Chapter 171: Ghost Fruit vs. Soul Fruit

Although unable to understand the meaning conveyed by the unique English phrase, it did not hinder BIG MOM from reading the unmistakable refusal in White Ghost's tone and demeanor.

In an instant, the infamous Queen of the Totto Land, the Soul Queen of the New World, understandably flew into a rage.

BIG MOM's eyes widened fiercely, and the invisible Conqueror's Haki coalesced into an almost tangible shockwave, sweeping over Adrian.

Adrian stood in the sky, his hands crossed over his chest, maintaining his posture unchanged.

The violent Conqueror's Haki made the hem of his suit flutter loudly, but his expression did not change in the slightest.

"Such a level of Conqueror's Haki is not worth showing off, Charlotte Linlin."

Adrian's gaze gradually turned icy, harboring a burgeoning will to fight.

"Compared to the Conqueror's Haki of Sengoku, yours feels insignificantly weak!"

"Mamamamama..."

BIG MOM let out an eerie, owl-like cackle as billowing rage erupted from her chest like a volcanic explosion, twisting her already bloated, malformed features into a horrific demonic visage.

"Get him, Prometheus! Burn this arrogant, insolent fool to ashes!!"

BIG MOM's deafening roar thundered like a bolt from the blue.

"Let's see how his paltry Ghost Fruit compares to my Soul Fruit!!"

Amidst that bone-chilling bellow, an immense blazing fireball akin to the sun itself rose from behind BIG MOM.

Stoked by its creator's boundless wrath, the living flames swelled several times over, blood-red eyes glaring furiously at Adrian.

The Sun Prometheus!

This seething inferno radiating malicious intent opened its maw, a massive concentrated fire beam instantly forming and shooting towards its mother's enemy with blinding speed.

Adrian made no move to evade Prometheus' attack.

He held his head high, looking resolutely and fearlessly at the terrifying flames about to fall, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

A faint blue light spot suddenly bloomed in his raised right hand, meeting the trajectory of the falling fire in the sky.

The blue light instantly cut through the orange-yellow blazing flames, precisely splitting the high-heat beam of fire in two, appearing in front of Sun Prometheus in an instant.

Inside the soul of Sun Prometheus, a sense of crisis, unprecedented and completely foreign, suddenly emerged.

It's important to note that Prometheus's existence is very peculiar.

As one of the three Homies at the pinnacle created by BIG MOM using the Soul-Soul Fruit.

As one of the three great Homies created by BIG MOM using the Soul-Soul Fruit, Prometheus and Zeus have, to some extent, merged with naturally existing things, as if they were personified, animated flames and thunderclouds!

Sun Prometheus and Thundercloud Zeus possess elemental traits similar to those of natural fruit ability users, yet they cannot be grasped in their physical form by the enemy's Armament Haki!

In the original story, Luffy's attacks imbued with Armament Haki were ineffective against them!

Essentially, Prometheus and Zeus are still just a mass of flames and a thundercloud, respectively.

Prometheus and Zeus have followed BIG MOM in battles across the sea for many years, always advancing without retreat, no matter how terrifying the opponent. However, feeling fear and crisis like today is a first for them!

Faced with the oncoming Ghost Energy Cannon, Prometheus instinctively separated a mass of flames from its fiery body, attempting to use it to propel itself backward and dodge.

Even if the flames moved quickly, the Ghost Energy Cannon moved faster!

The azure beam of light, with an unstoppable momentum, pierced directly through the upper left part of Prometheus's body, leaving a huge, ugly hole in the midst of the blazing giant fireball.

Prometheus, which had never felt pain before, experienced for the first time, the kind of agony its enemies must have felt when scorched by its flames.

The excruciating pain, like a soul being split apart, continuously emanated from the wound pierced by the Ghost Energy Cannon, causing Prometheus to let out an earth-shattering cry of pain.

"It hurts! Mama! It hurts!!"

Prometheus cried and wailed, shrinking back behind BIG MOM's massive body.

Like a bullied child instinctively seeking the protection of an adult.

"Prometheus!"

BIG MOM was equally shocked; it was the first time she encountered Prometheus, one of her Homies, being hurt and in pain, something that had never happened before!

She grabbed Prometheus's body, and the flames that could scorch all things obediently molded in BIG MOM's hands like putty, causing her no harm.

BIG MOM used the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit to check on Prometheus and was shocked to find that a small part of the soul fragments within its body had been scattered!

BIG MOM looked at Adrian with surprise and anger, shouting.

"White Ghost, what have you done to Prometheus?"

"What have I done?" Adrian raised his right palm, and once again, a faint blue glow emerged in the center of his hand. "I can show it to you again!"

The reappearance of the ghost energy bullet caused Prometheus to shrink.

And Zeus, who had been unscathed, involuntarily swallowed after witnessing the plight of his brother, looking nervous.

"This is the power of the soul as well!"

The azure beam poured forth from Adrian's palm like a tidal wave, shooting towards BIG MOM with lightning speed.

Yet she didn't even flinch, swinging her massive fan-like hand to brutally swat the orb that had gravely wounded Prometheus away!

The sight made Adrian's eye twitch uncontrollably. What monstrous inhuman being was this?!

Before, there was Sengoku who resisted the swordsman's slash without a scratch!

And now, BIG MOM slapped away the Ghost Energy Cannon with her bare hands!

These physically monstrous beings are indeed too terrifying!

Especially BIG MOM.

Whether it's Sengoku or Kaido of the Beasts, their formidable physique is largely due to the enhancement from the Zoan-type Mythical Beast Fruit.

But Charlotte Linlin, BIG MOM, is a "natural-born destroyer."

The cause of nickname "Iron Balloon" is a talent she was born with!

"White Ghost! I will make you understand, the power of the soul, just how big the gap is!"

"Zeus! Napoleon! Get ready to attack!"