Chapter 235: Union
“Not admitting it, huh… No problem!”
“Once I break your four limbs, I’ll trade you for my Boss!”
Wald, standing on a cube, leaped directly into the air, then his figure vanished instantly.
“Momo·Fifty Times Speed!”
Whoosh—!
Like a combination of Moonwalk and Shaving, Wald continuously changed positions directly in mid-air.
And of course Kaido wouldn’t just watch idly; purple Flame Clouds wrapped around his body, granting him the ability to float even in Dragon Form.
“Momo·Fifty Times Gun!”
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Pulling out his revolver, Wald fired six shots directly at Kaido’s location.
Bullets empowered by the Momo Fruit exploded with astonishing power the instant they left the gun barrel; the fifty times initial speed forced Kaido to dodge using Future Sight.
Snap!!!
The bullet grazed past Kaido by a hair’s breadth, striking the sea surface behind him and sending up dozens of meters high splash.
“Heh! Cowardly brat, is all you know how to do is dodge?”
“Momo·Fifty Times Hammer!”
Seeing his bullets miss, Wald simply reversed his grip on the revolver and smashed the gun handle directly at Kaido.
The metal gun handle amplified fifty times came down like a road roller; the momentum suggested it would smash Kaido straight into the sea.
“Heh heh! Never thought I’d be called a coward someday.”
“You really underestimate me, huh! Bondi Wald!”
Gripping the Wolf Fang Club with both hands, Kaido’s muscles suddenly bulged, blue-green scales shimmering with eerie light on the surface, increasingly intimidating.
“Hah!”
With a great shout mixed with a Dragon’s Roar, purple thunder surged into existence.
“Roaring Thunder—Bagua!”
An upgraded version of Thunder Bagua, gaining even greater feral violence and higher Haki output through deep beastification…
Far thicker lightning than usual erupted unrestrained from the Wolf Fang Club, directly piercing the surrounding atmosphere!
Sizzle—boom!
The smell of ozone mixed with the salty tang of seawater rushed into Wald’s nostrils; an unimaginable force from his hand caused the siege hammer-like gun handle to shatter inch by inch!
Not only that, a powerful Haki surged directly along the gun barrel into Wald’s body, wreaking havoc in all directions.
“Pfft~”
A mouthful of blood sprayed out; caught off guard by Kaido’s full-force strike, Wald clutched his stinging chest and retreated.
“…”
“Urgh…”
“Cough, cough cough!”
“Phew~ You do have some skill.”
“Looks like I underestimated you before, brat.”
Standing on a cube, Wald took a moment to steady his breath while praising him.
“Uro-ro-ro-ro! How’s that, paying the price for underestimating me!”
Kaido, who had been harshly knocked from the clouds not long ago due to his rash probing, now smugly lectured the opponent.
“Phew~ Phew~ Indeed.”
“Pah!”
Spitting out blood foam, Wald wiped the blood from his mouth with his arm, his gaze turning serious.
Having calmed down, he forcibly suppressed his worry for Bin Jack and his anger over the crew members being slaughtered.
Wald had realized that the most important thing now was to defeat the formidable young man before him; otherwise, he would truly lose everything.
“You’re indeed an opponent I must go all out against, brat.”
Putting away all fluke thoughts and contempt, Wald crouched halfway, his legs building power…
“Momo·Hundred Times Speed!”
Swish—!
Like true Teleportation transcending space, speed beyond human reflex nerves revealed its terrifying side in this moment.
Bang!
One punch!
Kaido, who looked dazed under the high speed, took a direct hit to the face, then his massive body flew out like a meteor!
Whoosh—
Splash~
The sea surface beneath Kaido was roughly parted by the gale from his flight, surging up over ten meters high waves on both sides!
Whoosh—!
Giving the opponent no chance to breathe, Wald suddenly appeared in front of the knocked-away Kaido, then… another punch!
Bang!
Kaido flew off powerlessly in another direction again.
Whoosh—!
Teleporting ahead once more… then another punch!
Bang!
Then…
Teleport again!
Whoosh—!
Punch again!
Bang!
Teleport again!
Whoosh—!
…
“This is the final blow!”
“Momo·Hundred Times Speed!”
Whoosh—!
Leaving an Afterimage, Wald traversed space to the high altitude hundreds of meters above, expressionlessly looking down below.
There, Kaido’s body was flying vertically upward toward him from the sea surface like a cannonball.
“Phew~”
Raising both arms high, clasping his hands into a hammer shape, thick black Haki began flowing at the front of his arms… Wald had prepared his strongest charged strike, planning to finish Kaido with the next move.
“Hey! Em, Boss Kaido’s situation doesn’t look good!”
Burufaruto in the distance watching the battle already had one foot on the ship’s railing, ready to jump into the sea to rescue at any moment.
While Em beside him remained calm, or rather, due to the mask, no one could see even if he was panicking.
“Mr. Kaido will win.”
“…”
“You guy… Though you believe Boss Kaido can win too, we still need to prepare for both possibilities.”
“If something happens later, I’ll go into the sea to rescue; you contact King immediately and have the fleet’s cannon fire stall for time, got it?”
“…”
Em didn’t reply, merely nodding slightly.
Seeing this, Burufaruto finally relaxed a bit, refocusing his attention on the battlefield.
…
“Die, brat!”
Seeing Kaido about to reach him in the next second, Wald swung down his hand hammer with all his might!
—Dong!
Splash!
A deafening muffled roar echoed from the high air, churning the sea surface hundreds of meters below into raging waves.
“Urgh…!”*n
The Pirates on the distant Beasts Pirates warships were similarly affected by the Impact, clutching their chests uncomfortably.
“Boss Kaido!”
Burufaruto gripped the ship’s railing tightly, eyes fixed on the sky.
There, Kaido did not crash to the ground like a falling meteor as imagined.
“?!”
“You—”
Wald’s eyes widened, locking eyes with those feral vertical pupils right in front of him…
“Heh heh!”
“What a hefty punch… it really hurts!”
A thick sharp Dragon Claw gripped Wald’s hand hammer tightly; red-glowing thunder continuously shot out from the Evil Dragon’s palm…
“Conqueror’s Haki…!”
Wald said word by word in disbelief; having clashed with countless Great Pirates, he naturally recognized this technique.
“Uro-ro-ro-ro! That’s right!”
“Don’t you have it?”
“You know, in my Pirate Crew, even children have it.”
Kaido grinned at Wald, whose face had turned ghastly pale~
“Kaido, you brat…”
“Dragon Tail Bagua!”
Snap—!
The sound of air exploding rang out.
Without waiting for the opponent to make another move, Kaido spun around, his powerful Dragon Tail flashing purple thunder as it viciously whipped Wald’s side!
Crack!
Instantly, clothes shredded, tendons snapped and bones broke, flesh mangled…
