Despite suffering such a heavy blow, Yamato acted like nothing had happened.
She merely brushed the dust off her clothes angrily.
This left both Sero and Doflamingo on either side utterly shocked.
From now on, if anyone ever doubts that Yamato is Kaido's biological daughter, Sero and Doflamingo have agreed to spit a mouthful of salty soda in their face.
"Sero, looks like I'll need more time to defeat Kaido. Why don't you guys evacuate Onigashima first and wait for me outside?"
Yamato said this like Sero and the others could just leave Onigashima whenever they wanted…
Wait a second...
That might be true?
At that moment, Sero began to assess the situation around them.
Although over ten thousand pirates from the Beasts Pirates were gathered around the hall, they were all small fry, not nearly enough to stop Sero from escaping if he wanted to.
As for the real threats who could stop Sero, only Kaido, the one who disciplines his son with a club, and Sasaki, who was probably about to be barbecued by Sabo, remained.
Then there was Doflamingo, who was half-aligned with the Beasts Pirates.
If Yamato could hold Kaido back on Onigashima…
And if Sero could defeat Doflamingo…
Wouldn't that mean they could escape alive from Onigashima?
Realizing this, Sero's eyes lit up.
"Then Kaido's all yours, Yamato!"
"I will defeat Kaido!"
Determined, Yamato handed Sero a piece of her Vivre Card before charging toward Kaido in the attic with explosive speed.
After storing the Vivre Card, Sero stared intensely at Doflamingo.
"I assume you're not that eager to head to Marineford to help the Navy against the Whitebeard Pirates, are you? I'll make that decision for you right now!"
"Fufufufu! No need! I'm quite looking forward to joining the party at Marineford!"
Doflamingo immediately rejected Sero's "kindness" without hesitation.
Which made Sero feel quite awkward.
With no other option, Sero decided to ease the awkwardness by launching a giant Rasengan at Doflamingo.
A massive Rasengan roared from Sero's hand and shot toward Doflamingo in the distance.
Seeing the giant attack incoming, Doflamingo raised both hands.
Using his String-String Fruit powers, he instantly wove a massive spider web out of countless threads.
"Spider Web Wall!"
The giant Rasengan slammed into the dense web, tearing through it completely and continuing toward Doflamingo with unstoppable force.
"Spider's Nest!!!"
Seeing the Rasengan closing in, Doflamingo broke into a cold sweat.
He quickly used his String-String Fruit powers again.
In an instant, he crafted a long, thick web reinforced with Armament Haki.
It enveloped the Rasengan completely.
This time, the Rasengan couldn't break through the web laced with Armament Haki.
But it did detonate on impact.
The spaced-out web structure couldn't withstand the explosive force.
Doflamingo, caught off guard, was sent flying dozens of meters, crashing into the hall's wall.
Hundreds of nearby Beast Pirates also shared his fate, flung across the hall in chaos.
Sero was ready to follow up with another Rasengan,
But before he could even take a step, Yamato came crashing down in front of him, sent flying by another of Kaido's Thunder Bagua strikes.
It nearly flattened Sero's toes.
"Yamato… if it's too much, don't push yourself…"
This time, Sero saw blood trickling from the corner of Yamato's mouth.
No matter how tough she was, no one could take multiple Thunder Bagua strikes from Kaido without injury.
Sero figured that if he took even one hit from Kaido, he'd be bedridden for months.
"Narukami!!!"
But Yamato ignored Sero's concern.
She once again charged toward Kaido, her kanabo wrapped in crackling lightning, releasing a powerful shockwave that shattered the attic.
Kaido casually swung his kanabo, dispersing the shockwave with ease.
As the attic collapsed, Kaido leapt down into the hall, glaring at his rebellious "good son."
"Looks like I'll have to beat you down today, Yamato, or you won't stop, huh?!"
"We'll see who gets beaten down today, Kaido!"
All the resentment Yamato had built up over the years was ready to explode in this battle.
Furious, she transformed into her Zoan Devil Fruit form: the Great White Wolf Deity.
Then, she transformed into her hybrid beast-human form.
"Divine Step! White Snake Drive!!!"
In her hybrid form, Yamato's speed increased severalfold.
She flashed in front of Kaido instantly.
Her kanabo, wrapped in Armament Haki, smashed toward Kaido's head with incredible force.
"Gunbashiri! Dragon Army Smash!!!"
Seeing Yamato use the very move he taught her, Kaido couldn't help but chuckle.
He wrapped Conqueror's Haki around his kanabo and unleashed a stronger version of the same move to counter Yamato's White Snake Drive.
And what made it stronger?
The moment their kanabos clashed, Yamato was sent flying over a hundred meters.
"Cough!"
Although she quickly stood back up, Yamato spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly suffering serious internal injuries.
"Kaido, you damned black-faced gorilla, you are strong! But I, Kozuki Oden, will defeat you!!!"
Her kanabo might not be as hard as Kaido's, but Yamato's mouth was tougher.
Kaido, already infuriated, was now completely enraged upon hearing Yamato call herself Kozuki Oden.
His anger seemed to become physical, surging into the lightning that now wrapped his kanabo.
"Three Realms Descent! Hell Drag!!"
Kaido leapt high above the hall.
His kanabo, wrapped in Armament Haki and crackling with lightning, began spinning.
In the next moment, he brought it crashing down toward Yamato from above.
"Mirror Mountain!!!"
Kaido's strike was so fast that Yamato had no time to dodge.
She could only stand her ground, summoning layers of armor made from ice to protect her body.
BOOM!!!
Kaido's kanabo crashed into the ice armor with an earth-shaking noise, shattering several layers instantly.
But a couple of layers remained, only slightly cracked.
In her hybrid form, Yamato successfully blocked Kaido's Hell Drag strike.
Seizing the brief pause after Kaido's attack, Yamato released a massive amount of freezing energy, wrapping it around her Haki-infused kanabo.
"Ice Fang Slash!!!"
In a flash, Yamato's kanabo slammed squarely into Kaido's waist, catching him off guard.
Kaido was sent flying over a hundred meters.
Seeing this, Sero, still fighting Doflamingo, instinctively felt a chill in his kidneys.
Yamato didn't want any future siblings.
Though her attack was powerful, her opponent was Kaido, the world's strongest creature.
Kaido soon stood up like nothing had happened.
If not for the ice still clinging to his waist, no one would've guessed he had just taken a hit.
"Hahaha! Yamato! You've got some skills!"
Being knocked that far by his "good son," Kaido seemed happy.
Whether because Yamato had finally mastered the techniques, or because his kidney had just gotten clobbered, it wasn't clear.
"Frost Fang of the Nameless Warrior!!!"
Enraged by Kaido's condescending praise, Yamato launched a burst of extreme cold from her position.
As the icy blast filled the hall, the temperature dropped to zero.
Beasts Pirates nearby started trembling uncontrollably.
But the next second, a blazing hot blast followed.
Unnoticed, Kaido had transformed into his hybrid form of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon model.
Facing Yamato's Frost Fang, the hybrid Kaido unleashed a scorching heat breath.
In an instant, the two opposing forces clashed in the center of the hall.
Those on one side shivered from the cold.
Those on the other side sweated from the heat.
As for those caught in the middle… they no longer knew whether they were freezing or burning.
In short, no one felt good.
"Flame Emperor!!!"
A sudden roar came from a corner of the hall, shifting everyone's attention away from Kaido and Yamato.