"Ha?!"
Kaido was startled for a moment, retracting the foot he had extended, and instinctively looked up toward the source of the sound.
"Burp~"
Kaido let out another drunken burp, saw Kyle above him, tilted his head, and a hint of confusion appeared on his face.
"Brat! Who are you?!"
Looking at Kaido's state, Kyle knew he hadn't sobered up yet.
A smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth; he hadn't expected to encounter Kaido on Skypiea.
He had been flying toward Upper Yard, planning to collect that golden bell.
But halfway there, he felt a terrifying burst of Conqueror's Haki and, curious, came over to check it out.
And then he saw Teacher Kaido!
The Kaido before him seemed a bit younger compared to his later self, and after drinking, he seemed even dumber than in later years.
The corner of Kyle's mouth curled up slightly.
Since he ran into him here, he might as well provide Kaido with a free sobering-up package!
Kyle looked at Kaido, slowly raised his hand, and calmly uttered two words.
"Thunder Meteor!!"
Rumble—
Before the thunderclap arrived, massive bolts of purple lightning had already struck Kaido directly.
The incredible power of the thunder exploded, blasting Kaido off the island cloud and sending him plummeting downward at great speed.
Kyle stood in the sky, making no further move.
After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a resounding dragon's roar, an azure dragon flew up from below, eventually stopping not far from Kyle, its body coiling and moving through the air, its gaze fixed intently on Kyle.
After a long moment, it suddenly spoke:
"Brat! Are you that Kyle who beat Wang Zhi and Golden Lion Shiki?"
"See, you recognize me now? Seems like you only have a bit of a brain when you're sober!"
"Orooooo!!"
"So it really is you, brat! I was wondering why that thunder hurt a bit just now!!"
"I was looking for you anyway, who knew I'd run into you so coincidentally here!"
"Come on! Use that thunder of yours to give me a bath, see if you can kill me, Oroooo…"
Kaido laughed heartily, rolling waves of aura bursting from him.
"Oh? You want a thunder bath, huh?"
"No problem! I'll grant your wish!"
Kyle raised both hands, looking at Kaido, and spoke with a faint smile:
"Get ready, here comes the thunder bath!"
"Ten-Thousand Thunder… Heaven's Meteor!!"
Before his words faded, countless incredibly thick bolts of purple lightning suddenly appeared in the void above, countless times larger than the first strike, each one about as big as Kaido's head.
!!!
Kaido's eyes immediately flew wide open. His body shook violently as he continuously moved and dodged, trying to evade the incoming massive lightning bolts.
But unfortunately, with Kaido's enormous size in his azure dragon form, he was a完全 sitting duck in front of Kyle.
Kaido dodged one, but couldn't dodge the second, the third...
Countless thick purple thunderbolts all struck Kaido. In an instant, a sea of purple thunder exploded around Kaido.
Kaido got exactly what he wanted earlier—a 'comfortable' thunder bath!
After a good while, the crackling sounds gradually faded, and Kaido's figure slowly became visible again.
The azure dragon had now turned into a black dragon, completely charred black, with faint black smoke rising from various places.
Pfft~
Kaido opened his mouth, and a thick cloud of black smoke was directly expelled.
Kyle gave him a thumbs up.
"As expected of an Emperor among pirates, Kaido of the Beasts!"
"So much braver than those two old guys, Golden Lion and Wang Zhi, taking my move head-on with his body!"
"How was it? Was that thunder bath comfortable?!"
Kyle asked with a faint smile.
"Yo... cough!!"
As soon as Kaido uttered one word, he couldn't help but cough violently.
At this moment, he felt a numbing soreness throughout his body, accompanied by waves of pain.
But even so, he couldn't lose the dignity of an Emperor. Looking at Kyle, he spoke calmly:
"Not bad, barely enough to scratch an itch for me!"
"I'm very satisfied with this bath, brat!"
Of course, his persuasion would probably be higher if you ignored the occasional twitch at the corner of his mouth.
"Is that so?"
"Then should I give you another one?"
A smile appeared on the corner of Kyle's mouth, but Kaido's expression stiffened for a moment.
Another one??
Forget it then!
"Brat, I've seen your thunder, how about you try my flames next?!"
With that, without waiting for Kyle's agreement, Kaido tilted his head back, a scorching red light flickering in his mouth.
"Hot Breath!!"
A massive pillar of flame erupted from Kaido's throat, blasting straight toward Kyle.
Even before the flame pillar arrived, Kyle could feel the heat wave from it, but his expression didn't change at all.
Kyle slowly raised his hand, Purple Lightning suddenly appearing in it. Gripping the sword with both hands, he raised it and slashed down!
The movement was fluid and effortless!
The massive pillar of flame was split down the middle, branching off like a split stream to both sides.
"Hmm?!"
Kaido exclaimed softly, looking at Kyle with curiosity.
"Brat, you're also a swordsman?"
"I'm not that talented, just a mere Supreme Grade Swordmaster!"
"What? Did it bring back the pain of the wound Oden Kozuki once left you?"
"I think I can leave a lasting impression on you too!"
"Jingzhe!!"
Kyle's form transformed into a flash of purple lightning, appearing behind Kaido in the blink of an eye.
Slash!!
Kaido's body suddenly twisted at an angle, a line of blood bursting from his chest, with occasional sparks of purple lightning flickering in the wound.
A whistling wind sound came as Kaido swung his tail viciously toward Kyle, but Kyle didn't even turn his head back or make any move to resist, just standing there straight in the void.
Zap!!
The moment Kaido's tail struck Kyle, Kyle's body dissipated into purple lightning, eventually reforming not far in front of Kaido.
Kyle looked calmly at Kaido, glanced at the wound on his chest, and a smile appeared on his face.
"How was it?! Did it hurt a lot? Mr. Kaido!"
"Damn brat! Don't get too cocky!!"
Kaido bared his teeth, his gaze fixed intently on Kyle as he raised his head again, but this time the light flickering in his mouth wasn't crimson, but light cyan.
The next second, countless wind blades sprayed from Kaido's mouth, sweeping toward Kyle.
"Wind Breath!!"
The wind blades sliced through the air, emitting an incredibly sharp aura.
Kyle held Purple Lightning horizontally and spoke calmly:
"Thunder Scale!"
With one slash, purple thunder burst forth, forming around him patches of scale-like barriers made of lightning, curling in reverse.
The wind blades that landed on the thunder scale barrier were reversed by the rotating force on it, mixed with the terrifying thunderstorm, and all sent back toward Kaido.
Kaido: ???
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