The Sun and History: Part 1

"Urororororororo~ Excellent! Then I'll let you witness my power!"

Without underestimating Ra because she was a child, Kaido swung his club at Ra's head after receiving her answer. The speed was so great that it easily broke the sound barrier.

In response, Ra merely tilted her head slightly and dodged the attack. The delayed gust of wind blew her brilliant golden hair to the other side.

"Observation Haki? Not bad!" Kaido couldn't help but praise such a clean and swift evasion.

However, it wasn't Haki. Ra had simply predicted Kaido's attack trajectory with her superior dynamic vision and reflexes.

A body transformed from a god naturally possessed matching capabilities.

Kaido's attacks did not stop; he continued to strike, each blow faster than the last!

The area in front of him was quickly enveloped by shattered air and invisible winds, capable of shredding any approaching creature to bone and ash!

My vision is starting to lag behind, and my movement space is being compressed… This guy looks so massive, yet his attacks are so swift and precise.

Ra, caught within the attack zone, sensed the unfavorable situation and decisively abandoned dodging. She swiftly condensed divine power in her left hand, forming a long obelisk, and then, with a wrist flick like swinging a sword, she gently lifted it to meet Kaido's crushing club.

The obelisk was as exquisite as jade, emitting a golden glow from within. Countless ancient characters flickered on its surface in divine fire—this was a high-density, superheated weapon formed by Ra's condensed divine power.

The tip of the club vaporized the moment it touched the obelisk. Seeing this, Kaido reacted quickly, halted his movement, immediately retracted his weapon, and retreated.

Was that fire just now?! Could it be the Mera Mera no Mi, a Logia type? No, she didn't elementalize to dodge my attack. Is it a Paramecia type…

After dismissing the Logia type in his mind and recalling the protective barrier she had erected earlier, Kaido began to form a vague guess.

Looking at the chipped tip of his club and then at the golden obelisk in her hand that easily distorted the surrounding air, Kaido didn't press forward. Instead, he transformed his body into a dragon hundreds of meters long, coiling his massive form as he ascended back into the sky.

This time, with no clouds to obstruct her view, Ra could clearly see the full extent of his enormous body.

His cyan-blue dragon scales glinted with a chilling light under the sun's refraction. His ferocious claws seemed capable of easily splitting mountains and rocks. His long dragon whiskers moved as if by an unseen force, and the pair of forward-curving horns he had before transforming now looked as if they could tear through the sky!

The divinity and majesty of a traditional Eastern dragon were nowhere to be seen on him; only fearsome dominance and ferocity—this was a true evil dragon.

"Let me see just how potent your flames are!"

"Heat Breath!"

The evil dragon opened its massive maw, and a torrent of fire erupted, striking directly at Ra, who remained standing on the ground without moving.

Before the scorching breath even touched the ground, it ignited all the surrounding trees, and the sandy ground below began to show signs of melting.

"Unfortunately, fire has no effect on me." Without adopting any defensive stance, Ra ignored the surging wave of heat.

Before her opponent's breath attack ended, Ra, unaffected, forcefully hurled the golden obelisk in her hand towards Kaido in the sky. The obelisk pierced through the heat breath like a laser, shooting straight towards Kaido.

Having sensed the power of this attack with Observation Haki long ago, Kaido twisted his body to dodge. However, the heat waves generated by the obelisk's high temperature still scorched Kaido's dragon scales.

"Hot! Hot! So hot!"

Kaido looked at his slightly singed scales, then glanced down at Ra, who stood unharmed amidst a sea of lava. His heart burned even hotter.

"To possess such power! What an incredible brat."

"But if fire is ineffective, what about this?!"

Kaido opened his massive mouth again. This time, instead of flames, countless wind blades shot out.

These wind blades sliced through the air with sharp precision, their density making evasion impossible.

"Bad Wind!"

The slicing attack instantly reached the ground. The sharp wind blades cut through the earth as if it were nothing. Countless uncooled lava rocks were splashed into the air, only to be shattered by the subsequent attacks.

The southern part of the entire island looked like a chocolate cake fresh out of the oven, chopped into pieces.

Ra, standing amidst it all, still did not move.

After careful calculation in her mind, realizing that she could not completely evade the attack by dodging, she decisively chose to gather her strength and defend on the spot.

She raised her slender, smooth arms, her loose sleeves sliding down to her elbows, and Ra gently made an "ascend" gesture.

As divine power spread beneath her feet, several sturdy obelisks rose from the ground around her, like the most reliable guardians outside a divine palace, protecting Ra's body securely.

These obelisks were far larger than the one Ra had held earlier. Their surfaces were not as delicate and translucent as before, but rather as solid and heavy as real stone. Ancient inscriptions still adorned their surfaces.

The powerful wind blades struck these stone steles with great force the next moment, leaving behind scratches of varying depths.

The onslaught from the sky was as dense as a storm, but not a single one managed to truly break through the obelisks guarding Ra.

Finally, the cataclysmic attack gradually ceased.

The land was devastated. Through the thick black smoke and sparks, and beyond the impenetrable wall of obelisks, Kaido's Observation Haki could still clearly sense Ra below, unharmed.

"To be able to achieve this level, you truly are an extraordinary monster." Kaido once again exclaimed with genuine admiration.

While the previous two attacks were not his full power, they were more than enough to easily defeat any powerful individual below the top tier in this sea.

Yet Ra, this little girl who looked no more than ten years old, had defended against them so effortlessly. Such talent and potential were something he had never encountered in decades.

Sensing that the external attacks had stopped, the stone steles surrounding Ra turned back into ordinary earth and stone at her wave.

The sky above reappeared, and Ra looked up at the figure that blotted out the sun. Her expression remained unchanged from the start of the battle, as if she had been confident of this outcome all along.

However, the reality was that Ra's situation was far less optimistic than it appeared. Although not a speck of dust had landed on her since the battle began, Kaido's relentless attacks had severely depleted her internal divine power.

After all, like Oshi and Obe lying in the distance, she was still in a de facto infantile state. Furthermore, the aftermath of her soul's separation had not yet concluded, making it difficult for her to wield large amounts of divine power for such intense combat for an extended period.

This body is still far from its theoretical peak in every aspect; it needs more time to grow.

[First was 'fire,' then 'wind,' so the next should be 'water' or 'lightning.']

Based on the moves Kaido had just used and his iconic dragon form, she had a rough idea of the authority he controlled.

Looking up at him, who seemed to have just finished warming up, she silently calculated the consumption and recovery speed of the divine power within her, and Ra came to a conclusion—she had to end this quickly!

[In that case, no matter what, the next attack must decide the victor.]

Having made her decision, Ra no longer hesitated. She fully mobilized all the remaining power within her. Immense divine power gathered from every part of her body to her heart, causing her very being to glow slightly. Her appearance even began to shift further, resembling her original figure from the figurine.

Radiating from her chest, golden, sun-like patterns appeared on her arms and body, like flowing sunlight.

Her originally brilliant golden hair now seemed to have turned into liquid flame. Near her ears, it took on a pale golden hue like the morning sun, while it grew closer to a blazing white, like the midday sun, towards the tips.

Her hair danced, and countless stardust-like light particles flickered and shifted within it, tracing a dreamlike trajectory.

Ra's originally crimson eyes slowly closed, and a golden eye made of light opened on her brow, just like the nameless Pharaoh when he was at full power.

The golden hair ornament that was originally only on one side now became symmetrical, flanking the 'sun' on her brow like wings. The sun-flare-shaped earrings added a touch of solemnity to her.

In just this brief moment, Ra seemed to have completed the transformation from 'human' to 'god.'

Regrettably, compared to the figurine's complete form, the divine halo symbolizing the sun god and the pair of golden wings of the Winged Dragon that could obscure the sky had still not materialized. The armor, meticulously designed by You Ling to be both beautiful and elegant, only had half of its shoulder pauldron appear.

However, this glittering golden appearance was enough to make anyone unable to ignore her.

The light from below shone upon Kaido, reminding him of a certain Navy Admiral with a round head, and he felt a rare twinge of apprehension.

But instead of being alarmed, he was delighted.

[Not a Paramecia, but an Ancient Zoan Mythical Beast type! This is truly...]

At this moment, Kaido was like a Western dragon that had discovered a world-shattering treasure, his eyes filled with greed that was almost tangible!

"Excellent! This is truly wonderful! Let me see your limits, brat!"

Kaido immediately transformed into his strongest dragon-man form in mid-air. His spiked club was wrapped in black Armament Haki, and it smashed down, accompanied by purple lightning. This strike seemed capable of sinking the entire island!

"Thunder Bagua!"

Ra sensed the terrifying attack rapidly descending, but she waved her hand, conjuring countless golden flaming eagles to attack Kaido and stall for time. However, they were all scattered the moment they touched the spiked club.

[That spiked club is strange. It was easily destroyed just now... Did he do something to it?]

With no time to ponder, Kaido's strike was unavoidable. Ra could feel that she had been locked onto.

[I can only face it head-on!]

Divine power boiled within her. The ground beneath Ra's feet began to melt again, and her white dress ignited, transforming into an immortal phoenix engulfed in flames.

The phoenix's beak opened at Ra's chest. Countless divine powers underwent fusion in her clasped hands. Then, the compressed energy transformed into a divine breath and blasted towards Kaido!

"God Blaze Cannon!"