Chapter 194: War with the Charlotte Family (End)
Katakuri swiftly dodged the deadly shockwave, and wherever the shockwave passed, the ground froze. International chess soldiers in the distance who were hit instantly turned into ice sculptures.
No, it was different from the snow-white ice sculptures frozen by Aokiji.
The ice sculptures caused by Esdeath 's Absolute Zero were vivid and lifelike, the dark blue ice not only covering the surface but also freezing the Who's-Whocules inside, halting all motion, achieving absolute stillness between Who's-Whocules.
"What a terrifying technique—Is this the move you've learned after your ability awakened?"
Katakuri's expression grew serious as he gripped the ground with his right hand, once again activating his ability. The grass turned into rice cake, stacking high around Esdeath .
"I will no longer treat you as a weakling. You deserve me to give my all!"
"Drizzling Rice Cake!"
The towering rice cakes around Esdeath began to fall towards her, the top rice clumps splitting into countless rice strands, turning into sharp needles, enveloped in Armament Haki, and charging toward Esdeath .
With Observation Haki activated, he saw the future—
"Mahapadma!" All the space froze, and in the darkened scene, he would be pierced through the heart by Esdeath , who was walking toward him!
"Ugh!" Katakuri desperately activated his ability, strengthening his Haki to resist.
Esdeath clasped her hands together in a triangle shape in front of her chest. A faint blue light emanated from her hands: "Mahapadma!"
The pale blue light pierced through everything in its path, freezing time entirely.
The enemy, still yelling, couldn't make a sound. Exploded stones suspended in midair, countless bullets froze in place.
The only thing that moved was a blue figure in the distance, its white boots stomping the grass as it walked toward Katakuri.
"I heard Eric say you can see a brief glimpse of the future. You must be able to see the moment the sword pierces your heart…"
Esdeath muttered to herself as she walked in front of Katakuri. "It would be a shame to kill you, who can't resist, so I'll leave you a commemorative wound."
Her famous sword "Esdeath " swept past Katakuri's body as Esdeath walked by him.
The pale blue light gradually faded, and the world's colors returned to their vibrant brilliance.
The fallen stones began to fall as dust, and the flying bullets began to spin, the previously silent space becoming noisy.
Katakuri's open metal coat revealed his strong muscles, suddenly a diagonal wound appeared on his body, and a stream of blood shot out at an angle.
Katakuri's head turned, his Akame tracing a curve as he looked behind at Esdeath , his right arm transforming into a rice cake, covered in Armament Haki, striking toward Esdeath .
Esdeath 's Observation Haki detected his movements, and she quickly turned around, shocked. "What?!"
How could he still move after that injury?!
Caught off guard, Esdeath didn't have time to defend or dodge. Her beautiful face was about to be kissed by a powerful fist.
Bzzzz—
The sound of electricity crackled as Eric flashed in front of Esdeath . His Armament Haki-coated fist collided with the red gun tip, creating another dazzling flash of light, loud noise, and a violent storm.
The violent storm was blocked by Eric 's body, his black hair flying in the wind, sweeping in front of Esdeath 's eyes.
The bright light was blocked by Eric 's figure, making his shoulders appear even more heroic.
The fearless Esdeath never imagined that one day a man would come to save her in her moment of peril—
Her smooth blue hair danced with the wind, and the expression of the girl who had fallen in love at first sight appeared again on Esdeath 's face.
Ah, this is the taste of love—
[Beep... Esdeath 's affection has reached the maximum value, unable to increase.]
Katakuri, facing off, clearly felt that his opponent was not fully committed. He suddenly increased his strength and sent the distracted Eric flying.
"Puh!"
Eric 's figure was sent flying in front of Esdeath …
Flying…
The speed at which Eric 's face changed, even faster than the traditional Sichuan opera face change, was surprising on Esdeath 's face. "—Die!"
The heavily injured Katakuri was sent flying by an ice pillar that suddenly rose from the ground beneath him.
Esdeath swung both arms repeatedly, controlling the ice pillars in midair to crash into Katakuri. In the eyes of the Charlotte family members, their second brother was being slammed back and forth by multiple ice pillars, looking tragic.
"Big Brother Katakuri!"
Cinnamon couldn't believe his eyes and whispered fearfully, "How is this possible? Big Brother Katakuri is second only to Mom in the family…"
After being repeatedly attacked, Katakuri didn't have time to change his posture in midair and was sent straight to the ground by a vertical ice pillar.
"Big Brother never lets his back touch the ground!" Brulee 's words echoed in Katakuri's mind.
"Heh!" Katakuri desperately twisted his body, landing headfirst before bouncing onto his feet.
Esdeath stared in shock: "…"
Eric , who had rushed back, was speechless. 'The head injury is much worse than a back injury.'
"Why did you let your head hit the ground first?" Esdeath was very confused, as she had clearly seen him fall with his back first, but it had somehow turned into a head-first landing.
Katakuri didn't answer, wiping away the blood from his head and stopping several siblings who wanted to help him.
"He wants to maintain the perfect older brother image in front of his younger siblings," Eric helped answer for Katakuri. "His sister once said that Katakuri never lets his back touch the ground, and he won't let it happen."
"You seem to know a lot about me…" Katakuri said in a calm tone. "Where did you get this information to know so much about our family?"
"Esdeath , I think we're done here. We should go now…" Eric didn't answer Katakuri's question and prepared to leave quickly.
[Mind Network] sensed a powerful force approaching, likely Big Mom.
Usually, before the battle was over, Esdeath would never easily agree to such a request.
But after seeing Eric 's heroic display, Esdeath felt deeply moved. For once, she readily agreed.
"You can't go anywhere!" Katakuri wouldn't just let them escape, and a mass of rice cake wrapped around the two of them.
"Deidara , start your fireworks show!"
"Hi-hi~" Deidara , with no strong opponent to face, had been throwing explosive clay from the sky.
He gathered multiple C3-18s with both hands.
"According to my artistic preferences, I shouldn't throw this many at once…"
"Quit the nonsense. Do you still want to leave or not?!"
"I got it!" Deidara grumbled, tossing the 18s one by one.
"!" Katakuri's Observation Haki saw the future where his siblings were blown to pieces.
Immediately abandoning Eric and Esdeath , a large amount of rice cake headed towards the explosive clay.
Boom boom boom boom!
Multiple massive orange fireballs appeared in the sky, the heatwaves and storms hitting everyone.
"Where are they?!" As the crisis passed, Katakuri suddenly looked up, seeing the air door closing, and inside were Eric and his group, already leaving the battlefield.
The air door closed, leaving no trace behind, and the presence of Eric 's group quickly disappeared.
"Darren Eric !"
(END CHAPTER)
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