Chapter 86: Yamato VS Hancock
On the other side, the already boiling-hot Yamato couldn't hold back. Wielding her club, which was wrapped in purple-black electrical arcs, she charged out like a cannonball!
"Thunder Bagua!"
"Perfume Femur!"
Hancock's movements were no slower. Her long, perfect right leg was instantly covered in pitch-black Armament Haki, and with a sharp whooshing sound, she drew a deadly arc from bottom to top!
"Turn into stone for this Empress!"
The next second, Hancock's toe and Yamato's club suddenly collided.
With a loud bang, both figures simultaneously flew back to dissipate the force. However, Yamato retreated two more steps than Hancock.
"Yamato lost?"
Kozuki Hiyori covered her mouth in shock, hardly believing her eyes.
"Is that woman really that strong?" Reiju's beautiful eyes were also wide with undisguised shock.
Although Yamato wasn't very conspicuous under Heavenly Disaster Kain's radiance, everyone on the ship knew that Yamato was absolutely a genuine monster.
On the Raikougo, she was definitely a character who aimed for second place, at least third.
"But isn't her bounty only 89 million Berries?" Violet looked at Kain in disbelief.
"Judging an opponent's strength by their bounty is the most foolish act on this great sea!"
Kain sternly warned his companions: "There are many unknown experts on the sea. If you hold such a thought, you will suffer greatly sooner or later."
Kain was not surprised that Yamato was slightly at a disadvantage in their first clash.
Leaving aside the BUG-level ability of her Love-Love Berry, Hancock herself was an undeniable monster.
After ascending to the throne as Empress of Amazon Lily at 18, she was invited by the World Government to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea on her first expedition!
Kain speculated that Hancock was likely specially trained as a combat slave by the Celestial Dragons during her time as a slave in Mary Geoise.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the drastic change in her strength in just two years.
"How impressive."
Far from being annoyed, Yamato's eyes erupted with an even more fervent, more excited light.
The warlike genes flowing in her blood were completely ignited. Like her father, Kaido, what she most desired was a satisfying battle with a true strong opponent.
"Warm-up over! I'm going all out!"
Yamato let out a low growl, and a chilling aura suddenly erupted around her.
White fur pierced her skin, sharp fangs appeared at her lips, and the white wolf-man appeared!
"Is it a Mythical Zoan?"
Hancock's gaze sharpened. She lightly touched her lips, creating a small, peach-colored heart-shaped substance.
"Pistol Kiss!"
She lightly tapped the peach heart with her fingertip.
Whoosh—The peach heart tore through the air like a bullet, with a sharp whooshing sound, shooting directly at Yamato's face!
"Divine Stride: White Serpent Strike!"
Yamato's speed increased dramatically in her wolf-man form, and her figure disappeared from her original spot as if by Teleport.
Bang!
The peach heart missed, exploding into a charred small pit where she had been standing.
Almost at the same instant.
Yamato's white club, wreathed in bone-chilling frost, descended with immense force from above, aimed directly at Hancock.
The black-haired girl had nowhere to evade. Her eyes sharpened, and her right leg sprang up instantly like a coiled spring.
Bang!
The sound of a massive collision echoed again. The freezing aura wrapped around Yamato's club erupted, enveloping Hancock's entire body.
With a whoosh, Hancock retreated, using the force.
Without time to alleviate the chill in her body, Hancock again lightly touched her red lips with her fingertip, transforming a giant pink peach heart.
She held the giant peach heart with both hands, as if drawing a giant invisible bow, and pulled it back sharply.
"Slave Arrow!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—
A large number of pink arrows shot towards Yamato like a storm.
The coverage was so vast that it almost blocked all her dodging space.
"Horse Illusion Blade!"
Yamato rapidly swung her club, and a highly condensed freezing slash swept out like an ice river, attempting to intercept them.
Crack crack crack—.
A startling scene occurred.
The moment the cold air touched the pink arrows, it quickly turned grayish-white, solidified into stone, and fell powerlessly.
"Wow, they turned into stone, such an amazing ability!"
Yamato's eyes widened. While marveling, she swung her club, blocking and shattering the incoming arrows.
"Fighting this Empress, and you still have the leisure to exclaim?"
A vein throbbed on Hancock's forehead.
She crossed her hands in front of her chest, quickly forming a heart shape.
"Mero Mero Mero."
"Sweet Sweet Beam!"
"Be mesmerized by this Empress's peerless beauty and turn into an eternal stone statue!"
As soon as she finished speaking, an extremely wide, pink heart-shaped beam of light shot out from Hancock's gesture.
It not only instantly swept over Yamato, who was fighting, but also completely enveloped Kain and his group who were watching from behind.
"It's Empress's ultimate move!"
"The invaders are finished! No one can resist Empress's beauty!"
"They're all going to turn into stone statues!"
The Nine Serpent Warriors erupted in thunderous cheers.
As long as one was attracted by Empress's beauty, no one could escape the fate of being petrified.
Even women.
They had never seen anyone completely immune to this move.
But the next second.
The cheers stopped abruptly, like ducks having their throats squeezed.
All the Nine Serpent Warriors were dumbfounded, their jaws almost hitting the ground.
The invaders indeed had a few more stone statues, but four people were still standing perfectly fine.
"Hmm? What happened?"
Yamato looked down in surprise. She didn't feel anything wrong with her body.
But when she looked back.
"Why did Hiyori and the others turn into stone?"
"They were affected by the Love-Love Berry's ability," Kain explained.
He also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had covered his body with Haki in advance, avoiding being hit.
Even so, he felt his body somewhat stiff.
No wonder even Blackbeard, who would later become one of the Four Emperors, didn't dare to be careless after capturing Hancock, constantly suppressing Hancock's abilities with his Dark-Dark Fruit, fearing he might be hit.
Even a momentary stiffness could be fatal in a battle between experts.
Kain scanned the area. His side was basically wiped out, with only two people left.
This was pretty much what he expected.
One was Kuma, whose heart could hold no other woman besides his daughter Bonney. The other was Zoro, whose heart held only swordsmanship besides Kuina. On the other side, Hancock was deep in self-doubt.
How could so many people suddenly appear who weren't attracted by this Empress's beauty?
"Good opportunity!"
Yamato didn't care about any of that and immediately launched forward.
"Ice Blade Slash!"
She raised her club over her head and brought it down with the force of a thunderbolt.
Hancock instantly snapped back to attention, covering her right leg with Armament Haki. Twisting her waist, her right leg drew a perfect semi-circular trajectory, kicking upwards fiercely to meet the club.
"Great Perfume Femur!"
Boom!
The ground instantly caved in, forming a large pit.
Haki lightning raged and leaped wildly at the center of the collision.
Hancock was shaken back repeatedly by the immense force. For the first time, an incredibly serious expression appeared on her captivating face. Such great strength!
Completely different from before!
Yamato did a somersault and landed back on the ground. Without any pause, she roared again and charged forward.
"Dragon's Roaring Army!"
The club in her hand transformed into a dazzling white storm, unleashing a furious barrage upon Hancock.
Hancock gritted her teeth, repeatedly using kicks to defend.
The intense clashes made the ground tremble slightly, and the resulting gales made it impossible for the Nine Serpent Warriors to keep their eyes open.
"Grandma Nyon, it seems my sister..."
Sandersonia looked at the old woman beside her with extreme anxiety.
"Things are bad." Gloriosa's face was very grim.
Although she was old and frail now, her combat experience from her youth had not disappeared, so she could naturally see Hancock's current predicament.
The Love-Love Berry's petrification ability was not working on the enemy, and a pure contest of strength was also not in her favor.
It could be said that defeat was only a matter of time.
They were still entangled because the difference in their strength was not great, but as time went on, Hancock's defeat was foreseeable.
The worst part was that the leader, Heavenly Disaster Kain, had not yet made a move.
What worried Gloriosa even more was that it was already too late to call for help from Shakuyaku and Rayleigh.