Several days ago.
On the night Wang Zhi officially became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a small boat flying no flag docked at a hidden port on Hachinosu.
Several figures in black robes, familiar with Wang Zhi, disembarked from the boat, and the two parties met at the back of the giant Skull Mountain on Hachinosu.
"Wang Zhi, long time no see. I thought we wouldn't meet again after our last cooperation, but here we are."
"Hehehe, actually, I should be the one surprised!"
Wang Zhi sneered.
"I didn't expect you guys to take York so seriously."
The black-robed figure replied, "He's a major concern for you too, isn't he?"
"You've been living in fear for over a year."
"If not for him, I doubt you would have demanded we support you like friendly forces when applying for privileges."
Wang Zhi lost the mood to joke, his face turning serious.
"Tell me, how do you plan to deal with York this time?!"
"Let me be clear beforehand, he hasn't caused me any trouble for over a year. I can't guarantee he will definitely seek revenge for Shakky."
The black-robed figure was confident, as if everything was under control.
"Don't worry, even if he doesn't plan to deal with you himself, we will give him the motivation to come to Hachinosu!"
"As for the specific plan..."
...
That night, the black-robed figure and Wang Zhi discussed until nearly dawn.
When the black-robed figure left, a pentagram magic circle appeared in an empty room on Hachinosu.
From then on, Wang Zhi stayed in this room almost every day, waiting for York's arrival.
He thought the wait would be long, but unexpectedly, less than half a month after the news of him becoming a Warlord was released, York came knocking on his door.
He didn't know if this was the World Government's plan or if York himself was attracted by the information in the newspaper, but in short, York had indeed come.
Immediately following was the sudden support from the Five Elders.
Wang Zhi didn't know this pentagram magic circle could directly summon the Five Elders; he thought it would summon the black-robed figure.
From this moment on, Wang Zhi knew he was doomed.
Leaving aside the fact that Saturn of the Five Elders was inexplicably possessed by a greater existence.
Just seeing the Devil Fruit abilities of the Five Elders, even if York was really taken out after the battle, he would definitely be taken out by the Five Elders next.
Plus, witnessing that great existence release countless dark tentacles, transforming almost all the pirates on the island into demons, he knew even more clearly that there was no possibility of his survival.
"No! I can't die here! I absolutely cannot die!!"
Muttering resolute words, Wang Zhi turned and ran.
However, just at this moment, storm clouds rolled in the sky, and a huge azure divine dragon descended from above.
"Wororororo! Wang Zhi! Long time no see!!"
"Kaido?!" Wang Zhi looked startled and asked coldly, "Did York only send you?!"
Kaido was currently in his Human-Beast form. He took the kanabo from his waist, azure-purple arcs of electricity flickering on it, and sneered, "Does dealing with you require anyone else?"
Seeing this, Wang Zhi's eyes gradually changed from panic to calmness.
"You're arrogant, Kaido!"
"Don't think that getting a Devil Fruit puts you on equal footing with us!"
"A mere apprentice! Do you think the gap in age can be filled by just a Devil Fruit?!"
"I'll be honest with you!!"
"All this time in the Rocks Pirates, I've never used my full strength!!"
As his voice fell, the ground beneath Wang Zhi's feet quickly became wet and muddy.
The road paved with bricks turned into a muddy swamp.
Wang Zhi reached out and gently touched the wall beside him, which also collapsed softly like mud.
This swamp quickly spread to Kaido's feet. His heavy body began to sink slowly, like the countless unfortunates swallowed by swamps.
Kaido looked down at the mud beneath his feet, then looked up at Wang Zhi.
"Fruit Awakening?"
"You have some knowledge!"
Wang Zhi smiled proudly.
"But this is a Logia Awakening! You've never seen it before, have you!!"
"Wororororo, this is indeed the first time seeing it."
Kaido smiled, showing no panic on his face.
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Wang Zhi's eyes.
He found Kaido's calm demeanor very irritating.
This was his Fruit Awakening! A Logia Awakening at that!!
And this kid just had this attitude?!
Wang Zhi's body turned into mud and slumped into the muddy ground instantly.
The next second, his voice rang out from all directions.
"Kaido, you don't know yet, do you!"
"A Logia Awakening can permanently change the natural environment of an area!"
"And I, as the corresponding ability user! My main body and ability will be omnipresent here!!"
The muddy ground, which had melted over a range of hundreds of meters, suddenly churned like boiling water.
The next second, this mud turned into a tsunami, rolling up a giant wave tens of meters high, crashing towards Kaido.
Kaido's expression remained calm.
He took a deep breath, his cheeks puffing out rapidly.
"Blast Breath!!" (Bolo Breath)
With a low shout in his heart, surging dragon fire spewed out, blasting a large hole directly through the giant mud wave tens of meters high.
"It's useless!"
Wang Zhi's eyes appeared on the giant mud wave.
"Here, I am nature itself!! Your ability not only can't hurt my main body! It has no effect on my ability either!!"
"Thunder Bagua!!"
Kaido had no interest in jabbering with Wang Zhi. He directly wrapped his kanabo in Conqueror's Haki.
Black-red lightning mixed with azure-purple lightning wrapped around the club, and his legs, already submerged to the knees, simultaneously exploded with massive amounts of lightning.
The wet swamp water evaporated instantly, the dry mud exploded, and Kaido appeared behind the giant mud wave like a bolt of lightning.
The next second, the giant mud wave behind Kaido exploded like fireworks.
Black-red lightning and azure-purple lightning wove through the mud, turning into a screen of thunder and lightning.
"Useless! I already told you! Your ability is useless against me!!"
Wang Zhi's voice rang out again. He seemed to have truly become an incarnation of nature, omnipresent. Kaido's attack just now didn't hit his main body at all.
"Observation Haki can't capture him?"
Looking at the surrounding environment changing towards a mud swamp again, Kaido couldn't help frowning slightly.
He hadn't expected a Logia Awakening to be so special.
Observation Haki had clearly captured Wang Zhi's main body just now, and the kanabo should have hit Wang Zhi's main body, but there was no sensation of hitting the main body, and Wang Zhi himself didn't look like he had been hurt.
"Could it be... a Logia Awakening truly means becoming an incarnation of nature?!"