Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Big Mom Defeated!
Outside Cake Island, the sea was roaring with battle.
But what no one knew was that Big Mom’s treasures—including the Road Poneglyph—were already in Nami’s hands.
Lying beside Nami and Kuina was the unconscious Charlotte Brûlée.
After Nami and Kuina left her mirror world, Brûlée couldn’t hold back anymore. Losing the Road Poneglyph meant Mama would punish her, but she feared disappointing her brother Katakuri even more.
So she came out to attack Nami and Kuina... only to be taken down by Kuina with a single strike.
"What should we do with her?" Kuina frowned, looking at Brûlée on the ground.
"Hmm~"
"I don’t know if she told anyone yet. But since no one’s shown up, probably not. Either way, let’s take her with us. The Road Poneglyph’s whereabouts should stay hidden as long as possible," Nami said after thinking for a moment.
Kuina gave a small nod, and Nami stored Brûlée in another dimension.
Then the two of them quickly left Whole Cake Island.
As for who would win between the Red-Haired Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, they didn’t care. The situation on Skypiea was much more important than watching that fight.
Outside the seas of Whole Cake Island, another short battle had broken out.
Ace, captain of the Whitebeard Pirates’ second division, faced off against King the Wildfire, one of the three All-Stars of the Beasts Pirates, in a clash of flames.
In the end, neither of them took any damage.
But the ships around them weren’t so lucky. Several pirate ships were burned during their attacks, and now pieces of burning wood and bodies floated on the sea.
"No wonder you’re the next leader of the Whitebeard Pirates. Your Haki has already reached this level!" King said in a deep voice as he looked at Ace.
At the same time, he was shocked inside.
He had long known Ace possessed Conqueror’s Haki, but from the Summit War until now, not much time had passed, and yet Ace had trained his Haki to the point of being able to match him.
This talent was overwhelming.
Ace didn’t respond to King’s words. That "next leader of the Whitebeard Pirates" title was actually something Marco, the first division captain, had spread.
After all, Ace had the potential to lead the Whitebeard Pirates back to the top.
Just then, a deafening boom rang out.
"Hiss—!"
"No doubt about it, that’s the Four Emperors. The noise from their fight is insane!"
"Too bad we can’t watch from up close."
"Yeah... it is a shame..."
"Wait... look... what’s that..."
"A tsunami!"
"Run!"
While they were still talking about the fight between the Four Emperors, a massive wave—tens of meters high—came crashing toward the waters outside Whole Cake Island at incredible speed!
Every pirate ship in the area immediately dropped their sails and used the strong winds that came with the wave to escape the area as fast as possible.
Even so, many ships were swallowed by the tsunami and sank to the bottom, becoming food for the fish.
Ace and King both looked stunned.
They weren’t far from Whole Cake Island, but the tsunami from Shanks and Big Mom’s fight had reached all the way to the outer seas of Whole Cake Island.
That kind of power left them in shock.
A few minutes earlier, the battlefield of Whole Cake Island was covered in smoke and the sound of fighting.
The Big Mom Pirates were facing an overwhelming defeat, their forces collapsing fast.
While the Red-Hair Pirates’ allied crews were nothing to scoff at, they weren’t enough to pose a huge threat to the Big Mom Pirates—at least not on their own. After all, the Big Mom Pirates had their fearsome Sweet Commanders, none of whom were easy to deal with.
However, the Red-Hair Pirates also had terrifying powerhouses on their side.
Besides their own incredibly strong members, they had the fearsome Giant Warrior Pirates and the brilliant strategist Beckman.
The two captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates showed astonishing strength. Their joint attack, "Conquer the Seas," crashed down like a massive tidal wave, dealing a heavy blow to the Big Mom Pirates in an instant.
Working in perfect coordination with the Red-Hair Pirates’ many officers, they quickly overwhelmed Big Mom’s children, leaving them no chance to fight back.
Now, among the Sweet Commanders, only Katakuri and Smoothie were still barely standing.
Seeing such a disastrous situation, the usually calm and steady Big Mom could no longer hold back her rage. Her anger exploded to the peak, and she became like a wild beast out of control, completely losing her mind!
Her eyes turned blood red, as if they were about to shoot out flames.
Her massive body radiated a terrifying, bone-chilling aura, and it felt like even the air around her had frozen from her fury.
At that moment, Big Mom didn’t care about anything else. She had only one thought—charge at that hateful Shanks and tear him to pieces!
In a flash, Big Mom dashed forward like lightning, filled with killing intent, and lunged straight at Shanks.
At the same time, Shanks felt her overwhelming hostility. Without fear, he stepped forward to meet her, unleashing his own powerful aura all at once.
In an instant, two of the strongest forces in the world collided head-on, like two meteors crashing into each other in the sky.
With a deafening boom that shook the heavens, the world itself seemed to tremble.
The shockwave from their clash swept in all directions, kicking up fierce winds and towering waves. Ships and buildings nearby were instantly smashed apart and reduced to rubble under the force of their power.
After the clash, Big Mom and Shanks each stepped back hundreds of meters.
Big Mom looked quite battered, her clothes torn in many places, and even a bit of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. Shanks wasn’t doing much better either—his breathing was a little heavy, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
Even so, judging from the current situation, the Red-Haired Pirates had clearly gained the upper hand.
The problem was, Big Mom had completely lost her mind, falling into a dangerously out-of-control state...
With her mind clouded, she had already been defeated.
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