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Chapter 177 Fierce Battle with the Older Woman
Chapter 177 Fierce Battle with the Older Woman
Artoria lightly touched the ground with her feet, her figure shifting suddenly like a golden lightning bolt. Her intuition and top-level Observation Haki were activated simultaneously, perfectly avoiding the fatal blow just before the giant blade fell.
boom-!!
The giant blade slammed into the earth, instantly cracking the hard soil of the myriad kingdoms and creating a deep ravine hundreds of meters long. Rock fragments and dust shot into the sky, and a terrifying shockwave spread wildly in all directions.
Katakuri gave Artoria no chance to breathe. After his attack missed, his other arm instantly transformed into countless sharp, sticky spikes, raining down on Artoria like a storm. Each spike was incredibly sharp, carrying enough power to pierce steel, sealing off all of Artoria's escape routes.
"So you've become a beast, Katakuri?"
Artoria sensed that Unohana-senpai had shown mercy. Apart from those unlucky guys who risked their lives, the stronger ones had all dodged the most fatal blow, and Unohana-senpai hadn't deliberately finished them off. This was already showing mercy.
Artoria spoke softly, her long golden hair flying in the gale. The golden sword was held horizontally in front of her chest. The Wind King's Barrier was completely released, and the violent wind pressure condensed wildly on the sword, transforming into a dazzling golden sword aura.
Without dodging or avoiding, she flicked her wrist, and the Wind King Sword Qi, like a surging golden torrent, met the torrential barrage of glutinous rice balls head-on!
Clang clang clang clang clang—!
The ear-piercing sound of metal clashing was continuous. Golden sword energy and purple glutinous rice balls collided wildly. Each clash erupted with dazzling flames. The hard glutinous rice balls, under the cutting of the Wind King's sword energy, shattered like tofu, turning into countless fragments scattered all over the ground.
Seeing this, Katakuri roared and his body instantly melted into a mushy shape, transforming into a twisted afterimage as he charged towards Artoria.
He abandoned all ranged attacks and chose the most dangerous and ferocious close-quarters combat. His fists were wrapped in glutinous rice balls, like two heavy giant hammers, carrying the power to split mountains and shatter rocks, and he smashed them wildly towards Artoria's body.
His punches were incredibly fast, leaving numerous afterimages. Each punch contained a furious rage to tear his enemy to shreds. Even though his Observation Haki was suppressed by Artoria, he was still frantically trying to track her movements. Even if he couldn't predict her movements completely, he would still use the most brute force to crush her!
Artoria remained calm, the golden sword in her hand moving like a nimble bird, each swing precisely deflecting Katakuri's fists. Her intuition allowed her to sense danger a split second in advance, and her Observation Haki allowed her to clearly see the trajectory of every attack. Despite being surrounded by a whirlwind of punches, she remained completely at ease, her movements elegant and composed, not a single punch ever managing to touch the hem of her garment.
clang-!
Another violent collision occurred as Katakuri's fist clashed fiercely with the golden sword. The terrifying force of the impact forced him to stagger back several steps, and the ground beneath his feet cracked and crumbled.
His breathing became more and more rapid, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Artoria, his heart filled with a mixture of rage and helplessness. He had clearly given his all, he had clearly disregarded everything, yet he couldn't even touch a single hair on the head of the woman in front of him.
But his brothers and sisters had all fallen under the blade of that blood-red demon!
"Why—Mom treated you so warmly, why did you kill my family?! Why didn't you listen to Mom? Don't even think about hurting our family!!!"
Katakuri let out a desperate and furious roar, and the power of the Mochi Mochi Fruit surged once again, transforming his entire body into a giant mochi ball, growing to tens of meters tall, and his Armament Haki enveloped him like an angry black demon god.
He gripped his hands tightly, conjuring an enormous, glutinous rice ball axe. Armament Haki swirled around the axe blade, and he slashed down fiercely at Artoria!
This strike, imbued with all his strength, all his anger, and all his grief, was the strongest he had ever delivered, powerful enough to cleave the entire sea in two!
Artoria's golden eyes narrowed slightly. No longer holding back her power, she fully unleashed the power of Excalibur, raising the golden sword high and unleashing a golden radiance that illuminated the entire battlefield.
"eclaibur!"
A crisp shout resounded through the heavens and earth, and the golden sword energy, like a galloping dragon, with the majesty to destroy everything, collided head-on with Katakuri's giant mochi axe!
boom!!
The sky and earth changed color, and a deafening roar erupted. Golden light and purple energy collided and annihilated each other in the center of the battlefield. Terrifying energy shockwaves swept across the entire kingdom, causing the earth to collapse violently and the clouds in the sky to be torn apart. In the distance, towering waves hundreds of meters high rose from the sea!
Katakuri's enormous, lumpy body was torn apart and pulverized like paper before this ultimate golden sword energy. His giant axe shattered with a crash, and the violent power spread from his arm to his entire body, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
His body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the ground in the distance, creating a huge crater. His body was covered in cracks, and his aura was extremely weak.
Even so, Katakuri's back still didn't touch the ground; he fell into the pit in the classic pose of the Tea God.
Artoria gripped the golden sword, slowly retracting her attack. The golden sword energy gradually subsided, and she stood in mid-air, her golden figure like a war god descending to earth, calmly looking down at Katakuri in the deep pit.
In the deep pit, Katakuri struggled to get up, but he was too weak to move. He looked up at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood in the direction of Retsu Unohana, tears of pain and anger streaming down his face. He let out low moans, and finally lost all his strength and collapsed in the deep pit.
At this moment, the entire battlefield fell into complete silence.
Meanwhile, seeing that Bai Yu and the old woman were still fighting, Artoria drew a gun.
"Are you going to destroy this place?"
Seeing Artoria draw the Holy Lance, Bai Yu realized that this Artoria was completely different from the one in the Holy Grail War.
"Your biggest mistake is that you schemed against us, you struck first, yet you still think you're in the right!"
Artoria looked at Katakuri in the pit with some anger: "Wrong actions must have consequences."
The land of Whole Cake Island had already been shattered in the previous fierce battle. The ravines and bloody remains of the dead intertwined to create a scene of despair. The deathly silence beside the pit where Katakuri fell lasted only a few breaths before it was completely shattered by a furious roar that tore the heavens and the earth apart.
Charlotte Linlin, the absolute ruler of this sea, one of the three emperors, watched as her proudest son Katakuri collapsed like a rag doll in the deep pit, watched as dozens of her children fell under Unohana Retsu's blade, and watched as the Tavern World, which she had built up over her life, crumbled before her eyes. Her last shred of reason was completely consumed by overwhelming hatred and madness.
Her obese body trembled violently, the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit leaked out uncontrollably, and the soul power around her turned into a violent current of pitch black and scarlet, blowing away all the surrounding rubble and dust. Her turbid but fierce eyes were fixed on Uchiha Shiroha in mid-air.
"Uchiha Hakuha—!! I will kill you!! I will tear you to pieces!! I will let your soul burn forever in the hell of souls!!"
The old woman's roar shook the entire sky, and she no longer held back any of her power. She pushed the Soul-Soul Fruit's power to its limit, slamming her hands down on the earth and frantically extracting the souls of everything on the battlefield! The buildings, trees, and dessert castle on the ground were all forcibly plundered by her, turning into an immense amount of soul energy that surged into herself.
Her body was instantly enveloped in top-tier Armament Haki, as black as ink. The Haki solidified into a tangible armor, covering every inch of her skin, even her hair was dyed black. The air pressure around her suddenly surged, causing the air to crack under the strain.
With a powerful stomp of her foot, the shattered earth instantly collapsed, creating a massive crater tens of meters deep. Her figure, like an out-of-control mountain, charged towards Uchiha Shiroha. Her obese body moved with incredible speed, and she conjured the Emperor Sword in her hands, a sword woven from soul power and Armament Haki. The jet-black blade was several meters long, its body wreathed in crimson soul flames. Each swing tore through space, carrying a savage power capable of crushing everything, and aimed straight at Shiroha's face!
"You dare to destroy my kingdom and kill my children? Today is your death day!!"
"Susanoo!"
It is no longer the Susanoo of the third stage.
Chakra erupted from his body in an instant, transforming into an ancient war god that stood tall and firm, the complete Susanoo!
It's not that only those with eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can use the complete Susanoo; rather, sufficient eye power is enough.
The hundred-meter-tall Susanoo is clad in black armor, wielding a giant katana engraved with lightning patterns. It is surrounded by a jet-black Armament Haki that rivals Big Mom's. The fusion of Haki and eye power causes the aura of the entire Susanoo to surge several times over. The armor gleams with a cold, metallic luster, and the blade is sharp enough to cut through space.
Bai Yu stood between Susanoo's eyebrows, his eyes indifferent as ice. The fully-formed Susanoo suddenly raised its hand, and a giant katana wrapped in Armament Haki slashed out, colliding with Big Mom's Emperor Sword: Breaker Blade!
boom!!!
Armament Haki and soul power collided violently, and an energy storm swept outwards from the point of impact. The already cracked earth collapsed hundreds of meters further, forming a boundless giant basin! The distant sea was dried up by the shockwave, exposing the seabed reefs. Towering waves were cleaved in two, the clouds in the sky were shredded into fragments, and even the sunlight was blocked by this terrifying power. Only a violent curtain of light, interwoven with black and red energies, remained between heaven and earth!
The old woman roared and channeled all her power, the soul flames of the Soul-Soul Fruit surging wildly into the blade of Susanoo, attempting to burn the chakra and devour the soul. However, Uchiha Shiraha's chakra had already perfectly fused with Armament Haki, forming an indestructible defensive barrier, and the soul flames were repelled the moment they touched it.
Susanoo exerted force with its arm, twisting the blade violently. The immense power sent the old woman staggering backward, carving dozens of deep trenches into the ground beneath her feet. Each step she took caused the heavens and earth to tremble.
"Damn it, how could you, a mere brat, possibly stop me?!"
The old woman went completely mad. She abandoned all techniques and relied solely on instinct and absolute power to overwhelm Susanoo. She no longer held a sword in her hands, but instead concentrated all of her Soul-Soul Fruit power and Armament Haki into her fists. Each punch contained terrifying power. The moment her fists were thrown, they would detonate the surrounding soul power, turning it into an explosion with a diameter of 100 meters, bombarding Susanoo like a meteor shower.
The explosions continued unabated, engulfing the black Susanoo's body. The deafening roar was deafening.
Bai Yu remained calm. His Complete Susanoo crossed its arms in front of him, its armor reinforced with Armament Haki, making it indestructible. All the explosions and punches that landed on it only sparked, leaving not even a scratch.
Susanoo suddenly opened its eyes, a cold glint flashing in its black pupils. The giant katana slashed horizontally once more, and a Susanoo slash powerful enough to tear the heavens and earth broke through the air. The slash was wrapped in Armament Haki and was extremely fast, instantly reaching Big Mom!
This is an advanced application of Armament Haki!
The woman's pupils constricted sharply. She hurriedly activated all her soul power to create a barrier, layering Armament Haki on top of each other. However, the slash was still unstoppable, instantly tearing the barrier apart and striking her shoulder!
However, the Steel Balloon wasn't just for show; with the added protection of Armament Haki, Big Mom didn't suffer much damage!
Conqueror's Haki: Entanglement!
In an instant, a powerful aura of Conqueror's Haki, originating from her bloodline and surpassing all things, erupted from Big Mom's body!
This domineering aura was no longer an invisible pressure, but transformed into tangible, jet-black lightning patterns that coiled around Napoleon. The lightning patterns crackled, each containing a terrifying power capable of shattering space and shaking the soul. The air pressure between heaven and earth plummeted once again, and even the air itself was distorted by the power of the Conqueror's Haki. The remaining family members and soldiers in the distance were instantly stunned by this pressure, bleeding from their seven orifices and collapsing to the ground.
The old woman's aura surged to its peak, her eyes completely covered in crimson, and she raised her sword, wreathed in Conqueror's Haki, unleashing her strongest attack, "Sea Conqueror!!", towards Susanoo.
This attack, empowered by the soul power of the Soul-Soul Fruit and entangled with peak Conqueror's Haki, was powerful enough to split the island in two. Wherever the sword energy passed, the space rippled, as if it would collapse in the next second. The pitch-black lightning patterns and scarlet soul flames intertwined to form a giant sword energy that blotted out the sky and pressed down on Susanoo!
Uchiha Hakuba's eyes narrowed, knowing that this was Big Mom's desperate attack. He no longer held back and activated his chakra.
The crimson kaleidoscope patterns spun in his eyes, and the power of his chakra surged several times over. The giant katana of the complete Susanoo was also wrapped with jet-black Conqueror's Haki lightning patterns!