Sizzle... Sizzle... Sizzle...
Charlotte's outstretched palm was about to reach Kenji's face.
At this moment, a sound of corrosive burning suddenly came.
"Hmm?" Charlotte looked over, following the sound, and found a Marine officer standing at her feet.
Magellan had arrived on the battlefield at some unknown time, blocking her path. Because of his height, Charlotte hadn't noticed him for a moment.
Of course, from her nearly 6-meter-tall perspective, most of the Marines in front of her were 'dwarfs'.
Only Kenji could be considered 'tall among the short', and coupled with his youthful face, it was no wonder Charlotte mistook him for a Giant youth.
"Get lost!"
Faced with the obstruction, Charlotte was unceremonious, kicking towards Magellan.
The giant foot instantly obscured the sky above Magellan's head, but Magellan was fearless, unleashing his Venom-Venom Fruit ability intensely.
Sizzle... Sizzle... Sizzle...
A clearer sound of corrosive burning merged into one continuous noise.
Streams of purple venom surged out like a torrent. Plants touched by the venom instantly withered, and amidst the 'sizzle' of corrosion, wisps of smoke rose.
Charlotte's foot plunged into the venom. Not only did her leg and foot get covered in the purple poison, but splashing venom splattered all over her body.
However, Magellan himself was still kicked.
After all, he was a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user and could not elementalize his body. Seeing Charlotte's massive right foot forcefully break through the venom and rush towards him, he only had time to raise his arms to block.
Crack!
With a muffled thud, Magellan was violently kicked away, the immense force causing his body to shake violently, and he spat out blood.
"Cough, cough!"
Magellan coughed violently, but his eyes remained clear, coldly looking at Charlotte's towering figure.
"With my potent venom corroding your body… you can't escape."
Sizzle, sizzle!
As if to confirm Magellan's words, corrosive smoke rapidly rose from the areas on Charlotte's body that had been touched by the venom.
"Hmm? Is it poison?"
At this point, Charlotte seemed to finally realize what those purple liquids were.
Then, a displeased expression appeared on her face, and she vigorously shook her arms with a look of disdain, trying to shake off the purple venom.
"Annoying, truly disgusting stuff!"
"Simply nauseating!"
It took some effort, but she finally got rid of the venom clinging to her body.
This scene left Magellan, who had just fallen to the ground in the distance, dumbfounded.
"How is that possible? Is she immune to potent venom?"
Magellan clearly remembered seeing corrosive smoke rising from the parts of Charlotte's body that had been touched by the venom.
However, looking again now, he found that those corroded parts of her body showed no trace of damage, and her skin was even still smooth.
"Is it because I released too little venom?"
Magellan frowned, knowing that some people in this world possessed a poison-resistant physique. He got up, preparing to arrange a 'sea of poison' specifically for Charlotte.
However, as soon as he took a step, he suddenly coughed violently, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.
The power of Charlotte's previous attack truly manifested itself. A close-range strike had severely injured Magellan.
"Hmph! That disgusting fellow, I'll deal with you later!"
Charlotte glared fiercely at Magellan, who was spitting blood in the distance.
Then she patted her clothes, and as if nothing had happened, she turned her head to look at Kenji.
Charlotte, after being assaulted by the potent venom, now looked only slightly disheveled.
"Hey, hey, hey! When did Magellan's potent venom become so easy to resist?"
"That's one of the strongest pirates! It's not strange for her to be able to withstand potent venom, is it?"
"An ordinary pirate couldn't resist it. Her physique is special… I heard her defensive power is incredibly strong. Swords, guns, and cannons can't harm her."
"Oh, is that… the tough body like a Steel Balloon?"
The Marine officers and soldiers present were astonished, witnessing for the first time the rumored 'Steel Balloon' like Physique.
After all, they didn't know that their own Kenji also possessed [Steel Balloon].
As a direct unit, the Marine personnel had followed Kenji in battles for years, so they were familiar with the deployment procedures for high-level Marine forces.
At this moment, they quickly dispersed to form a perimeter around the Charlotte Family.
A large area in the center was left open, that was the Admiral's battlefield.
Of course, such a distance could still easily be affected by the battle, but no one retreated further.
"Charlotte Linlin?" Kenji looked at the graceful figure rushing towards him at high speed, announcing in an official tone.
"You have openly led the Charlotte Family to attack the Marine and used violent means to resist, severely threatening the safety of Marine officers and soldiers."
"Now, as an Admiral of Marineford, I will subjugate and arrest you, and your Charlotte Family!"
Kenji's serious and emotionless words echoed far and wide.
The Charlotte Family members not far away burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Is this Marine an idiot? Saying so much nonsense!"
"Hmm, that person is an Admiral! Be careful!"
"Hmph! So what? It's not like Mama hasn't fought an Admiral before."
"It's not Mama who needs to be careful... it's us who need to be careful."
As the Charlotte Family members discussed, Charlotte's greatsword, wielded with monstrous strength, had already slashed down before Kenji's eyes.
The sharp blade gleamed with cold light, and top-tier Haki enveloped the sword. Before the blade even arrived, the fierce aura stirred up by the slash could cut iron and break steel.
"Still that rigid attitude, just like an old man who crawled out of a coffin." Charlotte laughed wildly, confirming Kenji's identity.
"It really is you! You look younger but still act like an old man."
"Well... forget it!"
"Anyway, you still can't block my slash!"
Charlotte suddenly stopped in her laughter, slashing out a shockwave from several meters away from Kenji.
The shockwave was massive, enough to cover and sweep the entire field.
"Ikoku!"
"That move is…"
The faces of the Giant warriors in the distance showed horror.
"She's clearly not of the Giant race... yet she can use such a powerful move like Ikoku."
"She really is a natural destroyer!"
"Evil God Charlotte Linlin…"
Amidst the horrified gazes of the Giant warriors, Kenji raised his hand and clenched his fist. As powerful Haki was released, his fist was instantly wreathed in Conqueror's Haki.
Without any flashy techniques, Kenji simply threw a normal punch with his Conqueror's Haki covered fist.
Boom!
The heavy punch collided with the giant slash shockwave from a distance, and the latter exploded with a loud bang, like transparent fireworks.
The Conqueror's Haki-infused heavy punch continued to strike, moving forward, and in the blink of an eye, it smashed in front of Charlotte.