Standing in the center of the great hall, Charlotte Linlin looked like a flawless goddess who had swum upstream through the river of time.
She lowered her head slightly, gazing in disbelief at her fair, slender hands.
She flexed her fingers experimentally, and her joints immediately gave off a series of crisp, pleasing cracks, like beans popping in a pan.
Then she gently twisted her waist, savoring the long-forgotten lightness and suppleness of a body unburdened by excess fat.
"This body... this feeling..."
A flicker of bewilderment crossed BIG MOM's eyes before giving way to soaring elation.
She spun around, her deep, striking eyes gleaming brilliantly as she looked toward Ronan, seated at the head of the hall, in utter delight.
"Lord Ronan, my youth is back! This feels like a dream!"
BIG MOM drew a deep breath and stamped her right foot forward.
Boom!
Her figure left a faint afterimage where she had stood. Moving at a terrifying speed utterly at odds with her seven-to-eight-meter frame, she appeared at the edge of the hall in an instant and slowly clenched her right fist toward the turbulent night outside.
The moment she clenched her fist, she felt the blood within her awaken like a volcano that had slumbered for ten thousand years. Boundless power surged wildly through her limbs and into her palm!
"Armament Haki—Conqueror's Haki Infusion!"
Black-and-red lightning erupted around her fair-skinned fist, coiling over it!
Without drawing on Napoleon's blade or summoning Prometheus's flames, the youthful BIG MOM simply threw a straight punch into the empty space before her!
Bang—BOOOOM!!!
As her fist swept forward, the air compressed to its absolute limit, forming a dazzling white sonic-boom cloud before exploding like a round fired from a superpowered electromagnetic cannon!
A visible blast of vacuum pressure tore through the