Charlotte Linlin grew anxious at the sight and thrust Napoleon into Zeus's back.
"Napoleon, cleave him apart for me!"
The long blade, wreathed in Black Conqueror's Coating and the power of the thundercloud, plunged along Zeus's lightning. The pressure from its edge flattened Mu Chen's cloak against his back, while Prometheus circled behind him. Black flames formed a fiery net, sealing off his escape routes even if he teleported.
Mu Chen suddenly lowered his center of gravity and twisted his hips. Red Conqueror's Coating hardened around his right hand like an iron pillar, while his left reached to the side. "Banshō Ten'in!"
The glowing quake sphere Whitebeard had hurled abruptly stopped in midair, dragged backward by an invisible gravitational force.
Whitebeard froze for a moment. Just as he tried to strengthen his control, Mu Chen flung his left hand diagonally upward, forcibly redirecting the sphere toward the descending Napoleon.
The sphere struck the blade, and quake waves and Black Conqueror's Coating exploded together. Napoleon was blasted backward, while the shock wave sent Zeus tumbling sideways.
Seizing that brief opening, Mu Chen shattered the deck beneath his right foot and shot toward Whitebeard like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"Full Red Conqueror's Coating!"
It surged like boiling water!
"Come on, then!"
Whitebeard laughed wildly and raised his enormous blade to block the fist. Black Conqueror's Coating collided with Red Conqueror's Coating, spraying sparks across the sky and shaking the surrounding pirate ships.
Seeing Mu Chen locked in combat with Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin suddenly swept her enormous hand outward. Soul mist poured from her body.
"Soul-Soul Fruit!"
"Soul Planting!"
"Return to your places!"
Countless pale blue souls drifted out of the Bigarm Pirates' crew members and surged into Prometheus and Zeus.
The firebird instantly swelled to several times his original size,