Cotton Candy Island.
Terrifying darkness continuously swirled, covering the sky and earth, bringing despair.
Katakuri, covered in blood and looking somewhat battered, was actually not seriously injured thanks to his superb Observation Haki's "cheating."
And he had also made a countermeasure against that strange darkness that would disable one's ability upon contact.
One had to admit, some abilities, no matter how useless they appeared, could still demonstrate immense effectiveness when wielded by a talented individual.
After repeated attempts, when he jumped into mid-air and broke free from the darkness's entanglement, he directly coated himself with a layer of several centimeters thick "Mochi-Mochi Armor," or rather, a "Mochi-Mochi Armor" that isolated the darkness, and covered himself with his own considerable Armament Haki, resisting the invasion of the darkness.
"After exploring and understanding my ability, have you finally found an effective countermeasure after several attempts?" Vinsmoke Judge looked at Katakuri, who was covered in a layer of "Mochi-Mochi Armor," his gaze slightly narrowed, but without much surprise.
No matter what, he was a Star Commander with a bounty of over a billion. If he were easily defeated while Vinsmoke Judge himself hadn't even fully gotten serious, then that would be too weak.
The Dark-Dark Fruit was powerful, but it wasn't invincible.
Once touched, the dark substance could directly prevent the opponent from using their Devil Fruit ability. Clearly, it had a greater suppressive effect on Superhuman-type or Animal-type Devil Fruit users.
"Your ability is indeed astonishing, but with this layer of Mochi-Mochi Armor, it's useless against me...." Katakuri's tall figure charged over fiercely, his left hand wielding a trident covered in Haki, which elongated into a terrifying weapon.
Carrying immense destructive force, it fiercely struck towards Vinsmoke Judge in front.
"Whoosh!"
The sound of tearing air was dramatic, even directly sparking fire and turning crimson.
"The attack will be blocked by a wall...."
Katakuri had foreknown that this attack would be ineffective, but he still didn't give up, because what he saw was far more than just this.
The next moment—
A black wall of darkness directly shot up, firmly blocking Vinsmoke Judge.
"Smash!!"
A fierce gale roared!
"Whump...."
The thick wall of materialized darkness was shattered to pieces.
"Swish!"
The pitch-black right fist was about to retract.
But a blood-colored figure flashed over like lightning. The dark-covered right hand intended to directly grab Katakuri's arm, which had thickened several times due to becoming a viscous substance.
"Whoosh—"
The sound of tearing air was dramatic.
A giant right leg fiercely swept over.
"Smash!!"
Vinsmoke Judge raised his pitch-black right fist and fiercely exchanged a blow with it.
But the entire right fist instantly caved in.
Katakuri, of course, wouldn't simply turn his thigh into mochi. Instead, he released a sticky substance that covered his right thigh, which was equivalent to putting on a layer of armor.
"From the moment I made my move, did you already 'see' the future?"
Seeing his fist deeply sunken in and stuck by the mochi, Vinsmoke Judge slightly raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Foresight into the future, you truly are a troublesome opponent!"
But his entire person remained expressionless, appearing calm and unhurried.
"Hmph, your ability is already useless!?"
Before Katakuri could finish his cold sneer, his expression drastically changed in that instant.
His entire body began to retract. The viscous substance he had released, along with the "armor" protecting himself, all directly peeled off and fell continuously.
His Mochi-Mochi Fruit ability had failed!
"Even light cannot completely extinguish 'darkness.' Do you think a mere 'armor' of mochi, combined with Haki, can resist the invasion of darkness...?..." Vinsmoke Judge sneered disdainfully. His pitch-black left hand aimed at Katakuri, directly transforming into a vortex of darkness: "Dark Water!"
Katakuri's entire body violently trembled, directly losing control and flying towards Vinsmoke Judge.
"Damn it! Die!!!" His face looked grim. A Haki-covered trident tore through the air and fiercely stabbed over.
"Swish!"
Vinsmoke Judge's head directly moved to the side, dodging the incoming trident.
At the same time, he advanced like a ghost, fiercely punching out!
"Smash!"
In a flash of lightning, the thick, pitch-black left arm blocked Vinsmoke Judge's iron fist, which was not only covered in Haki but also in dark gauntlets.
Katakuri, who had already foreknown it, still felt his left hand numb uncontrollably from the shock.
But he couldn't dodge, because his abdomen had already been directly sucked by Vinsmoke Judge's dark-transformed left hand.
"Get lost!"
In that instant, foreseeing a disadvantageous "future," Katakuri felt a slight sense of unease.
His furiously Haki-covered right leg, like a sharp blade, cut through the air and fiercely swept towards Vinsmoke Judge in front.
But Vinsmoke Judge was faster than him!
A fierce sweeping kick ruthlessly landed on his left leg.
"Smash!!"
As the intense pain struck, Katakuri's entire body instantly lost balance, but his furious, Haki-covered kick still didn't hesitate to lash out at Vinsmoke Judge.
"Swish!"
The crimson figure, like a ghost, directly dodged his kick.
In an instant, his entire person flashed above Katakuri. His right hand, like lightning, grabbed the incoming fist, and his Haki-covered knee rose up, wildly smashing towards his head!
"Whoosh...."
A fierce, unrivaled gale swept over, piercing through the cold air.
One could completely imagine what the consequences would be if his head were directly struck by this kick!
443 "Smash!!!"
"Whump~~ Whump~~"
Large patches of darkness were scattered by the impact.
Revealing a collapsed, spiderweb-like crack, continually cracking, an alarming sight!
Katakuri, who narrowly escaped this blow and rolled several meters away, couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.
If his Observation Haki hadn't been stronger than his opponent's, allowing him to foreknow it in advance and make an effective countermeasure, this blow alone would have been enough to heavily injure him!
"Hmph!"
But before he could celebrate, his entire body suddenly trembled violently, and he once again flew towards Vinsmoke Judge.
"I admit your Observation Haki is indeed quite astonishing, even foreseeing glimpses of the future. One could say it's practically cheating...."
From the fact that Katakuri, after covering himself with a layer of viscous armor and barely being able to use his power, still wanted to trap himself with that viscous substance, it could be seen that although he could instantly "see" a short "future," he still needed reaction time to make corresponding responses like dodging or attacking!
"But even if you foreknow a disadvantageous 'future,' changing or reversing the situation still requires strength!"
A voice with a cold sneer came. Katakuri's pupils shrank suddenly. A pitch-black fist instantly smashed towards his face!
"Smash!!!"
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