93: Section 93

Gathering first, let's greet Katakuri first.

And so, Katakuri's fleet was completely wiped out!

The wreckage of the ships sank to the seabed, leaving only a large amount of wooden debris drifting with the waves.

However... Su Ming discovered to his astonishment that not a single enemy pirate had been injured or killed!

There was no other reason; it was simply because Katakuri was a user of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit, and a top-tier powerhouse whose fruit ability had reached the awakened level.

His near-prophetic Observation Haki allowed Katakuri to perceive Su Ming's attack in advance.

His rich combat experience led Katakuri to abandon all the ships immediately and instead coat his subordinates in a layer of mochi armor!

And precisely because of this, after Katakuri's fleet was completely destroyed, the other pirates were able to remain unscathed.

Afterward, Katakuri went all out with his fruit ability.

Right in front of Su Ming, he created a massive island of mochi!

And then... there was no then...

The army of the undead on the midnight rose, under the command of Midnight, poured out in full force.

Relying on the wide-area instant-death spell, Midnight Shriek, the fodder pirates dropped dead in droves during the subsequent battle.

Only the officers with sufficiently refined Observation Haki could rely on their high mobility to tangle with the undead army commanded by Midnight.

But a problem arose in the battle between Su Ming and Katakuri.

Both sides were in a state where neither could do anything to the other!

Katakuri possessed near-prophetic Observation Haki, coupled with Armament Haki that could cover his entire body, making Su Ming's core skills basically ineffective against him.

It was the same in reverse.

Relying on the Greater Dissociation Barrier and the Wave-Walking skill after transforming into the Merfolk Tidecaller, Katakuri couldn't do anything to Su Ming either.

You speak of Conquerors Haki Pressure?

Hah!

As if Katakuri didn't have Conquerors Haki himself.

When the two clashed, Katakuri was merely stiffened slightly, and his reaction speed dropped by just a tiny bit!

But... what he couldn't beat, he still couldn't beat!

There was no way around it!

The awakened Mochi-Mochi Fruit ability was incredibly domineering.

Any random material could be forcibly twisted into mochi, and then brought under Katakuri's control!

The key thing was... that guy Katakuri's swordsmanship was also superb; he wasn't quite a Great Swordsman, but he was at the pinnacle of swordsmen!

In terms of melee combat alone, while Su Ming wasn't being crushed, he was in a state of being suppressed throughout... However, it wasn't all bad news.

At the very least, having such a powerhouse as a target meant Su Ming's melee combat ability was improving like he'd taken gunpowder!

And so, both sides inevitably fell into a grueling battle.

The result was that after fighting for a full eight hours, Su Ming completely lost interest in entangling with him.

— — Blazing Flame · Even Incinerating the Gods, activated!

Accompanied by a chant that echoed across the heavens, Su Ming used an earth-shattering Meteor Kick to break through the layers of defense Katakuri had urgently constructed.

Ultimately, he severely wounded him and wiped out the few remaining stubborn stragglers in one go.

But Katakuri was worthy of his 1 billion Berry bounty; seeing that things were not going his way, he made a clean escape.

The midnight rose, with its Yellow Spring River of Death on cooldown, simply couldn't catch up.

As for Su Ming... hah... how could Blazing Flame · Even Incinerating the Gods, which could kick Katakuri into a state of severe injury, not come with a price? At that moment, he was forced to lie like a corpse on the deck.

Therefore, as for Su Ming's first battle upon entering the New World, looking at the results, he had indeed won.

But the problem was... Katakuri and his fleet had never imagined that there would be some reckless fool who dared to oppose Big Mom!

No one could have imagined... that someone would be so absurd as to specifically attack Big Mom's fleet that was purchasing pastries and sweets?

You brat are truly hungry! — —.

Chapter 106: Target: Thriller Bark

Three days had passed, and Su Ming was still brooding over that battle.

Being forced to withdraw from the New World waters was no big deal.

After all, he had offended Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors. He had to fight a grueling eight-hour battle just against a mere Katakuri.

What about Big Mom? He'd probably be killed on the spot!

In this situation, if he didn't run, he'd just be waiting to be hunted down to death by Charlotte Linlin!

Whenever he thought of Big Mom's abstract style, Su Ming shuddered and hurriedly shook those terrifying, over-imagined images out of his mind.

What really made Su Ming brood was that he had used all his trump cards, and in the end, he still hadn't managed to kill Katakuri!

The boss had been beaten down to his last health bar, yet in the end, the boss had successfully escaped... The pain! Pain that pierced through to the soul!

It was so painful that even when Su Ming was deep-sea fishing, he was a bit listless.

... At the same moment.

The Grand Line, Florian Triangle!

In this sea area, shrouded in mist all year round and filled with reefs, nearly a hundred ships went missing here every year.

Over time, the reputation of a forbidden zone of terror had been attached to the Florian Triangle.

But just today, an uninvited guest suddenly paid a visit.

The visitor was burly, nearly seven meters tall, and shaped like a giant bear!

It was none other than — — Warlord of the Sea, Tyrant Kuma!

Kuma, holding a Bible in his hand, calmly paced on this giant island, his indifferent eyes sharply reflecting the truth of this place.

This place was not an island. It was a giant ship shaped like an island!

Thriller Bark!

The flagship of Gekko Moriah, who was also a Warlord of the Sea!

" Kishishishi! — — "

" Kuma! What are you doing here at my place? "

" And you broke so many of my cute zombies... "

The shadows churned, and a figure taller than Kuma's frame stepped out from within.

" Moriah, I have brought orders from the World Government... Three days ago, Ghost King Omar Su passed through Fish-Man Island to the New World and fought a battle with Katakuri of the BIG MOM Pirates! "

" Kishishishi! — — "

Gekko Moriah grinned with a weird laugh, the gruesome stitching marks on his neck clearly visible.

" What does that have to do with me? "

" It has to do with you! "

Kuma's expression remained indifferent as he continued in a flat tone: " Katakuri was severely wounded and fled in defeat, and his fleet was completely wiped out! "

" Incredible! Kishishishi... The young people nowadays are really... as strong as monsters, kishishi! — — But I'll say it again, what does that have to do with me? "

To tell the truth, when the name of Ghost King Omar first spread, Moriah had harbored thoughts of coveting him.

That was the midnight rose!

A genuine ghost ship!

Just this point alone made it worth it for Moriah to cut off his shadow; it was a real ghost ship!

How well it matched his own style!

But now... Moriah no longer had such thoughts.

Are you kidding? That was the 1 billion bounty Katakuri, the legitimate number one person under the Four Emperors!

However!

" I said... it has to do with you! "

" Hmm? "

" Intelligence reports state that Ghost King Omar has returned to the surrounding waters, and his target... is eighty percent likely to be you! "

Moriah: " ... "

" By the way, I'll remind you that Ghost King Omar's bounty has been raised to 485 million Berries... You know the reason. "

Veins bulged on his forehead.

Of course he knew!

To avoid causing panic, and also to save face for the World Government and the Navy!

Otherwise... a guy who could defeat Katakuri only has a bounty of less than 500 million Berries... Are you trying to fool a ghost?

However... what made Moriah's mentality explode even more was Kuma's subtext.

You're only at 320 million, while others are severely underestimated at 485 million Berries; if you want to survive, hurry up and cling to the World Government's thighs!

" Damn it, what kind of look is that? "

Moriah bared his teeth and roared: " A mere rookie, a rookie who offended the Big Mom Pirates and was forced to return to the first half of the Grand Line! "

" Why would he dare to target me? "

Kuma remained as expressionless as always:

" This rookie is very unusual! "

With a scoff, Moriah's eyes turned blood red, and he gritted his teeth: