"How troublesome..."
Vegapunk muttered to himself and reached out. His hand, which looked clean and without even a callus, wasn't even covered in Haki, yet it easily blocked the spiked club Kaido swung down.
Kaido's eyes narrowed. Then, he let go of the club and slammed down a punch, which was far more effective than the Thunder Bagua, knocking Vegapunk back several steps.
"Did you figure it out? Tsk, I really hate you brainless fighters who rely on feeling. You can find a weakness just by intuition."
Vegapunk said somewhat helplessly. The reason he could block the Thunder Bagua so easily wasn't because his physical body was that much stronger than Kaido's, but simply because the club used for the Thunder Bagua was controlled by his electromagnetic powers.
With pure physical strength, even with Chakra added, Vegapunk could only barely contend with Kaido, and not for very long.
Of course, whether in terms of Devil Fruit abilities or the chakra system, Vegapunk belonged to the energy-attack type, so it was normal that his physical body couldn't compare to Kaido's.
"Don't think you can defeat me with some schemes and tricks! As a senior pirate, I'll teach you the most basic truth! Only strength is most important! Absolute strength can suppress everything!"
Kaido looked excited, revealing a sinister smile. His large hands were covered in pitch-black Haki, even carrying faint black lightning, vaguely breaking through the suppression of the seastone factor, as tiny dragon scales began to grow.
Tilting his head, Vegapunk wore an amused expression:
"What you say makes sense... but the problem is, do you have this so-called absolute strength?"
The idea that so-called absolute strength can sweep away all schemes isn't necessarily wrong, but the requirement for such strength is truly astronomical.
In Vegapunk's view, for strength to completely compensate for strategy, it would need to be a gap like that between modern technology and the feudal era! Given Kaido's strength, saying such things was bound to make people laugh.
"Hmph! Sharp-tongued. Once I catch you, you'll know if I have absolute strength or not!"
Kaido, clenching his fists, was ready to keep fighting, but Vegapunk no longer had any interest in combat.
He wasn't someone who enjoyed fighting. Moreover, every time he fought, it was actually the combat program in his brain chip directing his physical body; it was impossible for it to improve his combat experience or his Haki.
Vegapunk was unwilling to do something that offered no benefits and carried the risk of injury.
Reaching out casually, a strong electromagnetic field instantly transformed into a wormhole, expanding in a split second.
Kaido's eyes blanked for a moment, then he reacted, flying into a rage:
"Bastard! Do you have no sense of shame?! You're actually running away just like that!!"
Unfortunately, by the time Kaido rushed over, the wormhole had already enveloped Vegapunk, Kozuki Hiyori, and Yamato, and then vanished instantly.
Kaido's power-packed punch only blasted through the air, sending a dozen or so robots that had emerged from the prison behind him flying.
A large number of robots rushed forward again without hesitation. Their laser weapons and High-frequency vibration swords made even Kaido frown.
Even without Haki enhancement, the lethality of these high-tech weapons was no less than the basic attacks of an average swordsman. While a Kaido in peak condition could completely ignore them as a mere drain on stamina, in his suppressed state, there was now a possibility of his defense being breached.
"Damn it..."
After knocking away a few more robots, Kaido had to cover his body in Armament Haki and glanced around.
At this moment, the other members of the Beasts Pirates had basically been captured by the robots. They didn't bother much with the fodder but rounded up the weakened Devil Fruit Users one by one and threw them into a Mechanical teleportation array they had constructed on the spot.
"Dammit, just how many robots does this guy have? This can't go on!"
"That teleportation array... could it be the place where they're holding the prisoners?"
Kaido frowned, indecisive, but seeing even a heavily weakened King starting to struggle, he finally made up his mind.
"If I keep getting tangled up like this, even I might eventually be worn down! These robots are a bit too durable!"
The robots Vegapunk created didn't have many special features; they used laser weapons and high-frequency vibration weapons for attack, and high-strength memory metal for defense.
Even if they were smashed to pieces, as long as other robots were nearby to piece them back together, they could regain their combat effectiveness as the memory metal recovered.
Although he had been fighting for a while and had smashed nearly several hundred robots, his actual results might not even reach double digits. As long as a core wasn't damaged, the smashed robots could be fully restored just by being pieced back together.
Kaido was now feeling a slight decline in his stamina. Even though Four Emperors-level pirates could often fight for days and nights, that was while resting as they fought, not in a state where they had to use Haki to defend against attacks every single moment.
Not to mention the seastone factor enveloping all of Onigashima had a massive impact on Kaido as a Devil Fruit User, causing his stamina consumption rate to increase dozens of times over.
Under the influence of various factors, Kaido knew clearly that he could fight for another three to five hours at most, and based on the robots he saw now, three to five hours certainly wouldn't be enough for him to break through.
Moreover, the entire Beasts Pirates had been captured and taken away. If he, a Four Emperor, fled alone... would Kaido have any face left?
Under these circumstances, Kaido gritted his teeth and unhesitatingly unleashed a powerful burst of Conquerors Haki Infusion once more, blasting through all the mechanical warriors in his path and rushing toward the teleportation array.
As for where the teleportation array would lead, Kaido didn't care at all. No matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than now. Even if it led to some prison cell, the Strongest Creature in the World was confident he could escape!
Swinging his spiked club, the mechanical warriors trying to block his way were instantly sent flying. Then, Kaido plunged headlong into the teleportation array.
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