I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Then....

boom!

Kaido's massive, mountain-like figure crashed to the ground under the barrage of powerful blows. Sword beams tore through his flesh, and bullets imbued with Armament Haki embedded themselves deep within his skin. Law's Gamma Knife, meanwhile, sliced ​​through his skin, slicing open his internal organs.

Dominance is an invisible weapon formed from willpower.

When emotions run high and reason is lost, Observation Haki becomes ineffective, making it difficult to evade or predict enemy attacks.

When one's mind wavers or panics, Armament Haki will lose its original formidable defensive capabilities.

At that moment, Kaido broke down.

In the blink of an eye, he was covered in blood and collapsed to the ground, his body riddled with wounds.

The notebook with Sieg's signature fell to the ground and was buried by sand and gravel. The previous light faded, and the illusory image of Sieg that had been floating in mid-air also disappeared.

Roar!

Kaido's body swelled slightly, and large dragon scales appeared on his body. He struggled to his feet despite the attacks from the crowd. He opened his mouth wide, and with a roar, invisible wind blades swept across, cutting the notebook into countless scraps of paper that scattered in the gale.

"Heh, I see! He won't be showing up."

Kaido's eyes seemed to burn with a cold, raging fury. After witnessing the notebook being shredded, he finally understood something.

He was in terrible condition, covered in blood, but a smile was spreading across his face.

With a sweep of his massive form, Kaido stomped the shredded notebook flat with a single step:

"It seems he really isn't here. Or rather... he can't come!"

He leaped into the air, his body transforming into a giant dragon that soared into the sky. A scorching fireball swelled and expanded within the dragon's mouth before exploding completely, engulfing everyone on the ground. The heatwave distorted the air.

But things took an unexpected turn once again.

"fire punch!"

A giant fist formed of flames came from the side and collided with his fiery breath, causing a surge of heat to sweep around.

A shirtless young man wearing a cowboy hat appeared in front of Luffy at some point.

He gently raised his flame-covered fingers to lift the brim of his hat, revealing a freckled, young, and sunny smiling face beneath it.

"Two years have passed, and you're still as reckless as ever, Luffy."

"Ace!"

Luffy, who was behind him, immediately recognized the person and exclaimed in surprise.

"Let's not talk about catching up now." Ace smiled, took out a pair of earrings from his pocket, picked up one and tossed it to Luffy, who caught it instinctively.

"Put it on, Luffy."

"Why?" Luffy asked, somewhat bewildered.

“Because… well, you can just put it on first.” Ace couldn’t help but think of the package that Hale, the cockroach bully, had sent a few days ago.

Inside the envelope was a pair of small earrings. These weren't for Whitebeard, but for him...

The note inside the envelope also contained this sentence:

Roasted gluten fruit is real!

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Book Title: How Much Longer Can I Live?

Synopsis: Ji Yaoyu wakes up to find himself in the body of a noble family's son. He thought he could live the life of a carefree young master in Beijing, spending his days playing cricket fighting, listening to folk songs, and drinking soy milk. However, he discovers that his predecessor was a major villain.

"My cousin had divine bones, but my mother secretly harmed her and transplanted those bones into me?"

"I have a half-sister who, because of our father's orders, is forbidden from practicing martial arts or cultivating Taoism. I have humiliated and tormented her in every way."

"The young lady I was betrothed to was once a genius, but I broke off the engagement because she lost all her cultivation. I even humiliated her when the engagement was broken off?"

"I once slaughtered a village in a fit of extreme rage, but I missed two little girls during the massacre. Now these two have returned after completing their training?"

"There's a shepherdess at my horse farm who used to be beaten and scolded by me every day. Now, by some chance, she's obtained the inheritance of the ancient Devouring Demon Lord and wants to eat me as a tonic?"

"Even you were forcibly abducted by me. Your sister is the reincarnation of an emperor from the upper realm. She awakened her past life memories half a month ago and is currently on her way here on horseback."

"What you're saying isn't the most important thing. The most important thing is that I'm now the court's number one rebel, and countless people want to take my head and gain official positions and titles?"

"Understood, I'll commit suicide now!"

Chapter 1223 The Era of the Four Emperors Has Ended (4k)

"That's... Sig's earring?"

When Ace's earring fell into Luffy's hands, Bege immediately recognized it as the one that Higuma had used to fight God King.

"Straw Hat Luffy, put it on quickly!" Becky urged loudly.

There are limits to scheming. He previously used Law's notebook to shake Kaido's mind, creating an opportunity to strike. After some planning, he managed to injure Kaido, which was already a considerable achievement.

But that's all there is to it. The gap between the two sides on the battlefield is huge. After Kaido saw through and tore up the notebook, Bege's side was once again heading towards its doom.

Until this moment arrives.

Killing one of the Four Emperors is no easy feat. Even in the previous battle at Elbaf, Higuma used the concentrated poison of the Land of Death and the smashing of photographs to kill and defeat Big Mom and Kaido.

Back on the battlefield of Elbaf, Kaido concluded from the difference in battle records between Admiral Higuma and the mountain bandit king Higuma that Higuma was far stronger than the Shadow Clone Technique. So when Higuma entered the battlefield, Kaido was almost scared out of his wits on the spot, and in the end, he didn't even care about saving his subordinates and just ran away.

But in reality, this is just a misunderstanding. The shadow clone is not much weaker than Sigurd's original body; the biggest difference is that the shadow clone only has half the telekinetic power, but otherwise, there are not many differences.

The shadow clones may die in battle, but the original body is not much different.

Killing one of the Four Emperors is very difficult, especially someone as resilient as Kaido.

Bege shares the same philosophy as Higuma; he is a pirate with no taboos and does not shy away from exploiting the weaknesses and psychological vulnerabilities of his enemies or using external resources.

In Becky's view, it is foolish to be reckless and blindly charge head-on when you know the enemy's weaknesses and have usable resources but do not take advantage of them.

And now...

Luffy has already obtained a resource that could turn the tide of the battle.

This is the key to changing the course of the battle!

Bege looked up and saw Kaido, the giant dragon in mid-air, transform back into his dragon-man form and rapidly descend. His expression changed drastically!

"The Three Worlds Descend - Naraku!"

In the brief few seconds that Luffy received the earring, a shadow fell over the ground, and Kaido, transformed into a dragon-man, descended from the sky like a thunderbolt, wielding a giant club, pointing directly at Luffy!

With Higuma absent, Kaido would certainly not hesitate to face this group of Supernovas.

Kaido's breath attack was ineffective against Fire Fist Ace, the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, but physical attacks were a different story.

"Castle - Full-Size Big Boss!"

At that moment, Capone Bege's body collided rapidly, and in a second he transformed into a stone castle man 80 meters tall, using his massive size to block Luffy and Ace.

boom!

The brick walls of the Big Boss's castle immediately collapsed and shattered. Becky, who had just grown larger, was hit so hard that he coughed up blood and was forced back to his original form, collapsing into a pool of blood and completely unconscious.

But Kaido's face remained gloomy, even more so.

As Becky transformed into a castle to block the attack, he already sensed a strange and powerful aura behind him.

"Kaido------"

Standing behind Kaido was a young man with freckles on his face, whose appearance differed slightly from both Luffy and Ace.

When Luffy and Ace fused together through the earrings, a third being was born, a being that combined the power of both of them and the abilities of their Devil Fruits.

He can be called Loos.

"Fourth gear!"

Luce bit down on his right arm, air rushed into his body, and his body transformed back into Gear Fourth Boundman form. Black and red Armament Haki swirled around his entire body, appearing as flames on his chest.

Hot steam escaped from the pores of the body, and then a ball of flame swirled around the skin.

"Ape King Fire Fist Spear!"

The dark red fist, enveloped in Armament Haki, first contracted like a spring into its body, then suddenly burst into flames, transforming into a giant fiery fist that blasted out at high speed.

boom!

The punch landed on Kaido's chest, a ring of flames spread across Kaido's body, and the huge impact propelled Kaido backward, his feet carving a 20-30 meter long furrow in the ground.

"Two Devil Fruit abilities are being used simultaneously... Is this a fusion?"

Kaido stopped retreating and looked down at his chest, where there was a charred fist mark.

After the two combined, Russ's power increased dramatically, making Kaido feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.

"I don't know what ability it is... but if you want to deal with me, let Higuma handle it." Kaido spoke with great confidence.

Fourth Gear can be seen as Third Gear Giant Transformation plus Armament Haki Hardening.

The fourth gear is a spring-like elastic man, which, after the rubber hardens, possesses even stronger elastic potential energy while also having hardness.

"The shape transformation developed by this fruit, combined with Armament Haki, is like a qualitative change from rubber to rubber band..." Law suddenly remembered a Devil Fruit ranking list that was widely circulated on the sea before, as well as the related legends of compound fruits.

It is said that two or more Devil Fruits can be combined to produce amazing chemical reactions.

When a user of the Gum-Gum Fruit also gains the power of the String-String Fruit, the combination of the two powers will create the legendary user of the Gum-Gum Fruit!

Users of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit will possess the characteristics of both fruits, transforming into Rubber-Rubber People. Compared to the Rubber-Rubber Fruit, they will have greater length and elasticity—similar to the current Gear Fourth Elasti-Man.

Luo Ke remembered... there was another passage below.

If he were to go even further and eat the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit, combining the three fruits into one, he would become an unprecedented user of the Roasted Gluten Fruit!

"Level 5 - Grilled Gluten Man!"

The towering flames engulfed Fourth Gear Luce's entire body. His massive, hardened and inflated body shrunk back to normal size and then began to curl up like a pretzel under the scorching flames.

Kaido was gripping his iron rod, ready to strike, when suddenly his nostrils flared, and he sniffed the air with a slightly strange expression.

"It smells so good...?" A strange thought suddenly popped into Kaido's mind.