The intensity of the Haki between the two was actually similar, the difference being one spread it across numerous mochi arms to catch the high-speed moving Flying Bird.
The other concentrated it at a single point, reaching the pinnacle and breaking through the black cage.
Swish!!!
With a flash of sword light, Lily appeared behind Katakuri, holding the posture of retracting her sword, but her body was covered in many scars, all caused by fist marks.
Her battle armor skirt was stained with a lot of blood, including her arm, which was now bent, clearly broken.
Meanwhile, Katakuri maintained the motion of waving his hands, with mochi arms extended from the mochi circle, suspended in the air.
Boom!
The sky inexplicably erupted with thunder.
Puff!
Under the sound of the thunderbolt, a gigantic gash opened on Katakuri from his left forehead position to his right waist, gushing blood.
Katakuri's body shook, dropping to one knee on the ground, seemingly lifeless, staying still.
Lily sheathed her White Thunder, straightened her body, and without looking at Katakuri, she spoke to the central sea area indifferently: "Victory."
After a moment, he suddenly gasped for breath, grabbed the trident next to him for support, slowly turned around, and growled: "I... can still fight!"
The human will can accomplish miracles.
He couldn't afford to lose because in the Big Mom Pirates, only he had the strength to dissuade Mom.
If he fell, Mom's eating disorder and terrifying rule... would be unstoppable.
His family, his siblings...
He couldn't lose!
"A mere blade can't cut me down!"
Katakuri shouted: "Come, let's continue fighting! Unless you step over my corpse, you can't dream of dealing with anyone else!"
If this woman breaks free from the battle, the damage she could cause could be unbearable for the others.
He must hold her off until Mom defeats that disaster!
"It's meaningless."
Lily looked at the seawater splitting and spreading in the center, while familiar dark clouds slowly rose above the sea, she said: "Feel it, we've won..."
"Mom!!"
The Observation Haki's turn made Katakuri notice something, revealing an extremely incredulous expression.
Mom's presence...
Vanished!
Meanwhile, in the contested sea area, on several connected Cake Ships, under the gloomy sky, the decks of these ships were overshadowed.
Where the shadows passed, spears gathered by shadows grew longer, piercing through some of the Big Mom Pirates officers like skewers.
Including the short-statured fellows Nusstorte, Basskarte, Dosmarche, and also Notte, Laurin, Mont-d'Or, High-Fat.
As Charlotte Linlin's sons, they were definitely stronger than ordinary people, but this strength meant nothing to Moriah.
"Heh heh heh heh..."
Moriah coalesced his form from the shadows, walking step by step to the front of the deck with his big belly, looking at the whirlpool of sea currents reappearing at the center and the dark clouds above, he laughed sharply:
"Looks like we've won."
Those famous guys have generally been matched by their side's high-ranking officers, and Moriah, unable to find opponents, took advantage of bullying weaker ones without anyone making a sound.
In terms of numbers, they were fewer than Big Mom, but in terms of battle power, they were surely surpassing now.
"Hmm... those two performed well too, no wonder Sage wanted to bring them along."
Moriah glanced to the side where 'Destiny Warrior' Sipher wielding twin blades leapt in mid-air from the Disaster Warship, cutting down incoming cannonballs and jumping onto the opposing Cake Ship, solving the people aboard amidst flares of sword light.
On the other hand, the incredibly fair-skinned 'Wind Chasing General' Misty was even more extraordinary, having the ability to control airflow making her already difficult to deal with, and the Air Flow Sword shot from her bow could easily break the Cake Ships.
In sea warfare, this guy's role was even more significant.
Unlike Weevil who slaughtered everywhere, as soon as he reached a ship, he massacred merrily with no one able to stop him.
Like Moriah himself, no one on the sea surface could stop him from boarding. But besides battling, he had another duty, strategic command and complementation.
This task was undertaken by Lily, him, and Hawkins, but now that the other two were obviously busy, the duty fell to him.
"Hey, Suleiman, have warship No. 62 turn forty-five degrees to the left, raise the cannonmouth by five centimeters, it's not hitting the target this way."
He looked at a fighting warship ahead, took out the Radio Snail still communicating, and after giving an order, suddenly felt a sense, looking toward the center of Cake Island.
That area was already shattered, nobody knew what was inside, only the chaotic coiling and grinding of two mighty Haki forces was known.
But now...
"Oh!!"
Moriah's eyes followed the gradually rising dark clouds above the sea, his mouth widening and lifting as the height of the clouds increased.
"We won!"
He clenched his fist, laughing exuberantly: "We won! Defeated Charlotte Linlin, defeated Four Emperors!!"
Defeated a Four Emperor single-handedly!
Sage...
Definitely on par with Kaido now!
The top spot for one-on-one might deserve a new claim!