New World, Whole Cake Island.
"Ikoku Sovereignty!"
Boom!
A massive sword shockwave shot across the island, wiping out everything in its path as it split the sea apart.
Dong!
A bell-like resonance rolled across the battlefield, followed by violent air currents that swept through the shattered terrain.
From Aramaki's outstretched hand, bloodsucking vines shot out like living spears and pierced several of Big Mom's children as he glanced toward the huge explosion.
"Quite intense. Then I cannot fall behind an old man."
He raised his other hand, and more vines surged out, stabbing toward the endlessly generated biscuit soldiers and the incoming sea of candy.
Cracker looked battered as he struggled to catch his breath. His ability was being completely countered. Large numbers of biscuit soldiers were drained of energy and shattered.
Creating them did not take much stamina, but too many were being absorbed, and the power inside his body was gradually running out.
Gritting his teeth, he tightened his grip on the greatsword and charged forward.
"Stop right there!"
Rings of air currents wrapped around the blade. As he swung it down, a powerful sword shockwave rushed toward Aramaki.
The slash shattered his body into green plant powder before he reappeared elsewhere.
"Useless. I ate the Logia type Woods-Woods Fruit. I am nature!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the vines that had absorbed the biscuit soldiers surged out even more.
Half of Whole Cake Island was drowned in green. Everything they passed turned into dried corpses.
Cracker's face twisted in fury at the sight.
"Damn it!"
His fruit ability was completely restrained by the opponent, but if he did not use it, defeat would come even faster. Using it could at least buy them some time.
Countless biscuit soldiers poured out around him. But instead of charging at Aramaki, they escorted the remaining brothers and sisters as they retreated.
In a short span of time, several of them had already died. Continuing to fight in their current state would only lead to further losses.
At this moment, the island's defenses were weak. Katakuri was far away on Secon Island. Even if he were present, it might not change the outcome, but the situation would not be this bad.
With only him and Perospero, they were already struggling to hold the enemy back.
That man's ability completely suppressed most of the family's powers.
The only one who might counter this plant monster was Oven, but it would take time for him to arrive from the base.
Cracker kept clapping his hands as the biscuit soldiers split into two groups. One escorted Big Mom's children to escape, while the other reinforced themselves with Haki and cut down the incoming vines.
As for the unrelated subordinates, almost all of them were already dead. The dense vines were covered with hanging bodies.
Perospero pointed both hands at Aramaki and activated his ability as syrup surged from the ground.
"Candy Wave!"
The thick syrup flowed and rose continuously. Like a towering tidal wave, it rushed forward and engulfed him.
Boom!
The syrup scattered and instantly solidified.
Large patches of vines were locked inside the hardened syrup. They trembled slightly as if trying to keep growing, yet were held down firmly.
A drop of cold sweat ran down Perospero's forehead.
"Retreat!"
While maintaining control of the syrup, he could sense the energy inside it draining away. The imprisoned vines began to tremble even more violently, and the hardened candy would soon shatter completely.
The pressure on Cracker eased a little, and the biscuit soldiers quickly escorted the others away.
Suddenly, a shadow fell over him. Cracker's pupils shrank as Armament Haki instantly covered his body.
Puchi!
The sound of flesh being pierced rang out.
He looked down at his chest in disbelief. He actually could not block it.
The vines pierced through his body, twisting constantly as blood dripped from them.
"Uh... uh..."
The strength in his body continued to fade. He wanted to resist but simply could not.
Perospero's eyes widened as terror appeared on his face.
"Cracker!"
With a wave of his hand, several candy sea bulls burst out from the ground. Covered in Armament Haki, they charged toward Aramaki.
The admiral's faint voice echoed.
"Nature is everywhere."
His hand pushed forward. Cracker's body struggled violently, but it was nothing more than a final flicker before death.
The biscuit soldiers escorting the others suddenly shattered. The people who fell to the ground all looked back in shock.
"Big Brother Cracker!"
He was defeated and died in battle.
Aramaki slowly turned his gaze toward the terrified Perospero as a cruel smile spread across his lips.
Far away on the horizon, Oven's angry voice arrived along with a red hot sea current.
"Tropical Torment!"
The scorching sea current slammed into the sea of vines. The boiling red seawater swept through the plants and burned them until they withered.
Aramaki's figure disappeared before being submerged. A flying flower bloomed above his head as he hovered in mid air.
"Ah. So hot…"
His hands stretched out and turned into spreading plants that connected to the ground below.
Huge tree giants rose one after another.
"Groves of Wrath!"
The massive modified tree giants ignored the boiling seawater and rushed toward Big Mom's fleeing children as Aramaki himself looked toward Oven, who was rapidly approaching from the horizon.
"What a bother…"
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Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out, then a gigantic flaming mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
Big Mom's figure had grown slightly slimmer as intense flames burned on her head.
Napoleon was in her right hand while lightning flashed in her raised left hand.
Boom!
Her fist, wrapped in lightning and Conqueror's Haki, collided with Garp's iron fist. The resulting shockwave spread in all directions as the ground beneath them kept cracking apart.
With the two at the center, the shattered earth churned as huge craters appeared everywhere.
Flames burned on Napoleon's blade. The air itself began to distort from the heat as Big Mom slashed toward Garp's head.
Boom!
Garp's other hand, covered in Armament Haki, grabbed the blade tightly. The muscles in his arms swelled as veins bulged across his face.
"Haa!"
He lifted Big Mom's massive body over his head and stepped forward, shooting up nearly a thousand meters into the sky while holding her before hurling her down.
At the moment she was thrown toward the ground, she went slightly mad as she drew on Zeus' lightning.
"God of Lightning Tenjin!"
Rumble!
The thunderclouds gathered above Whole Cake Island began to shine brightly.
Hundreds and thousands of bolts of lightning struck toward Garp.
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