Edd War Sea Battle (Part 2)

"Wait." Just as Nangong Yan's body was about to vanish completely into the Kamui Dimension, Momousagi suddenly spoke.

"I hope it's the answer I want to hear. If it's more nonsense, I'll take back the food I gave you." Nangong Yan canceled the spatial transfer and stared at Momousagi with a serious expression.

"Good big brother!" Momousagi hesitated and fidgeted for a while. Just as Nangong Yan was about to grow impatient, her cheeks flushed red, and even her crystal-clear earlobes were stained crimson. She called out in a sweet, alluring voice, though there was something off about it.

Nangong Yan could not be bothered to nitpick the issue with her voice. Otherwise, she might push her luck and get desperate.

"The next step can wait until we're outside. Aren't you hungry? Take your food, and we'll head to the battlefield immediately." He released a trace of Mangekyo Sharingan power and waved his hand. The pillars imprisoning Momousagi shifted apart in every direction.

Momousagi impatiently ran out of the cell, grabbed some of the food she liked, and came to Nangong Yan's side.

She already understood that they needed physical contact for Nangong Yan to take her away.

Nangong Yan reached out and wrapped an arm around Momousagi's slender, soft waist. Vast ocular power and an enormous amount of stamina vanished in an instant. A spatial vortex emerged, and their bodies were immediately swallowed into it.

At the edge of the Edd War Sea battlefield, a spatial vortex appeared. Nangong Yan emerged above the sea with Momousagi. Finding nowhere to stand, he used Geppo to rise into the air, then expelled a piece of wood from his right eye and dropped it onto the sea. He wrapped an arm around Momousagi's waist and landed steadily on the wood, bobbing with the waves as his Mangekyo Sharingan gazed toward the distant battlefield.

"Hey, we're here now. Can you take your hand off my waist?" Momousagi took a bite of pudding cake and swallowed it, only to realize that Nangong Yan's hand was still resting on her waist. She immediately became displeased.

"First, holding you like this is more comfortable for me. You should feel honored that a future big shot like me is willing to hold you like this. Second, holding you this way lets me stop you from running away at any time, so give up on that idea."

"And besides calling me good big brother, there's one more condition. You wouldn't want to go back on your word, would you?" Nangong Yan turned his head, his scarlet and sinister Mangekyo Sharingan fixing on Momousagi and placing immense pressure on her.

"Hehe, I-I'm not trying to go back on it. It's just too embarrassing. You have to give me some time to prepare." Momousagi gave an awkward smile, thinking, I'll stall for as long as I can.

"Is that so? I'm not embarrassed. So, are you going to kiss me, or am I going to kiss you?" Nangong Yan tightened his arm around Momousagi's waist, bringing their bodies fully together without even the slightest gap. His eyes locked onto hers, leaving no room for refusal.

"Hahaha... This feels amazing. Sure enough, with strength, you can do whatever you want! As a man, I can't force myself on her, but teasing a beautiful woman still feels great." Nangong Yan wildly cheered himself on in his heart, feeling utterly delighted.

With their bodies pressed so closely together and Nangong Yan's eyes fixed on her, Momousagi could not help feeling flustered. Her heart pounded like a deer, and when she tried to look away, he turned her face back.

Sigh... Momousagi let out a deep sigh in her heart. She felt that she could no longer drag this out. If she kept refusing, he might turn hostile. After considering it, she decided to take the initiative herself. If that bastard took the initiative, who knew where he would kiss her... Forget it. I'll risk it. I'll endure this humiliation for now, then make him pay it all back with interest someday.

"I'll kiss you." Momousagi lowered her head and spoke softly.

"Mhm, then hurry up." Nangong Yan smiled smugly, nearly angering Momousagi into changing her mind on the spot.

Momousagi was still a few centimeters taller than Nangong Yan, so she did not need to stand on tiptoe to kiss him.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and parted her pink lips. Like a dragonfly touching the water, she lightly kissed Nangong Yan's cheek.

Nangong Yan felt a faint dampness on his right cheek, along with a soft, tender touch that made one want to sink into it.

"I'll say you barely passed. Watch the battle carefully." Nangong Yan turned his head as he spoke, and his Mangekyo Sharingan accurately caught sight of Roger, Golden Lion, Rayleigh, Gaban, Kozuki Oden, and the others.

There was no helping it. The commotion caused by their battle was simply too great. Even without deliberately searching, one could easily locate them. Like bright lamps in the night, their battle was far too conspicuous.

Among them, Nangong Yan mainly observed Golden Lion and Roger. Golden Lion was currently the world's greatest swordsman, and his masterful swordsmanship was naturally worth studying. His Devil Fruit was also developed to an extremely high level.

Roger's physical abilities and Haki were terrifyingly powerful. In particular, his Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki were among the very best in the world, perhaps even the best. Roger's mastery of Armament Haki was also extremely high, with few able to rival him.

Although Roger's Armament Haki was highly advanced, there were still some who could compare to him. Garp's Armament Haki mastery even surpassed his.

The battle between Golden Lion and Roger could be said to shake heaven and earth. Nearly everyone kept far away from the two of them.

Columns of water shot into the sky, while sword energy stretching across the heavens crisscrossed and sliced through space. Black-red lightning surged and spread for more than ten miles, while fist imprints flew everywhere. Their battle had forcibly emptied vast quantities of seawater from the surrounding area, lowering the water level by several zhang. The air currents and shockwaves created by their clash prevented the surrounding seawater from rushing in to fill the gap.

The sky grew increasingly gloomy. Dark clouds began to shroud both battlefields and nearly half of the entire Edd War Sea. Silver-white and azure lightning slithered through the clouds, and the rumbling thunder made the atmosphere on the battlefield even more brutal and oppressive.

Several Marine warships stood outside the battlefield, their decks packed with Marines. Every one of them watched the battle between the two sides with great excitement. Many silently shouted encouragement and cheered, hoping the fight would become even fiercer, even more brutal.

Roger and Golden Lion had naturally noticed the countless people watching them, especially the Marines waiting greedily to reap the benefits. Yet neither showed any intention of stopping. Both had absolute confidence in their own strength and believed no one could take advantage of them.

Roger's Conqueror's Haki had already suppressed Golden Lion's Conqueror's Haki, but their battle remained evenly matched. Roger held only a slight advantage, and defeating Golden Lion completely would likely take a long time.

As he fought, Roger used his pinnacle Observation Haki to monitor his surroundings, and the smile on his face grew brighter and brighter.

His Observation Haki had reached the pinnacle, and he also possessed the Voice of All Things. This was not an ability he had cultivated, but one he had been born with. Through communicating with all things in the Edd War Sea, he learned that an enormous natural disaster was about to occur here.

His Conqueror's Haki had reached a level where a sovereign's might knew no bounds, enough to make all things submit! Using the Voice of All Things and his ability to make all things submit through his boundless sovereign's might, he would expand the scale of the disaster and control its direction, targeting the Golden Lion Grand Fleet and securing his victory.

Then, he would use the weakest point in the disaster, along with his Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki, to leave the disaster zone and retreat unscathed. What a perfect plan. Even the heavens were helping him.

Half an hour later, dense black clouds piled over the sea. The dark clouds seemed ready to crush the city below, and an incomparably oppressive aura spread outward. Thick bolts of lightning writhed and flashed through the sky with an aura of destruction, while fierce winds suddenly rose and whipped up towering waves!

There were quite a few navigators among the Marines. Sensing the extraordinarily abnormal weather, their faces turned grave as they reported to their superiors. They repeatedly emphasized that an incomparably terrifying natural disaster was about to strike, and that if they did not leave, they would be swept into it.

When Fleet Admiral Kong saw that every officer knowledgeable in navigation said the same thing, combined with the ominous feeling in his heart, he immediately gave the order to retreat.

In only a few moments, the fierce winds raised terrifying waves hundreds of meters high and swept toward the Golden Lion Grand Fleet. Water poured down like a waterfall, while pillars of silver-white lightning crashed from the sky. Some struck the sea and electrified huge swaths of seawater; others hit ships, instantly piercing their hulls or even splitting them into fragments.

Roger gathered his crew and sailed away through the weakest part of the disaster. Since the disaster was partly his doing, and he possessed world-class Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki, their escape was perilous but ultimately safe.

Golden Lion wanted to stop Roger and his men from leaving, but the wind, rain, and lightning seemed to be deliberately working against him, targeting him relentlessly. He was forced to repeatedly slash out shocking sword energy to block them.

In the end, he truly could not stop Roger. Golden Lion then went to rescue his own grand fleet, but there were simply too many ships for him to handle. Out of dozens of vessels, he only managed to save a few.

The unluckiest part came when he was rescuing the last few ships. Exhausted to the point of collapse, a flying ship's steering wheel lodged itself in the top of his head.

A mere steering wheel normally could not do anything to him, but he had already expended a great deal in battle and had spent even more energy fighting against the natural disaster. His mental focus and stamina were severely drained, allowing him to fall victim to it.

Golden Lion departed with the few remaining ships. Standing on the deck in the rain, he looked toward the direction in which the Roger Pirates had left and sighed toward the sky. "Roger, what a move. I, Golden Lion, am completely convinced!"

As for Nangong Yan, he had long since taken Momousagi into the Kamui Dimension. The waves and lightning were far too terrifying in scale. Blocking even a single bolt or a single wave would exhaust all of Nangong Yan's strength, let alone an almost endless barrage.