The Domain of Sloth continued to blanket the battlefield, and as time passed, its effects only grew more terrifying.
The very air felt like thick, sticky syrup; every breath carried a sweet heaviness that made you want to just lie down on the spot.
Even the waves slowed, rising and falling weakly, as though the sea itself had lost all interest in roaring and only wanted to take a quiet nap.
Over seventy percent of the ordinary members of the Big Mom Pirates had already given up resisting completely, sprawled all over the deck, sound asleep in a deep slumber.
Every one of them wore a peaceful, satisfied expression, as if they had never slept this comfortably in their entire lives.
Even the powerful officers were struggling.
Charlotte Perospero, the Minister of Candy, had barely recovered after being kicked away by Kizaru earlier, and now even maintaining his candy creations had become extremely difficult.
The candy wall he made drooped weakly, losing its proper hardness, turning into something that resembled melted taffy.
"I can't focus…"
He shook his head desperately, trying to chase away the bone-deep drowsiness, but his eyelids were as heavy as iron, and his vision was turning blurry.
Even Katakuri, whose willpower was the strongest among the Sweet Commanders, was not in good shape.
He bit down hard, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth as he used pain to shock his nerves awake.
But the Observation Haki he prided himself on, the ability to foresee the future, was now covered by a thick fog.
He could only "see" vague, broken fragments of the future, and even those came with delay.
By the time he reacted and moved to dodge, Kizaru's attack had already ended.
It felt like a top-tier fighter had been forced to play with one full second of network delay, always a step behind, unable to use his abilities properly.
"Damn it…"
Katakuri half-knelt on the deck, panting violently, his body riddled with smoking laser holes.
He had never imagined he would be defeated in such a suffocating, humiliating way.
The enemy didn't overwhelm him with strength, nor outsmart him with strategy; he simply made him "not want to move."
This kind of battle-nullifying ability, which crushed the will to fight at its core, was more terrifying than any physical attack.
And Kizaru was undeniably the greatest beneficiary of this Domain of Sloth.
Renzo had selectively exempted him from the debuff and crafted the perfect environment just for him.
Every enemy turned into a slow-moving target, and he became a top-tier player holding an infinite-ammo laser gun with blink teleports.
"This is… by far the easiest high-level match I've ever played in my life."
Kizaru appeared in front of the last officer still barely standing, Charlotte Smoothie.
Smoothie was trying hard to activate her ability, but her movements looked like they were being replayed in slow motion.
"As a lady, you shouldn't push yourself this hard," Kizaru's voice sounded beside her ear.
Smoothie's pupils shrank sharply, and just as she tried to counterattack, a golden, glowing foot gently pressed into her abdomen.
Boom!
Smoothie followed the fate of her comrades, flying away like a cut kite and completely losing her combat ability.
With this, excluding Big Mom herself, every officer participating in the assault had been utterly defeated.
And the mastermind behind all this, Renzo, had been lying on the sofa the entire time, sipping tea, occasionally commenting:
"Sigh, Kizaru's kicking posture isn't very stylish. He should've spun another 720 degrees; that would've given it more aesthetic appeal."
Monet watched here, jaws dropped, minds completely blank.
This was… the true power of the Marine Headquarters' top combat force?
No, more accurately, this was the terrifying dominance a Marine Admiral could unleash when paired with a god-tier support capable of crushing a Yonko crew!
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
In the center of the battlefield, Big Mom finally snapped.
She watched her treasured children fall one after another, and the helplessness and fury made her enormous body tremble from sheer rage.
"HAIROYO!!! BORSALINO!!!"
She released a hysterical roar, her eyes turning blood-red as her soul and Haki erupted uncontrollably.
The Domain of Sloth still affected her… but she was now trying to break through the suppression with raw rage and willpower.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU ALL!!"
Her aura surged wildly. Prometheus and Zeus also sensed her wrath and grew several times in size, turning into two massive calamities flanking Big Mom.
The flames became so hot they boiled the surrounding seawater.
Lightning burst wildly through Hera, writhing like a storm of silver serpents.
"Mama… Mama's going out of control!"
On the distant Queen Mama Chanter, the remaining conscious crew screamed in terror.
They knew this was the sign that Charlotte Linlin had fully snapped.
In this state, she would destroy everything around her, friend or foe.
"Oyoyoyo… she's going all out now?"
Kizaru appeared not far away. For the first time, his expression carried a hint of seriousness behind the sunglasses.
A Yonko's death throes were nothing even he could take lightly.
But just as Big Mom was gathering all her power to unleash her ultimate, all-or-nothing attack…
The man who had been lying down since the beginning finally moved.
Renzo slowly sat up and handed his teacup to Monet.
He stretched lazily, bones cracking sharply, wearing an expression like: "Ah, warm-up's finally over."
"All right, the show's just about done."
"I've had my fun."
"Time to end this."
Renzo raised a hand and pointed toward the battlefield.
[Sloth's Decree]
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