Kaido had just stood up and hadn't even had time to catch his breath when Gion's figure transformed into a flash of lightning and appeared beside him. Her long legs crackling with electricity, she kicked at Kaido.
Although seriously injured, Kaido's reaction speed was still sharp. He raised his arms to block Gion's kick.
But his injuries were indeed severe. Although he attempted to block, he was unable to stop Gion's furious strike.
With a resounding bang, he was kicked to the ground again by Gion.
"Did I ask you to get up?" Gion glared at Kaido viciously.
Are you people unreasonable? You hit me, and I can't even resist?
However, this wasn't the time to argue with Gion. Kaido supported himself on the ground with one hand, enduring his injuries and roaring in fury. His Dragon-Man hybrid form once again transformed into his full Blue Dragon body, as if preparing to ascend to the sky.
"Want to run again!?" Garp's figure suddenly appeared in front of Kaido's massive dragon head. He punched downward with tremendous force, smashing Kaido's dragon head directly into the ground and shattering Birka's surface once more.
But Kaido seemed to be waiting for exactly this opportunity. The moment his dragon head sank into the ground, he opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of Blast Breath, blasting a massive hole in the surface on the spot.
Then, the enormous dragon body returned to human form, and Kaido had already fallen into the crater.
Without any intention of fighting back, Kaido suddenly raised his spiked club and concentrated all his strength into it. At the same time, Conqueror's Haki was wrapped around it.
As he prepared for this all-out attack, the wound on Kaido's body, which had just stopped bleeding, began to hemorrhage again.
"Kongō Sanzan: Ragnaraku!" Kaido roared.
This extremely powerful strike from the Conqueror King slammed into the deep crater with devastating force.
Then, the entire Sky Island was pierced through by Kaido's attack.
Good heavens. Kaido had failed to escape through the sky and had turned to digging a hole to run away!?
But to be honest, his idea was so bizarre that Finn and the others hadn't expected he would actually break through the island in such a short time.
The White-White Sea actually wasn't very deep. It was just a thick sea of clouds.
In the original story, Usopp had swum here for a while and had almost penetrate it, nearly falling directly into the Blue Sea below.
The power of Kaido's attack was extremely strong. The moment it pierced through the island, it also broke through the White-White Sea.
Afterward, he didn't care about anything else and dove into the sea, ready to escape.
Although the White-White Sea was pierced by Kaido for a moment, it was only a moment. A massive amount of cloud-water squeezed in and filled the hole!
"Isn't he afraid of the sea?" Finn asked in surprise.
Even though the White-White Sea was a sea of clouds, it did have the same suppressive power over Devil Fruit users as the actual ocean, right?
Although Kaido was known as the strongest creature in the three realms of sea, land, and air, and was also a Fish-Fish Fruit user, it seemed he wasn't afraid of seawater.
But he was a Devil Fruit user after all. As a Devil Fruit user, how could he really not fear water?
Garp quickly said, "He just won't drown!"
It had to be said that Kaido's maneuver was indeed very smart. Since he didn't have an advantage in aerial combat, he'd just go into the sea and be done with it.
Right now, Finn, Sakazuki, and Gion were all Devil Fruit users.
The only one who wasn't was Garp, but even he couldn't fly. Below the White Sea was ten thousand meters of open air!
Even if Garp had the ability to stay airborne for a short time, being at an altitude of ten thousand meters was no joke!
This seemed to have hit a weak spot for Finn and the other two.
But at this moment, a look of determination flashed in Sakazuki's eyes. Without any hesitation, he jumped directly into the massive hole Kaido had created.
Finn and Garp had no time to stop him. Sakazuki fell into the sea of clouds.
"Shit! I knew this guy was stubborn, but I didn't expect him to be this stubborn!" Finn cursed.
He then turned to look at Gion and Garp and ordered, "You two, get back to the warship!"
Gion's eyes flashed with surprise. "Finn, you..."
However, before she could finish her words, Finn also dove directly into the deep crater and fell into the sea of clouds.
The restrictions the sea placed on Devil Fruit users were clearly not as simple as Seastone.
In the future, Charlotte Linlin at her peak had nearly drowned after falling into the sea. You could imagine how dangerous the ocean was to Devil Fruit users.
The same was true for the White-White Sea.
The moment Finn fell into the White-White Sea, he lost his strength. Fortunately, he'd held his breath when he jumped down.
As a Devil Fruit user, he was hated by the sea. After falling into the water, he sank rapidly like a stone. In the sea, he also saw Sakazuki ahead of him, who'd sunk even deeper.
Sakazuki also looked like he was holding his breath. He didn't struggle at all and just sank naturally, chasing after the figure below.
Not too far from Sakazuki, the seawater was mixed with blood. Kaido's wretched figure was sinking...
After a while, Kaido was the first to break through the White-White Sea and fall into open sky, followed by Sakazuki.
As soon as he emerged from the sea, a stream of scorching magma burst from Sakazuki's body. His entire form became like a booster as he crashed into Kaido.
Sakazuki grabbed the horns on Kaido's head with one hand to steady himself, then with his other hand, brought up lava and punched Kaido's head hard.
Kaido was caught by Sakazuki and was also furious. He punched Sakazuki's waist with his other hand.
At the same time, both of them were struck by each other's blows. At this moment, Finn also broke through the White-White Sea and burst out.
He used Geppo and unsheathed the sword in his hand, bringing with it a sharp cold gleam. He caught up with Kaido and Sakazuki, who were fighting passionately while falling continuously.
Without any hesitation, Finn slashed Kaido's arm.
Kaido retracted his arm in pain. Finn blocked Sakazuki's next punch from the side. Just as Sakazuki punched Kaido in the face again, the scorching magma burned Kaido's skin.
The three of them fell into another sea at the same time.
It wasn't the Blue Sea, but the White Sea beneath the White-White Sea. It was about three thousand meters below and was also made of clouds.
All three of them were Devil Fruit users. Falling into the White Sea simultaneously, they essentially lost their powers at the same time. However, as the Fish-Fish Fruit user, Kaido had an advantage over Finn and Sakazuki in that he could breathe underwater...
Therefore, in the moment when Finn and Sakazuki were holding their breath, Kaido struggled to break free from Sakazuki's restraints and briefly created some distance between himself and the two Marines.
But it was only a short moment, and the three of them passed through the White Sea again and fell into open sky once more.
Sakazuki used the same trick again. A jet of magma erupted, directly helping him accelerate at high speed. He grabbed Kaido's ankle. His hand emitted scorching heat. In just a short moment, Kaido's ankle was burned slightly red.
Finn put himself in a state of weightlessness, used Geppo, and also caught up with Kaido, pressing down on his head.
"Sakazuki, lock him down and throw this bastard to his death!" Finn shouted.
Upon hearing this, Sakazuki moved very quickly, locking Kaido's ankles with both hands.
Finn pressed Kaido's head down tightly with one hand and locked Kaido's other arm with his free hand, pinning it behind Kaido's back.
Kaido's strength was originally immense, but now he was seriously injured and couldn't exert his full power. Moreover, Finn's strength was also tremendous. He'd been able to wrestle with Charlotte Linlin, that super-strong woman, for a period of time.
This lock secured Kaido's arm, and Kaido couldn't break free. Instead, the wound on his chest grew larger and larger, with a great deal of blood splattering through the air.
"Ahhhhhh!" Kaido roared, activating his abilities as if wanting to transform into a Blue Dragon to break free from his restraints.
However, Finn and Sakazuki held him down tightly. Their overwhelming strength forcibly prevented Kaido from transforming. His body would swell up and down like a balloon, but he couldn't completely change form...
But even so, Kaido still summoned a large amount of flame clouds and attached them to his body, trying to stop the fall.
A purple light flashed in Finn's eyes. Then Sakazuki and Kaido felt invisible gravity instantly envelop them. At the same time, the falling speed, which was already very fast, suddenly began to increase. Kaido's flame clouds became completely useless.
The friction with the atmosphere was too rapid. Kaido's body was actually ignited by flames. Sakazuki wasn't afraid at all. After all, he was magma itself. And Kaido seemed to have strong fire resistance, so he wasn't in much trouble either.
On the contrary, Finn, the instigator, had to summon his Haki to protect himself and resist the flames generated by the high-speed friction.
In just a moment, the three of them rushed toward the Blue Sea like flaming meteorites.
After a while, Finn saw a small black dot on the sea surface below. It seemed to be an island...
According to their current location, there was indeed an island below this Sky Island. Later, in the original story, Kidd, Hawkins, and Apoo had held a meeting on this small island, preparing to join forces to deal with Red Hair.
As a result, Kaido had descended from the sky and knocked out Kidd and Hawkins...
At this moment, although Hawkins, Kidd, and the others weren't on the island, Kaido was still coming down from the sky, and he'd brought Finn and Sakazuki with him...
It was a coincidence that at this very moment on this small island, there were two groups who seemed to be confronting each other.
One of these groups was led by none other than the world's strongest man, Whitebeard Edward Newgate.
The other group was led by Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, second only to Whitebeard in strength and influence in the New World.
Over the past two years, the Big Mom Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates had fought many battles in the New World. The two sides had been going back and forth.
However, as more and more pirates poured into the New World, Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard had decided to stop fighting. Continuing would benefit neither side.
Therefore, they'd found an island on the border of their territories and prepared to meet to reach a temporary ceasefire agreement.
And this border, judging from the current spheres of influence of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, happened to be located on the unnamed island directly below their Sky Island!
Newgate and Charlotte Linlin had just arrived on the island and were in a stage of mutual distrust and confrontation.
At that moment, Teach, who was among Whitebeard's group, looked up at the sky. With a surprised expression, he pulled the junior beside him, Lucci, and said, "Junior Lucci, what is that?"
Lucci was staring at Charlotte Linlin. Hearing Teach's question, he glanced up and said casually, "The climate in the New World is unusual. Even if something falls from the sky, it would be very..."
But before he could finish his words, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. "Is that Kaido!?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Whitebeard Pirates all looked up. Sure enough, although the figure was a little blurry and still burning with flames, it was clearly Kaido.
Newgate's face turned furious. "Linlin, you really did bring Kaido as backup!"
The moment the words left his mouth, Newgate ignored Kaido in the sky. With a surge of shockwaves from Murakumogiri in his hand, he slashed toward Charlotte Linlin.
Charlotte Linlin was also utterly baffled.
God have mercy! Ever since the Rocks Pirates disbanded, she, Charlotte Linlin, had never teamed up with Kaido again!
Who knew why this guy was falling from the sky for no apparent reason?
It looked like she'd ambushed Whitebeard!
But Newgate had already attacked. Charlotte Linlin had no time to explain anything. She cursed angrily, "It has nothing to do with me!"
At the same time, Napoleon on her head transformed into the Emperor Sword and slashed toward Newgate.
As soon as the captains of both sides made their moves, the officers of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates also started fighting. The original peace talks instantly descended into chaos...
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