Kaido's overwhelming strength left the Straw Hat Alliance members all injured.
A sense of despair began to spread within the Straw Hat Alliance.
It wasn't anger, it wasn't resentment, it was pure despair.
They used every means at their disposal: Ryuo, Conqueror's Coating, numerical superiority, and a war of attrition—
They tried every method they could think of, but Kaido was like an insurmountable wall.
Keep all attacks out of the walls, and an occasional counterattack can rout them.
These are the Four Emperors.
This is the monster who has stood at the pinnacle of the New World for twenty years.
Kaido walked step by step toward the ruins where Luffy was buried.
Zoro struggled to get up, but his body wouldn't obey him.
Sanji pushed away the rubble that was pressing down on him, and the flame that had just started on his right foot went out again.
Luo gritted his teeth, trying to create Operating Room, but the excruciating pain in his chest made it impossible for him to concentrate.
No one can stop Kaido.
But at that moment, a white figure descended from the sky.
With a loud bang, it crashed between Kaido and Luffy, creating a large crater in the stone slab beneath their feet, sending rubble flying in all directions.
Yamato.
She stood in front of Kaido, carrying the spiked club " Genzo ".
Her skin had begun to change—white fur emerged from beneath it, her ears became pointed and elongated, and her human-beast form Okuchi no Makami Form, was fully revealed.
Armament Haki covered her arms and spiked club, while Conqueror's Haki Inazuma and danced around her.
" Kaido --!!!"
Yamato's roar was even louder than Kaido's, and the fighting spirit in his voice was stronger than ever.
Kaido stopped in his tracks.
He stared at his daughter blocking his way for a moment, then burst into laughter.
That kind of laughter wasn't mockery or anger, but a heartfelt joy.
"Hehehehe-- Yamato! My daughter!"
You really came!
You really dare to stand in front of me?!
"Shut up!"
Without a word, Yamato swung Genzo and smashed his club towards Kaido.
Kaido raised his club to block.
Genzo and the Hassaikai clashed head-on. The two Conqueror's Haki Inazuma collided fiercely, and the shockwave exploded from the point of impact, blowing away all the rubble within a radius of several meters.
The stone slab beneath the father and daughter's feet could not withstand the force and began to crack and collapse.
"After all these years, are you trying to take over my position?!"
Kaido parried Yamato's spiked club, and the father and daughter wrestled at close range, their faces almost touching.
I have absolutely no interest in your status!
Yamato gritted his teeth, exerted force with both arms, and the Conqueror's Haki Inazuma on Genzo surged once more.
"You've never understood what I want! You've imprisoned me with your own ideas since I was little!"
"So you ran off with Roy?"
Kaido grinned.
"You ran all the way to Hachinosu, learned Roy's skills, just to come back and beat me up?"
"It's not just about hitting you!"
Yamato kicked Kaido in the knee, and in the instant Kaido's body swayed slightly, she swung her club and smashed it into his face.
"And to prove you wrong! Even the weak have the right to pursue their dreams!"
Kaido's head was knocked to the side.
There was a faint red mark on his cheek—it was from when Genzo hit him.
He looked at his daughter, who was steaming with white vapor and whose eyes were burning with anger, and suddenly laughed.
His smile was ferocious, but also gratified.
"Good.
Compared to that little girl cowering on that Onigashima back then, you've finally started to look a bit like me."
He rearranged the Hassaikai, and the fighting spirit burning in his vertical pupils was even more intense than before.
"Then prove it to me with your skills!"
Let me see if your so-called freedom is worth betraying me for so many years!
The father and daughter collided again.
The spiked clubs clashed wildly, each collision creating a ring-shaped shockwave.
The Conqueror's Haki Inazuma crackled wildly between the two, illuminating the night sky with flickering light.
Yamato's strength, speed, and the power of his Conqueror's Coating far surpass those of the other members of the Straw Hat Alliance.
Her years of top-notch training on Hachinosu, the enhanced physical strength resulting from her bloodline, coupled with the innate Conqueror's Haki inherited from Kaido...
This allowed her to actually hold her own against Kaido in a direct confrontation.
But that's all.
Kaido is Kaido after all.
He took Yamato blows from Yamato, and his injuries healed at a visible speed.
In Yamato, Yamato was numbed by the shockwaves from each exchange of fire, and his internal organs ached from the impact of the Conqueror's Haki Inazuma.
Kaido laughed loudly, the sound shaking the walls of the Skull Palace.
But that's not enough!
Your Conqueror's Haki isn't domineering enough!
Your strength is not enough! You are still far from sufficient!
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Yamato roared back and slammed her club into Kaido's shoulder, but Kaido a club that sent her staggering back several steps.
Just as the father and daughter were locked in fierce combat, Zoro, Sanji, and Law finally got up.
The three exchanged a glance and rushed towards the ruins where Luffy was buried.
Chopper also rushed over from a distance, carrying a medical kit, his hooves making a series of rapid sounds on the gravel.
Law opened the Operating Room, and the group worked together to remove the rubble that was pressing down on Luffy, piece by piece.
Luffy lay beneath the rubble.
His chest was caved in, and the broken ends of his ribs were almost piercing his skin.
Blood was still flowing from his mouth, his breathing was so weak it looked like it would stop at any moment, and his body was convulsing unconsciously.
But his heart was still beating.
It was very faint, but it was definitely beating.
" Luffy! Luffy!" Chopper's voice was choked with sobs.
Law stretched out his hand, and the Operating Room covered Luffy with a thin layer of light.
His face was even paler than before, but he gritted his teeth and steadied his powers, beginning to examine Luffy's injuries.
Five ribs were broken.
The left lung was punctured by a rib, causing severe internal bleeding.
Multiple internal organs ruptured—the Conqueror's Coating energy of the Roaring Thunder Bagua continued to wreak havoc within his body.
Luo's voice was urgent but calm.
" Chopper, first use hemostatic agents and anti-inflammatory drugs."
I used the Op-Op Fruit to clear out the Conqueror's Coating Energy.
"Yes!" Chopper, with tears in his eyes, rummaged through the first-aid kit for medicine and began emergency treatment.
Zoro and Sanji stood to the side, one gripping the hilt of his sword, the other clenching his fist, their expressions identical—the silence that followed extreme anger.
" Kaido..." Zoro squeezed out the two words through gritted teeth.
At the center of the battlefield, Kaido and his daughter were still clashing violently.
The Straw Hat Alliance also took advantage of this opportunity to gain a brief respite.
Law's scalpel moved rapidly inside Luffy's body.
The light membrane of the Operating Room covered Luffy's entire chest cavity, projecting the internal injuries into Law's perception in a three-dimensional way.
The location of the rib fragments, the extent of internal organ rupture, the number of severed blood vessels—every detail is as clear as if examined with a magnifying glass.
But the most troublesome thing is not these physical damages.
Kaido's Conqueror's Coating's Conqueror's Haki injected Luffy's body into his body.
That dark red energy moved through Luffy's internal organs like a living thing.
The tissues were constantly torn apart wherever it went, and the blood vessels that Luo had just stitched up were shaken open again.
Luo must first clear away this energy before proceeding with the next step of treatment.
"What a troublesome ability."