Chapter 378: Suppression of the Rinnegan!

"Zeus! Have you gone mad! How dare you attack your own people!"

Perospero stood on the violently rocking deck, watching helplessly as the massive fleet his family was so proud of was ruthlessly engulfed by the dual thunderstorms pouring down from the sky.

To save the collapsing formation, Perospero gritted his teeth.

He brandished his candy cane, desperately driving his Devil Fruit ability to create layer upon layer of huge, thick candy walls on the sea surface, trying to block the bombardment from the sky.

However, in front of Futo's purple lightning, which carried destructive properties, these candy walls, usually indestructible, were as fragile as glass at this moment.

Accompanied by a blinding flash of purple light, the candy walls instantly shattered into sweet powder filling the sky.

The terrifying shockwave from the explosion swept over.

Perospero didn't even have time to scream before his entire body was blown away.

He rolled miserably on the deck, covered in scorch marks.

Having lost air cover and the absolute advantage in formation, the battle below also reversed.

sweet commander Smoothie and Cracker began to retreat steadily under the tacit and violent onslaught of Zoro and Sanji.

Coupled with the unpredictable and unreasonable giant limb joint locks from Robin on the side, it always managed to interrupt their defensive rhythm at the most critical moments.

For a time, the once-arrogant elite defense line of the Totto Land Fleet was already in name only, teetering on the edge of collapse.

Mid-air, the core of the battle.

Charlotte Linlin's massive body floated in the wind.

She watched with her own eyes as Zeus, the high-level Homies that had accompanied her for many years, not only changed allegiance but even affectionately called an unknown little girl from the East Sea its master.

This humiliation of being betrayed to her face caused this Emperor of the Sea to completely lose her sanity.

"Unforgivable..."

Big Mom raised her head and let out a shrill roar that shattered the clouds.

The sound waves shook the sea, whipping up layers of terrifying waves.

She reached out her huge palm, grabbed the burning Prometheus beside her, and pressed it directly onto her head.

Boom!

Prometheus's incredibly scorching flames instantly engulfed her long hair.

The violent fire spread along her hair, completely wrapping her mountain-like body in a sea of flames.

In the blink of an eye, Big Mom transformed into a chilling "Demon God of Flame."

With the activation of the Demon God of Flame form, a Conqueror's Haki, even more terrifying and filled with violent killing intent than before, swept through the surroundings.

Black lightning raged wildly in the firelight, and even the dark clouds in the sky were stained an ominous dark red.

At this moment, Big Mom had abandoned all concern for the Totto Land Fleet that was collapsing below.

Her white-turned eyes lost all human emotion, locking all her rage and killing intent onto the man in front of her who had humiliated her time and again—Tatsuya.

"Go to hell! Brat!"

Big Mom stepped on the rolling fire waves, raised "Napoleon" high, and slashed fiercely in Tatsuya's direction.

The terrifying high temperature poured out like a waterfall. Wherever the sword edge passed, even the air in mid-air was distorted and deformed by this scorching heat, emitting a hissing, mournful sound.

In the rear, seeing Tatsuya about to face the frontal assault of the enraged Four Emperors.

Luffy roared, his legs exerting force as he wanted to rush forward to stop it.

But the continuous high-intensity battles, and the serious overdraft of his body by "Gear Fourth," caused a large amount of his Haki to dissipate.

The extreme fatigue coming from deep within his body surged like a tide, causing his movements to suffer a fatal sluggishness at the critical moment.

Tatsuya noticed Luffy's state from the corner of his eye.

He did not retreat, only shouting loudly to the rear:

"Luffy! Leave it to me!"

Facing the Four Emperors who was rushing over like a rampaging demon god, Tatsuya stood in mid-air, his expression unchanged.

He slowly raised his head, and the mysterious purple Rinnegan in his eyes emitted a deep, eerie light.

Looking at the flaming greatsword slashing down, Tatsuya slightly raised one hand, and directly activated the ability of the Rinnegan's "Preta Path," facing the high temperature capable of melting steel.

Hum—!

A shocking scene occurred.

The violent, peerless flames and destructive energy on Big Mom's blade did not cause any explosion the moment they touched Tatsuya's palm.

Instead, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, most of it was directly devoured by that seemingly ordinary palm!

Feeling her proud Homies fire and Haki energy disappear into thin air as if clay oxen entering the sea.

Big Mom suddenly widened her eyes, a flash of clarity and shock appearing in her white-turned pupils, and she let out an unbelievable exclamation:

"What?!"

Before Big Mom, who was in shock, could react, the corners of Tatsuya's mouth curled into a cold arc.

The palm that had just devoured the energy flipped instantly, and a powerful, peerless repulsive force condensed in the air.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The violent, invisible wall activated with a boom.

Accompanied by a dull, loud noise, this absolute repulsive force slammed directly into Big Mom's chest, forcibly knocking her mountain-like body backward.

Big Mom was knocked flying in mid-air by this force, her greatsword waving as she tried to use Haki to stabilize her unbalanced center of gravity.

But Tatsuya did not give her a chance to regroup.

His eyes were cold, then his hands slammed together in front of him, and another opposite, terrifying force was unleashed.

"Bansho Ten'in!"

The space that had just been repelling everything instantly generated a terrifying gravitational pull.

This force accurately captured Big Mom in mid-air, causing her massive body to completely lose balance, like a giant doll being wantonly pulled by someone.

Under Tatsuya's gravitational control, Big Mom's body drew a sharp parabola in the air.

She was like an out-of-control, super-large cannonball, crashing heavily into a huge Totto Land warship in the rear.

Accompanied by a heaven-shaking "Boom."

That originally sturdy warship, under the impact of that invulnerable flesh, instantly snapped in the middle.

It shattered into countless broken planks and scrap iron, kicking up giant waves dozens of meters high.

Tatsuya hovered in mid-air, looking down at the ruined wreckage below.

After the brief confrontation just now, he had already quickly formulated a tactic in his mind.

He decided that in the next battle, he would absolutely not engage in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat with Charlotte Linlin.

Because the Emperor-level Conqueror's Haki the opponent had accumulated for decades could indeed cause him great suppression in close combat.

Since he was at a disadvantage in close combat, he would solve the battle in the way he was best at.

Amidst the ruins, the seawater churned.

Big Mom roared angrily, pushing away the huge broken planks and snapped masts pressing on her body.

She was covered in water, but Prometheus on her head was still burning, and she was about to stabilize her figure, borrow force to jump, and attack again.

At this very moment, Tatsuya's left eye narrowed slightly, the complex and exquisite Mangekyo pattern in his pupil spinning at high speed, his gaze focused precisely on the top of Big Mom's head.

"Amaterasu!"

A cluster of pitch-black, eerie flames ignited out of thin air.

Without any warning, it directly covered the flames of the dazzling sun Prometheus on top of Big Mom's head.

This was the Ninjutsu black flame known as never extinguishing until the target is burned to ashes.

Under the burning of the Amaterasu black flames that ignored common sense, Prometheus's fireball face, which always carried a grimace, instantly twisted, emitting painful and shrill screams like a human.

This high-level Homies fire that Big Mom was proud of was suppressed until it was dim in front of this pitch-black flame.

Its volume kept shrinking, and even the originally scorching temperature around Big Mom plummeted.

After establishing the long-range attrition tactic, Tatsuya no longer held anything back.

He hovered in the high sky like an elegant god.

Relying on the various weird and powerful mechanisms granted by the Rinnegan's "Six Paths," he completely controlled the battle rhythm in his own hands.

Gravitational pulling, repulsive force, the soul-extraction interference of the Human Path, the energy devouring of the Preta Path...

These moves that did not belong to this world's system were used alternately by him, connected as smoothly as flowing water.

Big Mom's violent slashes were devoured, her massive body was pushed and pulled, as if she were being toyed with.

Tatsuya moved with ease in mid-air, unfolding a watertight, comprehensive suppression against Big Mom, who was below in a rage but unable to find a way to attack.

On the battlefield, the heaven-shaking reversal of the situation caught everyone off guard.

Whether it was sweet commander Smoothie and Cracker, who were being pushed back by the bitter fight against Zoro and Sanji, or the Straw Hat crew standing on the deck of the Thousand Sunny in the distance.

Everyone saw this scene in mid-air and was shocked beyond measure, standing there like wooden sculptures.

The eldest son, Perospero, had just crawled out of the ruins.

Seeing this scene, the iconic candy cane in his hand fell onto the deck with a "clatter."

The officers of the Totto Land Pirates all widened their bloodshot eyes, their mouths agape, their gazes filled with incredulity and deep fear, as if their faith had collapsed at this moment.

"Are you kidding me..."

"What kind of sacred entity is that man..."

"He... he can actually single-handedly suppress Mama who has fallen into a rampage..."