Chapter 1177 Summary
Short Summary:
Zoro and the giants at the Western Village decimate the demonized giants with ease, while Chopper protects Kashii by punching one of the demonized giant using his Monster Point form, which inadvertently drives the demon away and restores the giant back to normal. Killingham is captured by the Straw Hats at the Owl Village as Luffy and Loki briefly reunite with them. Meanwhile, Usopp attempts to rescue Brook from Imu but is easily defeated. Though the resulting explosion draws the attention of Luffy and Loki who confront Imu, who remarks that the ensuring battle will inevitably divide the World.
Detailed Summary
At the Western Village, the giant adults scrambled to bring children and the injured inside their homes, while Colon and the other children became excited over the impending action. The demonized members of Giant Warrior Pirates try to convinces their now freed leader Dorry and Brogy to rejoin them, stating that they are now bestowed with strength, immortality, as well as being "liberated" from viewing anything as evil. One of the demonized giant attack Dorry using his trident, which destroyed his shield and pierced his forearm. Enraged by their words, Dorry, Brogy, as well as Hajrudin and Stansen tell the demons to be ashamed of themselves for submitting to evil as they prepares to fight back.
Meanwhile, at the elevator area where Chopper monitors the injured Gaban. Kashii is being cornered by a pair of demonized giants who taunts him while also trying to convinces him to join them. As Chopper urge Kashii to retaliate, he is unable to bring himself to harm his old friend.
Back at the Western Village, Brogy confronts the demonized Gantonio and vent out his anger against him for always taking more than a spoonful of his food by bisecting him. This is followed by Dorry, Hajrudin, Stansen, and Zoro who each cut down the demonized giants with ease. While he commends the warriors' deadly attacks, their eagerness to commit to the "massacre" does unnerve Jarul somewhat.
On the other hand, Kashii is about to be attacked by the demonized giant as Chopper urged him to escape, but Kashii is unable to bring himself to do it. As Gaban is about to retaliate, Chopper consumes a Rumble Ball and transforms into the Monster Point to punch one of the demonized giant. While the punch seemingly deal no physical damage to them, it does drive the demon away, reversing the Domi Reversi process and restore the giant back to normal. This unexpected outcome puzzled both Chopper and Kashii, who wondered what just happened.
Near the Owl Library, Nami fed Zeus with thunderclouds while Killingham, now reduced to only his head after battle with the Straw Hats, continues to threaten them with harsh retribution for defying him. Jinbe comments on Killingham's audacity despite his current condition as the latter continues to express his disgust for the Fish-Men. Franky suggests locking Killingham's dissected body parts inside boxes so that it will be unable to reattach, while Sanji express his surprise on how unexpectedly weak a Knights of God member were as he thinks of ways to "permanently" killing one. Franky quips that all of this seemed easy because everyone became stronger ever since Luffy became the Four Emperors, to which Sanji responds that he hope that was the case, although the idea of a powerful nation like Elbaph being brought down to its knees by such "weak" people enrages Sanji even more. Overheard the conversation, Killingham tells the Straw Hats to enjoy insulting him while they can before being silenced by Jinbe, who warns his crewmates that there are still one more member of the Knights that were still unharmed by the ongoing battle and that they should not take them lightly.
Just as Nami ordered Zeus to extinguish fire all across Elbaph, Luffy and Loki reunites with the group as they are done with decimating Killingham's MMAs. While the men express their surprise and awe at Loki's gargantuan beast form. Nami snaps and calls out Luffy and Loki for causing even more fire on Elbaph in which she tries to extinguish. While Nami appreciates their help dealing with the MMAs, she points out that Loki's careless use of lightning power cause even more damage than the one caused by the Knights. After being consoled by Ragnir, Luffy lashes out at Loki for causing him to get blamed, to which Loki angrily responds with a burst of lighting at Luffy as he is frustrated for being insulted while all he did is simply crushing Elbaph's enemies. However, due to Luffy's rubber body, he is unaffected by Loki's attack, which surprises the latter. Before the two continue their squabble, Luffy notice an explosion at a distance.
At the Branch 8 where Brook and Imu-posessed Gunko is, Usopp is seen being beaten into the ground as Brook tries to warn him to escape, saying that he came here on his own and that he should not be dragged down along with him. Usopp however refuses to leaves his crewmate behind, stating that a warrior like him would never escape, especially since he believe doing that would disgrace Elbaph's legacy. On top of that, his anger is at the point that he no longer fear the danger anymore. Speaking of anger, Usopp then redirects to Imu, calls them out for kidnapping children, using monsters to attack civilians, and corrupts the warriors into killing each other, all of which Usopp finds disgraceful, after which Imu attacks him and Brook. Usopp then preparing to shoot Imu as he calling them out for their cowardice for relying on dishonest method to subjugate Elbaph rather than fight and conquer the "warrior nation" head-on, to which Imu nonchalantly replied that a ruler like them does not need to "get their hands dirty". Just as Usopp is about to fire Skull-Blast Glass at Imu, they quickly close the distance and urges Usopp to fire the shot at point-blank range. This resulted into an explosion that injured Usopp even more, while Imu regenerates the damage unfazed.
A moment after that, Luffy and Loki arrives at the scene, to which Loki confirms Imu as the source of the powerful Haki that reached the Underworld. Upon seeing the badly injured Usopp and Brook, Luffy became furious at Imu for their actions while Loki affirms that he will not let them getting away with it. As confrontation ensued, Imu remarks to Luffy and Loki, referring to them as Nika and Nidhöggr, respectively, that regardless of if they submit or die, the ensuing battle between them will inevitably split the Blue Planet into two.
