Might Guy's Thunder Bagua

Queen rubbed his eyes instinctively, his tiny bean-sized eyes staring blankly at the battlefield.

Why were there two Boss Kaidos?

No, one of them was that Marine called Lin Qi.

"What Mythical Zoan does he have? It looks way too much like Boss Kaido's Azure Dragon Fruit."

Lin Qi and Kaido both had Dragon Horns growing from their heads and equally burly builds.

Both had Dragon Scale patterns on their bodies.

The difference was that Lin Qi had extra spikes around his knees, elbows, and other areas, along with the black Halo that constantly floated behind him.

"Thunder Bagua!"

"Thunder Bagua!"

The two Spiked Clubs wrapped in Lightning Balls collided, producing a deafening boom.

The small island shook violently. Coconut trees were uprooted one after another, and ravines split open across the ground.

"So strong!"

Queen clung to a massive boulder, barely managing not to be blown away by the gale.

Wasn't this basically two Four Emperors fighting?!

"Brat, how dare you copy my move." Kaido bared his huge mouth, revealing terrifyingly sharp fangs.

"What do you mean, your move? Once I learn it, it's mine."

"Good, brat. Try this one."

Teacher Kaido was very displeased that someone had forcefully learned his technique without paying royalties.

"Naraku Descent!"

Boom!

Kaido brought his club down on Lin Qi's head, and a terrifying shockwave spread in every direction.

The overflowing lightning cracked the earth apart.

"Thunder... forget it. Frozen Hell."

This was clearly an advanced version of Thunder Bagua. Thunder Bagua alone could not block it.

Lin Qi exhaled a breath of frost, freezing heaven and earth alike.

Ice spread upward from Kaido's feet.

Kaido's swinging motion stalled, and Lin Qi retreated, narrowly evading the fatal strike.

"Aokiji's ability..."

Kaido pulled his feet from the ice and clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Since this battle began, you've used three elements: ice, fire, and lightning. What Mythical Zoan did you eat?"

"Beat me first, then we'll talk."

"Fine. Kundali Dragon Ascendancy!"

No one knew what method Kaido used, but his Spiked Club suddenly expanded to over a hundred meters long. Wrapped in a terrifying shockwave, it nearly made Lin Qi cough up blood with a single blow.

He used Geppo to leap into the sky.

He had originally wanted to copy Kaido's Naraku Descent, but Kaido had gotten wise and refused to use it again after the first time.

"Ghost Qi? Thunder Bagua!"

Ghost Qi ignited around the iron club as Lin Qi came crashing down from above with the force of ten thousand mountains, aiming for Kaido's head.

Though he could no longer use swordsmanship, Ghost Qi combined with Kaido's Thunder Bagua was enough to unleash terrifying power.

"Ararara, Great Power Thunder Bagua!"

Kaido poured liquor into his mouth while using the advanced version of Thunder Bagua.

"Boom!"

At the instant of impact, Lin Qi used Electromagnetic Force to make the iron club explode into fragments.

"Damn! The quality of weapons I make myself really sucks."

He hurriedly covered his head in Armament Haki, but the Spiked Club still left him badly dazed.

Two or three seconds later, Lin Qi's body jolted, and he suddenly recovered. He sprang up from the ground.

"You actually didn't attack while I was down."

Lin Qi looked at Kaido in surprise as the man gulped down liquor.

"Tch, I never pull that sneak-attack crap." Kaido said disdainfully.

Kaido was unexpectedly honorable in combat, Lin Qi thought.

For now, neither his human form nor Beast Form could defeat Kaido.

His only option was to try his beast form.

"Roar~"

With a roar, Lin Qi's body rapidly expanded.

In the blink of an eye, a thirty-five-meter-tall Candlelight appeared on the battlefield.

"So huge."

Queen was utterly shocked. His Brachiosaurus form looked like a child before this giant beast.

"Roar!"

Kaido's eyes burned as he watched, and he liked it even more.

He swore that he would recruit this rare and exotic beast into the Beasts Pirates.

Kaido transformed into his dragon form and clashed with Lin Qi.

"Roar." Lin Qi opened his mouth and unleashed a Thunder Beam over ten meters wide.

"Heat Breath!"

A nearly identical beam of flames erupted from Kaido's mouth.

The two beams collided in midair.

The sky split open.

Watching the two giant beasts battle in the sky, Queen's heart pounded wildly.

"Can't afford to mess with them. Can't afford to mess with them."

After battling fiercely for half a day...

"Conqueror's Haki? Ryou? Great Power? Thunder Bagua!"

In midair, Kaido suddenly changed from his dragon form into a half-dragon man and smashed his Spiked Club into Candlelight's enormous head.

Boom!

Lin Qi crashed into the island like a meteor, violently coughed up a mouthful of blood, reverted to human form, and fell unconscious.

The energy stored in his body had been completely exhausted.

Without energy, even the recovery effects of a Mythical Zoan would be greatly reduced.

Rumble~

Lin Qi's fall was like a nuclear bomb detonating on the island.

The already overburdened island exploded apart and vanished from the map, sinking into the sea.

"Boss Kaido, save me! Glug glug~"

Queen was caught in the blast and sent flying into the sea.

With Queen's weight, he would soon sink into the seafloor tens of thousands of meters below.

Kaido's gaze shifted back and forth between Lin Qi and Queen in the sky. In the end, he chose Queen.

He flew over and rescued him.

"Sorry, Boss."

Queen sat on the back of Kaido's Azure Dragon form, lowering his head in guilt.

He knew that Kaido had failed to capture Lin Qi because of him.

"I hope that brat isn't dead."

Kaido shook his head regretfully. He had used his full strength in that final strike, even using Conqueror's Haki Infusion.

The chances of Lin Qi surviving were truly slim.

Unless Lin Qi had Fish-Man Race blood, an Ability User falling into the sea had almost no chance of survival.

Kaido gazed out at the now-calm sea and gloomily carried Queen away.

This time, he had suffered a huge loss.

Not only had he lost over ten thousand Pirates, but he had also lost a Mythical Zoan.

Deep beneath the sea.

Lin Qi's internal organs had all been shattered by Kaido's strike.

Seawater flooded his chest cavity, and blood drifted from his mouth, drawing large numbers of Sea Kings.

Before long, even if Lin Qi did not die from his severe injuries, he would drown or be eaten by Sea Kings.

Then, suddenly.

The black-and-red Halo behind him, which had never moved before, appeared on its own.

Lin Qi had never figured out what the Halo did.

The Halo slowly formed a perfect circle without any blind spots, blocking out the surrounding seawater and carrying Lin Qi gradually up toward the surface.

Whenever a Sea King approached, it became a grilled fish in the next second.

The sun rose and set again.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Lin Qi forced his eyes open, feeling weaker than he ever had before.

The energy inside him had been drained dry, and he had gone so long without eating that his injuries had not healed at all while he was unconscious.

Even moving now caused heart-rending pain.

He licked his dry, cracked lips and looked around.

He was on a beach filled with coconut trees.

"Damn! Who tied me to a coconut tree?"

Lin Qi finally realized something was wrong.

No wonder he had woken up with a standing viewpoint.

"Whoever tied me up was pretty considerate. They even remembered to put pants on me..."

When he transformed into the thirty-five-meter-tall Candlelight, all his clothes had been shredded.

He had no idea who had made the banana-leaf skirt he was wearing now.

They were quite handy.

Unfortunately, Lin Qi did not even have the strength to raise a hand, much less break the ropes.