Suppressing Big Mom, the Beasts Pirates Retreat!

"Dead?"

"No. Tough Skin—he won't die anytime soon."

Noah shook his head.

Akainu immediately understood. Their battle had not completely ended, but seeing that his life was hanging by a thread, Noah had switched targets and rushed over to support him.

"You should recover first."

Gripping his twin swords tightly, Noah looked toward the plump figure that suddenly leaped from the distant ruins and charged through the rain curtain. He gave a light laugh.

"I left Cake Island in too much of a hurry a year ago. Today, I finally have a rare chance to face this monster head-on."

Compared to her, I think you look more like a monster, Akainu thought, giving Noah a strange look before nodding. "Fine. Be careful."

"Noah, you brat!!!"

At that moment, the plump figure had already torn through the rain and charged over, letting out an enraged roar.

"You dared to sneak up on me from behind! I let you escape by luck before, but since you're so determined to die, I'll grant your wish early!"

Akainu turned to look.

Big Mom looked utterly miserable. Her broad dress was stained with blood, while her long hair hung wildly behind her like a madwoman's.

She had taken Noah's full-power slash head-on without any preparation.

Even as one of the Three Emperors, there was no way she could have emerged unscathed.

However.

Miserable as she looked, most of those were merely superficial wounds. They were insignificant and had already begun healing rapidly.

That was what the so-called Iron Balloon was like. There were only wrong names, never wrong nicknames.

Buzz!

As she charged forward in great strides, Big Mom frantically poured soul power into Prometheus in her hand.

The Emperor Sword, which had dimmed before, once again shone with brilliant golden light, making the massive