Chapter 347: Defeating the Two Stars
Rumble!
Lightning flashed from the sky, illuminating the rugged stone walls within the quarry, adding to the cold and brutal atmosphere of the fierce battle.
"Jiki Jiki no Fu."
Kid leaned against the surrounding wall, exhausted, and with great difficulty, he raised his hand and pressed it against the wall. A spark of electricity sizzled and flashed.
Rumble!!
The earth shook violently. Kid's five fingers bent, and he raised his palm. The wall, dozens of meters high, broke from its base and then rose from the ground, slowly floating into the air.
"Hah!"
Kid's palm pressed down forcefully. The stone wall, which should not have had any magnetic properties, followed his movement and flew out, smashing towards Reiner like a giant palm.
Bang!!
The stone wall slapped heavily onto the ground with a thunderous sound, causing the earth to tremble violently and kicking up a rolling cloud of dust and smoke.
The overwhelmed stone wall cracked, and a hole was violently blasted in the center with a 'bang'. Rubble flew, and Reiner's figure jumped out from it.
"Yo, you can still move. Granting magnetism to non-metallic objects... is this your ability's awakening?"
"It doesn't look very useful."
Reiner said teasingly, swung his battle-axe behind him, and squatted down to leap over.
Kid panted heavily, his chest heaving. His gaze was cold as he fiercely raised his hand at the approaching Reiner, a ball of purple electricity sizzling as it shot out.
"It's not for you to say if it's useful or not! Don't look down on people, you bastard!"
"Jiki Fuyo: S!!" (Magnetism Grant: S!!)
Bang!!
Reiner raised his leg in a whip kick that viciously pierced Kid's face. At the same time, he was hit by the other's ability.
Kid spat out blood, and his entire person was sent flying in an instant, smashing a deep pit in the quarry's mountain wall.
"Jiki Fuyo: N!!" (Magnetism Grant: N!!)
Enduring the intense pain of his nearly broken bones, Kid didn't have time to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. He quickly reached out and pressed his hand on the mountain wall behind him.
After granting the positive and negative magnetic forces, Kid immediately flipped and left the deep pit.
Reiner's figure paused. An invisible force was generated on the opposite mountain wall, pulling his body.
He stabbed his axe blade into the ground, trying to steady himself, but he quickly gave up and let his body fly uncontrollably towards the mountain.
He can't possibly pull up the entire mountain, but...
The wind whistled past his ears. Reiner gripped his battle-axe with both hands, raised it high, and brought it down with a white aura enveloping it!
Bang!!
The explosive, terrifying force shattered space. Before the shocked eyes of everyone, the mountain exploded with a roar!
"He actually shattered a mountain!"
"What kind of monster is he!"
In an instant, the sky was filled with flying rubble. The people below were so shocked their mouths hung agape.
Reiner's figure fell from the air. With the mountain's collapse, the force pulling his body also disappeared.
However, the next moment, the feeling of his body being pulled by an invisible force came again.
"Jiki Fuyo: N!!"
"N!!"
"N!!"
Kid flipped and turned between the various small mountains, continuously applying a magnetic force opposite to the one on Reiner.
"Hey! If you're not dead, then get up quickly! I can't hold on for long by myself!"
His hands not stopping, Kid turned his head and shouted at a cell.
"Shut up. If you've awakened your ability, why hide it? You should have just used it from the beginning."
Rubble clattered down in the cell. An arm emerged from the ruins, lifted the collapsed wall, and Law's pathetic figure was revealed. His expression was grave as he looked outside.
"Tch, what a pain. I can only go all out."
Law gritted his teeth. A ball of flowing blue energy gathered in his palm. He rested it on his sword, and the flowing, water-like energy was attached to the blade.
Boom!
Reiner's eyes hardened. The Haki in his body, like a beast breaking free from its cage, surged out!
Dense black lightning raged around him. The effect of the magnetic ability Kid had placed on him, along with the surrounding smoke and dust, was completely blown away.
The next moment.
Swish!
Not giving him a moment's respite, Law's attack followed, instantly flashing behind him!
Squelch!
A cold glint flashed. Reiner only felt a chill on his back. The blade had easily torn through his Haki's armament, cut through his skin, and brought out a spray of blood.
Before Law could be pleased with having cut through Reiner's Haki, a pair of extremely dangerous, cold pupils suddenly turned over!
Law's pupils constricted in shock, and sweat broke out on his back. It was as if he were being stared at by the most ferocious venomous snake. A strong warning of death emanated from his entire body.
Swish!
Before the giant axe, containing an explosive force, chopped down, Law quickly raised his index finger in a panic, the scene before his eyes changed, and his figure instantly disappeared.
The giant axe missed. Law's face was pale, with not a trace of the joy of having just escaped death.
He had just teleported to another location, but what came into view was still Reiner's pair of ice-cold pupils.
He was predicted?!!
Bang!!
The moment the terrified thought arose, a fist had already violently pierced his abdomen!
"Puwaah—!"
Law's eyes were wide with pain. He felt as if his internal organs had been churned in his stomach, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
His body, bent like a shrimp, was pushed by the fist and sent flying backward at high speed. His back scraped along the ground, plowing a trench, and finally, he crashed heavily into a corner of a wall with a 'thump'.
Reiner pressed his advantage and gave chase. At the critical moment, Kid, riding a steel beast, descended from the sky.
"Jiki Majin!!" (Magnetic Demon Man!!)
Bang!!
The giant beast landed, and the earth trembled violently. Its massive body intercepted in front of Reiner.
A skull with a crown of sharp spikes glinted with a cold light. Steel spikes circled its forehead diagonally. A pair of mechanical arms hovered on either side, ferocious and cold.
It had to be said, Kid's aesthetic was quite good.
Reiner's scrutinizing gaze swept over the mechanical demon before him. Putting its strength aside, at least it was handsome, much stronger than the square, fat general his own guy had made.
"Jiki: Toraibachi!!" (Magnetism: Tiger Pliers!!)
Kid stood on the back of the magnetic demon, his expression arrogant, his dark red, pointy, furry coat fluttering behind him. With an explosive roar from him, the pair of hovering mechanical arms clenched into fists and slammed down in a pincer attack!
Reiner crossed his arms in front of him, the muscles in his chest bulging a circle. He spread his arms to the sides and with a mighty jolt!
Bang!!
His two fists hammered against the clamping mechanical arms, holding them firmly in place, not letting them advance an inch.
"Hraaaaaaah!!"
Kid gritted his teeth, the veins on his temples popping. A dense web of purple electric sparks burst from the pair of hovering mechanical arms!
Crackle—Crackle—Crackle!
The magnetism created a huge pulling force, making the pair of iron fists continuously close like a hydraulic press, as if to crush and flatten Reiner within.
Bang!!
With a loud bang, the iron fists slammed together, and a violent gust of wind exploded.
"You still have the nerve to talk about me? Your ability has awakened too, right? Are you hiding it, preparing to snatch the glory of the final blow?"
Kid's lips curled into a smug smile as he looked back at Law.
"Remember that I saved your life."
"Cough, cough, cough. Don't be ridiculous. I could have gotten out even without you,"
Law retorted unhappily. He propped himself up with the wall and stood up, then added:
"The consumption of an awakened ability's move is too great. It must be saved for a critical moment. Otherwise, my stamina will become my weakness."
With that, Law once again gathered a ball of flowing energy, and with a swipe of his palm along the blade, he attached his ability to it, his expression grave.
He certainly didn't think Reiner was an opponent that could be dealt with at this level.
As expected.
The next moment, the magnetic demon's mechanical arms made a creaking sound.
Kid's eyes widened in shock.
The fists that had been slammed together were slowly being pushed apart by an immense force. A human-shaped indent could even be clearly seen on the fists.
Reiner was forcefully pushing apart the magnetically pulled iron fists with his bare arms.
"His physical body is just like a monster's. Is this guy really human?"
Kid was secretly shocked, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
Electric sparks were continuously shooting out from between the two mechanical arms, but no matter how he pushed the power to its maximum, he couldn't close the iron fists another half inch.
"Do it now!" Kid shouted urgently.
Before his voice had even faded, a figure had already flashed in front of Reiner!
"Stop ordering me around. I know what to do without you telling me."
Law's tone was dissatisfied, but his hands did not stop for a moment. His longsword, with his ability attached, thrust straight out.
"Goshu Akujin!!"
Reiner's gaze focused. A void rift opened out of thin air, and a giant, pitch-black shield suddenly appeared.
"Leave it to me, Master! Is this little guy the opponent?"
The face on the shield sneered ferociously, like a demon god standing between the two.
Seeing this sudden move, Law's eyes showed surprise.
Just when he thought the attack was going to be blocked...
Squelch!
The longsword, as if cutting tofu, smoothly pierced through, instantly piercing the shield and then the left side of Reiner's abdomen!
"Urk... it... it can't block."
The face on the shield showed a pained expression, then it turned, and looked down in surprise at the sword that had pierced it. It suddenly became happy.
"It doesn't seem to hurt, Master."
You damn...!
If you can't block it, then just pin the sword and deflect it! You even let it pierce me too!
Veins popped on Reiner's forehead, and he gritted his teeth in anger.
He was a fool to believe in the combat intelligence of this idiot.
With a thought, he immediately took control of the undead.
However, it was too late!
"K-ROOM: Shock Wille!!"
Buzz—!
Law's eyes were fierce. The blade of his sword hummed, and a wave of vibration ravaged Reiner's body from within!
Bang!!
The impact sent his entire body flying, plowing a trench several dozen meters long in the ruins before crashing into a giant rock.
"Puwaah!"
A sweetness rose in Reiner's throat, and he spat out blood. The pain in his body was so intense it was as if he had lost feeling. His ribs were probably broken.
Before he could catch his breath, a dark shadow descended from the sky!
"Jiki: Punk Vise!!"
Kid, riding the magnetic demon, dived at high speed. The fist on his mechanical arm transformed into an impact drill and spun at high speed!
Reiner waved his hand, and the heavy black shield immediately floated up in front of him.
Ding!!
The drill bit struck the demon-faced shield, sending a shower of sparks. After a stalemate of several seconds, it couldn't pierce it by half an inch.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Kid frowned, unable to help but be surprised.
How is it so hard?
Didn't that guy Law just cut through it with ease?
"It's an undead made from Big Mom. It should be much harder than that pile of scrap metal of yours."
Reiner, who had recovered, leaped onto the steel beast's sky, looking down at Kid with a sneer. He gripped his giant axe and was about to chop down.
"Magnetic Cannon!!"
Bang!!
Kid hurriedly controlled the magnetic demon to look up. It opened its giant mouth, and a black iron cannonball was fired with a flash of electric light!
A wisp of azure flame ignited out of thin air. Reiner thought, and the shield that had been in a stalemate with the impact drill instantly appeared in front of him.
Clang!!
The heavy cannonball struck the shield. The humming sound was so loud it made his eardrums hurt. The giant axe chopped down at the steel beast's head!
Boom!!
The atmosphere was struck with a spreading crack. The power of the tremor erupted, tearing apart the magnetic demon like splitting bamboo!
The intricately structured mechanical body exploded with a roar. Electric sparks and scrap iron flew like a firework display.
Kid was sent flying by the explosive impact. He was still flying backward at high speed in the air when danger caught up with him.
Thump—!
Reiner reached out and grabbed Kid's red hair, smashing his head fiercely onto the ground.
Kid's eyes were squeezed shut, and his face was scraped along the ground for several dozen meters.
Just as he stopped, Reiner grabbed his head and smashed it again!
Thump—!
Thump—!
Blood splattered with each impact, even more scarlet than his hair.
Kid's eyes rolled back, his face a bloody mess. Under the repeated shocks, his brain was on the verge of losing consciousness.
Swish!
Suddenly, Kid instantly disappeared from Reiner's hand, replaced by a giant rock.
Without thinking, he knew it was Law's doing.
"K-ROOM: Puncture Wille!!"
The blade of his sword, with his surgery fruit's ability attached, extended a hundred meters long, tearing through the air as it shot over at high speed!
His left rib was still faintly aching. Reiner would naturally not try to take Law's ability-infused attack.
He dodged to the side and, after landing, pushed off with both legs!
Bang!
A deep, cracked pit exploded in the ground. Reiner's entire person shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow, the wind from his charge whipping his messy hair backward.
"Anti-Bacterial Curtain!!"
Law took a step back, and with a wave of his palm in the empty air, he pulled out a blue, semi-transparent curtain, with light and shadow flowing within it like a surging sea.
"That slash of yours just now was pretty good."
Reiner sneered as he charged up to Law. He swung his giant axe with both hands behind him and, with all his strength, he swept it out!
Boom!!
The protective curtain shattered like glass. Law's body was sent flying directly, smashing into the foot of the quarry mountain like a cannonball.
Dust flew, and several cracks quickly climbed up the mountain wall, spreading all the way to the top.
Rumble!!
The mountain collapsed, and giant rocks fell, burying Law's body in the ruins.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood, Law's expression was grave as he looked out. He was so weak he could barely move a finger.
His moves were hard to parry, but he also couldn't withstand Reiner's attacks.
Compared to Reiner's monstrously tough physical body, every attack he took was like losing half his life. Even trading injury for injury was by no means a good deal.
On the other hand, he had only used his awakened ability's moves a few times, and his stamina was almost drained. In contrast, Reiner's fighting spirit was soaring, as if he would never get tired.
"The more I fight, the more I feel the hope of victory is slim."
Law's heart was bitter. Before this, he had never expected the gap in their strength to be so large. He had thought that by teaming up with Kid, he would have a good chance of winning.
Now it seemed that the odds of winning were less than one in ten. The 25% chance had been overestimated.
Rumble!!
The sky first flashed a few times, and then a rolling thunder was heard.
In the distance, a violent aura was gradually climbing, firmly suppressing the other three auras.
Reiner looked up at the distant horizon.
Compared to Kid and Law, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were definitely harder to deal with.
Even so, Reiner didn't think Kaido would lose.
The other's strength was all-around. If his raw strength was not enough, it was almost impossible to defeat him with small tricks.
Besides that, several strange auras had also landed. They were either from Zou, or were cadres of the Beasts Pirates.
It was about time for him to take over.
"Hey! Where are you looking, you bastard!"
A sudden angry shout made Reiner turn his head to look. Kid was standing on a high building with his back to the moon, his legs spread.
In front of him was a heavy mechanical cannon, its structure precise and seamless, with a cold, silver-white metallic luster.
As the electromagnet began to charge, the long, square barrel continuously sparked with purple electric sparks.
"This will be my last! And strongest attack! If you've got the guts, come and take it!!"
Kid's expression was extremely arrogant. The rising aura churned the surrounding airflow, his pointy, furry coat flying behind him.
His last move?
Reiner waved his hand, and a heavy black shield stood up in front of him. Then he no longer paid any attention to Kid and turned to walk in the direction of Luffy and the others.
"Hey! What do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me, you bastard!"
Seeing this, veins popped on Kid's forehead. He craned his neck and roared:
"Get back here!"
"I've already shown you a lot of respect. Otherwise, you wouldn't even have seen my undead."
Reiner left without looking back.
The world's strongest destruction on the right, the world's strongest defense on the left... this was the lineup he had arranged for Kaido.
To be able to use both of these undead and personally enter the battle... he had already given Law and Kid enough face.
The Guardian Evil God sneered and stabbed into the ground.
"Mamamama~ Come on~ come on! Let me see the power of your strongest attack!"
"How dare you look down on me...!!"
Kid gritted his teeth. The electromagnetic heavy cannon in front of him flared with electric light, and the muzzle bloomed with a strong light!
Crackle—Crackle—Crackle!
The next moment.
Boom!!!
A solid purple beam of light streaked across space, shooting out a hundred meters and striking the heavy shield fiercely!
The entire shield was pushed back slowly, plowing a wide, deep trench in the earth. Even the sky was lit up by the electromagnetic light cannon.
The demon face on the Guardian Evil God glared ferociously, and the earth and stones behind the shield were piled higher and higher.
Until the beam of light gradually dimmed...
The air was scorched hot. A scorched-earth scar, a hundred meters long, extended from Kid to the shield.
"Hah—Hah—!"
The exhausted Kid panted heavily. His knees gave out with a thud, and the electromagnetic heavy cannon in his hand began to disintegrate and crumble, scattering a pile of metal parts on the ground.
And Reiner's heavy shield... a scorching green smoke rose from it. Its surface was burned red hot, but there was not much damage.
The demon face on it gritted its teeth and glared at Kid.
As a Homie, it had clearly taken some damage. But as an undead, it could also be considered unharmed.
"What a disappointing result..."
Kid murmured in despair, looking at Reiner's gradually receding back.
Pfft!
Having witnessed the end, Kid's strength seemed to be instantly drained. He fell face-first to the ground.
(End of chapter)
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