Chapter 376: The Advance of the Wings! The Greedy Thundercloud and the Tearing of All Things
Facing the overwhelming number of the Totto Land Pirates army surging in like a tide, the Straw Hat's once-solid defense line faced unprecedented pressure.
Cannon fire, mixed with the army of living Homies, came down like a deluge; ordinary firepower and interception could no longer stop the frantic advance of the Four Emperors' elite.
Zoro and Sanji did not choose to remain on the deck of the Thousand Sunny for passive defense.
The two main combatants exchanged a glance amidst the cannon fire; no words were needed, as they understood each other perfectly.
Seeing the aggressive enemy commanders ahead, they decided to turn passive into active, diving straight into the enemy formation to alleviate the pressure on the main ship.
Zoro clamped wado ichimonji firmly in his mouth, gripping yubashiri and sandai kitetsu tightly in his hands.
His gaze instantly pierced through the heavy fog and cannon fire, precisely locking onto the massive warship where the Longleg Tribe sweet commander, Charlotte Smoothie, was located.
"Leave it to me."
Zoro snorted coldly, his legs erupting with force as he launched himself like an arrow from a bowstring.
He stepped on the wreckage of ships floating on the sea, leaping repeatedly across the turbulent waves.
Facing the Homies and Totto Land soldiers attempting to block his path, Zoro swung his arms, and several fierce, peerless green dragon sword beams whistled out.
The sharp sword aura instantly cleared the enemies blocking the way, forcibly tearing a path through the enemy formation.
With a dull thud upon landing, Zoro landed steadily on Charlotte Smoothie's deck, his cold blade pointing directly at the dessert sweet commander with a bounty of nearly one billion.
On the other side, Sanji was not idle either.
His legs rubbed violently against the air, transforming him into a red afterimage burning with intense flames, charging straight at the main ship where the Biscuit Knight Charlotte Cracker was located.
He used Moonwalk continuously in the air, nimbly dodging the dense anti-aircraft fire.
Just as he flew over the enemy ship, the flames on Sanji's right leg surged violently, and a kick carrying terrifyingly high temperatures—Ifrit Jambe—descended like a burning meteorite, carrying destructive power as it smashed directly onto the bow of Charlotte Cracker's ship.
With a loud "Boom," those biscuit soldiers guarding the bow, originally as hard as iron, were instantly smashed to pieces under this violent kick.
The high heat spread, igniting a raging fire on the wide deck, forcing the surrounding enemies to retreat repeatedly.
Zoro and Sanji issued a declaration full of fighting spirit to the Four Emperors' sweet commanders before them:
"Your opponents are us!"
High in the air, the battle had also reached a fever pitch.
Luffy, in "Gear 4: Boundman" form, was engaged in a high-intensity, fierce exchange of blows with the rampaging Charlotte Linlin.
"Gum-Gum: Kong Gun!"
Luffy's massive fist, covered in pitch-black Armament Haki, collided again and again with "Napoleon" in Big Mom's hand.
Dark red Haoshoku lightning intertwined crazily at the center of their clash, raging in all directions.
The deafening roar made the sea below tremble.
For a moment, the two were evenly matched, neither able to completely suppress the other in terms of power.
However, the wisps of white smoke constantly rising from Luffy's body indicated that the Haki within him was being consumed at a rapid rate.
This high-intensity standoff was destined to be unsustainable.
On the sea, the eldest son, Perospero, stood at the bow of a candy ship.
He waved his cane, leading the remaining Charlotte Family children, attempting to suppress the isolated Thousand Sunny on the sea with a sky-filling rain of candy arrows and various strange special abilities.
On the Thousand Sunny, the remaining members were trying their best to protect their home.
Robin looked focused, her hands crossed in front of her chest, using the power of the Hana Hana no Mi to sprout giant arms on both sides of the ship.
Those thick arms caught the incoming heavy cannonballs steadily, then threw them back along the same path, triggering bursts of explosions.
Usopp stood on the watchtower, sweating profusely, waving his giant slingshot continuously, firing strange plant bombs at the enemy ships.
Franky opened his chest, and with a roar, the cannons on his shoulders thundered incessantly, using a violent net of firepower to intercept the enemy's advance.
Just amidst this intense melee, Nami, standing in the center of the deck, suddenly noticed something amiss.
The little thundercloud "Futo," who had always been obediently by her side and responsible for assisting her with lightning attacks, had disappeared without a trace.
Nami looked up and discovered that this little guy had silently floated high into the sky.
It turned out that during the previous earth-shattering Emperor-level collisions on the sea, the massive energy remnants scattered in the air of the battlefield had become the most delicious supplement for this special creation made by Yin-Yang Release.
Futo, like a bottomless pit, was greedily devouring these ownerless energies drifting on the battlefield.
As the devouring continued, its volume began to grow crazily at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a few short minutes, the originally fist-sized, cute-looking cat-eared thundercloud had undergone a earth-shattering transformation.
It expanded rapidly, eventually turning into a giant dark purple thunderstorm cloud that almost covered most of the Totto Land fleet!
Violent purple currents rolled crazily within the thick cloud layer, as if countless purple thunder dragons were shuttling through it.
Accompanied by bursts of heart-palpitating dull roars, it seemed as if the entire sky was trembling under this pressure.
Nami looked up, watching this incredible miracle of lightning above her head, and a look of unconcealable surprise burst into her eyes.
She knew that the moment to turn the tide of battle had arrived.
She raised her clima-tact high, the strong wind blowing through her orange hair.
At this moment, she was like a queen controlling the lightning of the world, shouting at the sky:
"Well done!"
"Futo, shock them for me!"
High in the air, Big Mom, who was wielding her giant sword and fighting Luffy, also keenly sensed the changes occurring in the battlefield below.
She looked down and saw the giant thundercloud floating above the fleet at a glance.
With her battle-hardened intuition, Big Mom sensed the terrifying destructive energy hidden within that purple cloud.
This energy was so immense that it even made her feel a trace of unease.
She knew very well that once this unknown lightning attack fell as expected, her proud main fleet, loaded with Totto Land elites, would inevitably suffer immeasurable and heavy losses.
To preserve her fleet, Big Mom made a decisive decision and immediately stopped her pursuit of Luffy.
She turned around and shouted an order to the thundercloud Zeus, who had been carrying her under her feet:
"Zeus! Go stop that strange cloud!"
"Use your power and eat up all its lightning for me!"
"Yes, Mama!" The thundercloud Zeus replied, a greedy expression appearing on its cloud body.
Luffy, seeing this, immediately realized Big Mom's intention.
He shouted: "Don't you dare!" His legs compressed violently, ready to rush up and intercept Zeus's action.
However, Big Mom would not give him this chance.
She backhanded a heavy slash wrapped in violent Haoshoku Haki.
That pitch-black sword beam was like an insurmountable wall, forcibly pushing Luffy back dozens of meters, giving him no chance to make a move.
Taking advantage of this gap, the thundercloud Zeus, with a grimace, left from under Big Mom's feet.
It turned into an incomparably swift yellow lightning bolt in mid-air, opened its big mouth, and lunged straight at Futo below, attempting to claim this delicious lightning as its own.
Just as Zeus was within inches of Futo, the turbulent sea below suddenly exploded with a huge water column with a "Boom."
A slender figure broke out of the water, wrapped in sky-filling water splashes; it was Victor, who had previously been knocked into the sea by Big Mom.
He hovered in mid-air, unscathed.
He extended one hand, spread his five fingers, and aimed precisely at the thundercloud Zeus, which was speeding through the sky.
Then, he made a fierce grasp in the void.
"Almighty Push!"
Accompanied by a low, cold shout, the surrounding space seemed to distort in an instant.
A terrifying, irresistible gravitational force was generated out of thin air.
Zeus's massive cloud body paused violently in mid-air, as if tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand.
"Ah—!"
The thundercloud Zeus let out a painful and shrill scream.
It struggled desperately, its cloud body even distorted by the gravitational pull, but it could not break free from the shackles of this gravitational force no matter what.
It could only watch helplessly as it was trapped in place, unable to advance a single inch.
With no interference or obstruction from any enemy, the giantized "Futo" in the sky finally finished charging its power.
In the thick, dark purple cloud layer, the looming cat ears flickered with purple light that was blinding to the extreme.
Accompanied by the frantic surging of thunder, Futo let out a crisp, loud noise that pierced through the clouds:
"Meow—!"
The next second, the world suddenly changed color.
A dark purple destructive thunder pillar, thicker than a massive warship, carrying the might of divine punishment as if to punish all things in the world, crashed down!
This thunder pillar struck precisely at the very center of the Big Mom Pirates fleet!
The entire sea was completely submerged in an instant by the purple light that was too blinding to look at directly and the sky-high water columns raised by the explosion.Chapter 377: Divine Punishment Descends! The Smug Cat Burglar and the Betraying Thundercloud
A massive dark purple pillar of thunder, like a spear of divine punishment piercing the heavens and earth, carried the supreme power to destroy the world as it struck with pinpoint accuracy into the center of the Totto Land fleet's formation.
The dazzling purple light exploded across the sea, instantly blinding everyone present.
A deafening roar of thunder tore through the firmament.
Its volume was so high that it completely drowned out the raging winds, angry waves, and the continuous roar of cannons across the entire sea.
The moment the thunder pillar descended, it was as if the true end of the world had arrived.
The few massive warships that bore the brunt of the attack, whether they were made of hard wood or thick steel armor...
...under the baptism of extreme heat and violent electric currents, were instantly carbonized and shattered, turning into ashes that danced across the sky.
Hundreds upon thousands of tons of surrounding seawater evaporated over a large area under this terrifying high temperature.
Dense, scalding white steam mist suddenly rose from the sea surface, turning this area of the ocean into a huge, boiling iron pot.
The purple lightning aftermath spread wildly across the surging sea like a dense, deadly spider web.
Large numbers of Totto Land pirates' foot soldiers were struck by this powerful electric current before they could even let out a scream.
Their bodies scorched black, emitting acrid blue smoke, they plunged into the sea like dumplings being dropped into a pot, never to surface again.
On the other side of the battlefield, the sweet commander Smoothie and Cracker, who were fiercely engaged with Zoro and Sanji, were also deeply shocked by this sudden, terrifying lightning strike.
Although the warship they were on was relatively far from the center of the explosion and did not suffer much substantial impact...
...but the terrifying pressure and aura of destruction, far exceeding conventional natural forces, still caused these two battle-hardened sweet commander to involuntarily lose their focus for a moment.
Their originally seamless offensive and defensive movements experienced a fleeting pause.
In a rapidly changing high-end battle, even a half-second opening is enough to change the outcome of life and death.
The experienced Robin had been standing on the deck, surveying the overall situation.
She keenly captured this rare opening in the enemy's main commanders.
She immediately freed up her hands, crossed them quickly in front of her chest, and fully activated the power of the Hana Hana no Mi.
Accompanied by cherry blossom petals dancing across the sky, several immensely thick, giant arms instantly burst from the ground beneath Smoothie and Cracker.
These giant hands were like tough shackles, providing precise long-range interference and binding against the two, firmly restricting the evasive space they prided themselves on.
As the wings of the Straw Hat Pirates, how could Zoro and Sanji let go of such an excellent counterattack opportunity created by their companion?
"Three Sword Style Secret Technique..."
Zoro's eyes widened, and a sharp, fierce aura of a demon erupted from his body, as if a Shura had descended into the world.
The three named swords slashed through the air with lethal cold glints, their sword aura weaving into an impenetrable web of death.
It pressed down on the restricted Smoothie like a violent storm, forcing this female sweet commander to hastily block with her sword.
Meanwhile, Sanji transformed into a burning red afterimage.
Stepping with the terrifyingly hot Ifrit Jambe, and with the tacit assistance of Robin's giant arms, he instantly closed the distance to Cracker.
The heavy kick, carrying terrifying high heat, pulled a visible air wave in the air, continuously and fiercely hitting the weak points in the defense of Cracker's biscuit soldiers.
The high heat and immense force shattered the biscuit shields that were originally sturdy.
The two coordinated tacitly, seizing this opportunity tightly, and began to launch a fierce counterattack, instantly reversing the originally suppressed battle situation!
Seeing the arrogant Totto Land fleet heavily damaged by a single blow, while their own two main forces successfully suppressed the enemy's highest sweet commander...
...on the Thousand Sunny, the morale of the Straw Hat crew instantly soared, and cheers rang out one after another.
"So amazing! Nami! Futo! You guys are the best!"
Chopper and Usopp had worshipping stars in their eyes, like two fanatic die-hard fans, jumping and cheering endlessly around Nami.
They danced with joy, loudly praising Nami's superb weather command and the invincible power of "Futo" that no one could match.
Facing such enthusiastic and crazy flattery from her companions, the solemnity on Nami's face was swept away.
She proudly put her hands on her slender waist, lifted her fair chin, and let out a hearty laugh of "Ahahaha."
At this moment, the Cat Burglar was radiant, fully enjoying this highlight moment of dominating the battlefield.
Meanwhile, in mid-air, seeing her own massive fleet that she had painstakingly built being shattered by a dark purple cloud that had appeared out of nowhere...
Mama was so angry that her eyes were tearing, and even the flames on her head burned even more fiercely.
"Damn brats! I will tear you all to pieces!"
She roared at the thundercloud Zeus, who was being controlled in mid-air by Victor's gravity, her voice full of tyranny and urgency:
"Zeus! What are you waiting for, you piece of trash!"
"Hurry up and break through for me! Go eat that annoying purple cloud!"
However, facing Mama's order, Victor, who was hovering in front of Zeus, remained unmoved.
He slightly raised his head, and the concentric circles in his eyes that represented gravity control—the Rinnegan—slowly faded away.
Replacing them was the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with its complex pattern.
The scarlet pattern rotated crazily in his pupils, emitting a soul-captivating, eerie magical power.
Victor stared directly into Zeus's large eyes, which were filled with terror.
The next second, a massive amount of mental energy, like an invisible blade, arrogantly pierced deep into Zeus's consciousness.
Although Zeus was a powerful Homies created by Mama using the Soul-Soul Fruit ability to strip away fragments of her own soul and grant it life...
...its gluttonous and simple soul essentially lacked a sufficient mental defense system.
In the face of the top-tier visual genjutsu, Zeus's simple consciousness had almost no room for resistance and instantly declared its surrender.
Its gaze, which was originally full of hostility and fear, instantly scattered and became vacant and lifeless.
Subsequently, its massive cloud body slightly contracted, floating obediently beside Victor like a tamed pet.
Under the powerful intervention of the genjutsu, it completely severed the soul connection with its master, Mama.
Victor ignored the terrifying gaze of Mama opposite him, which seemed like she wanted to eat him.
He slowly raised his hand and pointed at the Thousand Sunny on the surging sea below.
"Go, guard above that ship and protect the companions on board."
Victor's voice was calm, yet carried an absolute will that could not be disobeyed.
"As you command, Mama..."
Zeus, trapped in a deep genjutsu, let out a slightly dull voice.
It took Victor's instruction as the order of its highest master, turned into a yellow afterimage, and flew towards the Thousand Sunny below without looking back.
On the deck, Nami, who was commanding "Futo" to unleash its divine might, suddenly felt a softness on her cheek.
She was stunned for a moment, turned her head, and saw that the thundercloud Zeus, which originally belonged to the Four Emperors Mama, was now obediently landing beside her.
It even rubbed against her cheek very affectionately, emitting a fawning hum.
Nami was dumbfounded at first, then looked up at Victor in mid-air; being sharp and intelligent, she immediately understood that this was his magical handiwork.
"Well done, Victor!"
Nami excitedly waved the clima-tact in her hand, her eyes shining with unprecedented light.
At this moment, on her left floated a cat-eared thundercloud "Futo" that could devour everything and emitted dark purple destructive thunder.
On her right was surrounded by the high-level Homies "Zeus," the exclusive possession of the Four Emperors, which controlled golden lightning.
Two distinct yet equally violent lightning powers guarded her in the center.
At this moment, Nami was like a true Thunder Queen ruling over the world!
Under Victor's genjutsu command and Nami's skillful direction, violent golden electric light began to flicker inside Zeus's soft cloud mass.
But this time, its destructive spearhead was not aimed at the Straw Hat crew, but directly at the Totto Land pirates' officers who were trying to besiege the Thousand Sunny from both sides.
"Go! Futo! Zeus!"
"Show them what you've got!"
Accompanied by Nami's command, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the sky.
The purple Yin-Yang Release lightning and the golden Zeus lightning intertwined in the sky, weaving into a web of death that covered the sky and blocked the sun.
The violent thunder, like a torrential rain, launched an indiscriminate bombardment against the Totto Land pirates on the sea.
The sounds of explosions, screams, and thunder merged into one on the sea.
The offensive of the Totto Land fleet was instantly torn apart by this electric web.
The eldest son Perospero, standing on the candy ship, watched as the high-level Homies he prided himself on defected, ruthlessly striking his own brothers and sisters with lightning.
The hand holding his candy cane was trembling violently, and his mentality finally collapsed completely at this moment.
He looked up and shouted in a breakdown at the thundercloud that was unleashing its divine might in the sky:
"Zeus! Are you crazy, you bastard!"
"How dare you attack your own people!"Chapter 378: Suppression of the Rinnegan! The Demon God Fallen from the Altar
"Zeus! Have you gone mad! How dare you attack your own people!"
Perospero stood on the violently rocking deck, watching helplessly as the massive fleet his family was so proud of was ruthlessly engulfed by the dual thunderstorms pouring down from the sky.
To save the collapsing formation, Perospero gritted his teeth.
He brandished his candy cane, desperately driving his Devil Fruit ability to create layer upon layer of huge, thick candy walls on the sea surface, trying to block the bombardment from the sky.
However, in front of Futo's purple lightning, which carried destructive properties, these candy walls, usually indestructible, were as fragile as glass at this moment.
Accompanied by a blinding flash of purple light, the candy walls instantly shattered into sweet powder filling the sky.
The terrifying shockwave from the explosion swept over.
Perospero didn't even have time to scream before his entire body was blown away.
He rolled miserably on the deck, covered in scorch marks.
Having lost air cover and the absolute advantage in formation, the battle below also reversed.
sweet commander Smoothie and Cracker began to retreat steadily under the tacit and violent onslaught of Zoro and Sanji.
Coupled with the unpredictable and unreasonable giant limb joint locks from Robin on the side, it always managed to interrupt their defensive rhythm at the most critical moments.
For a time, the once-arrogant elite defense line of the Totto Land Fleet was already in name only, teetering on the edge of collapse.
Mid-air, the core of the battle.
Charlotte Linlin's massive body floated in the gale.
She watched with her own eyes as Zeus, the high-level Homies that had accompanied her for many years, not only changed allegiance but even affectionately called an unknown little girl from the East Blue its master.
This humiliation of being betrayed to her face caused this Emperor of the Sea to completely lose her sanity.
"Unforgivable..."
Big Mom raised her head and let out a shrill roar that shattered the clouds.
The sound waves shook the sea, whipping up layers of terrifying waves.
She reached out her huge palm, grabbed the burning Prometheus beside her, and pressed it directly onto her head.
Boom!
Prometheus's incredibly scorching flames instantly engulfed her long hair.
The violent fire spread along her hair, completely wrapping her mountain-like body in a sea of flames.
In the blink of an eye, Big Mom transformed into a chilling "Demon God of Flame."
With the activation of the Demon God of Flame form, a Conqueror's Haki, even more terrifying and filled with violent killing intent than before, swept through the surroundings.
Black lightning raged wildly in the firelight, and even the dark clouds in the sky were stained an ominous dark red.
At this moment, Big Mom had abandoned all concern for the Totto Land Fleet that was collapsing below.
Her white-turned eyes lost all human emotion, locking all her rage and killing intent onto the man in front of her who had humiliated her time and again—Victor.
"Go to hell! Brat!"
Big Mom stepped on the rolling fire waves, raised "Napoleon" high, and slashed fiercely in Victor's direction.
The terrifying high temperature poured out like a waterfall. Wherever the sword edge passed, even the air in mid-air was distorted and deformed by this scorching heat, emitting a hissing, mournful sound.
In the rear, seeing Victor about to face the frontal assault of the enraged Four Emperors.
Luffy roared, his legs exerting force as he wanted to rush forward to stop it.
But the continuous high-intensity battles, and the serious overdraft of his body by "Gear Fourth," caused a large amount of his Haki to dissipate.
The extreme fatigue coming from deep within his body surged like a tide, causing his movements to suffer a fatal sluggishness at the critical moment.
Victor noticed Luffy's state from the corner of his eye.
He did not retreat, only shouting loudly to the rear:
"Luffy! Leave it to me!"
Facing the Four Emperors who was rushing over like a rampaging demon god, Victor stood in mid-air, his expression unchanged.
He slowly raised his head, and the mysterious purple Rinnegan in his eyes emitted a deep, eerie light.
Looking at the flaming greatsword slashing down, Victor slightly raised one hand, and directly activated the ability of the Rinnegan's "Preta Path," facing the high temperature capable of melting steel.
Hum—!
A shocking scene occurred.
The violent, peerless flames and destructive energy on Big Mom's blade did not cause any explosion the moment they touched Victor's palm.
Instead, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, most of it was directly devoured by that seemingly ordinary palm!
Feeling her proud Homies fire and Haki energy disappear into thin air as if clay oxen entering the sea.
Big Mom suddenly widened her eyes, a flash of clarity and shock appearing in her white-turned pupils, and she let out an unbelievable exclamation:
"What?!"
Before Big Mom, who was in shock, could react, the corners of Victor's mouth curled into a cold arc.
The palm that had just devoured the energy flipped instantly, and a powerful, peerless repulsive force condensed in the air.
"Shinra Tensei!"
The violent, invisible wall activated with a boom.
Accompanied by a dull, loud noise, this absolute repulsive force slammed directly into Big Mom's chest, forcibly knocking her mountain-like body backward.
Big Mom was knocked flying in mid-air by this force, her greatsword waving as she tried to use Haki to stabilize her unbalanced center of gravity.
But Victor did not give her a chance to regroup.
His eyes were cold, then his hands slammed together in front of him, and another opposite, terrifying force was unleashed.
"Bansho Ten'in!"
The space that had just been repelling everything instantly generated a terrifying gravitational pull.
This force accurately captured Big Mom in mid-air, causing her massive body to completely lose balance, like a giant doll being wantonly pulled by someone.
Under Victor's gravitational control, Big Mom's body drew a sharp parabola in the air.
She was like an out-of-control, super-large cannonball, crashing heavily into a huge Totto Land warship in the rear.
Accompanied by a heaven-shaking "Boom."
That originally sturdy warship, under the impact of that invulnerable flesh, instantly snapped in the middle.
It shattered into countless broken planks and scrap iron, kicking up giant waves dozens of meters high.
Victor hovered in mid-air, looking down at the ruined wreckage below.
After the brief confrontation just now, he had already quickly formulated a tactic in his mind.
He decided that in the next battle, he would absolutely not engage in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat with Charlotte Linlin.
Because the Emperor-level Conqueror's Haki the opponent had accumulated for decades could indeed cause him great suppression in close combat.
Since he was at a disadvantage in close combat, he would solve the battle in the way he was best at.
Amidst the ruins, the seawater churned.
Big Mom roared angrily, pushing away the huge broken planks and snapped masts pressing on her body.
She was covered in water, but Prometheus on her head was still burning, and she was about to stabilize her figure, borrow force to jump, and attack again.
At this very moment, Victor's left eye narrowed slightly, the complex and exquisite Mangekyo pattern in his pupil spinning at high speed, his gaze focused precisely on the top of Big Mom's head.
"Amaterasu!"
A cluster of pitch-black, eerie flames ignited out of thin air.
Without any warning, it directly covered the flames of the dazzling sun Prometheus on top of Big Mom's head.
This was the Ninjutsu black flame known as never extinguishing until the target is burned to ashes.
Under the burning of the Amaterasu black flames that ignored common sense, Prometheus's fireball face, which always carried a grimace, instantly twisted, emitting painful and shrill screams like a human.
This high-level Homies fire that Big Mom was proud of was suppressed until it was dim in front of this pitch-black flame.
Its volume kept shrinking, and even the originally scorching temperature around Big Mom plummeted.
After establishing the long-range attrition tactic, Victor no longer held anything back.
He hovered in the high sky like an elegant god.
Relying on the various weird and powerful mechanisms granted by the Rinnegan's "Six Paths," he completely controlled the battle rhythm in his own hands.
Gravitational pulling, repulsive force, the soul-extraction interference of the Human Path, the energy devouring of the Preta Path...
These moves that did not belong to this world's system were used alternately by him, connected as smoothly as flowing water.
Big Mom's violent slashes were devoured, her massive body was pushed and pulled, as if she were being toyed with.
Victor moved with ease in mid-air, unfolding a watertight, comprehensive suppression against Big Mom, who was below in a rage but unable to find a way to attack.
On the battlefield, the heaven-shaking reversal of the situation caught everyone off guard.
Whether it was sweet commander Smoothie and Cracker, who were being pushed back by the bitter fight against Zoro and Sanji, or the Straw Hat crew standing on the deck of the Thousand Sunny in the distance.
Everyone saw this scene in mid-air and was shocked beyond measure, standing there like wooden sculptures.
The eldest son, Perospero, had just crawled out of the ruins.
Seeing this scene, the iconic candy cane in his hand fell onto the deck with a "clatter."
The officers of the Totto Land Pirates all widened their bloodshot eyes, their mouths agape, their gazes filled with incredulity and deep fear, as if their faith had collapsed at this moment.
"Are you kidding me..."
"What kind of sacred entity is that man..."
"He... he can actually single-handedly suppress Mama who has fallen into a rampage..."Chapter 379: Chibaku Tensei! The Collapse of an Era and the Defeat of the Empress
Facing Victor's kite-like "Six Paths" tactics.
Big Mom possessed world-destroying strength, but she couldn't get anywhere near Victor.
On the wind-howling sea, Charlotte Linlin, like a furious beast, swung her emperor sword, Napoleon, frantically.
Deadly sword slashes, capable of splitting giant islands in two, tore through the air with a piercing screech, raining down upon Victor in mid-air.
"Shinra Tensei."
Victor's lips parted slightly, and an invisible, irresistible repulsive barrier instantly bloomed before him.
The moment those fierce sword slashes touched the repulsion, they were like crashing into an insurmountable wall of gods, accurately deflected away.
The deflected sword slashes fell into the distant sea, triggering pillars of water hundreds of meters high.
Big Mom roared repeatedly, attempting to use her massive body and monstrous explosive power to force her way closer.
But whenever she was about to get close, purple light swirled in Victor's eyes.
The gravitational pull of Bansho Ten'in descended mercilessly, yanking her massive, heavy body aside like a marionette, causing all her heavy blows to land on nothing.
With her attacks repeatedly thwarted, Big Mom stopped, unwilling to give up, and opened her abyss-like maw.
Violent energy gathered rapidly deep in her throat, and accompanied by a blinding light, she attempted to release the unparalleled "Maser Cannon."
It was a terrifying beam of energy capable of piercing the island's mantle and vaporizing everything.
But Victor still just silently extended a palm.
The Rinnegan's "Preta Path" absorption barrier instantly opened in his palm, forming a black vortex that distorted light.
The world-destroying energy beam slammed into Victor's palm, but instead of triggering an explosion, it was devoured completely by the black vortex.
The massive energy was fully converted into pure Chakra to replenish Victor himself.
The dignified Four Emperor of the New World, who had reigned over the seas for decades, now looked like a clumsy puppet before those glowing purple eyes, her earth-shattering skills rendered useless.
On the flagship, the officers of Totto Land looked up, staring blankly at Mama being toyed with in the high sky.
The fear in their eyes grew, and the belief in her invincibility began to show deep cracks.
Continuous setbacks and unprecedented humiliation made Charlotte Linlin's eyes turn scarlet, plunging her into hysterical madness.
She suddenly stopped her futile attacks, no longer defending against the burning of the Amaterasu black flames on her body.
Her thick arm raised abruptly, and her five fingers, like sharp claws, plunged directly into her own chest.
Accompanied by a hair-raising sound of soul tearing, Big Mom forcibly extracted several years of her own lifespan from her body.
It was a mass of soul substance emitting a dazzling light.
Without a moment's hesitation, she opened her mouth and swallowed it in one gulp!
After burning a massive amount of lifespan, Big Mom's body underwent a horrifying transformation.
Her already massive, bloated body now saw muscles bulging like hard rocks, and veins winding under her skin like little green snakes.
The Haoshoku black lightning wrapped around her body reached its peak intensity, and the violent energy directly distorted the surrounding space, emitting a groan of being overwhelmed.
"Die!! Brat!!"
She gripped the emperor sword "Napoleon" tightly with both hands, pouring all her rage, Haki, and the terrifying power gained from burning her lifespan into the blade.
Then, without reservation, she slashed out an ultimate killing move capable of severing the sky towards Victor.
"Hakai: Sovereignty."
The massive dark red sword pillar pierced through heaven and earth, the seawater along its path instantly vaporized, and even the dark clouds in the sky were torn to shreds by this power.
Facing this earth-shattering blow, Victor's expression finally had a trace of fluctuation.
He slammed his hands together in front of his chest, the purple ripples in his eyes intensifying, like a purple moon.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Victor let out a cold shout, and a pitch-black, highly concentrated gravitational sphere flew from his fingertips.
Facing the world-destroying sword pillar, it flew straight into the high sky.
When the gravitational sphere reached its highest point, it instantly erupted with a terrifying suction force that devoured everything.
The sea below surged backward, forming waterfalls of seawater defying the heavens.
The shattered remains of warships, reefs from the seabed, along with the unstoppable "Sovereignty" shockwave Big Mom had unleashed.
Even Big Mom's massive body, all uncontrollably broke free from gravity and gathered towards the black sphere in the high sky.
"What the hell is this thing! Let me go!!"
Big Mom roared in shock and anger, struggling desperately, but still unable to resist this ocular jutsu from the Rinnegan.
In the blink of an eye, countless materials were crushed crazily in mid-air.
A massive rock sphere, blocking the sky like a small meteorite, floated in the high sky near Zou, sealing this violent Emperor of the Sea firmly in its center.
Trapped inside the enclosed rock sphere, Big Mom let out an angry roar like a trapped beast.
"Unforgivable... Absolutely unforgivable!"
Terrifying monstrous strength and manic Haoshoku Haki bombarded the Chibaku Tensei seal from within.
Accompanied by muffled loud noises, the surface of the giant sphere began to show dense cracks, and gravel kept falling down.
Obviously, although this move was powerful, it couldn't trap this unparalleled monster who had burned her lifespan for long.
However, Victor's goal had been achieved.
In this precious time gained, Luffy finally finished recharging his Haki.
He panted heavily, dense, scalding white steam rising from his entire body.
Looking at the teetering giant stone sphere in the high sky, Luffy's eyes became incredibly focused and sharp.
He bit into his right arm, which was covered in advanced Armament Haki, and blew a large amount of air frantically into his muscles.
"Gear 4: Bounceman" activated again!
Accompanied by a dull bouncing sound, Luffy expanded his body to the limit.
His right fist, under the extreme compression of air, became as huge as a small mountain, and the Armament Haki covering its surface emitted a metallic luster.
Not only that, Luffy had demonstrated terrifying learning ability and combat talent in the continuous high-pressure battles just now.
Recalling the power of Big Mom's attacks, he learned from her method, perfectly fusing his own Haoshoku Haki with advanced Armament Haki.
Dark red lightning danced crazily on the giant fist, emitting a heart-stopping aura of destruction.
Hovering in mid-air, Victor keenly sensed the violent aura behind him, full of wildness and unyielding spirit.
He turned his head, looked at Luffy, who was ready to go, and curled his lips in satisfaction.
He took a deep breath and shouted loudly downwards:
"Luffy! It's your turn!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Victor formed hand signs and directly removed the gravitational core of the Chibaku Tensei.
High in the sky, that giant rock sphere covered in cracks instantly lost the power to sustain itself, emitting a deafening roar in the air before collapsing violently.
Big Mom, who had been trapped inside, had just broken the shackles with brute force and regained her freedom.
High in the sky, before she could see the situation around her, or steady the center of gravity of her massive body.
She fell rapidly towards the turbulent sea below, accompanied by the huge falling rocks pouring down from the sky.
At this moment, Big Mom was in mid-air with nowhere to leverage.
This was the perfect moment when her defense was weakest and her openings were greatest!
"Got it!"
Luffy kicked his legs hard in the air, erupting with a deafening sonic boom.
Using the powerful elasticity of Bounceman, he shot up into the sky, like a red lightning bolt piercing the sky, and against the falling rain of rocks, he instantly appeared in front of Big Mom.
He looked directly into Big Mom's eyes, which were slightly panicked and stunned due to weightlessness and surprise, and converged all his belief onto his right fist:
"Gum-Gum: King Kong Gun!!!"
Boom—!
This peerless punch, which gathered all of Luffy's belief and peak power, had no fancy techniques, and just like that, in the most violent posture, it slammed head-on into the chest of the falling Big Mom.
The advanced Haoshoku Haki and Ryou wrapped around the fist underwent a qualitative change at this moment.
The violent destructive power directly ignored the external defense, penetrated the skin of Big Mom's proud "Iron Balloon," and erupted deep within her internal organs!
Accompanied by a crisp sound of bone cracking, Big Mom's indestructible sternum instantly caved in.
She opened her big mouth, spraying out a large mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments, her eyes rolled back instantly in the severe pain, and her consciousness fell into a brief blank.
Her massive body was like a heavy meteorite that had lost power, slammed down by the overwhelming might of this punch, and crashed into the sea at an unimaginable speed.
"Bang—!!!"
Big Mom smashed heavily into the deep, cold sea, the huge impact creating a bottomless pit on the sea surface, subsequently triggering a violent backfilling of water.
A sky-high tsunami of a hundred meters rose from the ground, roaring and sweeping in all directions, tossing the surrounding remaining Totto Land warships left and right.
On the deck of the flagship, the eldest son, Perospero, stared blankly at the sky-high water column.
He felt his worldview completely collapse at this moment.
Perospero's knees went weak, and he knelt powerlessly on the wet deck.
He held his head with both hands and let out a shrill and desperate scream:
"What a joke... Mama has been defeated... What a joke... Quick! Quickly dive to the bottom of the sea! Fish Mama out!!"Chapter 380: The Turbulent Tide of an Era! The Defeated Empress and the Shaking New World
Accompanied by Luffy's earth-shaking "King Kong Gun", it crashed down.
Charlotte Linlin's mountain-like body, like a heavy meteorite that had lost its momentum, slammed violently into the waves near Zou.
On the deck of the flagship, Charlotte Perospero watched as his mother, usually invincible like a deity, sank into the abyss.
His line of rational defense collapsed completely, and he screamed through tears: "Quick, go save Mama! Full army retreat! Withdraw from these waters immediately!"
On the chaotic battlefield, sweet commander Smoothie and Cracker could no longer care about the dignity and face of high-ranking officers of the Four Emperors.
Witnessing their invincible Mama being sunk right before their eyes, both of them were filled with unspeakable terror and humiliation.
They struggled to break free from the airtight entanglement of Zoro and Sanji, hoarsely commanding the remaining fleet to turn their ships around.
Several Fishman officers skilled in swimming did not hesitate for a moment, diving headfirst into the bottomless whirlpool, desperately trying to salvage Charlotte Linlin, whose life or death was unknown.
The Big Mom Pirates, who had been arrogant and aggressive before, were now taking their remaining subordinates and severely damaged ships, fleeing this terrifying sea area like stray dogs, speeding toward the distant mist without even daring to look back.
In mid-air, Luffy, having delivered that peak punch, finally exhausted the last bit of Haki in his body.
The "Gear Fourth" form instantly dissipated, and his entire body shriveled up like a deflated balloon.
Having lost all consciousness and strength, he fell rapidly from a height of ten thousand meters.
Victor, hovering in the clouds, saw this, and the ripples in his purple Rinnegan spun slightly.
He opened one hand, and a supremely gentle "Bansho Ten'in" was quietly activated, precisely catching the falling Luffy.
Subsequently, like a gentle breeze, he steadily brought the exhausted and unconscious Captain back to the deck of the Thousand Sunny.
Victor stood in mid-air, looking at the Totto Land Fleet speeding toward the mist on the sea below, secretly sighing in regret.
However, being able to achieve this much was already a miracle.
Having used high-level ocular techniques like Chibaku Tensei in succession, his stamina and Chakra had been greatly depleted, and his breathing was slightly heavy.
He slowly closed his eyes, exiting the Mangekyo and Rinnegan states, and reached up to rub his throbbing brow.
Just at this moment, that crisp system notification sound rang out in his mind without warning:
[Ding, significantly altered the original plot, assisted Luffy in defeating the Four Emperors Charlotte Linlin, rewards are being calculated...]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Conqueror's Haki!]
Hearing this beautiful sound like music to his ears, Victor's movements paused slightly, a hint of unconcealable surprise showing in his eyes.
Conqueror's Haki? This was the qualification of a king possessed by only one in a million people, and it was also the final trump card he lacked to reach the pinnacle in this world.
He took a deep breath, feeling the potential awakening within his body, and a pleasant smile curled the corners of his mouth.
Immediately, his figure flashed, and he flew down toward the Thousand Sunny below, following the sea breeze.
Looking at the calm sea and the enemy fleet fleeing in a sorry state, the Thousand Sunny welcomed a brief moment of silence.
Immediately after, Usopp, Franky, Brook, and the others suddenly reacted, erupting into fanatical cheers loud enough to flip the deck!
They embraced and wept excitedly, tears streaming down their faces. They simply couldn't believe that they, a group of newcomers who had just stepped into the New World, had truly defeated a Four Emperors who ruled over the New World in a direct, large-scale naval battle!
"We won! We actually beat Big Mom!" Usopp hugged Chopper and rolled crazily on the deck.
Victor landed on the deck from mid-air with Zoro and Sanji.
Before he could even steady himself, Nami and Robin immediately rushed toward him like swallows returning to their nest.
"Victor! That's great!" Nami had crystalline tears in the corners of her eyes, and ignoring the surrounding gazes, she hugged him tightly.
"We won." Robin pressed her cheek against his chest, her voice soft and filled with joy.
Victor smiled and stretched out his arms, embracing both peerless beauties into his arms, enjoying this brief moment of tenderness after the victory.
Watching the Vice Captain with a beauty in each arm, looking smug, Zoro was speechless.
His mouth twitched a few times, and he immediately walked quickly away from this place filled with pink bubbles, heading toward Luffy, who was lying on the lawn.
As for Sanji, his eyes were burning with jealousy, and he abruptly turned his head away, out of sight, out of mind.
In the sky, that massive thundercloud Zeus was still under the control of Victor's illusion.
It drifted back and forth in mid-air, emitting a silly "Hahahaha" laughter.
In its illusion world, it was showing off its might, having successfully defeated the Straw Hat, and was waiting for Mama's reward.
Meanwhile, the purple lightning Futo had shrunk its form, turning into a small, fluffy cloud, and was curiously observing this "big guy" who was giggling in mid-air.
Zoro walked to the center of the deck and steadily sheathed the wado ichimonji in his hand.
He lowered his head, looking at Luffy, who was lying spread-eagled on the deck, fast asleep and blowing a snot bubble, and a gentle arc involuntarily appeared on his cool face: "Well done, Captain."
Sanji, who had walked to the other side, took a lighter out of his pocket and lit a cigarette.
He took a deep drag, exhaling white smoke rings toward the azure sky, his eyes filled with more determination and heroism: "Ah, now, we really stand at the pinnacle of the New World."
Law stood quietly by the ship's rail, putting away his sword kikoku.
He looked at this group of lunatics cheering and jumping on the deck, his mind uncontrollably recalling Luffy's earth-shattering punch wrapped in Conqueror's Haki just now, as well as Victor's terrifying methods that felt like those of a deity in every movement.
Law reached up to press down on his spotted cap, sighed softly, and secretly marveled in his heart: These guys have really poked a hole in the sky of the New World.
But then, he smiled slightly, his gaze softening. Being able to personally participate in this turbulent tide that overturned the era, this feeling was truly great.
Just as this sea area returned to tranquility, a Marine reconnaissance ship without any markings was quietly anchored at the edge of the distant mist.
Charlotte Linlin had mobilized her entire army; such a massive and ostentatious move could naturally not go unnoticed by Marineford, which controlled the sea's intelligence network.
In order to figure out the true movements of the Four Emperors, they had specially dispatched this well-equipped reconnaissance ship to silently follow and gather intelligence.
But at this moment, the deck of this reconnaissance ship was silent. All the Marine soldiers and officers were as if petrified, frozen in place, unable to move.
Everything that had just happened in their telescopes—that purple giant shadow like a deity, that meteorite sphere blocking out the sky, and that earth-shattering punch from Straw Hat that blasted a Four Emperors into the deep sea—had ruthlessly shattered the common sense and worldview they had built up over the years.
The intelligence Rear Admiral responsible for recording turned pale, using trembling hands to organize a thick stack of image data just captured.
He knew deeply that once these shocking photos were leaked, the entire sea would face an unprecedented rampage, and the balance of power in the New World would be ruthlessly broken.
"Quick... immediately activate the highest encryption channel and transmit the complete image data to Marineford!" The Rear Admiral roared, sweating profusely, as he gave the order.
"Also, at all costs, block the flight paths of all News Coos in this sea area! We absolutely cannot let that bastard Morgans, who loves chaos, get the first-hand information!"
However, the Marine's intelligence blockade was ultimately a step too late. On the other end of the Grand Line, far away in the headquarters building of the World Economic Journal, "Big News" Morgans was sitting behind a large desk.
He looked at the top-secret battle photos that his subordinates had just stolen through special channels, watching the shocking moment of the cracked sky and Big Mom falling into the sea, so excited that all the feathers on his body stood on end.
He danced excitedly on the desk piled with documents, emitting a sharp laughter like thunder: "Big News! This is big news that is enough to change the entire era!! Charlotte Linlin has suffered a disastrous defeat! The Straw Hat has reached the pinnacle of the New World!"
"Quick, notify all printing plants, immediately print extra copies of the front-page special edition for me!!"
Morgans slammed open the window, spread his huge wings to embrace the strong wind outside, his eyes flashing with fanatical light: "Tomorrow morning, I want the whole world to see this news!! A new era has arrived!"