Chapter 263: Angry Diddy

Smirking at Freyja, I pushed her back while leaping in the air and kicking her into the distance, causing her to slam through several trees as I landed back on the ground, though I wasn't given a moment of respite since with a thunderous noise, she came charging right back me.

However, this time, instead of having only two arms, she had eight, along with four legs, causing me to raise an eyebrow as I intently observed her sudden extra limbs.

'They're probably just illusions.' Mused Diddy lightly as he lowered his arm to his side, seemingly dropping his guard, given his now defenseless stance.

Once Freyja arrived before me, she attacked me using all twelve of her limbs, well, fifteen if we include her wings and tail, but she rarely used her tail; however, despite her illusions managing to fool my senses, forcing me to respond to her every attack whether it was an illusion or not, she was still not touching me. Displaying the full potential of Kami-e as I dodged every single one of Freyja's attacks, using soru in combination to maneuver around her body so fast, I left afterimages, which she attacked nearly every time.

"Hehe, you've gotten stronger since Marineford; I guess getting relentlessly pummeled by Hancock wasn't all for nothing." Said Diddy with a faint smirk as three figures constantly surrounded Freyja, yet no matter how many times she attacked, she could never touch him.

"Tch, stop moving!" Stated Freyja angrily as she suddenly grew rapidly in size, transforming into a monstrous, muscular, and hideous demonic creature.

Before I could mock Freyja's ugly appearance, she suddenly slammed her fists onto the ground, causing massive cracks to emerge throughout the clearing, only for the ground to be destroyed, forcing me into the air, though it seems she was anticipating that to happen, as she swiftly lunged at me while having returned to her Satans Soul.

This time, she really came with the intent to kill as she coated her fist and wings in black flames, further increasing both her strength and speed as she blitzed right for me, causing me to grin as I coated my leg in lightning. Kicking the air above me, I lunged right for her, and once we neared each other, I slammed my leg atop her flaming fist with a wild smile, yet, to my surprise, my leg harmlessly went right through her body, causing me to widen my eyes, and before I could even try to find her real body, I felt a powerful fist hit the back of my head.

"DIE!!" Yelled Freyja furiously as she violently punched Diddy with every ounce of strength, causing a massive wave of fire to envelope his head before surging towards the ground, burning everything it touched.

Slamming into the ground, I was pushed through tens of meters of earth before my momentum finally came to a halt, and when it did, I lifted my head and spat out a mouthful of dirt.

"Tch, disgusting." Muttered Diddy in disgust as he shook his head while slowly standing upright.

Rubbing the back of my head, I spat out a little bit of blood before raising my head as I looked out of the deep crater Freya made using my body. I had to hand it to her; she's gotten stronger; that last attack of hers was rather strong. I actually needed to use my haki; otherwise, I would've been in quite a lot of pain.

'Well, that's mainly because of her demon fire. There is no other way to defend myself against it other than using haki, but still, I'm decently impressed.' Thought Diddy lightly as he climbed up the crater's wall, heading towards the surface before leaping out with a mighty bang.

"So, are you done venting, Freyja?" Asked Diddy with a feral grin as he approached Freyja while spitting blood at her feet, causing her to grunt before folding her arms.

"Heh, that's good to hear." Muttered Diddy with a faint smile, one that caused Freyja to reflexively raise her haki-clad arms in a cross shape.

Speedily lunging towards Freyja, I clenched my fist and coated it in lighting and haki before powerfully punching her, breaking right through her arms as my fist landed atop her chest, breaking several of her bones before I sent her practically flying through the island while smashing through hundreds of trees.

"Tsk, that's for not telling me about Rayleigh." Said Diddy in annoyance as he eyed the path Freyja's body made, which seemed to go on endlessly.

"Captain, is she still alive?" Asked Grand curiously as he and everyone else peered down the path of destruction before glancing at Diddy.

"Yeah, she's still alive; I only smashed her ribcage in, though if she happens to fall into the ocean…" Replied Diddy lightly as he glanced at Grand while yawning, his words causing Scar to sigh.

"Haa, I'll go retrieve her." Muttered Scar with a defeated sigh as he leaped into the air, using geppo to fly over the dense forest, following the path of destruction, which went straight through the entire island.

Grunting at Scar's words, I turned and glanced at Trafalgar, who instantly lowered his stance, but other than a grin that left him be, I'll let him live for now; it'll be my thanks for letting me kick Freyja.

"Alright, with that toilet out of the way, who's ready to raid, Amazon Lily!?" Exclaimed Diddy with a large, feral grin as he tightly clenched his fist while gazing at his crew, yet before he got a response, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder.

"So that's why you're here; well, that makes sense; you're a pirate, after all. However, do this old man a favor and-" Said Rayleigh lightly with a raised eyebrow as he grabbed Diddy's shoulder, using his powerful haki to hold him down.

"Are you telling me what to do!?" Asked Diddy with a violent expression as he turned and looked at Rayleigh, who was slightly taken aback by his sudden change in temperament.

"Oh boy, Sir Rayleigh has just poked Captain's button." Said Sebas lightly with a troubled expression, causing Trenza and Grand to sigh while Jinbe, Ace, Luffy, and Trafalgar all adorned a confused look.

"Chaos Kong doesn't like to be told what to do?" Asked Ace with a slightly weird look as he glanced at Diddy, who was glaring at Rayleigh before looking at the Frenzy Pirates.

"Haa, despite what it may seem like, Captain is normally… Calm? No, that's definitely not the word, but he isn't easily angered, mostly annoyed at best." Stated Trenza with a sigh as she lowered her head, only for a burst of conquerors haki to erupt from Diddy as he challenged Rayleigh, who frowned before doing the same, causing the two conquerors to clash.

"However, whenever someone tells him what to do, he gets incredibly pissed." Said Grand, finishing Trenza's sentence while raising his hands and blocking the dust that was lifted into the air because of the clash of the haki.

"Hehe, what did you say, Rayleigh?" Asked Diddy with chaotic laughter as he dangerously eyed Rayleigh with a ferocious, violent expression.

Rayleigh didn't immediately answer and instead furrowed his brows, causing his haki to suddenly increase in power as it tried to push my will back into my own body; however, while my conqueror's haki wasn't nearly as refined as his, it was like a wild beast, and trying to suppress it only made me fight back harder.

Yet before things could escalate too much, a third burst of conquerors haki suddenly erupted as Hancock emerged from the forest while eyeing me, which prompted Rayleigh to retreat to the sidelines while she took his place.

"Chaos Kong." "Pirate Empress." Said Hancock and Diddy, respectively, as they stared into each other's eyes, their clash of wills only growing stronger by the second.

We didn't say anything else and merely attacked, kicking each other as our strength and haki fought for supremacy, yet neither of us seemed to be capable of besting the other, no matter how hard we struggled. Pushing off each other, we retracted our conqueror's haki and lunged back towards the other as we attacked with only our feet, our legs constantly colliding with neither of us actually ever to land a solid hit.

Every one of our collisions caused our surroundings to deform as the ground beneath us crumbled, making it harder as we were forced to navigate a treacherous terrain. However, this even fight caused my bad mood to slowly vanish as I started to smile, enjoying the battle, only for me to time one of my kicks with the pulsating of my heart, increasing my strength as I managed to push Hancock back, which I swiftly took advantage of and punched her in the chest, yet, she managed to block my fist with her arms.

"Hehe, now this is fun." Said Diddy softly with a chuckle as he speedily lunged toward Hancock, who counterattacked, and although he blocked her kick, he was still forced backward, yet before she could follow up, he leaped into the air.

Raising my hand, I summoned Naga-sa from the ground, causing it to fly right into my hands as I kicked the air above me before slamming it down atop Hancock's head, though she raised her leg and kicked it, causing me to grin.

"Hehehe, this is what I've been waiting for. A perfect opponent." Stated Diddy with a grin as he licked his fangs while eyeing Hancock's serious expression.