One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Kaido didn't even glance at the infighting Nine Red Scabbards, but turned to look in the direction of the Flower Capital, grinning and letting out a loud laugh.

"Oh ho ho ho ho! You've come, Rorschach brat! I've been waiting for you for ages! Oh ho ho ho! Come on, let's fight and see how much you've improved..."

Before Kaido could finish speaking, a dazzling white light tore through the gray sky of Wano Country, instantly traversing tens of kilometers, shooting straight down from the Flower Capital, filling Kaido's entire field of vision.

Kaido was taken aback, then his eyes narrowed.

"what is this?"

Even he felt a strange sense of crisis at this moment, and his intuition warned him as if he were being pricked by a thorn in his back.

Danger!

The source of the danger that even Kaido sensed was the white light shooting towards him.

Even so, Kaido did not dodge!

He gripped his spiked club tightly, roared, and swung it at the oncoming white light.

"Whoosh... Boom!"

Before the sharp whistling sound had even subsided, the white light had already struck Kaido's spiked club.

"what?"

Before Kaido's sinister smile could fully bloom, the spiked club he had raised was blasted back by an irresistible force, crashing into his chest.

The next moment, his massive body was lifted off the ground and flew backward like a meteorite.

"Boom!"

Mount Oden, next to Boro Town, shook violently as Kaido, flying backward, crashed through it.

The dazzling white light swept right past Kaido, grazing him through the middle of Mount Oden and splitting the entire mountain in two, as if an eraser had erased a piece of the mountain out of thin air, turning it from one mountain into two.

Kaido flew backwards without stopping, unable to withstand the immense power. He continued to fly backwards, scraping the ground, smashing through Mount Oden, crashing through Mount Tou, flying out of Boro Town, flying out of Kuri, and crashing into the huge deep lake outside Wano Country, flying backwards all the way out.

Hundred meters, thousand meters, ten thousand meters!

The lake, thousands of meters deep, was cleaved open by the white light. No matter how hard Kaido roared, he couldn't escape even a fraction of an inch. He was forced to crash into the towering walls surrounding Wano Country, creating a huge hole in the millennia-old wall. Finally, with a deafening roar, he fell out of the walls and crashed into the sea of ​​the New World, creating a wave hundreds of meters high.

In the City of Flowers, Luo Xia looked at the chasm that stretched for hundreds of kilometers in the ground where the white light had passed, shook his head in slight disappointment, and sighed.

"The power doesn't seem very strong. I thought it would kill Kaido in one shot. Is it because I didn't inject enough energy, or was my firing technique incorrect?"

Zoro stared wide-eyed at him.

"You call that weak? You sliced ​​the entire Wano Country in two with one shot! What more do you want? To blow up the whole Wano Country with one shot?"

Is this the power of the ancient weapon, Pluton? Zoro was somewhat shocked.

But Rorschach spoke the truth, without any intention of showing off.

Admittedly, the power of that steel warship's shot just now was indeed formidable. From dozens of kilometers away, it blasted Kaido dozens of kilometers away from Wano Country and sent him flying into the open sea outside Wano Country, causing considerable damage to the terrain of Wano Country.

However, it should be noted that this wrecked ship absorbed nearly 60% of the lightning power within Luo Xia's body.

What does it mean that Rorschach currently possesses 60% of the lightning power within him?

If it were to coalesce and crash down from the sky, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it could wipe half of Wano Country off the map.

The subsequent chain reaction could even destroy the entire Wano Country.

However, to be fair, the Hades battleship's attack power is actually quite good.

The reason it didn't cause too much damage to the terrain was because it transformed the lightning that Rorschach infused into it into an extremely compressed energy cannon, which is why it sent Kaido flying dozens of kilometers away.

"Alright, I have to go see Kaido-sensei off now. Zoro, you go ahead and do your thing."

Rorschach stopped thinking about it, smiled at Zoro, and with a stomp of his foot, his towering body pierced through the air, instantly breaking several times the sound barrier, leaving a striking white shockwave in the sky above the Flower Capital, and chasing after the sea where Kaido had fallen.

"Kaido-sensei?" Zoro had a big question mark above his head, completely missing the point of Rorschach's words.

He shook his head, turned to look in the direction of Ghost Island, and suddenly froze.

The lightning bolt that had guided the way has disappeared...

The outer sea of ​​Hezhi.

On the violently undulating sea, a large patch of scarlet water spread out, and a strong smell of blood wafted everywhere, but it did not attract a single sea king.

In one area, the seawater boiled, and flickering flames appeared underwater. Then, the seawater was boiled into scalding steam, which surged up like a fountain. A burly figure emerged from the water, surrounded by fiery red clouds of flame, and hovered above the sea.

Kaido clutched his left shoulder, gritting his teeth, blood gushing from the corner of his mouth, flowing down his thick neck and staining his shattered chest.

He glanced at his left shoulder, where a large chunk of muscle was missing from his scapula, as if it had been torn away by some ferocious beast, and it was covered in blood.

This terrible injury is considered quite serious even for Kaido, who possesses a monstrous physique and has awakened a Mythical Zoan species; it is definitely impossible to heal it in a short period of time.

In fact, if he hadn't hastily unleashed the Eight Precepts at the incoming white light, blocking most of its direct impact, Kaido felt his body might have been pierced through by the light, leaving a gaping hole.

He gritted his teeth, his heart trembling, his mind reeling from the devastating energy cannon.

Kaido looked up at the trail of white energy emanating from the top of the towering wall, which was rapidly spreading toward him. He took a deep breath and opened his mouth wide.

"Rorschach!!"

"That light just now... what was that coming from? Don't tell me it was Kizaru!"

Rorschach's loud laughter echoed in the sky.

"Hahaha, Kaido, I didn't expect you to be so good at joking. But you're right, Uncle Kizaru didn't come. As for what that light was, you should already know."

With a loud boom, the sea in front of Kaido churned and the waves exploded in all directions. A huge figure, about the same size as Kaido and surrounded by blood-red thunderclouds, also hovered above the sea, not in a hurry to attack the injured Kaido.

Kaido's eyes widened. "You mean... that thing was emitted by an Ancient Weapon?"

“Yes, you got it right again. That’s right, it was an attack launched from an ancient weapon.” Luo Xia nodded. There was a whooshing sound above his head. The pitch-black Heavenly Dragon Halberd flew in from nowhere and fell from the sky, which he caught in his hand.

Kaido seemed to have thought of something, his face twitched a few times, he stared intently at Rorschach, and said through gritted teeth, "Don't tell me that the ancient weapon is hidden in my Wano Country."

"Why would you think that? Couldn't it be something I brought?" Luo Xia twirled the Heavenly Dragon Halberd in his hand. In the dim sky above his head, wisps of lightning gathered and fell from above, constantly pouring into the blood-red thunderclouds floating behind his head, causing his aura to rise continuously.

Kaido snorted coldly.

"The World Government behind you may possess an ancient weapon capable of destroying a nation. I know that's how God Valley disappeared back then."

"But to say that you, kid, or your navy also possess an ancient weapon is just wishful thinking."

"So, this ancient weapon can only be found on my territory. And besides being confident and wanting to cause trouble for me, your real purpose in coming here is probably for this ancient weapon, right?"

Kaido looked at Rorschach, flexing his injured left shoulder. "Tell me, what is that ancient weapon hidden in Wano Country? Pluto, the Dark King? Uranus, the Heavenly King? Or Poseidon, the Sea King?"

“You know a lot.” Rorschach smiled and didn’t hide anything, saying directly, “It’s Pluto, an ancient warship, hidden right under your butt, in the submerged ancient Wano Country.”

"Hide it under my butt."

Thick veins bulged on Kaido's forehead as he gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with rage.

He ruled Wano Country, this godforsaken place, for decades, yet he failed to discover that this wretched land actually harbored ancient weapons—weapons capable of changing the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure of the world).

When Luo Xia arrived, he not only succeeded immediately, but also fired a shot at him, almost blasting him through.

The thought that he had worked so hard here for decades, only to find himself sitting on a mountain of treasures without realizing it, made Kaido furious.

If he had discovered Pluto, the god of the underworld, earlier, wouldn't his long-held dream of dragging the entire world into a massive war have been realized long ago?

He didn't know what he was really feeling at that moment.

In short, all the words can be summed up in one word.

Dry!

Kaido's blood-soaked body erupted with a terrifying aura that shook the heavens and the earth. The sea beneath his feet caved in dozens of meters with a deafening roar. Black and red lightning crackled and roared from the spiked club in his hand, and he swung it like a meteor into the sky, smashing it down towards Rorschach.

When they make a move, they go all out!

"Roaring Thunder Eight Trigrams!"

The terrifying, overwhelming impact dented the air, and the surging shockwave, like a raging torrent, crashed into Luo Xia's chest.

However, to Kaido's astonishment, Rorschach not only did not dodge, but did not even swing his halberd to meet the attack.

Instead, he opened his chest, exposing his broad, wall-like chest to Kaido's spiked club.

"Oh!"

His chest was struck hard by the Eight Precepts, which were shrouded in Conqueror's Haki, causing blood and flesh to splatter everywhere. His burly body was sent flying backward, splitting a huge chasm over a thousand meters long in the sea, before crashing into the towering wall behind him and embedding itself deeply.

Kaido frowned, stopped, and bared his teeth as he roared, "Kid! What are you doing?!"

On the collapsed wall, Rorschach pried his body out of the stone wall, glanced at the huge crater in his chest where Kaido had smashed him with his club, and slowly grinned, revealing a wild smile on his blood-stained lips.

"I don't want to take advantage of an old person. After you hit me, we're even."

Kaido was stunned, then his entire face contorted in pain.

"An old man? Kid!! Don't be so arrogant!"

"Enough talk, Kaido!! Let's have a good, satisfying battle!!"

"The winner lives! The loser dies!!"

"Oh ho ho ho ho! That's exactly what I was thinking!"

The next instant, Kaido and Rorschach vanished from their original positions, and when they reappeared, they were already clashing together like meteors, each wielding a weapon.

"Boom!"

Chapter 797 A Battle That Destroys Heaven and Earth

New World, Rocky Harbor waters.

The Redford sailed swiftly across the vast ocean, cutting through the waves.

At the bow of the ship, Shanks frowned as he watched the live broadcast from the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

In the video, a grand celebration is being held on a bustling island. Countless people are waving their hands and cheering on the huge stands. A girl wearing headphones is holding a microphone, dancing energetically while humming a beautiful song.

Behind the stage, a small, imposing figure, with one fist supporting his chin, was also wearing headphones and had his eyes closed, seemingly enjoying the girl's ethereal singing voice.

In his other hand, he was toying with a pointer that kept an eternal record.

In Shanks' eyes, there was only that girl.

His voice was hoarse, carrying a sense of impending doom.