Chapter 172 New Homies
Prometheus was shocked in the sky.
But in the next second, a bulge rapidly formed within the pillar of flame he erupted, moving upward at high speed until it reached his front.
A humanoid lightning bolt, bathed in flames, flew out from within.
"If you want to replace your partner that badly, then let's start by replacing you!"
Amidst the crackling black lightning, Zane grabbed Prometheus.
Boom!!!
Haki-Nen and Conqueror's Haki poured in simultaneously.
Without even a chance to scream, Prometheus—a product of the Soul-Soul Fruit's power—exploded from within and vanished into thin air.
"How can this be? Prometheus's presence has disappeared?"
"It's that Three-Eye Zane! He was the one fighting Mama just now!"
"What about Mama? How is she?"
"Quick, take this guy down!"
Having rushed all the way, the elites of the Big Mom Pirates finally arrived at Cacao Island.
Those moving at the highest speeds didn't stop, running straight to the scene of the battle, just in time to see Zane crush Prometheus with his bare hands.
Within the perception of Observation Haki...
Prometheus's explosion wasn't like the usual scattering; his presence had completely vanished.
This situation left Perospero, Snack, Smoothie, Daifuku, and Oven shocked and enraged.
Clang! Clang!
As the most decisive among the Four Sweet Commanders, Snack and Smoothie were the first to act.
Both quickly unsheathed their blades, unleashing sharp slashing waves in unison.
Having finished off Prometheus, Zane, who was about to attack Charlotte Linlin again, suddenly turned his head to look at the sharp slashing waves flying from below.
He raised a hand and pointed.
Several beams of lightning bloomed.
The fierce slashing waves were intercepted and detonated by two lightning beams in mid-air, followed by more beams shooting toward Smoothie and the others.
"Quick, dodge!"
Smoothie and the others' expressions changed, and they hastily scrambled in all directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One by one, the lightning beams struck the earth, triggering violent thunderstorms and forming heavy energy fields filled with lightning that pulverized the ground, sending out layers of shockwaves.
The huge crater suddenly rippled like a living thing.
In the next second.
A lifelike stone dragon spiraled up from the massive pit.
The stone dragon's length exceeded hundreds of meters.
Standing atop the dragon's head was none other than Charlotte Linlin.
"How dare you bully Mama! I'll definitely kill you!"
The stone dragon—or rather, the new Homie, Gaia—shouted angrily.
Earth gathered and compressed.
A high-density stone projectile broke through the air, forming layers of air currents as it blasted out from the dragon's mouth.
Stepping on lightning and standing in the void, Zane faced the high-speed stone projectile. With a composed hand formed into a blade, he gave a light flick, causing it to split in two before him and fly off into the distance on both sides.
The earth shook.
The stone projectile attack was merely a warm-up.
The massive, coiling stone dragon used the earth as its sea, lunging forward at extreme speed. Standing atop the dragon's head, Charlotte Linlin launched herself into the sky.
Crackle!
Invisible soul power shot straight into the clouds, causing dark clouds to surge and striking down bolts of lightning toward Charlotte Linlin.
Her obese body was enveloped in lightning.
However, it didn't harm her; instead, it condensed into a new thundercloud.
The second new Homie, Hera, was born!!
Below.
Gaia the stone dragon opened its maw and lunged to bite Zane.
God's Judgment!!
A beam of lightning poured into Gaia's mouth, not only piercing through its head but also erupting into a thunderstorm that pulverized more than half of the dragon's body.
Mama Raid!
The moment Hera was born, she carried Charlotte Linlin in a rapid dive.
Lightning coiled around the great sword Napoleon.
"Take another strike from the old lady!"
Charlotte Linlin roared ferociously, swinging her sword in a downward cleave.
Crack!
Even more brilliant lightning bloomed.
Zane transformed into a humanoid bolt of lightning, effortlessly evading the strike and appearing at her side.
Boom!!!
Carrying the speed of lightning, a sharp whip kick landed on Charlotte Linlin's aged face, which had long since lost to time.
A fierce shockwave radiated outward.
Charlotte Linlin was kicked spinning away from the thundercloud, falling toward the distance.
"Bastard, I'll shock you to death!"
Homies were also divided into male and female.
This Hera was clearly a female Homie.
But regardless of gender, Homies were essentially the children of their creator, Charlotte Linlin.
Seeing Charlotte Linlin kicked away by Zane, Hera flew into a rage, releasing a massive amount of electricity that swept toward him.
Such a familiar move.
Oh, Zeus did the same thing just now.
Watching Hera attempt to electrocute him—a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user—with lightning.
A trace of a smile appeared in Zane's eyes.
'Zeus, thank me properly. I've found a partner for you.'
Grabbed with one hand, refined in an instant!
Hera's lightning fell upon Zane without causing even the slightest ripple.
Instead, it was her.
When Zane reached out and grabbed.
Under the infusion of lightning, she immediately transformed from anger to comfort and docility.
"Get in there!" Zane casually opened a Space Door.
Just like Zeus before, he sent Hera directly into the Door-Door Space.
Zane looked toward Charlotte Linlin, who had crashed in the distance, once more.
His gaze was somewhat strange.
'Could she be some kind of gift-bestowing child?'
"Hera! Hera! Hera, where did you go!!!"
Having carved out another path through the town.
At the end of it, Charlotte Linlin crawled out of the ruins, her head spinning as she shouted for Hera.
Unfortunately.
In response to her calls, Hera was nowhere to be seen.
"Mama, I just saw Hera get captured by the enemy and sent to a strange place."
Nearby, Gaia condensed a small stone dragon from the ground to explain to Mama.
"What?!" Charlotte Linlin flew into a towering rage.
Not to mention Zeus, Prometheus was just killed by Zane, and now Hera was captured. When had her Homies become so weak?
Crackle!
Lightning arrived.
A spinning steel fist struck out, carrying thunder.
Her pupils constricted. Charlotte Linlin immediately abandoned all other thoughts and hastily raised her left arm to block.
Boom!!!
The howling shockwave radiated outward, pulverizing the surrounding ground and buildings.
Charlotte Linlin's body trembled, and her feet plowed through the earth as she was pushed back, forming two long trenches.
"Bastard!"
The numbing sensation in her arm made Charlotte Linlin even more furious. Her hair curled back and stood up high, dancing in the air like a terrifying witch from a fairy tale.
The great sword Napoleon swung up, cleaving a massive slashing wave that tore toward Zane.
Alternating his arms.
Zane met the strike with his fists, showing no weakness as he intercepted and blew apart the massive slashing wave.
His figure descended, and the moment he touched the ground, Zane lunged with another punch toward her.
A crimson glint flashed in Charlotte Linlin's eyes as she also threw a punch.
Boom!!!
The two fists collided.
An astonishing clash occurred across a gap, triggering a wild dance of black lightning and shockwaves.