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Chapter 399: Clashing Head-On With Big Mom
The air over Whole Cake Island felt as if it had been entirely sucked dry.
Two terrifying bursts of Conqueror's Haki clashed relentlessly in the sky, tearing a massive abyss through the firmament! It wasn't just a clash of auras; it was a battle to the death between the wills of two monsters.
On one side was the Emperor who had ruled the New World for decades, the natural-born destroyer, Charlotte Linlin. On the other side was the "perfect masterpiece" who had just returned from hell, integrating the power of the Demon King and the Sun Breathing swordsman, Katakuri.
CRACK—!
After a few seconds of deadlock, the ground of the port beneath them utterly shattered, sending countless shards of rock shooting out like bullets.
Perospero, who had been kneeling in the corner, was blown away by the shockwave, tumbling pathetically several times before coming to a halt. He looked up in terror, his face filled with disbelief.
He… he blocked it?!
The Katakuri who only ever obeyed Mama's every command had actually blocked the oppressive might of a Four Emperor head-on?!
"Ma… mamamama!!"
Mama's signature bizarre laughter rang out once more, but the usual joy was entirely gone, leaving only bone-chilling, explosive rage. She stared dead at the "treacherous son" before her, her eyes bulging with ferocious, bloodshot veins.
"Interesting… Too interesting! Katakuri! Is this the confidence you bought from that East Blue merchant?"
Mama violently waved her hand, snatching the blown-away bicorne hat, Napoleon, from the air. The hat rapidly transformed into a giant sword blazing with soul fire, the blade elongating to tens of meters!
"To dare unleash Conqueror's Haki against the mother who gave birth to you and raised you… Who gave you the guts?!"
BOOM!
Without any warning, Mama swung the giant sword with one hand. Carrying a world-destroying, freakish strength, she cleaved it straight down toward Katakuri's head!
It was a slash capable of splitting the sea in two! Even the air shrieked and exploded under that monstrous physical power!
"It's over! Brother Katakuri is going to be chopped in half!" Galette covered her eyes in the back, letting out a despairing scream.
All the children knew that in the face of Mama's absolute strength, no one could take a hit head-on and live.
However, the sound of flesh being torn apart never came. There was only a deafening clang of metal colliding!
CLANG!!
Sparks erupted like fireworks, instantly illuminating the dim port.
Galette trembled as she peeked through her fingers. The next second, her pupils contracted to pinpricks, and her body froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.
It wasn't just her. Smoothie, Daifuku, Oven… every single member of the Charlotte Family present stood with their mouths hanging wide open, completely oblivious to their dislocated jaws.
As the dust settled, that figure, who wasn't considered massive by comparison, stood rigid as a spear, not having yielded a single inch!
The trident in Katakuri's hand, Mogura, had deadlocked against Mama's mountain-crushing giant sword, Napoleon! The veins on his arms bulged, and pitch-black Armament Haki covered his entire body like a suit of armor.
Even more terrifyingly, bizarre black and red patterns writhed continuously across the surface of his skin. It was the physical manifestation of the Demon King's cells in a state of extreme excitement!
"Is this the extent of it? Mama." Katakuri raised his head. There was not a single ripple in those crimson eyes, only a condescending indifference. "If it were the me from the past, I might have been scared out of my wits by you. But after witnessing true 'despair'…"
In Katakuri's mind, the image of the slash delivered by the man named Yoriichi Tsugikuni flashed past. That strike was true divine punishment. By comparison, this crazed old hag before him was simply full of openings!
"Your blade is far too slow."
What?!
Mama's pupils shrank violently. Before she could react, Katakuri's arm suddenly stretched and twisted bizarrely like mochi.
"Strength Mochi: Demon God Thrust!"
BOOM!
That fist, wrapped in black and red lightning, slammed into Mama's iron balloon-like abdomen at a speed invisible to the naked eye!
THUD—!
A dull, heavy impact that made people want to vomit echoed across the area. Mama's massive body was actually forced back over a dozen paces by the sheer force of the punch! With every step she took backward, a deep crater was crushed into the solid ground!
"Blergh!" Mama clutched her stomach, looking in disbelief at the faint red mark on her abdomen.
Pain? She actually felt pain?!
Ever since she became a Four Emperor, aside from the time Mother Carmel's photo was broken, who else in this world could injure her body of steel?!
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Perospero lay on the ground, frantically tearing at his own hair, his eyes nearly popping out of his head. "That's Mama! That's a monster! How could Katakuri push Mama back?! Just what the hell did he experience in that tavern?!"
This scene completely overturned the Charlotte Family's entire worldview. The invincible "God" in their hearts had actually been blasted back by the older brother who had always acted as their protector!
"You insolent brat!!"
Mama was completely enraged. Humiliation! This was a naked, blatant humiliation! She was BIG MOM! The Emperor of the New World! And she had been pushed back by her own son?!
"Prometheus! Zeus!"
"Here, Mama!"
The sky instantly split in two. On the left was a blazing sun capable of incinerating all things; on the right was thunder roaring across the world.
"Go to hell, you treacherous son! Heavenly Fire: Thunderous Strike!"
RUMBLE!
A massive fireball and a pillar of lightning intertwined, transforming into an energy storm of pure destruction that instantly swallowed Katakuri's figure! The extreme heat melted rock into magma in an instant, and the voltage was enough to instantly carbonize any living creature.
"It's over…" Oven painfully closed his eyes. No one could take the combined full-power attack of the Homies head-on. That was the fury of nature.
However, just as everyone thought Katakuri had been reduced to ashes, a hand suddenly reached out from within that terrifying energy storm. A completely intact hand that was even rapidly regenerating!
RIP!
Like tearing open a curtain, Katakuri expressionlessly ripped apart the sky full of fire and lightning with his bare hands!
At this moment, half his body was charred black, exposing stark white bone. But the next second…
Bzzzt!
Flesh and muscle writhed madly, bones instantly reconstructed, and skin rapidly healed. In the blink of an eye, that charred body was completely restored to its original state, not even leaving a single scar behind!
This was the S+ Rank Reward—[Demon God Body (Perfect Version)]! Infinite regeneration! Infinite stamina!
"Here is your answer, Mama." Katakuri stood within the sea of fire, allowing the flames to lick at his body without suffering any harm. He looked at the dumbfounded Mama, the corners of his mouth splitting into a ferocious, arrogant grin.
"Your fire cannot burn me to death. Your lightning cannot shatter me. As long as I wish it…"
Katakuri violently plunged his trident into the ground.
BOOM!
The earth instantly transformed into an ocean of white mochi. Countless pitch-black spikes erupted from the ground, surrounding Mama like a forest of black thorns!
Awakening Technique: Flowing Mochi: Hell's Thorns!
"I can poke a hole straight through the sky of Totto Land! Now, I am taking them away. Do you have any other objections?"
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Mama looked at the unfamiliar son standing before her like a Demon God. For the first time, she felt a heart-palpitating aura radiating from this "greatest masterpiece." It was an aura on the exact same level as her… no, a monster's aura that had even surpassed her on a biological level!
That Foosha Village in the East Blue… That merchant named Blake… Just what kind of monster had he created?!
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