Chapter 15: Sun And History (part 1)
“Uro-ro-ro-ro-ro~ Excellent! Then let me show you this old man’s power!”
Without underestimating the opponent just because she was a child, after getting her response, Kaido took the lead and swung his Wolf Fang Club toward Ra’s head, its speed so fast that it easily created a sonic boom.
In response, Ra merely tilted her head slightly to dodge the strike, the delayed gale-force wind blowing her radiant golden long hair to the other side.
“Observation Haki? Not bad at all!” This clean and nimble evasion made Kaido praise her involuntarily.
However, it wasn’t that; Ra had simply predicted Kaido’s attack trajectory ahead of time with her superhuman dynamic vision and reflexes.
The body formed by the god naturally possessed performance fully matching it.
Kaido’s attacks did not stop, but one Wolf Fang Club swing after another, each faster than the last!
The area in front of him was soon enveloped by shattered air and invisible Gang Wind; any creature approaching would be shredded to bits with no remains left!
『Relying only on vision was gradually becoming unable to keep up, and the activity space was also being compressed bit by bit… This guy clearly had such a massive build, yet his attacks were so swift and precise.』
Sensing the situation was unfavorable within the attack zone, Ra decisively gave up on continuing to dodge, rapidly condensing Divine Power in her left hand to form a long Obelisk, then lifting her wrist gently upward like swinging a sword to meet Kaido’s powerfully descending Wolf Fang Club.
The Obelisk was exquisite as jade, emanating golden fluorescence from within, with countless ancient characters faintly flickering on its surface amid Divine Flames—this was Ra compressing Divine Power to form a high-density ultra-high-temperature weapon.
The tip of the Wolf Fang Club vaporized and sublimated the moment it touched the Obelisk. Kaido reacted swiftly upon seeing this, halting his movement and immediately withdrawing his weapon to retreat backward.
『That was just now flames?! Could it be the Logia Burn-Burn Fruit? No, she didn’t use elementalization to dodge my attack. Is it Superhuman then…』
After ruling out the Logia option in his mind, and connecting it to the protective barrier the opponent had set up earlier, Kaido had a faint guess in his heart.
Looking at the section missing from the tip of his Wolf Fang Club, then at the golden Obelisk in her hand that was easily distorting the surrounding air, Kaido did not press forward; instead, his body transformed into a Giant Dragon hundreds of meters long, tumbling his massive form once more to ascend into the High Heavens.
This time without cloud cover blocking, Ra could easily see the full appearance of his enormous body.
Azure-blue Dragon Scales gleamed with eerie Cold Light under the refraction of sunlight, ferocious Dragon Claws seemed able to effortlessly split mountains and crack rocks, long Dragon Whiskers moved without wind, and the pair of forward-curving giant horns from before his transformation now looked like they could tear open the sky!
The sanctity and majesty typical of traditional Eastern Dragons were nowhere to be seen on him; there was only domineering ferocity that inspired fear—this was a true Evil Dragon.
“Let me see just how potent your flames really are!”
“Heat Breath!”
The Evil Dragon opened its huge maw, shooting a massive flame breath from its mouth straight toward Ra, who remained standing motionless on the ground.
The scorching breath ignited all surrounding trees before even touching the ground, and the sand below showed signs of turning molten.
“Regrettably, flames have no effect on me.” Without assuming any defensive stance, Ra directly ignored the oncoming scorching fire wave.
Before the opponent’s breath ended, Ra, unaffected in the slightest amid the flames, hurled the golden Obelisk in her hand forcefully toward Kaido in the sky; the Obelisk pierced through the Heat Breath like a laser straight at Kaido.
Having perceived this strike’s power early via Observation Haki, Kaido twisted his body to dodge, but the heat wave stirred up by the Obelisk’s high temperature still scorched his Dragon Scales.
“Hot! Hot! So hot!”
Kaido looked at his somewhat charred scales, then glanced at Ra below standing unscathed amid a field of molten lava, his heart burning even hotter.
“To have such power! What an unbelievable brat.”
“But if flames are ineffective, then how about this move?!”
Kaido opened his massive mouth again, this time not flames, but countless Wind Blades shooting out.
These Wind Blades sliced fiercely through the air, their density making them impossible to evade.
“Bad Wind!”
The slashing attack reached the surface in an instant, the sharp Wind Blades slicing through the Earth as if through nothing, countless uncooling molten lava splattered into the air only to be shredded by subsequent strikes.
The entire Island’s south side was cut into a jagged mess like a chocolate cake fresh from the oven.
Ra was right in the midst of it, yet she still did not move a step.
After careful calculation in her mind and finding no way to fully evade this move by dodging, she decisively chose to condense power and defend in place.
Her slender, smooth arm lifted, the loose sleeve cuff sliding down to her elbow, as Ra gently made a ‘rise’ gesture.
With Divine Power spreading beneath her feet, several sturdy Obelisks rose from the ground around her, guarding her body tightly like the most reliable sentinels outside a temple.
These Obelisks were far larger in volume than the one Ra held before, and unlike the previous exquisite translucence, they were thick and heavy like real Rock. Their surfaces still bore ancient inscriptions.
The powerful Wind Blades crashed fiercely onto these stone tablets in the next moment, leaving marks of varying depths.
The attacks raining from the sky were as dense as a storm, but not a single one truly broke through the Obelisks guarding around Ra.
Finally, the calamity-like assault gradually ceased.
The Earth was a scarred wasteland; even through the thick black smoke, sparks, and impenetrable stone tablet barrier, Kaido’s Observation Haki could still clearly sense Ra below, utterly unharmed.
“To achieve this level, what a monstrous creature.” Kaido sighed sincerely once more.
Though these two moves weren’t his full power, they were enough to easily crush any powerhouse below top-tier on this Sea.
And Ra, this little girl who looked no more than ten or so years old, had defended against them so casually; this talent and potential were unlike anything he had seen in decades.
Detecting the external attacks had stopped, the stone tablets around Ra turned back into ordinary earth and stone with a wave of her hand.
The sky above reappeared; Ra looked up at the sky-obscuring figure, her expression unchanged from the start of the battle, as if she had long since been fully confident about it.
But in fact, Ra’s situation was far less optimistic than it appeared; though not a speck of dust had touched her since the battle began, Kaido’s relentless attacks had already massively depleted her internal Divine Power.
After all, like Aoxi and Obei lying far away, she was still in a factual juvenile state, and the aftereffects of Soul Separation had not yet ended, making it hard to wield large amounts of Divine Power for prolonged intense combat.
This body was far from its theoretical peak in every aspect and still needed time to grow.
『First ‘fire’, then ‘wind’, the next should be ‘water’ or ‘thunder’.』
Based on the moves Kaido had just used and his signature dragon form, she roughly guessed the Authority he controlled.
Looking up at his posture that seemed only just finished warming up, silently calculating her body’s Divine Power consumption and recovery rates, Ra concluded—must end it quickly!
『In any case, the next strike must decide the victor.』
Having decided, Ra no longer hesitated, fully mobilizing all remaining power in her body; the massive Divine Power converged from her limbs to her heart, making her whole body glow faintly, even further aligning her appearance with the original Figurine.
Radiating golden patterns emerged on her arms and body centered at her chest, like flowing sunlight.
Her originally radiant golden long hair now seemed like liquid flames, pale gold like dawn near her ears, gradually shifting to midday’s scorching white toward the tips.
Hair strands danced, countless stardust-like light particles flickering and shifting among them, trailing dreamlike paths.
Ra’s originally crimson eyes slowly closed, opening instead a golden eye of light at her brow, just like the Nameless Pharaoh at full power.
The Gold Hair Ornament that was only on one side now became symmetrical, one left and one right arching like wings to guard the ‘Sun’ at her brow. Ear ornaments shaped like solar flares added even more solemnity.
In merely these moments, Ra seemed to complete a transformation from ‘human’ to ‘god’.
Regrettably, compared to the Figurine’s Perfected Form, the Sun God’s divine ring and the Winged Dragon’s sky-obscuring golden wings had not yet manifested, and the aesthetically elegant and generous armor You Ling had carefully designed appeared only as half a shoulder plate.
But this dazzling golden appearance was enough to make it impossible for anyone to ignore.
The light from below shone on Kaido, involuntarily reminding him of a certain round-headed Navy Admiral, while also giving him a rare sense of heart palpitation.
But he was delighted rather than alarmed.
『Not Superhuman, but actually a Mythical Zoan Zoan! This is truly…』
At this moment, Kaido was like a Western Evil Dragon discovering a world-shaking Treasure, the greed in his eyes almost substantial!
“Excellent! Truly splendid! Show me your limits, brat!”
Kaido directly transformed mid-air into his strongest Dragon Form, his Wolf Fang Club wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki, smashing down amid purple thunder—this strike seemed capable of sinking the entire Island!
“Thunder Bagua!”
Sensing the terrifying attack plummeting rapidly, Ra waved her hand to summon countless golden flame Eagles to assail Kaido and buy time, but they were all scattered the moment they touched the Wolf Fang Club.
『That Wolf Fang Club is strange; it was clearly easily destroyed just now… Did he do something to it?』
No time to think deeply; Kaido’s strike was unavoidable, and Ra could feel herself locked on.
『Can only meet it head-on!』
Divine Power boiled within her body, the Earth at her feet melting anew, her white dress burning up to transform her into a Phoenix wreathed entirely in flames.
The bird’s beak opened at Ra’s chest, countless Divine Power undergoing fusion in her hands clasped at her chest, then compressing to extreme Energy that erupted as a god’s breath toward Kaido!
“Divine Might Flame Cannon!（GOD BLAZE CANNON）”
