Seven Star Sword's Restraint Against Kaido
"Afterimage? That couldn't possibly work against a monster like Kaido, could it?" the Master Swordsman, who had retreated to the edge of the mountain, asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, but Lord Nightmare is, after all, a sword saint who surpasses all of us. Every move he makes must have a profound meaning. It's just that we are too ignorant to understand it." For the group of Master Swordsman, Roy, who had reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship, naturally gave them a Kaido. Subconsciously, they sided with Roy.
"Nightmare Brat, is this all the lowly tricks you know?" Kaido roared, feeling slighted, and angrily charged toward one of the figures, completely ignoring the other eight attacks.
Kaido's strengths are indeed his physical strength and regenerative abilities, but that doesn't mean he's weak in other areas. Just like his casual strike that sent Roy, his mastery of Observation Haki is equally outstanding. Perhaps, for Kaido, it would be more appropriate to describe it as beastly instinct.
As the honey badger of the Pirate World, Kaido either courting death or on his way to it. He has experienced 7 failures, been captured 18 times when he challenged the Navy and the Four Emperors alone, and has been tortured more than a thousand times. He has been sentenced to death a total of 40 times.
It can be said that no one in the Pirate World has experienced more battles than Kaido. Through countless acts of recklessness, fighting has become an instinct for Kaido. He can surpass most people's Observation Haki simply by relying on his Beast Instinct.
Therefore, when Kaido realized that only one of Roy's nine illusions posed a threat to him, Kaido completely ignored the existence of the other illusions.
The spiked club pierced Roy's body and slammed into the ground with undiminished force, creating a narrow ravine that quickly spread out, as if splitting the mountain in two.
However, at the very moment the earth split open, Kaido rolled to the right without thinking. A sword tip, like a ghost, attacked from behind him. Even though Kaido dodged in time, the Seven Star Sword still pierced through a layer of his skin, and large drops of blood fell to the ground, mixing with the dust.
"How is this possible? Could it be that all nine figures are physical entities? How are we supposed to fight like this?" Before Kaido could even speak, the group of Master Swordsman had already exploded on the spot.
"That's not the case. Only one of the nine figures is indeed a physical entity, but the Nightmare Sword Saint seems to be able to switch between the nine figures instantly. In other words, unless the nine figures are destroyed in an instant, these nine phantoms are not much different from nine physical entities." One of the Three Great Sword Saints quickly saw through Roy's move, but then he was so confused that he almost tore off his beard, because although he could see through it, he couldn't find a way to break it.
"Wait, that's not the point at all! That immortal monster is actually injured! I knew it! In the eyes of a swordsman, there is no such thing as an unbreakable defense!" For swordsmen who pursue the ultimate attack, a monster like Kaido is simply a creature designed to shatter their inner beliefs. Now that they see Sword Roy break through Kaido's defenses, they are naturally overjoyed.
"This is... the feeling of being injured, this is... the taste of blood!" Kaido dipped his finger in the blood and put it in his mouth, his eyes flashing with a burning light, and laughed maniacally, "Hahaha, Nightmare Roy, thank you for letting me feel the pain again. Continue, use your strongest power to try to kill me!"
Although he had injured Kaido, Roy felt little joy. The Seven Star Sword was already half a level above the Supreme Grade Sword, and in the hands of a top-tier Great Sword Master like himself, a casual strike should have possessed the power to cleave mountains and split peaks. Yet, when it struck Kaido, it only broke the surface of his skin, and the wound completely healed in the blink of an eye. This life-restoring ability was simply unbelievable; even if he drank the S-3 Potion, he couldn't achieve such a level.
The group of Master Swordsman, who had been cheering, were now horrified. This guy's body was truly beyond human capabilities. They even suspected that if Kaido didn't defend himself at all and let them hack and slash him, they would probably all die of exhaustion by the end, Kaido was still asleep.
One after another, phantoms emerged from Roy's body, surrounding Kaido. Their longswords gleamed with an eerie green light as they charged towards Kaido in perfect unison.
"Trying to use the same trick again? Nightmare Brat, you underestimate me. The same move won't work on me." Kaido's right leg was covered in Armament Haki, and it slammed down like a battle axe, shattering the earth and crushing the mountain into dust, instantly reducing the height of the entire mountain by a large margin.
A terrifying torrent of air radiated outwards from Kaido's center, directly engulfing Roy's phantom in the waves, while Roy's real body was also thrown dozens of meters before finally coming to a stop.
The devastated environment did nothing to stop Kaido's attack. He shot out like a cannonball while still in mid-air, arriving above Roy in the blink of an eye, and swung his spiked club down.
Boom!
Like Starfall, it pierced through the entire mountain peak, and the already crumbling Mount Fuji was finally destroyed by this blow.
The collapsing mountain caused an earthquake throughout Wano Country. The residents who lived nearby stared in disbelief as their sacred mountain crumbled, trembling and prostrating themselves on the ground, waiting for the Heavenly God to quell their anger.
Although Master Swordsman masters are already powerful figures, many still lose their lives in the face of this devastating natural disaster.
Buried beneath the mountain ruins, Roy felt as if his body was about to fall apart. Compared to a monster like Kaido, his physical strength was still too weak. Even just taking a direct hit from Kaido almost cost him half his life.
Roy struggled to his feet, spitting out some fragments of internal organs. He replenished himself with the life energy stored in the Seven Star Sword while taking the S-3 Potion. This two-pronged approach allowed his body to recover quickly.
A sword beam shot into the sky, and Roy instantly flew out from under the ruins. Looking at Kaido was frozen in mid-air like a fossil, he laughed and said, "My sword tasted good, didn't it?"
Kaido covered the wound on his abdomen with a blank expression, but blood still kept seeping out from between his fingers and dripping to the ground.
This wound was clearly the result of Roy risking everything to take a blow from Kaido and sending the Seven Star Sword into Kaido's body.
It's worth noting that Kaido recovered completely from the initial sword wound in an instant, but now, almost half a minute has passed, and the wound on Kaido's abdomen is still only half healed. Although this speed is also astonishing, it seems somewhat illogical for Kaido.
"Your weapon can actually devour my life energy, Nightmare Brat. I must say, you've got some skills." Kaido roared to the sky. "However, you're still ten thousand years away from defeating me!"