Boom!
With a deafening roar, the thunderbolt came hurtling down. Before it even struck, towering waves were already surging across the coastal waters.
The Marines blanched and hurriedly retreated, but Noah remained rooted to the spot, not moving an inch.
The instant the terrifying purple-black pillar of lightning touched his body, it was swallowed whole, like a drop of water merging into the sea without leaving so much as a ripple.
"Mmm... that feels good."
Noah rolled his neck, blue currents dancing over his body. He looked up at Big Mom and drawled, "We might count as old acquaintances, but we're still on opposite sides. Bringing me a supplement right off the bat is a little too generous, don't you think?"
"Hm?"
Seeing that her thunderous strike had accomplished nothing, Big Mom's expression grew even more vicious, and she slipped into a half-crazed state.
"Mamamama! I almost forgot, you little brat! You've become a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user!"
She let out an unsettling cackle and slowly raised her right hand.
Hum!
Countless flames and arcs of lightning coiled around her fist, taking shape over it and erupting in occasional explosive cracks. The sheer display was terrifying.
"But eating a Devil Fruit alone is nowhere near enough to stand against me!"
With an furious roar, Big Mom leaped off Zeus. Her fist, wreathed in lightning and flame, slammed downward, whipping up savage gusts along its path as though it would devour and destroy everything around her.
"Flaming... smash!"
Compared with the dazzling, terrifying thunderbolt from before, this punch covered a much smaller area, but its destructive power was even greater.
Noah raised an eyebrow, with no intention of taking it head-on. Ever since Big Mom appeared, he had already spread a magnetic field throughout the docks.
With a thought, he vanished without