Big Mom's eyes blazed with anger as she glared at the two men.
Suddenly, a terrible premonition gripped her heart.
Her Observation Haki warned her of impending danger, but she dismissed it. Instead of searching for the source of the ominous feeling, her only thought was to killed anyone who stood in her way.
"Garp, Kizaru! I will kill you!"
Fierce electric energy crackled around the Napoleon Sword, and a terrifying aura radiated from Big Mom, turning the sky a dark purple. It felt as if the very air was heralding an apocalyptic end.
"Ikoku Sovereignty!"
The moment Big Mom swung the sword, the atmosphere shifted. The dark purple sky rumbled as thunderbolts struck down.
Click~
The massive shockwave from Ikoku Sovereignty engulfed one-third of Cake Island, making it impossible to escape.
Not only Kizaru and Garp but also Lynch, Saint Saturn, the Four Sweet Commanders, and several elite Vice Admirals in the distance were all caught in its path.
"Shit! This crazy woman will take down everyone!"
"Yeah~"
Lynch quickly grabbed Garrett and shielded her in his arms. Without a word, he leapt into the abyss he had created to avoid the blast.
The Four Sweet Commanders and Saint Saturn were a step too slow and were struck by the shockwave, spitting blood from the force.
"Cracker, Smoothie, catch this!"
Katakuri stood frozen, unable to move, fearing the shockwave would send him flying into the sea.
The mochi from Katakuri's arms acted like ropes, tying several people together.
Garp and Kizaru were the unluckiest, taking the full force of Ikoku Sovereignty.
Unable to dodge, Garp braced himself against the impact, his face contorting from the blow. The sound of cracking bones echoed through his body.
Kizaru was slammed to the ground by the shockwave. The space around him distorted, and his body twisted unnaturally into a concave shape.
"Pfft~"
Both of them spit blood at the same time. This was the first time they'd been injured in the battle.
Garp refused to back down, even as his body was battered. Laughing, he fully absorbed the attack.
"Linlin, your strength is still no match for Roger!"
Facing the ferocious shock wave, even though Garp's facial features were distorted to the point of bleeding, and even though his pores began to bleed, he still did not take a step back, but instead raised his iron fist in response to Big Mom's attack.
"Galaxy Meteor!"
As if he had eaten a tremor fruit, Garp punched with all his strength, creating a shock wave comparable to Big Mom's.
The white shockwave collided with the dark purple one, clashing back and forth, reaching a delicate balance.
With their combined strength, the shockwave that had enveloped a third of Cake Island stopped.
But this was only a brief pause. The two shockwaves now fought each other, like a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any moment.
"Ahem... If Sengoku doesn't give me a raise this time, I'm going to complain," Kizaru muttered, getting up from the ground and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
While Big Mom continued her battle with Garp, she raised her finger calmly.
A black and yellow light began to gather at its tip.
"Goodbye, Big Mom."
Whoosh!
The black light pierced through Big Mom's body. Kizaru fired three beams in quick succession, deepening her wounds.
Three more holes appeared in her body, letting air escape and revealing light from the front and back.
Blood spurted from the wounds.
Big Mom's body froze for a moment, giving Garp the chance to strike with a shockwave.
Garp's arm expanded unnaturally, doubling in size as he launched the attack.
"Ahhhhh!"
Big Mom's clothes were torn apart by the force. Her pupils trembled as she staggered, but her huge body refused to fall.
After taking the attacks from Kizaru and Garp, Big Mom stopped the bleeding from her wounds by tightening her muscles.
This is where Big Mom differs from Mythical Beasts.
With her "Steel Balloon" ability, her defense is far stronger than that of a Mythical Beast, but her recovery speed doesn't match the visible healing of figures like Lynch and Kaido.
"Cough, cough, cough... cough, cough, cough!"
Suddenly, the Big Mom coughed violently, and the blood she coughed out was abnormally green.
Seeing this scene, Kizaru seemed to understand something, his eyes were deep, and he sighed quietly.
Apparently, the poisonous cake specially made by the World Government for Big Mom played a certain role.
Unlike the desserts Lynch ate, even a small piece of the cake Big Mom consumed was enough to poison a group of beasts.
Almost half of the giant fifteen-meter-high, ten-meter-wide cake was eaten by her.
Normally, Big Mom would eventually adapt to the poison, and her body's natural immunity would detoxify it over time.
However, the battle with Kizaru and Garp had triggered the toxins within her.
Garp felt uneasy, knowing that this underhanded method wasn't his plan but Saint Saturn's.
"It's really impressive, Linlin," Stussy remarked from a distance, clapping her hands.
"The poison that could easily kill a dozen Sea Kings was suppressed for so long before it finally exploded inside your body."
Stussy winked with a playful smile. "It's a pity, I won't be able to see you again after today."
"Stussy! Ahem... Kizaru! Ahem... World Government!"
Big Mom struggled, sensing something was wrong.
She glared at Stussy, who had deceived her, and at the broken pieces of food on the floor, her eyes beginning to roll back in her head.
The poison's effect on Big Mom wasn't as strong as expected, but it was still causing problems.
"No, she's about to lose control. Stop her!"
"Stussy, shut up and stop provoking her!"
It wasn't just Stussy and the others who grew nervous. Katakuri and the rest of Big Mom's crew were also on edge.
A schizophrenic Big Mom turned into a rampaging, pain-immune killing machine, and it was only a matter of time before she began indiscriminately attacking everyone around her.
"Aaarrrggghhh!"
Big Mom's eating disorder finally broke out. Her rationality faded, replaced by a mindless desire to kill.
"Garp, Kizaru, now's your chance! Kill her!" Saint Saturn shouted.
Kizaru: "..."
"This is what you asked me to do? You pay me a few hundred thousand beli a month, and now you want me to risk my life?!"
Garp also wanted to say something to Saint Saturn. If only he could stand without his back hurting, he'd come over and try it himself.
Lynch emerged from the depths of the earth, now much closer to the surface, holding Garrett in his arms.
He looked at Big Mom, now a mindless killing machine, and immediately abandoned any idea of rescuing her.
"I hope Big Mom doesn't turn on her own crew..."
Stussy, her face pale, trembled as she watched Big Mom transform into a monstrous force.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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