Chapter 264: Pirate Empress Vs Chaos Kong

(Note: I finally found a pic of Chala! It'll be on my discord!)

Landing on the ground with a Nimbus-infused Naga-sa in hand, I wasn't given a second of respite as Hancock raised her hand, creating a large pink heart, only to use it as a bow as she fired a volley of heart-shaped arrows at me, causing my coat my bo-staff in haki as I swatted the incoming arrows.

She continued with the assault, yet I slowly approached while knocking away any incoming arrows, refusing to let her overpower me. However, Hancock wasn't a pushover by any means, and before I could get close, she pulled back her large heart bow far further than previously, and once she released it, a massive volley of arrows headed right for me. There were so many that my vision was filled with nothing but a wall of pink, causing me to smirk as I faced the attack head-on, refusing to evade such a powerful attack.

"Woah! Hancock, you're so strong!" Stated Luffy loudly in surprise, his words causing Hancock to blush as she wore a silly smile.

"But, so is Chaos Kong, Crybaby; you saw how he fought during the war. This fight is merely beginning." Said Ace with furrowed brows as he folded his arms while glancing at the dust cloud, only for a faint chuckle to emerge.

"Hehe, pay attention, Hancock." Said Diddy with a chuckle while biting down on one of Hancock's many heart-shaped arrows as he swung his bo-staff, clearing the dust cloud.

Biting down on the arrow, snapping it in half, I grabbed one half of it and threw it towards Hancock while I speedily lunged toward her, causing her smile to vanish as she looked at me with disgust.

"Ew, disgusting." Muttered Hancock in disgust as she dodged her own arrow before suddenly leaning backward, dodging a powerful swing of Naga-sa.

Using the momentum of my attack, I spun in the air and kicked Hanock with my foot, and although she managed to block it, I still flung her out of the clearing and into the forest, prompting me to raise Naga-sa into the air as I filled it with lightning.

'Beastly Thunder!' Thought Diddy, launching a massive lightning bolt from Naga-sa into the clouds above, turning them black as they sparked with lightning.

Watching the clouds move towards Hancock's location through my observation haki, I waited until they were right above her before slamming my bo-staff onto the ground, causing a massive lightning bolt to strike her down.

"Seems like Freyja isn't the only one with something new." Muttered Trenza lightly with widened eyes as her hair blew from the aggressive wind, only for her glance at Janet, who was taking pictures.

"Hehe, c'mon, Hancock!" Said Diddy with a grin as he eyed the burning crater in the distance, only for a purplish blur to rapidly approach him, followed by a powerful gust of wind.

Raising my bo-staff, I blocked Hancock's mighty kick, which forced me backward, slamming me through a few trees, but I counterattacked by controlling Naga-sa to wrap around her foot before slamming her onto the ground, creating yet another crater. However, before I could follow up, I was suddenly kicked in the stomach, crashing me through several more trees before I finally stopped myself.

'Heh, that hurt.' Mused Diddy with a grin as he glanced at Hancock, who had emerged from the crater with nothing but bruises.

Despite trying to see into the future, all of my attempts were proving futile as Hancock was thwarting my every attempt using her own observation haki, but that was fine since I was doing the exact same thing, essentially making us both blind to what the future would be. While it was annoying not being able to see into the future, it was fine; I actually preferred fighting like this; not knowing what your opponent would do beforehand was more exciting and fun.

Patting my stone stomach, I kicked off the ground and speedily lunged towards Hancock, who did the same as our attacks collided against each other, the impact causing all of the nearby trees to be destroyed as we fiercely fought, turning the entire area into a wasteland from our might.

Blocking one of Hancock's kicks, I pushed her away before slamming Naga-sa onto her back, causing her to rag doll across the ground as I swiftly followed up by launching several lightning bolts at her, though she managed to regain her bearings just in time to kick every lightning bolt away. Using geppo and soru to speedily approach her, I dodged her seemingly endless volley of heart-shaped arrows as I forced my way toward her, only to slam my bo-staff atop her once more, yet with a graceful spin as she not only dodged the attack, causing it to land right beside her but also used her foot to pin Naga-sa down.

Before I could react, Hancock spun on my bo-staff and kicked me in the face, flinging me into the distance, yet I didn't allow myself to get too far, and with a spin, I reoriented myself before lunging right back toward her while spitting blood onto the ground. Raising my hand, I controlled my bo-staff to wrap around Hancock's foot before summoning it to me, bringing along a passenger for the ride; once she got close, I coated my leg in lightning before kicking her towards the ground, yet I grabbed Naga-sa before she could slam into the ground, and I was about to attack her once more, but I was suddenly shot in my left shoulder with one of her arrows as I managed to barely dodge in time.

"Tsk, you're slowing down my healing." Said Diddy as he eyed Hancock, who attacked him with another arrow, hitting him in the stomach, further spreading the stone on his body.

Grunting in pain, I raised Hancock, yet she viciously kicked me in the face, causing my head to do a complete three-sixty as I stared right back at her. Spinning my head back around, I clenched my fist and coated it in lighting before punching her in the face, only to follow up with enlarging Naga-sa until it was the size of Pandy before slamming her into the ground using the butt of my bo-staff.

Using this brief respite, I wiped the blood leaking from my both before rubbing my neck in pain.

'Ugh, that kick strained my neck; even with kami-e, my neck isn't supposed to turn that far around.' Mused Diddy with a frown, only for Naga-sa to tremble, causing him to smile as he lifted his bo-staff, revealing a slightly injured Hancock.

Swinging Naga-sa back down atop her, she kicked it away, and no matter how many times I attempted to attack her, she kept deflecting with a kick, causing me to smirk as I further lengthed my bo-staff until it reached the ocean, prompting it to absorb the water like a dry sponge. With it now weighing who knows how many hundreds of thousands of tons, I lifted Naga-sa in the air and grinned as I slammed it back down toward her, causing a large explosion that devastated the chunk of the island we were in.

Shrinking Naga-sa back to normal size, I fell down towards the ground and landed atop the destroyed ground, yet I was forced to immediately block Hancock as she pushed me back; swinging my bo-staff at the approaching Hancock, I kicked off the ground and leaped into the air before kicking towards her, though she blocked it with her hands, yet that allowed me to grab one of her arms with my other leg as I lifted off the ground and kneed her in the stomach while she used that chance to create a pinkish dagger before stabbing me in my side.

Grabbing her by the throat, I head-butted her, dazing her slightly as I tossed her into the air before hitting her with Naga-sa, flinging her across the entire island while I kicked the air and speedily chased after her.

'Ho, is that Amazon Lily?' Asked Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he gazed at the city in the distance, causing him to smirk as he enlarged Naga-sa before hitting Hancock toward the city, causing her to crash through multiple buildings.

Following the trail of destruction I made using her body, I knocked away any of the women in my way before landing in front of Hancock, who tried to kick me in the face, yet I dodged while counterattacking, though her quick reflexes allowed her to block it.

Stabbing a random building with Naga-sa, I lifted the entire building into the air before slamming it atop Hancock, drowning her and the women who happened to be in the building in rubble; however, with a single powerful kick, she flung all the rubble away before lunging toward me while I did the same.

I couldn't help but smile in joy while fighting Hancock; she wasn't as strong as the admirals or Whitebeard, but she was still strong enough to give me a challenge, and I enjoyed it, though maybe not nearly as much when fighting admirals and whatnot.

"Hehe, this is fun! Let's fight for longer!" Stated Diddy loudly with a slightly injured body as he swatted Hancock through several buildings while smiling.

"Tch, stupid monkey-man." Said Hancock angrily as she lunged towards Diddy before kicking him in the stomach, causing him to also crash through several buildings.