Chapter 371: Linlin: What Plan B?
The so-called Onigashima, besides an island base similar to a conventional island, was also famous for the "Oni Castle" in the center of the island, which grew two horns and resembled the head of an evil demon. But...
Rumble!
At this moment, the people fighting everywhere on the island—whether they were members of the Beasts Pirates or the Wano Country Rebellion Army, all instinctively stopped their combat movements.
The massive tremor made it almost impossible for their figures to stand firm, and their offenses also involuntarily stalled. Subsequently, their gazes all collectively looked towards the center of the island in disbelief.
They all clearly saw the black-red lightning that tore through the night sky of Onigashima not long ago, as well as the accompanying intense light and dense smoke and dust.
And after the smoke and dust dissipated, they could even see... that "Oni Castle", which served as the symbol of Onigashima, had clearly undergone a change at this moment.
Starting from the center of that evil demon's head, a massive chasm directly bisected it, extending all the way to the ground.
Yes—that Onigashima, fortified for years by the Beasts Pirates, was abruptly bisected under this single strike.
In legends, the ancient secret combat techniques of Elbaf all have the name of "Nation"—whether it is "Hakoku", "Ikoku", or "Zankoku", all are like this.
Its meaning lies in the fact that the legendary heroes of the Giant race possess the ability to destroy a country's army with the power of one person.
And it is said that the "Sovereign Spear", mastered by the strongest among the giants, the "Royals" of the Giant race, possesses even more powerful destructive force.
It is said that when the kings of the ancient Giant race used this move, they could accomplish the bombardment and shredding of an island with just a single strike, causing a large island to vanish from the sea surface forever.
And at this moment, the legend was being displayed right here.
"Cough..."
"Hah... hah..."
And right now, as the lingering smoke and dust dissipated, at the bottom of the wreckage of the Oni Castle.
The figures of Ace and Yamato barely managed to stay amidst the rock fragments on the edge of the island's fissure, avoiding falling into the sea.
But at this time, the postures of both of them were completely different from their previously casual and confident appearances.
Right now, a massive gaping wound appeared on Ace's body, and a large amount of blood spurted from his mouth.
The Unextinguishable Fire burned on his body, continuously restoring his body.
On the other side, Yamato's situation was also similar—she had already activated her fruit ability at this time, transforming into the half-human, half-fox Okuchi no Makami form.
Beside her, there were countless shattered ice crystals, clearly the traces left behind by the defensive move "Mirror Mountain" activated by her ability.
As an ability user of a Mythical Zoan fruit, with super-strong recovery ability, her physical condition was clearly much better than Ace's, but her body similarly bore many traces of flowing blood.
And at this time, whether it was Ace or Yamato, their eyes were full of disbelief.
"Such strong Haki, there's completely no way to elementalize..."
Ace's brows furrowed, lingering fear in his eyes.
Yes, in that sudden strike just now, the intensity of the Haki contained within far exceeded his cognition.
The intensity of that Conqueror's Haki coating was even stronger than when his Grandpa in his impression practiced punches with mountains—even though Garp definitely didn't use all his Conqueror's Haki when practicing punches in front of him.
This level of Haki caused him to not even have the chance to use elementalization at all.
To put it bluntly—if it weren't for the Unextinguishable Fire Rabbit cast on him earlier, he should have been instant-killed in that strike just now.
"The power of that strike was simply like Kaido... no, even stronger than the previous Kaido."
And on Yamato's side, the surprise in her heart was also no less than Ace's.
One must know, when the attack happened just now, she reacted immediately and used "Mirror Mountain" to defend.
And the defensive strength of the move "Mirror Mountain" is even capable of withstanding a full-force Thunder Bagua strike from Kaido.
But in front of that strike just now, not only was Mirror Mountain directly shattered, she even still got injured, and even the aftermath directly bisected the entire Onigashima.
"..." *2
Thus, at this time, Yamato and Ace both instinctively looked upwards.
Right now, as that dense smoke and dust gradually dissipated.
At the top of that bisected Onigashima, a massive figure indeed slowly emerged.
His figure was overly tall even for the Giant race, his cold, hard, and heroic face sporting a beard, with tattoos on his face, wearing golden armor specially made for the Giant race.
And on his forehead, there were two massive scars—those were the traces left behind by the two horns that used to grow there being forcefully broken off.
It's worth mentioning that on the inside of that golden armor on his body, there were also layers upon layers of bandages wrapped around, seemingly hiding something within.
His complexion and skin color were pale to the extreme, looking akin to a corpse, just like the former Marine Admiral Doman whom Rabbit encountered not long ago.
"Ancient Giant race?"
Ace and Yamato didn't recognize the other party—the other party was at least not a powerhouse active on the sea in recent years.
But they didn't know.
If time were reversed thirty years or even longer, the other party's name would absolutely be enough to resound throughout the entire sea.
That was the legendary giant who had vanished from the sea for decades, hailed as one of the strongest even among the generations of Giant Kings... the "Former Giant King", Harald.
Of course, although Ace and Yamato didn't recognize the other party.
But as powerhouses of the sea who already possessed considerable strength, they could be certain—that guy was very strong, the kind of strong that would scare people to death.
But...
"Ace, you seemed to say just now that you wanted to handle this guy alone?"
At this time, Yamato pushed herself up and stood.
She swung the kanabo in her hand, shaking off the rock debris around her body, and looked at Ace with a laughing tone.
"Ah, let's not mention that kind of thing anymore."
And Ace also stood up similarly, flames burning fiercely around him, as he shook his head helplessly.
The gazes of the two looked at that legendary figure from the era before the last above. Although there was wariness in their eyes, there was no sign of retreat or fear.
"Let's go together."
Ace chuckled softly: "Take him down before that guy Rabbit comes over!"
"I actually think it would be good enough if we don't get taken down by him, but... we'll do as you say."
Yamato shook her head helplessly.
The next moment...
BOOM! *2
The figures of the two exerted force simultaneously, leaping upwards.
And intense Haki had also already covered their bodies.
"Fire Fist!"
"Nameless Ice Fang!"
And at the same time, looking at the two attacking towards him.
Some changes seemed to flash across Harald's corpse-like pale face.
"Ho..."
"Although the powerhouses of this era are young and their strength is a bit lacking, but—their fighting spirit is not bad."
He let out a deep voice, and then raised the giant sword in his hand.
"However, I came here under God's command, destined to destroy everything... Hm... Hm?"
Halfway through his words, his brows instinctively furrowed, and then he somewhat doubtfully covered his head: "God... who is God? No... I am..."
His expression seemed to show a look of conflict and confusion at this moment.
But just the next moment, Ace and Yamato's attack turned his confusion into determination and coldness.
BOOM!
He swung his sword and collided with the two.
At the same time.
Totto Land, Charlotte Island.
The passionate war Kaido anticipated was ongoing.
"Kill!"
"Mama is back, take out the intruders!"
"But I don't have any strength!"
One side of the battle was the members of the Charlotte Family and the Homies.
Reminded by The Zodiac, having prepared early on, they actually had pirate ships ready for combat immediately. Piloting the pirate ships, they quickly engaged in fierce combat with the fleet of the Beasts Pirates.
Logically speaking, with only two "Tobi Roppo" leading the team on the Beasts' side, the Charlotte Family, with two Sweet Commanders and many executives present, should have held the advantage.
But the problem lay in...
"Our abilities have indeed been mostly weakened..."
Stabbing a Beasts member to the ground with one strike, Katakuri wiped the blood off his body, surveyed his surroundings, and said in a deep voice.
And exactly as he said.
The whole sea knows that the Big Mom Pirates is one of the pirate crews with the highest concentration of ability users on the entire sea—all four former Sweet Commanders within the Charlotte Family were ability users, and most of the named executives were also ability users.
And exactly as Kaido displayed earlier, the special creations named "Pillars of the Abyss" located on the Beasts Pirates' ships could affect the abilities of ability users, causing their abilities to be massively weakened.
At least in Katakuri's perception, the extent of this weakening exceeded two-thirds.
This also directly led to the combat strength of everyone in the entire Charlotte Family being massively weakened, including the Homies, except for powerhouses like Katakuri whose Haki mastery was similarly extraordinary.
And at the same time, the Beasts' side saw a massive increase in strength under the effect of the Pillars of the Abyss.
So the situation of the battle right now was actually not good—and this was even under the condition that many ships of the Beasts Pirates were sunk by the combined efforts of Issho, Kuma, and the others at the very beginning of the battle.
"Brother Katakuri, Brother Daifuku and the others in the south are about to be unable to hold on."
And at this time, Smoothie also came to Katakuri's side holding a large sword, and said in a deep voice.
As one of the Sweet Commanders, her mastery of Haki was also extremely extraordinary, plus her fruit ability could still bring her a quite decent boost in combat strength even when weakened, so she was barely holding on right now.
"The south, plus Oven in the northwest before... we can't hold them anymore?"
Hearing this, Katakuri's brows also furrowed tightly: "We held on for a shorter time than expected..."
He pondered quietly, his intense Observation Haki still operating.
He was sensing an aura further away.
Both the members of the Charlotte Family and the members of the Beasts intentionally or unintentionally avoided that vicinity.
And right now, there...
"Abyss: Demolition Gust!"
Pitch-black wind blades wreathing the pitch-black giant dragon's body to the extreme.
Wherever those wind blades passed, the sea along with the air seemed to be cleaved open out of thin air.
But at this time...
"Elbaf's Spear: Ikoku!"
Linlin was swinging the large sword Napoleon in her hand, and the Haki and slash exploding from the tip of the blade instantly clashed with those countless wind blades.
And at the same time, Issho, holding the "Gambler's Firing Line", and Kuma, with clenched fists, took the opportunity to pincer attack Kaido from front and back.
The tachi and fists were both wrapped in intense Haki, instantly bombarding Kaido's body.
But...
"Abyss: Flaming Drum Dragon!"
Just the next moment, the deflagrating flames on Kaido's body instantly covered his pitch-black body like magma.
A sweep of the massive dragon tail knocked both of them back simultaneously.
BOOM!
And even the violent power brought by the aftermath of their respective attacks instantly created a massive deep pit in the sea, with countless seawater pouring back in.
"Wororororororo! Truly amazing—to be able to make me fight so enjoyably even without using abilities!"
After knocking back the three, Kaido also opened his mouth and let out an excited loud shout: "I've changed my mind, how about you three... join my command?"
"Although I promised the guys from the Government to destroy everything here, if it's you... then it doesn't matter!"
"It would be too much of a pity to die here like this without participating in an even grander battle, wouldn't it?"
His words clearly showed extreme confidence.
But he clearly had reason to say so.
Because judging from the situation on the scene, the battle indeed showed a one-sided trend.
At least there wasn't the slightest trace of injury visible on Kaido's body right now, and even both his Haki and ability were clearly at their peak under the power of the "Abyssal Sea Contract".
But looking at Kuma, Issho, and Linlin on the other hand, although they were still full of fighting spirit, their bodies more or less carried injuries.
Of course, this was also inevitable.
Although one of the three was a top great swordsman of the sea, one was a natural "Iron Balloon", and one was even the last descendant of the Buccaneer race.
Even without using abilities, taking them out individually they could absolutely defeat 99% of the people on the sea.
But clearly... Kaido was that remaining 1%.
Especially enhanced by the "Pillar of the Abyss" and the "Abyssal Sea Contract", Kaido, whose strength had increased immensely, was indeed difficult to handle even for the three of them.
"This is really somewhat of a headache... Lord Kuma, what do you think?"
And at this time, Issho completely ignored Kaido's recruitment, merely asking softly like this.
"If this goes on, other things aside, Totto Land will fall into danger..."
And Kuma clearly noticed the situation of the Charlotte Family members on the sea surface below.
So, he also sighed: "Although I promised Mr. Sheep to try not to activate Plan B as much as possible, but now... I think it is also time!"
"I agree. What about Miss Linlin?"
Issho nodded, and then his gaze also looked at Linlin.
Then, he saw Linlin's somewhat naive and innocent eyes.
"Plan B... what is that?"
"...Before setting off to come here, didn't Mr. Sheep gather us together for a meeting?"
"Oh, Linlin was eating cake at the time, I didn't listen carefully!"
Linlin crossed her arms: "But since it's Brother Sheep's suggestion... then I have no objections!"
"In that case..." *2
Issho and Kuma looked at each other, and didn't say anything more.
"Then, I'll have to trouble Miss Linlin to notify the members of the Big Mom Pirates."
"Just tell them—prepare to accept the 'reception'."
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