One Piece: Lord of Calamity
Chapter 252

The Demon King Descends! Heaven-Shaking and Earth-Shattering! Facing Morgans

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According to the conventions of the martial arts world, whether it's an old friend reuniting or a sworn enemy meeting again, a fight is inevitable.

Not to mention Katakuri, who aims to surpass Roa, has been looking forward to this battle for a full twenty-five years!

This is going to be the ultimate climactic battle!

Of course, neither of them are the children from Beehive Island more than 30 years ago. Roa was already one of the world's top pirates more than 20 years ago, and Katakuri is now a super strong man known as the Pirate Emperor.

Therefore, they certainly can't start fighting right there on Cake Island.

Totto Land, the Kingdom of Whole Cake Island has many islands, and together with Cake Island, it consists of 35 islands, not all of which are inhabited.

Katakuri immediately took Roa to one of the islands specifically for growing fruits and vegetables.

Accompanying them were Perospero, Bonney, Bear, and other Charlotte Family executives.

Although many of them didn't even know Roa, that didn't stop them from looking forward to the battle.

And even more people are flocking to this island.

"It really is Roa? That guy is still alive!"

Charlotte Smoky, a woman with incredibly long legs, stood behind Perospero, watching the two facing off in the center of the island and couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

Although she was only a few years old when Roa sailed the seas, she had heard many stories about Roa from her mother and brothers.

Has that mad monster returned?

"He looks exactly the same as he did back then. He's just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid."

Charlotte Daifuku, with her Daifuku cut, sized up Roa. "The ability to travel to the future... did this guy really travel directly from twenty-five years ago?"

"Hahahaha! Where is Roa! I knew that guy would definitely come back!"

A burly, tall man strode closer, shouting, "Come and fight me!"

"Brother Cracker, you should just give up."

Bonney turned around, curling her lip in disdain. "You can't even beat me. That guy named Roa is terrifyingly strong; I couldn't even withstand a single move from him."

Cracker's expression froze for a moment.

"Let's still look forward to Katakuri!"

Charlotte Cumberbatch, the eldest daughter of the family, who was somewhat plump, said with a smile, "No matter how strong Roa is, he has missed twenty-five years! Katakuri is now no less powerful than Mother!"

"However, twenty-five years has passed..."

Perospero's long tongue flicked through the air, "Is it really enough for Katakuri to catch up with Roa?"

Twenty-five years ago, Roa already possessed the most powerful strength in the ocean, right?

What happened?

Charlotte Oven, with his fiery red hair, rushed over, "Weren't you just saying you were going to rescue Bonney? I just dealt with those pirates, and then they say Roa's back!"

This indicates a lack of proper information.

Regardless, amidst the discussions among the Charlotte Family executives, Roa and Katakuri stood facing each other in the center of the island.

How long ago was the last time they fought?

Katakuri, holding his trident, asked with great interest.

"Um--"

Roa thought for a moment, "Twenty-eight years ago for you, when I first came to Cake Island."

"Has it been that long?"

Katakuri grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth. "I remember that time, I was completely helpless."

"What do you think?"

Roa laughed too, "Isn't it different this time?"

"Then let's give it a try! Here I come, Roa!"

The earth shattered beneath Katakuri's feet in an instant, and he appeared before Roa like a gust of wind.

The sharp trident, wreathed in black Inazuma, transformed into a thunderbolt that tore through the heavens and earth, and crashed down upon Roa.

Roa didn't take any chances either. He immediately drew his beloved Tiger Soul sword, the scarlet blade wreathed in black flame patterns, leaving a dark red trail in the air before colliding with the falling trident in an instant.

Boom!!

The ground beneath their feet shattered instantly, and the entire island trembled continuously.

Waves of air spread outwards, even blowing away some of the weaker members of the Charlotte Family who were watching the battle.

And of course, as is customary, the clouds in the sky are torn apart.

"A hand?"

At this moment, Bonney, whose eyes had been wide open, couldn't help but exclaim, "He blocked Katakuri's attack with just one hand!"

Roa was indeed relaxed and at ease at this moment, casually blocking Katakuri's heavy blow with a single slash, and he even had time to leisurely offer a comment.

"Your mastery of Conqueror's Conqueror's Haki is very high. In terms of pure technique, it seems you're even stronger than me."

"You brat, you're as annoying as ever!"

With a low shout from Katakuri, the entire island suddenly trembled violently.

Except for the area where Charlotte Family executives were gathered, the entire island turned into white rice cakes in that instant.

Then, the rice cakes surged up, transforming into a massive white tsunami that swept over and crushed Roa.

"Oh my! No wonder he's called the White Tyrant!"

Roa looked around with great interest, "Has the Devil Fruit ability been developed to this extent?"

Although the Mochi-Mochi Fruit definitely held Katakuri back, the scene was still quite impressive.

"It's not over yet!"

Katakuri curled into a smile.

He knew that his Devil Fruit ability was somewhat inferior to those of other top-tier monsters.

So over the years, he has focused more on honing his domineering Haki.

Then.

Buzz!

Amidst a sharp buzzing sound, the white rice cake turned pitch black in the next instant!

A dark, domineering Haki enveloped the surging waves, which rushed in like a writhing abyss!

"Bullet, are you? Such extravagant use!"

Roa chuckled, "Then I'll have to get a little more serious."

Call!

A sudden gust of wind arose!

Black!

A black wind suddenly swept across the sky!

In an instant, the waves collided directly with the rice cakes, and with a sharpness that should not belong to the wind, they instantly shattered the high waves into pieces.

Wow! What is this?!

Charlotte Daifuku let out a scream; even a strong man like him was almost blown away.

"Everyone, get some distance!!"

Perospero quickly shouted, "They are both monsters in every sense of the word!"

Only Bonney remained standing still.

"You can summon natural disasters without using any abilities?! I've wanted to say this for a long time, your abilities are just too weird! Mochi Bullet Stab!"

Even the gale was pierced in that instant, dark red Inazuma surged, and a piercing spike came straight at you.

Roa simply parried with his sword.

Laugh!

Sparks flew as the two weapons clashed, and a miniature sun seemed to be born at the center, releasing intense light and heat.

The two of them simultaneously backed away.

However, the tips of the enormous rice cake tentacles were covered with Haki, and like spears, they immediately stabbed towards Roa.

At the same time, the ground beneath his feet was also surging, trying to bind him.

"The Awakening of Paramecia abilities doesn't necessarily mean they're powerful; they certainly can be quite troublesome."

Roa grumbled, "Tiger Devour!"

Dark red energy surged from the blade in his hand, and in the next instant, a dark red tiger hundreds of meters long instantly materialized. The tiger roared and swung its claws, easily tearing apart all the rice cake tentacles that swept towards it.

Then he roared at Katakuri.

A deep, dark red beam of light surged forth, and the air was instantly blasted into a mournful wail, as if it could not bear the weight.

But.

Katakuri needs to be faster!

The instant the beam of light shot out, he transformed into a black shadow and launched himself forward. In the next instant, he leaped into the air, his trident slamming heavily into the jaw of the giant tiger.

The domineering Haki honed over twenty years was indeed terrifying; a huge hole was blasted into the tiger's head.

Unfortunately, this tiger wasn't a real living being, so it naturally had no weaknesses. Even with its head smashed, it didn't stop its massive claws from slamming down on Katakuri.

"Too slow!"

The air hummed continuously. Katakuri's eyes flashed red as he effortlessly stepped on the tiger's outstretched claws, using the air as a springboard to take control. He raced upwards along the massive, dark red limbs, leaping into the air in the next instant.

"Elbaf Spear - Ikoku Sovereignty!"

A massive, Haki shockwave crashed down.

You can do that too?

Standing atop the tiger's head, Roa tilted his head back, still smiling as he commented, "Not bad at all. You know how to use this kind of move to compensate for your weakness in ranged attacks."

"In that case, Ikoku Sovereignty!"

Roa also swung his sword.

Unlike Katakuri's almost transparent Haki shockwave, Roa's sword wave was a dark red torrent!

Boom!

The two forces collided with such passion that the sky seemed to be shattered.

The next instant, Katakuri suddenly crashed onto the tiger's back, his figure blurring as a sharp arc appeared in the air. His trident had already torn through the sky, slashing directly at Roa.

Just as Roa was about to swing his sword to block, the trident suddenly transformed into a rice cake, twisting and deforming to easily bypass his sword, and then reformed in the next instant, mercilessly slashing towards his head.

"Observation Haki Future Sight, right?"

Roa was not surprised at all.

It would be strange if Katakuri hadn't yet mastered the Future Sight.

So he charged straight at the trident.

Boom!

Amidst the roar, two figures retreated rapidly.

However, in the next instant, the two rushed closer again, and the longsword and trident clashed once more.

Both of their eyes gleamed with a red light.

Both of them were peering into the future!

As Roja cleaved Katakuri's trident in two, Roa chuckled, "There's no point in Future Sight together, is there?"

"No point? As long as I can see further into the future than you, isn't that enough?"

A jet-black fist came hurtling towards me.

Roa quickly dodged to the side, then hurriedly blocked the trident that was thrusting towards him with his sword.

He was sent flying by the blow.

"Roa! Still not using your ability?"

Katakuri roared, "I'll show you the power I've honed over these twenty-five years!"

The Haki Inazuma on the trident suddenly surged, and Katakuri pierced through the air.

"Impressive, Katakuri. I must say, in this respect, your Armament Haki and Observation Haki are indeed superior to mine."

Roa chuckled softly, "But—"

"Um?"

Katakuri suddenly froze.

It's gone!

There's no future for Roa!

In that instant when he lost his future vision, Roa's body twisted like a pretzel, deftly dodging Katakuri's thrusting trident, and then slashed back with his sword.

Katakuri can only defend by crossing his left arm, "Horn Mochi!"

The left arm became square in shape, with two-tone Haki wrapped around it.

When!

With a deafening clang like metal clashing, Katakuri was cleaved away by Roa's sword, blood splattering across the sky.

"What!!"

Perospero stared in disbelief, "Katakuri, Katakuri was sent flying!"

"How could such a thing happen?!"

The eldest daughter, Compote, also looked utterly bewildered. "That's Katakuri!"

Bonney was a little confused. "Brother Perospero, didn't you just say that Roa was one of the top fighters on the high seas more than twenty years ago? Isn't it normal for Katakuri to get injured?"

"That's because,"

Cracker behind him practically gritted his teeth, "That bastard is Mythical Zoan Fruit user! He hasn't even gotten serious yet!"

"Eh!!!"

Bonney was speechless.

He was able to fight Katakuri's brother, who is the Pirate Emperor, to this extent, and he wasn't even going all out?

How strong must this guy be?!

Katakuri also looked somewhat displeased. He glanced at the long, narrow wound on his left arm. "Straw Hat's technique?"

The mention of Straw Hat almost caught Roa off guard.

After thinking for a couple of seconds, he suddenly realized, then smiled and nodded, "Strictly speaking, it's Roger's technique. What, Katakuri, you've also fought that kid from Roger's ship?"

"He's very strong! He's probably approaching Roger's level back then."

Katakuri straightened up slightly, then changed the subject, "But what exactly is this ability of yours? I don't recall that Zoan Awakening can enhance the user's power!"

Roa's power is ridiculously strong.

At this moment, the Conqueror's Haki he displayed was mediocre and not even as good as his own, Armament Haki was even weaker than his own. However, under these circumstances, he could still fight him to a standstill!

Is that correct?

That's why I said it's evolution.

Roa said with a smile.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Katakuri pointed his trident at Roa, "Let me see your evolved power!"

Okay.

Roa nodded happily.

He was also curious about what kind of power he would possess after evolving and going all out.

I will attack in the form of Qiongqi!

As black hair began to grow, a dark aura suddenly emerged from around Roa.

In that instant, even the Charlotte Family executives watching from afar suddenly felt a heavy weight pressing down on their hearts.

"What's this!"

Charlotte Smoky's forehead was beaded with sweat. "This chilling feeling!!"

As if the sky itself sensed this, thick dark clouds suddenly gathered, celebrating the birth of the Demon King!

In the sky, broad black wings spread wide, and Roa let out a comfortable groan, "Not at all! This feeling is absolutely amazing!"

Katakuri's gaze, however, had become so grave it was almost tangible.

Roa's appearance at this time was vastly different from what he used to be.

The most obvious change is that it's gotten bigger.

In the past, when Roa used his abilities, his physical size did not change drastically.

But now, his size has increased to over five meters, and he is no shorter than me.

Then, the hair covering his body tangled together, forming an exoskeleton-like structure that coalesced into a set of jet-black armor on his body, covered with various sharp spikes, looking utterly ferocious.

The pair of enormous horns extending from his forehead were now even larger, winding and spiraling upwards, standing atop Roa's head like a majestic crown.

Finally, there was the black aura surrounding Roa; just looking at it gave Katakuri an ominous feeling.

"Wow! Katakuri so strong!"

Roa laughed heartily, like a little kid who had just received a new toy and couldn't wait to show it off to his friends, "I'm really strong now!"

"It seems capable of tearing the sky apart!"

Buzz!

A massive, Haki Inazuma suddenly shot into the sky.

Boom!

The island below began to shake violently.

The sea around the island began to churn.

The air between heaven and earth began to wail.

Even though Roa deliberately avoided the Charlotte Family, the lingering Haki of his domineering presence still caused the onlookers to fall like wheat being harvested.

Even experts like Irving, Dafu, Perospero, and Pero felt dizzy and unsteady.

Then.

Boom!

The sky is shaking!

The dark clouds that had just covered the sky were instantly torn apart, and in the blink of an eye, the clear sky reappeared!

"That kind of Conqueror's Haki!!"

Bonney exclaimed incredulously, "Is this still human?"

Not only her, Katakuri couldn't help but smile wryly as well, "Did you really travel directly through twenty-five years of time?"

It seems like the gap hasn't narrowed at all!

"Are you ready, Katakuri!"

Roa raised his knife, pointing it at his old friend. "Next, it's all out!"

As its size grew, the flame-like black patterns on the surface of the Tiger Soul spread further, and the dark red aura transformed into billowing smoke that rose into the air.

Full power is the release of Haki; it involves using the energy transformed from black energy to enhance physical strength and Haki.

This strike was utterly merciless!

"Bring it on!"

Katakuri laughed loudly, and the surface of his trident surged with Haki Inazuma, even launching himself towards Roa.

"This is my all-out effort! Meteor Thrust!"

The trident's mere spinning created a storm, mixed with dark Inazuma, engulfing most of the sky.

This strike pierced through the stars!

Roa's broad wings flapped, causing the air to surge instantly; he created a vacuum zone with just a flap of his wings!

Using this power, Roa transformed into a bolt of black Inazuma, smashing directly through the oncoming storm.

"Roa!"

Within the eye of the storm, Katakuri laughed as he thrust his halberd forward.

Katakuri!!

Roa laughed heartily as well, his longsword, billowing with smoke, slashing down mercilessly.

Boom!!

The storm exploded in the next instant, and the violent shockwave swept across everything in between.

The island below was completely ravaged. If the dazed Perospero hadn't quickly used his ability to release candy and grab his unconscious brothers and sisters, they would probably be taking a bath in the sea.

At that very moment, a soft sound rang out from the sky.

The trident was cleaved into pieces with a single blow, fragments flying everywhere.

Katakuri held only the bare hilt of his halberd.

His gaze was somewhat wistful.

Because the dark red blade was now positioned between his neck and neck.

"How are you, my friend?"

Roa smiled smugly.

"Truly remarkable, I'm no match for you at all."

Katakuri said quietly, "Even if we go all out, we can only prolong the stalemate for a few more seconds. But Roa..."

"That trident is the one that was fused with the Enma fragment you gave me back then. Now, it seems even repairing it is impossible."

"Forehead--"

Roa's smile froze slightly.

I deserve to die.

In any case, this battle is over.

Roa now had a general understanding of his own strength.

This has completely surpassed the limits of human capability.

It's hard to say whether he's as strong as Imu's original form, but if Imu dares to do anything like possession in front of me again, I'll beat that guy to a pulp!

Unless that guy also has unlimited battery life.

Now that the fight is over, according to another rule of the martial arts world, it's time to hold a banquet.

The Charlotte Family executives gathered together.

Roa saw many familiar faces again.

Chiffon and Lola, it seems Lola didn't run away this time because of Aunt Linlin's pressure to get married. Loki probably hasn't even met them. But then again, Loki's taste is definitely in line with his father's.

And Brulee, who is only twelve years old this year, doesn't cover her eyes with her hair like in the original work. Katakuri's rise has indeed provided a safe haven for his bullied younger siblings.

Fortunately, the dark energy in this world was dense enough that Roa could enjoy delicious food anytime, anywhere.

Otherwise, given the security situation in Totto Land Katakuri's rule, Roa would have no choice but to ask his good friend to prepare some special dishes for him.

At the height of the banquet's atmosphere, Katakuri announced that they would be going to bring their Mother back, and at the same time, help Roa deal with Ochoku, who was entrenched on Beehive Island.

Immediately, the crowd responded.

It's clear that everyone has been suffering under Ochoku and the others for a long time.

After the banquet, Roa took out Den Den Mushi and dialed a number he had just obtained from Katakuri.

The call was connected very quickly.

"Oh? Who is it? Any Big News Morgans to share?"

A familiar voice, but one that sounded much older, came from the other end.

Roa raised the corners of his mouth. "Morgans, are you ready to shock the world again?"

The other end fell silent instantly; all Roa could hear was someone's heavy, rapid breathing.

Then.

"Boss!! You're finally back? Hahahaha! Ready? Of course, we're always ready! Always ready for the day you shake the world once again!!"

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