One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

Chapter 115 %

The flames of the explosion were like a giant beast tearing through the sky, turning into a huge column of blazing fire that shot up into the sky, dyeing half of the sky covered by black fog red. The huge metal building was instantly reduced to ashes in the face of this unstoppable force, and not even a trace of the remnant survived. A scorching heat wave spread rapidly in all directions like a wave, turning everything it passed into scorched earth.

In the firelight, three black shadows shot out like sharp arrows and landed on an unaffected open space a few hundred meters away. Looking back, they saw that the place where they were originally located had turned into a blazing sea of ​​fire, causing the surrounding air to distort like water waves.

"If I hadn't used my Observation Haki to see what was happening a few seconds later, I might have really come after you for attacking without warning in advance."

Kaido waved his hand and patted the dust off his body, looking at the billowing smoke rising in the distance and muttering. For a moment, a trace of barely perceptible sadness flashed in his eyes. After a few seconds, he added in a low voice, "...Thank you."

"It sounds disgusting, I just think that if there is no action over there, I will just change to a more open battlefield."

Next to him, Lingling, who was sitting cross-legged on the back of Zeus who was breathing heavily, turned away with a look of disdain, chewing a chocolate puff that she had taken out from somewhere and muttering in an unnatural tone, "It's hard for you to fight seriously in that environment, so don't hold me back."

Kaido did not respond to what she said, but just stared quietly at the sea of ​​fire that seemed to burn away all the filth and ugliness in the world. The hot firelight shone on his face, reflecting an expression that was more solemn than ever before, and also seemed to reflect the endless darkness hidden deep in his heart that was gradually spreading around like a thick fog.

"Mom actually thinks it's too pitiful for those people to just leave it alone. It's rare for me to see it on your face. It hurts!"

After punching Zeus who had inappropriately spoken his true thoughts, Lingling swallowed the remaining half of the puff in one gulp. After wiping off the cream stain on the corner of her lips, she stood up suddenly as if she had sensed something and looked up at the sky. Her face was filled with a bit of nervousness and excitement, an expression she would only show when facing a strong enemy. "From now on, keep your nerves tense. If anything goes wrong due to negligence, I will not let you go."

Kaido immediately understood what Lingling meant and followed her gaze. He saw that the one-eyed man had stood above the sky. The dark armor wrapped around his body seemed to make him blend into the darkness without a trace of light. He was like a god born from darkness, exuding an air of dominance. The pair of eyes that looked down at everything below were filled with coldness and indifference, as if nothing in the world was worth his attention or pity.

"Are you kidding me... that guy Shiki shouldn't be killed that easily, right?"

Kaido, who witnessed this scene, opened his eyes wide and gasped in disbelief. He racked his brains to figure out how the man could hover in the air, but he still couldn't figure it out. He couldn't help but scratch his hair that was a little messy due to the wind and waves of the explosion, "I remember that among devil fruits, there should be no ability to fly freely except the Float-Float Fruit... or did Rocks make a mistake?"

"Although I really want to see that bastard Shiqi get into trouble, this kind of situation is most likely the third possibility."

Inadvertently noticing the airflow surrounding the man slowly spreading outwards, Lingling, who seemed to understand something, showed a meaningful smile on her face. Suddenly, she jumped down from Zeus and landed next to Kaido, who was frightened by her sudden action. She whispered a few words in his ear, causing Kaido to show an incredible expression after being stunned for a moment. He jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, and yelled at Lingling without any context: "What a joke! Now that the thing is in your hands, it is yours. I'm not so weak as to need your pity--"

"If you don't mind being heard by him and having your plan thwarted, then keep shouting louder."

As if she had anticipated his reaction, Lingling casually waved her hand to interrupt him mid-sentence, stretched out two fingers and poked Kaido's forehead, who had calmed down a little after realizing his loss of composure, and then said word by word in a serious tone, "It is precisely because it is my property that I have the legal right to deal with it. Whether I crush it into crumbs or feed it to a stray dog ​​on the roadside, I have the final say on everything. Do you understand?"

But doesn't that mean I owe you a huge favor?

Kaido, whose spirit had slightly diminished, still wanted to say this sentence in his heart, but he was stunned when he saw the cold face in front of him, which did not even show any joking intention. After repeated thinking and struggling, he finally chose to swallow it back helplessly, and sighed and whispered, "I am completely defeated by you."

"In short, the enemy this time is different from the past. Even if the plan is successfully implemented, it will only increase the original 10% chance of winning to 15%. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

Lingling seemed to want to end the topic as soon as possible. She jumped back onto the back of Zeus who was almost dozing off. She turned her head slightly to the guy who always made her feel uneasy and said coldly, "I don't need to say anything more about the rest, right?"

"Hey, who are you talking to? How could I not remember such important information?"

Kaido, who felt that he was being looked down upon, was immediately inspired to fight. He swung the mace in his hand vigorously at the motionless black shadow in the air, and a refreshing and confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Will everything be over if I just knock him down from the air?"

"I still didn't listen carefully..."

Lingling, who had anticipated his reaction, held her forehead and sighed softly, then quickly pulled out the big knife behind her as if to ease the awkward atmosphere, licked her lips and drew an elusive smile, "But it's not a bad thing to do this, every time I see those seabirds flying in the sky on the boat, I can't help but want to shoot them down."

"The long after-school hours have come to an end. No matter how much we discuss countermeasures, it will be useless."

As if he had lost patience with waiting, the one-eyed man spoke word for word in a cold and motionless voice. However, his motionless figure, like a piece of wood, showed no sign that he was about to take any action. “It is better to end it as soon as possible. To some extent, it will be a relief for you.”

"Just what I want! Curly-haired bastard!"

Amidst an imposing roar, a black figure swept over from below, accompanied by a strong wind, so fast that it left a series of blurry afterimages behind it. In just a blink of an eye, it appeared in front of the one-eyed man with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Without giving him any chance to react, the mace wrapped in purple lightning smashed towards him.

"Thunder gossip!"

Along with loud noises like lightning and thunder, countless purple lightning flashed from the inky black sky, and they shuttled wildly through the clouds like electric snakes twisting wantonly, causing the surrounding thick black fog to surge endlessly due to the surging force.

"Just from the momentum alone, this move is enough to make it famous in the world."

The one-eyed man, whose long hair was blown upward by the wind, sighed softly as if he was touched by emotion. His tone was filled with undisguised admiration, but his thin lips curled up into a barely perceptible sneer, "Unfortunately, it's still a little lacking in skill."

At the moment when the mace carrying the force of thunder was about to hit his face, the one-eyed man's figure suddenly flew backwards several feet like a ghost, and he just avoided the lightning-fast blow. His hands still remained in the posture of around his chest without any change. His right leg was suddenly raised, with invisible waves lingering on it, and kicked towards Kaido's waist like an iron whip.

"Ok?"

When his right leg touched Kaido's body, he unexpectedly did not feel the kick hitting the target, as if he had just kicked into the air. Before the one-eyed man could recover from his confusion, Kaido's figure began to ripple slightly, and the whole person gradually became transparent and distorted, and finally disappeared in the air without a trace.

"An afterimage?"

The one-eyed man, whose expression showed no change even when faced with an emergency, muttered to himself. At the same time, a loud laugh that could not be suppressed with smugness came from the side.

"Correct answer! Here's an extra reward for you!"

The moment the words were spoken, a dazzling sword energy shock wave pierced through the darkness of the sky and shot towards the one-eyed man who suddenly turned around at an incredibly fast speed, and was about to swallow him up in the next moment.

However, at this critical moment, the one-eyed man seemed to have anticipated the opponent's move. His whole body shot out like an arrow and rushed straight into the extremely turbulent sword light. The rapidly swirling wind around him turned into an unstoppable blade, which crushed the oncoming sword energy into countless flying spots of light. In an instant, he came to Lingling, who was still swinging the sword with both hands, and his right fist covered with a strong storm mercilessly slammed towards Zeus, who was keeping her suspended in the air.

"Tsk, it's coming so fast!"

Lingling, who was a little unsteady on her feet due to the howling wind and waves, couldn't help but twitch her lips, revealing a smile that said everything was as expected, "Although I had guessed you would do this!"

Before she could finish her words, a fierce gust of wind swept in from the top of her head. The continuous sonic booms made the one-eyed man's eardrums hurt slightly. The fist that was five centimeters away from the face that was covered with tears and snot due to excessive fear suddenly turned and collided directly with the mace that was falling from the air, dragging a long lightning bolt.

"Shh, it hurts so much..."

Kaido, who had finally found the right time to attack, felt that his hand bones were about to be shattered, and the resistance brought by the intense wind pressure made him shaky in mid-air, but he still gritted his teeth and poured all his strength into his hands that were holding the mace, rubbing against the almost materialized edge of the storm, creating a large amount of sparks. The clothes on his body were cut into intricate cuts by the strong wind, and blood spurted out from time to time.

Despite this, the expression displayed on his face was not one of pain or resentment, but an extremely ferocious smile, like a beast ready to devour its prey, emitting a murderous intent that was enough to make the surrounding temperature suddenly drop to freezing point.

"It's more capable than I expected..."

Seeing the strong wind around his right hand slow down visibly, the one-eyed man raised his lips slightly. His tone was level, but it was hard to tell whether he was praising or mocking. "It would be a pity to kill you like this, but the injury is still acceptable as it is within a controllable range."

Just as his left arm, which was filled with energy, was raised high and was about to strike Kaido's abdomen in the next second, a giant sword wrapped in dazzling lightning came whistling from the side, and with a "clang" sound, it hit the rapidly changing fist, and the extremely sharp sound of metal collision was endless.

"It's unheard of that pirates would pay attention to teamwork."

With his hands blocking two powerful weapons, the one-eyed man still maintained a relaxed expression, as if doing this was no problem at all for him. "If your alliance is only this far, this battle will be regarded as the greatest shame of my life."

"Really... Then I promise to make you experience this unforgettable feeling."