'This stinking old hag is an absolute monster.'
On the dust-swept shore of the island, blood trickled from the corner of Allen's mouth, his clothes covered in dirt and torn to shreds.
He struggled to his feet from the cracked crater, his eyes staring fanatically at the rapidly approaching Big Mom.
If the Buccaneer Tribe were miniature giants, then Big Mom was a super-enhanced version of the Buccaneer Tribe—she was practically a miniature Ancient Giant!
With just a single sword strike, she had sent him flying hundreds of meters away, even with the physical enhancements of his Buccaneer bloodline. It was far more exaggerated than Allen had initially expected.
As expected of the monster who destroyed a giant village at the age of five and was dubbed an "Evil God" by the Giant Tribe.
In the world today, in terms of pure physical constitution, there was likely no one who could surpass her.
Allen couldn't help but curl his lips into a ferocious, excited grin. He arched his back as his body expanded and grew once more, a pair of massive, curved horns sprouting from the sides of his forehead.
The Ancient Giant lineage factor he had obtained from Little Oars Jr. during the Summit War had finally found the perfect scenario to be used.
"Hm? What's this? Is it his ability?"
Seeing the changes in Allen's body, Big Mom was momentarily taken aback, her eyes gradually turning to shock.
In the blink of an eye, Allen's size had reached a towering thirty-eight meters. His skin turned dark green, horns grew from his head, and a pair of fangs protruded upward from his mouth, giving him a ferocious and sinister appearance.
"..."
Big Mom's face was filled with shock. She stopped her advance, floating in mid-air on Zeus, completely speechless inwardly.
This size, the skin color, the horns on his head, and those fangs!
"An Ancient Giant... This is definitely an Ancient Giant!"
Big Mom's expression filled with excitement. She charged forward with even greater vigor, unable to hold back a wide grin as she laughed loudly, "Mama~ Mama~ I've changed my mind, Francis! You should become my husband instead!"
"As long as you share my bed in this form! We will definitely be able to give birth to an Ancient Giant child!"
Big Mom's eyes burned with fanatical excitement, completely treating Allen as prey about to be captured. Dragging her massive sword with both hands, she arrived in front of him and slashed down viciously!
"Mother's Blaze!!"
A massive amount of flames clung to the blade as it struck fiercely. Allen crossed his thick arms over his head, infusing them with Armament Haki to parry the heavy, powerful attack.
Clang—!!
The ground beneath Allen's feet violently caved into a deep crater. Bolstered by the constitution of an Ancient Giant, his strength finally didn't lose out, steadily blocking Big Mom's strike.
But in the next instant.
Boom!!!
The flames on the blade erupted ferociously! The massive fire resembled a crimson beast, opening its terrifying maw to swallow Allen whole!
"It's not over yet!"
Big Mom laughed with a fierce glare, commanding Zeus beneath her feet to unleash the lightning it had been accumulating!
"Indra!!"
Rumble!!!
Thunder cracked! The thundercloud Zeus spat out wild lightning, and a pillar of purple lightning containing terrifying energy pierced into the raging fire, instantly blasting Allen—who was engulfed in the flames—away!
Whoosh—Bang!!
His massive frame flew backward like a human cannonball. Landing heavily on his back against a slope, he smashed out a deep crater.
Billowing clouds of dust and smoke surged outward.
"The world's strongest physical constitution grants you unparalleled strength and defense, and through the Homies created by your ability, you control the two strongest elements in nature: lightning and fire."
Lying on the ground, Allen stared at Big Mom, a cold smirk curling on his lips. "Is this the confidence that keeps you firmly seated on the throne of the Four Emperors?"
Her Haki was only standard.
Although not weak, it couldn't be considered top-tier either. For an Emperor standing at the pinnacle of the seas, this level of Haki was a bit lacking.
But Big Mom's physical constitution far exceeded Allen's expectations. Both her strength and defense were more than enough to make up for her shortcomings in Haki techniques.
Combined with the three major Homies—Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon—Big Mom's strength undoubtedly made her a genuine Four Emperor.
Unfortunately, in the face of the Dark-Dark Fruit, even the most powerful abilities might not be reliable.
"I've completely understood your strength. Now, it's your turn to witness my power."
Allen smiled coldly. Standing up from the crater, he raised his hand and aimed it at Big Mom in the distance. Wisps of black mist slowly surged from his palm.
"Witness your power? Mama! Mama!"
Big Mom threw her head back and laughed loudly, her facial fat trembling along with her massive, obese body. She mocked him with a sinister tone, "Don't make me laugh, you brat. Before you talk big, at least take a look at yourself right now. You've been beaten to a pulp by me... Hm?"
Her laughter suddenly stopped. Big Mom's expression froze as she felt an inexplicable gravitational pull acting on her, like an invisible giant hand grabbing her and pulling her forward.
"What is going on?!"
Big Mom looked down at her body in astonishment. She instinctively tried to resist, only to find that she couldn't break free from the gravitational lock. Her body violently flew forward!
Big Mom immediately reacted, snapping her head up to glare at Allen. "Damn it! What did you do, you bastard?!"
"Gahahaha! No need to struggle. This is a power that even Whitebeard couldn't break free from!"
Allen laughed arrogantly, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.
"Blackwater!!"
In the blink of an eye, Big Mom had been pulled over by the powerful gravity. Allen grabbed her shoulder with a large hand.
Instantly.
Big Mom's expression changed drastically. She could clearly feel the Devil Fruit power within her being firmly suppressed, completely unable to be utilized!
"You brat! What exactly did you do?!"
For the first time, Big Mom felt panic. Encountering this situation for the first time, her mind went blank for a moment.
Before she could make a move, Allen had already prepared a charged palm strike, slamming it viciously into her abdomen!
"Fish-Man Karate: Vagabond Drill!!"
Allen roared loudly, his palm carrying a mass of blood as it swiftly struck Big Mom's body of steel!
The blood pierced through her body, erupting as a bloody mist from Big Mom's broad back.
"Blergh!!"
Big Mom's eyes went bloodshot as she spat out a large mouthful of blood in agony.
"Mama!!"
Seeing this scene, Zeus and the other two Homies looked shocked, which quickly turned into furious glares directed at Allen!
"You damn bastard!!"
Lightning surged and rampaged! Flames violently exploded!
This time, it was Allen's turn to be shocked.
Even though the power of darkness had sealed Big Mom's abilities, the Homies could still exist independently and act on their own?!
Before he had time to think deeply, the next instant arrived.
Boom!!!
The terrifying energy lit up the very sky! The rampaging lightning and violent flames erupted fiercely, instantly swallowing his entire body!
The explosive impact immediately sent Allen flying, his massive body tumbling through the air.
His entire body was scorched black, with residual lightning coiling around his skin like tiny swimming snakes.
Allen exhaled white smoke. After flipping several times in the air, he flexed his arms and relied on his powerful core strength to forcibly stabilize his posture.
After his feet touched the ground, he staggered back several steps before barely steadying himself. He stared in astonishment at the thundercloud Zeus and the flame Prometheus surrounding Big Mom.
"What the hell? These things can exist independently of her?!"
Paramecia-type ability users were divided into four major categories: Superhuman, Body Alteration, Creation, and Localized Mutation.
The Superhuman category included the Tremor-Tremor and Op-Op Fruits. Not only could they be activated using the body, but the abilities could also be imbued into external objects, such as weapons.
Body Alteration types were like the Dice-Dice, Chop-Chop, and the one written as Gum-Gum but pronounced Nika.
Creation types included the String-String Fruit and the Wax-Wax Fruit.
Localized Mutation types were similar to Superhuman types, but they only granted superpowers to specific parts of the body.
For example, the Paw-Paw Fruit only granted paw pads on the hands, and the ability could only be activated from those pads. The Munch-Munch Fruit could only be activated by swallowing things with the mouth.
Among them, only the Creation-type Paramecia could create things that existed independently of the user, like the Wax-Wax Fruit and String-String Fruit.
The objects created by Creation-type Paramecia users existed permanently and would not be affected if the user fell unconscious or died.
For other types, as long as the user died or fell unconscious, their abilities would automatically deactivate.
Although the Soul-Soul Fruit could create Homies, it didn't create them out of thin air. Instead, it bestowed souls upon already existing objects.
Strictly speaking, the Soul-Soul Fruit's ability should be extracting and bestowing souls, which belonged to the Superhuman category.
Therefore, when Allen grabbed Big Mom with his darkness-infused hand just now, the fact that the Homies could still exist and act autonomously truly shocked him.
'Could it be like the Munch-Munch Fruit, a special Paramecia that can create permanently existing objects through its superhuman ability?'
Allen couldn't help but wonder.
There was a rare type of Paramecia fruit that was quite special; they could simultaneously possess the characteristics of different Paramecia categories.
Like Katakuri's Mochi-Mochi Fruit, which possessed both Body Alteration and Creation characteristics, able to transform the body and create objects out of thin air.
The Homies created by the Soul-Soul Fruit bestowing souls probably also possessed the Creation-type characteristic of existing permanently and independently of the user.
If that was the case.
Didn't that mean the Dark-Dark Fruit couldn't counter Big Mom?
'Fuck!!'
Allen couldn't help but curse inwardly.
If this was how it was, he would have been better off fighting Kaido. At least Kaido's combat power and stamina would be discounted without his Mythical Zoan enhancements.
But Big Mom inherently possessed a physical constitution comparable to an Ancient Giant.
If even the Homies were unaffected by the main body's abilities being sealed, didn't that mean he had essentially rendered one of his own abilities useless?
'This is so fucked up!'
Allen cursed under his breath, but Sanji and the others had already left, and the enemy army was pressing down on them. Retreating now would not be easy.
Since things had come to this, he could only fight it out to the bitter end!
On the opposite side, after breaking free from Allen's grasp, Big Mom felt the abilities she could use again and seemed to understand something.
"I see. As long as you make contact, you can suppress other people's abilities. Thinking back carefully, I seem to have heard that you possess two abilities simultaneously."
Big Mom stared at Allen, a flash of wariness and solemnity passing through her eyes as she sneered, "Let me think. I believe one allows you to freely alter your body, and the other allows you to absorb Devil Fruit powers?"
"You haven't gone completely stupid from giving birth, have you? So what if you know? My ability isn't something you can counter just by understanding it," Allen said mockingly.
The next moment, a streak of white dyed his hair from the roots to the tips. His black hair turned pale white, and his skin rapidly shifted to a brown hue.
At the same time, a pair of black wings spread from his back, and flames ignited upon it.
"Although there was a slight accident, the outcome won't change because of it."
Allen curled his lips into a grin. More ferocious flames generated from his skin, converging on his arms and wrapping around his wrists.
Crimson scales covered his neck and cheeks, sharp claws sprouted from his fingertips, and his muscles bulged and expanded.
His aura continuously climbed. Under Big Mom's serious and somewhat expectant gaze, Allen transformed into an ultimate monster possessing the traits of over a dozen different creatures!
"Life Return: All Creation: Martial Body!!"
Allen shouted in a low, deep voice. White steam emanated from his skin as his body began to shrink bizarrely until his height reached around three meters.
Then, his body began to blur, as if a pencil drawing was being erased by an eraser, bizarrely disappearing into the space.
"He disappeared?! No, his presence is still there. Is it invisibility?"
Big Mom was surprised for a moment, but she quickly reacted, spreading her Observation Haki to cover the entire island.
Just as she caught Allen's presence, he had already appeared right in front of her!
Big Mom's reflexes were as fast as light. Before she even had time to think, her ring-covered hand was already clenched into a fist, smashing down viciously from above!
Boom!!!
The terrifying power caused the entire island to tremble. The ground shattered into countless cracks as Big Mom's fist accurately struck the earth.
However, there was no physical sensation of hitting Allen from her fist. Instead, the frantic stinging of Big Mom's Observation Haki warned her of impending danger!
Sure enough.
Bang!!
The invisible Allen unleashed a fierce whip kick, carrying immense power as it ruthlessly lashed across Big Mom's face, pushing her skin and flesh until her features distorted.
Immediately after, using the reaction force, Allen spun in mid-air and landed another solid spinning back kick right on her face!
Bang!!
"Blergh—!!"
Big Mom spat out a large mouthful of blood in agony. The sole of Allen's shoe left a black footprint on her face, the kick sending her massive body toppling backward.
Bang!!
"Mama!!"
"What's going on?!"
"Damn it! We can't see him at all!"
Zeus and the other two Homies cried out in panic, looking around furiously, but they couldn't see anyone at all.
Although Homies could barely be considered living beings, they didn't possess Observation Haki.
Facing the invisible Allen, they were completely helpless. They wanted to help but lacked the ability to do so.
Right at that moment, a few wisps of black mist materialized out of thin air. Prometheus, who was draped over Big Mom's hair, was suddenly sucked up by a powerful gravitational force!
"Oh no! My body!"
The flames revealed a human-like expression of terror. Prometheus flew out uncontrollably, and before it could react, it was already grabbed in Allen's hand.
"Blackwater!!"
Allen's eyes were cold. The power of darkness surged wildly in his palm, erupting with terrifying gravity.
"Wait! No, let me go! Save me, Mama!"
Prometheus cried and screamed in terror as its fiery body was slowly swallowed into the darkness bit by bit.
Seeing this scene, the expressions of the two Homies, Zeus and Napoleon, changed drastically. Big Mom, lying on the ground, widened her eyes and screamed furiously:
"Prometheus!!"
"Mama!!"
The flames danced wildly as Prometheus struggled with all its might, but it was completely futile. Allen's palm acted like a black hole, rapidly sucking the entire mass of flames inside!
"Although Homies can exist independently, they are still ability creations."
Allen curled his lips, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "As long as it's an ability creation, it cannot escape the fate of being devoured in the face of the Dark-Dark Fruit."
"You bastard...!"
Big Mom slapped the ground with her large hand and stood up. The veins on her forehead bulged as her face gradually twisted into a state of absolute fury.
"What exactly did you do to my Prometheus?! Francis!!"
"In the space of darkness, all things will be continuously crushed by endless gravity until they are pulverized."
Allen smiled coldly. "Do you think it can last until the end of the battle?"