Chapter 288: Powerful Fights!

Before Linlins sword could reach my bone, I raised my legs and grabbed her forearm with my feet, tightly clutching them as I pierced through her haki-clad skin and drew blood while slowly lifting her arm. Seeing what she was about to do, I quickly let go of her arm while evading to the left, just in time to dodge a sword coated in flames and lightning from slicing into the ground, which created a massive gash that went on for miles, even managing to part the ocean.

Kicking the air behind me, I swung my bo-staff at her face, which she managed to block with Napoleon, but it still forced her to take a step backward as I followed up by slashing at her with my nails, creating five deadly sharp blades of wind that headed right for her. However, despite her massive stature, she was surprisingly quick on her feet as she dodged my attack, which ended up slicing through multiple mountains before it finally dissipated; though, at the end of the day, Linlin was an Emperor and one of the strongest alive, if she couldn't have evaded that attack I would've been disappointed.

Speedily moving across the destroyed ground, Linlin and I relentlessly attacked, our weapons constantly clashing, further destroying this island, which I doubted would survive once our fight finally ended.

Leaping into the air, dodging a powerful slash from Linlin, I jumped off the broad side of her sword and slammed Naga-sa atop her head, digging her waist deep into the earth, only for her to counterattack by flinging me far away, followed by a beam hitting me in the back.

'Tsk, that hurt.' Mused Diddy lightly as he escaped from the explosion while dusting off his clothes before kicking the air and lunging back towards Linling, who wildly attacked, sending a barrage of slashes his way.

Responding to her attacks in a similar manner, I used rankyaku of the rokushiki technique, causing our slashes to cancel each other out whenever they collided in the air. Lunging through the exploding slashes, I coated Naga-sa in lighting while enlarging it before slamming it down on Linlin, who responded with a mighty swing of her sword, our clash blowing away all the dust and debris as we struggled with all of our might to overpower the other.

"Hahaha!!" "Urgh!" Stated Diddy and Linlin as they viciously stared at each other amidst their clash.

In the end, while my haki may be slightly superior to Linlins, it wasn't enough to the point where I could overpower her, and we were both stuck in a seemingly eternal stalemate until we separated from each other and landed on the ground in the distance.

"Hehe, I'm having so much fun right now; this is even better than when fighting Blackbeard." Said Diddy with a ferocious grin as he eyed Linlin while wiping blood from his mouth.

"I will kill you, Kong!" Declared Linlin viciously as she stared daggers at Diddy while wiping blood off her head.

Neither of us said anything anymore and simply lunged at each other, engaging in yet another ferocious battle that caused the island we were on to shudder violently every time we clashed, though considering how Blackbeard and I nearly fought for five days and nights straight, this was going to be on long ass battle.

'Hehe, I want it to last as long as possible!' Thought Diddy with an elated smile while their weapons clashed once more, causing a burst of haki to erupt between the two.

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While Big Mom and Chaos Kong were fighting on a nearby Island, the battle in Whole Cake Island slowly spread throughout the entire island, with the strongest of pirates fighting in a somewhat secluded area, leaving the weaker pirates to fend for themselves, which put the Frenzy Pirates in a natural disadvantage, given their inferior numbers yet they all fought ferociously, since if they didn't they would die.

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Slashing down at Katakuri's spiked fist, causing sparks to fly about as our armament haki clashed against each other, neither was stronger than the other; however, just when I was about to counterattack, we both looked to the left, as a weak wave of haki flew right past us.

'Tsk, even from this far away, we can still feel the aftereffects of their clashes: pair of monsters.' Thought Freyja lightly as she and Katakuri gazed westward, feeling constant waves of haki washing over them.

"C'mon, Kat, let's try not to get distracted from our Captains; we've got our own battle." Said Freyja seductively with a faint smirk as he leaned forward, licking Katakuri's cheek with her unnaturally long tongue, prompting him to push her back while retreating himself.

"Hehe, oops, I forgot to mention, my tongue can be quite deadly in more ways than one if you know what I mean." Added Freyja with a smirk as she blew Katakuri a kiss while the spot where she licked him took on a dark appearance as the poison began spreading throughout his body.

Unfortunately, Kat reacted very fast and sliced off a portion of his cheek before my poison could properly spread throughout his body, causing me to click my tongue in annoyance; though it was fine, I was still confident in winning.

'However, it won't be easy. Kat used to only have future sight, but thanks to the defeat he suffered at Diddy's hands shortly after arriving in the New World, it seems he's gotten back to training, and he's got emission armament haki now.' Thought Freyja with a serious expression as she coated her elongated nails in haki while lunging towards Katakuri.

Although he's acquired intermediate armament haki, he clearly hasn't been slacking on only that type of haki since his future sight is definitely stronger than what I remember it being; he's not seeing just a few seconds into the future, and if I had to guess it's either seven or eight since he's capable of canceling out my future sight as well. Combine all of that with his conquerors, haki; he's a powerful pirate and an even stronger opponent; of course, not on the level of Big Mom, but this was going to be a very tough fight.

"Tch, fucking Diddy, making this harder for me. Tsk, I suppose I should be thanking him; I need to face stronger enemies if I want to kill that monkey bastard." Muttered Freyja with a click of her tongue as she spread her hands, causing several illusions of herself to appear.

Creating illusions to confuse Kat, I flapped my wings, increasing my speed as I lunged towards him, though he simply raised his hands, causing numerous mochi blobs to appear in the sky, only for multiple haki-clad fists to punch me.

Scattering alongside my illusions, I was forced to dodge his many attacks while nearing him, and although my illusions have vastly improved over these two years, allowing them to take a physical form, they had a low damage threshold, and after one or two attacks, they exploded into a cloud of smoke. It didn't matter whether they were blocking or not, though even so, they allowed me to get close to Kat as I dodged one of his fists before slashing downwards with emission haki, leaving a slash mark on his chest, yet I was promptly punched in the face, flinging me through the sky.

"Tsk, ouch." Muttered Freyja lightly as she rubbed her jaw while eyeing Katakuri before spreading her wings, coating them in a layer of red-hot fire.

Flying back towards Kat, I knocked away all of his punches with my flame-clad nails, yet before nearing him, I dashed upwards, heading high into the sky only to engulf myself in inky black flames as I lunged downwards to Kat while spinning in the air.

'Hellish Descent.' Thought Freyja as she left behind a streak of black flames while charging towards Katakuri.

Kat didn't sit idly by and enlarged his arm until it dwarfed himself while covering it in spikes as he leaped into the air, attempting to clothesline me. The instant my foot and his spiked arm collided, an explosion of haki erupted as our conqueror's haki clashed, though, in the end, neither side managed to overpower the other as we both pushed each other backward.

"Yeah, this is going to be a tough fight." Mutted Freyja with a frown as she fell through the sky while narrowing her eyes at Katakuri before flapping her wings and launching toward him.

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With the Apocalyptic Commanders and Sweet Commanders engaging in a deadly battle, one specific fight overshadowed all others.

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"Just. Fucking. Die. Already!" Yelled Trenza anxiously as she ran through the forest while shooting at Compote, who aggressively charged towards her.

"Come back here! Stop running, you coward!" Stated Compote angrily as she eyed Trenza while tilting her head, dodging all her bullets.

"No! I'm not a coward; I'm simply fighting to my advantage, which is keeping a distance from you!" Remarked Trenza as she glanced at Compote before shooting several trees, causing them to topple and block her path, yet she simply bulldozed right through them.

"Bastard! I'll kill you on Mama's behalf!" Yelled Compote angrily as she increased her speed, only for Trenza to shoot the ground right underneath her, causing it to explode and launch her forward.

"You'll have to catch me first!" Said Trenza with a smirk while firing nonstop at the angry Compote, who continued to chase her.