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Chapter 289: Kaido is Confused: "I Just Wanted to Demolish a Shop, and Four Emperor-Levels Beat Me Up?!"
Silence reigned supreme.
The golden light barrier inverted over Foosha Village was like a phantom that didn't exist. It didn't even emit a single excess ray of light.
But it was this thin membrane, which looked like it could be broken with a poke, that had just forcibly swallowed the destructive energy capable of wiping this island off the map!
No sound. No vibration.
The terrifying aftermath created by the combined forces of four Emperor-level combatants was like mud falling into the ocean. It didn't even bubble up; it just... disappeared?
Smoke still lingered in the sky. That was the remnant of the collision of four powers just now.
But beneath that layer of light membrane, Foosha Village remained peaceful. Even the wild grass by the roadside hadn't swayed.
This extreme contrast caused a momentary blank in the minds of all the strong people present.
"What... the hell is this?"
Golden Lion Shiki, floating in the air, felt his pupils—now possessing irises—shrink violently, even though he had been mentally prepared.
He originally thought that faced with Kaido's attack, the terrifying shop owner would strike directly. Like slapping Kaido into the sea with one palm. Or kneading this cyan dragon into an earthworm, just like he did to him.
But he never expected that the other party wouldn't even show his face. Merely a defensive mechanism inherent to the shop... achieved this level?!
"If you don't enter the dungeon, you'll never know what kind of existence you're facing..." Shiki muttered to himself. He touched his heating Mangekyo Sharingan.
The awe in his heart grew like wild weeds in that moment!
What defensive shield was this? This was clearly that man's "God's Domain"! Within this domain, within the range of Foosha Village, all rules and all power were dictated by him!
"Hey... are you kidding me?"
Red-Haired Shanks withdrew the famous sword Gryphon covered in Haki. His face, usually calm and unhurried, was now written with disbelief.
As one of the top Haki users in the world today, his Observation Haki lost contact the instant it touched that light membrane! Like a clay ox entering the sea!
Unperceivable! Completely unanalyzable!
That light membrane was like a Wailing Wall, isolating two dimensional worlds!
"Is that... the shop owner's power?"
Whitebeard Edward Newgate tightened his grip on the Murakumogiri involuntarily. There was no fear in his eyes, only unprecedented heat!
To be able to casually set up such an "Absolute Defense"... then curing his body, or even returning him to his peak... was definitely not empty talk!
"Gurararara!!!"
Whitebeard suddenly laughed towards the sky, the sound shaking the surrounding atmosphere.
"Sons! Look clearly!"
"That is the miracle we are looking for!"
Amidst this shock and awe, there was only one "creature" currently in a state of extreme confusion and rage.
That was Hyakuju Kaido, whose body stretched for thousands of meters, circling in the sky!
"ROAR—!!!"
"Gone?!"
"Where did my Bolo Breath go?!"
Kaido's massive dragon eyes were bloodshot. He stared dead at the small village below.
As the strongest creature in the world, he had absolute confidence in his destructive power. Even if those three bastards blocked it for a moment just now, the remaining shockwave should have been enough to raze this broken village to the ground!
But now? What the hell was that broken shield?!
For Kaido, who was bent on destroying everything to vent his anger, this was simply a slap in the face in public! A slap that swelled his face!
"Stop playing tricks on me!!!"
"I can smash this fragile tortoise shell with one headbutt!!!"
Rumble—!!!
Kaido was furious! Since energy attacks were ineffective, he would use the most primitive, violent physical power!
The cyan dragon's massive body circled abruptly in the air. Purple lightning exploded madly on his dragon horns!
Armament Haki!
The dragon head, massive as a mountain and wrapped in unmatched kinetic energy, slammed viciously towards the golden light barrier below!
"Dragon Twister: Demolition Gust!!!"
Even while crashing down, Kaido spat out countless wind blades capable of slicing through steel! He didn't believe there was anything in this world that this strike couldn't break!
However, just as Kaido was about to hit the light barrier, a voice full of mockery and impatience suddenly sounded from his side.
"Hey, I say, you stupid dragon."
"Aren't you being a bit too disrespectful?"
Buzz—!!!
Space became ten thousand times heavier in an instant!
Kaido, who was sprinting at high speed, felt as if his body had suddenly been burdened with a mountain! His originally swift momentum was forcibly stagnated in mid-air!
"Who?!"
Kaido turned his dragon head in shock and anger.
What entered his vision was a pair of scarlet eyes with a weird pattern slowly rotating!
Golden Lion Shiki!
He floated in mid-air, golden long hair dancing wildly. The Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye was radiating heart-palpitating fluctuations of pupil power!
"Ocular Jutsu: Ame-no-Ohabari: Ten Thousand Times Gravity Pressure!"
BOOM!!!
Centered on Kaido, the gravity within a thousand-meter radius was forcibly twisted by Shiki at this moment! The gravity that should have been downward turned into a terrifying suction force dragging backward!
Kaido's massive dragon body was actually forcibly frozen in mid-air!
"SHIKI!!!"
"You bastard, what did you do?!"
Kaido let out an earth-shaking roar. This feeling was disgusting! It was like being stuck in a quagmire, unable to use his strength!
And... what was with this cripple's eye?! That red eye, and this weird gravity manipulation... this wasn't something the Float-Float Fruit could do!
"Do what?" Shiki grinned, revealing a mouth of white teeth. "Of course, I'm calming you down."
"If you really hit that shield... Although the shield would definitely be fine, what if you disturbed that adult's rest and caused the shop to close so I can't buy dungeons in the future?!"
As soon as Shiki's voice fell, another terrifying aura abruptly appeared on Kaido's other side.
"Gurararara!"
"That bastard Shiki is right!"
"Kaido brat!"
"This place isn't somewhere you can run wild!"
BOOM!!!
The atmosphere cracked!
Whitebeard's burly body had jumped into mid-air at some point. The Supreme Grade Blade Murakumogiri in his hand, wrapped in the signature white tremor ball, slashed down unceremoniously at Kaido's huge dragon head!
"Atmospheric Quake: Star Crusher!!!"
THUD—!!!
This strike landed solidly on Kaido's forehead! The terrifying power of tremors instantly penetrated Kaido's hard dragon scales and Armament Haki, exploding directly inside his skull!
"AWOOO—!!!"
Kaido let out a miserable scream. The huge dragon head sank violently downward from the blow! He almost fell straight out of the sky!
"Newgate!!!"
"Are you getting in my way too?!"
Kaido was simply about to go mad. What was this? Mixed doubles from the old era?! Weren't these two old geezers mortal enemies? Why were they suddenly wearing the same pair of pants today?!
However, this wasn't the end!
Before Kaido could recover from Whitebeard's heavy blow, a figure fast as red lightning appeared silently at his dragon tail.
"Sorry, Kaido."
"Although we don't have much friendship usually, but..."
"For the sake of drinking a glass of wine quietly here."
"I can only ask you to come down and lie down for a while."
Red-Haired Shanks!
He held his sword in one hand, a red light flashing in his sharp hawk eyes. His entire body's Conqueror's Haki was compressed to the extreme at this moment!
"Divine Departure: Reverse Cut!!!"
Clang—!!!
A blood-red sword energy hundreds of meters long instantly slashed onto Kaido's scale-covered dragon tail!
Splurt!
The indestructible dragon scales shattered! Scalding dragon blood rained down like a storm!
"ROAR ARGHHHH!!!"
Kaido roared in pain again. The severe pain from his tail almost made him lose his balance.
But it still wasn't over!
"Soru: Instant Shadow!"
Right under Kaido's abdomen, a pink figure flashed out with inconceivable speed!
It was Marine Vice Admiral Gion!
At this moment, her legs were wrapped in a faint red streamer—that was the extreme speed bestowed by the Rabbit Talisman! And in her hand, the famous sword Konpira was radiating chilling cold light!
"This is an absolute neutral zone designated by the World Government!"
"Anyone attempting to destroy the peace here..."
"Must be expelled!"
"Konpira: Waterfall Severing!!!"
Swish swish swish swish!!!
In an instant, Gion slashed hundreds of times! Every strike cut precisely on the same dragon scale on Kaido's abdomen! No matter how abnormal Kaido's defense was, he couldn't withstand this high-frequency pinpoint strike after his defense was broken!
Pfft!!!
Another burst of blood exploded!
"You... you bastards!!!"
Kaido was completely dumbfounded. Who was he? He was Hyakuju Kaido! The Strongest Creature on Land, Sea, and Air! The strongest in a one-on-one!
But now? He was being gang-beaten by four Emperor-level combatants (Gion's speed and attack power had touched that threshold at this moment)?!
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