Chapter 194: Big Mom Awakens

At the same time, in the Tea Party venue, Big Mom's shrill shriek finally stopped.

Rasa shook his head, his vision slowly clearing, then wiped the blood from his lips; the shockwave from that shriek had nearly ruptured his internal organs.

He looked around and saw the surviving guests and pirates in the banquet hall climbing up from the ground.

"It was that chef!" a waiter was the first to come to his senses, immediately pointing at Rasa to one side: "He tampered with the dessert!"

"Damn it!" Rasa's heart sank; he could feel countless gazes filled with killing intent coming from all around.

"Bastard!"

Charlotte Oven roared in anger, the naginata in his hand instantly heated until glowing red, the air around the blade distorting from the high temperature: "How dare you cause trouble at Mama's Tea Party!"

"Hot Wind Slash!"

Charlotte Oven gripped the blade with both hands and swept horizontally. Scorching sword qi tore through the air, carrying a searing temperature straight at Rasa.

"Magnet Release: Golden Sand Torrent!" Rasa quickly formed hand seals with both hands, countless golden sand particles gathering in the air into a golden giant wave.

"Boom!"

The moment flame and golden sand collided, the intense heat melted some of the gold dust on the spot, but the endless surge of golden sand stubbornly blocked this fatal blow.

"Careful! He's escaping!" someone shouted.

Gold sand surged beneath Rasa's feet, a sand platform quickly forming, carrying him upward.

"Trying to run?"

Charlotte Smoothie roared in anger, her body rapidly swelling again under the Juice Ability, instantly turning into a twenty-meter-tall giant. Her huge palm reached for Rasa with a whistle, air currents surging, kicking up a gale.

At this critical moment, Onoki's voice came from midair: "Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"

Onoki roared again, his hands tightly clasped, chakra fluctuations distorting the air itself.

Boom! The earth trembled, the ground on both sides of the venue suddenly rose. Countless rocks tumbled, cracks spread like spiderwebs, and in the blink of an eye, two small-mountain-sized rocks shot up from the ground, closing toward the center with overwhelming force.

"Ah! Save me!" The guests' terrified screams echoed through the hall.

"Damn it!"

Charlotte Smoothie's face changed drastically. These were nobles and dignitaries from various countries; if they died here, the Big Mom Pirates' situation would become difficult.

Charlotte Smoothie withdrew the hand about to grab Rasa, her huge body turning around, both hands bracing against the two rock walls rushing in.

"Ugh!"

She let out a low growl, muscles tense throughout her body, veins bulging like earthworms. Under immense pressure, the ground beneath her feet shattered bit by bit, but she still held firm, refusing to let the rocks close.

At this time, Big Mom in the banquet hall still stood there blankly, her gaze empty, seemingly completely immersed in some memory.

"Damn it." Charlotte Smoothie gritted her teeth, looking through the gap between her arms, just seeing Rasa stepping on gold sand rushing rapidly toward the sky.

Rasa exchanged a glance with Onoki not far away.

"Withdraw!" Onoki, voice not yet fallen, the two had already turned into two body flickers, flying rapidly toward the distance.

Charlotte Oven on the ground saw this, angrily swinging his naginata, one flame slash after another whistling out, but all were blocked by Rasa's gold sand.

"The Life Card has been taken into the Mirror World." Rasa said softly while flying: "But the entrance has been destroyed; now we can only wait for Minato and them."

"That is to say, we must hold them here." Onoki frowned tightly, "But the current situation"

He didn't finish speaking, but both understood the danger; once Big Mom recovered from that state, they would face an unprecedented crisis.

At this time, Big Mom in the banquet hall still stood there blankly, her gaze empty, seemingly completely immersed in some memory.

"Mama!" Perospero's anxious voice suddenly rang out, "Mama wake up quickly! Those intruders are escaping!"

Big Mom's gaze gradually focused; when she saw the banquet hall in utter disarray, her pupils suddenly contracted.

"Dare to destroy Mother's photo. Dare to ruin my Tea Party" Her voice was terrifyingly low, "You all deserve to die!"

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a roar, Big Mom swung one sword. Terrifying sword qi instantly sliced the giant rocks on both sides into fragments; amidst deafening explosions, rubble fell like raindrops.

"Zeus!" she roared.

In an instant, a huge thundercloud gathered beneath her feet, accompanied by crackling electric light.

Big Mom stepped onto the thundercloud, her whole body rising into the air. Her gaze locked firmly on the two fleeing figures in the distance, her eyes flashing with savage killing intent.

At the same time, Perospero lightly tapped the ground with his candy stick, "Mount Sugar!"

Crystal-clear syrup surged from the ground, quickly solidifying into shape. In the blink of an eye, two giant candy cows appeared before everyone, their entire bodies transparent like crystal.

"Go!" Charlotte Oven and Charlotte Smoothie simultaneously leaped onto the sugar cows; wind rose beneath the sugar cows' feet as they chased after Rasa and Onoki.

Meanwhile, the guests inside the banquet hall looked at one another; some still trembled from the recent terrifying moment, while others had already begun excitedly whispering.

"Hey! Did you see that? Big Mom when she's angry!" a noble grabbed the collar of the person beside him, voice trembling.

"Something like this hasn't happened in at least ten years, right?" another guest wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Someone dares to cause trouble in a Four Emperor's territory"

"Click! Click!"

Suddenly, a rapid shutter sound rang out without stopping. A huge albatross stood on a decoration in the corner, holding a camera and pressing the shutter rapidly.

He was the president of the World Economic Journal — Moerguansi.

"This is big news!" Moerguansi trembled all over with excitement, "A Four Emperor Big Mom's Tea Party was intruded upon!"

"A Four Emperor's dignity challenged — this is an event enough to shock the Sea!"

He seemed to already see tomorrow's front-page headline: "The front page is decided — 'Shock! Four Emperor Territory Invaded, Big Mom Furiously Pursues'!"

At this time in the sky, Rasa and Onoki were flying at full speed.

"Boom!"

The earth trembled; a violent air wave exploded from the center of Cake City. Countless rocks instantly turned into meteors, flying in all directions.

Then a huge breaking-sky sound came from behind.

Rasa looked back, his pupils suddenly contracting. Only to see a huge figure wrapped in electric light, approaching at an astonishing speed.

"Zeus!" Big Mom stood on the thundercloud, roaring.

Thunderclouds swelled instantly, countless electric snakes slithering through the cloud layers, emitting a teeth-aching crackling sound; Big Mom raised the Emperor Sword high, its tip pointing straight at the sky.

"Thunder Control!"

Blinding lightning gathered above Big Mom's head, transforming in an instant into a thick pillar of lightning that crashed down. Where the electric light passed, the air was instantly ionized, letting out a sharp whistling sound.

"Bad! An attack of this degree." Onoki's face changed drastically, his hands forming hand seals at high speed: "Earth Release: Rigid Style Technique!"

Boom—! A giant dozens of meters tall emerged from the void, its surface not yet solidified when golden sand dust already surged from all directions, covering the giant's entire body in an instant.

"Sand-Gold Shield!"

"Boom!"

Amid the deafening roar, the thunder slammed heavily onto the defense. The golden sand melted instantly under the high temperature, and the earth giant crumbled inch by inch under this terrifying power.

The lightning's remaining momentum undiminished, it rushed straight for the two. "Scatter!" Onoki shouted violently.

Onoki and Rasa reacted almost simultaneously; Onoki's whole body plummeted rapidly, while Rasa used the thrust of the gold dust to eject sideways.

Boom! The lightning struck the ground, and amid the explosion a huge crater appeared, surrounding buildings instantly turning to dust.

"Bang!" Before the two could steady themselves, Big Mom's figure had already appeared above Rasa.

The Emperor Sword carried wild Haki as it slashed down; the air itself was ignited in that moment, scorching sword qi like a new moon tearing through the long sky.

Before the blade edge arrived, the terrifying oppressive feeling had already made both their faces change drastically; if this strike connected, there was absolutely no possibility of survival! "Bang!"

Right at this critical moment, a thunderous boom came from afar!

"Hm?" Big Mom's brows furrowed slightly, her peripheral vision catching a silver light breaking through the sky.

It was a huge metal projectile, its surface wreathed in blinding electric light, hurtling toward her back at astonishing speed!

Only to see in the distant ruins, Kid half-kneeling on the ground, his right arm already transformed into a massive cannon, electric light flashing at the muzzle: "Bastard. Don't underestimate me!"

Big Mom had no time to recall the descending giant blade; Kid's metal projectile had already slammed into her waist.

Air was instantly compressed in the collision of metal and flesh, emitting a deafening explosive roar.

"Boom!"

Air waves rolled, smoke and dust billowed. Big Mom's massive frame paused slightly in midair, the motion of her hand hesitating for a moment, but only that.

"What a joke." Kid stared dead at the scene before him, cold sweat sliding down his cheek.

That strike possessed power enough to easily pierce a marine warship, yet it couldn't even shake Big Mom's defense.

"Mama's body is an Iron Balloon!" Perospero's proud laughter came from afar, "This kind of attack can't hurt Mama at all!"

"You brat again!" Big Mom's furious voice shook the air until it trembled, "Prometheus!"

"Yes! Mama!"

Prometheus responded instantly, swelling into a giant fireball in a moment.

"Heavenly Fire!" Big Mom roared in anger.

Prometheus turned into a flaming meteor, diving straight at Kid. Heat waves rushed the face; surrounding buildings began to deform under this terrifying high temperature.

"Magnetic Field!"

Kid thrust both hands forward violently; countless fragments rapidly gathered under magnetic force. In the blink of an eye, a heavy metal rampart formed before him.

"Boom!"

The fireball slammed heavily into the metal rampart. In the blinding firelight, the metal instantly turned glowing red under the high temperature, letting out a pained groan.

The next moment, the entire metal rampart was torn into four pieces by the terrifying impact force! "Damn it!" Kid's pupils shrank, watching the fireball rapidly enlarge before him; he could even feel his skin beginning to char.

Right at this critical moment, a figure suddenly flashed in front of Kid.

"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"

Yagura's hands formed hand seals at high speed, his chest swelling sharply, a water column spraying from his mouth.

The water flow rapidly expanded in midair, turning in the blink of an eye into a water sphere the size of a small mountain, crashing into the fireball.

"Boom!"

Water and fire collided, steam exploding. Scalding water vapor expanded outward from the impact point as center, white steam enveloping the entire battlefield, visibility dropping to the lowest in an instant.

"Kid!"

Kid turned his head to look, only to see Rasa and Onoki landing on the wreckage of a pirate ship not far away.

Onoki stared at Big Mom in the sky, his voice carrying gravity, "With her strength, any one of us facing her alone is a dead end."

"Hmph, then what good ideas do you have?" Kid moved his shoulder, his metal arm emitting clicking sounds.

Yagura narrowed his eyes: "Speed can't catch her, head-on clash can't break her defense. Now we can only."

"Stall!"

Rasa's voice not yet fallen, Big Mom's massive frame took a step out on the thunderclouds, descending to the ground; at this moment the entire sky darkened.

"Then all of you just die together, Zeus! Prometheus!"

Thunderclouds and flames instantly fused with the sword body, three-colored light flowing on the blade edge; every flash made the heart palpitate.

"Resonant Light Sword!!"

The blade slashed down, three-colored energy condensing into a meteor in midair; where it passed the air was ignited, emitting a piercing explosive roar.

Onoki's hands formed hand seals at high speed, palms facing each other, the ground instantly trembling: "Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart!"

Boom—!

The earth surged wildly under the ninjutsu's effect, heavy earth walls rising layer by layer, forming in the blink of an eye a rampart dozens of meters long before everyone.

"Useless!" The corner of Big Mom's mouth hooked into a cold smile.

"Tsk!"

Where the sword light passed, the earth wall was torn to shreds like paper; rubble glowed red under the high temperature, turning into countless meteors shooting outward.

Though the earth wall was torn apart, it indeed bought everyone precious dodging time.

"Scatter!" Yagura shouted violently. The few pushed off with their feet, each leaping in a different direction.

When Kid landed after flipping over, the wall behind him had already been pummeled by scorching debris until it was riddled with holes.

Yagura formed hand seals with both hands: "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

A massive water dragon formed from chakra roared as it shot into the sky, circled once in the air, then carried unstoppable force as it slammed hard into Big Mom.

At the same time, Kid strode forward, his right arm deforming amid electric light, transforming into a giant cannon in the blink of an eye: "Electromagnetic Cannon!"

"Boom!"

A dazzling electric light burst from the cannon muzzle, the air whistling as it moved at high speed.

Yet facing such a fierce assault, Big Mom revealed a savage grin.

She stomped the ground, shattering it, and instead charged forward. The Emperor Sword raised high above her head, terrifying Conqueror's Haki erupting, the invisible pressure causing the surrounding air to stagnate.

"Ha Wang Se!!"

Just as the Emperor Sword was about to come down, Rasa's eyes flashed: "Right now! Sand-Gold Explosive Thorn!"

"What?!" Big Mom's pupils suddenly contracted, feeling a sudden sharp pain within her body.

The gold dust that had previously been swallowed along with the sweets now seemed to come alive, turning into countless sharp barbs that grew wildly.

A mouthful of blood spurted from Big Mom's mouth, the intense pain causing her movement to falter, and Ha Wang Se's charging was forced to be interrupted.

(Chapter End)