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Chapter 181 Kabal's runaway, fruit awakening?
🕑 Added 2025-06-27 12:51:35 +0000 UTC"What's going on?"
Gojo Satoru, Uchiha Madara, and the others—who had just finished wiping out the remnants of the Marines, CP agents, and Pacifists—suddenly turned their attention toward Kronos.
All of them had sensed it: a strange, overwhelming energy radiating from Kronos' location.
The broken wreckage of ships floating on the ocean suddenly began to levitate, rising slowly under the influence of this mysterious force.
Even Konan, Gojo, Albedo, and Uchiha Madara felt the same energy tugging at their bodies—attempting to lift them into the sky.
But thanks to their immense strength and mastery over their abilities, they resisted the buoyant force and held firm on the deck.
However, the others—Assac, Vians, Poprun, Kent, and Illya—were not so lucky.
Their bodies began to float involuntarily. Fortunately, they managed to grab onto masts, railings, and fixtures on the Angel of Redemption just in time to avoid being carried away.
Yet their relief was short-lived.
The entire Angel of Redemption itself began rising from the surface of the ocean, caught in the same invisible force.
Even the sea water itself began to lift—rising in unnatural currents.
And at the center of it all stood Kabalu, still clutching his severed arm, just meters away from Kronos.
Clang!
The black spear Kronos had thrown at him was suddenly repelled, crashing into a nearby rock before dissolving into black mist.
"This... is Devil Fruit awakening?"
Kronos frowned, watching the chaotic spectacle unfolding around Kabalu.
The scale of power, the range of influence, and the gravitational shift all pointed to a single conclusion—Kabalu's Devil Fruit had awakened.
But something wasn’t right.
Though Kabalu’s power had clearly surged, his condition seemed far from normal.
Kabalu stood there, mouth agape, a thin stream of scarlet vapor rising from his lips.
Black mist from Kronos’ earlier attack still clung to his severed arm, corroding the flesh—yet Kabalu no longer showed any signs of pain.
His mouth hung slack, saliva dripping, and his hollow, lifeless eyes stared directly at Kronos.
He slowly raised his injured right arm—what remained of it—and pointed straight at him.
The scene was eerie, even disturbing.
Kronos narrowed his eyes, sensing something deeply unnatural.
Suddenly, Kabalu’s lips twitched. He mumbled a single syllable:
“E...”
Then, thin trails of dark red blood-tears trickled from his empty, glazed eyes.
A tremendous buoyant force suddenly took hold of Kronos as well, lifting him off the ground!
But Kronos reacted instantly.
He created a spatial barrier above himself, pressing down to counter the lift and keep himself anchored midair.
"F... E..."
"Die..."
"Die..."
Kabalu continued repeating the word, voice hoarse and robotic, as the pull of his awakened power grew more violent.
A massive portion of the sea lifted into the air, along with shattered remnants of warships, Marine corpses, CP agents, and dismantled Pacifist bodies.
From above, it looked like an enormous semi-spherical field, at least two kilometers in diameter, had formed with Kabalu at its core.
Inside this dome, everything was suspended in midair—defying gravity.
Even the Angel of Redemption was caught in the field, hovering above the ocean!
Not even powerhouses like Bang and the Six Paths of Pain could resist without a countermeasure—they, too, floated uncontrollably.
“This is insane!”
“We’re way too high! Even if there’s seawater below, falling from here could be fatal!”
“What kind of ability is this?! I’ve never seen anything like it!”
The crew members—Assac, Kent, Poprun, Vians, and Illya—clung to the ship’s frame, voices shaking with panic.
“Don’t worry,” a calm voice said.
Tornado suddenly appeared on the deck, her emerald cape fluttering gently as she floated effortlessly.
Her expression was cool and composed—unshaken by the surrounding chaos.
“Is this some form of psychic power?” she muttered. “Too bad for him... mine is stronger.”
With that, she spread her arms wide.
Her psychic energy surged outward in a wave of pressure.
In a flash, the Angel of Redemption was completely enveloped by her telekinesis.
With a flick of her wrist, she moved all affected crew members back into place on the ship—returning everyone who had lost control of their bodies.
Then, she propelled the entire ship out of the levitating field, bypassing the gravitational zone completely.
Back at the center of the chaos, Kabalu was still muttering:
"Die..."
"Die..."
Finally, after the word repeated several times, Kabalu fell silent.
His pointing stump dropped to his side.
But the gravitational anomaly remained.
Kronos, who had resisted the pull thanks to his spatial barriers, now stared coldly at Kabalu.
He made a quick decision—Kabalu had to be stopped before this power spiraled even further out of control.
A black gleam flickered in Kronos’ eyes. His form began to change.
Black mist billowed outward from his body, coiling like smoke around his frame.
It was the power of his Devil Fruit—the Chaos God Form.
As more black mist poured from him, a pulse of oppressive energy spread across the battlefield.
The sky above darkened instantly, shrouded in swirling black clouds.
Thunder cracked, and bolts of lightning surged within the storm.
Sensing this new danger, Kabalu tilted his head back, staring blankly at the sky—then shifted his gaze to Kronos, who was now fully cloaked in a storm of black chaos.
Kabalu raised his lone remaining hand.
All the floating seawater and debris began to converge—spiraling into a massive tornado of destruction, filled with blades, shipwrecks, and metal shards.
"AHHHHH!!!"
Kabalu let out a mindless scream and sent the swirling vortex hurling toward Kronos!
Kronos didn’t flinch.
He raised his arm, and the black mist around him surged violently.
A new Black Flash Spear formed in his hand—sharper, denser, and far more terrifying than before.
This time, powered by the full might of his Chaos God Form, the spear would not be deflected.
Kabalu would not be able to stop it.
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