Relying on his technologically modified body, the regenerative power of his Ancient Zoan, and his own formidable resistance to toxins, Queen had managed to endure Magellan's deadly venom and drag the battle into a rhythm that favored him.
Magellan was now locked in a grueling fight.
Across the entire battlefield, the war continued to burn like an uncontrollable inferno.
No one could predict what would happen next. Every passing second introduced another variable, and every attack or defense had the potential to alter the course of the battle.
Neither side showed any intention of retreating.
Both were fighting with everything they had for their respective goals.
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Katakuri had transformed into a majestic white dragon, resembling a divine beast descending upon the mortal world.
Brilliant light radiated from his enormous body, while every scale seemed to contain immense power, gleaming beneath the sunlight with a cold and mysterious sheen.
He opened his massive jaws.
"Bolo Breath!"
A scorching torrent of flame erupted from his mouth like a raging river of fire and thundered toward the enormous meteor ahead.
The meteor was incredibly dense and massive, yet before the terrifying attack, it shattered like fragile glass.
Countless fragments exploded outward, scattering dust and sparks across the sky.
The spectacular feat struck the Marine formation like a heavy blow.
The soldiers who had been burning with confidence moments earlier now stared in shock and fear, disbelief written across their faces.
For Fujitora, however, the act was something even more direct—
A challenge.
Katakuri's overwhelming strength and blatant aggression seemed to declare his defiance to the entire world.
The enormous white dragon circled leisurely through the vast sky.
His long body moved with remarkable grace and agility, every turn stirring violent currents through the air.
His dragon eyes burned with fierce, razor-sharp light as they locked precisely onto Fujitora standing aboard the warship below.
Then a tremendous dragon roar shook the heavens.
The sound carried overwhelming authority, seemingly crossing the boundaries of space itself.
In the next instant, Katakuri dove.
The white dragon descended like a bolt of lightning tearing through the sky, bringing an overwhelming pressure with him.
The air compressed violently along his path and screamed beneath his speed, as though even space were being ripped apart.
"Come!"
Fujitora remained firmly planted aboard the ship.
Though his eyes could not perceive the world around him, his extraordinary Observation Haki had already identified the enormous source of energy racing toward him.
His expression grew even more solemn.
He understood perfectly well that this opponent could not be taken lightly.
Fujitora gripped his cane sword with both hands and drove it deeply into the reinforced deck before him.
Then he lowered his head slightly.
"Gravity Blade: Hell Journey!"
Hum—!
A gravity field far more concentrated and terrifying than the one he had used to pull down the meteor suddenly erupted around Fujitora.
The force itself was invisible, yet its presence could be clearly felt.
It resembled countless gigantic hands striking the white dragon simultaneously from every direction.
The sheer pressure was suffocating.
Even the surrounding space began to distort beneath its weight.
Katakuri, who had been descending with unstoppable momentum, suddenly felt his entire body become impossibly heavy.
It was as though the entire sky, along with every star within it, had been placed upon his back.
His enormous white dragon form, which moments earlier had seemed utterly dominant, suddenly appeared small and helpless beneath that crushing force.
Katakuri struggled furiously to break free.
It was useless.
His body was forcibly dragged from several hundred meters in the air like a kite whose string had been cut.
He plummeted straight toward the ground.
BOOOOM!!!
The impact exploded like thunder descending from the highest heavens.
The tremendous sound shook the entire area and continued echoing long afterward.
Katakuri struck the edge of the island like a colossal meteor.
The instant his huge, powerful dragon body collided with the solid ground, the rocky surface shattered beneath him as though struck by an enormous hammer.
A massive crater dozens of meters wide opened beneath his body.
Rock fractured and exploded outward, scattering countless fragments in every direction.
At the same time, an enormous cloud of dust surged upward like a beast suddenly awakened, swallowing the surrounding area and obscuring everything within it.
Fujitora remained cold and focused.
He knew exactly how dangerous his opponent was and had no intention of giving Katakuri even a moment to recover.
His figure suddenly moved.
Using Moonwalk with surprising agility, Fujitora stepped away from the warship.
His feet seemed to land upon invisible stairs in the air, each movement precise and swift. Within moments, he landed firmly upon the uneven ground of the island.
He did not pause.
Fujitora advanced steadily toward the cloud of dust.
The blade of his cane sword gleamed coldly, remaining pointed directly toward Katakuri's position as though nothing else on the battlefield mattered.
As his power surged, another immense gravity field spread outward from his body and continued pressing down upon Katakuri.
This was far beyond ordinary heaviness.
It was like being crushed from every direction by enormous invisible hands, making even the smallest movement extraordinarily difficult.
"Gravity Suppression: Multiplier!"
Fujitora's low, commanding voice rang through the tense battlefield.
The moment the words left his mouth, Katakuri felt the pressure surrounding him multiply several times over.
What had already been an unbearable burden became almost impossible to endure.
Even the air seemed to solidify around him, becoming thick and viscous like glue.
An ordinary person caught beneath such pressure would have been crushed into paste instantly.
Even the seemingly indestructible dragon scales covering Katakuri's body began groaning beneath the strain.
Faint cracks appeared between them.
"Hmph… What a troublesome ability…"
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