Super Card System

After leveling up to 60, not only did Ian unlock the sixth card slot, but he also unlocked an exclusive treasure slot.

This exclusive treasure slot pertains to Ian’s main card slot, meaning he could now equip a second exclusive treasure.

Moreover, this second exclusive treasure slot functions the same way as the one where he equipped the Senbonzakura blade. The exclusive treasure equipped in this position, once manifested, exists in reality, unlike the exclusive treasures equipped on other cards, which only appear when using the corresponding card abilities.

As a result, Ian had no choice but to continuously refresh the exclusive treasure fragment shop to piece together another exclusive treasure.

Initially, Ian wanted to get Ichigo Kurosaki’s Hollow Mask, which would have looked incredibly cool.

However, after spending countless diamonds to finally assemble the native five-star red card Ulquiorra Cifer, Ian realized that his ambition for the Hollow Mask was dashed. Just like the Byakuya Kuchiki card, to use the first and second Resurrección forms with the Ulquiorra card, he needed both the card and the Zanpakutō.

This meant that if Ian wanted to use the Ulquiorra card, he had to obtain his Zanpakutō as an exclusive treasure.

That’s how his current two-sword style came about.

At that time, to acquire Ulquiorra’s Zanpakutō, Ian went through immense trouble. The Great Black-Winged Demon is a five-star exclusive treasure. After collecting a four-star exclusive treasure from the shop, he had to upgrade it to five stars and then spend a large number of diamonds to exchange it, searching through the vast exclusive treasure library for this Zanpakutō.

Being notoriously unlucky, Ian didn’t know how many times he had to refresh the shop before finally getting what he wanted.

Baccarat’s Luck-Luck Fruit couldn’t yet help Ian improve his luck, so he had to grind resources relentlessly.

If Ian weren’t wealthy, he couldn’t have afforded such expenses. The limitless spending in this game was truly daunting.

Fortunately, although he spent a lot of diamonds, his luck wasn’t so bad that he couldn’t recover. In the end, he managed to obtain the Zanpakutō.

Now, Ian’s six equipped cards are: Hiei, Mikoto Misaka, Orochi, Trunks, Byakuya Kuchiki, and Ulquiorra. His combat power was basically formed.

Katakuri watched Ian’s two-sword stance with vigilant eyes; he finally began to understand Ian’s abilities.

Many had been speculating about Ian’s Devil Fruit powers. People had checked the swords he wielded but found that Ian didn’t use any famous blades; they weren’t among the Supreme Grade Swords or the 21 Great Grade Swords. Until this moment, witnessing the emergence of Ian’s other sword, Katakuri finally understood. No wonder the pink-handled blade could turn into countless cherry blossom petals—something no sword in the world could do. The swords in Ian’s hands must be manifestations of his abilities!

Even when fighting Arest, Ian had only used one sword. Now he had taken out another hidden one. Alarms rang in Katakuri’s mind.

Although he didn’t know what kind of formidable moves Ian would use, Katakuri’s years of combat experience told him he absolutely couldn’t let Ian unleash them! Gritting his teeth, Katakuri’s body began to wriggle, splitting several mochi dumplings from his body.

These mochi dumplings transformed into several pitch-black arms coated with Armament Haki. At the same time, Katakuri charged rapidly toward Ian!

“Peerless Donuts: Mochi Singing Result!”

Transformed into a super tentacle monster, Katakuri unleashed countless punches at Ian with storm-like speed!

However, facing Katakuri’s endless barrage of punches, Ian simply held his two swords before him, continuously swinging the blades to block each incoming attack.

The Armament Haki on their blades and fists collided, producing a continuous, rapid metallic clashing sound that filled the air.

Katakuri felt puzzled. Ian was only passively responding to his punches, showing no sign of using any dangerous moves.

Was he just putting on a show with the two swords?

Though he thought this, Katakuri didn’t dare be careless. He increased his attack speed, pressing Ian closely; he couldn’t give Ian time to execute a powerful move.

However, what he didn’t know was that this close-quarters combat was exactly what Ian wanted!

One kept punching, the other kept parrying with his swords. Their battle caused the distance between them to shrink.

At that moment, Ian swung his sword, deflecting one of Katakuri’s mochi arms, finally seizing a brief opening. He suddenly opened his mouth toward Katakuri!

As he opened his mouth, a terrifying energy instantly condensed—a pitch-black point of light. This black light burst out with a cross-shaped flash, erupting from Ian’s mouth and forming a black beam that shot straight toward Katakuri!

“Cero Oscuras!”

This was the so-called Black Cero from the Ulquiorra card. Although it was Ian’s first time using this skill, he ingeniously fired the Cero from his mouth!

Ian knew well about Katakuri’s future-sight Observation Haki. Although his own Observation Haki could interfere to some extent, Katakuri might still “see” his next possible attack. Since he wanted a quick victory, he had to inflict severe damage on Katakuri in the shortest time. If Katakuri dodged, it would waste his energy.

Now, during his attack, most of Katakuri’s attention was focused on Ian’s two swords, constantly watching his sword moves. He never expected that Ian’s attack would come from his mouth!

When the black Cero light appeared in Ian’s mouth, Katakuri couldn’t react in time. The Cero’s speed was essentially the speed of light; from firing to hitting, it was only a fraction of a second!

With a light popping sound, Katakuri’s entire chest was pierced by the Cero, creating a black hole!

Stunned, terrified, incredulous! Katakuri was sent flying backward, and the black Cero that pierced his body continued onward. The black light illuminated the entire Whole Cake Island; even hundreds of nautical miles away, one could see this beam of light.

The flash disappeared in an instant, leaving only an afterimage on people’s retinas. However, when the light vanished, the Cero’s power fully erupted!

Boom! An earth-shattering sound resounded. Along the straight path the Cero had traveled, a spiral-shaped atmospheric disturbance extended into the distance, stirring all the dust and seawater along the way. From another angle, one would see that from Whole Cake Island to the distant sea, a spiral-shaped atmospheric cloud had formed.

No one knew where Ian’s Black Cero ended up.

This was the world’s most powerful mouth cannon!

After this black flash appeared, everyone fighting on the island was stunned, turning their heads to look toward Ian and Katakuri.

However, all they saw was Ian with his mouth open, a wisp of black smoke lingering, and Katakuri crashing heavily to the ground.

After landing, the black hole in his chest began to slowly seep blood, more and more, soon spreading over the ground beneath Katakuri’s back. Katakuri coughed up large mouthfuls of blood!

Unable to dodge, Katakuri was directly hit by Ian!

Seeing Katakuri in this state, Big Mom’s children were left in a daze. They couldn’t believe that their perfect and invincible brother Katakuri had been beaten like this by Ian in less than two minutes of combat!

“Bro… Brother!?”

When they snapped back to reality, Big Mom’s children immediately abandoned their opponents and frantically rushed toward Katakuri.