There were no words that could describe Charlotte Linlin's mood at that moment.
Ever since she could remember, this was the first time she had been so furious and lost her composure.
At that moment, the only thought in her mind was killing Maud. Nothing else could fit.
"Go to hell!"
Charlotte Linlin stood atop Zeus, gripping the Emperor Sword Napoleon, which was wrapped in blazing flames. She raised it high and assumed a stance similar to the Hagoku starting stance.
"Ikoku!"
Her voice, filled with icy killing intent, instantly drowned out the peal of thunder.
The Emperor Sword Napoleon, raised high by Charlotte Linlin, came crashing down amid the thunder. A huge purple, pillar-shaped sword wave surged forth and flew straight toward Maud.
"Hey, are you kidding me..."
Seeing the imposing Ikoku hurtling straight toward them, Luo's pupils rapidly contracted, and his heartbeat suddenly quickened.
Brook, who had already prepared to act, also revealed a look of shock that no one else could see.
We have to block it...
Though shocked by Ikoku's power and momentum, in that split second, Luo and Brook's first thought was that they could not let Ikoku destroy Thriller Bark's mast.
But the moment that thought arose, Maud had already moved to meet Ikoku.
Hagoku!
A red gleam flashed in Maud's eyes. Shusui, resting against his shoulder, suddenly slashed forward, sending out a shock wave wrapped in dazzling white light.
Boom—
A peal of thunder suddenly rang out from the constantly churning clouds.
The instant the thunder's echo faded.
High in the sky, the two shock waves collided violently.
Purple and white light twisted together. The energy contained within transformed into streams of dangerous, visible blades of air that poured wildly in every direction, as though trying to tear the sky apart.
The black