Boom!
A figure slammed down onto the battlefield, sliding toward Kaido, sending pirates flying along the way, and finally coming to a stop right at Kaido's feet.
Kaido carried his kanabo on his shoulder and looked down at the figure that had slid to his feet.
"King?"
Kaido stared with wide eyes, his face full of suspicion.
Was he still drunk and hadn't sobered up yet?
Otherwise, how could he see his own vice-captain and anticipated All-Star turn into such a state?
"Kaido... sir!"
Hearing Kaido's voice, King managed to open his eyes with difficulty, spitting out a mouthful of blood after seeing Kaido.
With this movement, the injuries on his body tore open.
A huge wound crossed his chest and abdomen, and internal organs spilled out from the split wound.
"That guy... is strong!"
King forced himself to speak, and after finishing this sentence to Kaido, his eyes grew dim and lifeless.
Kaido stared wide-eyed at King at his feet.
Dead?
Just what on earth had this fellow encountered?
Kaido's expression turned gloomy, and he abruptly turned his head to look at another figure descending from the sky.
"Made it in time, not bad!"
Lin Ye smiled after landing.
[Picked up Level 1 Armament Haki] [Picked up Level 1 Observation Haki] [Picked up Level 1 Lunarian Flame] [Picked up Level 1 Survival of the Fittest] [Picked up Level 1 Beastification]
Five consecutive prompt sounds put Lin Ye in a good mood, and as he looked at King lying dead at Kaido's feet, even his gaze turned gentle.
He died a worthy death.
Then, Lin Ye's gaze fell upon Kaido.
After seeing him clearly, Lin Ye could not help feeling a bit emotional.
He had misunderstood.
He finally knew why Kozuki Oden was so weak, and King as well.
Kozuki Oden was benchmarked against Kaido.
After all, Kozuki Oden fought Kaido four years later and injured him.
Lin Ye had always compared Kozuki Oden's combat power to the Kaido of twenty years later.
But Kaido at that time was truly in his own prime.
Whether it was Haki or Devil Fruit ability, both were at their absolute peak.
He only lost because he encountered a cheater.
Even the Kaido of four years later still fell quite short compared to that future Four Emperors.
He had almost chopped Kozuki Oden to death with a single ten-percent-power Divine Departure; in other words, when Kozuki Oden took Roger's slash, Roger hadn't used his full strength at all, otherwise Kozuki Oden probably would have been cleaved to death with a single strike long ago.
As for the current Kaido, neither his momentum nor his strength had reached their strongest point yet.
Yet he could already faintly glimpse the momentum of that future Four Emperors.
"You bastard..."
Watching Lin Ye size him up with unbridled looks, Kaido's eyes held murderous intent.
"Did you kill King?"
Kaido stared fixedly at Lin Ye, speaking in a deep voice.
"Yeah! If you mean this fellow, I killed him."
Lin Ye nodded, his expression relaxed.
"Thunder Bagua!"
Without a shred of warning, the next moment, Kaido arrived before Lin Ye at a speed that didn't match his massive build, swung the kanabo in his hand in a wide arc, and swept horizontally toward Lin Ye's head, wrapped in Conqueror's Haki.
Lin Ye's Observation Haki had been active the entire time; the moment Kaido swung this club, he lifted his foot and stepped back, watching the Haki-wrapped kanabo sweep past right in front of his face.
"Don't rush, where is my captain?"
Lin Ye looked around, spreading his Observation Haki to search for Moria's figure.
"Captain Lin Ye, the captain was sent flying by a blow from his club."
A pirate plucked up the courage to shout out.
Given the current situation, Moria's subordinates looked completely bewildered.
And Kaido's subordinate pirates were also dumbfounded.
These pirates all knew King, the second-in-command on Kaido's ship.
And now he was killed?
Kaido, whose club failed to score a hit, did not press the attack, instead pointing his kanabo at Moria's group of pirates.
"Kill them all, leave none alive."
Kaido's voice was filled with killing intent.
"Gehehehe, you brat just got here, I thought you were dead?"
Moria's voice rang out.
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, and then saw the shadows beneath the feet of quite a few pirates begin to writhe, subsequently converging into a human shape.
Only, this figure's face was already distorted.
As for the pirates whose shadows were stolen, they looked as if they had fallen gravely ill and gone half a month without food, turning completely withered and weak.
Then the shadow shot a glance toward Lin Ye.
"Brat, lend me your shadow."
As Moria's voice trailed off, Lin Ye exerted a slight force with his legs, dodging the shadow creeping in from under his feet.
"You brat!"
Moria narrowed his eyes as he watched Lin Ye dodge.
"The captain's great battle isn't over yet, and I believe you can win, Captain. I killed Kaido's vice-captain, and right now Mr. Kaido is angry."
Lin Ye pushed off, stood firm, and spoke.
Moria's expression stiffened upon hearing this, and then he looked at Kaido, whose expression was growing increasingly gloomy.
Moria wanted to say right now that Lin Ye wasn't a man on his own ship, but he felt that Kaido wouldn't necessarily believe him.
Yet Moria, having taken in quite a few shadows, felt that his strength had increased once again.
Judging by his exchange with Kaido just a moment ago, it wasn't as if he couldn't fight.
"Then go deal with the others."
"Captain, you're mighty."
Lin Ye said with a grinning smile upon hearing this, and then gave Kaido a provocative look.
Afterward, Lin Ye raised his hand to hack to death a few charging pirates, walked out of the battlefield, and entered spectator mode.
Bubbles of various kinds flew toward him from the battlefield.
Meanwhile, over there, because King was killed, coupled with Lin Ye's provocation, a berserk Kaido was pressing the attack and beating Moria wildly.
Not to brag, but Moria was definitely no match for Kaido.
Yet this build was truly tough.
Looking at his face, Lin Ye knew he had definitely been beaten into this wretched state by a blow from Kaido's club.
And yet, despite being pummeled back-to-back by Kaido like a rubber ball, he still hadn't kicked the bucket.
Lin Ye even pondered whether he should just let Moria die right here.
If this physique talent dropped out, it could replace his own Mighty Physique.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Moria, who was currently being battered by Kaido and wanted to drag Lin Ye down with him, snatched a moment to look at Lin Ye watching the show from the edge of the battlefield.
Dozens of headless pirates lay felled before him.
This guy was actually watching the show?
Moria flew into a rage, and subsequently sensed a chilling killing intent emanating from Lin Ye.
It was aimed at him.
This brat!
Moria swung his blade with all his might to bat away the heavily descending kanabo.
"Kaido, you bastard, I'm not the one who killed your vice-captain!"
There was actually a note of grievance in Moria's voice.
Only he was taking a beating, while that brat was completely unharmed.
"Once I finish you off, it'll be his turn."
Kaido wore a face of icy killing intent, his club swinging as clouds gathered in the sky and rumbling sounds of thunder rose.
Rumble!
With a roll of thunder, incandescent lightning plummeted from the sky.
"Three Realms: Ragnarok!"
Kaido let out a furious roar, his swinging club crashing down fiercely to snap the large blade in Moria's hands straight in two and smash squarely against Moria's head.
Boom!
Moria's massive body was hammered directly into the ground.
The earth roiled, and the shockwave blasted everything in the surroundings flying outward.
This guy, has his Devil Fruit ability awakened?
Seeing Kaido unleash this move, Lin Ye raised his head to look at the thunderclouds.
Being able to summon thunderclouds definitely meant it was Kaido's Devil Fruit ability.
Yet this fellow was not transformed right now.
That most likely meant his Devil Fruit ability had awakened.