Chapter 96

On a balcony on the upper level of Onigashima Island, a white-haired girl with two horns resembling Kaido was observing the battle scene below.

After witnessing the intense confrontation between Enel and Doflamingo, the horned girl couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! It's amazing! Is this a clash between the world's strongest people?"

In the sky, Kaido's eye twitched, and his eyes squinted toward Onigashima.

Observing the girl, he snorted involuntarily. Big Mom standing beside him noticed his reaction and chuckled, saying, "Mamama, Kaido, if you don't know how to raise your daughter, don't try! Look at what that girl has become because of you. It would have been better to send her to my island in the first place! How can you treat your daughter like a prisoner? She'll never love you; she'll only resent you! It's even less likely that she'll follow you when she gets stronger. If someone else meets her then she might run away with them."

Kaido sneered disdainfully, "Who do you think you are, Linlin? You're the only one treating children as food! Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs!"

"Kaido, you bastard, are you asking for beating?" Big Mom instantly grew furious at his words.

"Huh? Old woman are you giving me a lecture?" Kaido responded, feeling speechless. After all, he could ignore her; fighting back wasn't an option, right? "I'm one of the Yonko too; shouldn't you avoid losing respect in front of your crew?!"

A quarrel erupted in the sky while cries could be heard below.

"Doffy!!!!" 

No one anticipated that in the Yonko war involving Kaido, Big Mom, and Buggy. The first casualty would be the former Shichibukai and former Dressrosa King, the Heavenly Yaksha Doflamingo!

Upon seeing Doflamingo's body burn black and him losing consciousness. The members of the Donquixote family attempted to move towards him. However, the CP9 prevented their escape.

In addition to Doflamingo, Vergo, the second most powerful member of the Donquixote family was transformed into a stone sculpture with a pained expression by the Hancock's Mero Mero no mi's attack.

Now, the once mighty Lao-G, the strongest old man of the Donquixote Pirates has been defeated by Lucci. A seemingly lower-ranked individual! It seems that the outcome between the two won't take much time to determine.

Facing Kalifa and Blueno, the others are finding it challenging to hold their ground. After mastering Haki, these six-style superhumans surpass their opponents in combat experience and techniques. Kalifa and the others were outmatched!

The downfall of the Donquixote pirates is imminent.

Even among the Kaido cadre group, there has been a defeat. Surprisingly, the first one to fall is Kaido's subordinate, Jack the Drought!

Despite Jack's formidable toughness, he found himself up against the Fishmen karate master of the Buggy Pirates, arguably the strongest Fishman in the world today. Under the relentless assault of Sunbell's Fishmen karate, even Jack, who consumed the Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth couldn't stand for long.

However, Jack is no pushover. Despite sustaining serious injuries and even breaking one of his tusks due to Sunbell's powerful attacks, he fought back fiercely.

Witnessing this scene, Perospero of the Big Mom Pirates, who had just been unsealed, contemplated making a move. But before he could act, from under a stone beside Sunbell a cute blond-haired dwarves came out.

Much to the shock of Perospero and the other Big Mom Pirates, the cute little blond-haired human circled Sunbell and several golden light clusters landed on him.

In an astonishing turn of events, the golden light healed Sunbell's bloody wounds inflicted by Jack in a breath's time. Sunbell, who had appeared pale, regained his rosy complexion in the blink of an eye. With a silly smile, he expressed his gratitude to the blond girl, "Oh! It's so comfortable! My wounds and injuries are recovering. Princess Mansherry, thank you so much."

"We are friends," Princess Mansherry replied with a slight lift of her skirt and a warm smile.

"Uncle Sunbell, I'm going to hide and heal others, be careful."

"Sure thing." Sunbell looked at Princess Mansherry with affectionate eyes.

In the next moment, Mansherry vanished from her spot.

"Nani!!!" Witnessing this, Perospero and his group in the distance almost popped their eyeballs.

Unexpectedly, they stumbled upon Sunbell, who had just recovered to his peak, instead of finding an advantageous situation. There was no turning back now; Perospero reluctantly licked the candy cane in his hand and gritted his teeth, "I have no choice but to go up and fight. I can't let fear control me."

"Alright! Brother Perospero, I'll assist you. I'll use my fruit ability to immobilize him, and then you can finish him off!"

Charlotte Owen spoke as steam rose from his hands.

"Sounds good!"

Perospero hurled a candy cane at Sunbell, attempting to immobilize him. However, Sunbell wasn't about to let that happen without a fight. He unleashed Fishmen karate once again, engaging in a fierce battle with the two.

Simultaneously, on another battlefield, a fierce confrontation unfolded.

"Blade Gun!"

"Fishmen Karate: Go Sen Mai Gawara Sei Ken!"

Who's-Who, in his human-beast form, clashed his attack with Jinbei's, resulting in a deafening explosion. Bang! Neither combatant showed any signs of stopping. They swiftly separated and closed in again. Who's-Who plunged from the sky, unleashing a strong Haki-covered saber-toothed tiger's fangs.

Purple Haki surged around it!

"Tekkei, Tooth Flash!"

The former six-style genius executed six-style sublimation moves, bombarding Jinbei. Despite the intense onslaught, Jinbei remained calm. Stepping forward, he made a punching motion, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Fishmen Karate · Karakusa Gawara Sei Ken!"

Another massive explosion ensued, causing both of them to retreat tens of meters, smashing several stone walls on Ghost Island.

"Jinbei! I acknowledge your strength, but let's see how you handle my trick."

Who's-Who's body exploded with power in an instant, sending the massive boulder crashing onto him. Roaring angrily, he charged towards Jinbei once again.

At this moment, Who's-Who extended his hands forward, tightly clenched his fists, and surged towards Jinbei using a moonwalk.

Six Kings Gun?

Observing this stance, Jinbei, having battled Lucci extensively, already anticipated it. Lowering his figure slightly, he extended his left hand forward, placed his right fist on his waist, and exclaimed, "Bring it on! I'll use my strongest Fishmen karate move to counter your attack! Fishmen Karate · Oni Gawara Sei Ken!"

While roaring, the water flowing above Jinbei's hands and Armament Haki surged and intertwined, emitting a sensation akin to an explosion.

Simultaneously, the charging Who's-Who roared and struck Jinbei with both fists, "Six Styles · Armed · Six King Spear!

As the two attacks collided, a massive explosion erupted, shrouding the island in smoke and dust.

After the haze dispersed, Jinbei and Who's-Who stood side by side, one on the left and the other on the right.

Jinbei spat out a mouthful of blood and knelt on one knee. Who's-Who rolled his eyes, bloodied from his mouth, and fell to the ground motionless.

In the battle between the former Shichibukai Knight of the Sea Jinbei and the former CP9 Ace Agent, Tobiroppo Who's-Who, Jinbei emerged victorious! The Beast Pirates lost another cadre.

In the blink of an eye, a piece of gravel beside Jinbei vanished, and the next moment, a cute blond-haired Princess Mansherry appeared.

After sprinkling the golden healing ball, even his slightly weakened breathing of Jinbei became vigorous once more. He chuckled and remarked, "With the assistance of Princess Mansherry and Law, I can fight freely! It's so exhilarating!

"Hehe. Uncle Jinbei, be cautious." Mansherry smiled gently at Jinbei's response.

"Alright!" Jinbei was delighted. This fight was so invigorating! There was no need for excessive worry; confront the opponent head-on. Just do it! Engaging in such battles proves to be the most effective method to enhance one's strength and refine the purity of one's haki.

Post-battle, despite the opponent being down, they can swiftly recover from injuries and resume movement. This medical team's capabilities are truly remarkable! Even Law himself hadn't anticipated that his Op-Op Fruit ability would evolve into the most outstanding support.

At the same location where Who's-who had fallen earlier. A door suddenly opened, and Blueno emerged, dragging Who's-Who's body inside.

Simultaneously, a new unconscious figure occupied the underground cell in the Thriller Bark's dungeon. After securing Who's-Who with seastone chains, Blueno returned to the western part of Onigashima Island. No one was aware of Blueno's intentions.

The members of the Beast Pirates and Big Mom Pirates assumed that the Buggy Pirates wanted to prevent them from retrieving these individuals and rejoining the battle.

Consequently, nobody paid much attention to the defeated cadres for the time being! Meanwhile, quite a few Beast Pirates and Big Mom Pirates cadres had already been defeated.

However, not a single crew member from the Buggy Pirates had fallen! Even if physically drained and seriously injured post-battle, a medical team was always ready to tend to injuries, led by Mansherry or Law!

This setup was nothing short of perfect!

Especially witnessing Sunbell and Jinbei swiftly regain their combat prowess one after another, both Kaido and Big Mom couldn't remain passive.

At this moment, none of them could afford to divert their attention to the battlefields with the most intense conflicts. Conversely, Buggy maintained a relaxed demeanor.

As the most heated battles raged on, they played to his advantage, taking on opponents directly.

Bullet transformed into a dragon, and relied on his formidable high-level Armament and Haki, proving to be a formidable match against King!

Particularly after learning about the characteristics of the Lunarian tribe, capable of emitting fire from their bodies that he can control and weaponize in combat: allowing King to unleash powerful fire blasts. Bullet adopted a carefree stance, playing with King every time the flames behind him continued to burn.

Whenever the flame behind Bullet vanishes, he immediately launches a fierce attack on King!

However, both of them possess advanced Armament Haki: one is of the Mythical Zoan type, and the other is the ancient type. Both are exceptionally durable. Even those with Zoan fruit abilities can't discern a clear winner for a while.

On the other side, there's the fallen angel, Doringo.

His battle with Queen is quite a spectacle! Wind blades, wind gangs, and lasers are fired randomly between the two, and the explosions seem never-ending.

Despite Queen's continuous technological onslaught, Doringo's mental shock was followed by wind blades and flame jets in various combos. He directly overwhelmed Queen.

At this point, Queen has already sustained significant damage! It appears that between the King and Queen, the one falling faster would likely be the Queen.

Now, let's shift to the clash between Gabban and Katakuri!

After awakening, the Mochi Mochi no Mi turns the surroundings into Mochi. Add to that the potent Armament Haki, advanced Observation Haki, and the imposing Conqueror's Haki.

Katakuri's strength is sure to triple! He even manages to get quite a bit stronger in battle. Though not yet reaching the level of infusing Conqueror's Haki in his attacks. He is incredibly near to doing so.

If not for Gabban's Armament Haki, which is one level higher than Katakuri's, suppressing Katakuri would be quite challenging!

However, Gabban still sustains some minor injuries. Of course, compared to the bloodied Katakuri, his injuries are negligible!

Now, onto the battle between S-Hawk and Smoothie. In this clash of swordsmen, Hawk still holds the upper hand. Even though Smoothie possesses the supportive ability of a Devil Fruit on the other hand Hawk benefits from Lunaria's fire defence.

Initially unaware of the Lunarian tribe's characteristics. Smoothie wasted a considerable amount of Haki early on, making it challenging for her to handle Hawk's intricate and fierce sword techniques.

Considering Smoothie's current state, it seems only a matter of time before she succumbs to defeat!

Many onlookers watching the distant battle off the Inigashima Island immediately recognized the fiercely fighting Hawk—it was Mihawk's clone, one of the two Seraphs snatched by Buggy in the past.

Witnessing this scene, Sengoku felt that the senbei in his hand was no longer tasty and Fujitora on the side was even more shocked, "How is this possible? How could Buggy command Hawk?"

"This is truly peculiar." Kizaru, with his chin in hand, added, "Theoretically speaking, without the permission of Vegapunk and the Five Elders, someone can't command a Seraphim! But if it's that man, then it's a different matter! If Seraphim can be commanded by him, it's truly frightening!"

Fujitora was silent after hearing this. He also didn't anticipate that two of the seraphim he suggested to replace Shichibukai were currently in the hands of others. And not just anyone—they were in the possession of someone very powerful!

Consider that the woman fighting against Hawk was Charlotte Smoothie, a figure with a bounty of $932 million. If she weren't part of Big Mom's children her bounty would be even higher!

Just as everyone focused on the ongoing battle, the thought struck them: there was another seraph. Why wasn't she seen in action? People scanned the battlefield, eager to find the missing Seraph Boa. However, at that moment, gasps filled the air!

"Damn! Look quickly, above the sky!"

Whoosh! All eyes instinctively turned upward.

Seraphim Snake, with its huge black wings, soared toward the sky. On her back stood a woman in a red dress her black hair fluttering.

"Faster!"

In front of the astonished crowd, a large group of pink light rushed toward Kaido in the sky. The pink light then split into two, and a stream of pink light shot up into the sky, spinning and dancing, creating a display of scattered pink light like a descending god.

No one could mistake this figure!

Pirate Empress: Boa Hancock! In the next second, her arrogant and glamorous voice resonated in the sky.

"Your name is Kaido of the Beasts, right?" she called out.

Following this, under the incredulous gazes of everyone, the empress transformed into a pink streamer, rushing in front of the shocked Kaido and delivering a powerful kick to his face!

"Mero Mero·Perfume Femur Magna!"

Bang!

Immediately, the massive dragon body of Kaido was kicked down from the sky like a shooting star by Hancock, landing on the top of Onigashima and creating a soaring cloud of smoke and dust. The world seemed to fall into a hushed silence at that moment!

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