Chapter 205: Empress vs Queen (Part 2)
Hancock moved her long, white legs, leaving a trail of afterimages as she charged toward Esdeath.
Esdeath praised, "Nice speed!" She swung her famous sword, 'Esdeath,' at her opponent.
"Fragrant Foot!" Hancock planted her hands on the ground, crossing her wrists as she spun, her long, white legs in the air as she performed a split. After spinning halfway, she kicked fiercely toward Esdeath.
"Clang!"
The soft, slender calf and the famous sword collided, producing a sound as if metal were striking, and their attacks were locked in midair.
The skirt, lifted by centrifugal force, finally began to fall down under the effect of gravity...
Porche and Perona, both girls, blushed and looked toward the absolute domain...
Not to mention the main character, Eric .
It was almost time to see—
"I poke!" Kurumi, seeing Eric 's wide-eyed focus on the fight, extended two fingers and poked at his eyes.
"Ow, that hurts!" Eric covered his eyes, rolling on the ground in pain.
"That's what you get for looking so seriously at other women. Hmph~!" Kurumi crossed her arms and turned her head, ignoring Eric as he rolled on the ground.
The little scene outside the fight ended.
Standing tall, Esdeath had the advantage, suddenly raising her right leg and kicking toward the upside-down Hancock.
Hancock, with her Observation Haki, had already anticipated the move and flipped backward, performing five or six flips in mid-air before landing gracefully on the spinning Salome.
"Your sword didn't get petrified, that's impressive. Your Armament Haki and weapon are good," Hancock stood on one leg, looking down from above.
"Your legs weren't severed, that's surprising," Esdeath mocked, "Let me cut you down to the size of a little black cat!"
Hancock blew a kiss, her left arm sweeping forward in a slingshot posture, as a heart balloon expanded before her. She pulled her right hand back, stretching and reshaping the pink heart.
"Captive Arrow!"
A massive number of pink arrows, like fish leaping from the water, shot from the heart toward Esdeath.
"Ice Wall!"
Esdeath lowered her body and placed her left hand on the ground. Several ice walls shot up from the ground, stacking layer by layer.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The sound of arrows piercing the ice walls continued endlessly, and soon the ice wall turned into gray stone.
"So this is your ability? Turning the places you hit into stone, whether it's organic or inorganic…"
Esdeath looked around, noticing many trees had been petrified, and even the land around where the pink arrows had struck had turned into gray stone.
"Boom!" The stone wall in front of Esdeath was shattered by Hancock's kick, sending gray stone flying. The powerful kick landed right in front of Esdeath.
"Crack, crack, crack!" The sound of the ice breaking echoed as the ground beneath Hancock suddenly shot up a pillar of ice.
"What...!" Hancock failed to sense the attack soon enough with her Observation Haki. In mid-air, she couldn't defend herself in time and was sent flying from below.
"Sister!" The two sisters on the sidelines cried out.
"You can't focus only on attacking your opponent, Pirate Empress!" Esdeath's foot also suddenly froze the ground beneath her, lifting her into the air to the same height as the flying Hancock.
"Damn it!" Hancock twisted her body in mid-air, facing Esdeath.
Her tempting lips puckered as her right index finger lifted a small heart from her kiss, changing hand gestures into a gun stance.
Closing her left eye, her right eye locked onto Esdeath as she aligned her finger, heart, and Esdeath in a straight line.
"Kiss Gun!"
A sound of a non-existent gunshot rang out, and the heart, moving faster than a bullet, flew toward Esdeath, who was not far away.
"Heh, your ability is quite interesting," Esdeath mocked, swinging her sword sharply, knocking the heart away.
Unexpectedly, Hancock's index finger pointed into the air, and dozens of pink hearts appeared, staying suspended in the air. With both hands in gun positions, she continuously pointed at the hearts, producing a series of gunshots.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Esdeath blocked the heart attacks, losing the opportunity to use her sword.
"You don't seriously think—I only use my hands to control my abilities, do you?!" Esdeath stomped her right foot hard onto the ice.
"Gray Ice Giant Horn!" A giant ice spear suddenly formed from the side of the ice pillar and shot toward Hancock, who was descending.
With no ground to use for leverage, Hancock immediately stopped her Kiss Gun attack and twisted her upper body to the left. Her 61 cm slender waist almost appeared as though it would snap under the pressure.
Her white right leg stretched out straight, using the force from her waist twist, she launched a powerful kick toward the giant ice spear coming toward her.
"Fragrant Foot!"
Boom—
The giant spear's tip shattered upon contact, and using the recoil, Hancock accelerated her descent.
"You're in mid-air; let's see how you dodge!" Esdeath pressed her hands together, aiming forward, "White Ice Shards!"
Countless ice shards instantly formed, just before Esdeath even issued the attack.
Hancock acted first and pulled out her ultimate move, "Please don't attack me!"
Her jade-like white hands gently caressed her cheek, her cold, proud gaze suddenly turning soft and seductive. Her white face flushed with an alluring red, and her voice became sweet and soft, full of temptation.
Hancock's malicious act of acting cute, under the influence of the Sweet Fruit's power, filled the air with an alluring pink aura.
Not just Esdeath, but even Porche and Perona, watching from the sidelines, were captivated by the intoxicating pink aura, their eyes filling with heart shapes.
Even Esdeath, who had slaughtered millions, hesitated for a moment, and her attack came to a halt.
In front of Hancock, this brief hesitation was enough to cause a fatal consequence.
Hancock's hands rushed forward, forming a heart shape: "Sweet Sweet Breeze!"
Circles of pink, peach-shaped light waves shot from her hands, passing through Esdeath's body.
Eric , gritting through the pain in his eyes, stood up and shouted, "Esdeath!"
Yet, nothing happened; there was no petrification.
"How is this possible?" Hancock was astonished. She had felt her charm affecting Esdeath, yet Esdeath had ignored the petrifying effect of her Sweet Sweet Breeze.
"Do you think such a charm can influence me?" Esdeath pointed her sword at Hancock, "I am always the one who makes others submit, no matter who they are—"
"Except Eric ." With a coy glance at Eric below, Esdeath's expression shifted and once again turned to Hancock.
"Kill! Kill her! Destroy everything! Wipe everything out!"
A terrifying killing intent exploded from Esdeath, instantly obliterating the seductive pink aura around them.
"You... what exactly—!" Hancock had never seen such a bloodthirsty person, and even the pirate attitude she had developed over the years made her tremble in fear from the sheer killing aura.
On the sidelines, Porche and Perona, terrified by Esdeath's killing intent, clung to each other, shaking.
"Go!" The ice spikes, already formed, shot toward Hancock in response.
(END CHAPTER)
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