"Damn it! Damn it! Damn you, brat!"
Her ear-splitting howl came with a rolling shockwave of sound and black-and-red arcs that tore across the sky.
Bake Point Island was struck as if by a gale. The remaining ruins were ripped from the ground and hurled into the air.
Charlotte Linlin's Observation Haki had not reached the level of Future Sight, but its range was still worthy of one of the Four Emperors.
Through it, she knew that Katakuri was the only member left of the Charlotte Family she had spent her life building.
Her life's work had been destroyed. How could she not be consumed by rage? Only one thought remained in her mind: tear the brat before her limb from limb and grind his bones to dust.
"Don't rush, old hag. You'll be joining them soon."
Dawn paid no heed to the terrifying wave of Conqueror's Haki bearing down on him. He looked up at Charlotte Linlin as she charged toward him and put Kikoku away.
He stamped down hard enough to shatter the ground, burst through the air ahead of him, and met her oncoming punch with a clenched fist.
His skin was now nearly as hard as Kikoku, which had become a Black Blade. A sword only gave him a little more reach. Fighting barehanded would not hamper him in the slightest.
Their fists clashed through the air, still several meters apart.
Violent power exploded between them. The air for thousands of meters around churned like a boiling sea, groaning under the strain.
The ground beneath them shattered with a roar. Shockwaves spread outward from the two fighters and soon engulfed the entire island.
Great chunks of earth and stone were torn free and flung into the air, then smashed apart by the surging shockwaves and scattered