One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

"Mom! What do you think of my performance?"

Zeus returned to the form of a white cloud, his tone sounding extremely excited. He circled in the air for several times, then flew towards Lingling with a lovable look.

Before he flew far, he hit something with a "bang" and a big bump appeared on his head.

"It hurts!"

Zeus couldn't help but scream, with a few tears hanging from the corners of his eyes. He looked carefully and saw a sun about the same size as himself floating in front of him, staring at him with an unhappy look on his face.

"Zeus, how many times have I told you not to act rashly? If I hadn't rescued you in time, you would have been a drag on your mother again!"

"But, Prometheus, I didn't expect the enemy to use such strange tactics," Zeus explained pitifully.

Prometheus said angrily: "You always say that. When have you never been careless?! I won't care about you again next time!"

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you two little guys arguing about? Come back to me quickly!"

"Yes! Mom!"

Lingling clapped her hands vigorously, and Zeus and Prometheus shouted in unison, flying back to her left and right sides respectively.

"Just now, for a moment, I felt my movements paused, and I don't know what happened... Never mind!"

She stretched herself and walked over with big strides until she stopped in front of the man who was lying on the ground. She looked down at the slightly trembling body with a thoughtful look on her face.

"I thought you were just a lackey, but in the end you want to fight for your beliefs... There are so many naive guys on the sea."

Lingling murmured to herself, with a smile on her face, "Well, I don't hate this kind of guy, so I'll let you go for now. I'll take your soul away when I feel like it!"

She turned her eyes away from Herjog and looked into the distance following the ping-pong sounds. She couldn't help but grin, "I didn't expect that guy to hold on until now. He's quite capable! Anyway, I have nothing to do now, so I'll go over and take a look at the situation..."

Let’s go back a little in time.

"What's wrong? Why don't you fight back? Your surging momentum just now seems to have disappeared!"

Tempaz swung the two needles quickly, stabbing forward continuously. Kaido gritted his teeth and barely avoided every attack. He kept retreating backwards, and he was in danger and could be stabbed at any time.

In order to give the opponent a fatal blow, Kaido tried not to consume his Haki as much as possible, and accumulated it in his body bit by bit. But in this case, if his mace touched any silver needle, it would be scrapped on the spot.

Fortunately, after Tempaz used the time stop function, his speed of improving himself was much slower than before, so Kaido could still barely cope with it.

The only thing he could do now was to endure until the best time to counterattack came.

"watch out!"

The long needle in Tampaz's right hand shook, and a silver light streaked along a winding trajectory, sweeping forward with a sound of breaking through the air, as fast as a meteor. Kaido quickly stepped back, but was still half a beat too slow. With a "swish" sound, the clothes on his abdomen were immediately cut.

Kaido fell back to the ground, looked down, and saw that the needle did not touch his flesh. He said to himself "lucky". If he had reacted a beat slower, he would have been defeated by now.

"The Rain of Time!"

Without giving the opponent any chance to counterattack, Tempaz raised the long hand and danced it clockwise. A radiant light green sphere condensed from the air, and a gap in the middle gradually opened, revealing a huge eye. The pupil was a gray clock dial, and the minute and second hands inside rotated clockwise.

In the blink of an eye, countless points of light shot out from the clock-like pupils, rushing forward like a rain of flowers.

Kaido suddenly saw this move, his eyes widened in astonishment. Not to mention his current state, even if he was in his prime, he could not resist this endless rain of light. In a hurry, he used all his strength to flip backwards and avoid the rain of light. When the ground came into contact with the light spot, spider web-like cracks formed on the surface and continued to spread around, and finally collapsed.

"It's useless. No matter where you escape to, Shi Zhiyu will always track your location!"

Tempaz slowly moved the long needle, and the eyeball kept rotating. Dense points of light poured down like raindrops, carpet bombing the ground. In an instant, the land in the middle of the street collapsed, leaving only a bottomless tunnel.

The momentum of the light spots did not decrease at all, and they continued to shoot towards the target at a speed so fast that it was invisible.

While dodging the flying spots of light, Kaido carefully observed the enemy's position and found that although Tempaz's hands were making complicated movements, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and never moved.

—I see. This is really an obvious flaw.

Thinking of this, a smug smile appeared on Kaido's face. He turned a corner and ran along the edge of the street towards Tampaz who was standing there. At the same time, the light spot behind him quickly caught up.

"You want us to suffer the consequences of our actions? Your motive is too simple."

The right side of Tempaz's beard curled up as the corner of his mouth rose, and the short needle in his left hand suddenly shot out five thin rays of light. Kaido dodged left and right, avoiding all the rays. He placed the mace on his right shoulder with both hands, stomped his foot heavily on the wall, and using the reaction force, he crossed the long tunnel and shot towards the opponent.

Seeing Kaido rushing towards him desperately, Tempaz's face became solemn and he jumped high, causing Kaido's stick to miss.

At the same time, the sphere suspended in the air began to become transparent, gradually faded and disappeared.

"Although I know that this is your plan, I might as well take advantage of it."

As he spoke, Tempaz moved upside down, constantly increasing his speed, swooping down like a white lightning, ready to transfer his ability to the double needles and give Kaido the final blow just before falling on him.

However, Tampaz's actions were almost entirely within Kaido's expectations. He crushed the ground with his feet, his body swayed slightly, and suddenly disappeared from the spot, leaving Tampaz empty-handed.

At the same time, Kaido's figure appeared above the enemy again, holding the mace in both hands and spinning it at high speed. Thick electric currents were running on the surface of the mace, dragging long purple lightning and smashing down from the air.

"Jiang Sanshi leads Naraku!"

The dazzling light spread out from the iron rod to the surroundings, illuminating Tempaz's face and making his surprised expression clearly visible.

Just as the mace was close to Tempaz's face, a gloomy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth intentionally or unintentionally, and he stood still.

Kaido didn't seem to notice this, and was about to transfer all the remaining Haki in his body to the mace. Suddenly, the sky was suddenly covered by a shadow, and before Kaido could react, a huge black shadow swept into the sky, picked up Kaido like an eagle catching a chick, and threw him over.

"what?!"

He cried out in doubt and rushed forward. Just as he was about to hit the ground, a white cloud suddenly appeared and caught him steadily.

"Hey! What do you mean? How dare you interfere with other people's fights without permission! I almost got rid of him! You old bastard!" Kaido was lying on the cloud and saw clearly that the person who threw him out was Linlin. He was furious.

Lingling flew to him silently on Prometheus, raised her fist and hit him on the top of the head. Kaido suddenly felt dizzy.

"You idiot! You're just a bull-horned gorilla with brute strength! You can't even recognize that kind of move!"

Lingling started to curse, and Kaido was completely confused. He scratched the back of his head in confusion and asked stupidly, "What move did you just say?"

Lingling seemed to be tired of scolding. She sat on Prometheus, panting, and pointed behind her: "Hu...Hu...Look over there!"

Kaido couldn't help but look in the direction she pointed, his eyes widened, his face full of astonishment. At some point, Tempaz's body glowed with a faint green light, and dense numbers appeared around him, constantly circulating. A large amount of stone chips were floating in the air around him, and a closer look revealed that they were falling down at an extremely slow speed.

"That bastard...when did..."

"Wheel of Time. Any matter that enters the three-meter range around us will become abnormally slow."

Tempaz said slowly, and raised his finger slightly. Invisible waves spread outward with him as the center. The air was rippled. The surrounding stone chips were shaken by the impact and flew everywhere. Some of them fell to the ground and created dense holes. At the same time, the numbers around him disappeared without a trace. "When I am no longer motionless, I can bounce back the object with twice the original force, and the flow of time will return to normal. As for why I didn't use this trick before, it's because I hate the feeling of being unable to move my body."

"Monster!" Kaido forced a bitter smile. Thinking that his full-strength attack would be returned to him, he felt genuine awe for this hidden opponent.

"anyway......"

Tempaz glanced into the distance and said, "Since this lady can come here, it means that Brother Herjog has fallen... Well, it seems that I can still feel a faint breath. I wanted him to help me delay it, but he failed in the end? If I had dealt with Kaido quickly, this wouldn't have happened."

Kaido bit his lower lip, and his right hand holding the mace trembled slightly. Just when he was at a loss as to what to do, he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder, followed by a deep and powerful female voice.

"Just use that trick."

"Huh? You mean...?"

"I really don't want to admit it, but that guy has so many strange abilities. Even if we crack that broken bell, none of us can defeat him alone!"

Lingling smiled bitterly, then said seriously, "The domineering aura that you didn't fully release just now can be used now. This is the only way to defeat him at the moment!"

No wonder you stopped me just now. At this critical moment, it is meaningless to care about so-called honor."

Kaido hesitated for a moment, then grinned, "I'll make an exception and listen to you this time. Remember to buy me ten barrels of the best wine!"

"Well, well, well! You've finally got it this time! I'll keep it in mind! As long as everything goes well!"

Linlin laughed and raised her long sword high. Kaido jumped off Zeus, ran over and stood shoulder to shoulder with her, also raising his mace. A large amount of black lightning flashed on the two weapons at the same time, and "crackling" sounds continued.

"Ba......"

"I won't fight anymore."

The sudden words made the two men who were about to swing their weapons stunned. They immediately restrained their domineering attitude and asked in unison: "Huh?! What were you talking about just now?!"

"As the name suggests, it means that we admit defeat to you."

Tempaz retracted the two needles, slowly raised his hands, and explained slowly, "Ever since I saw the shock wave in the palace, I knew that I couldn't deal with it even if I tried my best, so I wanted Brother Herjog to help me hold one of you back. Now that it's a one-on-two situation, there's no point in fighting anymore."

"Are you sure you're serious?"

Kaido pointed his mace at him and asked in confusion, "No good will come of a bounty hunter falling into the hands of pirates. Besides, do you not care about the life or death of your employer?"

"I didn't say I would leave it to you to do whatever you want."

Tempaz shook his head and rejected Kaido's idea. "High-level bounty hunters have the right to cancel commissions at will. In other words, you are no longer our target."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a Den Den Mushi from his robe and said into the receiver in an emotionless voice: "I am very sorry, Your Majesty Pecunia. I do not intend to accept this commission. I will return all the money to you. Please find someone else."

"what?!"

An impatient and panicked voice came from the Den Den Mushi, "What are you doing, Tempaz?! Didn't you say that you can help me solve everything? And what about Herjog? Could he be defeated?! What a useless thing!"

"I have my own principles, but I don't intend to be your thug forever."

Tempaz's face was covered with frost, and his tone became unusually cold. "Besides, you are too lacking in moral cultivation. You are a fool who has no ability and can only rely on others."

"You bastard! No one has ever treated me like this before..."

Before he could finish his words, Tempaz turned off the switch of the Den Den Mushi and disappeared from the spot with a "swish". Not long after, it returned to its original position with another "swish", holding a charred man in his hands.

"Before I leave, I have a few questions for you."

Tampaz said, staring at the two pirates intently, "One, what are you going to do to this country? Just take away the gold?"

Lingling laughed without hesitation and answered, "Yes, yes! Otherwise, why would you come to this country?"

"Hmm, is that so..."

Tempaz hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Second, what would you do if you encountered surviving civilians?"

"Well, that depends on their attitude."

Lingling smiled widely, "Those who are willing to go with us will be pirates, and those who don't want to go are up to them. But if they dare to resist... well, well, well!"

"Given what has happened to this country, I don't think they will go against you."

Tempaz muttered something, and suddenly, he stared at Lingling with lightning eyes and asked word by word, "I heard that the Rocks Pirates act radically and strangely. What do you really want? I'm afraid it's not money, which is incomparable to time, right?"

"Rule the world."

Kaido on the side answered, "To sum it up in the fewest words, that's it."

Tempaz's panda eyes suddenly widened and he stood there motionless. After an incense stick of time, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly and he said, "It's such a simple and crude thing. I don't know how long it will take to complete it. But if it's you, maybe you can give us a surprise."

His tone was still calm, but it seemed to contain a little more emotion than before.

Lingling smiled and said, "I've never met someone as interesting as you. If we weren't enemies, I'd really like to sit at the same table with you and have dinner!"

"Please let me go... What I hate most is banquets..."

Tampaz lowered his hands, his face becoming a little depressed for a moment, but he quickly adjusted his mood and pointed to the distance and said, "Brother Herjog and I have dug a tunnel in advance for all the citizens to take shelter in. I think I can leave them to you without any worries. In this sea, only those who resist are qualified to survive."

He turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly he remembered something. He turned his head and cast a meaningful look at the young man who had fought with him. "I am looking forward to fighting you again after a long time. Before that, become stronger, little brother Kaido~"

"Little brother?!" Kaido felt numb when he heard this title and cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"Well, everyone, see you later!"

After saying this, Tempaz and Herjog disappeared at the same time. In the blink of an eye, they were nowhere to be found, leaving only the sound of the bells echoing in the air.