Chapter 447: The Death of Kaido

Roar!

The attention of all survivors was drawn by this dragon's cry, and they couldn't help but look up toward Camelot.

"That is..."

"What?"

Kid's mouth went dry; even from hundreds of miles away, he could see that blue orb hanging high in the sky, like a second sun!

No, that orb was not blue, but crimson.

The reason it appeared blue was that the land of Britannia, and even the distant sea, were gradually emerging with a pale blue halo, strand by strand, converging toward the orb located above Camelot!

Shocking and magnificent!

"The sun?!"

Luffy, having just woken up, drooped his eyelids as he gazed into the distance, stunned by the orb and momentarily lost for words.

His originally somewhat lifeless pupils suddenly widened:

"So beautiful!"

"No!"

Kid suddenly spoke up, refuting Luffy's judgment, because the distant orb had changed once again.

A pair of wings enveloping its body unfolded, its coiled long tail swayed slowly, and its ferocious dragon head lifted to roar at the heavens, as if declaring itself a god upon its birth.

This form was something the few people present knew all too well.

Just minutes ago, that figure had been on the Round Table Arena, defeating them one by one; that overwhelming power was enough to become everyone's nightmare!

Yet he should have died under the Heavenly King's bombardment!

What was even more damnably strange was that although Yu Gaowen in his Crimson Dragon form had already reached an exaggerated length of three hundred meters, they were still hundreds of kilometers away from Camelot.

At such a distance, combined with the refraction of light by the air, human vision should absolutely not be able to clearly see an object three hundred meters in size.

Yet now, Yu Gaowen's body appeared clearly before the eyes of everyone.

This could only mean that the Crimson Dragon's size had become even larger!

Larger than imaginable!

"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Kid found it hard to believe everything he was seeing.

If Yu Gaowen's overwhelming power was enough to make him fear, to chill his bones, even to extinguish any thought of resistance within him,

then the scene before his eyes was almost completely crushing the worldview he had formed over more than twenty years!

"Even a weapon capable of destroying the world cannot kill this monster?!"

"Even if humans are powerful, there must be a limit!"

"If the existence atop the Wang Zuo of the great seas is something like this, then what is the meaning of us setting sail?!"

"To endure countless hardships, walk to the end, only to meet an inevitable defeat?!"

"Don't joke around!"

Kid lost his reason, shouting questions at this world, yet destined to receive no answer.

Because the attention of everyone present was fixed on the Crimson Dragon hanging high in the distant sky, with that majesty, that divinity, that aura towering above everything else...

"Inhuman!"

Redfield whispered softly, his eyes filled with unprecedented shock and fanaticism.

Regarding his Observation Haki, Redfield possessed absolute confidence.

Looking across the entire great sea, even counting back several hundred years, he stood in a league of his own.

Therefore, what Redfield could naturally see was far more than what others could perceive.

Even without knowing the specific cause, he could sense that Yu Gaowen was currently undergoing some kind of metamorphosis, a transformation fundamentally widening the gap between himself and the human species.

Yu Gaowen's aura was soaring at an exaggerated speed!

In just a few breaths' time, it had already reached a level Redfield could not comprehend!

"Yu Gaowen is evolving, toward an existence of another dimension, an evolution worthy of being crowned with the title of god!"

"Does this world... truly possess the existence of gods?!"

Barrett naturally understood that the 'god' Redfield spoke of was not like the Celestial Dragons, a title arrogantly self-proclaimed.

But rather a god in the true literal sense, one towering above humanity!

"Whether there are gods, I do not know, but..."

Barrett withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at the distant Camelot, and slowly spoke:

"The Captain divides all the strong of the great seas into six tiers."

"From the low-tier Black Iron and Bronze, to the Silver tier with bounties often exceeding a hundred million, then to the Gold tier combat power marked by the Seven Warlords and the Navy Headquarters' elite Vice Admirals, and even the upper Legend tier represented by the Four Emperors and Admirals."

"Although these five tiers differ in strength, they ultimately remain within the category of humans."

Redfield did a quick calculation and realized he should fall within the category of Legends; looking at the Crimson Dragon hanging high in the distance, he couldn't help but ask:

"What about Yu Gaowen?!"

"Originally, although the Captain was strong, he overall remained within the category of Legends, but now..."

Barrett gazed at Yu Gaowen, hundreds of kilometers away, shining almost like a second sun, his eyes extremely fanatic:

"I don't know either."

"There were two objectives for this Martial Arts Tournament."

"The first was what the Captain did after defeating everyone at the finals of the World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament: to conquer all the participating contestants with his own absolute martial power."

Barrett turned his head to look at Redfield.

With those previous words, Barrett already regarded Redfield as half an insider, which was why he was willing to tell Redfield these secrets.

Displaying the power of Britannias was itself one part of the Martial Arts Tournament plan!

Redfield nodded and pressed further:

"And the second?!"

Barrett continued:

"The Captain intends to use the Martial Arts Tournament to breed an opponent worthy of matching him, for a final battle to step into the sixth realm, the Mythic Domain!"

"Mythic..."

Redfield chewed over these two words repeatedly; turning his head again to gaze at the crimson dragon hanging high in the sky, filling the heavens with its form, his eyes grew complex.

If gods truly existed in this world, they would surely take the form Yu Gaowen now possessed!

At this moment, Redfield's heart held both awe and frustration.

He stood in awe of Yu Gaowen's unprecedented talent, which would likely never be seen again, and of that spirit which gambled everything.

He felt frustrated because all eight of their side, joining forces, had suffered a crushing defeat at Yu Gaowen's hands, to the point that Yu Gaowen had to borrow the deterrent power of an ancient weapon to cross that threshold.

Yu Gaowen was destined to be the founder of the next era!

If before, Redfield had merely thought such a possibility existed, then now it was no longer a possibility but an inevitable trend.

Even if the World Government hid some trump card behind the scenes, or had powerful experts yet to appear, or even certain monsters who had lived for eight hundred years, none could possibly be Yu Gaowen's match!

Even relying solely on his own strength, Yu Gaowen was more than capable of conquering the entire world!

"This is the man chosen by the sea!"

"Chosen by the sea?"

A voice carrying a slight chill arrived.

Redfield turned his head and saw Xiang Keluo and the others who had arrived after extricating themselves.

Ah Jin, Beville, Fujitora, and Sanji, who had only just regained consciousness, were all among them.

Long before the finals of the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament had even begun, Xiang Keluo had already anticipated that the World Government might launch an attack amidst the chaos.

It was also at that time that Xiang Keluo had Beville leave a contingency plan, using a teleportation gate to transfer everyone still within the city when the Heavenly King attacked to this location.

Xiang Keluo glanced at Redfield and said indifferently:

"It is not that the era chose Yu Gaowen, but that Yu Gaowen is destined to conquer the sea!"

"That is true."

Redfield nodded, in complete agreement with Xiang Keluo's statement.

His gaze fell upon the members of the Round Table Knight Order standing behind Xiang Keluo.

Although it was not exactly as he had initially guessed—the Round Table Knight Order did not consist entirely of legendary combat power—the difference was negligible.