A furious roar exploded like rolling thunder!
The magma giant's enormous body, resembling an erupting volcano, radiated a suffocating heat.
His massive arm, billowing with thick black smoke, tightly gripped a black dragon and slammed it toward the ocean with overwhelming force!
Howling winds whipped around, the air screeching sharply.
Big Mom moved in an instant, her massive form nearly blotting out a portion of the sunlight, plunging everyone below into a dim shadow.
"Akainu, you think you can handle me? MAMAMAMA!"
Then, the enormous dragon body coiled around Akainu's magma giant's arm like a nimble black lightning bolt.
The black dragon's strength was astonishing, its powerful muscles taut, each contraction seeming to unleash boundless force, like a noose attempting to crush Akainu's magma body!
"DIEEE!!!"
Akainu's magma giant roared furiously, the very air igniting as thick black smoke enveloped the entire Underwater Great Prison!
Faced with the black dragon's constriction, he did not retreat but instead charged head-on to meet the attack!
Under the dragon's grip, the magma body grew increasingly scorching, as if ready to reduce everything around to ashes.
The fiery magma writhed and spread like a living thing, gradually enveloping the black dragon's form.
Sizzle...!!!
The moment the magma made contact with the dragon's scales, a "sizzling" sound erupted.
It was like countless red-hot iron needles piercing steel all at once, sending chills down the spine.
Under the relentless erosion of the magma, the black dragon's scale defenses began to crumble.
Cracks appeared on the once-indestructible scales, spreading rapidly like a shattering web.
A flicker of panic crossed Big Mom's dragon eyes—she actually felt pain.
Prolonged exposure to the searing magma meant even steel-like substances would gradually melt under such intense heat.
This pain made her realize that Akainu was not an easy opponent.
Despite her near-invincible defenses, the rate of destruction from his corrosive magma far outpaced her ability to repair.
As time slowly passed, Big Mom's black dragon form could no longer hold up.
The once-majestic, colossal body grew weak, its movements increasingly sluggish.
Finally, it let out a roar of defiance as the massive black dragon form, wrapped in magma, gradually dissipated into wisps of black smoke, scattering into the air.
"MAMAMA! 'Beast Man' form!" Big Mom urgently shouted.
No sooner had she spoken than her enormous dragon body rapidly shrank.
The dragon body and claws vanished, leaving only the dragon horns on her head, resembling Kaido's.
In the end, Big Mom transformed into her 'Beast Man' form—the strongest combat state for a Mythical Zoan user!
After reverting from the dragon form to the beast man state, her body remained immense, though it seemed much smaller compared to her previous black dragon form.
Even so, the aura she exuded was still formidable.
"Akainu, I promise I won't kill you today. MAMAMA!" A cold glint flashed in Big Mom's eyes as she spoke viciously.
"Old hag, you're celebrating too soon!" Akainu also returned to his normal size, black smoke billowing from his body as magma continuously dripped from him.
The magma sizzled as it hit the ground, burning holes into the surface.
With those words, The two charged at each other again like arrows shot from a bow!
Figures darted past each other mid-air, each strike carrying immense impact, the sound of fists meeting flesh echoing through the air!
.....
On the other side.
Magellan activated his Devil Fruit ability, transforming into a towering and terrifying purple Venom giant, standing imposingly on the deck.
His massive and oppressive form was composed of endless Venom, with every inch of his skin oozing suffocating toxic mist.
This toxic mist seemed alive, slowly spreading out, freezing the air wherever it reached and carrying a pungent, rotting stench that made breathing incredibly difficult.
In this eerie atmosphere, his arms gradually morphed into two enormous Venom serpents!
The serpents' bodies coiled and writhed like living creatures, each scale gleaming with a lethal sheen and emitting a corrosive aura capable of eroding anything.
Even the slightest touch of this corrosive Venom could instantly reduce the hardest objects to dust.
Magellan's gaze was icy cold, like two gleaming blades, firmly locked onto Smoothie and Cracker.
"You two, are you prepared to be baptized in Venom?"
Magellan's voice was low and menacing—those who dared invade his Impel down must be ready to face death!
Venom continuously dripped from his body, landing on the deck with a sizzling sound and instantly corroding the sturdy planks into deep pits.
The edges of these pits still emitted wisps of green smoke, as if scorched by demonic flames.
"Hmph!"
In response to Magellan's threat, Smoothie merely let out a cold laugh.
A disdainful expression appeared on her delicate face as she swiftly drew the longsword at her waist.
The blade, already razor-sharp, expanded instantly under the infusion of her Haki, transforming into a massive black longsword.
It gleamed with a chilling light, like a bloodthirsty serpent in the darkness, its edge brimming with fighting spirit as it pointed directly at Magellan's fearsome Venom arm.
"Venom? Before my sword, it's nothing but useless liquid!" Smoothie shouted, her voice filled with confidence.
With her roar, the massive sword swung down fiercely!
The blade, imbued with sharp Haki, cut through the air like a bolt of lightning tearing through darkness, heading straight for Magellan's Venom arm—its momentum seemingly capable of slicing everything in its path to pieces!
Sensing the overwhelming force approaching, Magellan's Venom arm dodged swiftly as if alive, twisting nimbly in an attempt to evade Smoothie's deadly strike.
However, Smoothie's sword was simply too fast, and coupled with the Poison Dragon's massive size, the blade still grazed the Venom arm, sending splashes of purple Venom flying.
Sssshhh—
The Venom was sliced apart like torn silk.
But almost immediately, the severed Venom rapidly reformed, coalescing back into a complete Venom arm.
This process was a testament to the formidable power of the Venom" Fruit ability.