"You Navy brat!!"
Big Mom's combat instincts were terrifying, too. She gave Gern no chance to catch his breath!
"You can't let your guard down in the middle of a fight!"
Almost the instant she finished speaking, her enormous body appeared above Gern at a speed completely at odds with her size, engulfing him in her shadow!
"Zeus!" Big Mom thrust her left hand down, and the thundercloud Zeus above her head unleashed a deafening rumble.
"Thunderbolt!"
A gigantic bolt of destructive violet lightning, as thick as an enormous python, tore through the air and struck straight at Gern's head with the force of divine punishment!
But just as the lightning was about to land, Big Mom's enormous pupils abruptly contracted.
As though she had sensed something, she forcibly halted her descending left hand and twisted her massive waist with unbelievable flexibility!
"Napoleon! Mighty Nation!"
Blazing flames erupted like a volcano, coiling and rising around the blade of Napoleon, the Emperor's Sword in her right hand!
Without even looking, she relied on an intuition that surpassed Observation Haki and swept the giant blade toward the empty space behind her, carrying Haki that could sever anything and flames that could burn everything to ash!
"CLANG!!!" A deafening clash of metal erupted amid a shower of sparks!
Right in the path of Napoleon's sweeping slash, Gern abruptly appeared as though emerging from the void!
Both his hands gripped the fully unleashed Black Blade: Eight Desolations, its blade wreathed in pale particles vibrating at high frequency and dark purple Haki.
He swung with all his strength from left to right, precisely intercepting the heavy flaming slash that had anticipated his position!
"Tch!" With his attack blocked, Gern did not hesitate.
The air beneath his feet shuddered as [Tremor Flash] activated. His body blurred