On the broken desert ground, amidst the endlessly panicking crowd, Enel, Law, Hibari, and the others looked up at the figure striding down from the sky.
"It's Kaido! Rorschach he..." Law clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on Kaido who had landed on the Alubarna city wall. The ominous premonition in his heart had reached its peak.
Indeed, the current Rorschach simply couldn't withstand Beast Kaido.
Enel stared intently at Kaido, who stood on the city wall, deep waves already churning within his heart.
When he was on Skypiea, he prided himself as a god who controlled lightning, capable of easily dominating the lives of tens of thousands of people on the sky island.
At that time, Enel believed himself to be the strongest being in this world.
Later, he met Rorschach and was easily handled.
His proud lightning power was useless against Rorschach; instead, he was injured by Rorschach's lightning.
At that time, Enel once again regarded Rorschach as the top elite among the Blue Sea people, determined to learn Armament Haki, wipe away his shame, and get his revenge on Rorschach.
However, when Kaido arrived, Enel truly realized how narrow his own understanding was, and how small he himself was.
Among those present, besides Rorschach, his Observation Haki was the strongest.
Now, two thousand meters away, he could already feel the domineering aura, like the overturning of the heavens, emanating from the figure standing on the city wall.
Just feeling this mountain-like aura, Enel couldn't muster even a trace of fighting spirit.
Compared to this terrifying man, what kind of god was he? If gods truly existed in this world, then that man in the distance was the god.
A demon god.
"Big Brother Rorschach!"
Hibari cried out in worry.
Then her lower body turned into clouds, pushing her body to fly up and rush towards Alubarna's highlands.
Vivi, who had eaten the Sand-Sand Fruit less than half a day ago, also used her unfamiliar ability to transform into a swirling mass of sand, chasing Hibari out.
"Vivi!" Cobra watched helplessly as his daughter turned into sand and flew away, despair already showing in his eyes.
"Hibari! Vivi! Don't go!" Hina tried to stop them, but it was too late.
She anxiously looked at Law nearby and found that he had also drawn his long sword, discarding the sheath directly on the ground.
"Lieutenant Commander Trafalgar, you..."
"I can't let that kid die here, or be taken by Kaido. Wants to be a hero alone? Hmph, I didn't agree to that."
Law spread the five fingers of his right hand, air currents swirling at his fingertips. The hundreds of meters in diameter "Room" expanded and diffused. His figure flashed and disappeared, bypassing Kaido's position on the city wall, shifting towards where Rorschach had fallen.
"Since we came together, either we go back together, or we die together!"
Law's voice echoed across the chaotic sandy ground, his person already vanished from the spot.
"The Lieutenant Commander is right! Either we die together! Or we go back together! Charge! Rescue Major Rorschach!"
Pamela, who was carrying Moria, roared, throwing Moria onto the ground headfirst. He took large strides, charging directly towards Kaido's direction. "I'll hold off that bastard Kaido! You all go save the Major!"
"Me too!" Bepo, covered in bandages, tore off his bloodied bandages and followed closely behind Pamela, his round eyes filled with determination.
"Kill! Marines are no cowards! Rescue Major Rorschach!"
The Marine soldiers let out sky-piercing roars, all charging out without hesitation, launching a counter-charge towards Alubarna Royal City, towards Kaido.
Watching a large wave of white figures rush past her, Hina's face softened into a gentle smile.
She pulled out a lighter from her embrace, lit the cigarette dangling from her red lips, then turned and glanced at the despairing Cobra, saying softly, "I'm sorry, His Majesty Cobra, your people will probably need you to take care of them yourselves."
After speaking, she stomped her foot, her slender body rushing out using Moonwalk, soaring over the heads of many soldiers, and racing towards Kaido.
Law was right.
Since they came together, they would go back together.
She couldn't let that little guy, who hadn't even fully matured, act the hero alone.
Enel, who had been standing still, watched the Marine soldiers, who were unleashing a fierce aura and charging like moths to a flame towards an utterly unconquerable enemy. A chord deep within his heart was suddenly struck.
He looked down at the Private First Class uniform he was wearing and suddenly felt that this uniform wasn't so ugly after all.
It seemed being a Marine wasn't bad, after all?
Crack!
With a flash of electricity, Enel's figure vanished.
On the sandy ground behind him, Moria, who had been headfirst on the ground from Pamela's throw, had long since awakened. He struggled to prop himself up with both arms, blood dripping from his mouth, and looked up at the familiar figure on the distant city wall.
Moria's eyes were instantly filled with endless bloodlust.
More than ten years ago, that very figure had shattered his dreams, destroyed his ambitions, and buried his comrades.
"Captain! Go! We'll hold him off! You go now!"
"Captain Moria! It was an honor to go on adventures at sea with you. I'm sorry, I won't be able to witness you become the Pirate King. I'll go ahead."
"Big Brother Moria, don't cry. There's no banquet that doesn't end. Let's part ways here. Go now! Live on with our dreams!"
Thump!
His clenched fist slammed into the ground, sharp nails digging into his palm. Moria's bloated body trembled uncontrollably, and large tears flowed from his eyes, dripping onto the sandy ground, soaking large patches of yellow sand.
He grabbed the yellow sand on the ground, letting out a mournful roar. Disregarding the Seastone cuffs he wore and the bursting wounds all over his body, he crawled towards Kaido like an injured lone wolf.
"Kaido!!"
On Alubarna's city wall, Kaido had returned to his human form. He looked at Rorschach, who was buried under collapsed building debris, leaning on the club he held. "You took three of my Conqueror's Haki-infused attacks and still didn't die. Your potential is truly astonishing. No wonder old bastards like Sengoku value you so much."
Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes again, and turned to look at the desert ground to his right.
Reflected in his pupils were Hibari, transformed into mist, Vivi, transformed into yellow sand, and Enel, who was traveling through the air as lightning, starting last but moving fastest and closest to him.
As for Moria, who was letting out a mournful roar, he was ignored by Kaido.
A loser, and a loser who had lost his fighting spirit at that, Kaido didn't even bother with him.
"Wororororo, three Logia users? What's going on? Did I misjudge? Or is today truly my lucky day?"
Kaido grinned, revealing his chilling white teeth.
Although he was keen on collecting Zoan abilities.
But why wouldn't he take three Logia users who delivered themselves to him? Not to mention, they were all abilities with clear growth potential.
Kaido looked at Vivi, who had turned into yellow sand. "Crocodile's ability, wororororo, did that guy who challenged old man Whitebeard actually die?"
Crack!
Dozens of meters high in the sky above, a dazzling bolt of lightning struck down. Enel's figure appeared, his expression solemn and stern. His body instantly swelled to over ten meters tall, transforming into his God of Lightning form. He clapped his hands together, sending a terrifying lightning pillar, seven to eight meters in diameter, crashing down onto Kaido's head.
"200 Million Volt Discharge! Divine Punishment!"
"Another lightning user, the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit? Wororororo! Good! Very good!"
Facing the terrifying lightning pillar that pierced the sky, Kaido neither dodged nor avoided. He simply stood on the city wall, allowing the turbulent lightning pillar to completely engulf his burly body.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
The ultra-high-intensity current wasn't just the attacking effect of lightning; it also brought terrifying high temperatures.
The ancient city wall where Kaido stood was shattered by the thunder. Before the broken bricks and stones could even scatter, they were melted into flowing liquid by the high temperature.
In the air, Enel looked at Kaido, who was completely unfazed by his strongest lightning attack. The frustration in his heart was indescribable.
His 200 million volt God of Lightning discharge didn't even cause the slightest injury to the opponent.
He couldn't even affect the opponent's movements.
This demon-god-like man was overwhelmingly powerful!
Looking at the continuously discharging Enel, Kaido, amidst the violent lightning, seemingly slow but actually fast, swung the Hassaikai he held in his hand.
"Thunder Bagua!"
Boom!
Kaido's burly figure flickered on the melting city wall, suddenly vanishing from Enel's sight.
His speed was so fast that even Enel's Observation Haki couldn't track it.
The next instant, a grotesque, spiky club slammed into the abdomen of his God of Lightning form.
"P-ah!"
The ten-meter-tall God of Lightning form was sent flying several hundred meters in an instant, spitting blood from all seven orifices, turning into a stream of light. He crashed down from the city wall, slammed into the ground, raising a sand wave dozens of meters high.
Kaido was about to fly towards the rushing Hibari and Vivi when, from within the royal city behind him, above the shattered ruins, a hemispherical barrier, four to five hundred meters in diameter, suddenly appeared, covering Rorschach, who was buried under the debris.
Whoosh!
Large amounts of building debris were moved away by an unseen force. Rorschach's blood-soaked body floated in mid-air, about to be moved by Law's Op-Op Fruit ability in the next second.
"Wororororo! Another strange Devil Fruit user, excellent!"
Kaido's eyes lit up. His figure charged forward like a phantom. Before he even arrived, dozens of meters away from Law's location, black and red lightning already crackled and sparked on the Hassaikai in his hand.
From dozens of meters away, Kaido swung his club at the air in front of him.
Accompanied by an explosive sound like a drum, the air in front of him seemed to turn into a solid wall, suffering a massive dent from the heavy Hassaikai.
As this dent shattered, a torrent-like shockwave swept away all the debris within a hundreds-of-meters radius in front of him. Some intact buildings also shattered into dust under the violent impact.
Law's face changed drastically. He watched helplessly as his extended Room was obliterated by Kaido's long-distance club swing, dissipating into the air.
Then, an immense force slammed into him, sending his body flying and causing blood to spill from his nose and mouth.
With just one strike, Law heard many of his bones make grinding sounds, unable to bear the strain.
In his blurred vision, the demon-god-like Kaido strode over the ruins, step by step, towards him.
Helplessness.
Too helpless.
Facing such an opponent, Law's heart was filled only with endless despair and powerlessness that spread wildly.
Unbeatable!
Unable to save his comrades!
Unable to escape!
I'm sorry, Rorschach. I still couldn't help you.
I'm sorry, Corazon-san, I...
Suddenly, Kaido in his blurred vision stopped, showing a surprised expression.
On the ruins between them, the blood-soaked young man, naked, slowly rose from the dust and rubble. A devastatingly fierce aura gradually released from within the young man's body, like a brewing storm, pouring out.
"Kaido, our fight isn't over yet."
Boom!
Exploding black and red lightning transformed into an infinitely expanding energy storm, surging towards Kaido.
"Wororororo! What an aura!"
Kaido grinned, his eyes narrowing.
Boom!
A volcanic, domineering aura erupted, meeting the incoming Conqueror's Haki impact.
Rumble!
Two rapidly expanding Conqueror's Haki masses violently collided in front of Law, like two black and red planets crashing into each other.
Strands of black and red lightning spread from the center of the Conqueror's Haki clash, filling the sky over Alubarna, as if tearing and shattering the entire firmament.
In this tangible, terrifying energy storm, Law couldn't last two seconds before his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
And outside the city, Hibari, Hina, and the others, who had rushed towards Rorschach with worried hearts, were also inevitably knocked unconscious by the clash of Kaido and Rorschach's Conqueror's Haki.
"Ah ah ah ah ah! Kaido!"
Rorschach's silver hair wildly danced, and his body abruptly expanded. The ground beneath his feet shattered in large sections. The entire person, like a madman, slammed into Kaido's body, sending the sky-laughing Kaido flying backward. He crashed through building after building, plowing a massive trench across Alubarna's streets, and then burst through the thick city wall with a thunderous roar. The two muscle-bound giants, tangled together, tumbled and rolled off the cliff face from the royal city highlands, crashing onto the desert below.
"Rorschach brat, can't you just stay put? Let me properly enjoy the pleasant feeling of collecting excellent subordinates!"
Amidst the churning sand waves, Kaido spread his pincer-like hand, clamping down on Rorschach's disfigured, blood-soaked face. He heavily slammed Rorschach's head into the ground, then raised his right foot high. Invisible Armament Haki flowed over his sole as he stomped down heavily.
Rumble!
Rorschach's head sank into the sand, and the ground beneath him violently cracked.
Massive amounts of fresh blood instantly stained the swirling yellow sand.
"One Mythical Zoan, three Logia, two Paramecia, wororororo, wororororo! If I can train them all well, won't I be even closer to achieving my dream of a grand war involving the entire world? You brat, can't you understand my joyful mood right now?"
Kaido lifted his right foot, and large amounts of viscous blood dripped from his sole.
He bent down, grabbed Rorschach's blood-soaked, unrecognizable head, pulled it out of the sand, and threw it hundreds of meters away with a flick of his wrist. It traced a long parabola in mid-air before slamming into the earth.
"Now, should that quiet you down?"
Kaido twisted his neck, looking towards where Rorschach had fallen.
Then, the smile on his face slowly froze.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."
Rough yellow sand rubbed against his mangled wounds. Strands of viscous blood, like red ribbons, gushed from Rorschach's skin, which was cracked like the parched land of Alabasta, staining the sand beneath him.
"You..." In Moria's shocked gaze, the young man, with torn muscles, cracked skin, and no intact part on his entire body, staggered up from the churning yellow sand. He raised his right hand and looked at the demon king opposite him, who was gradually losing patience.
"Cough, cough, come on again, Kaido!"
(End of Chapter)
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