One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

Uno was sure he was not mistaken.

Although it was only a brief moment, when the sword energy released by Lingling touched the ground, accompanied by a slight "click" sound, tiny cracks appeared on the surface of the clock.

At the same time, he also noticed that the flashing numbers on the clock returned to normal order at that moment.

This phenomenon was short-lived. Amid the billowing smoke, the cracks on the clock surface gradually repaired at an extremely astonishing speed and soon returned to their original state without any signs of damage. The numbers on the clock began to jump randomly again.

Before this, he had confirmed that no matter how hard he tried to attack this bizarre clock, it would not be damaged at all, not even a dent would be made, even by the Weiguo that had the destructive power to destroy a town. Although he had seen the numbers on the clock return to their original state several times, he did not pay much attention to it at the time.

Then, there is only one inference left.

——When the numbers on the clock are consistent with the clock in the real world, the clock can be damaged. The interval between the numbers jumping is about two seconds, and a new round of jumping will be performed every five minutes. But even so, Miss Lingling's Weiguo cannot destroy the clock in one go, and after one second, the clock will quickly return to its original shape. Even if the numbers match a few more times, it will be useless without sufficient damage.

——Perhaps, the combined power of Mr. Kaido and Ms. Linlin can do it.

However, how to solve food cravings remains a problem.

“Well, well, well! You managed to dodge that one! But you won’t be so lucky next time!”

Looking down at the ground covered with smoke and dust, Lingling laughed with great satisfaction, waved the sword in the air twice casually, and slowly descended on Prometheus.

"Ah, ah! Damn old woman! If you get hit head-on with this move, you'll probably go to another world..."

Just when Weiguo was about to hit him, Kaido's eyes flashed, and he picked up the mace in his left hand and swung it out like thunder. A huge shock wave rushed up into the sky, causing the strong sword energy to slightly deviate in direction and fall on the ground not far from him to explode. Kaido was blown away by the air wave, and his body rolled several times before he stood firm. He gasped from time to time, glanced at his right arm that was hanging down and could not move freely, and couldn't help but cursed bitterly, "It just so happens that this hand doesn't work at the critical moment! I'm afraid she will chop him to death before he dies of old age!"

"Stop talking nonsense and hand it over quickly..."

Lingling jumped off the fireball and landed heavily in front of Kaido. She pointed the knife at his head, and a ferocious and greedy expression appeared on her fat old face. "LIFE or PUFF, choose one!"

Her pupils were spiraling, she was murmuring something, and her whole body exuded an eerie aura. Anyone seeing her would feel terrified.

This is Lingling's special skill - the soul spell. When someone hears it and feels a little fear in their heart, their remaining life will be taken away in an instant. With this trick, she has defeated thousands of enemies at sea, making people change color when they hear the name Charlotte Lingling.

Except for a few top-level experts, no one can remain calm under her intimidation.

It’s a pity that she didn’t expect that there would be an unexpected side to everything.

Kaido stood still, staring at Lingling with cold eyes. There was no fear on his face, and he didn't even lift his eyelids. He said word by word: "I thought you were going to do something, but it turned out to be such a boring trick. I'm really disappointed."

"what?!"

His tone was extremely arrogant, but Lingling seemed to have forgotten her anger and stood there in a state of confusion. She had never expected that this young man who had just arrived was not afraid of her at all, and even spoke rudely to her, which was something she had never seen before.

Unoben was also worried about Kaido. When he suddenly saw this scene, his eyes widened and he forgot his own situation for a moment.

——I can’t believe it. This is the first time I see Miss Linlin’s soul spell not working. Mr. Kaido is quite good at it.

Just as he sighed, a faint singing voice came from somewhere.

"Soft...slimy...life...does not exist..."

He looked down and saw that Long Bread had propped up his frail body without him noticing. He took off his cloak and slowly reached up with trembling withering arms. His dry lips opened and closed weakly, "Change. Food..."

Rich cream instantly overflowed from the surface of the wide cloak, spreading in all directions at a speed visible to the naked eye and gradually taking shape. In a short while, a large number of cream puffs filled the ground.

"It's still not enough... Fortunately, I brought this with me just in case..."

The long bread took out a packaging bag from his inner pocket, tore it open, and shook his shaking hands over the puffs. A large amount of powdered sugar fell from the air and covered the surface of the puffs. In an instant, each puff looked more delicate and beautiful, with a shiny and shiny skin and an intoxicating aroma.

Although the "Food Fruit" of Long Bread can turn everything in the world into food, the food made is not delicious.

To make up for this, he spent decades of hard work to personally mix this secret powdered sugar, which is also one of his proudest works as a chef. Even the tasteless food can become sweet and delicious by sprinkling a few grains of powdered sugar.

Not to mention a whole bag of it.

Uno tried hard to resist the urge to eat one, wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth, waved his hands at a distance, and shouted with full momentum: "Hey! Here are delicious cream puffs, if you don't come quickly, we will eat them all!"

"... Well done... You know what to do without me telling you..."

The long-haired man, whose beard and eyebrows were all white and whose eyes were almost slit, raised his thumb tremblingly, and then collapsed to the ground again, completely unconscious. Uno held him and ran to the side to observe what happened next.

"There are puffs...?"

Lingling turned her head in the direction of the shouting with a puzzled look on her face, and soon caught a glimpse of the delicious food she had been longing for. Her eyes immediately lit up, and saliva dripped from the corners of her mouth. She said sternly, "All of them are mine! No one is allowed to snatch them from me!"

Before she finished her words, she rushed towards Puff with great momentum, completely forgetting about Kaido who was confronting her.

"I really don't understand that woman..."

Kaido muttered, retracted his mace, and sat down on the ground with a look of satisfaction on his face, looking a little tired, "But at least a problem has been solved."

"Hiccup~"

In the blink of an eye, Lingling had already swept up the pile of puffs that were as numerous as cow hairs. She touched her round belly, licked the sesame oil in her mouth, closed her eyes, and looked very enjoyable. She sighed, "Although it's a little sweet, it's quite suitable to fill my stomach... By the way, why are you all looking at me? And Kaido, what's wrong with you? Who hurt you so badly?!"

Kaido and Uno looked at each other, spreading their hands helplessly. Uno stepped forward and smiled awkwardly: "Let me explain."

"You mean, if I release a powerful Haki the moment the clock jumps to the normal number, I can escape from this damn place?"

"That's right. This can only be done if you two work together. This is our only way to escape."

After listening to Uno's brief account of what had just happened, Lingling frowned and pondered for a while, then said, "If it was the Giants' 'Hegemony', it could indeed completely destroy this place. That's a move that requires two people to work together, and even an island can be sunk. Compared to that, my Wei Kingdom is nothing. If the Giants could be used by me, there wouldn't be so many problems..."

As she spoke, her words revealed a hint of unwillingness, and she couldn't help but clench her fists, causing her knuckles to crackle.

"It seems you've been in some trouble in the past."

Kaido said with interest. His right arm has recovered as before under Linlin's treatment. "Let's not talk about this. What you mean is that if you and I use Weiguo together, it is possible to exert a power that is not inferior to Hegemony?"

"Well, well, well! Even I spent several years to master this move. How can you guarantee that you can learn it in the short time left?"

"Oh hehe! Are you looking down on me?"

Kaido didn't care about her contemptuous tone at all, pointed his mace straight forward, and grinned confidently, "It's just a trivial trick, I learned it after just watching it once!"

"is it?"

Lingling stared at him doubtfully for a while, then swaggered to the center of the clock with the knife in her hand, tightly grasping the black blade with both hands, and shouted impatiently, "Hurry up, don't dawdle!"

"You don't need to tell me!"

Kaido walked quickly to her side, raised the mace in his hand high, and poured all his domineering aura into the weapon. Black lightning burst out from the surface of the mace. The two stood side by side, staring intently at the numbers on the clock.

"Hegemony!"

When the correct number appeared on the clock, Kaido swung out his mace one second in advance without waiting for Linlin to make a move. A tremendous shock wave poured out, and the equally huge sword energy hit the surface of the clock one after another, forming strong explosions on the ground in turn. Two huge mushroom clouds rose up in an instant, and the violent air waves swept in all directions. Uno was blown away after holding on for a long time, and hit the barrier outside and was bounced back.

With the center of the clock as the center point, spider-web-like cracks spread out to the surroundings, and when they were about to extend to the edge, they quickly retreated. In an instant, the clock returned to its original appearance, and the numbers flashed in an irregular pattern again. Obviously, this time they ended in failure.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Lingling yelled at Kaido with unprecedented anger, like a roaring lion, "I don't have the leisure time to play with you!"

"I'm sorry, I was too hasty! It ruined everything!"

Kaido put away his usual arrogance and hurriedly apologized to her, "Please give me another chance!"

Seeing his sincere attitude of admitting his mistake, Lingling's expression lightened up a little, and she turned to the boy who had just gotten up from the ground and asked, "How much time do we have until the next time?"

"Well……"

Uno touched his still dizzy head and gestured with his fingers, "About four minutes left!"

"Four years? Never mind. I'm already 69 years old, so a few years older won't matter."

Lingling raised the domineering blade and said word by word with a stern face, "But if anything goes wrong again, I will never forgive you!"

Time passed by little by little. The prison was so quiet that it seemed as if the air had frozen. There was no sound at all. The ticking sound of the pointer seemed particularly harsh in this situation.

At this time, forty-eight minutes had passed. Wrinkles gradually appeared on Kaido's rough face, and there were a few gray strands in his sparse hair, but he seemed unaware of it. He stood quietly in the same place, his eyes full of seriousness.

Once they fail this time, their physical strength will begin to decline, and their domineering aura will gradually be lost. Even if they cooperate well afterwards, the attacks they form will be far inferior to before.

Therefore, the next strike is the key to success or failure.

In order to destroy the clock in an instant, one must keep completely in sync with Lingling's pace, not a beat faster or slower.

He slowly closed his eyes, trying to feel the flow of domineering energy in the other person's body.

One minute left.

Uno looked at the two men nervously, a few drops of sweat running down his forehead and sliding into his thick beard.

You two must not fail.

half a minute.

His vision was blurred, but with only one breath left, he could still barely see what they were doing. He stared straight ahead with his mouth open as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything because he was holding his breath.

Lingling...please...my future can only be decided by you...

ten seconds.

Lingling still held the blade high, her nerves tense, and she didn't feel the numbness in her arm at all.

You little bastard, don't do anything to me!

The numbers on the clock stopped again in the correct order.

"It's now!"

Kaido and Linlin shouted in unison and swung their weapons at the same time.