Chapter 178: Suppressing an Emperor! The Power of The Zodiac!
The so-called Emperor of the Sea didn't become a "Four Emperors" because of a crown passed down from ancestors.
Of course, they have immense power and influence over the sea—but the reason that power and influence gathered in their hands is essentially one thing.
That is "Power".
So even if their pirate crew is annihilated, as long as the Emperor themselves is alive... they are still a "Four Emperors".
They are monsters among monsters, the ever-victorious.
On the entire sea, just being able to fight them is enough to be called a "Top Powerhouse".
And defeating or even suppressing them... that almost doesn't exist in common sense.
But now...
In "Totto Land" where the fierce battle is raging.
Common sense—is broken.
"Joking, right..."
Now, it was already night.
On Liqueur Island of Totto Land.
A middle-aged civilian woman hiding in a building after evacuation covered her mouth involuntarily, watching the broadcast in the sky.
"Actually... able to do such a thing?"
Shock almost solidified in her eyes.
"Mom..."
Beside her, a grey-haired little girl, seemingly her daughter, looked at the sky curiously. "Queen is getting beaten? Didn't you say no one dares to resist her?"
"I... I..."
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman clearly didn't know how to answer.
But her daughter suddenly had a whimsical thought. "Mom, if the Queen is defeated... do we not have to pay lifespan to her every year?"
"This..."
Hearing this, the woman was even more at a loss.
Big Mom defeated?
She never even thought of such a possibility.
But just then...
BOOM!
A Guard Homie holding a giant axe fell from the sky suddenly, smashing heavily, just crushing the "Liqueur Bottle Shelter" where the mother and daughter were.
"You... what did you say just now..."
The Homie struggled to stand up.
Its body was broken, but its expression was extremely fierce. "You want to... defy Mama?"
"Execute you!"
Raising the giant axe, it swung down directly at the mother and daughter.
The mother hurriedly protected her daughter in her arms, closing her eyes instinctively.
But...
SCREECH!
Accompanying the sound of flapping wings, she didn't feel pain.
So, the woman opened her eyes.
Then, she saw a griffin with a lion body and eagle face in front of her... its huge claws pressed the Guard Homie down, crushing its steel body directly.
VMMM!
From the Homie's body, a soul floated out, swallowed by the griffin in one gulp.
At this moment, the woman seemed to see some faint cold aura surrounding the griffin.
This made her hug her daughter tighter instinctively.
But the griffin just glanced at her. "Go to the east winery, battle there is over, most civilians on the island are there."
A voice came from the eagle beak.
Then, it spread its wings, soaring into the sky toward the "Mirror of Dreams" in the center of the island.
The woman saw it fly to the mirror, throwing the soul in its mouth into the mirror, then flew toward another Homie nearby.
Only now did the woman wake up from the dream.
She looked at the broadcast in the sky instinctively.
Seeing the battle completely beyond her cognition, her daughter's question echoed in her mind involuntarily.
"Big Mom... if defeated..."
Her words carried worry.
But also... Expectation.
As the woman and her daughter said.
The battle on Whole Cake Island was a "Top Duel" beyond the sea's cognition.
Emperor of the Sea versus The Zodiac, killing each other.
But unexpectedly, the current battle situation...
"Emperor Sword · Thunder Slash!" (Cognac)
Big Mom swung the long sword; violent thunder rolled down with exaggerated power.
"Winged Dragon · Ancient Claw!"
But where her slash fell, Tori (Rooster), shining with endless brilliance, didn't dodge.
Clenching his fist, his scales emitted golden light.
Golden light claws appeared in his hand, colliding with Big Mom's blade the next moment.
BOOM!
Terrifying destructive power brought intense light and thunder instantly, illuminating Whole Cake Island's dimming sky. Shockwaves raised terrifying strong winds destroying buildings on the island.
Of course, in fact, there were almost no buildings left on the island to destroy.
"Quite capable... brat!"
Pressing down frantically, Big Mom looked at Tori, gritting her teeth with cracking sounds.
"Not bad either, old hag!"
Pushing up with light claws, Tori, with equally muscular physique, laughed loudly.
His muscles and scales shattered but healed in an instant.
Clearly—as the strongest in physique and vitality among The Zodiac, he could hold his own against Big Mom in close combat.
Just then, Tori opened his mouth.
VMMM!
Intense laser gathered in his mouth, emitting terrifying power.
"Don't think about it!"
Seeing this, Big Mom roared without hesitation.
"Cronus — Fulgora!" (Thunder Shake)
"Yes~ Mama!"
As her words fell, thunder transformed from Cronus surged out from her nun's habit.
BOOM!
Purple lightning, powerful enough to pierce Onigashima in one strike, brewed the next moment.
But Big Mom was clearly not satisfied, shouting again, "Heavenly Fire!"
So the next moment, flames erupted with thunder.
Countless thunder and fire fragments roared, turning the surroundings into an abyss of scorched earth, rushing toward Tori.
But now, Tori still didn't move.
He didn't choose elementalization or dodging... he still confronted Big Mom's long sword, brewing laser in his mouth.
Because...
"Space Slash · Thousand Doors."
The next moment, a calm voice sounded.
Countless doors opened out of thin air beside Tori.
Then...
BOOM!
Countless thunder and flames summoned by Big Mom fell into the countless doors instantly.
"Nezumi!"
Seeing this, Big Mom roared through gritted teeth—she knew whose ability this was.
But just moments later, she stopped roaring.
Because...
BOOM!
Tori's long-brewed strike fired.
"Super Light Cannon · Winged Dragon Cannon!"
The laser turned into a golden winged dragon, resembling both dragon and bird, flying toward Big Mom!
"!!!"
Seeing this, Big Mom raised her hand without hesitation, giving up the stalemate with Tori.
So Tori's massive light claw blasted her away instantly... the sharp claws tore her nun's habit transformed from "Cronus" easily, making it scream.
But Big Mom couldn't care less now. Raising her hand, she pointed the long sword at the dangerous "Winged Dragon Cannon": "Maser Cannon!" (Roaring Light Cannon)
BOOM!
From the sword tip, an intense light cannon fired, intending to collide with the Winged Dragon Cannon.
But...
VMMM!
Still at the moment of collision—two doors opened out of thin air again.
One door confiscated Big Mom's "Maser Cannon".
The other swallowed the Winged Dragon Cannon, and the exit appeared in front of Big Mom moments later.
Big Mom's pupils dilated abruptly.
"Homie Creation · Mud Shield Homie!"
But she still reacted instinctively—soul scattered, mud and rocks on the ground rose instantly, shouting "Protecting Mama""Let me", gathering in front of her.
But...
"Space Slash · Soul Cut!"
In an instant, they were cut by arms growing out of thin air—the cold aura surrounding the arms prevented them from reforming.
So...
BOOM!
Big Mom's face was hit directly by the "Winged Dragon Cannon".
SPURT!
Even her extremely tough body was blasted away again instantly.
BOOM!
While flying, she even heard thunder from the sky.
But this wasn't all.
Because now...
SWISH!
"Light Assault Formation · Three Thousand!" (Yasakani no Magatama variant)
"Space Slash · 360 Sharp Winds!" (Pound Ho variant)
In the air, Big Mom saw countless flashing light spots and slashes again.
So she struggled to defend: "Conqueror's Coating · Cronus · Stolen Fire!"
Growling, Cronus turned into fire meteors, rushing toward the countless lasers and slashes around.
"Don't hurt Mama!"
Cronus shouted, biting one of the lasers.
But the next moment...
"Hm!?"
It found it bit empty air.
No, to be precise, all lasers and slashes around dissipated instantly.
[Mirage Phantom · Feint]
And the next moment...
Big Mom widened her eyes.
Because she saw three figures appearing above her head after the illusions dissipated.
"Light Claw · Behemoth Slash!"
"Space Slash Secret Technique · Body Severance!"
"Shadow Blade · Great Shadow Cut!"
The next moment, three strikes hit solidly again.
So...
"Ugh!"
Even Big Mom cried out in pain—her body fell like a cannonball, hideous cuts and broken teeth causing her blood to spray like a fountain.
This scene silenced almost all of Totto Land.
On various islands.
Whether Katakuri and other Charlotte executives fighting.
Or civilians hiding.
Or "Guests" blocked outside Totto Land by Ryuji, watching the broadcast by intercepting signals.
Everyone could see the extremely obvious battle situation.
Yes—Four Emperors "Big Mom" was completely suppressed in the battle.
By those three...
The Zodiac's Top Executives.
"These three guys... aren't they outrageously strong?"
On Cacao Island, Perospero, barely repelling the Ranyi (Fish Monster) before him, felt his tongue twisting.
"Indeed very strong... incredibly strong, each one."
Beside him, Katakuri, blasting mochi fists against two Phantom Beast Lords, looked extremely solemn.
"But that's not the most critical part. Their most terrifying aspect is... Coordination."
Although enemies.
Katakuri's words carried clear admiration.
Admiration from a strong man for stronger ones.
"Coordination?"
Although Perospero wasn't bad at fighting, he clearly couldn't compare to Katakuri.
"Yes, coordination."
Katakuri said deeply. "While each is terrifyingly strong, their coordination is truly seamless... absolute tacit understanding without communication, not even eye contact."
"They must have undergone countless trainings specifically to have this coordination almost like 'One Person'."
He knew what this meant.
Powerhouses of this level must have their own pride and fighting style.
Coordinating seamlessly, undergoing such training... was difficult in itself.
For example, Katakuri was willing to fight alongside his siblings, but absolutely wouldn't spend massive time studying ability coordination with Smoothie.
With that time, he preferred training his Haki and strength.
But these three Zodiac members not only had the ability to confront an Emperor head-on without losing quickly.
Their tacit understanding reached such a level.
This proved how unfathomable the organization The Zodiac was.
More critically, enabling such cooperation and training meant they must have a common "Leader" respected by all.
"Star Lord..."
Katakuri muttered this codename.
"Stop talking about this, Katakuri, what do we do now?"
Perospero said anxiously.
"Nothing."
Katakuri said directly. "In a battle of this level, even if I intervene, it's hard to change anything."
He didn't hesitate to admit his insufficiency.
So then, he looked at the broadcast. "However... their state is clearly not as 'Strong' as when they first assassinated Mama."
"Although suppressing Mama, their stamina is consuming."
His Observation Haki could capture this. "If they want to defeat Mama this way..."
"Not enough."
As his words fell.
Whole Cake Island.
"Ma... mamama... mamama... painful... so painful..."
A somewhat strained laugh came.
Amidst massive dust, Big Mom's massive figure struggled to stand up again.
Now.
Her body bore hideous wounds.
Blood dripped constantly; flesh rolled back, revealing bones faintly.
Clearly—under such intense battle and attacks, even Big Mom's monster-like physique couldn't endure forever.
Or to be precise... lasting until now proved her terror.
"This body... how long hasn't felt such pain?"
Gritting her teeth, she looked at the three slowly descending figures.
"Truly amazing, you are indeed strong guys—even on the sea these years, the top tier."
She praised without hesitation.
"I don't know why you can hurt Cronus, or what that aura is..."
She glanced at Cronus on her—this strongest Homie fusing three high-level Homies was clearly weakening.
All because of that special cold aura attached to the three's attacks.
"I don't know how you cut off my connection with dead Homies, preventing me from recalling their souls."
She sensed the decreasing Homies in Totto Land.
Normally, after Homies died, Big Mom could control and recall their souls anytime—then use them to heal her injuries like the "Resurrection" just now.
But in fact, she called for those dead Homies' souls more than once during the battle.
But... no response.
So she concluded the enemies used some method to cut off the connection.
"You forced me into a desperate situation."
Speaking here, Big Mom showed no fear.
On the contrary.
VMMM!
Her expression and aura began to become more terrifying than ever.
"That is the... biggest mistake you made."
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