The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

"Whoosh—thud!"

The unconscious Perospero was thrown out and slid a short distance on the ornately carpeted floor before coming to a stop right at the old woman's feet.

Gern clapped his hands, looked up, met the increasingly cold gaze of the old woman, and chuckled, "It's my fault."

"It's never good to come empty-handed on a first visit."

However, I heard... you especially like 'sweet' things, so..."

Gern's gaze swept meaningfully over the unconscious Perospero at his feet.

"This is a genuine 'Candy Man'!"

"And don't say I'm impolite, he's worth a whole..."

"Seven hundred million Berries?!"

Chapter 511 The Monster's Talent

"Seven hundred million Berry"

These four words, like a death knell, shattered the last glimmer of hope.

Not only did Guern storm into the tea party and defeat the executives, but he also threw the eldest son of the Big Mom Pirates, a minister with a bounty of 700 million, in front of the Yonko himself as a "dessert"!

This is a blatant and extreme provocation!!!

"MAMA!!!!"

Big Mom's maniacal laughter mingled with roars, the sonic waves sweeping everything away.

His massive body trembled with rage, emanating a Conqueror's Haki mixed with dark red lightning.

"Gern, you arrogant little brat from the Navy, don't think you're invincible just because you beat Newgate and Shiki!!"

"Mom, I'm an 'Emperor' too!!!"

As the middle-aged woman spoke, her domineering aura carried a terrifying pressure that could crush souls, and she pressed down on Gern without any mercy!

however.

Faced with Big Mom's Conqueror's Haki attack, Gern didn't even flinch; he simply raised his eyes calmly.

"Heh." A cold laugh rang out.

A dark purple Conqueror's Haki, equally magnificent yet more refined and imbued with a chilling, bone-chilling will, erupted!

It doesn't have any earth-shattering momentum, but it carries an absolute majesty that can cut through everything!

"boom!!!"

Two powerful auras of Conqueror's Haki clashed fiercely!

There was no loud noise, but a muffled, mournful sound suddenly spread out!

Centered on the two individuals, within a five-kilometer radius, there were elaborate decorations and exquisite dessert tarts.

Or those guests and their children who were slightly less powerful and had barely managed to stay until now.

Even high-ranking officials like Cracker were violently pushed away and thrown into the air by this invisible shockwave!

In an instant, the core area where the two were located was completely cleared!

All that remained was a bare ground and two people standing proudly facing each other!

"What?" The gust of air ruffled Gern's hair as he stood in the open space, looking at Big Mom across from him, whose eyes had grown even more ferocious.

With that infuriating smile still on his face, he asked in a relaxed tone...

Don't you like my 'gift'?

Big Mom's enormous chest heaved violently, her anger turning into a bitter laugh.

"I love it! Of course Mom loves it! So..."

The woman's eyes instantly turned incredibly ferocious, her killing intent materializing.

"Mom should also give a proper 'return gift'!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Big Mom shouted.

"Prometheus! Zeus!"

At her call, the Homies hovering around her instantly changed!

She first grabbed the uniquely shaped bicorn hat from her head, and the hat quickly deformed and stretched in her hands.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into an enormous, bicorn hat-wearing Napoleon, its blade gleaming with a cold light!

At the same time, Zeus, the white cloud, roared and expanded in size. The pure white cloud instantly turned black and became Zeus, the thundercloud, which was flashing with violent lightning inside!

Prometheus, the sun, roared, and blazing flames shot into the sky, entangling Big Mom's long pink hair and turning it into a raging inferno!

Emperor's Sword - Napoleon!

Zeus the Thundercloud!

Prometheus the Sun!

Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, wielding a giant sword, standing on thunderclouds, and engulfed in flames.

Like a goddess of fire and thunder returning from hell, she unleashes her strongest battle stance.

The three swords of the Blade of Light were combined and displayed before Gern without reservation!

"Ready to receive Mom's 'return gift'?! You little navy brat!!!"

BIG MOM's roar was still echoing in the air, but his arm had already been swung!

The Emperor's Sword, infused with the essence of Napoleon Homie, was wreathed in a rich, dark red Conqueror's Haki.

The violent lightning crackled along the blade, striking down with overwhelming force and without any frills, directly at Gern!

Before the blade even arrived, the concentrated, domineering aura had already caused the solid ground beneath Gern's feet to begin to crack inch by inch!

Faced with a strike powerful enough to split a mountain in two, Gern's eyes narrowed slightly, but he still did not draw the Eight Desolations from behind him.

Instead, he pushed off with his feet, took a half-step back, lowered his center of gravity, clenched his right fist, and his Armament Haki instantly covered his entire fist like flowing black metal.

At the same time, dark purple Conqueror's Haki lightning crackled around, and vibrating particles were compressed and condensed on the fist!

Only Conqueror's Haki can counteract Conqueror's Haki!

He wants to...

With flesh and blood, they defied the emperor's sword!

"Black Shock - Meteorite!!"

"boom!!!!!"

The iron fist, imbued with Conqueror's Haki and the power of vibration, clashed violently with the Emperor's Sword Napoleon, which was slashing down!

At the moment of impact, there was no ear-piercing metallic clang, but instead a muffled, deafening roar!

The terrifying shockwave spread wildly in a spherical shape, further burying the already ravaged ground around them by three feet!

The dark red and dark purple lightning bolts intertwined wildly, annihilated each other, and emitted a sizzling sound that made one's teeth ache.

Napoleon, in his bicorn hat, pressed his blade firmly against Gern's fist, unable to advance an inch!

A flicker of surprise crossed Big Mom's eyes, followed by a cold snort.

"Ha, is that old man Garp's fighting style?!"

No wonder... Mom said he looked familiar!

She stared intently at Gern's unmoving fist and the terrifying energy emanating from it, a perfect blend of domineering power and vibration.

"You've grown to where you are today, you must have learned a lot!"

"Mamam, unfortunately, you're too weak!!"

Before the words were even finished, Big Mom's monstrous, innate talent—arguably the best in the entire One Piece world—was revealed.

Unparalleled absolute power erupted with a thunderous roar!

"Get away from Mom!!!"

In an instant, an irresistible force pressed down on Gern along Napoleon's blade!

Gern's pupils contracted slightly, and the vibrational particles compressed to the extreme on his fist emitted a humming sound under the crushing force of this pure power!

Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath his feet exploded, creating a huge crater, and his body uncontrollably transformed into a blurry afterimage, shooting backward!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

It crashed through several thick walls inside the castle before finally managing to stop its retreat amidst a cloud of smoke and ruins.

"Cough cough..." Gern slowly straightened up from the ruins, casually brushing the rubble and dust off his shoulders, but a smile of excitement, almost fanaticism, appeared on his lips.

"My strength... Whitebeard praised it, Zeff acknowledged it, even that old man Garp was amazed, and Shiki was also puzzled by it..."

Gern muttered to himself, feeling the slight tingling and numbness in his right arm. His eyes showed no sign of defeat, but rather burned with a fierce fighting spirit.

"I never imagined that I would be so utterly worthless in front of a true 'gifted monster' like you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gern raised his head, his gaze piercing through the smoke and dust, locking onto the figure in the distance.

That's his real reason for leaving that pile of annoying documents!

The six months of planning, strategizing, and internal integration had almost rusted his body, which was used to using strength and willpower to determine the course of the battlefield.

On this vast ocean, there are few opponents left who can allow him to fully stretch his muscles and engage in a fierce, evenly matched battle.

All that's left are these so-called 'emperors'!

Shanks would never fight him, and the journey to the closed-off Wano Country is too far.

And since Big Mom happened to have an invitation, she naturally became the best choice for him to stretch his muscles!

Incidentally, reaching the "King" level does not mean that one can easily crush the "Emperor" level.

It's more like a guarantee that determines the upper limit of life and death in a deadly battle.

If neither of them retreats or runs away, and they engage in a final battle to the death, the "King-level" has a higher chance of winning and is more certain of killing the opponent.

However, in regular confrontations, every "Emperor-level" powerhouse standing at the top has the formidable strength to confront and defeat a "King-level" powerhouse head-on!

“It seems…” Gern cracked his neck, producing a series of crisp bone pops, and his smile grew even more blatant.

"You can end your warm-up now."

Chapter 512 For that 'hyena' hiding its head and tail?

"Navy brat!!"

Big Mom's fighting instincts are terrifying, giving Gern no chance to breathe!

"We can't let our guard down during the battle!"

Almost instantly after he finished speaking, a massive figure appeared above Gern at a speed completely disproportionate to its size, casting a huge shadow over him!

"Zeus!" The old woman pressed her left hand down, and the thundercloud Zeus above her head roared deafeningly.

"Thunder!"

A massive bolt of lightning, as thick as a giant python and radiating destructive purple light, tore through the air and struck straight down toward Gern's head with the force of divine punishment!

But just as the lightning was about to strike, Big Mom's enormous pupils suddenly contracted.

As if sensing something, he abruptly stopped his left hand from pressing down, and his massive waist twisted instantly with incredible flexibility!

"Napoleon! A mighty nation!"

The Emperor's Sword Napoleon, held in his right hand, was wreathed in blazing flames that rose and swirled like a volcanic eruption!

Without even looking, relying on some kind of intuition that transcends sight and hearing, the giant sword, carrying the domineering aura of cutting through everything and the blazing flames that can burn everything, suddenly slashed horizontally towards the empty area behind him!

"Clang!!!" A deafening metallic clang rang out, accompanied by a shower of sparks!

Right in the path of Napoleon's horizontal slash, Gern's figure suddenly appeared as if emerging from the void!

He gripped the fully unleashed Black Blade Eight Desolations tightly with both hands, the blade wreathed in high-frequency vibrating pale particles and dark purple domineering aura.