Singh's attack was incredibly powerful, even causing the surrounding atmosphere to scatter and creating a deafening roar.
Unfortunately, having never learned Haki, he was still too inexperienced to deal with Pica, who had mastered both types of Haki and developed them to a considerable degree.
"Are you trying to tickle me? You can't even penetrate my armor..."
Pica didn't even sway, turned around and opened his mouth to mock.
"You too, disappear... Greatsword... Slash!!"
"Not good, Singh! Retreat quickly! One Sword Style... Sky-Splitting Slash!!"
Seeing that Singh was in danger, Catherine immediately warned him, and then raised her Flowing Shadow and slashed at his back, which was facing her.
Clang!!
A flying slash swept across the sky, tearing through Pica Singh Armament Haki to cut him down.
Bang...
Pica had no time to react and was slashed and thrown to the ground, leaving a deep gash before coming to a stop after sliding a distance.
"You despicable woman, how dare you ambush me! I'll kill you..."
Pica got up from the ground, glared at Catherine, and yelled at her.
call out...
"Ha... It's just the barking of a mad dog. If you're so capable, try it and see... One Sword Style... Sever Steel!!"
As she spoke, Catherine used the razor to get in front of Pica, cleared her mind and body, felt the pure and natural breathing within him, and then suddenly opened her eyes, her sword flashing out in sync with her breath.
"Even if you stand here and don't move, what can you do to me? My Armament Haki is harder than steel; you can't break through my defenses."
Pica completely ignored Catherine's attack, turned around to face her, spread his arms, and offered no resistance, letting the slash strike him directly.
Tearing...
"Ugh, no... Ugh~"
Pica's arrogant nature would ultimately ruin him. As soon as the blade approached, the layer of black, translucent armor on Pica's body became as fragile as paper. The blade tore through his defenses without hesitation and slashed across his thick, muscular body.
Pica felt a sharp pain in his chest, followed by a splatter of blood. He couldn't help but let out a scream, and his domineering Haki dissipated as he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Clang!!
Catherine glanced calmly at Pica, who lay on the ground, before turning her gaze away and sheathing her Flowing Shadow, before walking back towards the Isel.
call...
"Wow, that's amazing, Sister Catherine! That burly guy with the awful voice just used that Haki move the Captain showed off, right? I never expected you to cut it so easily, Sister! Even the Captain probably couldn't have done that!"
Lulith flew aboard the ship, her eyes filled with adoration as she looked at Catherine, her expression a mixture of envy and admiration.
"Hehehe, that was just because he was too careless. If he hadn't been so arrogant and tried to take my attack head-on with his domineering presence, the outcome might still be uncertain... Alright, Lyris Singh, we need to hurry back. Singh, I'll trouble you to carry him upstairs!"
Catherine knew she wasn't arrogant, so she raised her hand Humility and said, then boarded the ship and directed everyone to raise the anchor and prepare to set sail.
Singh walked up to the unconscious Pica and hoisted him onto his shoulders, then walked back with Lulith.
"These people are all ability users, so we need to be extra careful. Lulith, go and reduce the water level in the tank. Lock those two big guys up separately. As for the two women, fill buckets with seawater and throw them in!"
Back on the ship, Catherine, seeing the unconscious Donquixote Family members bound by Monbuma and his men, immediately gave the first mate's order, instructing Lulith and Monbuma to take immediate action and use the seawater to restrain the four intruding ability users.
After Catherine gave the instructions, the group immediately sprang into action, hurriedly moving the people up and trapping them with seawater.
Meanwhile, while Catherine and her group were busy, Violet originally planned to follow in Luo Chen's footsteps, made a decision halfway through the journey to use the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit to find the place where his pirate ship was docked. She then turned around and arrived there ahead of them, only to witness the battle firsthand.
"It's unbelievable! That one's crew alone defeated Pica, one of the family's top executives..."
This might actually offer a chance to defeat Doffy. I need to go and gain that person's sympathy now so I can join their group...
Violet stared blankly at Catherine and the others bustling about on the ship for a moment before snapping out of her daze. She silently cheered herself up and then walked over before they set off.
"Um??"
Just as Violet, lost in thought, slowly approached the Isel, the ship's crewman, who was carrying Pica's massive body onto his shoulder to go into the water tanks inside the cabin, suddenly caught sight of Violet walking slowly towards him from a distance. He stopped what he was doing, frowned, and looked at her with a serious expression.
"What's wrong, Singh? Hey~ who are you? What are you doing here?"
Monbuma was carrying Singer behind Singh Buffalo walking into the cabin with him, suddenly stopped and asked him a question. Before he could answer, Monbuma followed his gaze and saw Violet slowly walking in. The first thing he did upon seeing her was not to focus on her appearance, but to immediately question her, which made Violet stop and smile at the two of them.
"What's wrong with you all? Why haven't you moved them inside yet? We don't want them to be late waking up, that would be terrible..."
At this moment, Catherine led Lulith out of the cabin and looked at the two of them with some displeasure, scolding them.
"Hmm~ that's... who are you? What are you doing here?"
Catherine and Lulith were not surprised when they glanced at the two people standing there without responding. They immediately realized why they had stopped their work when they saw Violet standing prettily on the shore. So they walked over, met her eyes, and asked her who she was.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Violet, the woman your captain met in town, and also his future wife. I've come here to find him..."
"Huh? Don't be ridiculous. How could Luo Chen have a female companion like you? He only just got ashore, not even a day ago. How could he have hooked up with a woman, especially such a beautiful one? Do you think we'd believe that?"
Upon hearing Violet claim to be Luo Chen's companion and future wife, all four were stunned by the news. After a moment, Catherine was the first to recover, looking at her with an expression of disbelief.
"That's right, Sister Catherine is right. Even if the captain is incredibly charming, he couldn't possibly have captivated you in a day and made you follow him all the way here. You wouldn't be up to something like those others, trying to sneak onto our ship and wipe us all out, would you?!"
The others gradually came to their senses. Lulith, a big fan of Catherine and Luo Chen, shrugged and said with the same disbelief in her expression.
"Hehehe... But it's true, you can't deny it. I heard Luo Chen make a promise to me in town, acknowledging my identity. If you don't believe me, you can ask him for confirmation when he returns. Now, can I board the ship? It's not good to leave guests standing outside. Be careful, or I'll tell Luo Chen about you!"
Violet gathered her disheveled hair and began to speak to them with the prepared words.
Although Luo Chen had said those words to provoke her and hadn't taken them seriously, especially after revealing her identity, he treated them as a joke and laughed it off, Violet was now using them because she knew that if she wanted to join them to avenge the deep-seated hatred she carried, she had to do this, so she abandoned her pride and spoke directly.