Chapter 339: Who Do You Think You Are?

Seeing Old Bill take out a Devil Fruit that looked suspiciously like metal from his bundle, Hanafaza opened the suitcase full of Berries.

After confirming everything was correct, the two slowly handed the goods and the payment to each other.

On the seas where black-eating-black is the norm, being cautious never hurts.

Besides, everyone knows the reputation of pirates; not all pirates are high-ranking pirates, and the seas are full of low-ranking pirates who burn, kill, and plunder.

One moment they might be happily discussing business, and the next, they stab you in the back.

Fortunately, this transaction went without a hitch; Old Bill and Hanafaza exchanged a smile.

"Flower Card brothers, farewell."

"Farewell."

Although it was one Devil Fruit short of the expected two, at least the Magnet-Magnet Fruit was still there, not failing Big Brother Kaido's expectations.

Hanafaza had already begun to imagine—

among the brothers of the Beasts Pirates, who would be more suitable to consume this top-tier Paramecia-type Devil Fruit.

King and Queen are Devil Fruit users.

It seemed only the new Dry Disaster Vigor was most suitable, but if he could choose, Hanafaza hoped his son Page One would consume it.

On one hand, Vergo was ultimately an outsider.

On the other hand, the Paramecia-type Magnet-Magnet Fruit was stronger than some Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

How could such a good thing be given cheaply to an outsider?

Perhaps he was too absorbed, and with Kaido providing support from the sky at any moment, Hanafaza let his guard down, completely failing to notice that the not-yet-far-gone Old Bill had his head sliced off by a single sword strike.

"Flower Card, be careful."

Only when Kaido's voice exploded beside his ear did Hanafaza narrowly dodge the incoming slash.

Kaido suddenly plummeted from the sky, smashing onto the shore and shielding Hanafaza behind him.

And not far away, led by Saint Garling, Shamrock, Saint Kilingom, and Mafie Palace, the four Divine Knights stood shoulder to shoulder.

"Kaido, hand over the Rubber Fruit."

Kaido slung his spiked club over his shoulder and looked at Saint Garling with utter disdain.

"You tell me to hand it over, so I hand it over?"

"Who do you think you are?"

"You are nothing but trash chopped into three pieces by two strikes from Rocks; who gave you the courage to bark so wildly in front of me?"

"While I am in a good mood, get lost quickly."

Since thoroughly studying Barzab Seven's sea-faring experiences, Kaido discovered he had surpassed this era in every way, and even his ability to insult people had grown considerably.

This kid Barzab Seven is a treasure all over.

If only he were my son!

Having his scars exposed so close to his face by Kaido, Saint Garling's old face instantly turned red, for the experience of being defeated by Rocks in God Valley was Saint Garling's taboo.

Saint Garling forcibly refuted with a single sentence.

"The process is not important; what matters is that I am still alive, while Rocks is dead."

The Rubber Fruit was of immense importance to the World Government; Saint Garling hoped to prove to my lord Imu with this—that he, Saint Garling, was no worse than the Five Elders.

What the Five Elders could not do for hundreds of years, he, Saint Garling, had done.

So what if it was Emperor Kaido? He was determined to have the Rubber Fruit today; no one could stop his progress!

"I will tie down Kaido; attack."

When words fail, a single sentence is too many; the battle instantly erupted, but Saint Garling had obviously overestimated his own strength.

Because they were at a numerical disadvantage and had to protect the Flower Card brothers, Kaido held nothing back, directly wrapping his Conqueror's Haki around his spiked club, compressing the Haki and lightning to the extreme like a nuclear explosion.

"Great Power Thunder Rhythm!"

With a single strike, Saint Garling was blasted hundreds of meters away on the spot, and even the surrounding space shattered with a boom.

On the other side, Flower Card was surrounded by three Divine Knights.

Fortunately, having the experience of fleeing while being hunted by Moria, Flower Card clutched the bundle and fled frantically; though appearing panicked, he moved with ease.

Seeing this, Kaido without a second word picked up his spiked club to support Flower Card.

Sensing Kaido's approach, Shamrock quickly made a decision: "You two go hold Kaido for a moment; I will handle Flower Card."

Saint Kilingom and Mafie Palace exchanged a glance.

"Good."

With Shamrock's strength, taking down Flower Card was naturally a given; they only needed to hold Kaido for a short while to complete the mission and get a promotion and raise.

After all, once Saint Garling got promoted, the position of Commander of the Divine Knights would be open.

As veteran Divine Knights, their chance of becoming the Commander of the Divine Knights was quite high.

Saint Kilingom held a trident, activated his Devil Fruit ability to create a Demon Cave, and nightmare monsters crawled out of the Demon Cave endlessly, all just to hold Kaido back for a moment to buy time for Shamrock.

Nightmare monsters have no concept of death; as long as Kilingom gives the order, they can be resurrected at any time.

This is precisely the Devil Fruit ability of the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Kirin Form.

Even though Kaido swung his spiked club, solving one nightmare monster with a single strike, he was still successfully halted in his tracks by the endless stream of nightmare monsters.

Just at this moment, relying on his immortality, Saint Garling stepped back onto the battlefield, joining hands with Saint Kilingom and Mafie Palace to firmly block Kaido's path.

"Kaido, hand over the Rubber Fruit."

If it were the beginning, Kaido might have had a tiny, tiny possibility of handing over the Rubber Fruit.

But now... Kaido is not stupid.

A Rubber Fruit so highly valued by the Celestial Dragons must have some great secret unknown to others; even a fool knows how to choose.

What a joke.

How could something in my hands be handed over?

"Win against me first, then."

Even facing three at once, Kaido swung his wolf-tooth club eight times per second, brutally overpowering Garin Saint and the others, though the nightmare creature's sneak attacks grew tiresome.

"Get the hell out of here."

King's Conqueror's Haki surged skyward, a dense storm of crimson-black lightning swept across, erasing the nightmare creatures in an instant.

"Is that all?" Kaido grew more ferocious with every clash.

Thinking of Garin Saint, a former subordinate of Rocks, daring to speak boldly before him, and the apprentice Reiju recently seized by Barzab Seven.

Kaido instantly entered his Burst State.

Not only did he transform into a colossal blue dragon whose body stretched hundreds of meters, but in an instant, his entire form ignited in blazing crimson flames.

"Rising Dragon·Flame Eight Trigrams!"

This was Kaido's most prideful and powerful technique: the dragon's head wrapped in King's Conqueror's Haki, then striking the opponent with overwhelming force.

If I can't break Barzab Seven's defense, can't I break the Celestial Dragon's?

Kaido the Dragon merely glanced at Garin Saint, who felt as if the Reaper had locked onto him—his face turned deathly pale, sweat pouring from his forehead.

Is the Four Emperor Kaido truly this formidable?

Yet the next second,

Rising Dragon·Flame Eight Trigrams struck down upon the weakest target, Mafio, as if a meteor had hit the southern coast of Kutzke Island—earth and sky trembled violently.

When the dust cleared, only Kaido in his beast-human form remained—Mafio's figure was gone.

Garin Saint felt his throat dry up: Dammit, another Divine Knight is dead.

Even so, Garin Saint still calculated in his mind: as long as I reclaim the Rubber Fruit, Mafio's death is justified.

Not only would he face no punishment, but he could use this to highlight the brutality and hardship of this battle.

"Lord Kaido, save me!"

Xia Mu slashed once, driving his blade into the flower card, then reaching for the bundle inside the card's pouch.

Seeing this, Kaido instantly entered a frenzy.

"Die!"