As a shrine maiden, Kikyo's capabilities extended far beyond those of a mere sniper or priestess.
Having faced swarms of rampant demons during Japan's Warring States period to protect her land, she possessed more than enough raw martial strength to handle group combat single-handedly.
Cracker launched multiple aggressive rushes, yet he couldn't pierce the impenetrable net of invisible arrow pressure surrounding Kikyo.
Over these past few years—training across Sunagakure Village and the high seas—Kikyo's invisible arrow techniques had gradually absorbed the absolute anti-supernatural potency of a true Sacred Arrow (Homa no Ya).
Being designed specifically to purge evil and spiritual energy, the attack power behind her technique was exceptionally brutal, placing Cracker under complete, relentless suppression.
Charlotte Linlin hadn't expected a single priestess to pose such a massive obstacle in the absence of the Sunagakure Pirates' two main powerhouses, Aoki Shiraishi and Uchiha Madara.
Still, since her son had proactively asked to fight, she allowed Cracker to test the priestess's limits and techniques.
Reflecting on the Battle of Loguetown, a woman who could clash directly with Vice Admiral Borsalino without falling into a disadvantage was certainly no ordinary long-range sniper—not to mention her abilities remained shrouded in mysterious, exotic mechanics.
Cracker could infinitely create and manipulate biscuits. The structural density and hardness of the biscuits were determined solely by Cracker's willpower—in fact, several architectural structures and naval warships throughout Totto Land were constructed from his biscuit blocks.
Cracker could deploy various types of Biscuit Soldiers that operated independently away from his person, moving strictly according to his mental command.
Since his biscuits could be engineered into buildings and ocean-going ships, standard water or seawater held virtually no softening effect on his armor.
In the original timeline, Nami's specialized weather-manipulated rain was fundamentally different from ordinary sea spray or rain, which was why it managed to soften Cracker's biscuit tactics.
A dense battalion of Biscuit Soldiers surged forward simultaneously. Yet, combining her invisible arrow pressure with her intrinsic purificatory energy—behaving much like the emission and hardening of Armament Haki—Kikyo unleashed a blinding flash of divine light that instantly shattered Cracker's biscuit army!
The towering soldiers disintegrated into ordinary, harmless biscuit crumbs scattered across the ground. For a moment, even Cracker himself wore an expression of sheer disbelief.
"How is this possible...?! Brother Cracker's Biscuit Army was invalidated instantly!"
Hearing the panicked cries of his younger siblings, Cracker's face turned even darker. Meanwhile, Kikyo calmly and methodically fired invisible arrows, using kite-and-distance tactics to lock Cracker into a tight defensive corner.
While Cracker was entangled with Kikyo, Patrick Redfield—the Lone Red—finally made his move from the shadows. As a legendary pirate of the old era, his intervention carried pure, fatal intent, seamlessly fusing his fine rapier with the abilities of the Bat-Bat Fruit, Model: Vampire.
Condensing a concentrated sphere of blood, Redfield thrust his rapier forward with blinding, lightning speed, driving a direct assault straight toward Kikyo's chest!
A vivid, blood-red shadow zipped across the harbor. Possessing exceptional sensory perception, Kikyo erupted with a brilliant surge of spiritual light. The blinding glare made it impossible for the Big Mom Pirates to discern whether the strike had truly connected.
As the smoke cleared, the rapier appeared to have pierced straight through Kikyo's heart. Seeing this, Cracker leaped forward instantly, swinging his massive blade to finalize the kill.
"Cracker, fall back! That's a trap!"
Using his advanced Observation Haki, Katakuri saw through the illusion Kikyo had projected. But Cracker had already taken the bait. The moment his feet touched down inside the zone, a brilliant hexagram array of spiritual energy flared to life. Kikyo released a dense salvo of invisible arrow pressure from her longbow, raining down a torrential storm of light arrows.
Amid the raining light, Kikyo's long black hair fluttered gracefully as her figure flickered at high speed. The spiritual energy gathered at her fingertips launched a series of lethal, close-quarters strikes.
Cracker parried desperately with his sword, but the spiritual energy concentrated on Kikyo's fingers conveyed a threat of absolute mortality—an application that felt eerily identical to advanced Armament Haki emission.
Though Kikyo's spiritual energy was not Haki, its functional output was remarkably similar. Following a rapid sequence of close-quarters exchanges, Cracker spat out a mouthful of blood as Kikyo drove a finger strike straight through his chest!
The instant the spiritual energy pierced his frame, countless Soul-Sucking Serpents (Shinikodama) erupted from Kikyo's body, swarming violently into Cracker's physical frame.
A six-pointed star barrier array locked down the surrounding space. Controlling the Soul-Sucking Serpents, Kikyo swiftly seized control of Cracker's consciousness.
Soul Possession!
Before the Big Mom Pirates could process what was happening, a endless tide of Biscuit Soldiers turned around under Kikyo's command, launching an immediate, full-scale assault against BIG MOM's ranks!
"Brother Cracker was... controlled?!"
Facing the onslaught of the puppet biscuit army, BIG MOM erupted with a wave of dark-purple Conqueror's Haki, instantly vaporizing the surrounding waves of Biscuit Soldiers.
BIG MOM glared furiously at Kikyo: "Mamama! A specialized soul manipulation technique... To think someone besides me possesses soul-attribute powers! Priestess, what exactly is your Devil Fruit?!"
Faced with the massive woman's interrogation, Kikyo offered zero response. A colossal spiritual barrier instantly enveloped the entire harbor, and countless silvery spirit butterflies drifted into the space.
Butterfly Purification Art!
In an instant, BIG MOM felt the Homies linked to her body shudder, exhibiting signs of severe spiritual instability—on the verge of being cleansed and dissolved entirely!
WHAT?!
It wasn't just BIG MOM. Even Redfield, who had just launched a sneak attack from the shadows, felt the blood-vampiric energy surging within his body being forcibly suppressed and neutralized.
As a master of soul purification, Kikyo was the ultimate, natural hard-counter to any soul-based opponent. She had once cleansed entire armies summoned via Impure World Reincarnation (Edo Tensei) with ease—the Homies of the Big Mom Pirates were no exception.
Feeling the Homies animated by her own soul fragments weakening rapidly, BIG MOM felt a surge of genuine shock, which instantly ignited into a roaring inferno of murderous intent.
Even if Kikyo's abilities posed a direct counter to her powers, the priestess was currently standing isolated and alone—making this the absolute best opportunity to eliminate her once and for all. Charlotte Linlin would never allow a powerhouse capable of countering her existence to walk the seas alive.
With that thought, BIG MOM raised her massive broadsword. Channeling her innate Conqueror's Haki alongside her monstrous physical strength, she unleashed a terrifying, world-shaking aura.
Sensing BIG MOM's overwhelming killing intent, Kikyo glided back several steps with effortless grace, pulling out the fourth arrow from her Thirteen Rainbow Demonic-Slaying Arsenal.
A blinding, brilliant radiance gathered on the tip of the exorcism arrow. Facing BIG MOM's full-power strike, Kikyo released her spiritual energy to its absolute limit, her surging aura resembling a pillar of silver holy light.
"Is that... Armament Haki emission?!"
The members of the Big Mom Pirates watched in shock as Kikyo released such an immense volume of pressure outward. Unlike Conqueror's Haki, Armament Haki could rarely be projected in all directions with such unbridled scope.
Yet the further Kikyo's spiritual energy expanded, the stronger her sealing barrier became. Supported by the power of absolute purification, even Ikoku Sovereignty—the sword technique BIG MOM executed using her Homie blade—was weakened as BIG MOM's intrinsic Soul-Soul abilities suffered a sharp decline.
This priestess must die today...!
Emperor Blade: Ruin Slash!(Ikoku / Cognac)
Sacred Arrow!
Both combatants unleashed their ultimate moves simultaneously. Brilliant blasts of light collided across the Weatheria harbor.
To everyone's utter disbelief, Kikyo's Sacred Arrow completely dismantled the momentum of the Emperor Blade. Travelling at hypersonic velocity, Kikyo's arrow struck BIG MOM's colossal frame directly, triggering a massive, apocalyptic detonation!
When the thick smoke finally cleared, BIG MOM's clothes were torn to shreds.
Even more shocking, the two massive spheres of flesh across her upper body had been obliterated into flat, scorched ground by the holy blast—blasting her SSS-rank chest instantly into a flat airstrip, eliciting a chorus of horrified screams from the entire Big Mom Pirates!