Countless vicious collisions of flesh echoed with explosive booms across the empty Onigashima.
As Myōjō and the kanabō clashed tens of thousands of times, they produced waves of sharp, tooth-aching metallic screeches.
This made Michael cast an extra glance at Kaido's kanabō.
This material was anything but ordinary—under Myōjō's sharpness, it wasn't cut apart, not even deeply marked… could this also be some kind of Supreme Grade Club or something?
But soon, Kaido's lightning-fast barrage of attacks fell like a torrential storm, forcing Michael to put away his curiosity for the moment.
At this moment, Michael and Kaido had completely become two pure killing machines, not defending at all—only exchanging blows.
One possessed a beastman body modified by Vegapunk and empowered by a Mythical Zoan.
The other, a transmigrant who was a natural-born monster.
The battle between an angel and a dragon-man—just the collision of bodies alone—made the entire Onigashima tremble.
As if… two mountains continuously crashed into one another, their might like the collapse of heaven and earth.
Both weapons and bodies slammed together again and again, leaving various wounds on each other.
Michael had to admit—this might be the most pain he had felt since crossing into this world…
But right behind the pain came excitement.
Because of his weapon type, Kaido appeared far more miserable than Michael at a glance.
Countless blade marks seeped blood, gathering beneath Kaido's feet…
Forming a small river of red, flowing into the lower ground.
Yet the smell of blood didn't hinder Kaido—in fact, it awakened the feeling he once had before becoming a pirate, when he was the strongest warrior of the Vodka Kingdom, slaughtering enemies on the battlefield.
The more he was injured, the more monstrous his ferocity became, and every strike grew even stronger!
Even Michael couldn't help but remark—
"Oi oi oi, are you some kind of cross-dimensional relative of the Saiyans from the next studio over? Of course, the infinitely nerfed distant branch…"
"I don't understand whatever you're saying, but can I take that as praise?"
"Ahh, definitely praise… Kaido, the joy you're giving me now, it's no less than the Golden Lion!"
After speaking, the same expression appeared on both their faces—
A grin.
An excited, cruel grin.
...
"Yamato, that smile of yours now… it's exactly the same as Kaido's."
In his Ancient Pteranodon hybrid form, King swung his flame-wreathed sword downward, smashing against Yamato's kanabō.
The flames wrapped around the blade belonged to the undying fire on King's back…
Scattering wildly upon the strike.
Yamato instinctively frowned and looked down at her body…
Being burned was truly unpleasant.
But fortunately, as a Mythical Zoan wielder controlling glacial frost, Yamato immediately covered the burnt area with freezing mist.
Although she had taken down Queen instantly at the start through a fast, full-force sneak attack…
Once King issued the order to swarm her, even with strength above everyone present, she still couldn't fight four hands with two fists.
Yamato continuously kicked incapacitated Beast Pirates out of the battle circle, but every one of these people was an elite—almost all were SMILE users.
If released into the sea, they could easily make a name for themselves and pull a bounty of tens of millions.
And among this huge group of abilities, there were even several extremely dangerous individuals…
"Tsk tsk tsk, truly pitiful, Yamato-chan…" Who's-Who tossed his dagger and caught it again, its pink scabbard disturbingly eerie. "But as a rebellious daughter, this is about as far as you go. You're stronger than every one of us—that's undeniable… but unfortunately, slaughter isn't a duel. The weak banding together to kill the strong is perfectly normal."
"Yamato… I respect your strength as much as I respect Kaido." Sasaki gripped his mechanized drill-sword, the blade spinning like a giant drill.
"After this is over, if you're willing, I can have a drink with you."
"Though I'm only a year older, Yamato, I must tell you some good news…" Among them, the tallest—Black Maria—now wore a pair of knuckle dusters, a sharp contrast to her elegant oiran face.
"From now on… you might have to call me stepmom."
"Oi… are you all actually fighting?" X·Drake, in his Allosaurus hybrid form, wielded a four-bladed axe and a longsword.
"Facing an enemy like this… and you still have the free time to say so much nonsense?"
Right after saying this, X·Drake charged forward, swinging both axe and sword toward Yamato.
But in truth, he simply wanted to push King aside.
King saw his subordinates working this hard, and naturally enjoyed letting them perform…
At least under this wheel formation, Yamato's stamina was finally beginning to wane.
Seeing King willingly move aside, Drake hooked Yamato's kanabō with his four-bladed axe.
In the overwhelming force of an Ancient Zoan Allosaurus, Yamato was thrown away, crashing into the outer edge of the submarine flagship.
"Oi! Drake! What do you think you're doing!?"
"Trying to hog the kill, bastard!?"
"Careful not to flip the boat, Drake… Yamato's really strong!"
While the others complained, X·Drake rushed forward again.
"Shut up! Listen closely!" As their weapons clashed, Drake whispered, "I'm an undercover agent of the SWORD Secret Special Force—only in direct contact with Rosinante!"
Yamato, who had just regained enough stamina through resisting, was about to smash Drake first—
But those words froze her.
The Conqueror's Haki Infusion she had begun channeling into her kanabō abruptly dispersed.
"I confirmed it just now… the submarine already passed through Ringo Port and reached Wano's inland sea."
"I've already called them via Den Den Mushi… someone will be coming to pick us up soon!"
"Someone to pick us up?"
At that moment, the flagship's helmsman—Blackbeard—emerged from inside the cabin.
"Everyone! Restrain Yamato immediately!"
"We've arrived at our destination!"
"We're surfacing now!"
As the submarines rose toward the surface, everyone heard a heavy thud from the sealed ceiling above.
And the next instant—
A massive, terrifying giant mammoth smashed through the steel roof with one stomp.
"Oi! Who the hell do you think you are!!"
"What do you think you're doing!?"
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Fanfic is finished. 583 chapters in total on p@treon/tambeerg