Chapter 103

The Drunken Dragon Bagua is not a technique of Kaido's, but a special state; in this drunken state, Kaido's speed, strength, and other aspects are all enhanced.

In layman's terms, it's about the same as having taken adrenaline.

The Drunken Dragon Bagua can be said to be Kaido's strongest state, and it also represents that the enemy he is facing is on the same level as him.

"I wasn't able to use this move in the battle against Kozuki Oden, and it's been a bit of a regret all these years."

Kaido stood right in front of Chu Yang; he looked severely injured, but his eyes were bright and piercing, appearing extremely agitated.

Hearing Kaido mention Kozuki Oden, Chu Yang, for the first time ever, did not mock him, but instead asked earnestly: "Is this your final last word? It's shorter than I imagined."

Kaido was stunned, then laughed loudly: "Your last words aren't long either."

As soon as the words fell, the figures of both men vanished simultaneously, turning into two black lightning bolts that collided with each other; the entire Flower Capital was shaking violently, as if it were about to sink.

Although the builds of Kaido and Chu Yang were vastly different, their fighting styles were extremely similar; both followed the path of wide-open, heavy-hitting strikes, where one force overcomes ten techniques.

Kaido swung the Hassaikai in his hand, and every time it smashed down, his Conqueror's Haki erupted from the void like black lightning.

All sorts of lethal moves were unleashed upon Chu Yang in the most ferocious manner.

And Chu Yang did not show weakness, countering with his wooden sword.

The collision between the slender wooden sword and the spiked club made one worry that the wooden sword would be snapped in the next second.

Yet, the more heart-stopping it became, the more impossible it was to look away from their battle.

In just a few breaths, everything in their path was left in ruins, and the shockwaves of their battle ground everything into dust.

The wounds on Kaido's body were also visibly increasing.

With their Conqueror's Haki being evenly matched, Kaido discovered that his powerful body, which he took such pride in, was actually inferior to Chu Yang's.

This human opposite him, who was countless times leaner and smaller than he was, had actually relied on his body to take several hits from the Hassaikai head-on! And after Kaido's body was pierced by the wooden swords, he was unable to heal the wounds in time; the mysterious power possessed by each of the two wooden swords was wreaking havoc inside his body.

As one waned and the other waxed, Kaido, in his Drunken Dragon Bagua state, gradually fell into a disadvantage. Yet, his fighting spirit grew ever higher.

He was like a candle reaching the end of its life, burning itself recklessly.

Since the Great War at God Valley decades ago, Kaido had never encountered an enemy as powerful as Chu Yang, powerful enough to make him despair!

The two sides continued to clash, and the continuous collision of Conqueror's Haki covered the sky in dark clouds, so oppressive that it left one speechless.

A torrential downpour suddenly descended upon the Flower Capital.

It was Dragon using his ability.

Queen had already been driven to a dead end by him, and the battle was about to see its result immediately.

Kaido glanced up at the banquet hall; he knew that if he lost, the Beasts Pirates would be wiped out right then and there.

If King were here, the battle situation wouldn't be this desperate.

At the very least, he wouldn't need to worry about the banquet hall side.

The enemy had calculated everything from the very beginning, including the time King left the Land of Wano.

"Where on earth did you get your intelligence from? Even the World Government doesn't know what is happening in the Land of Wano..."

This question had lingered in Kaido's mind ever since Chu Yang appeared; if he were to die, he had to find out the answer.

Chu Yang smiled and said: "We don't know what happened in the Land of Wano, nor do we care; we just wanted to change the base for the Revolutionary Army. This is a good place, with a superior geographical location and abundant resources."

Kaido hadn't expected the reason for the enemy's surprise attack to be so simple; he had even thought the other party had come to save this country.

Dragon had said from the very beginning that he was here to liberate this place...

"You are different from those people; they are for ideals, while you are only for ambition."

Kaido suddenly realized that Chu Yang's starting point was not the same as Tiger and the others.

And Chu Yang did not deny it, nodding: "That's right, strictly speaking, I am the only 'bad guy' among this group."

Kaido took a deep breath, "Since that's the case, we can cooperate; whatever you want, I can give it to you!"

Chu Yang scrutinized Kaido for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "Ambition and ideals must support each other to reach the end, and when ambition meets ambition, it will only trigger disputes and destroy everything."

Seeing that persuasion was fruitless, Kaido's expression turned grim, and he prepared himself for a desperate final strike.

"Let's end all of this, Kaido!"

"Great Mighty Thunder Bagua!"

As Chu Yang's final words fell, Kaido used his strongest move, and his remaining Conqueror's Haki erupted completely.

Above the two wooden swords, sunlight and moonlight no longer alternated, but erupted simultaneously, forming a massive millstone that swallowed Kaido.

Source Breathing, Second Form: Sun and Moon Shining Together.

The millstone rolled slowly, grinding away everything under its radiance; the blood-red color on Kaido's body rose like smoke, and his blood essence evaporated rapidly.

Before the Hassaikai could even smash down, it disintegrated in mid-air, turning into flying ash and vanishing.

The blue scales in his hybrid form were ground to pieces, and before long, Kaido's entire body was a bloody mess.

He suddenly fell to his knees, his body trembling violently, unable to stand up.

Kaido looked up at Chu Yang one last time.

Unwillingness!

And... relief! As the sunlight and moonlight sublimated to their peak, the broken walls and ruins on the streets were also completely ground away.

Only a hollow abyss remained.

"Boss Kaido?!"

Queen, who had already been driven to a dead end, could no longer see Kaido's figure; he was like a deflated balloon, collapsing limply to the ground.

Dragon did not continue to attack, but instead had his subordinates use sea-prism stone, which they had prepared long ago, to lock the opponent.

He walked out of the banquet hall and gazed into the distance at the hollow left by the great battle. Heart-stricken.

What kind of destructive power was this?

Is there really anyone in the world who can withstand that attack just now? With Kaido's defeat, even if the remaining crew of the Beasts Pirates put up a desperate fight, they wouldn't last long.

The next thing to do was to deal with Kurozumi Orochi and seize actual control of the Land of Wano.

Kozuki Momonosuke would not appear for more than a decade, and the various regional daimyo who had the ability to inherit control had been persecuted by Kaido to the point of near-extinction; as long as the Revolutionary Army did not continue to oppress the commoners of Wano, no one would jump out to resist the Revolutionary Army for the time being.

The Revolutionary Army itself did not play the role of a ruler; they only needed a stronghold and some arsenals.

As the benefactors who saved the country, this small request was nothing.

If those samurai were unwilling to reach a cooperation in a dignified manner, then Chu Yang would help them be dignified, though the process would be slightly violent.

In the process of suppressing the Beasts Pirates, Dragon discovered that they had already contacted King, who had traveled far to Dressrosa, and informed him of everything that had happened here.

He believed King would return to reinforce them soon.

It was just too late.

However, what was revealed in the phone call was not just that King would return, but that there seemed to be reinforcements as well; as for who they were, Chu Yang guessed it was highly likely to be the Donquixote Family led by Doflamingo.

In just half a day, the banquet hall that Kurozumi Orochi had painstakingly arranged became a temporary conference room for Chu Yang and the others.

The banquet tables were cleared away, leaving only two maps: one was a large map of the entire world, which was relatively rough, and the other was a map of the Land of Wano.

"After actually taking the Land of Wano, I discovered that the geographical location here is much better than I expected."

Dragon pointed to a vast, empty sea area on the large map and said: "This is the location of the Land of Wano; there are no other countries around it, and even the World Government knows nothing about this place, and the distance between the two is very far..."

Tiger understood and said: "The front line becomes longer, and the supply line will become longer; once a fight starts, it will consume quite a lot of resources. The World Government should find it difficult to make up their minds to annihilate us, because that would require mobilizing a very large army."

Dragon smiled: "After all, to eliminate a force that defeated a Yonko, a Buster Call alone won't solve the problem."

Ivankov suddenly appeared, grabbing a small fry from the Beasts Pirates, and threw him violently in front of everyone, "This is the guy who tipped off King, but he doesn't seem to know our identities."

At the time, the banquet hall was very noisy, and not many people heard Kaido's words, and this crew member who tipped them off was responsible for guarding outside the banquet hall.

Before the battle officially started, he had already been knocked out, and only woke up after Kaido was defeated, hurriedly contacting King via Den Den Mushi.

"It's better that he doesn't know; this way we can catch a few more big fish."

Chu Yang revealed a smile.

Having dealt with Kaido, dealing with Doflamingo while he was at it was equivalent to wiping out both of their black industries in one go.

Chu Yang still had the complete technology for Lineage Factors in his mind; if he could get Doflamingo's factory, he could try to improve the cultivation technology for Artificial Devil Fruits, eliminate the drawbacks, and let the Revolutionary Army's soldiers use them.

Zoan fruits have consciousness, which would directly affect the host's personality, so Chu Yang would not consider them; the difficulty of manufacturing Logia fruits should be the greatest of the three types, so he needed to be cautious.

Therefore, Chu Yang would first try to manufacture Paramecia fruits.

"Brother Tiger, I found this guy in the warehouse!"

Jinbe walked in from outside the door, carrying a person in his hand, in the exact same posture as Ivankov earlier.

And the person in his hand was none other than Kurozumi Orochi.

Kurozumi Orochi's face was ashen.

He was a user of the Zoan Mythical Type, Yamata no Orochi fruit, possessing eight heads, each with its own consciousness, representing one life.

Kurozumi Orochi had originally wanted to deceive Jinbe by faking his death, but he didn't expect Jinbe to seem to have known about his ability all along, beating him half to death before bringing him back to the banquet hall.

Jinbe threw Kurozumi Orochi in front of Chu Yang and smiled: "If you hadn't reminded me, he might have really fooled me; this guy's ability is mediocre, but he has plenty of schemes."

Kurozumi Orochi suddenly looked up and stared at Chu Yang, suddenly realizing that the other party was the one who would send him to hell.

"Spare my life!"

"I can hand over the entire Land of Wano to you all, please, I beg you to spare me!"

Looking around, Kurozumi Orochi found that most of the people present were looking at Chu Yang, so he immediately threw himself to the ground and crawled toward Chu Yang's feet.

As a result, as soon as he got close, he was kicked away by Chu Yang.

"Send him to the big plaza outside; that's where Kozuki Oden was executed back then. Hang him up and leave him to the commoners of Wano to deal with. I heard that many people want to drink his blood and eat his flesh."

Kurozumi Orochi shuddered violently, and then his body began to twitch uncontrollably; he knew that there were indeed many people waiting outside to use his body to vent the hatred in their hearts.

As a user of the Yamata no Orochi fruit, if he were really eaten by people, the process would likely be exceptionally long, and he would suffer unspeakable, immense pain.

"I beg you, don't do this, I can give you whatever you want, I can even apologize to those poor people, I will definitely apologize sincerely!"

"How about you just kill me! I beg you, just kill me!"

Kurozumi Orochi let out a shrill wail, wanting to get close to Chu Yang, but he was immediately hoisted up by the soldiers.

Dragon nodded slightly to signal the soldiers to do as instructed, so Kurozumi Orochi was put in sea-prism stone shackles and escorted to the plaza of the Flower Capital, where a horrific punishment awaited him.

Dragon also wanted to know just how deep the anger and resentment of the people here had accumulated.

Publicly executing Kurozumi Orochi was the best way for the Revolutionary Army to win the hearts of the people.

After dealing with Kurozumi Orochi, everyone sat back down at the conference table, and Chu Yang pointed to the edge of the Land of Wano map, the waterfall area where they had landed on the island.

"Everyone came up from this place, so you should understand its importance; I hope the Sun Pirates will be responsible for the defense here."

The Fish-Men's ability to communicate with and control fish is very suitable for guarding the front mountain waterfall area; as long as they prevent the enemy from landing on the island in large numbers, they will be in an invincible position.

As for small-scale elite battles, Chu Yang would take care of whoever came.

Tiger agreed with Chu Yang's proposal; he had thought about this issue during the process of landing on the island, and Fish-Men were indeed very suitable for this task.

Besides that, most of the commoners in the Land of Wano were still very wary of their group, especially the Fish-Men, whose appearance was clearly different from humans.

The commoners of Wano had never seen Fish-Men, so there was no discrimination, but out of the survival instinct to protect themselves, they would definitely treat them with hostility; this was an objective fact.

If the two sides stayed together for a short time, it was feared that significant conflicts would break out, and there were radicals like Arlong among the Fish-Men, which would definitely intensify the contradictions.

The Sun Pirates staying in the waterfall and coastal areas for the time being would help ease the tension between the two sides.

He believed that before long, when everyone realized that the Fish-Men were here to help them, Tiger and the others would receive their first equal treatment from humans here.

"How many of the weapon factories within the Land of Wano should be kept?"

"If not handled well, it might become a source of conflict between us and the residents of Wano."

Tiger asked the most sensitive topic; one had to know that among the reasons Chu Yang used to convince the Revolutionary Army to come to the Land of Wano, these weapon factories were of the utmost importance.

"Most of them definitely need to be dismantled; if we can't do that, then liberating this country would become an empty promise, which goes against the original intention of the Revolutionary Army's founding."

Dragon's tone was unexpectedly firm; both Chu Yang and Tiger had thought he would hesitate on this matter, because weapons were related to the growth of the Revolutionary Army.

He hadn't expected Dragon's awareness to be so high; he was truly a revolutionary warrior!

Tiger's expression softened, and Chu Yang also had a bit more of a smile; neither of them wanted to shake the alliance over this matter.

"Everything that needed to be discussed has been discussed; now there is only one last thing left."

Just when everyone thought the meeting could be adjourned, Chu Yang suddenly spoke: "We have an almost perfect stronghold; now it is time to use a more proactive way to resist the World Government."

A proactive way? Dragon and Tiger looked at each other; one of them was busy liberating countries everywhere, and the other was busy destroying the Celestial Dragons' slave-catching operations everywhere.

Was there a more radical way than this?

Chu Yang's eyes were bright and piercing.

"Starting from today, we are going to put bounties on the Navy and the World Government, just like they have always done!"

Bounties on the Navy and the World Government? Everyone gasped.

For hundreds of years, it had always been the World Government putting bounties on others; now they were going to reverse it?

The hall fell into silence.

Tiger suddenly burst into loud laughter, feeling extremely refreshed, "As expected of you, to actually be able to think of such a thing."

A flash of excitement crossed Dragon's eyes; he also felt that Chu Yang's proposal was very interesting.

"If those high-and-mighty Celestial Dragons wake up one day and find out they have bounties on their heads, their expressions will definitely be very spectacular."

Ivankov couldn't help but laugh.

"Just thinking about that scene makes it feel very interesting."

Jinbe laughed until he was clutching his stomach.

Even Arlong, who always kept a straight face, had the corners of his mouth slowly rising, no longer looking like the whole world owed him Berries.

"Then it's decided; once we deal with King, we will immediately make the bounty posters and let the Celestial Dragons become the laughingstock of the whole world."

Everyone nodded frequently, and it was finally decided by Dragon.

Chu Yang knew that once this bounty poster was out, the arrogant Celestial Dragons would send people over to die one after another.

Whether it was the CP0 they valued so much, or the Navy, they would all be swallowed whole by this invisible mouth of the Land of Wano.

In the Great Pirate Era, with the Navy's manpower being severely insufficient, they would have even less time to worry about the Revolutionary Army fighting on land.

This was a slow-acting poison that would accelerate the downfall of the Celestial Dragons.

Evening, sunset.

Kurozumi Orochi had been hoisted in the plaza for some time, and the surrounding area was packed with people, yet not a single person dared to step forward to do anything to him.

On top of resentment and anger, there was a layer of fear toward Kurozumi Orochi; his tyrannical methods over the years had built up significant awe.

They just stared fixedly at Kurozumi Orochi like this, neither stepping forward nor leaving.

And Kurozumi Orochi, whose psychological defenses were almost on the verge of collapse, could only glare with wide eyes, trying to scare these commoners.

The two sides fell into a strange stalemate.

Until...

After the meeting ended, Chu Yang and the others walked out of Orochi Castle and saw this scene in the plaza.

Chu Yang shook his head with some disappointment and walked slowly toward Kurozumi Orochi; when the latter saw him, the momentum he had maintained against the commoners for so long finally broke.

Kurozumi Orochi cursed loudly, and then, seeing Chu Yang walking closer and closer, his tone shifted, and he began to beg for mercy, tears and snot streaming down his face—where was the majesty of a local emperor now?

The onlookers, seeing this, felt a strange chill in their hearts.

The person who could make Kurozumi Orochi so afraid must be as terrifying as Kaido, right?

Chu Yang's subsequent actions confirmed the thoughts in their hearts.

He used his palm as a blade and forcefully chopped off one of Kurozumi Orochi's arms, then threw it casually in front of the commoners; everyone immediately retreated three feet.

Let alone them, even his companions felt their scalps go numb.

Chu Yang said nothing more.

He glanced coldly at the group of commoners and left amidst Kurozumi Orochi's wails.

A moment later, a woman emerged from the crowd; her eyes were numb, her face was withered, as if she were on the verge of death.

But the moment she saw Kurozumi Orochi's flesh and blood, a terrifying cold light suddenly erupted in the woman's eyes; she pounced on it like a vicious wolf and began to bite frantically.

The commoners nearby all recognized this woman; all of her children had died of hunger and cold due to Kurozumi Orochi's oppression.

As the woman's behavior stimulated everyone, more and more people joined in the act of gnawing on the flesh; some were because of hatred, while others were simply because they were hungry...

Soon, the arm was eaten by them; these commoners naturally locked their gazes onto Kurozumi Orochi, who was terrified to the point of being unable to even speak.

They approached slowly, expressionless, with red light radiating from their eyes, just like a group of zombies in the apocalypse.

Screams! Curses! Wails! Until Kurozumi Orochi's cries were completely drowned out by the sound of gnawing, this tragedy that had lasted for more than a decade finally drew to a close.

And Chu Yang also gained the nickname "Yama" in private starting from today.

The vent-like public execution established the image of the Revolutionary Army at once, accelerating the progress of friendly coexistence between the two sides.

As the news of Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido's deaths spread throughout the Land of Wano, a large number of people poured into the Flower Capital within a few days.

Some were in the plaza admiring Kurozumi Orochi's broken body, while others went to the quarry to watch the Beasts Pirates' crew working hard.

They confirmed the authenticity of the news in different ways, and then spontaneously ran around, passing on the good news.

A large number of weapon factories were destroyed, and the remaining ones could not pollute the environment of the Land of Wano; Chu Yang used Wood Release to quickly restore the natural vitality of the vicinity.

Before long, flowers bloomed once again in the Flower Capital.

Orochi Castle became the temporary base for the Revolutionary Army. The Shogun's mansion was returned to the people of Wano by the Revolutionary Army; as for how to use it, that was their business.

Everyone chose to guard it silently, waiting for a new Shogun to appear; at the same time, they gradually acquiesced to the Revolutionary Army's control over this place.

With the help of the Revolutionary Army, the livelihood of the Flower Capital was recovering in an orderly manner.

Post-war reconstruction had always been their strength.

A fortress-like town was quietly being built at the waterfall entrance; this would be the first line of defense, and Chu Yang and the Sun Pirates would be stationed here for a long time.

Because the memory left for the commoners was too profound, Chu Yang felt that he should also stay away from them for a while.

Most importantly, he couldn't stand the numb look in those people's eyes, which would make him unable to suppress his anger.

At least until that place regained its vitality, he would not appear voluntarily.

One week after the post-war reconstruction, samurai figures began to appear near the Flower Capital; they were intentionally or unintentionally contacting the Revolutionary Army, trying to understand the Revolutionary Army's intentions.

Holding an attitude of half-suspicion and half-hope, the samurai and the Revolutionary Army sat down at the negotiating table.

Led by the young Kozuki Hiyori, the main negotiator was Denjiro, one of the former Nine Red Scabbards who went by the alias Kyoshiro, along with Shimotsuki Yasuie, the daimyo of the Hakumai region who had been living in anonymity for many years.

Neither Denjiro nor Shimotsuki Yasuie believed that the way of negotiation could take back the rule of the Land of Wano; they weren't naive to that extent.

The two just hoped that Kozuki Hiyori could restore her name, stay in the Shogun's mansion, and be able to gain the recognition of the citizens through her own efforts in the future.

Judging from the performance of the Revolutionary Army during this period, they were trustworthy; even if the negotiations failed, their lives would not be threatened.

But the two didn't expect the Revolutionary Army to agree to their request readily, and they indicated that they would assist from the sidelines to help Kozuki Hiyori rebuild the Land of Wano.

The deceit and trickery they had predicted before coming did not appear, which made Denjiro feel particularly ashamed.

Shimotsuki Yasuie took the initiative to make concessions, representing Kozuki Hiyori as an ally, and gave the Revolutionary Army many conveniences, making it easier for them to do things within the Land of Wano.

The two sides hit it off immediately.

As the news of Kozuki Hiyori's return to the Shogun's mansion spread, a large number of samurai scattered in various places gathered again, forming a huge force.

And this force would also help Chu Yang and the others fight against the World Government.

After the Beasts Pirates were attacked, King did not immediately return to reinforce them, but instead used Doflamingo's connections to gather information.

As the person in charge of the underground black market, the Donquixote Family had always had excellent intelligence capabilities regarding war, and they were always paying attention to the movements of some large forces.

The target of King's suspicion was Whitebeard, because Kozuki Oden had once been the commander of his Second Division; if Whitebeard knew about the situation in the Land of Wano, it was possible that he had attacked the Beasts Pirates.

The Whitebeard Pirates also had the ability to crush the Beasts Pirates head-on.

But as more and more information appeared in King's hands, he discovered that the whole thing had nothing to do with Whitebeard; the man had been staying in his own territory and hadn't moved.

Whitebeard hadn't gone, so it was even more impossible for his commanders to go to the Land of Wano; they wouldn't have a chance of winning even if they went.

"The World Government has a deal with us, there's no reason for them to suddenly turn against us, and the Navy side has also been very quiet..."

King thought for a moment, and then shifted his gaze to "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin, but the answer was still the same.

Then who was it? King had no answer, but he could no longer sit by and do nothing.

Since Big Mom wasn't the mastermind, they could join forces.

Thinking this, King took the initiative to contact Charlotte Linlin, who was far away on Whole Cake Island, and after paying a sufficiently high price, he obtained a powerful reinforcement.

With Kaido in trouble, everything the Beasts Pirates possessed would cease to exist; only if Kaido was alive could the Beasts Pirates make a comeback at any time.

The price was only temporary.

"Such an important matter, take me along too, how about it?"

Just as King was preparing to leave Dressrosa, Doflamingo took the initiative to find him and requested to go to the Land of Wano together.

"What are you planning?"

"We are partners, after all; Kaido is in trouble, so of course I have to show some sincerity."

King frowned.

Looking coldly at Doflamingo, he didn't think the other party would be kind to this extent.

The fact was exactly so.

Doflamingo just wanted to confirm the outcome of the war.

If the Beasts Pirates won, then everything would remain the same, and he could gain a little goodwill.

But if the Land of Wano changed hands, then he would have to negotiate a new business deal and find a new partner; of course, regardless of which situation it was, the loser could not be him.

With Big Mom's all-out help, King didn't care about Doflamingo's stance, but an extra combat force was good, so he nodded and agreed to the other party's request.

Returning to the royal palace of Dressrosa, the executives of the Donquixote Family appeared here.

"I say, I say, Doffy, do we really have to participate in this? It feels very dangerous..."

As one of the top executives, Trebol's image was very sloppy, always with snot dripping, like a lecherous middle-aged man.

"Idiot, how could we not go and see? Our weapon factory is still there; if something goes wrong, who will be responsible?!"

Diamante, sitting on the sofa with his hands clasped, supporting his chin, had a grim expression; the underground black market had been out of stock for some time, and if the transactions were delayed any further, it was feared that a big problem would arise.

Doflamingo, upon hearing this, slowly took a bottle of red wine from the counter; with a "pop," the cork was pulled out by him.

"Gulp~ gulp~"

The entire bottle of red wine soon entered Doflamingo's stomach; he wiped his mouth and revealed a creepy smile, his expression like the Joker card in a deck of cards.

"I don't care who wins or loses this war, but if there's a problem with the weapon factory, just wait for my retaliation!"

Land of Wano.

The waterfall fortress was quickly completed with the accumulation of a large amount of manpower and material resources; as an important gateway related to the safety of the Land of Wano, everyone attached great importance to it.

It was called a fortress, but in fact, the architectural style was in the same vein as the Flower Capital; it was a majestic pavilion nine stories high.

Chu Yang named it "Flying Flow Pavilion"! Most of the Sun Pirates' crew lived on the bottom three floors of the Flying Flow Pavilion, because it was close to the pirate ships in the port, and if there was any disturbance, they could immediately enter a combat state.

Tiger, Jinbe, and Arlong and the others all lived on the middle floors; Chu Yang discovered that the Fish-Men race didn't seem to like high places.

Only Chu Yang lived on the top floor.

Leaning on the railing, gazing at the sea of clouds in the distance, there was always a feeling of "wanting to see a thousand miles further"; Chu Yang liked it very much, so he often stood here.

Another benefit was that, with his eyesight and Haki, standing in such a high place, he could even discover enemies faster than a surveillance camera.

The secret passage in the back mountain had already been destroyed by Chu Yang, and people from the outside could only honestly pass through this road.

"Guests have arrived..."

Chu Yang was still thinking about how long it would take for King to return, when a shadow suddenly appeared in the sky; it was a huge pterosaur wrapped in black leather.

At first glance, it looked quite comical.

Chu Yang's mouth turned up.

King flew around the Land of Wano, saw the majestic pavilion built on top of the waterfall, and also saw the weapon factories that should have been standing there, now empty.

The mountains, rivers, grass, and trees had regained their vitality, and the sky and river water had become exceptionally clear and transparent.

All signs indicated that the Beasts Pirates seemed to have become history.

King couldn't accept it, nor was he willing to believe it.

He flew to the back mountain, trying to enter through the secret passage; no one opened the mechanism for him, so he used brute force to destroy the obstacles.

As a result, he discovered that the road inside had been completely blocked and was impassable.

Kaido would absolutely never have blocked this secret passage.

There was only one answer—

The winner was not Kaido! Extreme grief and indignation almost drove King mad; he restrained himself from thinking in the worst direction, immediately flew out of the back mountain, returned to the front mountain waterfall, and joined forces with the Big Mom Pirates.

"How is it? Is the secret passage you mentioned passable?"

Doflamingo walked to King's side with a cynical look; if possible, he hoped his gaze could penetrate the mask and see the other party's expression.

King shook his head slowly, "The passage has been blocked; we can only go up from here."

Doflamingo looked up at the waterfall, "It seems only we can go up here; others..."

Just as King was preparing to answer the other party's question, a voice suddenly came from the side.

"Just use fish." The person who came had a slender figure, wore a light yellow long coat, wore a candy top hat, and even held a candy cane.

This man was the eldest son of the Yonko Charlotte Linlin, the Minister of Candy of Whole Cake Island—Perospero.

Perospero pointed to his own pirate ship; several carp had already been tied in front of the Queen Mama Chanter.

Doflamingo, who had come alone to help, was happy to watch the show from the sidelines; anyway, he only intended to put in the effort without actually doing any work.

The fleet, dragged forward by the big fish, began to climb the waterfall.

King transformed into his pterosaur form again and flew toward the top of the waterfall, intending to clear the way for everyone.

He knew very well what the consequences would be if they were attacked during this process.

King didn't like the look of that pavilion standing on top of the waterfall at all.

The Sun Pirates discovered through the surveillance camera that someone was breaking in, and all the crew members entered a combat state at the first opportunity.

Tiger walked onto the deck and shouted: "The enemy is strong, but we cannot retreat; we must stop them from landing on the island, and reinforcements will arrive soon!"

Having just defeated the Beasts Pirates not long ago, and with the sea being their home turf, the crew members were very confident.

"They chose the same way to land on the island as we did! This is a very stupid decision; we must let them know why the Fish-Men race is called the Fish-Men race."

After saying a few inspiring words, Tiger ordered the ship to sail and aimed the ship's artillery at the waterfall.

The Fish-Men's way of fighting was not limited to the ship; as mentioned before, the sea was their home turf, and most of the Fish-Men jumped into the sea one after another.

"Remember, prioritize controlling the schools of fish, make those people's ships lose control, and they will fall down themselves!"

Jinbe led his companions to dive into the sea and slowly approached the waterfall cliff.

"Brother Tiger, there seems to be something in the sky..."

"Is it a big black bird?"

"No, it's a pterosaur! It's rushing toward the Flying Flow Pavilion!"

"Don't worry, Yang is still up there!"

Tiger took out his binoculars and placed them on the bridge of his nose, looking up; the pterosaur streaked across above their heads, and he discovered that the pterosaur was wrapped in black leather, clearly a Devil Fruit user.

"It's Kaido's subordinate, King the Wildfire!"

Tiger took a deep breath and shook his head: "Don't worry about him; we just need to ensure that all the enemies climbing the waterfall are shot down, and leave the rest to Yang to handle!"

On the other side, after King flew to the top floor of the pavilion, he suddenly discovered a figure standing there.

That person was smiling at him, looking as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"You took so long to come? I thought you had already abandoned your own captain, or is the outside world too big and you got lost?"

Chu Yang yawned out of boredom.

King stared at Chu Yang, having a very strong premonition in his heart that the person in front of him must have something to do with Boss Kaido's life or death.

"Where is Boss Kaido?"

King suppressed his anger and asked coldly.

"Dead."

Chu Yang answered nonchalantly.

"Impossible! I'll ask you one more time, where is Boss Kaido?!"

King couldn't accept this answer; he was on the verge of rage, ready to launch an attack at any time.

"Are you naive or just unable to accept the facts?"

"Since I am standing here, Kaido must be dead; such a simple truth, how many times does it need to be repeated?"

Chu Yang shook his head with some disappointment.

Kaido's life or death being unknown, combined with Chu Yang's attitude, finally pushed King's anger to the limit; he shot into the clouds like a fighter jet, climbed rapidly, and then dived toward Chu Yang on the top floor of the pavilion.

Chu Yang stepped on the railing and soared into the sky!

He turned into a white line and rushed toward King; his speed of ascent was even faster than King's speed of descent.

King's pupils shrank slightly, but he never thought of avoiding it; he was a Zoan Devil Fruit user, how could he lose to an ordinary person in a physical clash?

King's body began to burn, emitting raging flames; this was the talent of the Lunarian race and had nothing to do with Devil Fruits.

"Imperial Flame Arrow!"

King spread his wings and used his flame-wrapped wings to crash into Chu Yang, who was flying at high speed in mid-air.

At the same time.

Chu Yang's whole body was covered in lightning, entering the Lightning Release Armor state.

He bent his arm at a ninety-degree angle, like a sickle.

The black wings and his arm collided, creating intense sparks, and the lightning suppressed the flames on King's body.

King actually smelled a burnt scent from his own wings.

Crack!

The sound of bones cracking rang out.

King let out a muffled groan in pain, his eyes full of disbelief.

How could this person's body be this hard?!

Stronger than a Zoan Devil Fruit user?!

King was both shocked and angry.

Since his physical body had no advantage, he simply gave up the pterosaur form and transformed into his hybrid form.

In his hybrid form, King's arms and wings merged, turning into even larger black wings; with a wave of his hand, dozens of astonishingly powerful wind blades were unleashed.

Seeing the wind blades coming, Chu Yang didn't dodge; those wind blades hit him like rain falling on the eaves, pitter-patter, failing to leave any wounds.

"Get down there!"

Chu Yang flashed and appeared above King's head, stomping hard on his forehead.

With his head receiving a violent impact, King's vision went black, and he fell into a state of unconsciousness, plummeting from high altitude.

"Why did King fall from the sky?" Everyone on the Queen Mama Chanter was stunned.

At that time, Charlotte Linlin, who didn't look too bloated yet, frowned and said: "Could it be that he was beaten down?"

Doflamingo, fearing that the world wouldn't be chaotic enough, laughed loudly, "To be beaten up on your own turf, this is quite embarrassing, King."

Perospero warned sinisterly: "Mocking an ally is not a good habit, Doflamingo."

Doflamingo sneered: "Do you have an opinion?"

The two were at daggers drawn, and the atmosphere was stiff.

"That's enough, don't let the enemy laugh at us; I remember you came here to help, right? Doflamingo."

Charlotte Linlin reminded Doflamingo to mind his manners with an unfriendly expression.

"Of course, the Beasts Pirates are my closest partners!"

Doflamingo lowered his posture and took a step back at the right time.

However, he had already made a mental note to pay it back another day.

Just as the argument was happening on the ship, no one noticed that the big fish pulling the ship began to secretly change direction.

It turned out that the Fish-Men had already dived under the fleet.

The Fish-Men race used their talent to communicate with fish to control the big fish to secretly mess up the route; before long, several pirate ships collided with each other.

It wasn't until the Queen Mama Chanter was spinning wildly that Charlotte Linlin noticed the abnormality of the big fish! "Everyone be careful! There's something strange under the ship!"

Charlotte Linlin simply summoned Zeus to carry her and float in the air.

As a user of the Soul-Soul Fruit, Charlotte Linlin could imbue anything with a soul and create special life forms, which she called "Homies."

Zeus was a thundercloud imbued with a soul.

Besides that, there was the fire imbued with a soul—Prometheus the Sun; and the bicorne hat imbued with a soul—Napoleon!

These special "Homies" possessed very powerful abilities, allowing Charlotte Linlin to gain the upper hand in battles against enemies.

Zeus carried Charlotte Linlin into the sky; the next second, the Queen Mama Chanter crashed violently into another pirate ship.

The violent collision caused many crew members on the deck to fall into the sea, and the pirate ship was severely damaged, with seawater rapidly pouring into the cabin from the broken parts.

Doflamingo used thin threads to embed into the cliff walls on both sides of the waterfall, building steps to walk in the air, and was not affected.

The sudden rampage of the big fish caused nearly half of the pirate ships in the fleet to fall from the waterfall, while the remaining half could only struggle to hold on.

Charlotte Linlin knew that if this continued, the fleet might be completely wiped out, so she directly injected her soul into the waterfall.

A human face suddenly appeared on the waterfall.

Charlotte Linlin shouted: "Send us up!"

"Okay, Mama."

The waterfall face actually responded to her!

Then the water flowed backward, rushing the pirate ships up! (End of chapter)