Once Big Mom figured out Rubick's pattern, she had no trouble countering it.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Rubick's fists clashed with Big Mom's Napoleon through dozens of exchanges in midair. His hands began to ache.
Bare fists were no match for a weapon. Even Luffy had nearly lost an arm to Cracker while using Gear Fourth.
So Rubick copied Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit power, then used Blink to reach the battlefield below.
The moment Rubick appeared, he split the battlefield in two. Big Mom's children stared in shock as Conqueror's Haki poured from him.
To them, Rubick seemed every bit as formidable as Kaido. The pressure he gave off was immense.
Rubick looked down at them. "Submit or die!"
Several of the weaker ones foamed at the mouth and collapsed. Souls rose from their bodies. Even those who were a little stronger could not hold out; Rubick's Soul Pocus pulled their souls free.
"Rubick! How dare you kill my children!"
Big Mom could no longer sit still. She leaped from Zeus, and Napoleon swelled to forty meters before she brought him crashing down. Rubick collected the souls and teleported away. Big Mom landed and glared at him.
Rubick drew Sky Scar and stuffed the souls he had just taken into it. Faces appeared on the blade, but unlike Napoleon's, Sky Scar's expression was stern and unsmiling, as though it had been born sick of the world.
Rubick laughed triumphantly in midair. "The Soul-Soul Fruit is fun! Sky Scar, grow!"
Sky Scar expanded in an instant until it reached forty meters. At that size, Rubick could wield it comfortably in Beast Form.
Rubick pointed at Big Mom. "Come on. Round two!"
Furious, Big Mom charged him again with the forty-meter Napoleon. For the first time, she realized just how infuriating spatial abilities