Sailing: I was falsely accused of watching Nami bathe, but I'm blind.

If given more time... just how terrifying will this guy become?!

A strong sense of crisis and... an indescribable apprehension surged within Kai once again!

He knew he had to find an opportunity as soon as possible to completely eliminate this potentially disastrous "jinx"! Otherwise, the consequences would be dire!

Just as the battle on Onigashima reached its most intense and heated stage, especially the final showdown between Straw Hat Luffy and Beast Kaido, which had entered a life-or-death juncture that would determine the fate of the entire Wano Country...

Another anomaly has occurred!

Kai, the Vice Admiral who was always as calm and composed as an iceberg, suddenly jolted! His eyes, which were always expressionless as if covered by millennia-old ice, snapped open! They were filled with unprecedented, unbelievable shock, confusion, and a trace of... a tremor and unease from the depths of his soul that even he himself could not understand?!

He... he sensed a... an extremely special! Extremely ancient! Extremely powerful! Filled with indescribable freedom, joy, liberation, and... almost "sacred," dazzling and warm like the sun... a strange energy fluctuation!!!

This energy fluctuation is as gentle as a spring breeze, yet as powerful as a tsunami! It seems capable of awakening the slumbering souls of all things, breaking all constraints and shackles, and bringing hope and light to a world in despair!

This energy was completely different from all the Devil Fruit abilities he knew!

Whether it's the elemental power of the Logia type, the strange abilities of the Paramecia type, or the shape-shifting abilities of the Zoan type... none of them can compare to this energy!

This energy is more like... a more primordial, purer, and more... "sacred" existence that transcends all known power systems?!

It reminded Kai of the terrifying aura he had vaguely sensed deep within the city of Pangaea in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise—an aura that was extremely ancient, extremely majestic, and filled with the vastness and emptiness of the universe!

Although these two auras seem to be completely opposite in essence.

A world filled with light, freedom, and liberation.

The other is filled with darkness, bondage, and nothingness.

But they... all seem to originate from the same... higher dimension... beyond the comprehension of mortals?!

"What...what kind of power is this?!"

A tidal wave surged within Kai! The instant he sensed this strange energy, his usually cold and hard heart stirred with a strange, uncontrollable...thrill and longing?!

He couldn't immediately grasp the nature of this power.

But his keen intuition was frantically warning him—this was a force capable of changing the world! This was a force capable of overturning the existing order! This was a force… that might even threaten his own existence!!!

He pushed his Observation Haki to its limit, attempting to trace the source of that strange energy fluctuation.

He "saw" Luffy, the Straw Hat, engaged in a final life-or-death battle with Kaido of the Beasts, above Onigashima...

Something...unbelievable...transformation has occurred?!

Luffy's originally jet-black hair and eyes instantly turned into a pure white, burning like flames?!

A more unrestrained, freer, and... even more radiant smile, brimming with a sense of "liberation," appeared on his face!

His body, as if freed from the constraints of the Gum-Gum Fruit, became more flexible, more resilient, and more...unrestrained?!

He can even… rubberize his surroundings?! Make the hardest ground as soft as a trampoline?! Make ferocious enemies look like comical cartoon characters?!

This...this is completely beyond Kai's understanding of Devil Fruit abilities!

This is not a "Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit" at all!

This is clearly... a more ancient, more powerful, and more... forbidden... Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit ability!!!

"Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika Mode..."

A name, almost forgotten and buried deep within the World Government's top-secret archives, flashed through Kai's mind like lightning!

The sun god, Nika!

That legendary warrior who brought smiles and liberation to the enslaved people!

Straw Hat Luffy's Devil Fruit is... this legendary, forbidden fruit that the World Government has been searching for for eight hundred years?!

This discovery shocked Kai like never before and filled him with... an indescribable fear!

He knew that once this secret was exposed, it would bring a tremendous storm to the world!

Straw Hat Luffy, the man with the power of "Nika," is the most fundamental and deadly threat to the World Government and the rule of the Celestial Dragons!

He...must die!!!

A cold and resolute killing intent flashed in Kai's eyes!

But he quickly suppressed his murderous intent.

Because he knew that now was not the time for him to make a move.

He needs to... wait.

Waiting for a more suitable time.

Waiting for a... perfect opportunity to completely bury Straw Hat Luffy and everything he represents.

The battle on Onigashima entered an even more frenzied and heated phase after Luffy awakened his "Nika" form.

Chapter 148 Luffy knows he was wrong? No! You know you're going to die!!!

After awakening, Luffy's strength skyrocketed! His power of freedom and liberation, like that of a "sun god," and his incredible, almost "omnipotent" fighting style put unprecedented pressure on Kaido of the Beasts!

The battle between the two had completely transcended the realm of mortal comprehension! Every clash between them seemed poised to shatter the entire Wano Country!

Meanwhile, on other battlefields of Onigashima, the Straw Hat crew's allies were engaged in a final, brutal battle against the remnants of the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates!

Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kid, these two supernova captains who also possess Conqueror's Haki, finally unleashed power beyond their limits in a desperate situation after countless failures and heavy blows! They joined forces to face Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, who was exhausted and whose strength was greatly reduced due to her soul being severely damaged by Law's power!

In the end, through a series of breathtaking and ingenious coordinated attacks, Law and Kid actually managed to... knock Big Mom, the sea empress who had stood at the top of the New World for decades, from the sky above Onigashima into the magma deep beneath Wano Country!!!

Although they did not see Bigom's body with their own eyes.

But Kai could clearly sense that BIGMOM's enormous and greedy soul aura had completely disappeared after it fell into the lava.

This means... Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, the terrifying sea queen who once rivaled legendary pirates like Roger, Whitebeard, and Shiki... may very well have fallen?!

This result left Kai utterly shocked and incredulous!

Although he knew that Bigom had exhausted a lot of physical and spiritual energy in the previous battle, and had also become somewhat delirious due to the onset of food cravings.

But she is, after all, one of the Four Emperors! A being with monstrous strength and vitality! How could she be defeated by the combined forces of Law and Kid, two up-and-coming supernovas?!

This... is simply unbelievable!

And shortly after Big Mom's fall (or rather, her temporary disappearance), the most anticipated final battle between Straw Hat Luffy and Beast Kaido on Onigashima finally came to an end!

After countless falls and rises, after exhausting his last bit of strength and Haki, Straw Hat Luffy, the man who awakened the power of "Sun God Nikka," used his enormous "Gum-Gum Monkey Gun," imbued with Conqueror's Haki and embodying the hopes and anger of the entire Wano Country people, to slam it fiercely into the already battered and exhausted dragon head of Kaido of the Beasts!

"boom--!!!!"

A deafening roar, powerful enough to shatter the heavens and earth, accompanied by an extremely dazzling white light, resounded throughout the entire Wano Country!

Kaido of the Beasts, the man hailed as the "strongest creature in the world," "invincible in one-on-one combat," a terrifying figure like a demon god, his massive blue dragon body, as large as a mountain, was actually... like a kite with a broken string, falling helplessly from the high sky under Luffy's earth-shattering attack, which concentrated all his power and will!

He crashed heavily into the magma deep beneath Wano Country, near the spot where Big Mom fell!

Immediately afterwards, an even more violent and terrifying tremor, as if the entire Wano Country were about to sink, came from the depths of the earth!

Then... everything returned to calm.

Kaido's ferocious and powerful aura, just like Big Mom's, completely disappeared from Kai's perception.

this means……

Kaido of the Beasts, the once fearsome Yonko who roamed the New World with impunity and no one dared to provoke him... has also... fallen?!

Kai watched this incredible scene, which seemed like something out of a myth, from the distant sea. His cold and hard heart couldn't help but contract violently at that moment!

Two Emperors!

BIGMOM Charlotte Linlin! Kaido of the Beasts!

These two, who had stood at the top of the New World for decades and were known as the "Emperors of the Sea," were terrifying, monstrous beings! They actually... actually... on the same day! On the same battlefield! Were they defeated by the combined forces of the Supernova alliance led by Straw Hat Luffy, Trafalgar Law, and Eustass Kid—teams that he considered still somewhat immature?!

This result exceeded everyone's expectations! Including Kai himself!

He anticipated that the great war in Wano Country would be exceptionally fierce and chaotic.

He also anticipated that the Straw Hat crew and their allies might be able to cause some trouble for the two Yonko.

But he never expected that the final result would be... the demise of both of the Four Emperors?!

This...this must be a joke!

But no matter how much he disbelieved it, his keen Observation Haki clearly told him that all of this was real!

The fall of two of the Four Emperors marks the complete end of an old era! It also signifies that the new world order will undergo a cataclysmic and unprecedented transformation!

The balance of power among the Four Emperors has been completely shattered!

The new world will no longer be an era in which those four monsters can rule the world with one hand!

A new era, a more chaotic, more dangerous, and also... more opportunity-filled era, is about to begin!

As for Straw Hat Luffy, the man who awakened the power of "Sun God Nika", the "Fifth Emperor of the Sea" who personally defeated Kaido of the Beasts, his reputation and influence will surely reach an unprecedented and terrifying height that will make even the World Government tremble!

He... might really... become... the next... Pirate King?!

This thought, like a spell, kept echoing in Kai's mind.

His eyes gleamed with a cold and complex light.

He knew he had to act quickly.

The great battle on Onigashima, after Kaido of the Beasts and Charlotte Linlin, two sea emperors who once dominated the New World for decades, were both defeated by the Supernova Alliance led by Luffy of the Straw Hats (or rather, thrown into the magma deep beneath Wano Country, their fates unknown), finally... slowly came to a close.