Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

She gripped the sword with both hands and slashed down with all her might.

The force was so great that it even cleaved the air, creating a visible vacuum crack, before crashing down with a torrent of purplish-black power.

Luffy looked up and met Big Mom's eyes, which were burning with anger and madness.

He drew his black knife and charged straight at the enemy.

"Shake the Empire!"

At this moment, flames and lightning crackled around the blade, mixed with the spatial ripples of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, as it fiercely met Big Mom's giant sword.

when!

The sound of metal clashing was deafening, and shockwaves spread outwards from the two men.

"You've got some strength, Straw Hat Kid!"

"You've successfully angered me!"

"Oh my god, I've lived all these years and I've never been humiliated like this by a brat!"

"Then you've experienced it today."

Luffy grinned. "Honored?"

Bigmom grinned, her aged face etched with even more wrinkles from sacrificing her lifespan, but the flames burning in her eyes were even more intense than before.

She gritted her teeth and pressed the greatsword down, trying to force Luffy's body into the ground.

"But you're still far from it!"

"is it?"

Luffy's expression also turned ferocious. "You've got it backwards."

He did not resist Big Mom's strength head-on, but instead used the force of her downward pressure to suddenly loosen his grip.

The change came too suddenly. Big Mom felt a lightness in her hand and staggered forward because of the excessive force. In that instant, Luffy's body slid off the surface of her greatsword like rubber and circled around to her side and behind.

"You..."

"Rubber Vibration Roundhouse Kick!"

Luffy's body flipped in the air, and his right foot, wrapped in vibrations and Haki, slammed into Big Mom's head.

boom!

A heavy, mountain-like crash resounded as Big Mom's massive body was kicked forward and fell to the ground. Her nearly ten-meter-tall body slammed into the rocky ground of Ghost Island, creating a huge crater, sending debris flying and dust billowing everywhere.

"You bastard!"

Big Mom, consumed by rage, abruptly climbed out of the pit, her skin glowing with the dark purple light characteristic of the Soul-Soul Fruit, and her hair standing on end like flames.

But just as she was about to rush towards Luffy, a bolt of lightning struck from the side.

He stood up again, his body wreathed in purplish-black lightning, and the Conqueror's Haki on his spiked club was even more intense than before, as if it were trying to absorb all the nearby lightning into that iron club.

"straw hat!"

Kaido's roar drowned out the wind and thunder, "Fight me seriously!"

This time, he didn't gather his strength; instead, he charged directly at Luffy in his human-beast form, swinging his spiked club at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

"Kundali Longsheng Army!"

The shadow of the clubs poured down like a torrential rain, and the shrieking sounds of the spiked clubs rubbing against the air combined to form a roar like a dragon's cry.

Luffy unleashed his full Observation Haki at that moment.

His pupils contracted slightly, then he held the black blade horizontally in front of him, "Chaotic Blades!"

Luffy's body instantly transformed into countless afterimages, weaving and dodging between the shadows of the sticks. At the same time, the black sword in his hand slashed out at an incredible frequency, each strike accurately hitting the incoming stick shadows.

Black and red lightning intertwined and collided with purplish-black thunder in the air, ionizing the surrounding air into an incandescent plasma state.

Each collision would unleash a dazzling burst of sparks, which, upon landing, would burn fist-sized craters into the ground, continuously radiating astonishing heat.

Kaido's attack lasted for a full ten seconds.

He stopped after ten seconds because his arm started to go numb. "Interesting, so interesting! I haven't felt this kind of death-like sensation in ages!"

Luffy also shook his hand.

He remained standing in the same spot, the black knife held horizontally in front of him.

They exchanged a glance and both smiled.

It's a lucky thing to have an opponent you can take seriously.

Kaido exhaled a breath of stale air, slung his spiked club over his shoulder, and said, "Straw Hat, tell me about your relationship with Rocks, how did you become friends?"

"You finally asked that question. I thought you could hold back."

Instead of rushing to attack, he slung the black sword over his shoulder, tilted his head to look at Kaido, and then glanced at Big Mom, who was walking out of the ruins not far away.

"It doesn't matter if I tell you, since you probably won't remember much after the fight anyway."

"I used the Time-Time Fruit to travel back in time and fought those old men, the Five Elders, in God Valley. You probably know what happened back then. I rescued Rocks and then used the Time-Time Fruit to send him to the present."

Kaido covered his face and let out a low laugh. "I see. These are all quite interesting things."

Luffy nodded. "That guy is quite interesting. Although he looks like a crazy old man, he's much easier to talk to than you guys once you start chatting with him."

Although they spoke casually, Kaido and Big Mom's expressions became extremely serious.

Just how wide is this guy's growth trajectory?

Kaido laughed loudly, "Oh ho ho ho! I see, I see, no wonder you know so much."

"So that means that guy will be back soon, right?"

"Indeed, I have already promised him that once he has settled his family affairs, he will be the King of the World, and I will be the Pirate King."

"Domestic matters?" Kaido asked, puzzled.

Luffy grinned, "If Rocks came out of the time gap, he'd be searching the world for his good-for-nothing son right now. Oh, right, Blackbeard, who's working with the World Government. He's saying he'll personally clean house."

Kaido and Big Mom were somewhat surprised.

Is Blackbeard actually Rocks' son?

"That's going to be interesting. I'd really like to see Rocks then."

Kaido said, "Thanks."

"That guy took care of me when he was with the Rocks Pirates."

However, we still have to fight.

Kaido is quite clear about this.

Kaido doesn't actually like the World Government and the Five Elders, but there can only be one Pirate King.

Kaido grinned, "Thanks as much as I'm grateful, I'm not giving you the title of Pirate King."

Luffy: "Just what I wanted!"

The two moved almost simultaneously, but Luffy was faster. His body spun rapidly in the air, leaving a long trail of white flames behind him, and a larger shockwave condensed on his right fist than before.

"Rubber, Vibration, Black Mamba!"

His fist instantly extended, moving with the speed of a white lightning bolt, carrying a devastating shockwave as it slammed straight towards Kaido's face.

Kaido's eyes widened suddenly. He tried to swing his staff to block, but the speed of that punch far exceeded his expectations.

boom!!

The Vibration Fist slammed into Kaido's face, the force of the blow penetrating Kaido's Haki defenses and impacting his bones and internal organs.

Kaido could even hear the faint cracking sound of his own skull as he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

But he adjusted his posture in mid-air, his tail sweeping across the ground, managing to stabilize himself.

"cough!"

He spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, touched his face, and then smiled with satisfaction, "That's more like it!!"

But just as he was preparing to retaliate, Luffy caught up.

The speed was so fast that Kaido's Observation Haki didn't even have time to react.

Nuclear-Shock Fist!

Luffy compressed the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit into an energy ball the size of a fist and pressed it directly onto Kaido's chest.

The energy ball expanded and exploded the moment it touched Kaido's body, creating a terrifying shockwave powerful enough to pulverize ordinary Yonko officers.

Kaido's breastplate scales shattered more than a dozen times under this attack, and bright red blood seeped from the cracks.

Kaido was forced back again by the attack, but the excitement in his eyes intensified. "Hahaha, you've become much stronger than you were in Dressrosa!"

The power of Luffy's Tremor-Tremor Fruit caused the air to vibrate.

He then changed the subject, saying, "Your level of development of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is quite good."

Back in the Rocks Pirates days, Kaido witnessed Whitebeard's devastating power using the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and Luffy's version is no less powerful.

Kaido couldn't help but exclaim, "Your development is even more advanced than Whitebeard's. Those few shock balls really gave me a hard time."

Luffy seemed quite pleased with this assessment.

He grinned, then swung his sword back, slashing Bigmom, who was taking the opportunity to attack from the side, back.

"I accept your compliment!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed in front of Kaido again and punched him in the chin.

"Rubber, Vibration, and Rocket Launcher!"

With both fists slamming out simultaneously, the fists, carrying shockwaves, slammed into Kaido's chin and chest like two cannonballs.

boom!

boom! !

Kaido's body was sent flying again by the two blows, and Luffy followed closely behind, flipping in the air and kicking him in the stomach.

"Rubber Vibration Siege Kick!"