Chapter 936: The Disappearing Future
In fact, both Laxus and Katakuri are medium and close range combatants. They can stand still and use their ultimate skills, or they can get close to the enemy and fight with their fists. The only difference is that Laxus' fighting style mainly revolves around lightning, while Katakuri's fighting style revolves around sticky rice and domineering.
But perhaps because of the height difference, they both tacitly chose to fight at a medium distance, that is, standing in place and using big moves.
This is actually understandable. For Laxus, Katakuri's powerful observation Haki and physical characteristics mean that it is difficult for his fists to cause real damage. Instead of working himself to death, it is better to use a full-range attack and leave the opponent with no escape.
The fact was just as he expected. Even though Katakuri could change his form, he could not escape the bombardment of lightning.
For Katakuri, Laxus is too small and too fast, so it is difficult for him to fully utilize his strength in close combat, so creating a sticky rice fist to fight is the best way to fight.
But soon, the situation on the battlefield changed!
Although Katakuri can use glutinous rice as weapons in various forms, its essence is still glutinous rice!
After the magic power and armament domineering canceled each other out, glutinous rice lost its steel-like hardness, and the high temperature and violent energy of the lightning itself began to destroy the internal structure of glutinous rice from a microscopic level, destroying its flexibility and ductility.
So Laxus began to gain the upper hand!
A large amount of thunder and lightning began to gather above the arena . The dark thunderclouds and muffled sounds were like bells and drums beating on the hearts of the audience, stirring their emotions.
A tense and murderous atmosphere filled the entire arena.
"What are you doing, Katakuri?! Get rid of this guy now!!"
Seeing that Katakuri couldn't be defeated for a long time, Big Mom became a little impatient. In her opinion, Katakuri was her most satisfied son, and the opponent was just a boy in his early twenties. It shouldn't have taken so long for her to fail to win.
Whether on the field or off the field, few people knew that because he was worried about Brulee's safety, Katakuri was temporarily unable to use his ability to "predict the future", so he was indeed not in good shape.
Now being urged by Big Mom again, Katakuri's eyes became serious, and he was distracted for a moment, causing flaws in his movements again.
"Thunder Strike!!"
Laxus spotted the flaw and condensed lightning in his right palm again, shooting out a thick lightning column that was as thick as several people could embrace.
The lightning column is extremely fast and has a destructive power that is thirty times greater than that of a lightning bomb. Its power is enough to destroy a castle-level building in an instant. Laxus once used this trick to cause over 100 million insignificant damages.
“It’s so big!!”
“So fast!!”
“So fierce!!”
The pirates trapped in the audience had forgotten that they were imprisoned. They opened their mouths in amazement. The dazzling electric light in the arena reflected a bright light in their eyes.
Boom!!!
The thunder exploded, creating a huge golden thunder ball in the arena. The terrifying high-temperature energy seemed to wipe out all the matter in it.
Amid the sound of the thunderstorm, a low, suppressed groan could be heard faintly.
After a while, the smoke and dust dissipated.
Everyone looked up and saw that in the smoke and dust, a black glutinous rice shield was protecting Katakuri's entire body, and there was a crackling sound of tiny electric current flashing on it.
As for Katakuri, most of his body was damaged. The pale yellow glutinous rice was flowing to repair his body, but half of his clothes and the scarf covering his hideous mouth had turned into charred visibly. Bright red blood was slowly flowing down his head, chest, back, and arms.
He breathed in deep gulps of air, as if he had used all his strength to block the attack, but he still suffered considerable injuries.
“What…what is that??”
"Is this the face under the scarf?! Katakuri-nii…"
"That's really ugly!"
"So disappointed! So disappointed! I feel like a perfect man has been shattered..."
Some members of the Big Mom Pirates started shouting, including their younger brothers and sisters who had always been taken care of by Katakuri. In full view of everyone and in front of many bigwigs in the live broadcast room, they showed the excellent family education of the Charlotte family.
"Shut up! Don't forget who he is fighting for now!!" The eldest son Perospero roared loudly, stopping this group of spoiled brothers and sisters.
"What's wrong? Your movements seem to be getting sluggish!"
Laxus glanced at the voice coming from the pirate audience area, but did not laugh at Katakuri. Instead, he paused his attack, as if he was going to use his ancestral mouth magic: "Are you worried about the consequences of losing the duel, so you hesitated to attack?"
Worried about the consequences of losing?
Katakuri asked himself and answered in his heart: 'No! I never worry about losing. The only thing I worry about is not being able to protect the safety of my family! '
His strong sense of responsibility began to force him to calm down.
"Are you kidding me?! Katakuri-nii won't lose!!"
"That's right...you shorty with yellow hair, don't be so arrogant!!"
A short yellow-haired guy?
These guys really dare to say that!
You know, over the years, except Kira, no one else dared to show off in front of him, let alone call him the 'yellow-haired shorty'!
“Puchi——!”
A few undisguised laughs came from the wizards, causing Laxus' eyes to twitch and veins to bulge on his forehead. "It seems I can't show mercy anymore!"
There is no doubt that Laxus has yellow hair, but to say that he is short is definitely not the case!
In the entire 'Fairy Tail' guild, Laxus's height is actually one of the tallest, but this height is not enough in the world of One Piece.
Not to mention, the opponent before them is the Big Mom Pirates.
Although Big Mom is not a giant, she is the tallest known human, more than eight meters tall. Her children have inherited her excellent genes, and each one is taller than the other. When they grow up, their height is generally at least three meters.
Laxus adjusted his steps slightly and changed into a posture that was more conducive to attack. All his magic power surged instantly, and thunder and lightning struck.
One after another, golden magic circles appeared out of thin air, either under the feet or in the air, dazzling.
Driven by magic power, a large amount of violent thunder burst out like a fountain, connecting the black thunderclouds above and the golden magic circle on the ground, transforming the arena into an extremely dangerous thunderstorm area.
"What...what is this?!" All the pirates were stunned.
It's not that they haven't seen lightning attacks before. After all, the Homies 'Zeus' created by Big Mom has this ability. Its attack power is also not weak. It can defeat many famous elite pirates with just one move. Even their children are not sure if they can take it safely.
But the violent lightning field before them far exceeded the strength of Zeus' attack, and was even stronger than any form of lightning attack they had ever seen!
The mages all looked surprised. "This magic looks similar to the one Laxus used before, but the strength of the lightning is totally different!"
"I've never seen Laxus use this before. Is this a new trick?"
"Maybe it's a move I learned after fighting with Enel on Sky Island?"
Under the influence of magic, these torrential lightning bolts actually attracted each other and spontaneously formed a huge golden birdcage.
In the birdcage, golden lightning crisscrossed, and violent electrons kept moving along the lightning pillars in the air, crackling. The sound of explosions hit everyone's eardrums, and many people showed painful expressions on their faces.
At the same time, this electric current began to interfere with the magnetic field, causing the live broadcast of the phone to be seriously affected. For those who were watching the battle, the screen projected by the Den Den Mushi in front of them began to become unstable.
Except for Laxus who is immune to lightning, no one can escape the punishment of lightning. Not even Katakuri is surprised. The lightning turns into sharp spears and pierces Katakuri's body from all directions. His tall body is instantly turned into sticky rice residue by the lightning spears!
"That's a powerful attack!"
Under Laxus' stunned gaze, the glutinous rice scattered on the ground began to slowly wriggle, slowly repairing Katakuri's body. "But the special superhuman glutinous rice fruit gives me the ability to change my body at will, so as long as I foresee it, I can still dodge it in advance!"
Immediately afterwards, Katakuri pressed his hand on the ground, and the floor of the entire arena began to shake like waves. He used the power of the awakened devil fruit to change the surrounding environment into the same properties as sticky rice.
The ground suddenly rose and gathered towards the upper middle, and its hardness began to change under the addition of Armament Haki, which actually temporarily isolated the lightning. In the lightning birdcage built by Laxus, another pot-lid-shaped barrier was built.
Then Katakuri suddenly leaped into the sky, and under the surrounding electric light, his tall body formed a shadow covering Laxus, as if infinite pressure was falling on his head like a mountain.
"Are you planning to attack from above?"
Laxus was not afraid at all. He looked up and what he saw was Katakuri's tall body and donuts made of glutinous rice floating in the air.
"Donut?!"
There was a hint of strangeness in Laxus' eyes. He remembered this move. He had seen it before in the information provided by Kira. "An encirclement attack against a single enemy..."
"Nuotuan chants!!"
With a low groan from Katakuri, huge fists made of glutinous rice burst out from the donuts, each of which was attached with high-intensity Armament Haki, a fist that could smash the wall of the kingdom with one punch!
"It appeared! It's the trick mentioned in the intelligence!!"
"Faster than expected? Can Laxus handle it?"
"Don't worry! If it's a competition of speed, Laxus has never lost!"
On the field, Laxus bent his body slightly, and the lightning wrapped around his body made his cloak sway unsteadily. Just like his movements, it was also unpredictable for those watching the fight.
"It's no use. I've predicted all your actions!"
Unfortunately, after calming down, Katakuri had calmed down his previous panic, and reason replaced anger and worry and took over the top of his brain again.
"You will use 'Roar of the Thunder Dragon', but you will not be able to defend against all the attacks, and you will be knocked to the ground by me in the end!"
Future Sight was activated again, capturing all of Laxus's words and actions in the next few seconds. Katakuri controlled his sticky rice fist to drop heavily while spinning rapidly, ready to use his strongest move 'Cut·Cut·Mochi' to win the victory the moment Laxus showed a flaw.
However, at this moment, Katakuri's eyes suddenly widened, because the future he had seen disappeared in an instant, leaving only the golden figure still moving on the ground at this moment!
"What's going on?!" Katakuri was shocked, but before he could react, Laxus took action.
The lightning power on Laxus' body exploded, and the magic circles above his head and under his feet shone brightly again: "You said you predicted my future? How is that possible?!!"
"My future...I can't even control it myself!!"
All the thunder and lightning responded together, cheering as if they had found their master, and began to gather towards him. Then a loud shout came from the field: "The Raging Waves of the Thunder Dragon King!!!"
Faintly, golden dragon scales quietly appeared in the corner of Laxus' eyes.
The next moment, dazzling light filled the entire arena!
The lightning transformed into a huge thunder ball, filling the entire arena. The violent power of thunder swallowed up all the matter in the sphere and blasted it into ashes. Only Laxus, who was using the Thunder Dragon Slayer Magic, and the clothes on his body were able to escape.
The violent force surged in all directions like a wave, tearing and smashing all the matter it touched, crushing it into powder and dispersing it silently into the air!!!
"The power of the Thunder Dragon King... When did this guy master it to this extent?"
Kira's eyes flashed with a strange color, and at the same time, he waved his fingers and skillfully created a void space around the audience seats, isolating the power of lightning. "I know, he must have secretly learned it when he was practicing with Serena before, and he is waiting to make me suffer the next time I duel with him!"
The Thunder Gods were speechless after hearing this: "I don't think Laxus would have such a petty thought...?"
Kira's mouth twitched: "...You guys have too strong a filter for Laxus!"
That power just now...seems to be dragon power? ?
After a long time, the thunder and lightning gradually dissipated, revealing the current situation in the arena.
There was no gravel or glutinous rice there, only an empty, bare pit. There were two people in the pit, both still alive, but one was still standing while the other was lying down.
After more than half a minute of fierce fighting, this duel finally came to an end.
Laxus wins!
Katakuri lost!
