Chapter 317: If You Drop the Ball, I Won't Be Polite with That Head
Bang!!
That trench extended all the way to the foot of the city wall. Big Mom pierced through the city wall and was buried in the falling rocks.
Dust and smoke rolled out.
The sky suddenly lit up.
A ferocious thunder serpent bit down with its fangs, striking the ruins and scorching even the air.
Boom!!
Rubble flew everywhere.
The Ouroboros Ring in Reiner's hand spun at high speed, and flames gushed out, attaching to a dozen or so thorny vines and making them crackle and pop.
Bang!
The pile of stones was angrily broken open.
Big Mom's pink hair was curled from the electricity, and her whole body was scorched black in various places.
The moment her figure was revealed, a burning thorn whip, like a swimming snake, attacked.
Big Mom raised her arms, and inky Haki coiled around her wrists to block.
Her skin, which was comparable to steel, was even tougher with the addition of Armament Haki.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
The fire whip danced wildly.
Big Mom's feet were planted on the ground, and her heavy body was pushed back bit by bit.
Even the earth couldn't withstand this violent lashing. Rubble was sent flying, and clusters of embers flew.
But on Big Mom's body, it could only leave white marks, which even quickly dissipated.
Not even a drop of blood could be seen!
"Mamamama~~, is this all you've got? It just tickles."
Big Mom smiled, a hint of pride in her voice, as if she had already forgotten the large tooth that had just been knocked out.
Useless Ace...
And useless Ryokugyu.
Reiner cursed in his heart.
He spread his legs and sank into a squat, threw his battle-axe aside, and pushed off the ground, charging up.
The fiery thorns stopped their lashing and instead coiled around Big Mom's hands and feet, binding them.
A white, translucent aura enveloped the axe blade. Reiner leaped forward, and the battle-axe swung in a full circle and chopped down!
Just as it was bound for less than a second, Big Mom pulled with her arms, and the thorny vines snapped.
"Napoleon!"
"Coming, Mama!"
Big Mom roared angrily. She took the giant blade that had actively flown into her hand, and holding it with both hands, she swung the flame-covered greatsword upwards from below!
Clang!!
The cold blades clashed, and sparks flew everywhere. A powerful impact was sent out from between the sword and the axe.
"Haha no Hien!!" (Mother's Blazing Blade!!)
A large amount of flame burst out from the sword, but it was like hitting an invisible wall of air and was completely blocked.
The atmosphere shattered, and the power of the tremor erupted from the giant axe!
Boom!!
Big Mom gritted her teeth and resisted. The city wall behind her cracked into a dense web, and her internal organs trembled violently.
Her naturally strong body had given her an unparalleled, terrifying defense.
But this ferocious tremor power seemed to be able to penetrate the surface of her body and posed a great threat to her.
"That bastard Whitebeard! He's still disgusting me even after he's dead!"
Clang!
Veins popped on the back of Big Mom's hand. She exerted force and sent the giant axe flying upwards, staggering back.
"Zeus!!"
"Yes, Mama!"
The thundercloud Zeus, hovering above her head, had a ferocious expression. In response, it stimulated a bolt of lightning that chopped down!
At the same time, Big Mom stomped her left foot to steady herself. She took the opportunity to clench her fist and swung her arm, punching out fiercely!
Boom! Boom!
Reiner raised his hand and chopped out with his axe. The lightning was split and struck on both sides of him.
The moment he landed, Big Mom's massive fist came whistling towards him!
Bang!!
Reiner hurriedly raised his arms in a blocking posture. In his haste, his arms were actually pushed against his chest by that terrifying force!
Big Mom's natural physical talent was definitely one of a kind, far surpassing the limits of her race.
The instantaneous explosive power made Reiner's heart pound.
With the addition of Haki, this power was even more exaggerated than Oars's!
"Die!!"
Big Mom's face was like a demon's. Haki erupted, directly impacting his body!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Reiner's entire person was sent flying, his back scraping along the ruins, crashing through several giant rocks in a row.
He hooked the axe blade into the ground and, after stopping himself, he propped himself up with one hand and flipped backward, jumping up.
The moment he stood firm, he saw Big Mom holding her greatsword horizontally like a cannonball, a violent torrent of lightning coiling around the blade!
"Ikoku: Arashi no Yaiba!!" (Emperor's Sword: Storm Blade!!)
"Reiner!"
Luffy hurriedly called out, his feet shattering the ground as he shot up at high speed!
Reiner took a step forward. Before he could even wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, he swung the giant axe behind him, and a ball of vibrating energy condensed and compressed.
Dark red lightning raged. The moment Big Mom charged in front of him, Reiner roared and swung the battle-axe with all his might!
"Konton: Dai Metsukai!!" (Heaven and Earth Overturn: Great Annihilation!!)
Bang!!
The axe blade struck the air but produced a sound like rolling thunder. At that moment, space froze!
Everything in front, including Big Mom, seemed to be frozen in a mirror.
Then that mirror began to distort, and when it had deformed to a certain extent, it suddenly shattered!
Rumble!!!
In an instant, the sky toppled and the earth shook!
A corner of the island in front of Reiner directly cracked open into several chasms!
The explosive tremor force, like an invisible tsunami, sent Big Mom's massive body flying!
"—Puwaah!"
Big Mom spat out a mouthful of blood, her body flying backward at high speed through the air, her unfocused pupils trembling slightly.
She felt as if all the bones in her body were about to be shattered. The pain that went deep into her internal organs swept over her entire body, making her consciousness almost leave her body.
Bang!
The towering city wall broke open with a huge hole, and Big Mom's body smashed into the ground, creating a deep pit.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Clang!
Coughing up a few more mouthfuls of blood, Big Mom stabbed her sword into the ground to support her body. Her hair was disheveled, and she looked extremely pathetic.
"You little brat!"
Climbing out of the deep pit, Big Mom gritted her teeth. Besides anger, there was also a hint of unwillingness in her eyes.
The emperor who had reigned high above, who had ruled the New World for decades, would actually one day be forced into such a state by a rookie.
The moonlight wove into a silver curtain, evenly scattering over all things on the earth, not too much, not too little, as if to say that only the sun and moon are eternal.
"You think you can defeat me like this?"
"You want to replace me, to become the new Sea Emperor..."
"Stop dreaming, you brats!!"
Big Mom stood outside the castle with her sword, watching Luffy, who was rapidly charging up, her gaze fierce as she roared in anger.
"I am Big Mom!!!"
An aura erupted from Big Mom's body, and her Conqueror's Haki raged and blasted the surroundings.
She gripped the Emperor's Sword with both hands and held it at her side. Big Mom swung her sword with all her might!
"Elbaf no Yari: Hakoku!!"
Boom!!
A pillar of impact pierced through space, destroying and pulverizing everything in its path!
"This is bad!"
Luffy, charging head-on, had his pupils constrict. He hurriedly raised his arms.
The next moment.
The violent impact instantly engulfed him, sending his entire person flying backward at an even faster speed.
Bang!
Luffy flew straight into the castle, smashing into the ruins and kicking up a rolling cloud of dust and smoke.
"Decades ago?"
The next second.
Reiner's figure immediately followed, a sneer on his lips.
"Do you still remember how you came to sit in this position, Big Mom?"
"The old recede, the new emerge. The times are moving forward!"
"You've gotten old. So old that you've started to reminisce about the glories of the past, Big Mom!"
Reiner's face was extremely arrogant as he raised his giant axe high and chopped down.
"Then let's see you try, you brat! Come at me with your life on the line!"
Big Mom, instead of getting angry, laughed. Her laughter was ferocious. She grabbed her greatsword, and with a glint of cold light, she chopped down fiercely!
Clang!!
The sword and axe clashed violently, creating a shower of sparks. The blades trembled and hummed.
In a stalemate for less than a second, Reiner and Big Mom both drew back their arms, and their fists, covered in Armament Haki, punched out with all their might!
Bang!!
The fists collided with an impact, and a ring of dust spread out from the ground.
The two of them each slid back a dozen meters. They picked up their weapons and threw them with all their might at the same time!
Clang!!
"Is this all you've got! Is this all you've got, you bastard!"
"Come on! Come and beat me!"
Big Mom's eyes were ferocious as she madly channeled her Armament Haki to cover her wrists.
Reiner, not to be outdone, charged straight up.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Dull impact sounds rang out one after another under the night sky. The explosive force of their fists continuously blasted out, further destroying this patch of ruins.
For a moment, the airflow in the entire ruins became chaotic.
Big Mom crossed her ten fingers and, raising her clasped hands, smashed down like a war hammer!
"Die!"
Bang!
Reiner raised his arms to block, and was smashed by this force until his body sank, his feet breaking the ground into pieces.
His five fingers bent and grabbed her arm, and with a push of his foot, he flipped up.
Bang!
Before Big Mom's widened eyes, Reiner delivered a whip kick to her face, sending her head viciously to one side!
Big Mom's peripheral vision caught sight of Reiner with a ruthless look. As her body leaned back, she raised her thick arm and punched out!
Reiner was unhurried. He crossed his arms in front of him.
Bang!
His body was sent flying several dozen meters by the immense force and landed steadily. Reiner reached out and summoned his undead battle-axe again.
Swoosh!
Before he could make a move, a long arm streaked past him at an even faster speed.
Luffy's eyes were wide with anger, his fist like a swimming serpent as it shot up at high speed.
Big Mom had just steadied herself when the fist, which had accelerated to a blur after several changes of direction, arrived in an instant!
"Gomu Gomu no... King Cobra!!"
Bang!!
The Conqueror's Haki-wrapped fist pierced her abdomen, creating a wave of flesh on Big Mom's body.
The Haki, transformed into an impact, shot out from behind Big Mom, creating ripples in the night sky!
"—Puwaah!"
Big Mom's eyes looked as if they would split. She opened her mouth and spat out blood, her eyes bloodshot.
Bang.
The injuries accumulated from repeated heavy blows finally erupted at this moment. Big Mom's legs gave out, and she knelt on one knee.
"Mama!"
Prometheus behind her, without waiting for Big Mom's command, hurriedly puffed out his cheeks and spewed out high-temperature flames.
Luffy quickly retracted his arm. The dense, dark red Haki on his body gradually faded, and his chest heaved as he panted heavily.
After heavily injuring Big Mom with one explosive blow, Luffy was clearly unable to maintain his Gear Fourth state.
He had already been fighting for so long, and had just taken a direct hit from Big Mom's 'Hakoku'.
His consumption had also reached its limit.
"—Hah—hah. I can't do it anymore."
Luffy panted heavily, his tongue hanging out. His eyelids were almost too heavy to open, as if he had aged several decades in an instant.
"You hold her off for a bit, Reiner. I need to recover."
"Are you kidding me? Dropping the ball at a critical moment like this."
Veins popped on the back of Reiner's hand as he turned to look at Big Mom.
With the other's naturally terrifying physical fitness, and Reiner's already awakened Mythical Zoan form, neither of them had to worry about stamina consumption in a one-on-one fight.
However, Big Mom's injuries would not recover that quickly.
"You'd better hurry. Otherwise, you might not even get a chance to get on the field."
A corner of Reiner's mouth lifted as he dragged his battle-axe and charged straight out.
On the rooftop of a cake-shaped building.
A large number of tables and chairs were overturned, and colored ribbons were broken. Clusters of flames spread and burned everywhere.
The wedding venue, which had been set up just that day, was now a mess.
And not far away, a large number of enemies, with the broadcast as their target, were rushing over.
"Are you still going to put up a dying struggle, Sanji?"
Judge clutched a technologically advanced war spear and said in a low voice to Sanji, who looked rather pathetic under the siege:
"I have to say, for a failure, your performance has indeed exceeded my expectations. I'm even a little reluctant to kill you."
"Unfortunately."
Judge raised his spear, the tip pointing at the dense army that was about to arrive.
"Do you see? Not to mention that massive army, you can't even defeat us."
"Your fiancée is a mixed-blood of the Three-Eye Tribe. Big Mom probably won't kill her for the sake of deciphering the Poneglyphs. The only way for you to live is one."
"Enough, old man. At this point, what's the point of saying all this?"
Sanji interrupted him, his tone not the least bit polite.
"What, have you suddenly had a change of heart and want to protect your son?"
"Once Straw Hat is dead, Big Mom's anger will also subside a lot..."
Judge ignored him and continued on his own:
"As long as you are willing to beg for mercy, as a link between the Vinsmoke and Charlotte marriage alliance, there might still be a chance of survival."
"Even now, you still haven't given up on using me as a pawn to borrow Big Mom's power?"
A deep disappointment appeared in Sanji's eyes.
"What's with that expression?"
Judge's face hardened, and anger appeared in his eyes.
"To be a member of the Vinsmoke family, does it really make you feel so ashamed?"
"A member of the Vinsmoke family? Heh."
"It's really ironic coming from your mouth."
Sanji shook his head and laughed at himself.
"I'd like to ask you, why didn't you let them get married? If it was just to maintain the marriage alliance, it wouldn't matter who it was, right?"
"..."
The night was deep, the moonlight was cold, and even the wind had a bit of a chill.
For a father-son reunion, this night was a bit too cold.
Judge didn't speak, but how could Sanji not know in his heart?
"Because you couldn't bear to."
Sanji looked up, closed his eyes, his face full of disappointment.
"In the end, I'm just a failure who is insignificant to the family, the smallest price you can pay to get Big Mom's power."
"It can't even be called a price."
"A member of the Vinsmoke family... in your heart, I never was, was I?"
His golden bangs drooped, hiding Sanji's eyes in shadow, his voice slow and low.
"It should be me asking you. As a member of the Vinsmoke family, do I really make you feel so ashamed?"
"..."
Has it come to this...
Judge closed his eyes and didn't speak, just let out a long sigh.
"For the revival of the Germa army, I bet everything I had."
Judge opened his eyes, the last trace of hesitation gone.
"No matter what, I will not let you leave here, Sanji."
"Of course, I know. Haven't you always been like this?"
A resolute look appeared in Sanji's eyes.
"There's one thing you're wrong about. My only chance of survival should be to wait for my companions to defeat Big Mom."
"I will also defeat you and set sail with them again."
At this moment, a certain determination seemed to have formed in Sanji's heart.
"Come on! All of you, come at me together! I will viciously kick your so-called scientific power to pieces!"
(End of chapter)
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