After the Ryugu Jade Box exploded, the wedding venue had become a complete mess:
Half of the collapsed castle teetered on the verge of falling, bricks and rubble raining down in torrents.
Big Mom, covered in soot and with half her body charred black, stood there blankly as if lost in thought. Yet the aura emanating from her was so terrifying that no one dared approach.
Led by Katakuri and Smoothie, hundreds of Big Mom Pirates officers held weapons in hand as they surrounded the bewildered Shiryu and his group.
Of course, no small number of officers had surrounded Garen as well.
Stussy and the many CP0 elite agents behind her, disguised as attendants, all tensed their bodies and quietly turned murderous gazes toward Doflamingo.
Having personally witnessed the birth of a major scoop, Morgans was so excited he nearly burst into song. He hurriedly used the Den Den Mushi in his hand to record the tense scene.
The charged atmosphere had fermented to its limit, nearly suffocating everyone present.
Then Shiryu made his move:
He suddenly drew his personal famed blade, Muramasa, from his waist. Its edge moved so swiftly that most people present could not even see its shadow.
Before the hum of the blade leaving its sheath had faded from the air, a broad, peerlessly sharp slash tore through the sky.
And the direction of that slash was Garen, who had taunted Shiryu.
But that direction was also where Big Mom stood, and where Katakuri stood blocking Shiryu's group.
In Katakuri's eyes, Shiryu's slash had been aimed directly at his face.
Katakuri's heart jolted at the terrifying slash. He could only swing his trident fiercely to block Shiryu's attack.
The slash and trident collided with a deafening metallic crash. The impact even made Katakuri's towering body, as