One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

In an area of ​​the West Sea polluted by black mud, a large speedboat with a shark-shaped bow was speeding on the lifeless sea.

Thanks to the huge wind-blowing shell installed at the stern and four auxiliary air-repelling shells under the ship, the ship's position is maintained at a low altitude above the sea surface. Therefore, it has been safe and sound after sailing for nearly fifteen minutes in the chaotic sea that swallows up any matter it touches.

As the speed of the ship soared, the driver, who was holding on to the steering wheel tightly with both hands to prevent himself from being thrown away, became more and more anxious.

Kalpa's mood has never been as complicated as it is today.

He gave up the debt-ridden and shabby tavern without any psychological burden, sneaked into the warehouse while the security was particularly lax due to the lack of manpower on the island, and successfully stole the new floating ship "Flying Shark" that Wang Zhi had secretly obtained through improper means since Uno's whereabouts were unknown. He fled from the Beehive Island without authorization, risking being hunted by countless vicious pirates, and after a long journey of more than ten days, he successfully arrived at the most remote area of ​​the West Sea.

The reason behind this daring action was simply that he wanted to witness with his own eyes the top monsters fighting each other.

Even now he still couldn't understand why he, who had always been a man of avoiding trouble, would make a decision that he would never have dared to think about in the past.

There's no better way to describe it all than using the word "inexplicable", right?

Thinking of this, Kalpa couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile, as if he was mocking his ridiculous and mediocre pirate career. Not everyone has such a good opportunity like Senior Capona.

Perhaps he was lucky to have drawn a safe route or for some other reason, but he was not intercepted by warships or pirate ships along the way, which made him wonder if he had gone in the wrong direction.

In less than a minute, his doubts were answered. As the speedboat continued to move forward, the outline of an island with towering mountains appeared vaguely on the sea level ahead. Although the surroundings were shrouded in thick black fog and the situation inside could not be seen clearly, the pink dots in the distance that seemed to be dotted in the air and the golden light that kept shuttling through it made Kalpa quickly realize that the current battle situation had already entered a white-hot stage.

That was a natural disaster - no, a battle between powerful people...? Watching it up close, it really feels like my perception has been completely overturned 360 degrees...

Kalpa looked up at the sky in a daze, swallowing saliva involuntarily. His clothes were soaked with cold sweat and his hands were shaking slightly. The chill from his fingertips seemed to penetrate into his bones, making him tremble all over.

If I move a little closer, the fate that awaits me will most likely be either being swallowed by the damn black fog or being affected by the battle and killed without even a trace left, right?

Although he was terribly scared, and although he began to regret why he didn't stay in his hometown and continue to be a rich young man, his hands, which had been holding the steering wheel for so long that calluses appeared on them, still had no intention of loosening their grip, and the speed of the speedboat was getting faster and faster as he kept stepping on the accelerator.

No matter what the result is, if you give up on doing something you have always dreamed of just because you are afraid, you will regret it sooner or later.

Even if she could just barely stand on the edge of a stage built with only countless fights and blood, even if she could just glance at the man she admired most in her life from afar, even if she was killed on the spot, she probably wouldn't have any regrets.

If I hadn't met that guy that day...

As if he was angry about the slight hesitation that remained in his heart, Kalpa gritted his teeth and stomped his feet hard, and all kinds of distracting thoughts were completely eliminated from his mind.

"There's nothing to be afraid of! Wasn't it me who made the final decision?! Since you've chosen to be a pirate, you must be prepared to die at any time! If I'm lucky, I might even be able to have a moment that goes down in history—"

boom!

The sudden turbulent sea interrupted Kalpa's bold words, so he turned the steering wheel desperately to make the speedboat drift 180 degrees before stopping in a position where it would not be splashed by the black sea water. He raised his head, which was dizzy due to the violent shaking, and could not help cursing a few words, but the shocking scene that came into his eyes instantly dispelled this idea.

A bright beam of light with a diameter of over a thousand meters shot up into the sky from somewhere on the island, piercing through the thick black fog and clouds one after another, blasting out an enormous hole and dyeing the entire sky as bright as day.

"This, this, this—"

Kalpa, who suddenly witnessed this scene, opened his mouth for a long time without uttering a complete sentence. After a few short seconds, his eyeballs flew out of his face like marbles, with his expression completely out of control.

"What the hell is this?! I'd better go back as soon as possible!!"

The canyon southwest of the Valley of the Gods.

"…It's really scary. Those puppets that can't be killed are instantly reduced to pieces just by being slightly touched by the black mist. Even Uno's ability to decompose all matter may not be able to achieve such a high efficiency."

"That embarrassing expression doesn't seem like you... That's how we got rid of that extremely difficult little girl, right? If we keep fighting, there won't be any results, right?"

"It's a bit hard to say this, but it seems that the girl has a lot of tricks up her sleeve. But the process did give me some new ideas, such as creating a living human being."

"Humph, it's because you always insist on staying in places like this that I hate you so much... Compared to these, don't forget that we have more important things to do right now."

"Hmm~ It's rare that we agree."

“So——Run away!!”

With screams in unison, Stusi and Guloliosa, their feet leaving many afterimages, ran fast on the rugged and winding mountain road. Their facial expressions were as exaggerated and distorted as the works of abstract masters because of their panic. Even the python Heroti slid quickly with its master at a speed that even cheetahs could not match, with a pair of snake eyes full of fear.

Behind them, there was a rolling black fog that surged like a wave, madly sweeping over everything in front of it, as if it wanted to devour everything that hindered its progress.

"Hey, didn't you prepare a lot of new inventions?! Take them out at a time like this!!"

"You don't have to urge me. I'm already looking for it! Who knows that bastard Rocks actually wants to kill us as well? He will definitely not let me go after I escape - huh?"

The sudden bright light immediately attracted Stussy's attention. Before she could stop her right hand from fumbling for the suitcase, she was blown away by the oncoming gust of wind.

"Why are we always the unlucky ones?"

Accompanied by wails mixed with heavy crying, the two people and the snake spun countless circles in the air like balls, and then flew to an unknown place outside the canyon.

“Although it has lost some of its novelty, it is still quite spectacular to see such scenery again.”

Looking at the clouds that were evaporated in an instant due to the astonishingly high temperature emitted by the beam of light, Rubel, who kept creating crystals of unknown use and pushed his goggles, couldn't help but exclaimed, "And the power seems to be stronger than last time. If it hits the island, I guess our navy's follow-up work will be very tiring, right?"

If I didn't have a more important mission, I really want to fight those two people again.

This sudden idea only lasted for a few seconds before it disappeared. He turned around and glanced at the people who were waiting impatiently behind him, and said without any apology, "Ah, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long, so I will use the next beautiful level of wonderful performance as compensation."

The dazzling light gradually faded away, and the sky returned to its lifeless darkness. Accompanied by heavy and clearly audible breathing sounds, two figures landed one after another on a relatively intact piece of ground.

"Ha...ha...no matter how strong that guy is, if he gets hit hard the moment he reveals his weakness, it must be very painful even if he doesn't die, right?"

"What are you talking about? This is our most powerful killer move so far. If even this can't hurt him, then... there's nothing we can do..."

Lingling sat down on the white cloud separated by the lightsaber like a deflated ball, staring straight at the billowing smoke in front of her where she couldn't see what was going on inside. She forced a smile on her tired face, "We can only take a gamble. The stakes are our lives."

"Hehe, I didn't realize you had a gambling side."

Kaido, lying on his back in a "big" shape on the ground, gasped for breath and did not forget to make jokes. Not long after, he restrained the smile on his face, and looked expressionlessly at the broken Fang Tian Ji lying on the rubble not far away, and breathed a sigh of relief, "No matter what, the previous attack almost consumed all of our domineering energy. We must go all out to deal with that kind of monster... We can only pray that no powerful guy will show up at this time..."

"Don't be so bad-mouthed out of the blue. I want to rest a little longer..."

Lingling put the saber Napoleon, which had transformed back into a bicorne, back on her head and muttered unhappily. Suddenly, as if she had noticed something, she turned around and saw a strange-looking fruit falling straight down from the sky. She immediately pulled at the clouds below with her eyes bulging and screamed, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Are you waiting for the fruit to be smashed?!"

"Yes! Mom!"

Zeus responded pitifully and flew away in the direction where the fruit fell. Kaido, who barely held up his upper body, witnessed all this and frowned and asked, "You don't have to be so mean to Zeus every time. After all, he is still a part of you."

"Humph, just because he is a part of me, I can do whatever I want to him. It has been a natural thing since ancient times for servants to obey their masters' orders."

Lingling landed on the back of the fireball steadily, crossed her arms and snorted with a slightly dissatisfied look, with a matter-of-fact expression on her face, "Besides, wasn't it all for you that I went through so much trouble? You should be grateful to me."

"You are amazing... If you have the chance to start your own business in the future, you will definitely be a very scary guy. However, the thought of standing on the opposite side of you one day is still very exciting."

"Same here. If you don't have a place in the competition for the master of the sea, I'd rather go to Impel Down to kill time. I can't stand my own inaccurate vision more than my strength."

The two were silent for a long time, and finally burst into laughter at the same time, as if their understanding and recognition of each other had reached a deeper level with these two laughs from the heart.

The laughter died down, and Kaido, who had recovered a little strength, slowly stood up with his hands supporting the ground. He bent down to pick up the mace that fell to his feet, and carefully checked the shaft of the mace. After confirming that the surface was not worn out by the previous battle, he breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, he remembered something extremely important, and slapped his forehead and said in a lost voice, "Oh no! I almost forgot to tell you that Uno is still alive, on this island!"

The sudden news made Lingling stunned, but she reacted immediately and jumped down from the fireball without saying a word, punched Kaido hard on the head and cursed: "Why did you tell me such an important thing now?! I thought that the armored bastard was back from the dead!"

"It hurts so much... I feel like you didn't use that much strength when you were fighting just now..."

Kaido, who covered the big bump on his head with his left hand, still couldn't change his usual habit of complaining. He inadvertently noticed that the woman who was usually known for her greed and selfishness had some moisture in her eyes. He immediately changed his face and said seriously, "That guy seems to have killed a very troublesome guy, but he seems to have been seriously injured. I couldn't feel his breath when I first came to this damn place. It makes sense if he fainted."

"There's no time to waste! Even in that state, he could be killed by the enemy at any time! We must find him! Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must dig him out—"

Halfway through her speech, Lingling's pupils revealed an unprecedented look of fear. Even Napoleon, who was dozing off above her head, opened his eyes wide in panic, as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

"Hey, are you two okay? Why do you look so grim all of a sudden?"

Kaido looked at Lingling, whose attitude had completely changed in just a few seconds, with a puzzled look on his face, and asked in confusion, "Even if the government came to support you, it wouldn't scare you like this, right?"

"…I say, little brat."

At this moment, Lingling didn't want to care about Kaido's outspoken tone at all. She couldn't stop trembling as she murmured, "The weapon that the armored bastard has been using just now is the Fang Tian Ji, right?"

"What's wrong with that? You don't suddenly realize the value of that piece of junk and start to regret breaking it, do you?"

"If there's no problem..."

As Lingling was talking, she suddenly raised her voice, pointed her finger behind Kaido and shouted, "What on earth is going on with that broken sword?!"

This sudden action frightened Kaido so much that he turned his head away as if by reflex.

So his eyes quickly focused on the weapon buried in the pile of rocks right in front of him.

It was a long sword that was broken into several pieces. Although each blade was covered with cracks and the surface was covered with dirt and dust, it was not difficult to tell from the fine workmanship of the blade that it was a famous sword that could be ranked among the best.

The Fang Tian Ji, which had a more eye-catching shape, has disappeared.

"How, how did it happen? It's not a magic trick..."

Even if Kaido was slow-witted, he realized the seriousness of the situation. His inner shock was no less than that of Linlin beside him, so much so that he didn't even notice the cold sweat oozing from his forehead sliding down to the tip of his nose. "Although I don't want to think about it this way, there is only one reason that can explain this phenomenon!"

"Come back here, idiot!"

After recovering from the brief shock, Lingling screamed at the distant sky. No matter how powerful Homies was, he could not resist Lingling's soul. Even if it was an order that went against his own thoughts, his body and brain would execute it uncontrollably. Emotions such as hesitation and fear would be temporarily erased at this moment, leaving only the purest obedience and fighting instinct.

However, her movements were still a beat too slow.

A long black beam of light crossed the sky with a sharp whistling sound, and its speed was so fast that Zeus didn't even have time to scream. In just a moment, the devil fruit that he had caught with great difficulty was pierced through, and the next second, it exploded into pieces in front of Linlin and Kaido's astonished and suspicious gazes, and turned into fragments that fell from the sky.

"As expected, I still don't have much talent in acting. This is the only thing old man Sartan thinks is worth agreeing with."

A low, familiar voice suddenly sounded behind them, causing the two people present to shudder all over. They turned their heads at the same time like aging machines, and vaguely saw a tall black shadow gradually emerging in the billowing dust, with scarlet light flashing in its eyes, like the pupils of a demon living in the depths of hell.

"Two percent, this is the strength I used in the battle with you."

The shadow raised his left hand and extended two fingers, and stretched his right hand parallel to his shoulder. The Fang Tian Ji that should have been destroyed seemed to be intact in his hand, constantly emitting dark lightning. "I thought you could at least use this as an appetizer before the main course to kill time, but the result is disappointing. I don't have the interest to continue playing, it's time for you to die, right?"