Regicide!

Boom!

A tremendous roar echoed continuously from the central Cake Castle on Cake Island, hardly ceasing for a moment. In just a few minutes, Big Mom and Nicholas had already engaged in hundreds of rounds of combat in the air.

It can be said that each attack by the two could make the hearts of the people on the island tremble, and even the sky became particularly oppressive due to their battle.

Compared to when they first started fighting, it seemed that the two had warmed up and entered a state of intense combat.

Nicholas' clothes showed no signs of damage, just some sweat on his forehead.

As for Big Mom, although her body showed no signs of injury, her clothes had become tattered. After all, this wasn't anime; there weren't clothes that wouldn't be damaged no matter how much destruction they faced. Her makeup had also smeared due to the intense battle.

However, Prometheus and Zeus, hovering nearby, were still spirited. Apparently, this level of combat had no effect on them.

In other words, for opponents like Big Mom and Nicholas, it was impossible to determine a winner in a short time without outside intervention. After all, they were both figures standing at the pinnacle of the sea. Though there might be differences in their combat capabilities, it was unlikely that a winner could be determined within half an hour of fighting.

From the surface, it seemed that there was no clear winner between the two.

But at this moment, only the two opponents themselves knew that Big Mom had a slight advantage in the current situation.

Although Zeus had little effect on Nicholas, the attacks unleashed by Nicholas's Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder-Thunder Fruit) were somewhat weakened by Zeus.

And Big Mom's attacks, whether using Prometheus or Napoleon, were powerful, enough to deter Nicholas from directly confronting her, despite his monstrous strength and mastery of Armament Haki.

The main point was the difference in stamina between the two.

Attacks, defense, and the use of Devil Fruit abilities all consumed stamina.

Big Mom's abnormal physique and skin toughness made her defense almost flawless. Additionally, her monstrous stamina allowed her to endure prolonged battles.

However, even in this situation, Nicholas showed no signs of fear or retreat. Instead, his fighting spirit burned brightly, for only by fighting against the strong could he continue to surpass himself.

He then gripped tightly the longsword materializing in his palm and took a step forward, smiling slightly at Big Mom. "You're quite a tough opponent, huh."

"Hehehe! Do you think it might be too late now?" Big Mom's eyes glared at Nicholas like a demon, laughing cruelly. Her aura became more terrifying, almost tangible.

"As for you, kid, your day ends here!" she proclaimed.

With these words, a surge of soul power poured into Napoleon. The sword emitted a dazzling light, making it look like a divine weapon.

"Ikoku Sovereignty maximum!" she bellowed.

With a thunderous roar, the blade of Napoleon surged with power, slashing towards Nicholas.

At the moment when the attack was launched, the sky, previously covered in dark clouds, suddenly changed. The black clouds subsided, and the thunder ceased, as if a true emperor had descended!

"Perfect timing!" Nicholas, witnessing this scene, maintained his fighting spirit. He muttered, then swung his own sword towards Big Mom!

"Regicide!"

The thunderous roar, many times more terrifying than before, resounded throughout the entire sky in an instant!

Amidst the raging airflow, torrents of rain poured down from the sky, resembling the Milky Way pouring down, soaking all the people on Cake Island, while the sea surrounding Cake Island churned with furious waves, crashing against the island's shores.

At this moment, whether it was everyone on Cake Island or those who had already set sail, they all felt as if they were witnessing a miracle.

After a brief silence, a tremendous will emerged from the Cake Castle, stirring the heavens and swiftly sweeping towards the surroundings.

Wherever it passed, the weak collapsed and fainted, while those who remained conscious looked towards the direction of the Cake Castle with fear in their eyes.

"Is that the Conqueror's Haki of that monster? It's truly terrifying."

"It's hard to imagine what kind of person could fight with Charlotte Linlin like this."

"But he's probably done for. How could an ordinary person contend with such a monster..."

But at that moment!

Suddenly, someone rubbed their eyes and screamed.

"Look!! In the center of the thunderclouds!!"

"What?!!"

Following their words, everyone looked towards the sky, only to see that the thunderclouds seemed to be drawn towards the center, converging into a huge vortex.

At the same time, lightning bolts, resembling thunderous dragons, continuously struck downwards from the vortex towards the Cake Castle below.

Boom!

With a deafening sound, the position of the Cake Castle expanded continuously, while lightning dragons surrounded the figure, presenting a scene reminiscent of a thunder god descending, leaving all the spectators dumbfounded!

For a moment, that apocalyptic scene completely stunned everyone.

Many people couldn't help but have the same thought: that guy doesn't seem like an ordinary person either. It's really hard to say who will win in this monster's battle.

"Is this your trump card, Nicholas?" Big Mom, facing the colossal thunder god nearly a hundred meters tall in front of her, spoke with a dark expression. Even she could feel the immense energy contained within the thunderous body materialized from lightning.

"A trump card, perhaps."

The massive thunder god, hearing Nicholas's voice emanating from below, left Big Mom speechless.

Although she was reluctant to admit it, there was no doubt that Nicholas was an opponent on par with her.

On the southern side of the Cake Castle, a wide area.

At this moment, two battlefields were in the midst of chaos.

"Young man, it's not gentlemanly to be so ruthless to a lady," Brook said seriously as he blocked a strike from Katakuri towards Katie.

And almost in an instant, Katakuri's head turned aside, and a smoking bullet hole appeared on the ground next to him.

"What a troublesome guy."

Glancing at Simon in the distance, Katakuri couldn't help but curse inwardly.

It could be said that after so long in the battle, he had already figured it out. These guys were completely training that girl with the dual swords. If it weren't for the fact that this girl was distracting the skeleton and the sniper in the distance, they would really be suffering heavy casualties.

Although they all inherited the genes of Big Mom, they might have potential in the future, but for now, they were just a group of kids in their teens.

And that big guy who could split heads with one axe, and the woman standing together with the crow-masked, also seemed difficult to deal with.

Just as Katakuri prayed for Charlotte Linlin to resolve her opponent as soon as possible.

At this moment a terrifying aura emanating from afar made everyone, whether they were members of the Freedom Pirates or the Charlotte Family, instinctively look up and glance at the battlefield at the Cake Castle, what they saw made them fall into a brief stupor.

And those guests further away, because they could see more clearly, were even more terrified. They didn't even care about the heavy rain pouring down from the sky, standing like wooden chickens in the pouring rain, letting the rain soak their clothes.

Is this... the extent of human combat?