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“Kaido, we have no way out. I expect you to go all out.”
Hearing Shin say he wouldn’t be spared, Orochi prepared to fight for his life. As for escaping, Orochi had already tried that and was promptly slashed back by Shin’s sword.
“I don’t need you to command me.”
Kaido roared, then transformed into a dragon—an Eastern dragon, looking ferocious and domineering.
He created several clouds, and Kaido’s sharp claws gripped them, allowing him to fly. He then opened his mouth and spat a giant fireball at Shin.
“Child’s play.”
Shin sneered and swung his sword at Kaido. The blade cut through the massive fireball and then slashed the dragon’s body.
Once, there was the dragon-slaying samurai Ryuma, who had slain a dragon in the sky. Today, Shin, with a single slash, also brought down the flying Kaido.
“Transforming into a Dragon is impressive, but it doesn’t increase your power much.”
Shin casually sheathed his Kusanagi Blade.
After transforming into a dragon, Kaido’s strength wasn’t much greater than in his human form. And with his increased size, he became a living target.
If Kaido in human form could suppress or even defeat Kizaru, then in his dragon form, he might only be able to take a beating. Though the Dragon Form was also agile, such a massive body, blotting out the sun and larger than a small mountain, would still seem clumsy.
In any case, against a very agile opponent, the dragon form wouldn’t be very effective—especially against a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user…
Of course, this was just Shin’s deduction based on the power Kaido had displayed. Perhaps Kaido still had untapped power.
But with a single slash, he had been brought down by Shin, his body crashing to the earth, unable to maintain his dragon form.
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“KAIDO, IS THAT ALL YOU’VE GOT?”
It wasn’t Shin who said this, but Kaido’s ally, Orochi.
At this moment, Orochi suspected that Kaido was putting on a show. To be defeated so easily—was that even possible??
But looking at the wound on Kaido’s chest, it wasn’t fake. Blood was pouring out of his body.
“GET LOST!”
Kaido roared at Orochi, sending him flying with a swing of his club.
When Kaido was angry, he hit everyone, even his allies. Even his All-Stars would be beaten to death.
Orochi, caught off guard, was sent flying, spitting up blood, barely able to stand.
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“Kaido, you bastard! Are you looking for a fight?”
Orochi almost couldn’t hold back, wanting to take his sword and kill Kaido. This guy, with a major enemy before him, was still attacking his own ally.
“Shin Uzumaki, You don’t want me to live? Then I won’t let you have an easy time either—”
The ferocious and sinister Orochi roared at Shin.
Then Orochi transformed into the Yamata no Orochi.
Having eaten the Mythical Zoan: Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit, he could transform into the legendary eight-headed serpent.
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“So ugly,” Hancock couldn’t help but comment, looking at the Yamata no Orochi.
“Indeed. Compared to the dragon Kaido transformed into, the difference is too great.” Olvia nodded.
It could only be said that the contrast between the two was too stark. Though the dragon Kaido had transformed into was cut down by Shin with one slash—it was much better looking than the Yamata no Orochi.
‘What a joke… Not even as intimidating as Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent Technique.’
Shin, looking at the Yamata no Orochi, also couldn’t help but comment.
“<Susanoo!>”
A tall Susanoo emerged. Compared to the Susanoo before them, the Yamata no Orochi seemed a bit small.
“Since we’re killing the Yamata no Orochi, we have to let Susanoo do it.”
Shin said with a smile.
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Susanoo was Susanoo-no-Mikoto. In mythology, the Yamata no Orochi was slain by Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
“What’s going on? His Devil Fruit should be related to lightning, right?” Kaido’s eyes widened, looking at the massive figure of the Susanoo.
Even after his dragon transformation, he wasn’t as large as the Susanoo.
And within this massive body, there was unparalleled destructive power. Destroying an island was probably not a difficult task.
Olvia and the others weren’t surprised. Since they knew Shin had the power of replication, they wouldn’t be surprised by any power Shin displayed in the future.
“Orochi, I wonder if you can withstand a single slash?”
Shin controlled the Susanoo, slowly drawing out a katana, a katana formed from chakra.
Kaido’s expression was uncertain as he looked at the giant Susanoo. After hesitating for a long time, Kaido made a decision—TO FLEE.
As for Orochi, he couldn’t be bothered with that anymore. Their relationship wasn’t that close. When disaster struck, it was every man for himself.
If Kaido had been confident he could defeat Shin, he absolutely wouldn’t have fled. But he wasn’t confident, and he didn’t want to die, so he could only run away…
Don’t look at how Kaido often challenged others one-on-one and committed suicide from time to time. He did that because he was confident he wouldn’t die. If Kaido really wanted to die, there were plenty of ways. The simplest way was to eat two Devil Fruits.
One could only eat one Devil Fruit. If you ate two, you would surely die. Of course, there was one exception—Blackbeard.
His body structure was unusual, different from average people, so he wouldn’t die even if he ate two Devil Fruits.
But even so, Blackbeard absolutely wouldn’t dare to eat a third.
And the reason Blackbeard could eat a second Devil Fruit might also be related to the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Otherwise, Blackbeard wouldn’t have refrained from eating other Devil Fruits before eating the Dark-Dark Fruit.
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The important thing was that the invincible Kaido had run away. The Kaido who was the Strongest One-on-One fights had fled in disgrace.
Of course, how much of that “Strongest One-on-One” was an exaggeration, that was unknown.
He was strong, but Strongest One-on-One? Shin didn’t think Kaido had that strength. The One Piece world was full of talented people.
Were the other Four Emperors weaker than Kaido?
But now there was no title of Four Emperors yet. The Four Emperors hadn’t yet been decided on the sea.
Kaido’s escape, Shin could of course detect. After all, with Kaido’s massive size, it was impossible to run away without making any noise.
Besides, Shin’s Observation Haki covered the entire Flower Capital. How could Shin not know Kaido was running away?
But Shin didn’t care about Kaido running away. He didn’t want to kill Kaido right now.
After all, Shin’s target here was this guy Orochi. If Kaido had recklessly stayed here, Shin wouldn’t mind killing him.
But since Kaido had run away, Shin wouldn’t go after him.
The reason Kaido ran away was probably because he sensed that staying here meant certain death. So Kaido had the self-awareness to run away. A strong person’s perception was very sharp.
Shin didn’t care about Kaido running away, but Orochi cared a lot…
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