The tide of battle turned in an instant,
Faced with a gigantic mochi fist infused with Ryou Armament Haki, King Luffy had nearly been unable to maintain Gear Fourth after taking just one hit.
He spat a mouthful of blood far into the distance,
Then collapsed to the ground, continuously coughing up blood.
"How is this possible..."
"Tap... tap... tap..."
Katakuri's towering figure slowly advanced toward King Luffy. He no longer seemed as eager as before to kill him,
Instead, he kept applying pressure.
"You're far too weak, Straw Hat Kid Luffy..."
Black Katakuri approached King Luffy and casually kicked him away once more.
As for Snakeman's fists, he effortlessly dodged every single one. His mochi shifted without him suffering so much as a scratch as he calmly walked toward King Luffy.
"If this is all you've got, then after I kill you, I'll kill every last member of the Straw Hat Pirates too."
Black Katakuri said coldly.
Upon hearing that, the severely injured King Luffy froze for a moment before shakily getting back to his feet.
"Who the hell are you?!!!"
That was right. King Luffy could vaguely sense that the person before him was not the Katakuri he had just met.
He seemed more like someone else entirely.
"Oh???"
Austin had not expected King Luffy's instincts to be so sharp that he could sense the man before him was not Katakuri himself.
But he had no intention of explaining.
As the two sides began their second round of battle,
Austin's attention was drawn elsewhere.
It was a birdman who had sneaked in from somewhere.
"Caw—"
Seagull King noticed Austin's gaze and volunteered to fly out, heading toward a corner of the Mirror World.
Riding the wind, Seagull King hovered in midair and spotted Morgans, who was holding a