Chapter 200: Life Or Surrender
A circular impact tore apart everything around it in an instant, blasting toward Aoxi in midair.
At the same time, the tree as thick as an adult’s torso exploded into a cloud of powder on the spot under this domineering power.
Whoosh—
Bang!!!
“Sister Aoxi!”*2
Seeing Aoxi knocked away like a cannonball in the air, the two little ones with red hair and Red Nose couldn’t help but shout out loud, and Rayleigh gripped his sword hilt, preparing to act.
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“Hm? Aren’t you going to make a move?”
“That red-haired little girl is your sister, right?”
Seeing Miss La still calmly watching the show, Hainar on the side couldn’t help but speak up.
Earlier, after he informed Captain Shiki of the situation on site, the other party seemed very interested in these Beasts Pirates brats too.
Now he was secretly using a Recording Den Den Mushi to record the scene, planning to hand it over to Shiki later.
“No need for that yet. Right now, it’s just two kids slightly venting their dissatisfaction in a scuffle.”
“Scuffle……”
Hainar glanced at the distant building reduced to ruins, where Aoxi was rising again from the smoke and dust, looking surprisingly unharmed.
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Whoosh—
Bang!
Aoxi’s shadow flashed and vanished in the smoke and dust, leaving everything behind her shattered by the sonic boom.
Her movement trajectory was completely invisible; only the lawn and trees flipped up by the strong wind along the way revealed the tail trace of this red comet from the previous second.
“Hm?”
“Here!”
Sensing the anomaly behind her, Big Mom abruptly turned around, while raising her arm.
Thud!
After a low, muffled sound, Big Mom’s body was pushed back another step.
Looking at the small fist pressing against her arm, she narrowed her eyes and swung her other hand to swat Aoxi away like swatting a mosquito.
Whoosh—!
The massive palm parted the air, viciously slapping toward Aoxi’s head, but the next second it passed straight through her small body.
“Hm?!”
“Afterimage? How is that possible?”
The sensation on her skin hadn’t changed at all; the opponent’s fist had never left her arm for even a moment!
How could this be?
Thud!
While Big Mom was still puzzled, Aoxi’s next punch followed closely, hitting the same spot.
Sizzle—
Big Mom’s body was knocked back once more, the lawn under her feet plowed into a visible furrow by her high heels.
But Aoxi’s attacks did not stop.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The small fist struck one after another, each time accompanied by Big Mom’s massive retreat; everyone around was already dumbfounded.
“S-Sister Aoxi is actually suppressing that old woman?!”
“She’s so strong!”
“Sister Aoxi is actually this powerful?”
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“Hey, hey, hey!”
“You’re kidding, right?!”
“Charlotte is actually being suppressed by that little kid?!”
Du Field lowered his telescope and took off the small round sunglasses he had been wearing, incredulously rubbing his eyes.
“Morgans, do you want to take a look?”
“I suspect my eyes are playing tricks on me.”
“Morgans?”
After calling for a while with no response, Field curiously turned his head to look.
“What is this…?”
“Huff~ Huff~!”
At this moment, Morgans’s sharp bird eyes were fixed dead on the battlefield, his wings cradling a Recording Den Den Mushi, his whole body heaving dramatically as if high, muttering unintelligible sounds from his mouth.
“Heh, hehehe!”
“Sea, New World… balance… hehe!”
But even as his bird-like body swayed dramatically from excitement, the Den Den Mushi in his wings remained perfectly steady without a tremor, steadily recording everything in the distance.
Recording this scene that would once again upend the entire sea’s power structure.
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“Arrogant brat!”
Finally unable to endure being pushed back constantly, Big Mom swung the arm that had been blocking hard, whipping Aoxi away like a whip after taking a punch head-on.
Smack!
Whoosh—Bang!
Aoxi was knocked flying again, flying parallel to the ground for a while before crashing heavily into a thick outer wall, embedding deeply into it.
But this time, before she could pull herself out, Big Mom’s figure appeared before her, a large hand directly pinning her firmly deep into the wall.
Crackle!
“Brat, weren’t you good at running?”
“Let’s see you run now!”
Big Mom’s fingers tightened forcefully, trying to crush and grip Aoxi along with the surrounding crushed stone.
Squeeze~
Feeling the pressure from all around, Aoxi showed no sign of panic, simply looking calmly at the other’s ferocious face right in front of her and asking:
“Pink Big Mom, those so-called ‘Homies’ are all made by you, right?”
“Hm?”
Not understanding why she suddenly brought this up, but thinking of the Homies she had destroyed, Big Mom still replied in an angry tone:
“Yes! Those Homies were all made by me personally; they are everyone’s ‘friends’（homies）!”
“And you, you ‘killed’ them, killed everyone’s friends! You hateful murderer!”
With that, Big Mom’s emotions grew more agitated, and the force in her hand increased.
“Friends? Calling those things friends? You really are disgustingly repulsive.”
“You should know very well where the souls inside those so-called ‘friends’ of yours come from, right?”
“Can you answer me?”
Aoxi stared unyieldingly into the other’s eyes with her golden pupils.
“They are all souls voluntarily contributed by the residents of ‘Whole Cake Island’. I provide them protection; is it wrong for them to contribute a bit of soul?”
“And those souls of theirs become everyone’s ‘friends’（homies） again, staying by everyone’s side. What’s wrong with that?”
Big Mom answered matter-of-factly.
“Voluntarily? Then what about those who voluntarily want to leave? Why do their souls appear in those Homies too?”
Aoxi had seen clearly the true emotions contained in the soul fragments within those Homies.
“Leave? Why would they leave? On what grounds?”
Big Mom widened her eyes, as if hearing something baffling.
“What I’m building is a nation of All Races where every race can live harmoniously together!”
“I will be like a nun, becoming everyone’s mother, forever protecting their bodies and souls.”
“And those who defy ‘Mother’ are ‘bad children’; ‘bad children’ deserve punishment, just like now!”
“Just like you!”
Big Mom said, grabbing Aoxi along with the surrounding crushed stone and debris in her hand, then raising her to her face.
“Life Or Surrender（Lifespan or surrender）?”
The Soul-Soul Fruit’s ability activated, a terrifying and intimidating aura emanating from Big Mom, chilling to the bone; now she was like an evil god toying with life.
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“That’s Mama’s ability?! Mama is really angry!”
“That little girl is done for; who knows how many years of lifespan she’ll lose.”
“So pitiful; she’s still just such a small child~”
“This is what happens when you oppose Mama!”
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Clang!
The sharp blade was unsheathed.
Seeing this scene, Rayleigh could no longer sit still.
“Little girl, get out of the way! That Big Mom woman is getting serious!”
“She’s about to drain your sister’s lifespan!”
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“Miss La, aren’t you going to act? That woman’s ability is no joke once activated!”
Seeing Miss La not acting, Hainar was already getting restless; he prepared to save this girl whom the captain had his eye on.
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“‘Life Or Surrender’? Sorry, Pink Old Big Mom, this young master doesn’t quite understand what you’re saying.”
“But luckily, my English is good enough to reply… FXXK YOU!”
Amid everyone’s shocked gazes, Aoxi completely ignored Big Mom’s death question, then pried open her palm with raw brute force.
Snap!
While Big Mom was still immersed in the shock of her ability failing, Aoxi mercilessly punched her in the face without mercy; this time Big Mom was directly knocked sitting to the ground.
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