After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"boom!"

The massive fireball struck Martin directly, and a large area of ​​islands was scorched by Prometheus's flames.

Although Prometheus had grown larger, his original form remained at the top, far away from Martin, his mind filled with worry and fear.

"Crescent Moon Sky Slash!"

Just as Prometheus was about to strike, Martin gripped his Zanpakuto and unleashed a golden sword aura that shot into the sea of ​​fire, cleaving the massive fireball in two.

"Ahhh!"

Prometheus cried out in pain. The pain was not from his body being broken, but from his soul being torn apart. This was the first time he had ever felt pain. What terrified him even more was that he felt his soul was about to separate from his body.

"Prometheus, what's wrong? What happened?"

Charlotte Linlin asked worriedly, having experienced Napoleon being killed by Martin, she was very worried that Prometheus might also die in the same way, with the same painful screams.

Charlotte Linlin originally thought that Napoleon died because he had a physical body, while Prometheus was just a pile of fire, and no matter how Martin attacked, it would not be able to cause a wildfire. Unexpectedly, she still heard painful cries.

"Whoosh!"

Charlotte Linlin called out but didn't receive a reply from Prometheus. Instead, she saw him quickly transform and then disappear before her eyes in a flash.

"boom!"

"What happened? What did you do to my Prometheus?" Charlotte Linlin landed on her feet, ignoring the still-shaking ground, and demanded an answer to Martin.

Martin watched Prometheus fly away with regret. Although he had achieved the goal of his experiment, he had not killed the other party after all.

"What's going on? Napoleon is clearly dead, so why is Prometheus only injured?" Martin pondered, completely ignoring Charlotte Linlin's spitting out water.

"Oh dear!"

Charlotte Linlin let out a painful cry, clenched her fist and slammed it down again. Now she had lost all support, and all that was left was her own body.

"boom!"

Martin didn't even look up; he simply raised his hand and swung Zanju to block Charlotte Linlin's attack.

Charlotte Lingling couldn't believe her attack was so weak; this creature must have a weakness that she hadn't discovered yet.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Charlotte Linlin began pounding her fists again, venting her anger. She believed that if she kept pounding, she would surely be able to kill Martin.

Aren't you annoying?

Martin looked up and roared at Charlotte Linlin, then leaped up and swung his sword at Charlotte Linlin's neck. The ordinary sword strike was imbued with golden domineering energy.

"Oh!"

Charlotte Lingling tilted her head back, spitting out several yellowed teeth, and began to retreat until she finally collapsed in the flower field. Of course, after the battle, the flower field was now devoid of any flowers or plants.

"Pain! Pain! Pain!"

Charlotte Lingling opened her mouth, making painful sounds in her throat. Only then did she realize why Napoleon and Prometheus had made those painful cries earlier. This pain directly affected her soul, and she felt something being peeled away from her soul.

After throwing the punch, Martin calmed down again, as if knocking Charlotte Linlin down with a punch was just something insignificant.

"What exactly is different?"

"Hahaha!"

Charlotte Linlin, lying on the ground, laughed again, blood flowing from her mouth with each gulp, but she showed no sign of pain, as if something terrible was about to happen.

While lying on the ground, Charlotte Linlin suddenly thought of a trick she only used when dealing with her useless husband: 'soul devouring'.

She devours a person whole, treating them like food. In the end, the soul is absorbed by the Soul-Soul Fruit's power, while the body becomes her food to satisfy her hunger. In reality, her favorite food isn't dessert, but her useless husband.

"Oh!"

Charlotte Lingling sat up and saw Martin standing motionless in front of her, his eyes darting around and drool dripping from his mouth.

Doflamingo and his group stopped fighting because Charlotte Linlin had been defeated, and they all looked at Martin and his group, as Prometheus's giant attack had also affected them.

"What is Charlotte Linlin trying to do?"

When Doflamingo saw Charlotte Linlin, he immediately knelt down, his head facing Martin. His eyes and mouth were like a dog eyeing meat, and the dripping saliva made Martin feel disgusted. The thought of marrying such a person made him feel that life was meaningless.

"and many more!"

Doflamingo suddenly remembered a legend: Charlotte Linlin's previous husbands were all eaten by her, just like a praying mantis that would devour her husbands after mating.

Doflamingo twitched at the thought. Could his fate be like that of the praying mantis? Was this the end of his life? No, I am a born king! My destiny absolutely cannot be like that.

Doflamingo secretly made a decision: he had to escape Charlotte Linlin's clutches no matter what, even if it meant seeking help from the World Government in the end.

He knew a great secret, and the Celestial Dragons would never want to see him fall into the hands of the Five Emperors, as that would likely expose the great secret. Thinking of this, Doflamingo's originally fearful expression softened considerably.

Just as Doflamingo was lost in thought, Charlotte Linlin took her next step. She stretched her enormous head over Martin, opened her blood-red maw, and instinctively bit down.

"Captain, watch out!"

Enel saw Martin approaching in danger but remained motionless, lost in thought, and hurriedly shouted a warning, but his warning was obviously too late.

"Crack!"

Charlotte Linlin swallowed Martin whole, biting a hole in the ground beneath her.

Charlotte Linlin smiled with satisfaction at the success of her operation. The losses she had just suffered were nothing. With a Homie like Napoleon, she could do as much as she wanted.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

Charlotte Linlin stirred her mouth and slowly chewed. Even though her mouth was mostly filled with dirt, she found it very delicious. Her Devil Fruit power activated, and she tried to absorb Martin's soul.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Several impact sounds came from Charlotte Linlin's mouth, and then Charlotte Linlin's mouth opened wider and wider, until her eyes became completely dull.

"Oh!"

Charlotte Linlin collapsed heavily to the ground, motionless and showing no signs of life.

"Oh!"

Another series of loud noises came from Charlotte Linlin's mouth, followed by a tremor in her enormous head, the ejection of several huge teeth, and the emergence of a person from her mouth.

"It stinks! How long has it been since you, fat woman, brushed your teeth? Your mouth smells so bad."

Martin stepped out of Charlotte Linlin's gaping maw, took a few deep breaths, and then cursed at Charlotte Linlin's corpse.

I was just thinking about where the problem lay, how the same attack could have different results, when suddenly everything went black, and I thought I had been locked in a dark room.

Smell the stench, see the teeth and saliva—let him know where you are.

That's right, there's only one possibility: I was eaten by Charlotte Linlin.

Martin immediately switched from external breathing to internal breathing. Fortunately, even though he was deep in thought, the golden, domineering protective shield was still intact, and apart from inhaling a few stench odors, he suffered no other harm.

"Let's get out of here as soon as possible!"

Just as Martin was about to launch his attack, Charlotte Linlin suddenly began chewing, and an unseen energy clashed with the golden aura.

Without thinking, Martin punched the area above Charlotte Linlin's mouth several times. After a few punches, Martin suddenly realized that something seemed to be wrong with Charlotte Linlin, as if he felt something leaving Charlotte Linlin's mind.

Martin saw many lights and shadows drift by before his eyes, eventually disappearing slowly. If it weren't for the darkness in his mouth, he definitely wouldn't have been able to see these lights and shadows. These lights and shadows were varied and each one was different.

"Could these all be souls absorbed by Charlotte Linlin?"

Martin immediately thought of Charlotte Linlin's Devil Fruit ability.

Chapter 223 Sugar, save me!

Cake Island.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

A series of painful screams rang out, and one by one, the once lively Homies fell silent after screaming and trembling, turning into lifeless objects.

"Lord Katakuri, something terrible has happened! All the Homies are dead!"

"What! How could this be? This is impossible."

Katakuri was initially surprised by his subordinate's report, but then immediately denied it, saying he didn't believe such a thing could happen.

"Go and see!"

Katakuri strode out of the office. As soon as he opened the door, he saw many Homitz soldiers lying on the ground. He quickly knelt down to check on them and found that they had all lost their life force.

But Katakuri was still not giving up. He checked them one by one, but none of them showed any signs of life; they were all dead.

Even King Bam, the leader of the Temptation Forest, has now become a tree and no longer possesses his former grandeur; the Temptation Forest has also become an ordinary forest.

"Could something really have happened to Mom?!"

Katakuri couldn't help but think this way, even though he really didn't want to. Only his mother had the power to kill the entire Homie.

"Dudududu!"

Katakuri took out a Den Den Mushi and called Charlotte Linlin directly, wanting to find out what had happened to his mother and why all the Homies were dead.

But the phone kept ringing and no one answered, so Katakuri had to use a different Den Den Mushi to dial the number.

"Dudududu!"

Snag heard his Den Den Mushi ringing incessantly. It was the Den Den Mushi that connected him to his brother Katakuri. Something important must have happened.

"Wait, Smoothie, let me take this call!"

Snag jumped back and said to Smoothie.

Smoothie hesitated for a moment before not raising her sword to attack again. After all, this man was also her younger brother, even though they were on different paths now.

Seeing Smoothie stop, Snag quickly took out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket, stuck the sword into the ground, and connected the call.

Katakuri frowned even more. It was understandable that his mother wasn't answering the phone, but why wasn't Snag answering either? Weren't they on vacation in Dressrosa?

Katakuri thought it was very possible that the Donquixote Family had launched an attack. After all, the Donquixote Family was a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Seven Warlords were all lackeys of the World Government. Perhaps they were working with the Navy to sabotage his mother. Such an opportunity was rare.

Katakuri broke out in a cold sweat at the thought, but thankfully the call connected just then.

"What's wrong with Snag? Why did it take him so long to answer the phone!"

"What happened to Katakuri-nii-san?!"

Snag was surprised to be criticized as soon as he answered the phone. This was not Katakuri's usual style. He remembered that his brother was always calm and composed no matter what happened, and would never be so impatient.