The moment he heard the attribute notification, Hammer was instantly overjoyed.
Using Soru, he quickly widened the distance between himself and Kaido, then burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Hahahahaha!"
This directly left Kaido dumbfounded.
His head filled with question marks as he thought:
'What the hell is going on?'
This brat kept attacking my weapon, did he beat himself insane?'
'…Wait a second.'
'Do King and the others usually feel this way about me?'
One moment laughing hysterically, the next moment crying for no reason.
'Tsk tsk tsk.'
'No, definitely not.'
When Kaido did it, it was emotionally driven.
This Hammer guy was obviously just mentally unstable.
Hammer had absolutely no idea what Kaido was thinking.
Likewise, Kaido had no idea why Hammer was laughing.
Thus, the two people who had just been fighting suddenly froze in place,
one laughing wildly while the other stared blankly.
Meanwhile, aboard the distant Warhammer, everyone who heard Hammer's laughter revealed expressions that said "just as expected."
All eyes turned toward Hassaikai in Kaido's hands.
"Sigh. Looks like Hammer succeeded."
"I just wonder how miserable that spiked club's about to become."
Lance suddenly spoke, instantly attracting the interest of both Bogard and Garp.
"Lance brat, what's going on here?"
"Explain it to this old man! I don't understand a damn thing!"
"What the hell is that brat Hammer laughing about?!"
Beside him, even Bogard nodded repeatedly.
It wasn't just Garp.
He didn't understand either.
"Put simply, the last unfortunate person whose weapon Hammer attacked like this was named Dracule Mihawk."
"He's now known as the Prince of Tearing the Night."
Bogard instantly revealed an enlightened expression.
Garp, meanwhile, remained completely confused.
Still didn't understand.
Absolutely didn't understand.
"You mean Hammer's desperately attacking the weapon because he wants to modify it using his ability?"
As expected of the chief mate Bogard, he instantly grasped the situation.
Lance nodded.
"And judging by Hammer's expression, the attribute he gave that club must've made him extremely satisfied."
"Otherwise he wouldn't be laughing this crazily."
"Just watch. I'm guessing Kaido's about to cry later."
Back on the battlefield, Hammer's laughter gradually subsided.
Then he looked at Kaido with a mocking expression.
That gaze made Kaido feel strangely uneasy.
"Brat, what's with that look?"
"You looking to die?"
Hammer remained unconcerned, continuing to stare mockingly at him while activating full taunt mode.
"Oh?"
"I'm looking to die, so what?"
"Hit me with your Hassaikai then."
"Come on, hit me, you little scrub! Tiny blue worm!"
Every insult Hammer hurled added another throbbing vein to Kaido's forehead.
Soon enough, Kaido's entire face was covered with rage veins.
"DIE!"
"THUNDER BAGUA!"
Unable to endure any longer, Kaido exploded into action.
Lightning surged across Hassaikai as he swung it toward Hammer.
Hammer didn't move at all.
He simply stood there calmly.
"Hmph! Scared stiff, are you?!"
"Don't think I'll hold back!"
"HEY!"
At this point, Kaido only wanted to smash Hammer into paste.
He swung Hassaikai in a full arc and brought it crashing down from above.
But right then, Hammer once again revealed a deeply mocking grin.
That smile viciously stabbed into Kaido's fragile heart.
Finally, Hassaikai descended.
And just as Hammer seemed moments away from death, something happened that nobody expected.
The instant Hassaikai was about to touch Hammer, the previously solid club shaft suddenly turned into a limp puddle.
The entire weapon went completely soft.
As though it were no longer a spiked club, but a lump of clay.
The scene instantly became: Kaido holding a stick, while the stick itself lay collapsed on the ground.
Hammer burst into delighted laughter.
Kaido, meanwhile, completely froze.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Hm? Hassaikai, what happened to you?"
"Why've you gone limp?"
Attribute Imbuedment: Kidney Deficiency and Weakness.
No matter how hard the metal originally was, once this attribute was applied, it would turn into useless sludge.
The moment it touched another object, it would lose all resistance entirely.
This was the ultimate king of weakness attributes.
With this effect, although Hassaikai still looked like Hassaikai, in reality, it had become a useless sludge monster incapable of properly touching anything.
Even Armament Haki or Conqueror's Haki coating couldn't change this.
Because this was now the weapon's intrinsic attribute.
To ensure Hassaikai became complete scrap metal, Hammer had specifically used Autonomous Imbuement, even though it would delay the forging of Sengoku's exclusive weapon.
But he couldn't care less anymore.
After all, plans could never keep up with changes.
Kaido had already attacked his doorstep.
'Did they really think I would tolerate that?'
'Hmph.'
'If he didn't cripple Kaido's weapon, where would my dignity go?!'
"What's wrong, Kaido?"
"Your weapon gone weak?"
"Or are YOU the weak one?!"
"Hahahahaha!"
"With such a limp little weapon, who exactly are you planning to kill?"
Hammer directly kicked the collapsed Hassaikai with his foot while laughing arrogantly.
That laughter sounded unbearably harsh in Kaido's ears.
"That's impossible!"
"My Hassaikai came straight from the laboratory!"
"It's always been incomparably durable!"
"It's never had problems all these years!"
Kaido panicked.
This had been his weapon for ages!
How had it suddenly become like this?!
"Well, who knows?"
"Maybe your weapon awakened self-awareness."
"Maybe it realized there's no future following a pirate like you."
"So it decided to abandon darkness and embrace justice."
Hammer continued his relentless taunting, mercilessly assaulting Kaido's already fragile mental state.
"So?"
"You still fighting, Kaido?"
"If you're not coming, then I will!"
"Cloud Armor! Dragon!"
Seeing Kaido remain unresponsive, Hammer instantly erupted into action.
Cloud Armor wrapped around him as the cloud patterns lit up.
In an instant, a massive white cloud dragon rose into the sky.
"Dragon Fist!"
Hammer knew perfectly well how terrifying Kaido was.
The moment he attacked, he went straight for a killing move.
The cloud dragon rapidly compressed, shrinking from dozens of meters down to only three meters long.
At the same time, it became heavily coated in Armament Haki.
Kaido was no Moria.
Without Haki coating, this attack would never work.
As the cloud dragon began vibrating, countless hammer impacts poured into its body.
This, was the true Dragon Fist.
A single strike combining all of Hammer's abilities:
Vibration.
Cloud dragon.
Haki.
All fused into one!
"ROAR!"
The cloud dragon let out an enraged howl and slammed toward Kaido with unstoppable momentum.
But Kaido was still emotionally devastated over his weapon and made no move to dodge.
Thus, Dragon Fist struck him head-on.
BOOM!
Flames and vibrations exploded simultaneously, creating an enormous mushroom cloud over the frozen sea.
Kaido's gigantic body vanished instantly.
The flames from the Flame Dial instantly vaporized the ocean surface, filling the battlefield with steam.
The moment Hammer launched the strike, he immediately retreated backward at high speed, afraid of getting caught in the blast himself.
Moreover, after that attack, the ice surface had shattered completely.
He had no interest in falling into the sea.
At that moment, another dragon roar erupted from within the steam.
"ROOOAR!"
"DAMN YOU, HAMMER!"
"I'LL REMEMBER THIS!"
"MY HASSAIKAI!!! WAAAAAHHHHH!"
"JUST WAIT!"
"I'LL BE BACK!"
The blue dragon shot skyward, his body covered in wounds.
Massive tears fell from the sky and splashed across the sea below.
He cried.
Just like Lance predicted, Kaido actually cried.