Kaido awakens and defeat Luffy during battle of Onigashima

"He is indeed my worthy adversary!" King smiled, charging forward with renewed speed.

Charlotte Katakuri wiped the blood from his mouth corner, a fierce smile playing on his face as he retracted his awakening ability.

The ground quickly reverted to its chaotic state.

Suddenly, a gleaming trident emerged from Katakuri's arm made of Mochi. This was his weapon "Mogura ."

Eager for battle, Katakuri opted to forgo using his immensely draining "Awakening" ability. Instead, he chose to engage in physical combat to settle the score with his opponent.

While undoubtedly a method of confronting the adversary's strengths with his own weaknesses, it was also a last resort due to his depleted physical strength.

Unperturbed, King repeatedly pushed Katakuri back with peculiar wing slashes, creating bursts of sparks.

Katakuri, though constantly on the defensive, utilized his Observation Haki to maintain an impenetrable defense and await the perfect opportunity to strike back.

Attacking vigorously, King taunted, "Is this the limit of your abilities without your power?"

Unfazed by the taunts, Katakuri calmly replied while continuing to defend, "I noticed earlier that you didn't wield a weapon until now. Interesting how you choose to transform to face me!"

King stated indifferently, "The sword may have broken before, but I am not a swordsman anyway! There is no style in fighting, it doesn't matter how you fight, winning is the most important!"

Charlotte Katakuri also knew that King's entire body could be used as a weapon and said calmly, "The killing weapon of the Beasts Pirates is truly well-deserved!"

"Are you still interested in talking about this now?" King let out a dull roar and immediately intensified his two-wing attack. With a mighty blow, he pushed Katakuri's body directly away, seizing the opportunity to extend his wings and pursue him, allowing no chance for his opponent to catch his breath.

Impacted by the formidable force, Katakuri slid backward rapidly, until a wall cracked and collapsed upon impact being offset.

Before he could regain his composure, a red light flashed in his eyes, and the opponent's attacks swiftly followed one after another.

Despite the option to preemptively deform his body to evade the onslaught, Katakuri remained committed to his earlier promise, choosing to face the attack head-on.

The trident in his hand immediately took on a dark Armament Haki glow, striving to resist King's black wing slash.

King's exceptionally strong black wings, comparable to two massive knives, pummeled the trident until it burst into flames and even bent under the pressure.

However, Katakuri's Earth Mochi proved exceedingly resilient and never shattered.

In a swift motion, the curved weapon instantly straightened, propelling Katakuri backward with the help of the elastic force, creating distance between them.

King, maintaining full momentum, refused to allow his opponent a moment to recover, transforming into a swift black afterimage and launching another assault.

"i need to find a way to turn the tables!" Katakuri's expression turned serious as he focused on regaining control of the situation, pondering strategies to shift the tide in his favor.

He recognized that King, who had forsaken defense for an all-out offensive, displayed astonishing speed, nearly matching his own. Furthermore, King surpassed him notably in terms of Armament Haki and sheer physical strength.

With Katakuri's advantage lying solely in Observation Haki—seeing and hearing—the decision to leverage this asset was crucial.

With resolve, Katakuri's eyes glowed a faint red as he pushed his Observation Haki to its peak capacity.

"Unlimited Future Sight!"

This technique was his most potent trump card.

By continuously activating his future sight ability, Katakuri could achieve a 360-degree dynamic vision, foreseeing his opponent's next moves in combat with precision. Every detail of their actions, including the immediate future, would be revealed to him.

It represented the pinnacle of his mastery over Observation Haki. The demands on his Haki proficiency were immense, and the rapid draining of his Haki reserves was unavoidable. Even Katakuri could sustain this heightened state for only a brief period.

In a heartbeat, time seemed to slow as King swift movements were meticulously tracked by Katakuri's enhanced foresight.

Moments before the impending black wing slash, Katakuri vanished from his original position, reemerging directly above his opponent in a swift and calculated maneuver.

The pitch-black trident struck powerfully, landing a direct hit on his back.

King offered no reaction, grunting as he was slammed to the ground with force, causing the earth to crack and collapse beneath him.

True to his word, without invoking his flaming state to defend against the attack, King was caught off guard, energy surging, and blood boiling.

However, King's resilience shone through as he swiftly recalibrated his state, leaping into the air and launching another deceptive assault.

Unbeknownst to him, his intentions had once again been intercepted by his opponent.

Sneering, Katakuri remarked to himself, "Deceptive tactics won't work against me."

With agile movements, Katakuri dodged preemptively before the opponent's attack connected.

This time, King caught on to the telltale signs. Although the opponent wasn't significantly faster, they continually seized the initiative to counterattack ahead of him.

Realizing this, King abruptly retreated, a sense of alarm washing over him.

Unsurprisingly, his retreat direction had been anticipated by the opponent.

"No use hiding from me!" Katakuri had already outmaneuvered him, appearing behind him in advance.

With swift precision, the armed trident swung out once more, slashing towards King.

King made a valiant effort to accelerate and resist but had only enough time to raise his wings in defense.

The air erupted, reverberating like thunder through the mirrored world.

Katakuri bided his time, readying himself.

The lightning-fast and mighty blow left King with no opportunity to resist with full force.

He was swiftly propelled by the impact.

Blood splattered, and several stone pillars shattered with a resounding crash.

Finally, he collided forcefully with the wall, becoming deeply embedded in its crevices.

Approaching steadily, Katakuri advanced with the trident in hand, his Observation Haki still engaged, maintaining a tight lock on his opponent.

Trapped within the stone's crevices, King slowly raised his head, freeing himself from the encasement and leaping down.

Covering his chest, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, King regarded Katakuri with sincere admiration.

"It's truly remarkable, predicting the future! I never imagined that someone with such acute observation and hearing capabilities could... If you can wield them to this extent, it's no wonder BIG MOM has maintained her Four Emperors position for years!"

Katakuri remained focused, responding earnestly, "Your unique strength and Armament Haki color present quite a challenge. In a direct confrontation, you indeed have the upper hand over me! This is why I must resort to stratagems."

King smiled and said: "I've said it before, the way of fighting is not important. What matters is to seize victory in the end.

"Now that you have revealed your trump cards, I can no longer conceal mine."

Katakuri frowned, sensing an ominous premonition welling up in his heart.

Once again, King stretched his wings and took off into the air, gazing down coldly at his opponent below.

"Dance of Death: Black Emperor!"

His wings glistened with a strange black sheen as he swiftly sent out an afterimage. It appeared as if his wings extended dozens of times, resembling a colossal black scythe being swung down in a mesmerizing trance.

Katakuri, experiencing the incredible speed capable of effortlessly slicing through air resistance leaving afterimages, finding himself in awe. The slashing speed was akin to that of a laser beam.

Despite foreseeing the attack, Kings body moved too swiftly to react in time.

He could only raise his Mogura to defend against the assault.

The black whirlwind tore through the surrounding walls and ground, creating a frightful gap several hundred meters long.

Forced to confront it head-on, Katakuri felt an overwhelming force akin to the collapse of the heavens emanating from the weapon's tip. His arms momentarily went numb, the ground beneath his feet fracturing and exploding.

His body abruptly slid backward, carving out two deep trenches before finally losing balance and rolling backward, creating a crater dozens of meters deep in the ground.

As he rose with his weapon in hand, he involuntarily coughed up a pool of blood, having anticipated what was to come.

The opponent's phantom manifestation from earlier didn't truly elongate the wings but rather utilized a powerful armament haki to manipulate the scythe-like wind, similar to a master swordsman's slash. The speed was so intense that evading seemed impossible, making it even more formidable.

Like his boundless observation haki ability, King technique also pushed the weapon's haki to an exceptional level, albeit at an immense cost on his haki reserves.

"No amount of foresight proved to be effective!" Katakuri felt a mix of admiration and astonishment, his eyes returning to normal.

King descended slowly and inquired, "How long has this battle lasted?"

Katakuri responded, "It's been seven days and nights; time is inconsequential now!"

King nodded and proposed, "There's no merit in prolonging this further. Let's determine the result with our next moves!"

Surprised initially, Katakuri then grinned and agreed, "Just what I was hoping for!"

Both combatants had reached their physical limits and drained their haki reserves to a critical degree.

"Dance of death: black emperor!"

The black wings vanished in an instant.

"Emperor's Single Mochi Thrust."

Simultaneously, the trident spun rapidly, channeling all remaining haki into the strike.

As the two fierce attacks clashed, shockwaves and impacts propagated outward in concentric circles, stirring up a flurry of debris, dust, and smoke.

Every mirror within a 100-meter radius shattered.

The entire mirror world quaked with intense vibrations and deafening reverberations.