NOVEL NEXT Chapter 87: Total Annihilation?
"BIG MOM!"
An enraged Jon let out a furious roar. Despite his massive size, he leaped into the air and charged straight at Charlotte Linlin with full force.
"Ma~ma ma ma..."
Charlotte Linlin continued to laugh.
Then—just as Jon was about to reach her—
She let out a terrifying shriek.
"...!!!"
The sheer volume of the sound staggered Jon mid-air.
It was as if he had been struck by an invisible force, causing his speed to plummet and his momentum to weaken significantly.
"BAM!"
Linlin threw a devastating punch.
Jon, momentarily slowed, failed to react in time and took the full force of the blow—
CRASH!
His body was sent plummeting into the sea.
Seizing the moment, Charlotte Linlin did not relent.
She immediately raised her massive sword, Napoleon, and slashed downward.
"Emperor Sword: Cognac!"
The blade of Napoleon burned with roaring flames, cutting toward Jon before he could regain his balance.
Even in his Wood Titan form, the attack struck his shoulder, and he let out a pained howl.
A deep, narrow wound split across his shoulder—
And his massive wooden body began to shrink.
Charlotte Linlin's relentless onslaught made Jon feel suffocated—he could barely catch his breath.
Initially, he had planned to use his transformation to buy time for the others to escape.
But he never expected Charlotte Linlin to be this monstrous.
"Damn it… It's the material. If I survive this, I HAVE to get my hands on Treasure Tree Adam! If my Wood Titan was made of that, its power would be several times stronger!"
Treasure Tree Adam was the strongest wood in the One Piece world.
Jon had always wanted to obtain it.
But unlike regular trees, getting a mere piece of its wood wasn't enough.
To fully recreate it, he likely needed a seed or to physically interact with a living Treasure Tree Adam.
Jon had long realized that the rarer the plant, the more difficult it was for him to replicate and control it.
Ordinary trees? A single glance was enough to recreate them.
More unique plants? If he touched them—even dead ones—he could duplicate them.
But for legendary plants?
He needed seeds, or direct, prolonged exposure to a living specimen.
Simply looking at pictures was useless.
This was why Jon had spent so much time seeking rare plant seeds from various sources.
Right now, despite being in Wood Titan form, his body was still being overwhelmed by Charlotte Linlin.
If not for his ability to generate wood continuously and manipulate underwater plants to anchor himself, he would have already sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Even so—
The situation was critical.
The battleship had been shattered by lightning, breaking apart into pieces.
Its crew had fallen into the sea—their fate unknown.
Jon had no time to worry about them.
It was clear now—
One woman. One pirate crew. That was all it took.
Charlotte Linlin—former Rocks Pirate crew member and one of the strongest female pirates in history—
Her strength was beyond terrifying.
Neither Katakuri nor Perospero had even lifted a finger.
They didn't need to.
Their mother was handling everything on her own.
"He's about to fall."
Perospero smirked, watching Jon get mercilessly beaten.
Katakuri, however, remained silent.
Watching Jon's raw strength made him realize his own limitations.
If their mother hadn't been here—
Would anyone in their crew have been able to defeat Jon?
Even himself?
Probably not.
At this point, Jon had been beaten down to less than twenty meters tall—
Shrunk by sheer force.
And yet—
Despite everything—
He had barely scratched Charlotte Linlin.
At most, he had forced her cloud homie, Zeus, to retreat—
Which meant nothing.
"I can't hold on… much longer..."
Jon was running on pure willpower.
His Wood Titan body was on the verge of collapse.
If he were in a forest, he could have absorbed plant energy to recover quickly.
But here—
On the ocean—
There were only small amounts of algae and seagrass beneath the water.
Even though they were numerous, they provided far too little energy to sustain him.
Against Charlotte Linlin, who could fly, there was nowhere to run.
Escape was impossible.
He had only one option.
"If I'm going to die, I'm not going out like this. No way in hell I won't at least injure you!"
With no way to retreat, Jon prepared for a final attack.
Raising his Titan's arm, he pointed at Charlotte Linlin.
A brilliant green glow surged from his fingertips.
"Wood Titan: Flying Finger Cannon!"
A head-sized air bullet burst from Jon's finger, swirling with green energy.
This was his strongest long-range attack, formed using every last ounce of his strength—
A seed projectile packed with immense power.
The attack was lightning-fast, reaching Charlotte Linlin instantly.
But—
She didn't even flinch.
She simply pulled back her fist—
A layer of black Armament Haki coated her knuckles—
And she punched straight through it.
BOOM!
The air bullet shattered.
But the moment it exploded, the green seeds inside burst open—
Transforming into massive pink flowers.
The flowers wrapped around Zeus, floating around Charlotte Linlin.
"...Flowers?"
Charlotte Linlin and her sons were stunned.
Previously, Jon's wood-based attacks had somewhat decent power—
But flowers?
What could they possibly do?
"Man-eating flowers?" Perospero asked hesitantly.
But no.
The flowers simply bloomed, doing nothing.
For a full ten seconds, the three pirates stood confused, surrounded by giant pink blossoms—
Completely uncertain about what was happening.
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