On the sea, two massive fleets confronted each other, neither willing to yield.
The lead ship on the east side was very special.
It was a candy-style San Juan Wolf, with its gunwales covered in frosting, candy canes standing on both sides of the deck, and a large, two-tiered cake placed at its stern.
It looked incredibly delicious.
But what was most striking was not its unique style, but the fact that this ship was alive.
The bow was a smiling face made of gingerbread, currently humming a cheerful tune.
Queen Mama Chanter, that was the ship's name.
Equally famous as its unique style was its renown, for it was the flagship of the Big Mom Pirates.
Charlotte Linlin was riding this ship, fighting battles across the south and north.
At this moment, the person standing at the bow was not Charlotte Linlin, but a tall man with half his face obscured by a scarf.
The man was the Charlotte Family's greatest masterpiece—Charlotte Katakuri.
"Katakuri, Cracker's forces from Totto Land will arrive in another hour. We still have an hour and a half until the agreed time, which is plenty."
The speaker was a brown-skinned woman in a pink striped tight jumpsuit, with a long sword at her waist.
Charlotte Smoothie, one of the Sweet Commanders and Totto Land's Juice Minister.
With the bloodline of the Longleg Tribe, she possessed extraordinarily long legs that accounted for two-thirds of her height.
While Katakuri awaited reinforcements, King was also waiting.
"When will Cain arrive? I can't wait any longer!" Yamato groaned weakly, leaning over the ship's rail.
To prepare for this war, the Beasts had also almost used all their strength.
Even Yamato, who was working in Wano Country, was called out.
"Soon," King stared intently at the opposite side, not turning his head.
He wasn't worried about whether Cain could make it.
Given Cain's speed, even if the ship couldn't arrive, he certainly could.
Time passed minute by minute in the tense atmosphere.
Soon, the agreed battle time between the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates quietly arrived.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Almost the instant the time arrived, both fleets began shelling.
Cannonballs rained down like a storm onto the enemy ships.
Because they were so dense, a large number of cannonballs even collided and exploded in mid-air.
The sound of explosions seemed to signal the command to charge.
On the coast of Braed Island, the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, who had long been sharpening their blades, roared like a bursting dam, brandishing their weapons, and fiercely charged towards each other!
Although these pirates had overwhelming momentum, the scales of victory were not in their hands.
King flapped his wings, his body shot up, and the flames behind his head surged, turning him into a fiery meteor tearing through the sky!
At the same time, flames instantly enveloped the huge katana in King's hand.
King's gaze Lock-On Katakuri below, and he swung with force.
"Fire Dragon Emperor!"
A thick, incomparable torrent of flames roared forth, suddenly splitting and twisting in mid-air, transforming into more than a dozen lifelike, ferocious roaring fire dragons.
The flowing flames were as viscous and scorching as lava.
"Truly worthy of the name 'Calamity of Fire'."
Smoothie looked up, her brows tightly furrowed.
Just the terrifying heat waves emitted by the fire dragons made her feel the rapid evaporation of moisture from her body.
From a certain perspective, King was practically the natural enemy of her Squeeze-Squeeze Berry.
Her ability allowed her to extract moisture from objects and use it for herself, but it wasn't as effective when encountering fire-based abilities.
"Leave him to me," Katakuri's voice remained steady.
He raised his left hand and pressed it hard against the ground.
A strange scene unfolded!
The solid ground rippled and softened violently like water, instantly turning into a surging, viscous ocean of white mochi! "Flowing Mochi."
As he waved his arm, the viscous mochi flowed upward, instantly congealing, and a massive mochi wall, dozens of meters wide, suddenly appeared, stretching across above everyone's heads.
This wasn't all.
A streak of pitch-black extended from Katakuri's hand.
Armament Haki rapidly covered the entire mochi wall like ink.
Boom boom boom!!!
More than a dozen fire dragons fiercely impacted the pitch-black mochi wall, erupting in deafening roars.
The mochi, covered in top-tier Armament Haki, was incredibly tough, but under the continuous scorching of King's terrifying flames, the surface of the giant wall still fluctuated between melting and solidifying.
With Katakuri's unfathomable stamina and Haki, holding out for several days would not be difficult, but sitting idly by was not his style.
"Hmph!"
Katakuri let out a low growl.
His right arm instantly transformed into flowing mochi, enveloping the handle of the trident Mogura, and pitch-black Armament Haki rapidly coiled around the sharp trident tip like a living thing.
With a slight thought, the top of the giant mochi wall instantly split open, forming a hole.
Katakuri shot out from it like lightning, his entire right arm beginning to spin at high speed.
"Mochi Pound!"
The trident spun wildly, like a drill, emitting an ear-splitting shriek, directly piercing towards King in mid-air.
Facing this strike capable of piercing mountains, King's eyes showed no fear, but instead burned with fanatical battle intent.
His body moved, instantly entering his Pteranodon hybrid form.
The horns on his head lengthened, and his arms merged with the wings on his back, becoming huge pterodactyl wings.
King reached back to the back of his head and pulled, as if drawing an invisible giant bow, stretching himself to the extreme, and then—let go!
"Imperial Dragon Blast!"
The terrifying explosive power brought about a speed beyond visual limits.
King transformed into a black meteor, carrying destructive kinetic energy, and fiercely met Katakuri's Mochi Pound.
Bang!!!
Countless streaks of pitch-black Haki lightning suddenly exploded in the sky.
A visible circular shockwave swept down like a tsunami, blowing the weaker pirates below helter-skelter.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fierce battle on the coast below was equally intense.
"Hey! Biscuit Man! You're my opponent!"
Yamato's eyes lit up, and her kanabo excitedly pointed at a tall, long-bearded middle-aged warrior wearing biscuit-style armor.
"Bastard, don't give me random nicknames!"
Charlotte Cracker was furious, his palms clapping continuously as if keeping time.
As his palms clapped, countless biscuit crumbs flew out, forming Biscuit Soldiers identical to him.
The Biscuit Soldiers, each holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, marched in unison towards Yamato, crushing everything in their path.
"Oh! Good, come on!"
Yamato laughed excitedly, wielding her kanabo without fear, and actively charged towards the Biscuit Army.
"Thunder Bagua!"
The kanabo instantly became wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki, emitting a heart-pounding "zzzt" crackle.
With the force of thunder, the kanabo slammed fiercely into the Biscuit Soldier at the very front.
"Thunder Bagua? Isn't that..."
Cracker didn't have time to panic and quickly ordered the Biscuit Soldiers to raise their shields for defense.
The next second, the kanabo accurately slammed into the giant biscuit shield.
Crack!
The biscuit shield shattered like a real thin Cracker.
The kanabo's momentum remained undiminished, crushing the soldier's head with overwhelming force.