"Roar—"
The giant beast roared! The entire island was trembling. Countless residents had already evacuated to the other side of the island, watching the fierce battle at the port with fear and unease.
The massive darkness, almost engulfing half the island, was like an incomparably exaggerated deep crack suddenly appearing on the ground, making people shiver with cold.
Katakuri knew he couldn't possibly escape the range of the darkness, so he simply didn't try to dodge. He was well aware that the opponent merely didn't want to destroy this island and avoid antagonizing the Big Mom Pirates, rather than being unable to cover the entire island directly.
"Bang!!" "Clang!!"
...
The sharp trident continuously collided with the ferocious chimera. The gigantic chimera was constantly torn apart, but instantly re-formed, and its numbers had even increased from one to five, which was somewhat shocking.
Katakuri displayed his powerful physique and Haki, in addition to his Devil Fruit ability. He could be said to be the Big Mom Pirates' second-in-command. His basic combat power naturally couldn't be weak; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to temper his Observation Haki to a degree that allowed him to foretell a little bit of the future.
At Cotton Candy Island port, two Singing Ships gathered.
"This is simply a terrifying ability, directly nullifying Devil Fruit abilities..."
Tamago, tightly gripping his walking stick, watched the fierce clash on the island, filled with worry. "With mere physical strength and Haki, Katakuri-sama has already gone all out to fight them, yet the other party still looks so relaxed! BON!"
"Heh heh, I must immediately inform Mama..."
Brulee, covered in wounds and constantly spitting blood, gritted her teeth. "If this keeps up, Katakuri-sama will truly be heavily wounded by that ruthless bastard."
"You go!"
A cadre who looked like a rabbit decisively handed the Den Den Mushi to the other party.
"Landolph, you bastard, at a time like this, you still want to shirk responsibility..." Brulee, who took the Den Den Mushi, almost spat blood again in anger.
"It was you who said you wanted to make the call, and I didn't want to anger Mama!"
...
On the edge of the island.
Darkness enveloped the land. The colossal chimera roared, making people's hearts pound with fear.
"If the ability can't be used, then we can only duel with physical techniques!"
He charged directly at the gigantic chimera. Katakuri gave up on using his Devil Fruit ability. His Haki-clad trident directly stabbed towards its limbs.
"Still unwilling to surrender?" Ichiji, with his Haki-covered right fist, directly struck it, clashing hard with its sharp blades.
"Clang!!"
Sparks flew!
Violent air currents continuously billowed outwards.
Katakuri, his body numb from that powerful force, was completely sent flying.
"At this age, even Whitebeard couldn't be so strong. He's truly a living monster..." Katakuri, barely holding onto his weapon, his tiger's mouth feeling somewhat numb, sank to the lowest point in his heart.
He had to admit, this Germa's cultivation was indeed unbelievably strong. The monstrous chimera, overflowing with fear-inducing aura, made him wonder how it was forged.
Up until now in their clash, the opponent still had strength to spare and didn't seem to be going all out. Katakuri felt a mix of anger and helplessness.
Unable to use his extremely special Paramecia - Mochi-Mochi Fruit ability, he was already at a disadvantage. Not to mention, even putting aside his bizarre Devil Fruit ability, the opponent's strength was enough to make him wary.
However, as one of the Sweet Commanders, Katakuri naturally had his own pride and ambition. His eyes showed no trace of fear.
"Blood Shadow Blade!"
A blood-red radiance flashed!
Accompanied by a violent tearing sound in the air, a ferocious kick, like lightning, struck him.
"Wham!"
A large chunk of materialization, comparable to steel, was directly shattered and collapsed endlessly.
But with his foreknowledge, Katakuri directly dodged it, clearly having foreseen it in advance with his extremely strong Observation Haki.
However, before he could even catch his breath, his entire face suddenly changed dramatically.
"Dark Water!" His pitch-black left hand rose, directly locking onto the tall figure, transforming into a dark vortex.
The bizarre dark gravitational pull instantly and precisely gripped Katakuri, who was rapidly retreating.
"What!?"
Katakuri trembled all over. His entire body became uncontrollable, and he flew straight up.
Without thinking, the glistening trident, shining with cold light, violently stabbed at him!
The blood-red figure tore through the air, ghost-like, dodging Katakuri's attack, so fast that people couldn't react in time.
In the opponent's violently contracting pupils, a sharp claw, covered in dark Haki, descended like lightning.
"Caw..."
Blood splattered!
The pitch-black, terrifying sharp claw directly grabbed Katakuri's abdomen, which was already covered in Haki, tearing out several shocking large gashes.
"Clang!!"
The pitch-black trident violently stabbed, clashing hard.
"He can even control gravity? What kind of ability is this, after all...?"
Looking at the continuously bleeding gash on his abdomen, Katakuri's face couldn't help but turn ugly. "Is this that Devil Fruit from back then?"
He remembered. Back then, Crocodile had deliberately bid against Germa at an auction in Sabaody Archipelago. But Germa, to bid for that unknown Logia-type Devil Fruit, didn't hesitate to raise the price to 3.5 billion Beli, an astronomical sum. If Vinsmoke Ichiji had truly eaten that Devil Fruit back then, and thus possessed his current terrifying abilities, then Germa most likely already knew what that Logia-type Devil Fruit's ability was.
But talking about these things now was clearly useless.
...
Even if that Devil Fruit ability was strong, it might be a loss for the Big Mom Pirates.
"You foresaw that tiny bit of 'future,' but the disparity in strength between you and me isn't something that can be compensated for by such a small bit of future..." Even without using his Vampire form at all, Ichiji, who had been continuously training in terrifying gravity for a year, had also reached an extremely exaggerated speed.
The so-called foreseeing the future—he didn't believe it could be foreseen at every single moment. The future itself was full of uncertainty, like one crisscrossing "fate line" after another. What Katakuri could foresee was only the most likely one. It could even change with a thought that flashed through his mind at a certain moment.
"Warm-up ends here..."
Ichiji, who had directly dispersed his darkness and Haki, sneered at Katakuri. He clenched his right hand fiercely: "Next, I'll let you experience more deeply just how great the gap between you and me is!"
"Swish—"
"Disperse for me!!!"
Endless darkness surged like waves. Katakuri, who couldn't fly, could only violently wield his trident, trying to dispel that bizarre darkness.
"Thump, thump~~", "Swish, swish~~"
One fierce slash after another, transforming into dragon tornadoes, continuously charged forth...
But in the end, there was no escaping. His entire being was completely engulfed and devoured by that endless, continuously surging terrifying darkness.
"Rumble rumble..."
"Ah—"
In Katakuri's wildly changing face, the violent darkness crushed and rolled like steel-hard rock, pressing him to his death within...
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