With Roy's low shout, the entire sea seemed to awaken, churning violently.
Countless streams of seawater abruptly surged skyward, as if granted life, rapidly converging into lifelike water dragons.
These water dragons spiraled and danced through the air, their bodies crystal clear, their scales glistening brilliantly in the sunlight.
At this moment, the chakra within Roy was being consumed at an alarming rate.
The whole sky was now surrounded by these water dragons. They roared and howled like enraged beasts, charging toward Big Mom with devastating force.
Their forms traced elegant arcs through the air, each one carrying a terrifying power capable of destroying anything in its path.
"Seawater?" Big Mom froze, then her expression turned cold.
Seawater was the greatest bane of Devil Fruit users. If she were surrounded by this overwhelming tide of water dragons, even someone as strong as her would be unable to use her Devil Fruit abilities.
For her, this was undoubtedly a massive threat.
"I can't let this seawater surround me." Big Mom reacted quickly, shifting her stance and waving her hands to summon countless flames, attempting to burn away the seawater and break Roy's encirclement.
But Roy merely smiled softly. Standing above the sea, leveraging the terrain to his advantage, how could his Water Style techniques be so easily suppressed?
The moment the flames made contact with the seawater, they were swiftly extinguished, as if devoured by some invisible force.
Roy continued to unleash his Water Style techniques, his chakra flowing unceasingly, providing him with a powerful source of energy.
Though it was unclear how his chakra reserves compared to a Tailed Beast's, they were clearly vast.
This allowed him to continuously unleash powerful Water Style ninjutsu, plunging Big Mom into an unprecedented predicament.
"Not good." Katakuri's expression shifted.
Though he was locked in fierce combat with Marine Vice Admirals Momonga and Doberman, his gaze never left the decisive battle unfolding above.
In his future sight, Big Mom was facing an unprecedented crisis.
Katakuri's heart raced with anxiety. He knew his mother was immensely powerful, but trapped within that encircling tide of water dragons, even she would struggle to bring her full strength to bear.
With a sudden burst of force, the air around him seemed to solidify. Countless sharp spears of mochi materialized out of thin air, aimed at the sky in an attempt to relieve Big Mom's predicament.
"Not a chance!" Momonga and Doberman roared almost simultaneously. Their forms moved like phantoms, weaving together as two massive slashes tore through the air with howling winds, forcibly cutting Katakuri's attack short.
Working in tandem, Momonga and Doberman shattered Katakuri's mochi spears, scattering them across the ground.
High above, Big Mom's expression had turned exceptionally grim.
She felt the pressure closing in from all directions—an absolute suppression of her Devil Fruit abilities.
Without hesitation, she removed her hat, a long sword instantly appearing in her hand, its blade glinting coldly.
"Elbaf Spear: Ikoku!" With Big Mom's roar, a terrifying shockwave erupted from the tip of her sword, surging forth like a volcanic eruption.
Wherever the shockwave passed, countless water dragons were severed in two, exploding into cascades of water.
But before Big Mom could catch her breath, even more water dragons surged forward like an unending tide.
Big Mom's furious roars echoed across the sea as she swung her sword again, trying to cut down the dragons. But this time, several dragons struck her first, crashing into her with full force.
Though Big Mom's physical resilience was immense, her Devil Fruit abilities were severely suppressed within the seawater's grasp.
She could only watch as she was blasted into the depths of the ocean by the unrelenting dragons, her figure vanishing beneath the churning waves.
In that moment, the entire battlefield seemed to freeze, everything falling into a suffocating silence.
Whether pirate or Marine, every gaze was fixed on the sky, witnessing this staggering scene.
The seemingly indomitable and invincible Emperor of the Sea, Big Mom, had just been hurled into the deep ocean like a kite with its string cut, her fate unknown.
On the Marine side, after a brief moment of stunned disbelief, an eruption of cheers rang out.
They celebrated, jubilant, as if victory were already in sight.
On the Big Mom Pirates' side, however, unprecedented chaos and terror took hold.
They exchanged bewildered glances, at a loss, as if their anchor had been ripped away.
Below, Vice Admirals Momonga and Doberman stared up at Roy with looks of sheer shock.
Though they had always known Roy, as a Marine Admiral, was among the Navy's highest combat powers, witnessing him personally hurl an Emperor of the Sea, Big Mom, into the ocean was still a sight that filled them with profound awe and respect.
Yet that shock did not last long.
Suddenly, a deafening roar shattered the silence. From the sea where Big Mom had fallen, countless streams of hardened candy syrup erupted like bamboo shoots after rain, swiftly weaving into massive nets. They coiled around Big Mom's body, pulling her from the cold depths and slowly hoisting her back to the surface.
The moment she broke the surface, Big Mom leaped with force, landing solidly on the deck of her pirate ship.
This was, perhaps, the most disheveled appearance the widely feared Emperor of the Sea had ever made in her life—a stark contrast to the lofty, queenly image she usually projected.
Nearby, Charlotte Perospero, the eldest son of the Big Mom family, wore a dark expression, his eyes fixed on Roy. He had just used his Lick-Lick Fruit ability to pull Big Mom from the sea.
"That was close. I never imagined the Navy's youngest Admiral would prove so tenacious, even leaving Mama…" he muttered under his breath.
Big Mom was now incandescent with rage. Never had she imagined being so publicly driven into the ocean—a humiliating disgrace.
Her fury was like a volcano on the verge of eruption; the entire pirate ship could feel the terrifying aura radiating from her.
Without hesitation, she leaped onto Zeus, the massive cloud creature, and under her command, it charged straight at Roy.
Roy, however, remained unfazed, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth. His body dissolved into a trail of light, flickering like a phantom as he nimbly evaded Big Mom's assault.
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