Although she was genuinely furious right now, and although the one before her was not a child she particularly liked and was rather unpleasant-looking as well…
She was, after all, the meritorious subject who had called her earlier to ask about the situation and helped gather the main forces.
So she still said, "Prepare for war. That guy is about to arrive."
That guy…? A powerful enemy who could leave Mama in such a miserable state and force her to gather the main forces…
Baron Tamago subconsciously looked toward the horizon from which Mama had come. Then his eyes widened, only to narrow again immediately after.
The reason was simple. The instant he cast his gaze over, a dazzling star rose from the surface of the sea and approached the island at astonishing speed.
No… considering the light it released, perhaps it should be called—
A sun.
Along with it came the bone-chilling warning transmitted through Observation Haki.
Just looking at it was enough to feel a mountain-like pressure, as if he were truly facing the sun itself.
His breathing halted, and what followed was boiling terror.
It came abruptly, even somewhat inexplicably, carrying a feeling similar to facing Mama's Soul Pocus.
Baron Tamago's feathers stood up unconsciously, yet he still said calmly, "Leave the first line to us!"
"As reliable as ever, Baron."
Big Mom let out a strange laugh, then shook her head coldly. "But that guy isn't someone who can be handled by mere numbers.
"I have to hold him down myself. Only then can all of you wear him to death!"
She was not delusional enough to think an ordinary army could simply exhaust the enemy to death.
The other side also possessed flight and extremely high mobility.
Without her pinning him down, there would not even be a chance to wear him out!
Is that guy really that strong? To think Mama would…
Hearing this, Brûlée's face twitched. She understood that the enemy was powerful, which was why Whole Cake Island had ended up like that.
But she had truly never imagined that Mama would say something like surrounding and exhausting someone as though it were only natural.
In the past, it was always Mama who mockingly told enemies to attack her together—not her asking them to deal with one enemy together.
But no matter what…
The tense waiting period had finally reached its end.
The blazing sun streaked across the sea. Wherever it passed, seawater boiled and rolling waves rose layer upon layer.
Amid the confusion, incomprehension, shock, and fear spreading through the members of the Big Mom Pirates…
The solar wheel Ren had transformed into suddenly plunged into the sea!
A ferocious fist of lightning and heat smashed down into the ocean, piercing through the stacked waves and crashing into the seabed.
Ring after ring bloomed outward as the seabed collapsed layer by layer in a spiraling pattern.
Within the terrifying explosion, the air was squeezed aside by the utterly violent force, forming a vacuum!
Ren knelt on one knee, pouring raging energy into the fist buried in the seabed. Then, using a barrier-like release method, he converted it into forward-rushing force.
With overwhelming power, he had raised an undersea earthquake!
Scorching energy churned the seawater, while shockwaves pushed the waves into surging stacks. In the end, they formed an astonishing tsunami spanning several hundred nautical miles, with sea peaks hundreds of meters high!
The supermassive tsunami carried an immense amount of lightning energy. The moment it appeared, it swept toward Cacao Island at terrifying speed!
"What the hell is that thing?!"
Even though he had already prepared himself to face the enemy, Baron Tamago could not help but curse aloud at this moment.
His combat power was extraordinary, but that did not mean he could deal with a nation-destroying tsunami like this!
"Fall back!"
Big Mom shouted sharply. At the same time, she grabbed Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon as the three combined into Maser Saber mode.
With the aid of her weapon, she once again unleashed Maser Sovereignty!
Based on the released pillar of energy, wrapped in incredibly dense dual-color Haki, the raging light sword pierced through the supermassive tsunami in an instant.
Its terrifying power punched through one-third of the tsunami's central mass, and even continued on with fearsome momentum toward the source.
"A very good response. Unfortunately, that kind of attack can't stop what's about to happen next."
Ren did not dodge or retreat. His six wings folded around him, and he forcibly endured the island-sinking attack head-on.
Amid the roaring explosion, the accumulated kinetic force drove the remaining tsunami—
Straight into Cacao Island!
Millions upon millions of tons of seawater washed across the entire island. The lightning energy permeating it grew violent under the transformation of Heavenly Might.
The members of the Big Mom Pirates who were swept into it used Haki defenses with all their strength, barely resisting this strike of natural disaster.
However, the Homies that were originally made of food ingredients were another story.
The combination of seawater and lightning energy was practically like a boiling pot, cooking them, softening them, and then tearing them apart in the brutal undercurrents of the raging tide.
The tens of thousands of Homies had yet to play any role before their numbers plummeted at an astonishing rate!
Boom—!
Six wings spread outward in six directions, forcibly tearing apart the power of Maser Sovereignty.
A fireball rose amid the roar, but Ren had already stepped across the sea and left.
At this moment, Cacao Island was already a complete mess. The once massive complex of buildings spanning several kilometers had been utterly destroyed by the lightning-charged tsunami, becoming a vast expanse of unidentified chocolate-colored substance.
In fact, the buildings on this island seemed to have been made of edible chocolate in the first place.
Ren withdrew his gaze and looked toward the enemies waiting to greet him.
He had to admit, as members of a Yonko force, the Big Mom Pirates' average strength was very high.
At this moment, there were still thousands standing before him, forming a line of resistance.
Among them were even many powerful Homies.
"Crane knights, noble crocodiles, Baron Tamago…"
Ren muttered casually, while his gaze passed over those enemies and landed on Big Mom behind them, who was holding a huge cake in each hand. "So this is the result of the time you bought?"
"Don't underestimate us!"
Baron Tamago narrowed his single eye and drew his slender sword. "We won't let you pass so easily!"
Behind him, thousands of elite Big Mom Pirates simultaneously tightened their grips on their weapons.
"Mamamama! Since you've come into the trap I prepared for you, don't even think about escaping so easily."
Big Mom ate with no regard for manners while glaring viciously at Ren.
She had not forgotten that many of her children had died in the other party's earlier attacks!
Whether it was Katakuri's grudge, Whole Cake Island's grudge, or the grudge of him leaving her in such a miserable state…
Every single one was a reason she absolutely could not let him go!
If not for the fact that she truly could not bring herself to lose that much face, and because she believed the current lineup was already enough to exhaust him to death…
She would even have considered waiting for Kaido to arrive, then joining forces with him to deal with Ren together.
Of course…
Now, she felt that should no longer be necessary.
"How confident, Linlin."
Ren tilted his head, then chuckled lightly. "Even now, you still have that kind of confidence. I suppose you really do live up to the name of the Iron Balloon."
"Mamamama. You'll regret this."
Charlotte Linlin's expression was icy. "You've been chasing me for so long, and every attack you make is on such a massive scale. Can your Haki still handle the situation now?
"Don't be too arrogant. You're facing the Big Mom Pirates!"
Her words and judgment were not wrong. Even among Yonko-level powerhouses, there was no one who would "squander" Haki like Ren did.
Even Kaido, whose mastery of Haki had reached the peak, only used localized dual-color Haki defense when necessary.
When attacking, he wrapped dual-color Haki around his weapon for close combat.
Ren was different.
Every move and every technique he used was wrapped in a vast amount of dual-color Haki. The power was exaggerated, and so was the scale.
The consumption of Haki was immeasurable!
This was also why Big Mom had been beaten into fleeing with her head covered across seven whole islands before deciding to counterattack on Cacao Island.
It was not that she did not want revenge earlier. Rather, she believed this choice would make victory easier.
Of course…
The fundamental reason she had made this choice was that she had realized Ren's strength far exceeded imagination.
He was not an opponent she could defeat one-on-one.
"…"
Ren's eyes turned strange. Then he grinned. "Then just wait for that moment."
He did not think Big Mom would get to see it, because so far, his Haki consumption was only around one-tenth.
Big Mom might have rich combat experience and might be able to judge many things.
However, a cheat could not be defined by common sense.
The greatest feature of the Haki path fused with the Qi of the Assassin Wu Liuqi world was the enormous size of its reserves.
Running dry? He could only tell her to wash up and go to sleep.
But the others did not think that way. They firmly believed in Mama's judgment and were willing to pay the price for it.
"Attack!"
Baron Tamago took the lead, charging at the lone enemy together with a group of elite officers.
His swordsmanship was superb, having reached the level of a Swordsman. There were dozens of swordsmen at the same level as him.
Farther away, snipers who had long been lying in wait fired bullets wrapped in Armament Haki, silent and deadly like venomous snakes.
But they had chosen the wrong opponent!
"Numbers without quality mean nothing to me."
Ren smiled mockingly. Raging energy and dual-color Haki poured into his six wings, mixing with Heavenly Might as he initiated—
Decomposition!
His entire body disappeared along with it, reappearing at the center of the densest cluster of enemies.
The six wings stretched freely, lengthened, and transformed into six blades that swept through everything within a one-kilometer radius.
Whether it was powerful Homies like the crane knights or elite officers like Baron Tamago…
None of them could react to the ultra-high-speed cutting slashes. The Haki on their bodies could not block the combined power of high-energy force and Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
In the blink of an eye…
More than a thousand elite core fighters were reduced to chunks of flesh and blood amid sharp ringing sounds!
"How…"
Baron Tamago swayed in disbelief and collapsed. Then his body split open, and an egg emerged from within.
He had directly entered his resurrection process. However, before he could truly revive and transform into Viscount Hiyoko…
Ren, who had appeared beside him at some unknown point, stomped down.
Raging light and heat erupted. The ground within several hundred meters instantly melted into boiling magma.
In the process, the egg was completely killed by the intense heat, vaporized, and disappeared into the magma!
"Ah!"
Only at this moment did the crane knight, who had been cut in half at the waist by that strike, finally manage to let out a scream.
Ren's speed and power far exceeded the imagination of these reinforcements.
And what they saw was only the beginning!
In the Meteor Burst state, his three-dimensional attributes were unparalleled.
Even without using large-scale annihilation techniques, the speed at which Ren dealt with these elite core fighters of the Big Mom Pirates could only be described as terrifying!
(End of Chapter)