boom...
Katakuri crashed to the ground like a bird with a broken wing, raising clouds of dust and creating a large crater several meters deep.
"Cough cough... What's going on? I clearly already... um??"
Katakuri stood up with a grim expression. He realized that even though he had changed his position to avoid the attacks, he still couldn't dodge any of them and had taken three powerful blows head-on. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he saw the shackles binding his body and suddenly understood.
Whoosh... da!!
"Did you notice? Yes, you did use your ability to dodge just now, but my ability is not that simple. Once someone is bound by my ability's shackles, it's like having a coordinate marked on their target. Any attack from me will accurately hit them. And once the shackles are on, unless I die or actively remove them, otherwise..."
Luo Chen returned to the ground and stood opposite Katakuri. Seeing that Katakuri seemed to have figured out the problem, he stopped hiding it and began to explain.
"Hmph, so that means no matter how much I use my ability to evade, it won't help me?"
"Hehehe, not bad, now your Observation Haki is useless..."
Seeing that his expression hadn't changed at all, Luo Chen could guess that his mood had become even more gloomy, so he couldn't help but laugh.
"Hmph, naive. So what if it's like this?! Flowing Mochi!!"
Katakuri was not worried about being hindered from dodging the opponent's attack. He pressed down with his palm, and his Devil Fruit power spread throughout the area. The ground beneath Luo Chen's feet was instantly covered with white glutinous rice paste.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Upon seeing this, Luo Chen immediately dodged, but the ground, assimilated by the glutinous paste, Current Severance and spread, relentlessly pursuing him.
brush...
"Oh no!!"
Dozens of tentacles extended from below, blocking all possible escape routes for Luo Chen, and then contracted and tightly bound him.
Thump...
Before Luo Chen could dodge, he was tightly bound by the white tentacles, struggling and writhing on the ground like a caterpillar.
Clang!!
Katakuri planted the battle halberd Mogura in front of him, looked down at him, and said.
"How pathetic, Luo Chen. You just said that these blood-red shackles on me will stay with me for life unless you die or voluntarily remove them. I don't believe you'll help me remove them, so please, just die..."
Clang...
Whoosh!!
Having said that, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he drew his halberd, spinning it to strike the man's head, piercing through the bone.
"Wait!!"
Luo Chen on the ground struggled as if trying to break free from his Bind and dodge the attack, but before he knew it, the sword and halberd had already thrust straight at him with a flash of cold light.
Pfft...
Blood splattered as Luo Chen's entire head exploded, the sword and halberd's power undiminished as they pierced the ground beneath him, creating another large hole.
Clang...
Tick-tock... tick-tock...
Katakuri pulled out his halberd, red drops of blood dripping from its tip, and looked at the headless corpse beneath him.
brush...
"I'm not dead yet! Sword Technique Piercing Might!!"
Pfft...
Just then, just as Katakuri thought he had finished off his opponent, he heard a tearing sound behind him, followed by a flash of cold light that pierced through the unsuspecting Katakuri's body.
"Ahem, I was careless..."
Katakuri was caught off guard and his abdomen was pierced. He coughed up blood twice, then grabbed the blade that had pierced his chest with his Armament Haki- wrapped arms and held it in place.
"Ugh... no, I can't break free..."
Luo Chen behind him kept trying to pull Rain Burial out of his abdomen, but he failed.
"That was your clone, right? So this is the real you? In that case..."
After saying that, Katakuri continued to swing his Mogura and twisted his body to deliver a slash.
boom...
With a loud bang, Luo Chen's head was smashed to pieces just like before, blood and foam splattering everywhere.
Thump...
Another headless corpse fell.
Tear...
Clang!!
"Huff... huff... huff... is this for real this time?"
Katakuri's expression remained unchanged. Enduring the excruciating pain, he pulled the sword blade from his abdomen and threw it on the ground. He then turned to look at the corpse, which was exactly the same as the one from before, and said...
"Hmm, no, that can't be that easy. This guy is fake too..."
After taking a look, Katakuri suddenly changed drastically. He exclaimed in surprise and immediately turned to face forward.
Swoosh...
"You're still somewhat alert, but your aura is already weak and feeble. Now, just fall down! Sword Technique... Tiger Bite!!"
Sure enough, the moment Katakuri turned around, another Luo Chen appeared in front of him, and after speaking, he immediately swung his sword at him.
roar...
Flying Slash transformed into a roaring Raging Tiger and charged towards him.
Grilled Mochi!
boom...
Katakuri immediately countered, his right arm Mochi, Hardening and rubbing together to generate a large amount of flames and heat as he pushed it forward.
His swung Mochi arm clashed and completely neutralized the roaring white Flying Slash Raging Tiger, sending Mochi and shattered Flying Slash flying everywhere.
call out...
"You're out of energy, aren't you? Well then, prepare for this: Shigan Storm!!"
Luo Chen used the Shave technique to rush in front of him, waving his hands with all his might, unleashing hundreds and thousands of Shigan with the power of a sniper rifle.
" Mochi Thrusts... Randomly!"
Katakuri was weak from the piercing of his abdomen, but not to the point of weakness. He split his arms, turning dozens of hands black with Armament Haki, and unleashed a Storm of Shigan to meet Luo Chen's attack.
Bang...
The attack dissipated, Luo Chen swiftly moved, instantly appearing behind Katakuri again, raising his arm, which was wrapped in Armament Haki, and blasting it forward.
"Um??"
Bang...
Katakuri reacted immediately, turned around, and threw a punch.
Fists clashed, power surged, and air currents rippled.
" Tekkai... Flowing Shadow Whip!!"
After a brief standoff, Luo Chen withdrew his hand and, as he retreated, lashed out with a kick like a steel whip, its afterimage sweeping past and striking the side of the attacker.
" Slash: Cut Mochi!!"
Katakuri made no defensive move, instead transforming his arm into Mochi- like shape and Expansion it into Wolf Fang. He then combined this with Armament Haki, spinning it at high speed before striking out like a flail.
boom...
Pfft~
Thump!! Thump!!
Both attacks struck each other, causing them to cough up blood and fly backward, crashing heavily to the ground. The flat lawn collapsed under the immense force, instantly forming two large craters three to four meters in diameter.
"Ahem, the final blow, Falling Rain Mochi!!"
Katakuri propped himself up with one hand, aimed the other palm at Luo Chen, and then activated his Mochi-Mochi Fruit ability, turning the environment, which had been assimilated into Mochi, into several thick Mochi strips, which he then rapidly struck from all directions.
"Even so, you will never defeat me... Demon Roar Cannon!!"
Luo Chen, on the other hand, struggled to his feet, his palms open, revealing a six-pointed star pattern that emitted a beam of dark red energy.
Boom... Boom...
Both were simultaneously struck by the other's ultimate technique. The ground, which had been assimilated by him, was like dozens of spears that instantly pierced through Luo Chen's body, while Katakuri was hit by the beam and blasted away, his chest covered in blood and a bloody mess.
"Cough cough... Did I win?"
Katakuri struggled to his feet, wanting to see who had won the final victory, but the voice behind him filled him with utter Despair.
"No, I should be the one who won..."
"Damn it, how could this be?!"
Katakuri turned around and saw Luo Chen, who had not a single scratch on his body, and exclaimed in disbelief.
"Hehehe, that's the truth. If I hadn't locked down your abilities before, forcing you to give up even using Observation Haki, I might be the one lying on the ground now. It's just a pity..."
"Really? I understand. But you absolutely, absolutely can't win, you can't win... Mom..."
Thump...
Katakuri instantly understood after hearing Luo Chen's words. The ones he had fought before were just clones he had created earlier, while the real Katakuri was controlling them from behind the scenes.
However, because he couldn't fully utilize his abilities, and because his opponent's Observation Haki exceeded the speed that his nerves could detect, he gave up using them and was ultimately deceived and defeated.