One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

As soon as she finished speaking, Lingling suddenly exerted force with her feet and shot out at an astonishing speed that was completely inconsistent with her huge body. In just a breath of time, she appeared in front of the one-eyed man, holding the glowing giant blade of thunder and fire in both hands and slashing at it diagonally. The hot blade cut through the air with an extremely sharp explosion sound, as if the surrounding space was slightly distorted by the scorching heat.

"Annoying insects...!"

Seeing that she was coming at him so quickly, the one-eyed man's expression became more serious. He quickly swung out the Fang Tian Ji that was emitting black thunder and swept towards the oncoming sword light.

boom!

Amidst a deafening roar, the two weapons formed a cross and collided violently. The whistling wind formed circles of air waves that spread in all directions like ripples and continued to echo in the valley.

With the two of them as the center, the ground beneath their feet suddenly exploded, and the earth cracked into pieces like broken ice, forming a huge circular pit.

Dangdang Dangdang!

The rubble and dirt that were shaken into the air showed no signs of falling yet. The two people separated quickly and then collided with each other at an even faster speed. Roars that were enough to break the eardrums burst out from the air one after another. The originally shattered ground could not withstand these two extraordinary forces and was covered with spider-web-like cracks and became uneven.

The one-eyed man's face gradually became covered with a thick layer of frost with each fight, and his right hand holding the Fang Tian Ji also felt a strong burning and numbness. The giant sword wielded by the woman in front of him was no longer a metal sword in the conventional sense, but a giant lightning and fire blade that was formed by integrating the two natural elements of thunder and flame. To some extent, it did not exist at all.

In other words, the current properties of the sword are almost the same as if it had eaten a natural fruit.

But perhaps the one-eyed man has never hoped more than now that the sword is truly a natural ability user. No matter how many gaps he cuts on the blade with his domineering power, it will always be restored to its intact state in the next moment.

On the contrary, his usual weapon, even though it had an invisible domineering shield on its surface, had already developed tiny cracks on the tip of the halberd after dozens of impacts like natural disasters, and they were still slowly spreading around.

However, the one-eyed man had no time to worry about whether his weapon would be destroyed, because a ray of purple-white light turned into a twinkling lone star in the dark night sky and rushed towards him from far away. In the blink of an eye, it rushed behind him. At the same time, the wild and unrestrained yet unnatural laughter rang in his ears.

"Ugh! How about a taste of King Kong Dysprosium?!"

—Is it that kid? He looks so different from before…?

As this speculation emerged in his mind, the one-eyed man's movements did not slow down at all. The Fang Tian Ji in his hand thrust out with a rapidly rotating storm. The roaring wind blew the light released by Ming Guang Sword to the side, causing Lingling's giant sword to deviate from the attack trajectory and pass by the tip of the Fang Tian Ji. Taking advantage of the gap created in an instant, the whole person's feet lifted up the fan-shaped wind that spread out and rushed into the sky. The purple-white light that lost its original target went straight to Lingling, who lost her balance due to the strong reaction force and staggered back two steps.

—However, if you continue to attack recklessly as before, it will only accelerate the cracks in your cooperation—

Not long after this thought came to her mind, it was abruptly cut off by a sudden strong light. Lingling raised her hand and waved it calmly. The purple-white beam mixed with countless lightning bolts suddenly stopped when it was about ten centimeters away from Lingling's chest, and then turned a corner as if it had self-awareness, and chased after the target that was still rising in the air.

"Tsk!"

Without a moment's hesitation, the one-eyed man swung out the Fang Tian Ji swiftly. The dark light of the halberd mixed with a strong wind that seemed to be able to tear everything apart roared out and collided with the dazzling light coming towards him.

The shock wave caused by the explosion quickly spread in all directions with the collision point as the center. The air vibrated violently, causing ripples visible to the naked eye, and the rocks and plants in its path were all crushed into pieces.

"Are you surprised, eyepatch bastard?"

A huge hole was instantly blasted out of the smoke produced by the explosion amidst loud laughter. Kaido, who was moving rapidly upward like a cannonball, shot up with his mace, which was splashing with lightning, upside down in both hands. His rough face revealed an exaggerated and abnormal smile, "I'm going to give you a bigger surprise! Thunderous Bagua!"

"Arrogance requires capital, little brat!"

The strong wind blew up, causing the one-eyed man's curly hair to flutter wildly, but the Fang Tian Ji in his hand completely ignored the obstruction brought by the wind pressure and smashed down from the air with bursts of sonic booms. The surrounding space was squeezed out of shape under the power of this blow.

Just as the two were about to collide, Kaido's attack trajectory suddenly changed. In the situation where it was impossible for him to change direction, he actually went around the one-eyed man from the flank at a faster speed. While the Fang Tian Ji that pierced the air had not yet been retracted, he turned his wrist and quickly changed the mace from a sweeping blow to a straight chop and smashed down fiercely.

Feeling the strong wind coming from behind, the one-eyed man didn't even turn his head, but slowly tilted his body to the right a few points, just avoiding the edge of the mace. At the same time, he raised the Fang Tian Ji with his backhand and swept it from right to left, hitting Kaido's arm holding the mace tightly with incredible accuracy. At the moment the sound of the impact rang out, he turned over and kicked Kaido solidly in the vest, kicking him backwards like a cannonball, and hitting the ground heavily, raising a large amount of gravel and dust.

"You're not seriously injured after such a strong impact..."

The one-eyed man stared thoughtfully at the area covered by smoke and dust. The halberd in his hand was wrapped in a silver-black spiral storm. His body turned into a black light and swooped down with a whistling sound. "It seems that those strange liquids have caused a huge change in your physique, but I guess there is a time limit, right?!"

"Hey... it's fucking awesome! Hiccup~"

As a large hand like a palm-leaf fan grabbed the edge of the cracked ground, Kaido shook his head to shake off the dust on his hair and slowly crawled out of the human-shaped pit that was particularly close to him. The exposed upper body muscles were covered with scratches and blood stains, but his face showed an ecstatic look as if nothing had happened. Those bloodthirsty eyes were only possessed by people who had experienced countless battles on the battlefield for many years. It made people tremble with fear, as if they would be killed if they looked into his eyes from a distance.

"Time limit...? So what?"

He picked up the mace that had fallen to the side, muttering nonchalantly. The strong wind that blew in his face cut his skin like a knife, but he licked the blood stains that slid from the scratches under his eyes to the corners of his mouth as if he didn't notice it at all. Even the slight smell of blood made his stimulated brain extremely excited. "As long as I smash you into a pulp before that, won't it be over?!"

With an almost insane laugh, Kaido stomped the ground with his feet and soared into the sky. Countless purple lightning bolts were firmly attached to the mace, and his strong arms with bulging veins swung upwards, colliding with the rapidly approaching Fang Tian Ji, causing a thunderous explosion. The brilliant sparks and the drifting wind intertwined and splashed in the air.

"Hehe! Keep going! Let's kill each other to our heart's content!"

Kaido, who fell back to the ground with the help of the reaction force, had no intention of stopping his attack. He quickly swung his mace and pressed forward with a violent attack. In a blink of an eye, he exchanged dozens of moves with his opponent. The sound of a series of collisions between metal and iron was endless, and the dust on the ground was blown up by the strong wind caused by the two huge forces.

Facing Kaido's violent and unreasonable attack, the one-eyed man who was wielding the Fang Tian Ji with difficulty seemed to be gradually feeling overwhelmed. His turbid breathing was clearly audible even amid the successive explosions. He was completely enveloped in the net formed by the shadows of the sticks and had no escape at all. It seemed as if he had been completely forced into a desperate situation.

Kaido, who had the upper hand in the duel, did not have the smug look of a winner on his face. Instead, he frowned, pulled back the mace that was about to hit the one-eyed man's chest, and quickly retreated several meters away, shouting at the top of his voice, "Old woman, do it!"

"Well, well, well! I know it without you telling me!"

Laughing loudly, while Kaido was fighting with the enemy, Linlin raised the giant blade that was shining brightly and began to accumulate power. She turned around and slashed at it as if she had sensed the existence of some creature, "Light Cannon!"

As Lingling swung the light blade in her hand suddenly, a dazzling beam of light as powerful as thunder burst out from the blade and blasted straight towards the one-eyed man with a halberd in his hand who appeared behind him without anyone noticing.

"A fluke? It won't happen again."

Even though his whereabouts were exposed, the one-eyed man still did not show any panic in his eyes. He moved sideways like a ghost, and the sharp beam of light containing terrifying energy passed by him quickly. "But if the attack loses its accuracy, it will be meaningless—"

He suddenly stopped talking here, turned around immediately and shot out to the left without any hesitation. The light beam that was originally shooting straight forward suddenly made a sharp turn halfway, cutting through the sky like lightning, and pierced through the endless mountains in front of him without any hindrance and rushed towards the one-eyed man again.

"Hahaha! Where are you going to escape?!"

The one-eyed man, who kept moving, heard it clearly this time. The arrogant laughter with a hint of childishness came from the slender beam of light that followed him relentlessly. A closer look revealed a human face at the front of the beam, and that ferocious smile seemed as if he was looking forward to the moment when his enemy would be completely destroyed.

“You gave your attack consciousness like before? You really have mastered the Soul-Soul Fruit. That’s amazing. But I can’t change—”

The one-eyed man, who rarely praised sincerely, then flashed a sneer in his eyes, and suddenly stopped his body, turned around, swung the Fang Tian Ji and swung it, "The fact that he misjudged the difference in strength between the two sides and pursued them relentlessly, and finally turned into ashes."

boom!

The pitch-black halberd's blade tore the pursuing light beam in half with overwhelming force, then exploded violently in the air, and with a heart-wrenching scream, it turned into white spots that fell to the ground.

At the same time, two lightning-fast figures rushed towards the one-eyed man one after another with bursts of sharp sonic booms, as if to block his retreat.

"Thunder gossip!"

"Emperor's Sword: Broken Blade!"

Seeing that he could not dodge any of the attacks, the one-eyed man simply chose to face them head-on. He flipped backwards lightly and quickly held the Fang Tian Ji in his hand across his chest, blocking the flaming blade coming from the left and the whistling mace coming from the right. Sharp metal collision sounds were heard and sparks were produced by friction.

"Take advantage of this moment and smash him to pieces!"

At the moment when the two sides were in a stalemate, Lingling, with a gleam in her eyes, screamed for no reason, swung her sword upwards with all her might to remove most of the force of Fang Tianji, and used inertia to do a backflip and fell heavily back to the ground.

"Yes! Mom!"

At the same time, the spots of light in the air seemed to be stimulated by something and suddenly expanded into blue-white beams of the same size as before. Amidst the arrogant laughter, they covered the man who had just swung his halberd to send Kaido flying with his stick.

“It never ends…!”

The one-eyed man seemed to have lost some patience, his eyes sank, and he quickly shuttled through the beams of light in the sky as nimbly as a bird of prey, constantly waving his Fang Tian Ji to disperse the beams of light that were attacking him. However, because those beams were too dense, as if they were endless, the one-eyed man gradually felt extremely exhausted, and his movements became a little disorganized.

With a light "puff" sound, a beam of light coming from the side cut a deep gash in the one-eyed man's thigh, leaving a gash deep enough to see the bone. While his body was stiff for a moment, countless beams of light turned into a storm that covered the sky and the sun and continuously bombarded his body, instantly forming a rising mushroom cloud.

At this moment, a beam of light shot out from the thick smoke, and its size rapidly expanded several times as it moved forward. It opened its big mouth as if it could hold everything and swallowed up a rock mountain and the one-eyed man who used it as a cover. The Fang Tian Ji, which was inseparable from him, broke into several pieces under the sudden impact and fell down one after another.

"what?!"

At this moment, the one-eyed man finally revealed a rare look of astonishment in his eyes. Although the double attack of fire and thunder did not cause him any harm due to his powerful domineering and physique, his whole body seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible giant hand and he could not move at all. What surprised him more than the feeling of being unable to move was the reality that his usual method was seen through.

"Well, well, well! Listen carefully to the reason for your defeat before you get killed!"

At the moment when the one-eyed man was trapped in the energy ball, Lingling crushed the ground with her feet. As the ground crumbled inch by inch, she soared into the sky like a meteorite in reverse. "Although I don't know what means you used to create such a realistic illusion, there are two flaws!"

As she spoke, a faint vortex of energy appeared around her eyes, and she grinned with a complacent laugh, "First, as long as you always focus your domineering power on your eyes during the battle, you will be able to detect the place where the space is most distorted. That must be where you really are!"

"I just know a little bit...what can I decide?"

The one-eyed man's eyes darkened, he was not at all panicked when the nature of his ability was revealed. His body, which had been so tightly restrained that he could hardly raise his head, suddenly burst out with extraordinary strength. He struggled hard with both hands to the sides of his body and easily broke free from the restraints of the energy ball.

It was at this moment that his pupils shrank a little bit, and what came into his sight was a purple figure approaching him rapidly in a straight line.

Faster than lightning, stronger than a strong wind, she moved forward side by side with the pink-haired woman who was also flying towards her in mid-air, and transformed into two streaks of light that cut through the night-like sky. In just a blink of an eye, she rushed in front of the one-eyed man who had not yet fully reacted.

"Secondly, the most important thing is that within 30 seconds, you won't be able to use that tricky ability any more, right?"

Lingling laughed and raised the sharp blade that was shining with white light.

"Stop talking nonsense, old woman! Just use that move and end it quickly!"

Kaido, who did not look at all embarrassed because of the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, raised his mace with a bright purple light high up with an unhappy look on his face.

"Tsk! I won't let you succeed!"

As if he felt a strong sense of crisis, the one-eyed man's mouth corners sank slightly, and he punched out with his right hand wrapped with a fierce tornado.

His fists were fast, but Kaido and Linlin were even faster. Before the one-eyed man could swing his fist, his opponents had already swung their weapons.

"Hai Hai!!"