"Yamato! If you can't hold on, don't force it—run away immediately!" Katakuri barked, the ground beneath him already softening and turning into a sticky, swamp-like terrain.
Mochi-Mochi Fruit, Awakening!
Yamato shot Katakuri a glare, her usual delicate demeanor vanishing in an instant, replaced by her usual bold and heroic aura.
"That's more like you, Katakuri! You're the successor of the Beast God Pirates—these guys are definitely here for you. They might even be sent by the Marines. If you get captured, the Beast God Pirates will have no heir left!"
Katakuri grinned, baring his sharp teeth as he laughed heartily.
"Hahaha! Then don't you dare die on me, Yamato!"
"My Mythical Zoan recovery is way better than yours, Katakuri!"
Yamato grinned back, her body rapidly sprouting long, flowing white fur as her head transformed into that of a white wolf.
She gripped Katakuri's spear tightly.
Mythical Zoan, Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Okuchi-no-Makami!
"So, this is the so-called 'Warrior God' Katakuri, the crown prince of the Beast God Pirates? Doesn't seem like much, huh? Hehehe, today we'll capture you and recreate the fall of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Four figures radiating terrifying auras tore through the sky, crashing down before Katakuri and Yamato.
One of them, a towering man with wild, unkempt hair—half-black, half-white—and a grizzled beard, wielded a massive silver battle-axe as tall as himself, exuding a savage aura.
He wore a leather vest, revealing two thick, muscular arms, his chest bulging high, his entire body rippling with muscle.
Silver Axe 'Miles', former combatant of the Rocks Pirates.
One man stood four meters tall, bald-headed, with massive arms crossed, looking like a giant crab.
His body was almost horizontally developed, bare-chested, wearing jeans below, with several gold chains hanging from his waist and a thick gold necklace around his neck.
Emperor Otto, the Kingdom Destroyer, formerly with a bounty of 2.7 billion berries, a super thug who single-handedly destroyed three kingdoms, defeated by Garp and imprisoned in Impel Down.
Another man stood three meters tall, his arms extending past his knees, a blue beard shaped like a blade beneath his nose, and a thick beard on his chin, appearing to be in his forties, wearing a horned helmet.
World Destroyer, Byrnndi World, a former overlord of the sea from the old era.
The last man seemed the most normal in appearance, yet the sharp aura emanating from him felt as if it could slice through all of Sweet Island.
This man was two meters tall, with a golden battle axe over a meter long at his waist, a lean and tough build, long silver hair neatly combed, wearing a double-breasted jacket over a tailcoat, looking like an elegant nobleman.
Golden Axe 'Dean', former combat captain of the Rocks Pirates, once a captain-level figure alongside Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Caesar, and others.
"So, you're from the Navy—no, you're from that mysterious organization within the World Government, the strongest combatants, the first-tier elites, right? I recognize you, Byrnndi World. Didn't you despise the World Government and the Navy the most? Your epithet is 'World Destroyer.' Why would you join the very force you hated? Ah, your brother isn't by your side—has the World Government taken him hostage?"
Katakuri remained composed, the mochi beneath his feet spreading ever wider.
Gradually, the undulating ground began to burn with pitch-black flames.
Those flames held no heat—instead, they radiated an icy chill!
"Shut up!"
World's face twisted, his eyes blazing with fury.
"You know quite a lot, don't you? Pity Caesar, Kaido, and Linlin aren't here. Heh, I really do miss them—it's been 38 years."
Dean smiled elegantly, slowly drawing the golden short axe from his waist.
"Attack!"
The next moment!
Silver Axe was the first to strike, swinging his massive gleaming silver battle axe, coated in pitch-black Armament Haki, cleaving straight down at Katakuri!
"Kongō! Meidō!!"
Yamato roared, gripping her club with both hands, Conqueror's Haki lightning crackling as she swung it like a heavy weapon, breaking the sound barrier as she met Silver Axe's colossal axe blade!
BOOM!!
"Huh? Who are you? How can you block my axe?" Silver Axe stared in shock at Yamato.
Yamato grinned, baring her white teeth.
"Kaido's daughter, Barbarossa Yamato! Ice Fang!"
Her wolf-like maw opened, unleashing a blast of bone-chilling frost at Miles!
"Hiss...!"
At that moment, the burly Otto beside Miles suddenly opened his mouth wide and inhaled sharply in Yamato's direction!
The next moment, to Yamato's astonishment, the frigid frost she had exhaled was completely sucked into the burly man's mouth.
"Ahhh, that icy sensation feels so refreshing!"
Otto opened his maw wide, revealing rows upon rows of overlapping teeth—a truly terrifying sight.
"Sticky Rice Ball Chant!!"
Katakuri's eyes turned icy as he shook his arms, causing massive donuts to rise from the mochi-covered ground beneath his feet, spinning rapidly into the air.
The next moment, enormous fists coated in Armament Haki burst from the holes of the donuts, as if emerging from another dimension—like divine retribution descending from the heavens—crashing down with thunderous force!
The figures of Dean and the other three were instantly swallowed by the storm of colossal fists!
"One Axe—Mountain Splitter!!"
Silver Axe Miles, the most burly among them, fiercely withstood Katakuri's Armament Haki-infused mochi fists.
His muscles bulged as he gripped his battle-axe, its blade vibrating at high speed like a massive cutting machine, cleaving through the incoming fists as he charged ruthlessly toward Katakuri!
Katakuri's mochi writhed in his hands, forming a long spear.
Both Armament and Conqueror's Haki simultaneously enveloped the weapon!
At that moment, Katakuri and Yamato seemed to share a telepathic understanding, their gazes locking onto each other.
"Yamato! Combined Attack!"
Katakuri's thick arms bulged with veins, looking as if they might burst, as he raised his makeshift weapon high!
Yamato roared, summoning all her strength as she gripped her club with both hands.
Conqueror's lightning erupted into the void, detonating like thunderclaps!
"Hakai!!"
The two swung their weapons simultaneously.
In that instant, the power erupting from their bodies fused together at an unprecedented level!
As fellow descendants of the Oni bloodline and natural-born wielders of Conqueror's Haki, they were truly the peerless prodigies of the Barbarossa Family!
Katakuri's weapon shattered, unleashing a terrifying shockwave that, under Silver Axe horrified gaze, slammed mercilessly into his massive frame!
BOOM!!
Silver Axe's mouth flew open as he vomited blood, his entire body sent flying by the devastating impact.
He crashed through several snail ships before plummeting straight into the sea, sending towering waves erupting!