On Oven Island, occasional explosions rang out, followed by flying debris, collapsing buildings and clouds of dust.
"Huff... huff... I'm not running anymore. I won't run. Just kill me, damn it! I would rather die right here than take another step!"
Queen's massive body was covered in wounds, his face smeared with dirt, his clothes reduced to tattered rags—he looked like a beggar from newyork.
No one could imagine what he'd endured over the past half-hour.
Being relentlessly pursued by the brainless Weevil, with even the slightest slowdown triggering terrifyingly powerful attacks from his pursuer.
"Hey! Even a hanged man gets to catch his breath! You—"
"Waaargh! I'll kill you!" Weevil's small eyes burned red as he raised his guandao again.
Whoosh!
Queen's bulky body shot forward like a rubber ball, narrowly escaping Weevil's slash.
Weevil's enormous frame resembled an oversized version of Queen—both men were round in shape.
Their chase resembled two giant meatballs or millstones rolling rapidly across the landscape, leaving trails of smoke in their wake.
Swish! Swish!
Suddenly, the sound of air splitting came from the distant horizon as two figures approached at incredible speed.
Queen looked up excitedly.
At first glance, seeing Katakuri's distinctive long horns, he became excited, mistaking him for his beloved Caesar-sama.
He immediately waved his arms and shouted.
"Boss! Boss! Over here!"
Weevil, distracted by the sudden appearance of the newcomers, froze in place.
His dull-witted brain, without Miss Bakkin's guidance, completely lost its bearings.
His sluggish reaction resembled internet speeds from the 2G era.
Katakuri descended from the sky without a word and immediately unleashed his attack.
"Mochi Giri!"
His right arm instantly expanded dozens of times its normal size.
The giant arm, coated in Armament Haki, bristled with long spikes and shimmered with dark, eerie flames.
BOOM!
Like a thunderclap, the massive arm swept through the air, leaving afterimages as it struck the stunned Weevil.
The colossal explosion seemed to shake all of Oven Island.
The ground fractured in layers, soil churning like ocean waves.
Everything within a hundred-meter radius was obliterated, leaving behind a bottomless pit.
"Waaah!" Queen went flying like a ball caught in a hurricane.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two figures landed instantly at the pit's edge.
Yamato peered into the pit.
At the bottom of the pit, the hulking Weevil—though moving slowly—shook his head and climbed back to his feet after enduring Katakuri's devastating attack.
Weevil shook the dirt from his head, his beady eyes gleaming with menace as he roared.
"That hurt! Now I'm angry!"
Yamato's lips parted in shock.
"What... what kind of monster is he? He took that attack head-on and didn't die?"
At this moment, Queen shuffled back weakly, eyeing Yamato and the others sideways.
"Thought it was Caesar-sama coming to save me. If it had been him, this guy would already be dead!"
Yamato gave him a disdainful glance, her face twisting in disgust at the sight of Queen's fat body.
"Hey hey, what's with that look? Looking down on me, Grandpa Queen?" Queen jumped up like a pig whose tail had been stepped on, pointing at Yamato.
"Do you have any idea what I've been through these past thirty minutes? Do you?"
"No, and I don't want to know." Yamato remained indifferent, toying with the club in her hands without even glancing his way.
Queen was left speechless, nearly choking on his own breath.
He opened his mouth, then suddenly chuckled lightly.
"Fine then. Since you're so curious, Daddy Queen will graciously enlighten you."
He pointed at Weevil, who was struggling to climb out of the pit while constantly smashing its walls.
"This guy is tougher than you can imagine. To defeat him, we must first break through the Armament Haki covering his body. I can't fathom how this brainless fool managed to have such formidable Haki."
At the mention of "brainless fool" Yamato turned her head, staring straight at Queen's neckless head.
Queen blinked, touching his face.
"What? Mesmerized by Lord Queen's dashing looks?"
"No matter how strong he is, today we must defeat him, kill him, smash him to pieces!" Katakuri growled through clenched teeth, he was furious!
His spear Mogura gleaming coldly, emerged from his constantly morphing arm.
Dark flames began to rise from his body, spreading a chilling aura that frosted the ground.
BOOM!
Katakuri charged first, his right arm spiraling and whirling like a massive drill as he thrust his spear towards Weevil's head!
"Mochi Thrust!"
Seeing this, Yamato immediately followed suit.
Her slender figure sprouted flowing white fur mid-air, her cheeks protruding as she transformed into a silver wolf, raising her massive club high.
"Raimei Hakke!"
Queen's eyes lit up at the sight, and without hesitation, he leaped after them, shouting.
"Ahahaha! Uncle Queen is coming!"
Though idiot, Weevil possessed an innate combat instinct that was terrifyingly powerful.
Before the trio's attacks could land, Weevil swung his massive guandao in a sweeping arc.
Black and red lightning erupted from the blade, tearing through the air and shattering space itself, a hundred-meter-long slash that seemed to cleave everything in two!
BOOM!
The devastating impact caused the already bottomless pit to crack further, sending earth and rocks flying as if a massive earthquake had struck.
The pit walls trembled violently, shedding countless debris.
Katakuri roared, veins bulging on his right arm as Mogura clashed against Weevil's guandao.
The tremendous force pierced through the heavy weapon, aiming straight for Weevil's face.
"Frost Breath!" Yamato exhaled a freezing blast, the icy air rapidly spreading along the guandao held back by Katakuri, swiftly encasing Weevil's arms.
In moments, his entire body was covered in a thick layer of frost.
"Coiling Guillotine Queen!"
Queen hunched over, his body swelling into a bizarre mechanical brachiosaurus.
His massive mechanical arm shot out, seizing Weevil's mountainous frame.
Thick chains whipped around, swinging him like a wrecking ball.
BOOM! Crash!
Queen laughed maniacally, dragging Weevil by the ankle and smashing him repeatedly against the pit walls, each impact resonating like thunder.
"That felt great!"
Queen's face was filled with exhilaration as the tables turned after being chased for half a day by this dumbass.
"Stop fooling around! Throw him over here!" Yamato shouted angrily.
Katakuri spread his arms wide and the ground softened and writhed.
Massive doughnuts rose up, covered in spikes and wreathed in dark ghostly flames.
"Got it! Catch this, Queen—bowling ball!" Queen swung Weevil and hurled him straight toward Yamato and Katakuri.
Yamato's Conqueror's Haki erupted violently, Armament Haki coiling around her massive iron club as her aura surged.
Faint black-red lightning flickered across the dark surface of the club.
Whoosh!
Weevil, along with the already shattered ice layer, shot toward the two like a cannonball.
"Kong—Sonic Arrow!"
Black-red lightning exploded through the air as Yamato swung with all her might!
"Mochi Mochi No Kagami Mochi!"
Katakuri roared wildly.
From the centers of the doughnuts above his head, massive pitch-black fists wrapped in Conqueror's Haki surged forth.
Countless streaks of black lightning erupted, turning the air into a thick, compressed paste.
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