"Lion - Thousand Cut Valley!"
As Shusui swung down, golden lightning spread out, transforming into countless black-gold slashes that directly struck Katakuri's chaotic attacks.
Katakuri seemed to have anticipated this, transforming himself into a rice ball in advance and splitting himself apart first, allowing the chaotic slashes to pass through his body. His body swayed wildly with the movement of the slashes, like a willow branch.
The barrage of slashes, like a barrage of bullets, failed to hit him; they all flew backwards into the sky.
"Oh?" Kuro looked surprised. "You predicted them all?"
Katakuri possesses incredibly powerful Observation Haki, even capable of predicting the future.
He was able to 'see' what would happen next.
After dodging numerous slashes, he immediately materialized into human form, gripped the trident, and charged towards Kuro, ready to stab him.
Kuro's eyes narrowed, and he was about to make a move when he suddenly saw Katakuri leap high into the air and kick out. His leg split into countless smaller legs from his thigh, like flowers blooming or missiles launched in clusters. As the legs spread out, his foot was covered in Haki and kicked directly at Kuro.
"Willow cake!"
"I can do that kind of wide-range attack too!" Katakuri shouted.
He originally intended to use a thrust, but he "saw" that such pointless close combat was completely ineffective against the person in front of him, so he could only use this move.
Kuro watched the legs descend, then nonchalantly swung his sword forward. "Speaking of which, mochi balls, aren't they just rice cakes?"
Buzz!
A massive slash erupted from the blade, directly blocking Katakuri's scattered legs and knocking him back in one blow. Katakuri was sent flying into the sky by the slash, but he managed to break free mid-air, spinning twice before landing heavily. He then raised his hand, and his arm transformed into a weapon that looked familiar to Kuro.
The barrel of a Gatling gun.
"Peerless Glutinous Rice Ball Blade Bullet!"
Da da da da!
A barrage of imposing, mochi-like bullets erupted from the gun barrel and hurtled towards Kuro.
"You don't want to fight me in close combat? Do you know you're no match for me?"
Kuro simply swung his sword again, and a phantom of a tortoise shell formed in front of him. Bullets struck it, making a crisp clanging sound.
Katakuri didn't waste any words with him. Seeing that the attack was ineffective, he flicked his arm, and the barrel of the Gatling gun transformed into his arm. He pulled his arm back, and his fist suddenly turned red. Then he punched forward with a vengeance.
"Roasted glutinous rice balls!"
boom!
His fist was launched outwards, seemingly heated internally, turning fiery red, like a rocket launcher being fired.
Upon seeing this punch, Kuro narrowed his eyes and unconsciously tightened his grip on the sword in his hand.
Click!
The fiery red fist smashed through the tortoise shell phantom in front of Kuro and headed straight for him. But soon, a black blade appeared in mid-air, its tip touching the fiery red fist. After a brief stalemate, the fist's domineering aura was broken by the black blade, and it was then cut in two, turning into a glutinous rice ball that fell to the ground and was eventually absorbed by the awakened earth.
Taking the Straw Hat Pirates as an example, this technique surpasses his "King Kong Gun" and is quite powerful.
After Katakuri fired his fist, a new hand grew directly from the severed part of his wrist.
This is much more convenient than Straw Hat Luffy's ability. Although his resilience is not as high, this kind of Logia-like power is something that others cannot learn. Moreover, the fist is launched directly, so there is no need to worry about being cut.
They are essentially two sides of the same coin; Straw Hat Luffy possesses elasticity and resilience, and is known for his Armament Haki.
Katakuri possesses stickiness and plasticity, and excels in Observation Haki.
"Speaking of which, are glutinous rice balls considered a dessert?"
Kuro asked, "Are almost all the children of Totto Land who have Devil Fruit powers related to sweet things?"
Katakuri raised an eyebrow, suddenly slammed his hands onto the ground, and shouted, "Of course... it counts as a dessert!"
Boom!
Suddenly, the ground in front of him surged, forming a white river. It was a large amount of mochi balls coming together, like a huge wave rushing directly towards Kuro.
"Flowing glutinous rice balls!"
The power of awakening is good in this respect: it influences the surrounding environment, creating something of the same nature as oneself, and then controls it.
Doflamingo is a thread, Katakuri is a mochi.
He knew he wouldn't be a match for Kuro in close combat. Although he had the power of premonition to support him, there was no need to go that far. Of course, he would do whatever gave him the upper hand!
Not only were there huge waves surging over there, but even the area beneath Kuro's feet was affected, turning into a sticky, glutinous mass that entangled his feet.
"Um..."
Kuro looked down at his feet, which were stuck in the ground, and then at the surging white waves of mochi. He stretched out his sword and slashed forward with all his might.
brush!
The slash went straight for the surging white waves, cutting a large gap, but the gap quickly healed.
Kuro, seemingly defying all odds, continued to slash, unleashing one powerful strike after another, haphazardly cutting into the white waves and creating countless gashes. But no matter how deep the gashes were, the white waves would heal and were rapidly approaching Kuro.
"Be trapped and then drown, Golden Lion!" Katakuri shouted.
"What are you thinking about..."
Kuro's voice rang out from the air.
He looked up and saw that Kuro was already flying high in the sky, letting the white waves below surge around him.
Kuro sighed, "As expected, an ability is an ability; you can't judge it by common sense. It's very difficult to break through."
Ability is a miracle; this is the concept of 'glutinous rice ball,' possessing both stickiness and malleability. Even a powerful strike cannot break through it.
Although he had known this for a long time, there are always times when people are skeptical, so he wanted to give it a try.
turn out...
It's easier to just fly.
It's not just the other party who has the ability; he does too.
You can dodge it by flying.
"Rain-drenched glutinous rice!"
When his first attack missed, Katakuri shouted again, and the surging white waves of mochi split into thick and sharp mochi strips, with Haki rising from the tips, which shot towards Clow Reed in the sky like snakes.
"You can do that?"
Kuro exclaimed in admiration, then flashed past the direction from which the sticky rice strips rushed forward. But as soon as he stopped, he was suddenly stunned, because there were already several sticky rice strips waiting in the direction from which he had appeared.
Is it the domineering power of foresight...?
Katakuri's eyes hardened. "Die!"
boom!!
Those powerful sticks of rice struck Kuro, their enormous shapes obscuring his form and making it impossible to see what was happening.
Katakuri was taken aback. Without even looking at the details inside the rice cake, he flicked his arm, and a large number of rice cakes flew into the rice cake.
His 'premonition' showed it; this guy was perfectly fine!
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