Chapter 312: Kaido was still taunting Moria relentlessly. Moria's face twisted with pain.
He had never imagined that his decision to challenge Kaido would cost his crew their lives.
"No..."
Kaido held Moria by the back of his neck and let him struggle in midair.
The sea breeze carried distant screams into Moria's ears.
The Moonlight Pirates' flagship was now a sea of flames. Queen slaughtered his way through the wreckage, and blood ran across the shattered deck into the sea, staining the entire shoal an eerie red.
Kaido slammed Moria onto the rocks and pressed his spiked club against his throat.
"Give up, brat. Join the Beasts Pirates, and I'll let you watch these small fry get buried. Otherwise, I'll feed their corpses to the fish."
Moria dug his nails deep into Kaido's wrist, but he could not even scratch his skin.
His gaze passed over Kaido's shoulder to the silent warship, and the fire in his eyes slowly died.
Just as despair was about to swallow him whole, a dark-red vortex silently opened behind Kaido.
"Sorry, Kaido. I'm taking him."
Mu Chen's voice came from within the vortex.
Mu Chen's hand shot out and grabbed Moria's arm.
Kaido's pupils contracted. He swung his club back, but struck only an afterimage.
Moria vanished into the vortex, leaving a charred mark behind.
"Who's there?"
Kaido's Haki erupted, shattering every reef within a hundred meters.
Mu Chen appeared in the clouds a hundred meters away, holding the unconscious Moria aloft.
Kaido recognized him at once.
"Mu Chen of Marine Headquarters."
Kaido had not expected Mu Chen to appear in his territory, much less save a pirate.
But after thinking about what Mu Chen had been doing lately, Kaido understood. This was about the Seven Warlords of the Sea, wasn't it?
Mu