Kaido Ran! Lin Ye's Plan

The more Kaido thought about it, the worse his mood became. His expression darkened, and Conqueror's Haki surged from his body.

Lin Ye grinned at the sight.

Feeling fired up again?

When he saw the excitement on Lin Ye's face, Kaido's expression stiffened, and he instinctively took a step back.

This brat had no idea how he had gained such terrifying strength, yet he had very little combat experience.

But now, Kaido truly had no way to deal with him.

In Kaido's view, killing Lin Ye was already impossible.

He could not afford to lose himself.

With that thought, Kaido gripped his spiked club and leaped into the air. He immediately underwent complete Beastification, transforming into a massive azure dragon that hovered overhead.

Lin Ye frowned slightly at the sight.

This guy was going to fly into the sky again.

That would make things troublesome for him.

Just as Lin Ye was thinking that, Kaido's enormous Azure Dragon body abruptly spun, plunged into the clouds, and flew into the distance.

He... ran away?

Lin Ye's expression froze for an instant.

He looked at the enormous Azure Dragon in the distance, his face filled with speechlessness.

Kaido had not run even when he fought Luffy to the very end in the future, yet he was running away now?

In only a few moments, Kaido's Azure Dragon form vanished into the distant clouds.

The thunderclouds above Lin Ye lost Kaido's control and rapidly thinned away. Sunlight pierced the fading clouds like countless golden swords stabbing through the firmament.

Grrrrumble!

The growling in his stomach made Lin Ye give up on chasing after him.

For one thing, Kaido was hard to pursue, and he probably would not be able to catch him.

For another, he was genuinely hungry.

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and looked around.

As far as the eye could see, aside from the exposed land of Wano Country in the distance, everything else had sunk underwater. Only scattered patches of land remained above the sea.

After looking at his injuries, Lin Ye turned and leaped up, stepping through the air toward Wano Country.

Kaido had probably returned to Onigashima.

Of course, Lin Ye could go there.

But if Kaido refused to fight and simply avoided him, there was nothing he could do.

It seemed he needed some aerial combat ability.

Improve his combat experience, strengthen his physique, and gain aerial combat ability.

As Lin Ye stepped through the air, the fierce wind brushing past him, he considered what he should do next.

He looked up at several large birds flying even higher than the clouds.

News Coos!

It seemed the outside world already knew about what had happened here.

Knowing how the World Economy News Paper operated, Lin Ye could imagine that it would not conceal such major news.

They would probably report it in the most exaggerated way possible.

Lin Ye did not care.

He no longer needed to care.

With his current strength, if he truly wanted to leave, very few people could actually stop him.

Besides, he still had two guaranteed abilities.

Time Travel and Resurrection.

[Resurrection Level 1: Revive once after life is extinguished. Cooldown: ten years]

After landing back on Wano Country's soil, Lin Ye steadied his thoughts.

This battle had sunk roughly one-fifth of Wano Country.

However, there was one place Kaido could avoid.

Perhaps it was the Seastone mining area.

But Lin Ye did not care about those things.

Moria had run away, so where should he go next?

As for what to do, he already had an idea: find a place to absorb and review the experience from this battle, then hunt powerful people across these seas.

Especially Devil Fruit Users.

Although the attributes he picked up could not grant him a complete Devil Fruit ability, he did not need to care about the fruit's weaknesses—seawater and only being able to possess one ability.

While thinking, Lin Ye headed toward the Flower Capital.

The Flower Capital was even more devastated than when he had left seven days ago.

Although this clash with Kaido had not directly damaged the place, the battle's aftershocks had still affected it.

Along with his battle against Oden.

When he returned to the Flower Capital's square, the corpses from before had begun to stink and rot, but no one had cleaned them up.

Nor could he see any people moving about outside.

Lin Ye walked over to the two swords that had fallen to the ground and picked up both Great Grade Blades.

The moment he grasped Enma, Lin Ye felt his Haki being sucked away by the sword.

A cold gleam flashed in Lin Ye's eyes. He drove Ame no Habakiri into the ground, gripped Enma's hilt with one hand, and pinched its tip with the other.

As he twisted the blade until it bent—

The absorbed Haki flowed back into him.

Squinting, Lin Ye raised Enma before his eyes and examined its black blade.

That was quite a useful function.

He possessed an enormous amount of Haki, but his battle with Kaido had still drained him greatly.

If he normally infused it with Haki, perhaps it could feed that Haki back to replenish him when needed.

"But if I take these two swords, it basically announces that Kozuki Oden is dead. That means I'll end up facing Whitebeard, won't I?"

Thinking this, Lin Ye carried one sword in each hand and headed toward another part of the Flower Capital.

Before long.

An innkeeper with a mournful face prepared food with the same mournful expression.

His eyes kept drifting toward the figure devouring food and drink, and he swallowed hard with difficulty.

Of course, he had felt the disturbances outside over the past few days, but he had no idea what had happened and did not dare go out to investigate.

He could only smell the stench of decay.

Dead people—and a lot of them.

Then, the man who had fought Kozuki Oden seven days ago returned.

Lin Ye ignored the gaze and rapidly finished the food before him.

Even though his stamina was sufficient and the level of Mighty Physique was high, fighting someone at Kaido's level still consumed a great deal of energy.

He needed to replenish it.

"There's no more, really! All the spare ingredients are gone!"

After Lin Ye finished the food in front of him, he turned to look at the owner, who said with a mournful expression,

"Then forget it. Prepare some seasonings for me. Oh, and where can I find a ship?"

Lin Ye naturally would not make things difficult for such a small fry. He waved a hand and asked.

"Uh, there are ships by the shore. Lots of them go out fishing!"

Hearing Lin Ye say that, the owner quickly answered, then ran off. Before long, he respectfully brought over a package.

Lin Ye stood up and patted himself down, only to discover that his clothes were all torn.

Besides, he truly did not have any money. That piece of gold from before had already been the last hard currency on him.

"I'll use this sword to pay the bill!"

Lin Ye looked around, then placed Ame no Habakiri on the table and turned to leave.

He could have left without paying anyway!

Only after watching Lin Ye leave did the owner collapse onto the floor.

After leaving, Lin Ye spread his Observation Haki, chose a direction, and departed directly.

Several News Coos above his head fell straight from the sky, crashing onto the road Lin Ye had passed along.

When Lin Ye reached the shore and saw the tiny wooden boat, he fell into thought.

This was clearly a boat for nearshore fishing.

Wouldn't this boat fall apart before long if it sailed the Grand Line, where weather changed without warning and conditions were harsh?