116 Escalation

[AN- ⚠️Guys this is a major announcement ⚠️ Many of you guys told me to make our Stussy as June and call the original Stussy as Stussy. In my opinion this a valid recommendation because the name Stussy is very popular so the disguise she wears does nothing to hide her identity. So i decided to call our Stussy as "June" and call the OG Stussy as her original name. I am sorry if it causes any inconvenience.]

Boom!

In the densely clouded sky, countless huge crimson fireballs suddenly whistled down from the dark clouds, like a rain of fire descending from the heavens, interweaving into a dense and terrifying death zone. Each fireball that crashed onto the ground shattered the earth below, leaving behind craters filled with molten lava, forming large burning areas.

In the midst of these devastating fireballs, the towering figure of Nicolas, transformed into the Thunder God, stood like a war god, wielding a thunderous spear in one hand and a lightning shield in the other, smashing the red fireballs that fell from the sky.

"Nicolas, you brat!!!"

The furious roar reverberated in the high sky as Big Mom stood on top of Zeus, her face distorted with rage as she summoned flames from the sky and controlled them to attack Nicolas below.

"I'll kill you, you bastard!"

At this moment, she had entered a frenzy, different from the frenzy of her Food-Lust Syndrome.

When afflicted by the Food-Lust Syndrome, Charlotte Linlin would fall into a madness, losing all rationality and wreaking havoc in search of her desired food. In such a state, defeating her or providing her with the food she craved were the only ways to restore her sanity, as she would not listen to anyone.

However, the frenzy Charlotte Linlin entered now was even more terrifying than her Food-Lust Syndrome. Despite being enraged, she still retained a shred of rationality, meaning she could unleash her full power in battle and even surpass her usual limits due to her anger.

The reason for her rage was simple. Charlotte Linlin, riding on Zeus, had sustained numerous injuries, though her regenerative abilities had already healed most of them. The bloodstains on her tattered clothes, however, indicated that the Steel Balloon had indeed been breached during her battle with Nicolas.

Yet, these injuries were acceptable to Charlotte Linlin. Compared to her own injuries, the state Nicolas was in at the moment was even worse.

Though he maintained the form of the Thunder God, with no visible injuries, the prolonged maintenance of his elemental form consumed a tremendous amount of his energy.

It was known that among the three types of Devil Fruits, the Logia type was considered powerful due to the pseudo-invulnerability conferred by its elemental form. In this state, coupled with advanced Observation Haki, no one could harm a user of the Logia type directly.

Yet, to defeat a Logia-type user, one had to exhaust their energy, preventing them from maintaining their elemental form. Otherwise, if they were determined to escape, there was little one could do.

From the beginning of the battle until now, only slightly over an hour had passed since Nicolas and Big Mom had clashed. Both sides still held their trump cards, yet to be revealed.

It could even be said that the revelation of their true power was far from being unveiled!

With these thoughts in mind, Nicolas suddenly extended his hand, summoning a gigantic and immensely powerful Thunder Dragon that crackled with energy. This dragon roared ferociously as it soared towards Big Mom on top of Zeus.

"Zeus!"

Seeing the enormous Thunder Dragon charging towards her, Big Mom patted Zeus beneath her.

"Don't worry, Mom!"

As Zeus spoke, the volume of the thunderclouds expanded once again. Soon, the Thunder Dragon summoned by Nicolas disappeared into the thunderclouds.

As Zeus returned to its original size, it seemed to have become somewhat sluggish, he was just able to absorb a tiny bit of the thunder dragon.

"What's wrong with you, Zeus?"

As she looked at the lethargic Zeus, Charlotte Linlin hadn't spoken yet when Prometheus, beside her, was the first to speak up, loudly questioning.

"Buuurp, ate too much, got bloated."

Zeus burped and then a stream of electricity dripped from its mouth, splashing onto the ground below and shattering countless rubble in the ruins.

In the midst of her rage, Big Mom felt the terrifying aura emanating from the Thunder Dragon. She couldn't help but contract her pupils, revealing a hint of seriousness.

However, there was no room for her to evade. As the queen of Totto Land, her dignity did not allow her to do anything that would compromise her authority.

"Spear of Elbaf... Hegemon!"

With a furious roar, she gripped the hilt of Napoleon with both hands, covering the entire blade with Armament Haki. Once the entire blade was enveloped in Armament Haki, a black and crimson lightning danced around Napoleon.

Then, using all her strength, she swung the blade forward towards the unstoppable Thunder Dragon!

Swish!

As the blade descended, a beam of milky white light, with a diameter of tens of meters, soared into the sky, containing a sharpness that seemed to engulf everything in its path!

If the destructive power of Napoleon was enough to deter a nation, then the destructive power of Hegemon was undoubtedly enough to destroy a nation.