The uproar continued to reverberate.
"All the previous attacks weren't even the strongest!"
Many spectators marveled at the scene but didn't dare stay on the island. Some watched the battle from ships with telescopes, while others used the projection of a Den Den Mushi broadcast by Le Monde.
"Marko's Immortal Phoenix powers… how far has he developed them?!"
Every move he made before had already stunned countless pirates.
From analyzing Marko's words, it was clear that the next attack would be far more powerful than anything before.
Pirates around the world eagerly anticipated what kind of earth-shattering destructive force his next move would unleash.
...
Gollum~~!
Where Charlotte Katakuri had crashed, the area around him turned into sticky mochi. Mountains, trees, formations—everything had been reduced to mochi pulp.
He stood up from the gooey mess, revealing a massive wound on his body. The sight was astonishing.
At that moment, a storm of emotions surged within him.
From the start, he had believed he could completely crush Marko, but to his shock, he realized that Marko's Haki was no weaker than his own.
As Katakuri relied on his extraordinary talent to overpower Marko, he was stunned to find that Marko could instantly replicate his fruit ability techniques!
He thought his superior physical prowess, combined with his awakened Devil Fruit abilities, would give him an advantage. Yet, just now, Katakuri was once again astonished to witness the incredible development of Marko's Devil Fruit powers... they were overwhelming!
There was no choice but to fight it out.
In this battle, only fighting to the end would reveal who was truly stronger.
Charlotte Katakuri couldn't allow Marko to survive, as he had to protect his family. He couldn't let any threat linger.
Gollum~!
The mochi beneath his feet churned like boiling seawater.
Suddenly, from the swirling mochi, a burly army of mochi warriors emerged, all brandishing tridents and wearing fierce, menacing expressions.
More and more warriors formed, and soon an army of tens of thousands had assembled.
"Mochi Warrior Evil Army!"
The massive force of mochi warriors rushed toward Marko, their tridents gleaming ominously in their hands.
The sight of tens of thousands charging together was overwhelming. The ground trembled as if an earthquake was happening.
The army advanced, flattening everything in its path, destroying anything it encountered.
Despite the vast army approaching him, Marko remained unshaken. His expression was calm and composed as always.
Behind him, endless flames began to surge and twist.
"In front of me, something of this level is meaningless!"
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Marko thrust his hands forward, and suddenly, the flames behind him surged toward him in a furious torrent. The searing flames condensed into a bright, blazing sun in his hands.
As soon as this blazing sun materialized, the ground below cracked apart, and the air surrounding it was annihilated, turning into a vacuum.
As the fiery frenzy poured in, the radiant sun grew rapidly.
In just the blink of an eye, it expanded into a massive sun hundreds of meters in diameter, and it was still growing!
The pirates' eyes widened in disbelief.
"He's creating a sun?!"
"The Immortal Phoenix controls flames… and can evolve them into a real sun!"
"I feel an eternal aura… no, it's the aura of destruction!"
As the pirates exclaimed in awe, the immense blazing sun continued to swell.
Eternal Frenzy Great Blazing Sun!
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Facing the advancing mochi warriors, Marko thrust his hands forward again.
In an instant, the enormous, destructive blazing sun shot forward at incredible speed.
The mochi warriors at the front of the charge didn't even last a second before they were shattered, disintegrated, and obliterated by the terrifying sun!
The mighty army of mochi warriors was wiped out almost instantly, unable to withstand the fiery force of the blazing sun's advance.
Every mochi warrior it touched was immediately shattered and annihilated, leaving no trace behind.
Although this might sound slow, the speed at which the blazing sun moved was incredibly fast, leaving trails of fiery remnants in its wake as it streaked through the air, obliterating the army in an instant.
Seeing how easily his warriors were crushed, Charlotte Katakuri's expression changed drastically. As the blazing sun hurtled toward him, he thrust both hands forward.
In that moment,
The mochi beneath his feet surged wildly.
At an astonishing speed, the mochi between his hands condensed into a massive ball, swelling like a tide, and within mere seconds, it had grown as large as Marko's blazing sun!
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The ball of mochi was coated with a high-density layer of Armament Haki.
"That's... a black sun!"
Countless spectators gasped in astonishment!
The giant black mochi sphere contrasted sharply with Marko's fiery blazing sun, which had already wiped out the army!
Mochi Pulp Frenzy Ball Destruction!
It all happened in a flash.
In an instant, the blazing sun had carved out a massive path through the army and hurtled toward Charlotte Katakuri at incredible speed.
Thunderous Boom~!
The two colossal suns collided.
The air rippled and exploded outward in waves, spreading in all directions.
The resulting explosion was catastrophic, shaking the heavens and the earth.
Within seconds, waves of black, white, blue, and red energy erupted in all directions like massive serpents, ravaging the battlefield!
The ground beneath them trembled violently as an enormous earthquake broke out, with continuous shockwaves surging through the island.
Click~~!
Bottomless cracks formed in the earth, quickly spreading in all directions at a frightening speed.
Rumble~~!
The very foundation of the island was being torn apart.
Countless chunks of sticky mochi, along with earth and stones, were hurled into the air.
Charlotte Katakuri's Glutinous Pulp Frenzy Ball Destruction, despite its immense power, was relentlessly crushed by the overwhelming destructive force of the blazing sun. The black sun he created was continuously shattered, broken apart, swallowed, and annihilated at an astonishing speed!
Everything was being destroyed, decayed, and obliterated.
The pressure was suffocating!
Rumble~~!
In an instant, the black sun was completely consumed by the blazing sun.
With nothing left to stop it, the massive, blazing sun collided directly with Charlotte Katakuri…!