Shifting Trouble to Others! Grieved Moria

Boom!

A human figure slammed into the battlefield, sliding toward Kaido and sending pirates flying along the way until finally stopping right at Kaido's feet.

Kaido carried his kanabo on his shoulder, lowering his head to look at the figure that had slid to his feet.

"King?"

Kaido stared with wide eyes, looking utterly suspicious.

Had he been drinking and not yet sobered up?

Otherwise, why would he see his own vice-captain, his designated all-star, reduced to this state?

"Kaido... sir!"

Hearing Kaido's voice, King forced his eyes open, coughing up a mouthful of blood after catching sight of Kaido.

With this movement, the wounds all over his body split open.

A massive gash ran completely across his chest and abdomen, and internal organs spilled out from the ruptured wound.

"That guy... is strong!"

King forced out the words, his gaze turning dim and lifeless after finishing the sentence for Kaido.

Kaido stared wide-eyed at King lying 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 revealed a smile 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 notification sounds put Lin Ye in a good mood, and looking at King collapsed at Kaido's feet, even his gaze softened.

He died worth it.

Next, Lin Ye's gaze fell upon Kaido.

After getting a clear look, Lin Ye couldn't help feeling a trace of emotion.

He had misunderstood.

He finally understood why Kozuki Oden was so weak, and King as well.

Kozuki Oden's benchmark was Kaido.

After all, Kozuki Oden had fought Kaido four years later and injured him.

Lin Ye had always compared Kozuki Oden's combat power to Kaido twenty years later.

Yet Kaido at that time was truly in his absolute prime.

Both his Haki and Devil Fruit abilities were at their absolute peak.

He only lost because he encountered a cheater.

Even the Kaido of four years later was still quite a bit inferior to that future Emperor of the Sea.

His full-power Divine Departure had almost hacked Kozuki Oden to death, which meant that when Kozuki Oden met Gol D. Roger's slash back then, Roger hadn't used his full strength at all. Otherwise, Kozuki Oden would probably have been cleaved to death with a single strike long ago.

As for the current Kaido, neither his aura nor his strength had reached their strongest point yet.

Still, the aura of that future Emperor of the Sea was already faintly visible.

"You bastard..."

Watching Lin Ye size him up with unbridled gazes, Kaido's eyes held murderous intent.

"Did you kill King?"

Kaido fixed his eyes dead on Lin Ye, speaking in a deep voice.

"Yeah! If you're talking about this guy, I killed him."

Lin Ye nodded, his expression relaxed.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Without a shred of warning, the next instant, Kaido arrived before Lin Ye at a speed unfitting of his massive frame, swinging his kanabo in a full circle with Conqueror's Haki wrapped around it, sweeping horizontally toward Lin Ye's head.

Lin Ye's Observation Haki had been continuously active, and the moment Kaido swung this club, he lifted his feet and stepped back, watching the Haki-infused kanabo sweep past right in front of him.

"Don't rush, where's my captain?"

Lin Ye looked all around, spreading his Observation Haki to search for Moria's figure.

"Captain Lin Ye, the captain got blasted flying by a single club of his!"

A pirate mustered up his courage and yelled out.

Given the current situation, Moria's subordinates were utterly bewildered.

Meanwhile, Kaido's subordinate pirates were equally dumbfounded.

These pirates all recognized King as the number two on Kaido's ship.

And now he had been killed by someone?

Kaido, whose single club strike hadn't achieved its goal, didn't continue his attack, instead pointing his kanabo at the pirates of Moria's faction.

"Kill them all, leave none alive."

Kaido's voice was permeated with murderous intent.

"Geh-hehehehe, you brat only just got here? I thought you were dead?"

Moria's voice rang out.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, and right after that, he saw the shadows beneath the feet of quite a few pirates begin to wriggle, subsequently converging into a human figure.

Only, the face of this figure was distorted.

As for the pirates whose shadows had been stolen, they looked as though they had suffered a severe illness and hadn't eaten for half a month, growing entirely emaciated.

Then the shadow lunged toward Lin Ye.

"Brat, lend me your shadow."

The moment Moria finished speaking, Lin Ye exerted a slight force with his legs, dodging the shadow creeping over from under his feet.

"You brat!"

Moria narrowed his eyes, staring at Lin Ye who had dodged.

"The captain's great battle isn't over yet, I believe the captain can win. I killed Kaido's vice-captain, and right now Mr. Kaido is quite angry."

Lin Ye pushed off where he stood and spoke.

Upon hearing this, Moria's expression stiffened, and then he looked at Kaido's increasingly gloomy face.

Moria currently wanted to say that Lin Ye wasn't a person from his crew, but he figured Kaido wouldn't necessarily believe him.

Yet Moria, having gathered quite a few shadows, felt that his strength had once again increased.

Judging by his exchange with Kaido just now, it wasn't like he couldn't fight him.

"Then you go deal with the others."

"Captain is mighty."

Hearing this, Lin Ye said with a beaming smile, then gave Kaido a provocative look.

After that, Lin Ye raised his hand to hack down a few lunging pirates, walked out of the battlefield, and entered spectator mode.

Bubbles flew toward him one after another from the battlefield.

Over on the other side, because of King's death coupled with Lin Ye's provocation, Kaido, who had entered a berserk state, was mercilessly beating Moria down.

Truth be told, Moria was definitely no match for Kaido.

Yet this physical frame was truly tough.

Looking at his face, Lin Ye knew he had definitely been beaten into this wretched state by Kaido's club.

And yet, despite being continuously battered by Kaido like a beach 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 Strong Physique.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.

Moria, who was being brutally beaten by Kaido and wanted to drag Lin Ye down with him, took a spare moment to look at Lin Ye watching the show from the edge of the battlefield.

A dozen or so headless pirate corpses lay sprawled before him.

This bastard was actually watching the show?

Moria flew into a rage, and the next moment, he sensed a chilling murderous intent radiating from Lin Ye.

It was targeted at him.

This brat!

Moria swung his blade with all his might, batting away the heavily descending kanabo.

"Kaido, you bastard, I'm not the one who killed your vice-captain!"

There was actually a sense of grievance in Moria's voice.

He was the only one taking a beating while that brat wasn't suffering at all.

"After I finish you off, it'll be his turn."

With a face full of icy murderous intent, Kaido brandished his kanabo, storm clouds gathering in the sky above as peals of thunder resounded.

Rumble!

With a crack of thunder, blinding electric light plummeted from the sky.

"Falling Three Worlds: Ragnarok!"

With a roar from Kaido, the swinging kanabo crashed violently downward, directly shattering the large blade in Moria's hands and smashing right onto Moria's head.

Boom!

Moria's massive body was directly driven deep into the earth.

The ground churned, and a shockwave blew everything in the surroundings flying outward.

"This guy, did his fruit awaken?"

Seeing Kaido unleash this move, Lin Ye raised his head to look at the thunderclouds.

Being able to summon thunderclouds definitely had to be Kaido's Devil Fruit ability.

Yet this fellow hadn't even transformed just now.

That most likely meant his Devil Fruit ability had awakened.