Chapter 411: Self Destructive

Chapter 411: Self Destructive



Big Mom's voice hissed across the stretch of ocean between them in an unnatural screech. "HANSEL'S DOOM!"

She swung Napoleon in much the same way that she had when using her Ikoku Sovereignty technique, only that the horizontal column of slashing annihilation was now filled with Prometheus' hellfire.

"That ain't good. She's at least a few times faster than when I fought her too..." Cherry said.

Cherry wasted no time drawing her own sword up into the air, crackling with massive arcs of electricity as she drew upon the full extent of its lightning.

It was a good thing that she did, too, because by the time she swung it down the column of burning death had already crossed half the distance to their ship and they could already feel the temperature bump up a few degrees.

There was no swish as the sword cut through the air, but instead a thunderous crash like genuine lightning had struck at the same instant. The slash raced over the water faster than the eye could follow and split the column of flame in twane just in time for it to pass the Sunny by on either side of them.

"No time to waste, Jinbe! If you're coming, then get your big blue ass in gear!" Cherry shouted and exploded into motion, leaping so quickly through the air that each foot fall sounded like a gunshot.

Jinbe dove into the ocean not half a moment later, and at the same time Takako splashed into the juicy depths from the same confines of Cherry's vital energy sea.

Truthfully, Cherry was excited. Big Mom had been somewhat of a disappointment the first time they fought. She was strong, of course, but her judgment in battle had been impaired by her hunger pangs, her mind always drifting towards her desire for her craving and away from the fight at hand.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

'Not to mention, she was probably having a battle of will with her heart demon the whole time,' Cherry surmised.

It was different now, though. The heart demon was in charge and Big Mom's true self was in a deep slumber, leaving nothing to distract it from the coming battle.

Cherry allowed the vast store of kinetic energy to flood out of her core to every inch of her body. The energy banged up against the inside of her armor and reflected back inwards without allowing even the smallest amount to escape with her desire for it to do so.

Napoleon had been swung at a speed that would have made it difficult for Cherry to dodge, but now it seemed to slow to a relative crawl.

Cherry flowed around it, tracing along Napoleon's blade with Sakura Tengoku, making sparks fly in slow motion and intermingle with Prometheus' flame.

Her sword reached the guard of Big Mom's own and sliced through like a hot knife through butter. She continued up Big Mom's arm, cutting through her steel-like skin along the way.

When Cherry reached the massive woman's shoulder, she angled her sword to carve into her neck with the full intention of taking Big Mom's head clean off.

'Let's see you wake up from this!' Cherry thought viciously.

Sadly, her thoughts betrayed her. Such a straightforward intent, and one that was rather predictable at that, was easily seen through via observation haki.

Big Mom's white, pupil-less eyes seemed to watch Cherry with cold detachment, an ever present creepy smile adorning her lips. Armament haki, dark as the void, coagulated on her throat just in time for Cherry's blade to scrape across it like nails on a blackboard.

Cherry used her momentum to flip around and crack Big Mom on the jaw with a powerful kick, creating a small distance between them as fire raced up Big Mom's body to lick at the shoulder where Cherry had been.

With a blur of motion, Cherry bombarded Big Mom with hundreds of slashes and flying shigan in the span of only a few seconds, peppering every centimeter of the unconscious emperor's body with relatively weak but still dangerous attacks. That served as a decent distraction for Jinbe's first attack; an aerial stream of water splashing against Big Mom's lanky form and drenching her down to the bone, almost literally with how thin she was.

Cherry blinked the blood pooling in her eyes away and launched right back into the fray. The damage to her body was starting to add up, but this wasn't nearly as disastrous as the time she fused her body with her sword.

This was working out better than expected, if she said so herself. At this rate, Big Mom will be dead and Cherry will be home in time for supper.