"What are you doing..."
Kidd fell to the ground, then staggered to his feet. He glanced at the charred wound on his shoulder, gritted his teeth, and looked up at the figure emanating blood in the sky, muttering, "What a joke..."
Heatwave?
Bad wind?
If he remembered correctly, the moves this man used...
It belongs to Kaido!
But... why that knife?!
"Are you dead?!"
Kidd said something to the person next to him.
Whoosh!
Luo, who had been dismembered, quickly reappeared. His body parts had been pieced back together, but his body was also covered in blood and he was panting.
"If you don't die, I won't die," Luo said stubbornly.
But it was clear that he hadn't reacted in time to the previous move, and it had cut him open, causing damage.
He would have died if the Op-Op Fruit hadn't protected his head.
However, a fatal attack, coupled with his constant use of his abilities, meant that the physical exertion was no joke.
"It's good that you're not dead. Do you know what happened?" Kidd asked.
Law glanced at the charred wound on Kuro's shoulder, then swallowed hard as he looked at Kuro, whose wound had vanished amidst the swirling blood and mist. "If nothing unexpected happens... he's obtained Kaido's power!"
That punch just now made him feel the same impact as when Kaido punched him when they fought together.
Plus those familiar move names...
Luo said dryly, "Vegapunk...?"
"Oh? You know that? Well, you were a Shichibukai, so you know a little about the secrets."
At this moment, the blood energy on Kuro's body dissipated, revealing his intact body.
He laughed and said, "Sometimes I think that the ideals of nature are actually quite worthless. You people can easily acquire some natural power. Kidd, your ability can be developed to surpass the electromagnetic cannon? That's a joke."
"That straw hat kid can start a fire by friction, and his attacks are accompanied by flames."
"As for you, Luo, your abilities can also stir up the wind, right?"
"Lightning, fire, wind—anyone with a bit of skill on the high seas can unleash such attacks, some of which are even comparable in power to Logia-type moves."
"Sometimes I think about how you guys can use all sorts of cool special effects to play around with, like burning, electric shocks, wind blades, cutting, explosions... Although I can do the latter three too, I mostly just play with water. Sometimes I'm quite envious of you."
"Of course, I'm not envious of you guys. I envy Linlin and Kaido, who can control nature even though they're not Logia-type users. But now..."
Kuro lifted the demon aside, aimed it at the two people below, and his eyes narrowed.
"Heat Breath!"
Luo Gui turned red-hot and shot a beam of fire from the blade, aiming directly at the two of them.
boom!!
The beam of fire struck the ground, causing a massive explosion that ignited a large amount of flames and blasted a section of the island into a huge crater!
"Tsk!"
Law and Kid quickly dodged to the sides when the fire beams came, but upon seeing this, they both clicked their tongues and looked grim.
"Bad wind."
Kuro then swung his sword again, unleashing a barrage of powerful gusts of wind that crashed down, carving deep trenches into the ground.
The edge of the island is like a cake that has been haphazardly sliced by a chef, with many gaps cut into it.
This made Kidd and Law's expressions even more unpleasant.
Kuro landed on the ground and said to the two of them, "A year ago, when I killed Linling, I was hit by her dying punch. I thought to myself, compared to these monsters, my physical strength is indeed weak."
"If I still hold onto my old ideas, I might suffer losses, and I might even be dragged down by you all as you grow stronger. Anything can happen on the high seas; being dragged down isn't unusual. No one can sit on the throne forever. Even the Four Emperors, who ruled the New World for decades, were brought down by you, weren't they? Don't doubt it, I'm praising you..."
Kuro said, "Even if I hadn't been there, with the power I saw you all, it would have been only a matter of time before you brought them down. And that Straw Hat kid even defeated Kaido directly. But I didn't want that to happen. I hate things getting out of my control, so I was thinking about how to avoid it, or... how to solve it!"
"I'm so lucky..."
As Kuro said this, he glanced at Lida, and a smile spread across his face.
"Kaido was executed by me, and I obtained Kaido's source of power, the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Azure Dragon form. I had an idea at the time, after all, the technology of life factor has been realized, and Zoan-type can fuse with inanimate objects to gain vitality. Vegapunk is the best at this, and I am a Marine. The old man has dealt with Vegapunk for many years, so there is a personal relationship between us. Therefore, I asked him for a favor."
Kuro then released Luo Gui. To the astonishment of Kid and Law, Luo Gui floated up and suddenly began to melt, gradually expanding and lengthening from the shape of a sword.
Boom!
The gloomy sky was filled with heavy thunderclouds, like the calm before a storm, and then thunder roared.
"Awooo!!!"
A thunderous roar then rang out, and Luo Gui vanished completely, replaced by a colossal, crimson-black creature spiraling upwards!
The thing had scales, and its enormous body surrounded Kuro, gradually stretching upwards, causing everyone's gaze to instinctively look up.
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