Chapter 201: That Long-Lost Dizziness
The roar exploded at close range, sweeping countless plumes of smoke and dust toward Louis and lifting his golden hair.
In the impenetrable cloud of dust, Louis tilted his body slightly, allowing Big Mom, who had been sent flying by Whitebeard's punch, to streak past him and shatter an entire small mountain.
Then, Louis vibrated his spear with one arm, wrapping it in Conqueror's Haki and thrusting it toward the rolling dust cloud. The next moment, the spear blade, wreathed in black and red arcs of electricity, once again collided with the bisento.
A powerful impact erupted, tearing the rolling dust cloud apart and returning the colorful world to everyone's eyes.
CRACK!
One after another, cracks quickly spread across the entire atmosphere, which then shattered like glass. The most destructive Paramecia Devil Fruit ability in the world erupted without reservation, shattering the endless mountain ranges from a distance. Rolling rubble fell like rain.
Several hundred meters away, a giant rock swayed and was then abruptly sent flying. Big Mom, filthy and with her long pink hair a mess, walked out of the dust cloud. The next moment, she gritted her teeth and leaped high, swinging the broadsword Napoleon in the air and launching a tyrannical shockwave.
"IKOKU!"
The powerful impact burst forth, heading straight for the two who were locked in a stalemate.
Seeing this, Louis frowned slightly. He ended his stalemate with Whitebeard and quickly retreated, exposing Whitebeard to Big Mom's attack.
"Linlin, what are you doing here?!" Whitebeard gripped the end of his bisento's staff with one hand and, coating it in the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, shattered the oncoming "Ikoku."
"Ma~ma~mamama!!"
"Of course I'm here for the Giant race and the Lunarian race! And those Buccaneers... I'll take them too!" Big Mom made no effort to hide her intentions from Louis, laughing strangely as she stated her purpose.
Louis heard this and raised an eyebrow. He knew that this woman, Big Mom, hadn't given up. She had even come here personally.
Soon, Louis realized something was wrong. As he raised his hand and swung out a Hakoku, he frowned and asked, "Why did you get here from Totto Land so quickly? Or were you already nearby from the beginning?"
To this, Big Mom leaped high into the air, a meaningful smile on her face. "The Marines weren't the only ones who acted the moment they got the news of your conflict— Kaido, Loki, and the others also made a move. It's just that they were all blocked by someone—"
"We, too, were waiting for you two to beat each other's brains out. It's just a pity that only I was able to make it here smoothly, to pick up this massive surprise!"
Then, Big Mom's eyes filled with an unshakable joy, and she shouted, her tongue lolling, "Ma~ma~mamama! The Lunarian race, the Buccaneer race, and the Giant race... I'll gladly accept them all!!"
As her roar fell, a small sun and a thundercloud came from the horizon, landing on her head to become her burning hair and lifting her to compensate for her slower speed.
"Emperor's Sword: Blade of Destruction!"
Immediately after, Big Mom, her hair now blazing fire, gripped her broadsword, which was wreathed in black and red arcs of electricity and fire, and charged at Louis on her thundercloud.
"Mother's Flame!"
The searing blade of fire cut through the air, directly igniting the atmosphere. It cut a golden arc as it slashed toward Louis.
Black and red arcs of electricity coiled, jumped, and expanded around Louis, quickly wreathing his blade. Louis beat his wings, and searing flames erupted, propelling him to instantly disappear from the spot with a violent sonic boom, leaving only a molten patch of lava several hundred meters long stretching behind him.
Before Big Mom's broadsword could fall, Louis's figure was already reflected in her eyes.
"Divine Departure!" The blade, wreathed in Conqueror's Haki, swept out, instantly tearing the atmosphere and slashing at Big Mom's abdomen.
"This is Roger's move?!" At this moment, this strange thought rose in the minds of both Big Mom and Whitebeard at the same time.
SHING— The blade sang, and its clear ring pierced the entire island. Conqueror's Haki ravaged the area, and black and red arcs of electricity struck the sea, kicking up churning waves.
Big Mom couldn't dodge in time. She took the blow head-on and, without a sound, was sent flying into a charred mountain.
After finishing this, Louis spread his wings again, instantly disappearing from the surface and causing Whitebeard's attack to miss.
In the sky, Louis hovered, breathing heavily, the halo forged of flames slowly rotating behind his head.
On the ground, Whitebeard looked up at this scene. His mind raced, analyzing the relationship between the halo and Louis's unrivaled defense.
"You damned BRAT!!"
With a roar, the distant mountain exploded. A thoroughly wretched Big Mom walked out of the shattered mountain, glaring fiercely at Louis hovering in the sky.
Seeing this, Louis raised an eyebrow. After calming his breathing, he brazenly raised his hand. From the golden sun in the sky, which had shrunk by a circle, he separated half of its life energy and merged it into his own body.
"Haaa..."
Louis slowly exhaled, and a thin golden light coated the sword and spear in his hands.
Big Mom and Whitebeard saw this, and their brows tensed. From their Observation Haki, they sensed the unusual nature of this golden light.
A biting cold wind raged, forming a giant tornado linking heaven and earth around Louis. Lightning flashed, turning into searing white bolts that set off terrifying peals of thunder in the sky. The two great Fantasy Species stood guard at his side, looking down on the people gazing up at the sky.
...
Big Mom looked at the two Fantasy Species swirling around Louis and fell into thought. At her feet and head, her Homies Zeus and Prometheus were dumbfounded. They could tell that those were things similar to themselves, but unlike them, they truly possessed the power of a natural disaster.
Soon, a look of confusion appeared on Big Mom's face. She posed a question that was out of place for the moment. "You... you shouldn't be a Mythical Zoan. You're a Paramecia, aren't you?"
In Big Mom's senses, Louis was similar to her in many ways, and she had to admit that in many aspects, he surpassed her. His unbelievably tough defense, his ability to manipulate Devil Fruit creations, his naturally powerful physique—all of it proved this point. Therefore, she felt a little hesitant, believing that Louis was not the rumored Mythical Zoan, Model: Seraph, but rather a Paramecia user, similar to herself.
To this, Louis paid no mind. He had no need to explain anything to his enemy.
His flame-wreathed wings beat, propelling him into a high-speed dive, flying straight toward the two.
Facing the diving Louis, Big Mom's expression became serious. She shouted, "Zeus! Prometheus! Napoleon! It's time to get serious!"
"Yes, Mama!!"
On the other side, Whitebeard acted as if he hadn't seen this at all. He turned his head to look at the chaotic battlefield, a hint of sorrow flashing in his eyes. Then, Whitebeard took a deep breath, ignoring his old age, illness, injuries, and other discomforts. He unleashed his Conqueror's Haki to its absolute maximum and, together with the power of his Tremor-Tremor Fruit, wreathed it around his Supreme Grade Blade, Murakumogiri.
An extremely powerful Conqueror's Haki created visible ripples in the air. Black and red lightning filled the entire island, kicking up a fierce hurricane. Whitebeard gripped the bisento's staff with both hands. After leaving a shattered patch of land thousands of meters long, he leaped high into the air, dodged the sweeping blade, instantly crossed several thousand meters, and briefly hovered in the sky, looking down on Louis from above.
A black and red light shone from the blade, like a black and red cross-star hanging high in the sky. It instantly suppressed the original colors of the world, changing everything to black and red.
On the battlefield on the other side, the several division commanders who had not yet retreated saw this, their faces filled with worry. Marco the Phoenix decisively flapped his wings and left, heading straight for the other battlefield. Vista, Jozu, and the others saw this and subconsciously tried to follow, but they were blocked by the heavily armored figure holding the war hammer.
In the end, only the Eighth Division Commander, Namur, managed to follow from the side.
"..."
Seeing this, Louis frowned slightly. He decisively changed direction, ignored Big Mom, and went straight for Whitebeard.
Big Mom, who was slowly rising into the air, had her expression change.
A distance of several thousand meters was crossed in an instant.
Louis arrived in front of Whitebeard in almost a split second. He raised the Seven Star Sword, which was wreathed in a mixture of many powers, and, from bottom to top, swung it in a perfect arc, slashing at Whitebeard's chest.
CLANG—
With the hum of the blade, the Seven Star Sword instantly cut across Whitebeard's burly torso, directly splitting his chest open, creating a bloody gash that cut through his ribs, damaged his internal organs, reached his face, and blinded one eye.
Blood splattered in the sky, raining down.
A strange life-draining energy eroded him, but it was expelled by the Conqueror's Haki that Whitebeard had unleashed to its maximum.
In the distance, Marco and the others who were struggling to catch up saw this, their eyes wide with fury. They roared, "POPS!!"
Whitebeard ignored the shouts of Marco and the others. His gaze was firmly locked on Louis's body. He swung out his strongest blow at lightning speed. His opponent was not only the world's number one in defense, but his speed was also second only to that little brat in the Marines. With his full power unleashed, the only chance to land his strongest blow was at the very moment his opponent attacked him.
The Supreme Grade Blade, Murakumogiri, wreathed in black and red arcs of electricity and a white halo, was swung in a visible arc, smashing directly onto Louis's head.
CRACK—
Time seemed to stop at this moment.
An unprecedented shattering sound was heard. One after another, cracks radiated out from Louis as the center, rapidly spreading in all directions, covering half the island in just a moment.
Conqueror's Haki exploded from a distance, continuously bombarding Louis's body and mind. The moment the bisento made contact with Louis, the bursting Haki and quake wave made Louis feel a long-lost dizziness, just like the punch he had taken from Garp three years ago.
In that instant, an unimaginable power erupted violently. Ninety percent of the power was concentrated on Louis's body, while the dissipating force spread out, shattering Big Mom's Homies and half the island from a distance.
With one blow, Louis plummeted straight down at a speed many times faster than sound.
"!!!"
"WHITEBEARD, YOU BASTARD!!" Big Mom, having lost her thundercloud Zeus, quickly recovered from the aftershock and began to curse.
BOOM!
With a loud roar as if the sky itself were falling!
The island, which was already covered in canyon-like fissures, instantly disintegrated. It sank directly into the sea, kicking up waves hundreds or even thousands of meters high.
Big Mom, who was screaming obscenities, and the heavily injured Whitebeard fell powerlessly from the sky, plummeting straight toward the churning, turbulent sea.
A hundred meters above the raging sea, Louis spread his wings and hovered. He raised a hand to his forehead, alleviating the dizziness in his head.
"This long-lost feeling..." A moment later, Louis, who had already recovered his senses, looked at the shattered half of the island and the surging, churning waves below, and muttered to himself.
The next second, with a thought, Louis controlled his Natural Water to enter the surging seawater, taking control of it.
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