Chapter 288 - 288: The Counterfeit Witch

Seeing Carrot's strained expression as she faced the flames swirling around Maria's 'Wanyudo', Nami threw her Clima-Tact, which had been fused with Zeus and Prometheus, to Carrot.

The flames on the 'Wanyudo' were absorbed by the Clima-Tact, and the electricity inherent in the Clima-Tact further strengthened the electricity on Carrot's body.

"Go, Carrot! Defeat her with your own power."

Having obtained the weapon, Carrot nodded upon hearing Nami's words. Electricity emerged from her fur, resonating with Nami's Clima-Tact.

Her figure transformed into a bolt of lightning as she attacked Maria once more. With a suitable weapon in hand, her strength was by no means inferior to Maria's.

Moria saw this and silently retracted his Armament Haki. The staff Nami had thrown gave him a dangerous yet familiar feeling, as if two powerful beings were contained within it.

His intuition was correct. With Nami's assistance, the outcome of this battlefield was already decided.

After all, if this staff were to fight at full power, it was debatable whether Maria could even defeat the weapon itself.

While bombing Sasaki, Perona suddenly realized that among the Tobi Roppo, it seemed only she and Uta were still entangled with their opponents.

Moreover, in her eyes, it was normal for Uta, as a musician, to not be good at fighting. Rounding it off, wouldn't she be the last combatant to finish her battle?

Somewhat annoyed, Perona condensed a giant ghost, intending to rely on it to blow her opponent away directly.

Hera felt Perona's emotional fluctuations. More importantly, the spiritual power within Perona's body had finally combined completely with herself.

"It seems it's time."

With a thought, Hera's clone took out a spirit crystal suitable for Perona from the City of Devouring Time and threw it to her.

"Its number is seven, this is Victory."

Under Little Hera's gaze, the spirit crystal slowly fused into Perona's body. Without any accidents, the fusion was successful.

A light of mixed dark purple and silver-gray enveloped her. The crown on her head turned into a prism that seemed to be made of ghost material, as if one could see their inner desires within it.

Her original dress turned into an asymmetrical dark purple long dress. The left side was wrapped in lace and bandages, while the right side had a translucent ghost-like texture, as if her body was transitioning between reality and illusion.

She held a giant ghost parasol in her hand. The surface was made of countless pieced-together mirrors, and six mini ghosts hung from the tips of the ribs, looking quite cute.

This giant parasol was her weapon, 'Counterfeit Witch: Thousand Transformations'.

Perona felt the new power within her body. A mirror floated in front of her, allowing her to see her new spirit dress.

"As expected of me, my taste is still as good as ever. Now, it's also time to end this battle: 'Six-Foot Mirror Prison'."

Six mirrors descended from the sky, surrounding Sasaki. Sasaki, in his Triceratops form, was trapped within this prison of mirrors, looking at them warily.

Sasaki's figure was reflected in the six mirrors. To his horror, the images in each mirror began to change: there was a scene of him being exiled by Kaido, and another of him being defeated by the other Tobi Roppo.

There was even a scene where he defeated Yamato and became a new All-Star, surrounded by others.

Scenes that filled him with fear and desire played in the mirrors before him, causing him to fall into a state of mixed joy and sorrow, even forgetting that he was in the middle of a battle.

Seeing Sasaki immersed in the illusions she had created for him, to the point where even the Armament Haki covering his body gradually dissipated, Perona, knowing it was time, launched her true attack: "Negative Reflection."

A Negative Ghost dove into the mirror. The Sasaki immersed in fantasy saw his own reflection being entered by the Negative Ghost; just as he tried to resist, he felt his will sink.

The Triceratops figure gradually shrank, slowly turning back into human form, and then he lay down on the ground, becoming negative: "With my strength, I probably won't be able to become an All-Star in my entire life."

Mumbling to himself, he lay on the ground where he had just been fighting, looking like he had lost all will to live.

Perona lightly tapped the negative Sasaki with the tip of her 'Counterfeit Witch: Thousand Transformations'. Sasaki instantly turned into a mini Triceratops doll, looking quite fluffy.

The tiny ghosts on the parasol picked up the doll and began playing with it alongside the other ghosts.

Carrot, who had finished off Maria, and the others were also drawn by the commotion over at Perona's side and approached one after another.

Among the Tobi Roppo, only X Drake, who was fighting Uta, remained.

The other Tobi Roppo who had been knocked unconscious were also turned into dolls by Perona using her new ability and hung from her parasol.

Feeling that everyone else had been defeated and seeing that the situation was lost, Drake didn't want to struggle anymore. He had also noticed that Uta seemed to be holding back against him.

Thus, he gave up resistance and was hung from the musical score appearing in the sky by Uta's notes.

At this point, the Tobi Roppo were all captured alive by the Crew members of the Argo, and the backbone of the Beasts Pirates was effectively wiped out.

King, flying in the sky, tried to support the other Tobi Roppo several times, but he was stopped by Kuina and Ain, forcing him to deal with the two of them first before thinking of other ways.

Jack, facing Hancock who had obtained the Mythical Zoan Nine-Tailed Fox form, did not gain the upper hand either. Although his Armament Haki could clash evenly with Hancock's...

...without Haoshoku, his stamina still drained rapidly while defending against Hancock's Haoshoku-infused attacks, even with his Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit.

Moreover, Hancock hadn't even used the special abilities of her Mythical Zoan form yet; just through taijutsu alone, she was making Jack struggle to keep up.

Queen also fell into a hard fight against the combined efforts of Yamato and Reiju. Without his poison gas attacks, Queen's lasers and bombs couldn't even break through Yamato's defense.

Seeing that the Beasts Pirates were already in crisis, Queen didn't care about his pride anymore. Seizing a gap in the battle, he hurriedly dialed the transponder snail of Big Mom's eldest son, Charlotte Perospero.

Charlotte Perospero quickly answered Queen's call. Before Queen could even ask for help, he heard the sound of explosions on Cake Island through the transponder snail.

Charlotte Perospero said hurriedly:

"Say whatever you have to say quickly! Straw Hat's crew bombed Big Mom's cake. Her hunger pangs has been triggered, and we're currently trying to stop the rampaging Big Mom!"

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