Kaido: Did I Wake Up Wrong? This Was Roger's Slash

Anyone who made a name for themselves on the seas was no ordinary person.

By this point, Kaido's Devil Fruit had either awakened or was showing signs of awakening.

However, users of Mythical Zoan or Zoan Fruits had their vitality and physical attributes greatly enhanced, on top of the naturally powerful physiques of humans in this world.

In short, they were hard to kill.

Especially when their strengths were evenly matched.

The reason Kaido would later be called the strongest creature on land was because his vitality was absurdly powerful.

His hobby was actually suicide, yet he never died.

Lin Ye stroked his chin as he watched Kaido approach with his spiked club resting on his shoulder.

Kaido looked like a brute, but he was actually an extremely cunning pirate.

Suicide?

Lin Ye felt that this guy might have been putting on an act for the whole world to see.

He used it to display his abilities and earn the awe and prestige of others.

After all, if he truly wanted to die, there were plenty of ways to do so.

Kaido's ultimate move had just smashed Moria into the ground. It looked like he would not be coming back out.

The aftermath of that attack sent all the surrounding pirates flying, whether they belonged to Kaido or Moria.

Another massive wave of transparent bubbles surged toward Lin Ye.

[Blank Trait: 513]

[Survival of the Fittest, Level 1: You possess an extremely high adaptability to all kinds of harsh environments and natural disasters. Through exposure, you will gradually develop resistance to them.]

He could raise another trait from Level 9 to Level 10.

However, his own physique was not particularly strong.

Strong Physique had merely granted him physique-related abilities from an ordinary pirate. Even at max level, it could not compare to the physiques of the monsters out on the seas.

And he was about to fight Kaido. If Kaido's Fruit ability had awakened, he could control lightning and flames, and Lin Ye might not be able to withstand them.

Lin Ye had never intended to stake his life and death on a battle.

Before entering any fight, he always made sure he had a chance of avoiding defeat.

If his abilities had not improved before coming here this time, he would have just stayed on the sidelines and left once he got the benefits.

But Kaido had yet to enter his prime. He was only just nearing the threshold of the Kaido who would stand at his future peak.

It was not as though Lin Ye could not fight him.

Even if he could not kill Kaido, he would not necessarily lose.

Therefore, the trait he had obtained from King would be extremely useful.

To a certain extent, it counted as a type of physique, and it granted resistance to everything.

Whether he fought Kaido now or faced powerful Logia users in the future, it would be immensely useful.

[Survival of the Fittest: Level 9]

[Blank Trait: 3]

Feeling the changes in his body, Lin Ye nodded inwardly, then looked up at Kaido as he strode before him.

The two figures, one tall and one short, stared at each other.

Before the massive and muscular Kaido, Lin Ye, who was only a little over 1.8 meters tall, did not stand out much. Yet his presence was not inferior in the slightest.

The surviving pirates in the distance watched the two of them nervously.

Especially those on Moria's side.

So the strongest person aboard was not Captain Moria, but Captain Lin Ye!

These pirates were numb with shock.

Many of them still remembered what Lin Ye had looked like when he first boarded the ship.

He had been short and skinny, and the swords in their hands had been taller than him.

The first time they fought pirates, Captain Lin Ye's small figure had charged at the front with a sword in hand.

From then on, they had watched helplessly as Lin Ye grew stronger in battle, becoming more and more powerful. In less than a year, he had become the ship's combat captain.

But now, Captain Lin Ye had actually been hiding his strength.

No wonder Captain Lin Ye had treated the captain that way.

These pirates fell silent.

Kaido's pirates also fell silent.

Because in terms of presence, Lin Ye was not inferior to Boss Kaido at all.

Even King had died at this guy's hands.

Then the pirates turned their gazes toward the pirates on the other side, gripped their weapons, and charged.

Kaido and Lin Ye were both free from outside interference.

"Kid, you're strong!"

Kaido looked down at Lin Ye with his spiked club on his shoulder, his voice deep.

"Want to join my crew? If you do, you'll be my vice-captain. Together, you and I can rule these seas."

Lin Ye froze for a moment and looked at Kaido in surprise.

"I killed your subordinate. That guy was your confidant, wasn't he? I also killed Kurozumi Orochi!"

Kaido burst into laughter at that.

"But the dead are useless. Only the living are useful, and your value far exceeds theirs."

A pirate indeed.

Lin Ye looked at the laughing Kaido, then shook his head.

"If you want me as your vice-captain, you'll have to defeat me first!"

"Kid, I gave you a chance!"

Hearing Lin Ye say that, Kaido knew he had refused. His face immediately darkened, and his voice brimmed with killing intent.

"Do you always talk so much?"

Lin Ye gripped the hilt at his waist and drew his black blade, while tossing Yingxue aside.

Looking at the toothpick-like sword in Lin Ye's hand, Kaido's eyes flashed with ferocity as Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body.

An immense amount of Conqueror's Haki pressed down on Lin Ye.

Boom!

Conqueror's Haki erupted from Lin Ye as well, not inferior to Kaido's in the slightest.

Boom!

The Conqueror's Haki surrounding the two of them was visible to the naked eye, like two black shockwaves bearing down on each other.

The clash of Conqueror's Haki made both sides, who had only just entered battle, collapse unconscious.

The force of the collision shot into the sky.

The heavy thunderclouds Kaido had summoned were ripped apart by the clash of Conqueror's Haki. Moonlight streamed through the shattered clouds and fell upon the battlefield.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Feeling Lin Ye's Conqueror's Haki, Kaido's eyes filled with shock. It was actually no weaker than his own?

Kaido struck first.

Lightning and Haki wrapped around his spiked club. This strike was incredibly fast, even faster than the one he had used against Lin Ye before.

And since Lin Ye was standing closer this time, the Haki-coated club had nearly reached his face the instant Kaido spoke.

"Divine Departure!"

Lin Ye moved almost at the same time. The arms gripping his sword swelled abruptly, and the power of Level 7 Mighty Arms and Level 9 Strong Physique poured into the blade.

The Two-Color Haki coating it distorted even the space around the blade.

Boom!

The blade collided with the descending spiked club, yet they did not touch.

Black lightning erupted completely between the sword and the club, while violent shockwaves spread outward in wave after wave.

The ground, the sky, and even the surrounding mountains and rocks were all torn apart and hurled away by the shockwaves.

Kaido's eyes widened in shock.

This sword?

Was this Roger's slash?

Kaido gritted his teeth and desperately pressed down on the spiked club in his hands, only to find it being forced upward bit by bit.

Boom!

A black slash shot into the heavens.

Kaido's massive body was sent flying. The edge of the slash swept across his chest, spraying a string of blood.

The slash that had shot into the sky exploded overhead. In an instant, the entire world seemed to turn dark purple.