Chapter 345

"I have a question and hope you can answer it." Yi Xiao placed his hand on the staff-sword.

It was as if he would fight immediately if Sima Di did not answer.

Sima Di, however, paid it no mind at all.

"You want to know why the Straw Hat Pirates formed an alliance with the BIG? OM Pirates, don't you?" Sima Di said, having expected this.

As for any conflict between Yi Xiao and the Straw Hat Pirates...

there was probably just this one black mark.

"I still await your explanation!" Yi Xiao smiled politely.

But anyone could see that

if Sima Di's answer failed to satisfy him, this matter might not end well.

But...

BIG? OM was fighting right there; how could Sima Di possibly reveal his plan openly?

"It seems I must ask you after all." Sima Di shrugged helplessly.

Hearing this, Yi Xiao could not help but sigh.

In the end...

did the dragon slayer become the evil dragon?

"Then I shall show my clumsy skills!"

Yi Xiao drew his sword and swung a gravity wave toward the sky; when he sheathed it again, a massive boulder fell from the floating island in the sky, three hundred meters in diameter, the largest so far.

"Wow! You must have been saving this just for me, right?" Sima Di said exaggeratedly. 990

Then...

"Boom!"

Sima Di threw a punch,

and the fist wind, though launched later, arrived first, smashing the meteorite—which had only just begun falling and had not yet gathered much kinetic energy—into powder with the force of the wind, sending it rebounding into the sky until it vanished.

He neutralized it with ease.

"I have a move too; come and try it."

Azure energy overflowed from his eye sockets; the Susanoo, unused for a long time, activated, starting immediately at its Perfect form, its hundred-meter frame causing Yi Xiao's expression to grow grave!

But...

Sima Di did not use the Susanoo to attack directly; instead, he split two more bodies from his back. The two half-Susanoo forms joined the original body in forming hand seals, yet nothing happened.

But Yi Xiao's expression changed drastically!

The reason was...

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Yi Xiao's expression changed drastically!

He instinctively looked up at the sky, though his Observation Haki had already detected...

a meteorite several times larger than Yi Xiao's boulder just now, smashing through the clouds and crashing down to suppress Yi Xiao!

Yi Xiao never expected...

that one day he would be struck by a meteorite too?

However...

Yi Xiao drew his staff-sword and swung another gravity wave, effortlessly suspending that meteorite in the sky.

It was just...

"There is still one more; how will you handle it?" Sima Di asked, crossing his arms.

Yes!

Tengai Shinsei...

summons two meteorites named "Tengai" and "Shinsei"!

And Yi Xiao's Gravity Fruit abilities all rely on the staff-sword as a tool; now it is already being used to hold the first meteorite in place, so what about the one hidden behind it?

Yi Xiao's answer was...

Swing the sword!

He slammed the first meteorite backward into the second, altering the trajectory of both, so they fell straight toward the center where Whole Cake Island was located!

Good heavens!

This move of using another's blade to kill was executed brilliantly!

【"Well done!"】 Sima Di could not help but praise him through the mental link.

This left Yi Xiao stunned!

Aren't you on their side?

Not to mention the Straw Hat Pirates are up there!

What is going on?

In the next instant,

Yi Xiao saw Franky and the others take out their Hearthstones; as they rubbed them, beams of teleportation light appeared, and they vanished from Whole Cake Island, reappearing on the Going Merry anchored far away.

In the next instant,

the Going Merry directly activated its energy thrusters, took off from the spot, adjusted its orientation, and rammed its bow into the two meteorites.

"Whoosh—' ||—"

A low-powered Lion's Roar cannon blast directly shattered the first meteorite!

But because of the angle,

The second meteorite remained completely unharmed, and amidst the torrential rain of shattered debris from the first, it thundered down toward Cake Castle on Cake Island!

Good grief!

What was originally just a problem involving two meteorites has now escalated into the far more complicated situation of one meteorite plus a meteorite shower!

Those in the know understand the Straw Hat Pirates are helping; those who don't...

would think it's an assist!

But at this moment,

the people on Cake Castle had no time to worry about that. With tacit understanding, they abandoned continuing the fight, each one demonstrating their abilities to intercept this "Yu Bo" of Sima Di and Yi Xiao.

"Candy Virgin!"

Perospero used candy to create a giant golden iron maiden, transforming it into a shield that protected nearly half of the top level, giving Big Mom's people a place to take cover.

"Shield White Line!"

Doflamingo also pulled several massive lines up from the ground, transforming them into shields to guard the remaining empty positions.

"Monster Strength Mochi!"

Katakuri had mochi rise up from the ground and form the shape of a donut, intercepting in front of that giant meteorite, and threw out a Haki-infused black fist like Luffy's "Giant Pistol," directly blasting apart the ordinary-material second meteorite!

The splattered meteorite fragments landed on the Candy Virgin and Shield White Line; though they did knock out numerous dents, they still couldn't break through the two men's defenses.

And......

why didn't Teach join the defensive effort?

The reason being......

"Rubber Kong Gun!"

"Rubber Rhino Grenade!"

What did I tell you—Luffy is a hothead?

He was the only one who didn't choose to hearthstone back to the Thousand Sunny, and he grabbed Teach and just hammered away with everything he had!

Teach was beaten silly by it—where would he find the time to worry about the meteorite business?

Besides that,

the many members Big Mom had invited to participate in the Hunliyan Society were the ones who suffered!

Perospero's and Doflamingo's defenses weren't without blind spots—they only covered roughly two-thirds of the area.

And because of the fighting between both sides earlier, everyone else had taken shelter far away.