Chapter 287 - 287: Sulong

"Little sister, you can't run here. If I catch you, it's going to hurt a lot."

The kimono Maria had been wearing on her upper body had vanished, leaving only a strip of cloth wrapped around her ample chest, and she had already put on her brass knuckles.

Suddenly, Maria noticed a slight ripple in the spiderwebs she had laid out and immediately sprayed webbing in the direction of the disturbance, trying to ensnare Carrot.

"So you were there, huh? Too bad, hiding won't work on me."

To Maria's surprise, Carrot actually dodged her webbing, and streaks of electricity were flowing across her body.

After dodging Maria's webbing, Carrot wrapped her hands in electricity and slammed them into the ground in front of her, shouting, 'Electric · Moon God'.

The electricity traveled along the ground to Maria and exploded on her body.

Maria had foreseen Carrot's attack and covered her arms in Armament Haki, blocking Carrot's electric attack.

A wisp of smoke rose from her crossed wrists; this attack had not broken through Maria's defense, but instead, it had made Maria even more excited.

"Still just a little rabbit that can only discharge electricity? You're making me even more excited."

Carrot missed her attack, pushed off with her feet, and instantly jumped backward. Just as she was about to leave, she realized that, at some point, her feet had been entangled by spiderwebs.

"Isn't it a bit too late to think about running away now?"

Maria's ten fingers released new webbing, attempting to wrap up the little rabbit trapped in the webs.

Looking at the full moon in the sky, Carrot finally made up her mind. As she looked up and stared at the full moon in the sky, the red light in her eyes grew brighter.

Her body gradually grew larger, her height increased, her original short yellow hair turned into long white hair, and her small tail grew much longer, revealing the true form of the Mink Tribe, the Sulong form.

Maria watched the enemy who had changed her form. Her Observation Haki told her that her opponent was no longer the weak little rabbit from before.

Facing Carrot in her Sulong form, her body even sensed an aura of danger.

Carrot's sharp claws swept across the webbing Maria had sprayed, slicing through it. Then, using the strength of her legs, the webs that had been binding her feet snapped instantly.

Next, she was already in front of Maria. Her claws unsheathed, she slapped Maria across the face, then used the momentum to jump backward and disappeared into the dense forest.

Carrot's suddenly surging speed caught Maria off guard, and she took the slap from Carrot squarely.

Because she hadn't used Armament Haki to defend herself, three scratch marks immediately appeared on her face, and blood flowed from the wounds.

"You bastard, how dare you, how dare you hurt my face."

Maria hadn't expected that her momentary carelessness would allow Carrot to escape her pursuit once again. Looking at Carrot, who had disappeared into the dense forest, she found that her Observation Haki couldn't directly detect her.

Burning with rage, she couldn't accept the reversal of roles between hunter and prey. Ignoring the webs she had previously laid out, she spewed flames from the mouth of the spider beneath her.

The entire forest began to burn under her flames. Maria's plan was simple: since Carrot wanted to hide in this forest, she would set it on fire to force her out.

Anger clouded her judgment. A silvery-white light flashed in the forest, and crimson eyes looked at the somewhat frantic Maria in the forest.

Just as the mouth of the spider beneath her opened, intending to continue spewing flames, Carrot moved, her figure becoming like a silvery-white bolt of lightning in her haste.

The moment flames appeared in the spider's mouth, her fist arrived. A powerful, heavy blow struck the head of the spider beneath Maria, forcing the mouth that was about to spew flames shut.

The unreleased flames exploded inside the spider's body, and the scorching heat burned into Maria, causing her to let out a scream.

However, the repeated injuries activated Maria's ferocious nature. Ignoring the flames coursing through her body, she gathered Armament Haki onto her hand wearing the brass knuckles.

"Oiran Knuckle", a strike imbued with Armament Haki, hit Carrot in the stomach, sending her flying backward, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

But she quickly adjusted her body in the air, landing on all fours, her eyes fixed tightly on the enemy in front of her.

Maria also took this opportunity to adjust her state. Looking at Carrot, who was staring at her, she took a boxing stance and then extended one hand provocatively toward Carrot:

"Come on."

Carrot didn't speak; she responded to Maria's provocation with action. Pushing off with her legs, she rushed toward Maria, her hands wrapped in electricity, and clashed with Maria's fists.

Following the firelight and the sounds of battle, Moria found the two of them clashing. At this moment, Maria and Carrot were entangled in a fight, with flames and electricity flashing in the dense forest.

Maria, who noticed Moria's arrival, didn't dare to be careless. Having followed Kaido for a long time, she naturally knew how troublesome Moria's strength was—he was a man who had been able to clash with Kaido years ago.

Thus, the poisonous stinger at her feet suddenly thrust toward Carrot. Sensing the danger, Carrot hurriedly jumped backward to dodge the attack.

Just as she wanted to continue forward, she was forced back by a rotating wheel wrapped in sharp blades.

Facing Moria, who had come to provide support, Maria also became serious and took out her true weapon: a long staff with a huge wheel at the end.

The wheel was wrapped in flames and had several sharp blades on it. As the wheel rotated, these blades spun along with it, just like a meat grinder.

Seeing that Maria had already brought out her signature weapon, 'Wanyudo', Moria's gaze became a little more serious, and Armament Haki slowly flowed out as he prepared to join forces with Carrot against the enemy.

"Catch, Carrot."

Nami's voice rang out from behind Carrot, and she threw her upgraded Clima-Tact directly to Carrot in her Sulong form.

Behind Nami, Theseus was carrying Ulti in one hand and Page One in the other. Judging by the spinning stars above the heads of this pair of siblings, the two of them had already passed out.

Facing Nami, who possessed the power of spirits, and Theseus, who possessed multiple fruits and the Argo itself, the siblings Page One and Ulti were knocked unconscious in just a few rounds.

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