Chapter 1302: Doffy's Heart is Bitter

Doflamingo kicked Katakuri back. Su Xiao and Doflamingo formed a pincer movement from front and back. Not far from the battlefield, a sneaky figure was approaching.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had a thermal imaging device in its mouth, wanting to find Cracker within the mochi layer. Using this thing was the most suitable. As for Amu, it was waiting for an opportunity on the side. As long as Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang found Cracker's position, it would immediately rush forward and hammer Cracker to death.

Katakuri's gaze shifted. Although he didn't see Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, he predicted it.

"Seastone."

Su Xiao swung the metal rod in his hand. Doflamingo smiled upon hearing this. He realized why Katakuri was willing to take his kick but didn't want to be hit by that metal rod.

Su Xiao didn't intend to hide the texture of the metal rod in his hand at all. For Katakuri, who could predict the future, the first time he attacked the other party, the other party could predict what this was.

"Katakuri, look over there."

The metal rod in Su Xiao's hand pointed toward Amu. The meaning was very clear: Amu would replace him and hammer Cracker to death.

Katakuri's expression was ugly. If he were in a 1v1 against Doflamingo, he would have confidence in solving the other party. Even adding Su Xiao, he had a way to deal with the enemy while protecting Cracker.

But the situation now was that Su Xiao with the Seastone metal rod + Doflamingo were already hard to deal with, not to mention Katakuri also had to guard against the elusive Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, plus Amu waiting for an opportunity.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu didn't need to participate in the battle directly; they only needed to search for Cracker, which could distract Katakuri.

Katakuri was strong, but he wasn't a god. He could predict the future, but he couldn't necessarily change the future. And his ability to predict the future wasn't without weaknesses; sometimes he couldn't predict certain things that were bound to happen.

Just like Doflamingo's kick earlier, Katakuri didn't predict it, because while dodging the metal rod, he absolutely couldn't dodge that kick coated with Armament Haki. This was something bound to happen.

That is to say, if Katakuri had a possibility of dodging this kick, he could predict it and dodge quickly. But if he couldn't dodge it, he could only perceive it through Observation Haki, rather than predict it.

Su Xiao only thought of two ways to deal with Katakuri: one was a war of attrition, where he and Doflamingo took turns dragging Katakuri down, slowly reducing Katakuri's stamina. But with Katakuri's monstrous constitution, heaven knows how long that would take.

Two was to use the heavily wounded Cracker to distract Katakuri's energy, making the other party run around in exhaustion.

From the very beginning, Su Xiao's goal wasn't Katakuri. Given the current combat strength of his side, wanting to kill Katakuri was somewhat unrealistic. Being able to save his life in the other party's hands already required his utmost effort.

Su Xiao and Doflamingo looked at each other, and the two charged toward Katakuri almost simultaneously, just at Katakuri's front and back sides.

Katakuri's eyes narrowed. He leaned down and grabbed a mass of mochi from the ground. This mass of mochi shaped in his hand, forming a trident, and was coated with Armament Haki.

A trident over two meters long could only be considered a short halberd for Katakuri. He blocked the trident behind him while kicking toward the side.

With a loud clang, the metal rod in Su Xiao's hand smashed onto the trident. Although Seastone was the nemesis of Devil Fruit ability users, it couldn't clear fruit creations. That is to say, even if the Seastone rod smashed onto the mochi, that mochi wouldn't disappear, unless that mochi was transformed from Katakuri's true body.

While blocking Su Xiao's rod, Katakuri kicked Doflamingo's arms. Doflamingo was kicked staggering back a few steps.

If Su Xiao wasn't fighting Katakuri, he would definitely think Doflamingo was intentionally throwing the fight. In reality, that wasn't the case. Katakuri's blocking action wasn't a prediction, but predicting where the attack would land. He only needed to strike in the appropriate timing to defend.

The moment the metal rod was blocked, Su Xiao kicked toward the back of Katakuri's thigh.

With a squelch, Su Xiao's foot sank into a mass of viscous substance. Katakuri had turned into mochi, wrapping Su Xiao's lower leg inside the mochi.

Doflamingo had just been kicked away, and there was no one to support Su Xiao right now. Katakuri, holding the trident, raised his arm. The trident and the metal rod wrestled. A huge force was transmitted to Su Xiao's hand. The metal rod in his hand was nearly knocked away directly. A conservative estimate was that Katakuri's strength attribute was above 95, or even higher.

Pitch-black trident cold light flickered. Just when Katakuri wanted to pierce Su Xiao's skull with one fork, he suddenly lifted the mochi-fication of his leg and kicked to push Su Xiao's leg away.

The moment he was kicked away, Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy clung to Su Xiao's leg. Even if he activated Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying with a slight delay, it would be predicted by Katakuri.

Su Xiao staggered back a few steps. Now he finally confirmed that Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy was nine times out of ten able to wound Katakuri.

Katakuri looked at Su Xiao with murderous intent. In Katakuri's perception, Su Xiao was like a 'hedgehog'. The danger of the Seastone rod went without saying; being hit by that thing would at least break a few bones. Not only that, Katakuri also had to guard against that kind of pale blue energy.

In Katakuri's prediction, if he touched that kind of energy, one of the following two situations would occur.

1. Unable to mochi-fy for a short time, and suffering severe pain.

2. Unable to mochi-fy for a short time, and losing control of his body, only able to let the enemy attack his true body.

No matter which situation occurred, it was something Katakuri didn't want to see.

Facts proved that the Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying ability hadn't wasted Su Xiao's long-term investment. The elementalization or pseudo-elementalization of fruit ability users was actually turning their own energy into energy, and Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy was best at annihilating energy.

For Su Xiao, the elementalization of fruit ability users was almost equivalent to actively withdrawing the body's defense mechanism, putting the most 'fragile' energy outside.

If Armament Haki was capturing elementalization, then Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying was straightforward annihilation.

When fruit ability users suffered elemental annihilation, their bodies would re-materialize, and because of the energy annihilation reaction, they couldn't elementalize again for a short time.

Precisely because of this, in Katakuri's view, Su Xiao was several grades more dangerous than Doflamingo. This was also the reason he had always attacked Su Xiao first.

Added to the fact that Su Xiao took out the Seastone rod, this made Katakuri even more of a headache.

Roaring sounds resounded through the entire port. Su Xiao, Doflamingo, and Katakuri fought into a ball. It looked inseparable, but in reality, Doflamingo had already been heavily wounded, and Su Xiao had also taken a few punches from Katakuri. His whole body's bones felt like they were about to fall apart, and there wasn't a place that didn't ache.

Swoosh~

The metal rod grazed Katakuri's shoulder. Red light flickered in Katakuri's eyes. He pressed one hand onto the mochi on the ground. Doflamingo was pushed staggering by the suddenly bulging mochi.

Su Xiao's rod, which was originally smashing toward Katakuri, actually smashed toward Doflamingo very magically. No, it should be that Doflamingo took the initiative to meet it.

Bang!

Blood splashed. The metal rod smashed into Doflamingo's face. Doflamingo's brain buzzed, and his body flew backward uncontrollably. ===== CHAPTER 1303 =====