Chapter 286: Two Emperors Clashing

Our clash persisted for several moments as lightning sparked through the air, the result of our advanced conqueror's haki fighting against each other, preventing anyone from approaching us as we fought for supremacy, yet such a thing wasn't so easily decided. Linlin may have been a veteran pirate with all three advanced forms of haki, not to mention she was highly skilled in the use of her devil fruit, allowing her to have three beings that helped her fight; however, despite all of that, it still wasn't enough to emerge victorious over me, and that seemed to further anger her.

"CHAOS KONG!!" Yelled Linlin angrily as she viciously stared at Diddy, who simply grinned while laughing, his chaotic voice echoing throughout the entire Island.

"HAHAHA!! C'mon, Linlin, this isn't enough to beat me! Is your old age finally catching up!?" Asked Diddy with a feral grin as he eyed Linlin, who suddenly reached into her fiery hair.

Seeing Linlin grab Prometheus, one of her servants or homies as she calls them, which is actually just a minute sun, and hold him in her hands, I summoned Nimbus from Naga-sa and held it in my hands, infusing it with lightning, causing it to turn dark as it violently rumbled.

"Prometheus!" Stated Linlin as she threw Prometheus at Diddy, causing him to expand while heading towards him, sporting a sinister expression.

Grinning, I manipulated the lightning within Nimbus to surge at the incoming miniature sun, causing a massively thick lightning bolt to arch through the air before the two collided, creating a massive explosion of lightning and plasma that forced both Linlin and I back.

Backing away, I infused Nimbus back into Naga-sa while landing on the shores of Whole Cake Island, right in front of where Pandemonium practically crashed, prompting my commanders and officers to land beside me while the other useless pirates followed soon after. Our numbers weren't nearly comparable to the Big Mom pirates, but that was fine; after all, only one of them had a sea king that could be mistaken for an Island.

"Ouch!! That hurt Mama!" Said Prometheus painfully as he floated towards Linlin, glowing much dimmer than before.

"Hoho, my old age may be affecting my vision, but if I'm not mistaken, you're missing a few people, Ms. Linlin; don't you supposedly have 85 children? I only count 76." Said Sebas softly as he glanced at Linlin with a faint smile, his words causing her to furiously gnash her teeth.

"Hmph, I count none. Once I'm finished with them, they'll be nothing but ash, including that fake sun." Remarked Mael boldly as he stabbed his axe into the beach, causing the surroundings to instantly turn to molten glass while eyeing the Big Mom pirates.

"Don't do that; I still want to drain some of them, especially Katakuri, Cracker, Oven, and Daifuku. Oh, I suppose I can add Snack. How could I forget about Perospero?" Said Freyja seductively as she looked at the numerous men, her eyes flashing with a bewitching charm, causing many to drop to their knees.

"This is going to be dangerous." Muttered Scar lightly as he dropped his hat and jacket while stretching, preparing for the battle.

The Big Mom Pirates didn't like our mocking statement one bit as Perospero suddenly slammed his staff down, causing purplish candy to surge out of his body, creating a massive wave of candy that harmlessly passed through his many allies before heading towards us.

"Don't worry about them, Mama; we'll take care of them and ensure we avenge our fallen brothers and sisters. Pero-lick." Said Perospero calmly as he glanced at Linlin, who nodded while fixedly staring at Diddy, who approached the growing wave of candy.

"Shall we kill or capture them, Mama?" Asked Smoothie with a deep frown as she stepped forward while unsheathing her sword, her words causing everyone to harden their gaze.

"Kill." Said Linlin furiously as she tightened her grip on Napoleon while grasping Prometheus, refueling him with vigor, causing him to powerfully surge once more.

"Hehe, you all heard Mama; don't let a single Frenzy Pirate survive!" Yelled Cracker loudly with a wicked smile as he raised his sword into the sky, igniting the anger within the many pirates.

"KILL!!" Yelled the seventy or so children of Linlin as they charged toward the Frenzy pirates, with Oven, Daifuku, Perospero, and Compote taking the lead.

Seeing the Big Mom Pirates charging right for us, I couldn't help but smile as I raised my hand, creating a wall of haki, stopping Prospero's wave of candy before flicking my finger, causing it to suddenly shatter, as I pointed Naga-sa towards the incoming pirates.

"Well, what are you guys waiting for?" Asked Diddy with a feral expression as he looked at his crew, his words causing many to roll their eyes with Grand and Chala taking the lead.

"Haha! Let's fight!" "I agree!" Stated Grand and Chala, respectively, as the two ran across the beach towards the incoming enemies, only for the rest of the Frenzy pirates to follow behind them.

Grinning, I placed Naga-sa in my mouth as I lowered myself to all fours before dashing towards our enemies, speedily passing right by my crew as I made first contact with the Big Mom pirates, prompting the four leading the charge to attack me.

"DIE!" Yelled Oven angrily as he, Perospero, Daifuku, and Compote attacked Diddy, yet before their attacks could ever reach him, they were blocked by someone else.

"You're mine!" Declared Grand with a smirk as he punched Oven's red-hot fist, stopping him from hitting Diddy.

"I've chosen you as my prey." Said Chala with a ferocious expression as she froze Daifuku's geni, only for it to quickly break free with a hardened gaze.

"Hey! Keep your ugly self away from my man!" Yelled Trenza angrily as she shot Compote, who barely managed to dodge the bullet in time, which otherwise would've pierced right through her head.

"Hiss!!" Said Pandy aggressively as he sprayed his viscous venom at Perospero, melting his candy into nothing.

Charging right through the crowd of pirates, I ignored them all as I had no desire to fight a bunch of weaklings, not when Linlin was right there waiting for me; however, that didn't mean they stopped attacking me, yet none of the attacks reached me as the attack, or the person themself would suddenly vanish while a photo took their spot. Thanks to Janet, I could effortlessly make it through the crowd of pirates, only for me to come face to face with the four sweet commanders, well, actually three since one of them got demoted, but who cares?

"Whoa, not so fast, Snack; your opponent is me." Said Scar lightly as he coated his leg in haki and launched a powerful blade of air, forcing him to retreat.

"Tch, stupid; can't believe I got stuck with such a weakling." Said Mael in annoyance as he smashed right through a cracker soldier with his axe, burning it to a crisp as he eyed Cracker.

"Hoho, dear, aren't you a beautiful woman; nice to meet you, Ms. Smoothie." Remarked Sebas lightly as he floated before Smoothie while holding her sword, stopping it from moving with his powerful mind.

"~Ahh~, you don't know how long I've been waiting for this day; I'll suck you dry, don't you worry, Kat." Said Freyja seductively as she slashed downwards at Katakuri, blocking his spiked fist from hitting Diddy.

Passing the final line of defense, I leaped high into the air while coating Naga-sa in haki, prompting Linlin to do the same with her sword along with combining Prometheus with it, causing it to increase in both sharpness and size as we charged toward each other. However, unlike before, when we were merely testing each other, we used our true strength this time as we attacked with a swing of our weapons.

"Ikoku Sovereignty!" "Beastly Incursion!" Yelled Linlin and Diddy, respectively, as they powerful clashed, emitting such power that the clouds up above completely vanished for miles from the Island.

The force behind Linlin's attack was like no other; not even Blackbeard's strength was at this level; granted, he was close, but one critical thing he lacked was conqueror's haki. However, from the expression of strain on Linlins face, she wasn't the only one struggling to resist the strength of our might.

"HAHAHA!" Remarked Diddy in joy as he and Linlin pushed each other back, creating a powerful aftershock that shook the entire Island.

Digging my feet into the ground, I speedily lunged back towards Linlin and raised her sword high into the air before slashing down.

"Hahaba!" Said Linlin as she powerfully slashed downwards toward Diddy, who tightly clenched his bo-staff, coating it in a layer of lightning.

"Beastly Eruption!" Said Diddy with a grin as he stomped his foot on the ground before swinging his bo-staff upwards, causing him to clash again with Linlin.

With our weapons clashing once more, this time, it wasn't a stalemate as I was able to force her backward thanks to my lightning, causing her to take a step backward, which I took advantage of and kicked her stomach, causing her to grunt in pain before she tried counter-attacking, but I had already backed away, giving me enough time to block it.

"Hehe, c'mon Linlin, don't tell me after living for so long, this is all you amount to; aren't you an Emperor of the Sea!?" Exclaimed Diddy with a chuckle as he stared at Linlin with his vertical slit eyes, causing her to gnash her teeth, only for her to suddenly reach into her head.

'Eh, what the hell?' Mused Diddy in surprise as he suddenly saw Linlin holding a small, ethereal object in her hand.

"Zeus, eat!" Ordered Linlin as she stuffed the ethereal object into Zeus, causing him to grow in size while lightning aggressively arched off his cloud-like body.

I don't know what Linlin had just done, but seeing as how one of her homies grew in strength, I couldn't help but smile; defeating Linlin was already going to be difficult, but now, it's going to be even harder.

'Hehehe, good.' Thought Diddy with a feral smile.