Chapter 651: SFDI - 651
Seeing Sasuke turn BIG MOM’s attack against her, Drake couldn’t help but chuckle.
This kind of thing, stealing other people’s skills, seemed to be about as bad as a Dragon Slayer Mage using their opponent’s attack to replenish their magic power.
The most important thing was that both things happened to BIG MOM, so her anger was easy to imagine.
Drake was sure that BIG MOM definitely thought that Sasuke was someone he had specifically brought to mess with her.
"Katakuri, go and take care of that brat for me. Don’t let him interfere with my battle!"
Katakuri naturally wouldn’t disobey Mama’s orders, but if he wanted to attack Sasuke, he had to get past Erza first.
And Erza’s attitude was, of course, "You won’t harm my comrade!"
Faced with Erza, who had requipped into the Nakagami Armor, Katakuri foresaw just how terrifying her next attack would be.
The Nakagami Armor was an armor that Erza could only wear after her Second Origin had been activated, and even now, she couldn’t wear this armor for too long.
But in exchange, wearing this armor granted her terrifying attack power that could even break space.
Faced with Katakuri’s ability to foresee the future, Erza’s intuition wasn’t very useful. So, she had to use some methods that were characteristic of Fairy Tail.
Attacks that couldn’t be dodged even if they were foreseen - that was Erza’s strategy. And Katakuri had no choice but to focus all his attention on dealing with Erza’s fierce attacks.
BIG MOM gritted her teeth. She had always regarded Katakuri as her greatest masterpiece, but now he couldn’t meet her expectations.
She looked at Drake, a cunning smile appearing on her face, and said, "Little brat, fighting me makes it easy to involve others. How about we move the battlefield somewhere further away?"
BIG MOM’s intentions were clear. She was afraid of being interfered with by Sasuke here.
As expected, all of the Sea Emperors were not simpletons. Those who thought they were simple-minded were the real fools.
It was just that they usually used their own strength to solve all problems, so they didn’t seem to think much.
However, both Whitebeard’s troop deployments during the Marineford War and Kaido’s scheming against Kozuki Oden proved that they also had deep cunning.
Of course, those schemes weren’t particularly brilliant, but the average level of intelligence in this world was just that low, so in that particular matching environment, it was already worthy of praise.
And Drake’s high regard for BIG MOM wasn’t because of her clumsy words, but because she could immediately put on such a facade even in her rage.
BIG MOM and Kaido both gave the impression of being capricious, extremely emotional lunatics.
But people like them could control their emotions whenever they wanted to. It was just that no one on this ocean was worth them doing so.
As Sea Emperors, everything was theirs for the taking, so controlling themselves was especially difficult.
But it was precisely because they could do this that they often pulled off some incomprehensible maneuvers and still managed to maintain their positions as Sea Emperors.
Drake once again realized that no strong person could be underestimated, so he reached out his hand and said, "Although you’re worrying too much, I’ll take it as a sign of my respect, and we’ll move to another place as you said!"
Saying this, Drake flapped his fiery wings and flew up.
BIG MOM curled her lip, revealing an indifferent expression, and followed him.
The two quickly found a barren island made up of large reefs. A fierce glint flashed in BIG MOM’s eyes, and she swung her sword at Drake, who had just landed.
BIG MOM had absolutely no qualms about launching a sneak attack.
But the captain’s hat sword was blocked by a raised arm.
"You’re so impatient! But if you’re going to sneak attack, you should at least try to conceal your killing intent."
BIG MOM laughed and said, "Mamamama, this is just a greeting, little brat!"
Saying this, her round arm swelled up, directly sweeping Drake away.
Drake did a somersault in mid-air, landing on the ground and facing BIG MOM head-on.
"That monstrous strength is as terrifying as ever!" Drake exclaimed, stretching his wrists.
In the pirate world, there were many "natural monsters," people who displayed astonishing power, not talent, at a young age.
Such as Kaido, who swept the battlefield as a child soldier, and Kozuki Oden, who did all sorts of outrageous things in Wano Country.
And BIG MOM was one of the best among them, a monster who possessed strength surpassing that of a giant even as a child.
In terms of physique, BIG MOM, who had the title of Iron Balloon, was no less impressive than the strongest creature, Kaido.
BIG MOM swung her greatsword, and her expression became even more serious.
She wasn’t surprised that her previous attack was blocked, but the ease with which Drake blocked it made her realize that he had become even stronger during this time.
This filled BIG MOM with a special emotion.
Among the four Sea Emperors, BIG MOM was especially wary of Kaido and Shanks.
The reason she didn’t include Whitebeard was that the old man didn’t have the ambitions of a great pirate. As long as you didn’t mess with his sons, there wouldn’t be any conflict.
And the other reason was quite realistic: Whitebeard was old!
In fact, wasn’t BIG MOM the same? She had passed her prime, and it was foreseeable that she would have almost no way to continue getting stronger, and would only weaken with age.
That was why she wanted to scheme for the power of the Giant Kingdom of Elbaf and the technology of the evil army Germa 66.
But Kaido and Shanks were different. They were in their prime and could still get stronger. Even the little brats of the new era were popping up one after another, giving BIG MOM a sense of urgency.
That was also why she was becoming increasingly domineering, determined to regain face from Drake and why she chased Luffy all the way to Wano Country in the original storyline.
Of course, Drake wouldn’t know any of this. All he could sense was the increasing killing intent radiating from BIG MOM.
The fighting style that was the pride of the giant warriors, the strongest race in the pirate world, was the Elbaf Spear, known as "Ikoku Sovereignty!"
The Straw Hat Pirates had seen the two leaders of the Giant Warrior Pirates use that move together in the first half of the Grand Line, creating a huge hole in the body of a monster that ate islands.
Out of her obsession with the giant race, BIG MOM had replicated this move with her own talent, which was her version of the Elbaf Spear, "Ikoku Sovereignty."
It was hard to say whether Ikoku Sovereignty was stronger than Overlord, but the shockwave that BIG MOM unleashed from her greatsword was incredibly wide and fast.
Drake had personally experienced this move before and knew its power, so he had dodged long ago.
The shockwave grazed past Drake, and the reef behind him had a huge semicircular chunk missing, as if it had been bitten off by a giant monster.
Drake rapidly approached BIG MOM, who was still in a swinging posture, and kicked out.
BIG MOM’s seemingly clumsy body instantly adjusted its posture, and with Busoshoku Haki covering her wrist, she slapped down.
The flames on Drake’s leg flickered, but without touching BIG MOM’s fist, it came to a standstill with the air that was bursting with black lightning.
Advanced Haoshoku Haki, a technique that only the truly top-tier powerhouses on the ocean could master, and BIG MOM, in her right mind, certainly knew how to use it.
After colliding for a few seconds, the force of the flames and Haoshoku Haki spread out, shattering all the protruding reefs on the island, and the two of them were pushed back.
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