Unbelievable!
Big Mom suddenly staggered back a few steps, Napoleon in her hand raised high before slamming into the ground. For a moment, even her face showed brief astonishment.
How long had it been since she last felt it? In the midst of battle, someone surpassing her in pure strength.
Her silver teeth clenched tightly beneath red lips as she tried to halt her backward momentum.
But in that instant of retreat, Orin was already charging forward, blade in hand, blood-red eyes locked onto her.
"Useless."
With a kick, he sent "Sun" Prometheus flying before it could grab him, then instantly appeared behind Big Mom, delivering another powerful kick—
Slamming directly into her slender waist.
This strike, imbued with monstrous strength, forcibly launched the over-eight-meter-tall Linlin—who hadn't even reacted yet—into the air.
"Orin!!!"
Big Mom roared in fury, immediately trying to strike back.
"Don't move, Linlin."
Buzz——
For a split second, Charlotte Linlin felt her body become disconnected from her surroundings.
Though she quickly broke free using Haki, to a top-tier combatant, even a single moment was more than enough to turn the tide.
In that instant, a hand clamped down on her head, and the overwhelming force made her skull feel like it was about to split apart.
Orin clearly had no intention of showing mercy.
Lightning of Conqueror's Haki Infusion crackled across his arm as Orin grinned.
Her mouth was covered by that pitch-black hand, rendering her speechless. Her bloodshot eyes stared at Orin in utter disbelief.
She was completely suppressed!
From the pressure in Orin's palm, she felt the presence of something truly dangerous.
This guy… could it be…
"If you've got the guts to take a swing at me, then you'd better be prepared for your hometown to be leveled, Charlotte Linlin!!!"
Orin's eyes were blazing with the thrill of brutal hand-to-hand combat, his smile twisted, his crimson gaze like a demon emerging from hell.
With a brief moment of buildup, Orin gathered all his power into a single point in his hand and hurled her toward the ground with full force.
Wrapped in both Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, the speed of the throw—boosted by his abilities—seemed to tear through space itself.
BOOM——
A series of sonic booms rang out.
"Mama!!!"
Countless children stared at the scene in stunned silence.
That mighty figure, the one they had always feared and revered, who ruled the seas with absolute authority—Mama—was now...
BOOOOM!!!!!!
A hundred-meter-wide crater erupted like a missile impact, instantly forming and rapidly expanding outward at a shocking pace.
Whole Cake Island, already ravaged and scarred, truly began to split apart from this blow!!!
Crack! Crack!
News Coo was filming from high in the sky, but no one was paying it any attention anymore.
Everyone tried their best to stay balanced on the crumbling island fragments, as a frantic storm cloud flew straight toward the crater.
"Mama!!!"
Orin ignored the cloud—he never expected that one move would take Big Mom out completely anyway.
Right now, something else drew his attention.
"Hey!! Linlin!!!"
Boom—crack—crack—!!!
Suddenly, the sky darkened, as if the end of the world had come. People looked upward in horror.
A massive head emerged from the clouds, a blue-scaled dragon gazing down upon the land, exuding majesty and overwhelming pressure.
"Beast form, huh?"
Orin looked up and saw it clearly—it was Kaido in his Azure Dragon form.
Who knew what this guy was thinking, flying all the way up there?
But Orin didn't care.
He just wanted to beat these two senseless—
Let them taste a fraction of the pain he'd just endured.
Kaido, watching the troublesome brat below, shared the same sentiment.
He slowly opened his massive jaws, revealing rows of razor-sharp fangs as terrifying energy gathered in his throat.
"Heat Breath!!!"
Clever as ever, Kaido no longer expected to hit Orin directly.
After seeing that bizarre regeneration ability, he had shifted focus to draining Orin's stamina.
And in beast form, his endurance and area-of-effect were at their peak.
But Orin clearly had no intention of dodging.
He'd already tanked the Hakai—
What was a measly Heat Breath?
An afterthought.
As the terrifying pillar of fire capable of splitting mountains and oceans surged forth, Orin appeared right in front of Kaido.
His fists gleamed with a blinding cross-shaped black-and-red light.
That glow outshone even the flames of Heat Breath.
"Come on then!!! Kaido!!!"
"Orin!!! You bastard!!!"
Seeing a figure suddenly appear before him, Kaido's massive vertical pupils contracted sharply. His head twisted, adjusting the direction of the blast.
Flames, bad winds, Armament Haki...
Layer upon layer of defenses coated his body in an instant, his enormous dragon form also helping absorb the impact.
That had always been his style.
When it came to durability, Kaido feared no one.
Though both were all-rounded warriors, just as Orin specialized in speed and power—
Kaido excelled at defense.
And since he couldn't dodge Orin's attacks anyway, he might as well face them head-on.
The mountain-splitting, ocean-tearing Heat Breath erupted straight toward the barely three-meter-tall figure.
BOOM——
"Heat Breath!!!"
"Fist Bone: Galactic Impact!!!"
Fists cloaked in intense Conqueror's Haki and monstrous strength shattered the Heat Breath directly, punching clean through the roaring inferno.
BANG——!
WHOOSH——!!
BOOM——!!!
As that punch smashed into the dragon scales on Kaido's head, the devastating force instantly engulfed him.
It felt like his brain was about to be hammered out of his skull. The island-levelling power of the blast was fully absorbed by his massive cranium.
In the next moment, his enormous Azure Dragon form—spitting blood—was sent crashing straight to the ground at a speed no less than Big Mom's earlier fall.
The resulting impact was every bit as earth-shattering.
And with that—
Whole Cake Island fell.
Under the force of that punch, it began to fracture and collapse into the sea.
Everyone scrambled to escape toward the outer edges.
Katakuri used mochi to bind together his younger siblings, risking injury from Crocodile's attacks, and led them toward the Queen Mama Chanter well before Kaido fell.
(T/N: Queen Mama Chanter is a ship homie belonging to the Big Mom Pirates, and the apparent flagship of their fleet.)
Meanwhile, Hawk Eyes kept an eye on the battlefield while grabbing a chunk of shattered ship debris left by the battle.
Standing atop the wooden plank, he floated on the seawater now flooding the island's edge, taking Crocodile with him like they were sailing a tiny boat.
As for what they were using to row…
A certain aloof black blade gave no comment.
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