Chapter 252: [252] : [BONUS] – A Clash of Souls! Air Quake + Thunder! The Crumbling Sky and Two Emperors!

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A winding Azure Dragon, its scales glowing like flowing magma that warped the very air around it, soared through the sky. Atop its head, a savage and tyrannical storm of crimson-black lightning roared with fury.

Beside this flaming dragon, a colossal figure, wrapped in its own cloud of crimson-black lightning, rode a thundercloud into the sky.

Her hair had transformed into a raging inferno of demonic fire, and in her hand, her sword blazed with the light of thunder and flame, crackling with that same violent, crimson-black Haki.

The Emperor, Kaido of the Beasts, and the Emperor, Big Mom—had unleashed their final, life-or-death strike.

Big Mom stood at a towering 8.8 meters, making average people look like infants before her.

Kaido, in his Azure Dragon form, was even more immense—a true creature of myth soaring through the clouds.

But at this moment, before the single Fist that was descending upon them, the two of them looked impossibly small.

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“ROOOAR!”

“OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

Facing this horrifying attack, Kaido and Big Mom showed no signs of dodging. They unleashed every last drop of their Devil Fruit power, every last ounce of their Haki.

Kaido let out a dragon’s roar, his Flame Dragon Torch form wreathed in Haōshoku Coating as he charged forward.

Big Mom roared, her Maser Saber, combining the power of her three strongest Homies—Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon—infused with Haōshoku Coating, was swung with all her might.

The next moment…

The attacks of Kaido and Big Mom slammed into the sky-blotting fist.

A fist that was truly the size of an island, as black as ink, crackling with frightening lightning—wrapped in a vibrating cloud that shattered the very atmosphere, and blazing with the most savage, crimson-black Haki imaginable.

The Human God Gun.

VMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

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The world, in that instant, seemed to fall completely silent.

All other battles below had long since ceased.

Every eye was fixed on this clash between the three Emperors.

Everyone knew with absolute certainty that the one who would truly decide the outcome of this war—was one of these three rulers of the sea, these true supreme powerhouses.

And at this moment, the eyes of the numerous powerhouses watching were filled with utter horror.

Those who had reached this place, who could participate in this final, decisive battle, were all renowned figures in the New World.

Whether they were Emperor crew commanders—or Marine HQ Vice Admirals, on a sea where Emperors and Admirals didn’t usually act, they were the strongest active combatants.

But before the power of these three Emperors, they felt as insignificant as ants.

Forget facing these attacks directly—they wouldn’t even be qualified to survive the aftershocks.

Especially the power of Sky Sovereign Rowen.

Aside from the core Marine officers who knew what happened after the Summit War’s live broadcast was cut, the commanders of the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates—only now did they truly understand what an unbelievable level of power Sky Sovereign Rowen had reached.

Even the combined attack of Big Mom and Kaido, the Hakai that could change the color of the sky was pierced by this man with a single blow.

If not for Big Mom and Kaido’s attack absorbing the brunt of the impact, directing the shockwaves outwards, away from them—they would have suffered catastrophic casualties from the aftershocks alone.

LOOK AT THE DISTANT SEA!

This sea region—no, the entire New World was being turned upside down by the mere aftershocks of Sky Sovereign Rowen’s attack.

The terrain of vast sea areas and islands was being permanently altered.

Entire straits were collapsing, becoming new sea trenches.

The power to destroy the world… it wasn’t a joke.

This man truly possessed the power to destroy the world.

In his hands, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was even more absurd than it had been in Whitebeard’s.

And now, the judgment that would decide the fate of everyone here, and perhaps the entire sea, had arrived.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

Violent, tyrannical crimson-black lightning bolts intertwined and tore at each other.

Haoshoku Coating, the manifestation of pure willpower, a power only the true rulers of this sea could fully master, was now divided into two factions, clashing in a brutal, invisible war.

Kaido and Big Mom’s Haōshoku Coating versus Rowen’s Haōshoku Coating.

Following that was the clash of their respective Devil Fruits: the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Azure Dragon, the Soul-Soul Fruit—

—Against the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika, the Human-Human Fruit, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, all pushed to their absolute limits. Generating an unbelievably violent energy propelled the clash forward.

A horrifying energy storm, centered on the point of impact between Kaido, Big Mom, and Rowen, raged outwards across the sea.

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“NGH!!!” Kaido and Big Mom’s faces contorted in agony.

STRONG!

TOO FUCKING STRONG!

This man’s Haki, his Devil Fruit abilities… they were too strong.

Even they, as Emperors, had to admit: their power was not on the same level as his.

This man had far surpassed them, reaching another dimension entirely.

They could still barely resist now only because both of their powers were combined, wearing down this man’s strength.

And they were continuously converting their stamina into Devil Fruit power, their spiritual power into Haōshoku Coating, pouring it all into their attack without any regard for consumption, trying to use sheer quantity to overcome a gap in quality.

But even so, their bodies were slowly, inexorably, being pushed back from the sky.

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“OLD HAG! PUT MORE POWER INTO IT!”

Kaido roared, his eyes rolling white from the extreme exertion.

“YOU DON’T NEED TO TELL ME!”

Big Mom’s eyes were now completely white, and terrifying veins bulged across her entire “Iron Balloon” body.

This body, hailed as a ’natural-born destroyer’, possessing the strongest raw stats on the seas, had been continuously abused by Big Mom for years. Her obsession with tea parties and having children had left her physique bloated and out of shape.

But at this moment, her body was actually shrinking.

Her physical energy, and the vast reserves of soul power she had accumulated over the years with her Soul-Soul Fruit, were all being poured into the Maser Saber.

The alarming energy, for a moment, even surpassed Kaido’s!

In a desperate, head-on clash, no longer hindered by her poor combat IQ—Big Mom unleashed the full talent of this body, her combat power far exceeding what she displayed in the original story.

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“A bit surprising… However…”

Rowen, feeling Kaido and Big Mom’s desperate resistance, the crimson-black light in his eyes grew even more violent.

Big Mom… as expected of the one with the strongest raw stats and talent on these seas.

In a head-on clash, not hindered by her combat IQ, this body could actually erupt with such power.

It was very similar to Luffy from the original story, trading lifespan for immense power. But the difference was, Big Mom had sufficient physical energy, and the soul power accumulated over so many years with her Soul-Soul Fruit, as fuel.

Especially that soul power—when fully unleashed, it was terrifying, like countless soul fuels, furiously exploding with the horrifying power contained within.

BUT!

THE THING ROWEN FEARED LEAST WAS SOUL POWER!

“—Sekishiki Meikai Ha (Praesepe Underworld Wave)——!!!”

Rowen’s eyes flashed with an underworld light!

FWOOSH!

The soul power that Big Mom was using as fuel… began to burn.

“MAMA! IT HURTS SO MUCH! WE’RE DYING!”

Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon—Big Mom’s three strongest Homies—their very souls began to burn!

Under the power of Sekishiki Meikai Ha—the terrifying power of the Underworld Man was shown to the world for the first time.

“Y-You can directly harm souls!” Big Mom’s eyes filled with unwillingness.

Her Soul-Soul Fruit ability… had collapsed.

The counter between Devil Fruits was just that cruel. Even an Emperor, facing a Devil Fruit ability that completely countered their own, was so helpless.

And in the next moment—

“FALL!”

Rowen’s eyes narrowed, and he let out a furious roar.

His Haki, his Devil Fruit abilities… in this moment, were completely unleashed!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

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Terrifying cracks, spanning the entire sea region, instantly filled the sky. And within these cracks, lightning flashed and danced.

The combined power of the world’s most destructive disaster, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s Air Quake, and the ruler of the skies, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

The next moment—

CRACKLE!

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Accompanied by terrifying lightning and the shattering of the atmospheric fragments, the full power of the Tremor-Tremor and Rumble-Rumble Fruits combined and exploded outwards.

FWOOSH! BANG!

The flames of Kaido’s Flame Dragon Torch were instantly extinguished!

Big Mom’s Homie sword Napoleon, the thundercloud Zeus she stood upon, the sun Prometheus burning in her hair—all disintegrated!

With Big Mom’s Soul-Soul Fruit ability completely annihilated by the Revive-Revive Fruit—even Kaido and Big Mom working together could no longer resist Rowen’s strongest attack.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!

The Human God Gun, the jet-black giant fist that rivaled a true island in size, slammed into the bodies of Kaido and Big Mom.

Their eyes… began to roll back into their heads.

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