Chapter 213

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This is Whitebeard's territory in the New World.

Kaido's battle with Red-Haired Shanks is in no way inferior to Whitebeard's fight with Akainu.

Whitebeard wields the Gura Gura no Mi, the Devil Fruit with the greatest destructive power; Akainu wields the Magu Magu no Mi, the Devil Fruit with the greatest offensive power.

Their clash is a collision of Devil Fruit abilities.

Kaido and Red-Haired Shanks, on the other hand, are engaged in a pure contest of Haki.

Every move on both sides is wreathed in Conqueror's Haki!

"Diamond Jozu!"

Kaido has already transformed into his strongest Dragon-Man form.

Both hands grip a kanabo as he descends from the sky.

Black lightning arcs and crackles, electricity dancing.

Facing this terrifying strike, Red-Haired Shanks does not dare to slacken in the slightest.

He draws a deep breath, and the Conqueror's Haki—Known as the World's Strongest—completely coils around the Western sword in his hand.

Then he violently swings it upward to meet Kaido's kanabo!

Buzz buzz buzz!!

The Western sword and the kanabo never actually touch; a stretch of air remains between them.

This is the signature mark unique to Conqueror's Haki-infused strikes clashing against one another.

Boom!

The ground beneath Red-Haired Shanks's feet cannot withstand that immense pressure and collapses with a thunderous crash.

Red-Haired Shanks clenches his teeth and lets out a great shout:

"In the end, the one who ascends to Wang Zuo is not you, Kaido!"

"And in the end, the one who changes the world is not your son-in-law Luo Xing either!"

Kaido grins broadly and laughs wildly:

"Then who is it, you Red-Haired brat?!"

Red-Haired Shanks answers without hesitation:

"It is the inheritor of Captain Roger's will, the destination of the Sun God!"

Upon hearing this, Kaido sneers coldly:

"You mean Joy Boy, don't you? What a pity—only the one who defeats me has any chance of becoming Joy Boy."

"But there is simply no such person in this world!!"

The mountain-like biceps on Kaido's arms suddenly erupt with power.

Red-Haired Shanks also goes all out.

Boom!

A massive shockwave explodes outward from the point where the two clash.

In the end, it leaves behind a crater hundreds of meters deep right where they stood.

Both figures are also blasted backward by the shockwave.

Red-Haired Shanks is panting heavily; his stamina has clearly been depleted by no small amount.

Kaido, although also panting, given his formidable recovery ability, this bit of expenditure hardly counts as anything.

383　If this stalemate continues, the final victor will undoubtedly be Kaido.

The title of the Strongest in a One-on-One is no empty boast.

In the original work,

the reason Straw Hat Luffy was ultimately able to defeat Kaido was that Kaido had already gone through over a dozen rounds of being worn down in succession.

Add to that the fact that everyone in the Straw Hat crew's camp has the damn Sit-Up skill—you can never kill them no matter how hard you try—which made Kaido-sensei's mentality completely collapse, and only then did he suffer defeat.

Kaido gazes at Red-Haired Shanks, bares his sharp dragon fangs, and smiles:

"The inheritor of Roger's will and the destination of the Sun God that you just spoke of—surely you don't mean yourself."

"But no matter who it is—even someone stronger than you, even that old man Whitebeard—it is impossible for them to defeat me again!"

"Do you know why that is, Red-Haired Shanks?"

Red-Haired Shanks's brows knit tightly.

Of course he knows why.

Because now, besides his own formidable strength, Kaido also has the heaven-defying item invented by his son-in-law Luo Xing.

Take the Senzu Beans, for example—they've let Kaido-sensei fully master the Sit-Up skill as well.

Unless you can one-shot Kaido-sensei, you will never be able to defeat him.

But what Kaido is hinting at is not the Senzu Beans, but another item—the Potara Earrings.

"Although I don't particularly want to fuse with that dead old hag, in order to let you witness true terror and despair, I have no choice but to do it."

Kaido suddenly turns his gaze toward Big Mom, who is currently playing a game of cat-and-mouse with Beckman and the other members of the Red Hair Pirates, and shouts:

"Oi, Linlin, stop playing around over there!"

"Come on, let's show them what hell is!"

Big Mom is extremely furious right now.

Because Beckman and the others refuse to clash head-on with her, constantly dodging this way and that.

Speed is also Big Mom's weakness, so she can't catch up to them, and her temper keeps growing worse and worse.

Hearing Kaido's words, Big Mom immediately agreed, shouting furiously:

"Good, this old lady is going to kill every last one of them!"

183. The terrifying combined giant of Kaido and Big Mom — combo technique: Heaven-Dominator · Sea-Dominator!

When Luo Xing had first invented the Combination Earrings, the very first scene he imagined was Kaido and Big Mom combining.

But when Luo Xing brought this up with his old father-in-law Kaido,

Kaido immediately broke out in goosebumps all over, swearing that even in death he would never combine with Big Mom!

But as for the result — well, as seen in this very moment, Teacher Kaido still fell for it after all.

Kaido handed one earring to Big Mom, saying:

"You know how to use it, right, Lingling? Wear it on the opposite ear — don't put it on the wrong one!"

Big Mom took the earring and shouted indignantly:

"Who do you think I am? This old lady is a woman too — earrings, something like that, don't I know them better than you?"

Kaido muttered inwardly:

A woman?

Lingling, you did have a bit of a woman's charm when you were young, but now you're just a dead old hag no one would want even if you were thrown out!

Kaido wisely did not speak his thoughts aloud, otherwise Big Mom would have fought him to the death.

Big Mom's IQ really was capable of doing such a thing.

When the time came, not to mention being unable to combine, they probably wouldn't even be able to take Bai Huzi's territory.

Seeing Big Mom put on the earring, Kaido put his on as well.

Opposite them.

Beckman and the other members of the Red Hair Pirates drew close to Red-Haired Shanks.

Beckman said with a Solemn Expression:

"These are Combination Earrings — another heaven-defying invention of the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing. It's said they can fuse two people into one, doubling their strength!"

To the outside world, Combination Earrings were still very mysterious.

The only known battle record so far was from the Dressrosa war, where Queen and Jack combined to fight Akainu.

Red-Haired's voice was also very grave:

"Fusing two people into one — even Barrett's Combination-Combination Fruit can't do that."

As a former intern on Luo Jie's ship, Red-Haired of course knew Barrett as well.

He knew Barrett's ability was to fuse external objects into himself, but only lifeless things.

Fusing two living people into one was something Barrett's Combination-Combination Fruit could never do.

In the Red Hair Pirates' rankings, still above the sharpshooter Yasopp, the fatty Lucky Roux put down the chicken leg in his hand and said: