Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

The massive impact made the entire building tremble.

"Ouch~~ That really hurts!" Kaido, now in his dragon form and freed from the ice, writhed and cried out.

"You really are tough as nails!" Reina couldn't help but complain when he saw that his slash hadn't done any damage to Kaido.

"Hehehe... I'm quite satisfied with this body of mine!" Kaido, in his dragon form, laughed loudly. "But now it's my turn to attack! Bad Wind!"

As Kaido finished speaking, countless wind blades were spat out from the dragon's mouth.

However, Reina dealt with it calmly; this move hardly caused him any harm.

Meanwhile, as Reina and Kaido were teaching, the weather above the Beasts Pirates' island changed drastically. The once clear sky was now filled with countless dark clouds, and lightning and strong winds raged, causing panic among the members of the Beasts Pirates.

"Everyone, to the shelter!" Quinn, who had emerged from the skull structure earlier, was now directing the ordinary members to take cover.

Looking at the changed sky outside, he cursed inwardly a few times, not only for Reina, but also for Kaido.

A battle of this magnitude would inevitably trigger celestial phenomena.

"Hiss~ Boss Quinn, the temperature seems to have changed... This... This is... It's snowing?" A henchman next to Quinn said with a look of surprise.

"The one fighting Kaido inside is Akame Reyna. With his abilities, what's so strange about him causing celestial phenomena? Alright, hurry up and go down to evacuate the crowd. What a damned guy, is it really necessary for a mere member of the Charlotte family?" Queen said as he ran away cursing. He didn't want to become a sacrifice here.

"Boom~~!"

Just as Kaido left the skull-shaped building, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, piercing through the roof of the skull-shaped building. Immediately afterwards, Kaido in his dragon form took to the air, followed by King in his pterosaur form.

After they emerged, a massive Eastern ice dragon burst forth from the hole, and on the dragon's head stood Reina, wielding the Hyōrinmaru.

"Damn it, these freaks actually started fighting!" Quinn ran even faster when he saw this.

The henchman beside him was dumbfounded and asked, "Brother Quinn, aren't you...aren't you going to help?"

"Help? I'll thank you! You think too highly of me. Do you want me to die here?" Quinn said as he ran. "That's Akame Reina! A guy who's even more twisted than a torturer!"

The "torture-loving psychopath" Queen refers to is King the Wildfire. King is usually very calm and loyal to Kaido. His only hobby is torturing and tormenting prisoners, which is why Queen calls him a torture-loving psychopath.

"Roar~ Reina, don't go too far! Tornado: Bad Wind!" With Kaido's roar, countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, striking towards Reina, while he himself spun around like a top, releasing countless bad winds.

"Pfft~ Pfft~"

Wind blades and lightning converged densely on Reina's location, instantly shattering the massive ice dragon. However, when the smoke cleared, Reina had vanished into thin air.

Kaido, who was floating in the air with his body coiled up, carefully sensed Reina's aura. The battle was getting more and more intense, which meant that their battle was rapidly escalating. Unlike the previous minor skirmishes, being hit by Reina at this time would even injure him.

"Governor, upstairs!" King, in his pterosaur form, suddenly spoke, shouting to Kaido.

The dragon raised its head and looked up at the sky, only to find it empty.

At this moment, Kaido realized he had been tricked. Without thinking, he swung his dragon tail directly at Kaido.

The vanished Reina appeared directly in front of him, but because the dragon's head was raised, Reina revealed a weakness.

"Bang!" Reina slashed his sword across the dragon's neck, sending Kaido flying. A spray of blood fell from the sky.

"boom!"

As Kaido flew away, the dragon's tail attack arrived. Reina, who had just made his move, had no time to dodge and could only take the sweeping blow of Kaido's dragon tail head-on.

However, after being knocked away, Reina seemed to be unharmed and landed on the ground very easily. It was his Black Emperor ability that absorbed the sweeping attack of the dragon's tail.

Chapter 1340 Fierce Battle

The brief exchange resulted in Kaido sustaining minor injuries.

In the air, King, in his pterosaur form, was staring intently at Reina, preventing him from continuing his pursuit of Kaido.

Reina glanced at the Flame Disaster Jhin in the sky, and immediately felt a chill run down his spine. He unconsciously raised his flying altitude a little, so that even if the opponent made a move, he would have some time to react.

"Hehehe... What an annoying guy!" As the smoke cleared, Kaido, who had returned to his human form, touched his neck with one hand and carried his spiked club with the other, and slowly walked towards Reina.

Reina smiled slightly. The other party was finally getting serious. That made sense. He was starting to lose interest in the dragon form that was always being beaten up.

Moreover, he had just sensed through the hard shell that it had reached Brulee, which relieved Reina's biggest worry, allowing him to play with Kaido properly.

"Governor, are you alright?" King asked with some concern as he approached Kaido.

Just now, Kaido's neck was slashed solidly by Reina because of him. If it were anyone else, they would probably be decapitated by now.

"Don't worry, he's not going to die!" Kaido cracked his neck and replied.

However, King noticed that Kaido had a new wound on his neck, caused by Reina's attack earlier.

It's important to know that ordinary attacks are generally unable to break through Kaido's defenses, but Reina's casual strike just now actually injured Kaido, which shows just how powerful Reina's attack is.

Upon learning that Brulee was safe, Reina didn't waste any words and charged straight at Kaido.

"Oh!"

Upon seeing Reina approach, Kaido, who had grabbed his spiked club and was about to attack, was sent flying by a single punch from Reina, leaving him looking at King with astonishment.

Based on Reina's previous performance, he shouldn't have been able to knock Kaido away.

"Hmm... It's been so long, I'd forgotten. You also have the ability to absorb damage and convert it into attack!" Kaido said, rubbing his head as he stood up again.

“It’s alright, I’ll help you remember everything slowly!” Reina said with a slight smile.

The ensuing battle became exceptionally intense. Kaido's defenses were truly world-class; even with Reina's relentless attacks, he was able to stand up again.

The intense battle made even the spectator, King of the Wildfire, feel unable to get involved.

"He really is tough as nails!" Reina couldn't help but remark as he watched Kaido get up again.

"Hehe... I know you haven't gone all out yet. Where's your Sharingan? Why aren't you using it?" Kaido wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said.

In the battle just now, if Reina had used his Sharingan, he would have been completely suppressed. Although he still had some trump cards, he knew very well how strong Reina's Sharingan was, especially in close combat, where it could exert powerful abilities.

“I will use it when needed, but it’s not the right time yet,” Reina said in a provocative tone.

Sure enough, Kaido got a little angry when he heard Reina's words. As the captain of the Beasts Pirates, his current status was earned step by step, not just by talking.

"Then let's have some fun!" Kaido said, as scales began to grow on his body and a tail appeared behind him.

Reina knew that this was the strongest state of a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user: the half-beast form!

This also proves that Kaido is about to go all out.

"Hmph~ Let's see just how strong you really are now! You dare to mess with our Whitebeard Pirates, Kaido... If your strength doesn't make me wary, then... the Beasts Pirates will become history!" Reina said, his eyes half-closed.

"Hehehe... I knew you wouldn't stay and fight me for no reason. So that's what you were planning. But it's okay, you're not the only one who's become stronger through the power of luck!" Kaido said with a loud laugh.

"Resurrected Three Worlds - Naraku!" Kaido roared, then leaped high into the air and swung his staff directly at Reiner.

Reina took a deep breath and made no attempt to dodge. He knew that Kaido's attack was powerful, and even if he dodged now, he would be affected by the aftershocks, making it difficult to defend against Kaido's subsequent attacks.

"Ice Barrier!" Reina raised Hyōrinmaru high, and a transparent energy shield enveloped him, blocking Kaido's spiked club.

"Break!" In mid-air, Kaido, whose skin had turned somewhat bluish, increased his power once again.

"Crack~ Crack~" As Kaido's power increased, Reina's ice barrier began to crack, seemingly about to shatter.

Seeing that the barrier was about to collapse, Reina's expression changed. He was about to dodge quickly, but Kaido did not give him a chance. Several bolts of lightning fell from the sky, shattering the barrier, and Kaido's spiked club also came down towards Reina.

"Boom!"

The violent explosion blew King, who was in the air, away a distance. When the smoke cleared, King looked towards the place where the two had fought and saw a huge crater where they had been. In the crater, Kaido was still in the position of attacking Reina from above, while Reina was holding Hyōrinmaru and blocking Kaido's spiked club.

Just when Jin thought he couldn't get close to the two in their battle, he suddenly discovered that their weapons weren't actually touching. It seemed that there was an invisible energy layer on each weapon, colliding with each other.

"Conqueror's Haki Entanglement!" King was somewhat envious. This ability was unique to truly top-tier powerhouses. Although he could be considered a powerhouse, he was still a level below Kaido and Reina. If he could master Conqueror's Haki Entanglement, his strength would advance even further.

"Ha! Looks like I underestimated you. After being captured by the extraterrestrials, your strength has actually increased instead of decreased!" With a burst of strength, Reina combined the absorbed impact with his own power and used it all to send Kaido flying through the air. However, Kaido landed easily without any damage to Reina.

"Hehehe... If I don't show you my true skills, won't you look down on me?" Kaido laughed happily.

“Well then… I’ll show you my true skills too!” Reina smiled slightly, and the Hyōrinmaru in his hand transformed into a human figure, which then walked towards Reina.

"Hyōrinmaru...fusion!" The moment Hyōrinmaru, now in human form, touched Reina, it was as if it were absorbed by Reina, its entire body merging directly into Reina's body.

Looking at Reina, whose aura had surged and whose ice-blue hair fluttered in the wind, Kaido's expression became even more solemn. He had a very dangerous feeling, as if the other party could kill him at any moment.

Chapter 1341 Kaido-san, do you still remember the cherry blossoms of your hometown?

After fusing with Hyōrinmaru, Reina's eyes turned ice blue, and he was covered in ice blue armor. The twelve giant ice lotuses that had been floating around him had now shrunk to the size of fists and were now surrounding his body.

And it had already started to snow lightly.

"Kaido, in this state, I can't hold back. If you're not careful... you'll die!" Reina smiled slightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a spear made of ice flew directly towards Kaido.

"Hmph! All flash and no substance!" Kaido said disdainfully upon seeing this.

He admitted that Reina was very intimidating, but to think he could kill him with such an ordinary ice spear? That was wishful thinking.

But before the ice spear even reached Kaido, he realized something was wrong. The ice spear was rapidly expanding, and by the time it reached him, it was larger than him.

Kaido's expression changed slightly, and he swung his spiked club.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"

"Oh!"

The spiked club struck the massive ice spear directly.

"Bang bang bang..."

The enormous ice spear shattered instantly, turning into countless ice blocks.

However, Kaido was not excited; instead, he stared intently at Reiner.

"Hehe..." Reina, floating in the air, chuckled and pointed his finger at Kaido. The snowflakes falling from the sky instantly turned into countless ice spears, which then flew towards Kaido.

"Governor!" Seeing Kaido being struck by countless ice spears, King intended to rush to his aid, but how many snowflakes were there in the air? After turning into ice spears, not only Kaido, but even King was attacked.

"Boom! Boom boom!!"

The ice flowers exploded, and the shattered ice spear turned into countless ice flowers that scattered wildly.

At this point, the skull-shaped building had been mostly destroyed in the battle between Kaido and Reina. The part above the mouth had disappeared, leaving only a part of the bottom structure, which had also become dilapidated.

Floating in the air, Reina didn't wait for the icy mist to dissipate before rushing directly towards the location where Kaido had been.

"Roaring Thunder Bagua!" In the center of the ice mist, Kaido did not fall. Facing Reina who was charging towards him, he still launched a counterattack.

The Roaring Eight Trigrams can be considered an advanced version of the Thunder Eight Trigrams. It is faster, more powerful, and harder to dodge. Even those with Observation Haki who can foresee the future cannot completely avoid it.