Staggering to his feet, Oss felt like he was about to cough up his lungs.
But...
At least his consciousness hadn't been knocked out of him.
Seeing Mihawk about to be surrounded by Kaido and Big Mom, he knew he couldn't rest any longer.
With a loud shout, he successfully drew their attention to himself.
Oss stumbled forward, clutching his chest, but his expression remained eerily calm.
"Hey!!! Oss! You're still not going down after taking that kind of attack?!"
The curvaceous Big Mom looked somewhat angry seeing Oss stand up again.
Her beautiful eyes fixed on him intently, shocked by Oss's incredible constitution and monstrous talent.
Indeed, only by partnering with such a monster could she produce the strongest children.
But she was also worried for him.
In Oss's current state, if the fight continued, she and Kaido couldn't guarantee they'd be able to hold back from killing him...
"Your body is in terrible shape."
Watching Oss slowly steady himself, Mihawk spoke while holding his sword, then fixed his eyes on the two emperors again.
"Rest assured, I'll get you out of here."
His tone was calm and steady.
Mihawk seemed to be stating a fact as he made his promise to Oss.
Having such a reliable vice-captain, Oss admitted, gave him a great sense of security.
But if it stayed like this...
He wouldn't be able to reach the peak of Conqueror's Haki!
"Leave the rest to me. I promised Crocodile that I absolutely wouldn't fail."
Oss grinned, making an excuse that wasn't really an excuse.
But these words made Crocodile furious.
Biting her cigar, she shouted angrily as if looking at an idiot:
"Hey!!! Even if you want to act tough, pick the right time! This isn't the moment to fulfill some fucking promise!!!"
In her rage, the endless yellow sand instantly transformed into an even more terrifying tornado, forcing Katakuri to retreat.
But Oss clearly had his own plans.
And he understood his injuries perfectly.
"Don't worry. Someone like me, who countless people call cunning, cough cough... how could I not have a trump card..."
As Oss spoke, he coughed up more blood, making Mihawk and Crocodile's eyes twitch.
Those words had absolutely no convincing power.
But Oss just calmly looked at Kaido and Big Mom. As a few drops of cold sweat suddenly rolled down his forehead,
His body stood ramrod straight, no longer coughing blood, his breathing gradually steadying.
Finally, his injuries seemed to vanish like magic, slowly disappearing.
"What?!!!!"
Everyone who noticed this was shocked, staring at that figure in disbelief.
Setting everything else aside,
At least from the surface, except for his torn clothes and pale complexion, there wasn't a single trace of injury!!!
Kaido and Big Mom were the most shaken.
Others might not know, but they were clear on just how devastating that attack had been.
They didn't expect to kill Oss, but landing a hit should have guaranteed serious injury.
Even an awakened Mythical Zoan couldn't recover completely in just a few breaths!!!
Could there really exist a race and constitution in this world even more monstrous than the Lunarians???
"Something's wrong... look at the ground."
After the brief shock, the battle-hardened Kaido was first to notice something amiss. He stared intently at Oss's surroundings.
Following his reminder, Big Mom also noticed the anomaly.
The blood Oss had coughed up and those unidentifiable fragments
Had suddenly vanished?
There wasn't even a bloodstain on his body.
"Is it the Superhuman Teleport-Teleport Fruit ability?"
Having seen the world on Rocks' ship, Big Mom quickly guessed the truth after some thought.
Indeed, that was the case.
Oss's face was somewhat pale—this level of Observation Haki combined with his fruit ability was quite draining.
His microscopic Observation Haki gave Oss complete understanding of every part of his body, even reaching the level of Law with his awakened Op-Op Fruit.
What he had just done was teleport every damaged part of his body, the blood that flowed out, the fragments he coughed up, even the open wounds,
Using nanometer-level Observation Haki to instantly teleport them back where they belonged.
Perhaps the teleportation might be somewhat rough, but Oss's constitution could forcibly heal itself.
Even though some parts like nerves were beyond Oss's capability, he had "restored" most of his injuries to their pre-battle uninjured state at the cost of stamina and mental energy.
Theoretically, as long as he wasn't truly near death, Oss could use this technique infinitely.
It just consumed a lot of stamina and mental energy.
Seeing Oss stand up again with his sword, Mihawk was surprised but still stepped aside.
"Since this is your will, I understand...
At least, no one will interfere with your battle from now on."
After speaking, Mihawk took his sword and joined the other battlefields.
This instantly increased the pressure on Big Mom's children!
But Big Mom couldn't worry about her kids now—she had bigger troubles.
"Then... let's continue our unfinished battle."
Oss held nothing back.
In a flash, he suddenly appeared behind Kaido, Ace glowing with crimson light.
Swoosh—
A teleporting slash aimed straight for the back of Kaido's head, tracing a black-red arc through the air.
Like a specter, Oss at full power became a killing machine, unleashing Divine Departure from nowhere and everywhere.
As that merciless, murderous slash swung out,
Kaido's hair instantly stood on end. A death threat rushed to his brain. By the time his Observation Haki detected it, there was no time to swing his club.
He hastily met the attack with his fist wrapped in Armament and Conqueror's Haki.
BOOM—
Kaido staggered, forcibly knocked back dozens of meters by the slash, carving a trench in the ground.
Despite his hasty response, he looked gravely at the blood dripping from his knuckles...
If it hadn't caught on the bone, his hand would have been severed.
Sensing Oss's sudden appearance, Big Mom naturally didn't remain idle. The moment Kaido was knocked back, she assumed an attack stance.
"Emperor Sword: Blade of Destruction!!!"
Oss backhanded the strike, solidly blocking it, the ground beneath his feet instantly caving into a hundred-meter crater.
Both monsters who had displayed monstrous strength since childhood, Oss and Big Mom contested pure power.
Their blades continuously clashed, until finally Oss's face turned savage. Fighting through the pressure, he finally forced Big Mom back a step.
"When it comes to spirit and talent,
I, Oss, cannot possibly lose to anyone!!!"