**Chapter 14: Violently Thrashing Kaido!**
"Rocky Port... is finished!"
Somewhere on the edge of the island of Rocky Port, Patroclus huddled like an ostrich.
Watching the earth-shattering battle taking place on the island from afar.
His face was full of shock.
Too strong!
These two men locked in combat.
Whether it was the white-haired youth.
Or the horned demon king.
Both possessed terrifying power far beyond his imagination.
The clashes between these two destroyed every building on the island as if they were made of paper.
Those seemingly hard rocks, the ground, and even steel could only twist and shatter under their fists and feet!
It had only been a few short hours since they started fighting.
This bustling pirate port had basically been completely destroyed by now.
The town, full of shops and entertainment venues, had turned into ruins.
Who knew how many pirates and criminals had been caught in the aftershocks of their battle and met violent deaths.
"This is what it means to be strong. These are the true powerhouses of this sea!"
As he watched, an unprecedented longing appeared in Patroclus's eyes.
At this moment, how he wished that the one possessing such mighty power was him.
But he also knew very clearly.
That was absolutely impossible.
Even in another ten or twenty years.
He might still be far from touching such strength.
Unless he could obtain a powerful enough Devil Fruit.
Thinking of this, the white-haired man's words suddenly echoed in his mind.
If you don't die, find him on Hachinosu.
"Hachinosu..."
Patroclus's gaze gradually became firm.
He stopped watching the intense battle on the island, which showed no signs of ending, and instead ran toward the battered port.
He needed to find a ship.
A ship that could take him away from here, take him to Hachinosu!
This was very likely his chance.
His only chance to break free from his current situation and achieve a greater future!
Just as Patroclus was preparing to leave Rocky Port.
Carlo and Kaido, who were fighting fiercely on the island, didn't know yet.
On the sea dozens of kilometers away from Rocky Port, a pirate ship emblazoned with the letters [ROCKS] was sailing unhurriedly toward them.
On the bow deck, a tall and burly man with long golden hair and a white mustache shaped like a crescent moon under his nose was looking into the distance, his eyes flickering with red glints.
"Gurararara, there really are powerful auras colliding over there."
"So, is it Samro fighting that rookie Kaido?"
"Rocks really values that kid named Kaido. Even if Rocky Port is destroyed, does it not matter?"
On Rocky Port Island.
"Bastard! You only know how to hop around like a flea! Fight me head-on if you have the guts!"
Covered in dust, Kaido roared repeatedly, swinging his arms thick as stone pillars, lunging at Carlo like a hungry tiger.
But Carlo agilely dodged under his armpit.
In the moment of dodging, Carlo straightened his fingers into a knife hand and stabbed into Kaido's armpit. Kaido howled in pain, tears flying from the corners of his eyes.
"Bastard! Bastard!"
Kaido clamped his armpit tight and swept his muscular left arm horizontally, the momentum astonishing.
However, Carlo, in mid-air, was fearless. He pressed down with his left foot, stepping on Kaido's wrist joint.
While suppressing the sweeping left arm, he used the force to jump up.
Then, he delivered a Eye-Sealing Punch to Kaido's brow ridge.
With a bang, Kaido's brow split open, blood flowing out and dyeing his eye red.
Immediately after, Carlo stepped several times in the air as if climbing invisible stairs, circled to Kaido's right, and launched a whip kick toward Kaido's neck!
"You've pissed me off! Damn Navy brat!"
Red light flared in Kaido's eyes.
Whether stained by blood or activating Observation Haki, no one knew.
His mouth suddenly opened wide, actually biting toward Carlo's sweeping right leg.
"Hey, hey, hey, your fetish is disgusting, Kaido!"
Carlo teased, retracted his sweeping right leg, changed the whip into a stomp, and planted his size-80 foot on Kaido's face.
Stretching Kaido's face to its limit.
His toes were about to poke into Kaido's eyes.
"Bastard! Bastard! I'm going to kill you!"
Kaido swung both arms wildly at Carlo, but Carlo kicked off his face to dodge.
Carlo jumped away with his front foot, then flipped backward in mid-air, used Geppo (Moonwalk), and doubled back, punching Kaido's knee.
With strength breaking through 70 and a tyrannical Seven-Star Body, the punch force he unleashed couldn't be blocked even by ten adult giants combined!
Although Kaido's physique still surpassed the current Carlo.
The gap between them had clearly narrowed significantly.
With Carlo's punch, Kaido's knee immediately let out a muffled crack.
Scaring Kaido, he quickly retracted his leg and retreated to dissipate the force, lest his knee be shattered by Carlo's punch.
At the same time, the look he gave Carlo became increasingly frantic.
But there was nothing he could do.
He could only clench his massive fist and smash down toward the top of Carlo's head.
However, with similar physiques, the smaller Carlo was clearly much faster in explosive speed.
By the time Kaido's fist smashed down, Carlo had already jumped up from beneath him, punching first, rising like a rocket, and landing a punch on his chin.
"Eat my Rising Dragon Punch!!"
The heavy, pitch-black fist landed solidly on Kaido's chin, lifting his massive body off the ground.
Following closely, Carlo delivered a straight kick, stomping fiercely on Kaido's chest, sending him flying with a boom, his back carving a trench dozens of meters long in the ground!
Landing with a whoosh.
Carlo bounced a few times on his feet, visible joy on his face.
Watching Kaido grit his teeth and crawl up again, looking at him with resentment, Carlo couldn't help but tease.
"What? Not planning to get your club yet?"
"Fighting me in hand-to-hand combat? Kaido, do you have the skill?"
"Who do you think I learned my Taijutsu from? Those guys at HQ might have terrible personalities, but when it comes to fists and feet, all the pirates on Hachinosu combined can't compare!"
"Don't get cocky, kid!"
Kaido gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and charged again, only for Carlo to dodge and grab the curved horns on his head.
With a roar of exertion, he swung Kaido's entire body into the air.
Then, his clenched pitch-black right fist flashed out with a majestic straight punch.
"Bone Fist! Justice Straight Punch!!"
"Boom!!"
Kaido's massive body arched, his abdominal muscles sinking deep.
Almost Carlo's entire arm sank in, churning his insides, forcing his mouth wide open to spew a large mouthful of bile, sending him flying backward again in utter humiliation!
Carlo pressed his advantage, grinning savagely as he chased, delivering a violent beating to Kaido.
By this point.
Kaido finally abandoned the fantasy of beating him in hand-to-hand combat.
While blocking Carlo's attacks, he obediently went to retrieve his kanabō, Hassaikai.
When Carlo's big foot kicked his butt again, sending him sprawling like a dog eating shit and plunging headfirst into the ground like an ostrich, Kaido finally found the kanabō he had thrown away earlier.
Once the kanabō was in hand, Kaido's entire aura changed.
"Cocky Navy brat, let's see how you die now!!"
He roared as he looked toward Carlo, but then froze.
"Who is this birdman? Where is that Navy brat?"
In front of him, the Carlo who had been chasing and beating him up had disappeared.
Replaced by a six-meter-tall monster with a bird's head and human body, wings on its back, its entire body looking as if cast from gold.