Chapter 289 - 289: Three Thousand Worlds

Hearing about the miserable state of the Big Mom Pirates on Cake Island, Queen's plea for help was on the tip of his tongue, but he still couldn't say it. It seemed his ally was currently too busy looking after herself.

However, Queen soon thought of a method and quickly said, "I'll prepare a mirror on my end. You just transport the rampaging Big Mom here."

Hearing Queen's proposal, Charlotte Perospero said with some hesitation, "Is that okay? Big Mom during a hunger pang outbreak doesn't distinguish between friend and foe."

While fending off Yamato's attacks, Queen said urgently:

"Hurry up! We've been attacked by Nightmare and her companions here, and we're about to lose our grip. The situation can't get any worse than it is now."

Just as he finished speaking, his transponder snail was smashed into powder by Yamato's mace.

Hearing the commotion on Queen's side, Charlotte Perospero was momentarily at a loss. He hadn't expected that their seemingly invincible alliance of two Four Emperors...

...would fall into such a state of crisis before they had even done anything.

However, he quickly calmed down and worked with Charlotte Katakuri, intending to first lure Big Mom into the mirror.

On Cake Island, Luffy heard Queen's call and learned that Big Mom and the Big Mom Pirates wanted to support Kaido. Upon hearing that the person on the other side was his partner Hera, he blocked their path.

The chaos on Cake Island continued, while on Wano Country, the battle between Kaido and Hera grew increasingly fierce.

Kaido had completely entered a drunken state, his eyes glowing with a red light, having entered the 'Drunken Slaughter' state.

Hera didn't dare to be negligent. Her Observation Haki combined with the 'Fifth Shot' allowed her to foresee every one of Kaido's attacks, precisely parrying them with her 'saikū'.

Under Kaido's control, Flame Clouds gathered in the sky. Fire, wild winds, and lightning intertwined above, as thunderbolts and hellfire rained down toward Hera.

Hera stepped through the air, her figure flickering amidst the lightning, using short-distance teleports to weave through the thunder, wind, and flames.

A circle of flintlocks emerged beneath Hera's feet, and the massive clock face of Zafkiel manifested in the sky behind her, with dark shadows extending from the dial toward the heavens.

"This is the final banquet where time and bullets dance together. At this moment, there is no past or future, only the tide of destruction. In my name, I declare your end: Three Thousand Worlds."

Countless flintlocks emerged from the shadows behind Hera, their muzzles aimed at Kaido.

Watching Hera's actions, even in his drunken state, Kaido sensed the threat from the muzzles. His pupils constricted, and his body rapidly transformed into an azure dragon, coiling on the ground.

A thick layer of dragon scales appeared on the coiled dragon's body, and the scales were further wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki.

*Bang!*

As Hera pulled the trigger of 'Forging Sky' in her hand, the thousands of flintlocks behind her spat fire simultaneously. Black bullets continuously erupted from the guns, attacking in Kaido's direction.

Bullets imbued with Armament Haki, Zafkiel, and the power of her ability poured out, frantically striking Kaido's body. The sheer number of bullets made it impossible for even Kaido to defend against them all.

He could only rely on his Observation Haki and beastly intuition to resist the bullets mixed within the hail of gunfire that posed a genuine threat to him.

The gunfire behind Hera roared for over ten minutes, only gradually ceasing after all the firepower stored during this period had been expended.

Set against the shadows, only Hera's crimson pupils shone brightly in the darkness.

Accompanied by Hera's somewhat frenzied laughter, the flintlocks appearing behind her continued to fire incessantly.

The clones within the City of Devouring Time peeked their heads out from behind the shadows. Looking at their extravagant Main Body, they couldn't help but sigh: "Sigh, that's the ammunition we spent so long condensing. The Main Body is being way too wasteful."

Another clone who loved firepower watched the scene and actually shed tears of excitement, stretching her hands out from the shadows toward the outside world:

"Yes, that's it! Let absolute firepower tear the enemy before us to shreds!"

Another clone, who looked rather gloomy, sighed: "Sigh, are we going to have to work overtime to condense ammunition again? As expected, the Main Body only summons us to enslave us."

Where Kaido stood, the ground had been blasted into a massive crater by this firepower, and gunpowder even filled the entire impact zone.

A heavy sound of breathing gradually came from where Kaido was. As expected of the one hailed as the Strongest Creature, even this much ammunition couldn't kill him.

As the smoke cleared, a coiled figure appeared in the deep pit. It was the surviving Kaido. At this moment, he had fully transformed into his Azure Dragon form, coiling on the ground to protect his vital points tightly.

With the cessation of the gunfire, many bullet holes were scattered across Kaido's coiled body, and some areas had even become a bloody mess.

Although Kaido hadn't been killed by this round of attacks from Hera, the power of Zafkiel and her ability had left his mind in a state of confusion.

Just as Hera walked up to Kaido, with red and black Conqueror's Haki flickering on the blade of 'saikū', intending to finish him off with this strike...

...the members of the Beasts Pirates on Onigashima assembled a massive mirror, facing the area where Kaido and Hera were fighting.

A violent aura surged through the mirror as Big Mom's massive frame stepped out. Upon emerging, she immediately locked onto the strongest person present, Hera.

Conqueror's Haki-imbued emperor sword swung toward Hera. Sensing this aura, Hera turned the strike that was meant for Kaido's head to meet Big Mom's attack.

The clash of two Conqueror's Haki jolted the confused Kaido awake. Feeling the intense pain in his body, Kaido's first instinct was to reach for the sake gourd hanging at his waist.

However, he soon realized it was gone; the sake gourd at his waist had long since been vaporized during Hera's round of shooting.

The sound of fighting came from the mirror again, followed by a loud laughter of "Heh... Hahaha... Guha—Hahahaha!!"

A round figure and another five-meter-tall man tumbled through the mirror onto the battlefield.

The round figure seemed to have been knocked out by that man, rolling all the way to Hera's side. After Hera reached out to stop the person in front of her, she revealed a smile:

"Luffy, you're not doing so well. Didn't you want to become the Pirate King? How can you not even stop the second-in-command of the Big Mom Pirates?"

The ones joining the battlefield were none other than Luffy, who had tried to intercept Big Mom, and Charlotte Katakuri, who had pursued him all the way.

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