A dragon's breath powerful enough to destroy a mountain naturally wiped out the upper half of Oden Castle.
The blazing pillar of fire streaked across the night sky, extending for hundreds of meters.
When the people inside the castle saw this, their faces turned pale with terror as they screamed in panic.
"An evil dragon... an evil dragon is attacking Oden Castle!"
"Lord Oden!"
"Run, hurry!"
Standing atop the dragon's head, Dimon opened his mouth and said helplessly,
"This is our castle. You destroyed half of it with one mouthful of spit. We'll have to rebuild it afterward."
The Azure Dragon smacked its lips, seemingly still unsatisfied.
"What spit? That was dragon breath!" Kaido retorted, narrowing his dragon eyes slightly. "Is that kid still alive?"
As he spoke, his claws created Flame Clouds, and he swiftly flew over Oden Castle.
In the mountain forest several hundred meters away, Kozuki Oden was kneeling on one knee. Most of his clothes had been burned away, and his exposed right arm was bright red with severe burns.
"Hiss... that hurts!"
He sucked in a breath and hurriedly looked around. "Kin'emon, are you all right?"
He soon found his retainer, Kin'emon, not far away.
Kin'emon was in even worse shape. Half his hair had been burned off, and there was not a single intact piece of cloth left on him.
"Worororo! You only suffered some burns after taking one of my Boro Breaths? Did you block it with Haki?"
Kozuki Oden suddenly looked up. The Azure Dragon had already flown overhead and caught up with him.
"A talking dragon? What is going on here?"
Kozuki Oden's face was full of disbelief as he stood and drew the two swords at his waist.
The famed blades Enma and Ame no Habakiri were both among the Great Grade Swords.
Holding both blades, Kozuki Oden charged at the Azure Dragon. He accelerated with a rapid sprint, then kicked off a boulder and shot into the sky.
"Watch out. He's quite strong."
Dimon gave him a kind reminder and continued standing on the dragon's head to watch the show. This was practically the best seat in the house.
Facing the counterattack, Kaido dismissed it with contempt. Having just obtained the Azure Dragon Fruit, his confidence was at its peak.
"Bad Wind!"
He opened his mouth and spat out countless wind blades, like the slashing attacks of kamaitachi.
As Kozuki Oden soared upward, he crossed his arms before him. Powerful Armament Haki covered his entire body as he forced his way through the wind blades toward the Azure Dragon.
"What?" Kaido was startled.
The next moment,
Kozuki Oden streaked through the night sky like a meteor and crashed into the Azure Dragon.
"Oden Two-Sword Style: Peach Garden Ten Fists!!"
The cross-shaped sword energy tore through dragon scales, and the terrifying slash ripped open the dragon's body.
"Urgh!!"
Azure Dragon Kaido cried out in pain. Blood poured from him like a pillar as he fell from the sky and crashed heavily into the mountain forest.
"Hah... hah..."
Kozuki Oden landed nearby, breathing slightly heavily as he looked toward the dragon he had cut from the sky.
The sight made his pupils contract at once.
The massive Azure Dragon rapidly shrank, transforming into a seven-meter-tall giant.
The cross-shaped wound on his chest healed at a visible rate, while the blood scattered everywhere flowed back into his body.
"What exactly is going on?"
Kozuki Oden stared in stunned disbelief. The dragon had turned into a human. No, there was another person!
He suddenly looked up and saw that the man who had been standing on the dragon's head now had a pair of pitch-black wings growing from his back. He hovered in the air, calmly looking down below.
"I told you, this man isn't weak. Want me to help?"
"I was just careless. Don't interfere. I'll twist his head off!"
Kaido spoke viciously. By the time he rose from the ground, his wounds had completely healed.
As he spoke, he entered his Hybrid Form. Multiple horns grew from his head, dragon scales covered his face, his muscles swelled, and a dragon tail trailed behind him.
Drawing a Kanabo from behind his back, Kaido slowly approached Kozuki Oden.
"Kozuki Oden, you won't get another chance like that!"
Kozuki Oden faced him like a formidable enemy. He was no fool, and after what he had just seen, he roughly understood the situation.
"You know my name. You came for me!"
"This guy can recover quickly even when injured, and there's another person watching from the sidelines... I have to end this quickly!"
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Countless thoughts flashed through Kozuki Oden's mind, but instead of fear, he became excited.
This was a rare opponent!
Kozuki Oden bent his knees slightly, then suddenly burst forward like a streak of light, charging fiercely at Kaido.
"Oden Two-Sword Style: Spear · Oni-like!"
The slash was blocked by the Kanabo. Kaido snorted coldly. "I told you, there won't be a second chance!"
The collision of their weapons came with a collision of Haki. As the two clashed, black-red lightning spread in every direction like a spiderweb.
Like thunder from a clear sky, booming blasts rang out one after another.
Watching from above, Dimon thought, A clash of Conqueror's Haki. But neither of them has mastered Advanced Conqueror's Haki yet. They're evenly matched in Armament Haki, so this could take a while.
It was an evenly matched battle.
The two were about the same age, and their strength was roughly equal as well.
But Kaido possessed an immortal body, so the final victor would inevitably be Kaido.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Dimon's Observation Haki sensed people approaching. Several presences, and none of them were weak.
"Oden's retainers?"
Thinking this, Dimon chuckled softly and vanished from where he stood.
At the same time.
Six figures raced through the mountains toward where Kozuki Oden was.
Among them was a ninja leaping between the trees with extraordinary agility.
Sensing the Haki coming from ahead, Raizo's expression changed as he quickly said,
"That is Lord Oden's Haki. The other equally powerful Haki... is it an enemy?!"
Ashura Doji was fat, but he was not slow. Feeling the terrifying clash of Haki in the distance, his expression darkened.
Izo and Kikuemon, the two brothers, ran side by side. Suddenly, they spoke in unison,
"Wait, something's wrong!"
Everyone came to a stop. Among the six, Kanjuro, who held an enormous paintbrush, raised his hand and pointed into the air.
"There!"
Everyone's gazes quickly locked onto the target.
Denjiro swiftly drew his sword and shouted, "Who are you?"
"Good evening."
Dimon descended lightly like a swallow and landed before them. His gaze swept across Oden's retainers as he counted their heads.
Exactly six.
"Denjiro, Izo, Kikuemon, Kanjuro, Raizo, Ashura Doji..."
Hearing Dimon name every one of them, their expressions changed drastically.
Raizo said in shock, "A human with wings... who exactly are you?"
"You may call me Dimon."
Dimon smiled faintly and clenched his right hand in the air. Demon Power formed into a pitch-black longsword.
The next moment, he flicked the blade, and sword energy carved a long, narrow gash into the ground before them.
"Do not cross this line. This is a friendly warning."
None of them heeded the warning. Denjiro drew his sword and charged Dimon while shouting,
"I'll hold him off! The rest of you go support Lord Oden!"
The six split up. One charged at Dimon while the other five crossed the line in tacit coordination.
Seeing this, Dimon shook his head and vanished instantly.
In the next second, he appeared before the fastest runner.
"What?" Raizo's expression changed.
"Thunder Bagua."
Dimon swung his sword, Haki crackling like lightning.
The sword struck Izo squarely across the face, sending him flying more than a hundred meters and smashing him through over a dozen trees.
In an instant, everyone stopped in shock.
What incredible speed!
Dimon flicked his right arm, and the vibrating blade whipped up a fierce gust of wind.
"Since you won't heed my warning, I have no choice but to build you into stone statues!"
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