katakuri gasped for breath, grabbing the trident beside him for support and slowly standing up. With each step, he grunted, "I can still fight!"
Human willpower could accomplish miracles.
He couldn't afford to lose. Only he had the strength to stop Big Mom among the Big Mom Pirates.
If he fell, no one would be able to stop Big Mom's insatiable hunger and her terrifying rule.
His family, his brothers, and sisters... He couldn't lose!
"A mere sword can't cut me down!"
Katakuri shouted, "Come on, keep fighting! Unless you step over my corpse, you won't be able to deal with anyone else!"
If this woman were allowed to leave the fight, the damage she could inflict would be unbearable for the others.
He had to hold her back, at least until Big Mom defeated the Cataclysm!
"It's pointless."
Lily watched as the seawater in the center, divided by the barrier, poured down. Above the sea, the familiar black cloud slowly rose, and she said, "Feel it. We've won."
"Mama!!"
Using his perception, Katakuri sensed something and showed an expression of utter disbelief.
Big Mom's aura... had disappeared! At the same time, on the battlefield, several connected cake ships were now shrouded in shadows under the gloomy sky.
Wherever the shadows passed, shadow-infused spears grew, skewering members of the Big Mom Pirates like a kebab.
Among them were Nustaldy, Baskalde, and Dusmarce, three short-statured individuals, as well as Notte, Lawlin, Mondol, and Hafat.
As sons of Charlotte Linlin, they were undoubtedly stronger than ordinary people, but their strength was not enough to impress Moriah.
"Hehehehehe!"
Moriah materialized from the shadows, his potbelly protruding as he walked towards the front of the deck. He gazed at the ocean current vortex that had reappeared in the center and the black cloud above it, letting out a sharp laugh.
"It seems we've won."
Most of the well-known members of the Big Mom Pirates had been matched up against their own powerful executives, leaving Moriah to pick on the weaker ones, who couldn't put up a fight.
In terms of numbers, they were inferior to the Big Mom Pirates, but in terms of combat power, they now had a clear advantage.
"Hmm, those two are doing well too. No wonder Sage wanted them on the team."
Moriah looked to the side, where on a Cataclysm warship, the 'Warrior of Destiny' Zift was wielding twin swords and leaping into the air. With a few slashes, he deflected the incoming cannonballs and jumped onto the opposing cake ship, his swordplay effortlessly taking down the crew.
On the other side, the extremely pale-skinned 'Wind-Chasing General' Misty was even more impressive. As someone who could manipulate air currents, her flying ability alone made her a formidable opponent. Her bow-shot air currents, in the form of swords, could easily tear through the cake ships.
On the sea, this individual's role was even more significant.
Unlike Wapol, who rampaged through the ships, slaughtering everyone in his path, no one could stop her. Moriah, too, was unstoppable on the sea. However, besides combat, he had another responsibility—strategic command and support.
This task was supposed to be handled by Lily, Hawkins, and himself, but the other two were clearly busy, leaving the responsibility to him.
"Hey, Slaman, adjust the 62nd Warship's course by 45 degrees to the left, and raise the gun barrel by 5 centimeters. You won't hit the target at this angle."
"He gazed at a warship engaged in battle ahead, then took out a telephone cricket that had been keeping communication open. Just as he finished giving orders, he felt a sudden sensation and looked towards the center of Cake Island.
That place had already been shattered, and no one knew what was happening inside. All they knew was that two powerful Tyrant Auras were frantically entwining and eroding each other.
But now...
'Oh!!'
Moria's eyes followed the rising black cloud on the sea surface, and his lips curled upwards as the cloud ascended.
'We won!'
He clenched his fist and laughed exuberantly, "We won! We defeated Charlotte Linlin! We defeated one of the Four Emperors!"
Defeating a Four Emperor single-handedly!
Sage
had undoubtedly reached the same level as Kaido!
Perhaps he could now replace Kaido as the top fighter!
'Soon, I'll have my revenge on you, Kaido!'
Moria's eyes gradually filled with bloodshot, "This time, I won the bet!"
"Big Mom."
On one of the cake ships, Brulee took out Charlotte Linlin's Life Card and watched as the paper burned, quickly turning to ashes and disappearing. She widened her three eyes, gazing incredulously towards the center position and muttered, "Defeat."
Not only had they lost, but the Life Card had also vanished!
Big Mom's Pirate Crew.
Defeated!
'Hahahaha! Whooshahahaha!'
As the black cloud rose above the gloomy clouds, Sage looked down at the people still fighting below. His maniacal laughter filled the nearby sea, echoing in the sky and reaching everyone's ears.
'I won!'
There was no need for extra words; declaring his victory was sufficient.
'How is this possible, Big Mom.'
Perospero trembled, "I've seen through their intentions, and I have a way to stop them, but..."
How could they stop this?
The opponents were coming with full force, and it was clear they had emptied their entire force. Perospero had a strategy to counter the Calamity Pirates' tactical intentions.
After all, they also had intelligence on the enemy's executives.
Beydeta Lily, blocked by Katakuri, would take some time to defeat, regardless of who won.
Their Three Generals had successfully restrained the enemy's fighting power. As for Wapol, who was charging recklessly, he was a nuisance, but with some effort, they could hold him back.
That guy hadn't reached the level to defeat the Big Mom's Pirate Crew yet. With some cost, they could still win.
Moria was in a similar situation.
The Big Mom's Pirate Crew did have some fighting power, and Big Mom's children weren't pushovers either; they had some strength. Combined with their forces, their chances of victory were high.
As long as they could hold back Moria and Wapol and deal with the other living forces first, they would be fine.
That was his plan, and he executed it. While fighting Renetia, he had also set up a strategy. Although he would undoubtedly suffer significant losses after the battle, compared to the current fight, any losses were bearable.
As long as they could hold out...
But now, the problem was that they had managed to hold them off, but the biggest one
had failed.
'Retreat! Everyone, retreat!!'
Perospero, with one hand blown off by a massive explosion of stray light beams, shouted, "Everyone, retreat! Don't gather here! We're leaving this place!"
Big Mom was gone.
No matter how they fought now, it was meaningless.
The Calamity and the Four Emperors were of the same breed.
Both possessed overwhelming power!
These guys sought subordinates solely to help them achieve their rule, not for their fighting strength.
They couldn't be defeated!
'Run?'
Sage, in the sky, curled his lips and pointed upwards.
The gloomy sky gathered thunderclouds, which instantly expanded over the entire sea, covering the cake ships below and the Big Mom's Pirate Crew standing on the broken Cake Island.
'You can't run! I've defeated Big Mom, so everything she had belongs to me now. You understand the rule of the victor, don't you? Just like...'
Kuma!
The black jade beads around his neck suddenly burst, igniting flames that connected and formed a fiery ring, automatically flying behind his head.
This also caused him to raise his hand, summoning a massive fireball.
'Just like I've plundered everything from Big Mom!'
Boom!
The thundercloud released lightning, striking down on the cake ships below.
'Heavenly Fullness, Great Deity of Freedom!'
At the same time, the giant fireball on his finger completely solidified.
'What shall we call it? Great Flame Ring, Flame Emperor? Hmm...'
Sage chuckled lightly, moved his fingers, and threw the enormous fireball. It suddenly exploded in the air, splitting like falling meteors, also targeting the cake ships.
"Heaven's Fire, Meteor Shower!"
'Stay Right Here! Whooshahahaha!'
(End of Chapter)
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