Dissapointing!

At this moment, the entire area was reduced to ruins, with only a few buildings on the outskirts teetering on the brink of collapse.

Thunder, raging winds, flames, fist winds, slashing strikes...

It could be said that at this moment, the area had become off-limits to outsiders.

Those without strength would be extinguished within seconds upon stepping onto the battlefield.

And the seemingly earth-shattering power of the attacks couldn't even scratch the likes of Nicholas, with his Thunder Fruit ability, the resilient Kaido, or the naturally tough Charlotte Linlin.

For them, this was more like a grand fireworks display.

Only their attacks against each other could cause any significant damage.

After dodging Charlotte Linlin's powerful slash once again, Nicholas felt bored.

Apart from the combined attack they had launched, there was no longer any semblance of cooperation between Charlotte Linlin and Kaido.

While they understood how to coordinate with each other in battle, it was more accurate to say that they were still fighting individually.

Sometimes, they even hindered each other's attacks.

For example, when Kaido transformed into his dragon form to release a skill from a distance, Charlotte Linlin directly positioned herself in the path of the skill, absorbing most of the damage.

Or when Kaido, in his half-beast form, clashed directly with Nicholas, Charlotte Linlin unleashed a wide-ranging attack that engulfed both of them.

If the two of them were just like this...

Calling it a two-on-one fight was a bit forced; describing it as a three-way melee was more fitting.

For Nicholas, the probability of getting what he wanted was quite low.

However, it wasn't without gains.

At least in the battle against the two, Nicholas had significantly supplemented his intelligence on them, and his Observation Haki had greatly improved.

Nicholas could 'see' the visible anger in Charlotte Linlin and the increasingly fierce fighting spirit of Kaido.

He also saw Orochi leaving hastily with the retainers, and Denjiro and other kozuki remnants who had come from afar to observe from the shadows.

"If you two are only at this level, then I must say I'm a bit disappointed."

A slightly cold voice rang out in the battlefield, seemingly becoming the only sound present.

After saying this, under the gaze of countless eyes, Nicholas frowned and looked towards Kaido and Charlotte Linlin in the distance.

In that instant, everyone's gaze involuntarily turned towards Nicholas, who stood tall in the air.

"What do you mean by this level? Disappointed? What's going on here?"

Staring at Nicholas, the crowd inexplicably felt a sense of disappointment emanating from him.

It was a disappointment directed at the performance of Charlotte Linlin and Kaido after teaming up.

The members of the Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates who witnessed the battle process suddenly felt a bit puzzled.

After all, such words were a bit out of line. These two were undoubtedly individuals standing at the pinnacle of the sea. If they teamed up against you, it could even be considered an honor. But then you come and say you're disappointed with their performance after teaming up, brother, you're putting on a big show here.

Anyone with a bit of insight could see that as time passed, the chances of Nicholas losing were almost sixty percent.

Even these henchmen were somewhat resentful, let alone Charlotte Linlin and Kaido themselves...

Although the two didn't speak, the anger in their hearts was almost tangible.

Teaming up to deal with one person was already considered humiliating in their eyes, but now the other party said they were disappointed with their performance after teaming up. What did that mean?

"Nicholas!"

"Raijin Kozo!"

Nicholas paid no attention to the angry reactions of the enemies and began to contemplate.

Undoubtedly, although the alliance between Kaido and Charlotte Linlin could be said to have achieved a one-plus-one-greater-than-two effect, it clearly did not reach three or four, but rather remained at around two point something.

It didn't even compare to the level of when Whitebeard and Roger teamed up back then.

He had originally planned to further improve his strength in this battle, but now, seeing the performance of the two, it seemed unnecessary.

After all, as qualified as Kaido was as a teacher, Nicholas was not a rookie who had just entered the New World. He could bring him very little.

Nicholas's thoughts flickered, and then he saw the azure dragon hovering in the air, opening its huge mouth in anger, then lighting up with a deep red light deep in its mouth.

At the same time, visible whirlwinds began to appear around the dragon's body.

This was Kaido's response, more powerful than any words.

Charlotte Linlin was the same. She leaped down from Zeus, the thundercloud, then raised her left hand high.

Zeus's huge body entwined around her and unleashed thunderbolts, accurately striking Charlotte Linlin's left hand.

The thunder turned into raging thunderous currents, surging on her heavily ringed, muscular left hand.

Then, she threw Napoleon, her long sword, to the side, while Prometheus, on her head, wrapped around her raised right hand.

With her left hand full of thunder and her right hand ablaze, Charlotte Linlin strode confidently towards Nicholas.

Her massive body exuded an aura that kept others at bay.

Clearly, she had abandoned her not-so-masterful swordsmanship and intended to use the most straightforward and powerful means, her physical strength and body, to show Nicholas why she was the strongest woman on the high seas!

Before Charlotte Linlin had taken more than ten steps, Kaido, in the form of a dragon, initiated an attack first.

A scorching heat beam burst from his gaping mouth, merging with the whirlwind beside him, turning into a rapidly spinning heat beam in the air, descending upon Nicholas from above.

This was a more powerful attack than before.

Nicholas looked up, his eyes reflecting the brilliance of the swirling heat beam.

Then he raised his hand, and a long knife appeared in it, gathering into a hundred-meter-long phantom of a long knife, which intersected the trajectory of the spinning heat beam.

Nicholas pressed down with both hands.

The large knife in the air suddenly moved, chopping down on Kaido's spinning heat beam.

The spinning heat beam, infused with wind blades, was split in half and fell on both sides.

"Boom!"

The divided spinning heat beams fell on the ground behind Nicholas, causing a violent explosion.

Flames soared.

The heat waves, carrying countless grains of sand, swept over Nicholas, lifting his hair and clothes.

Unmoved, Nicholas calmly gazed at the dragon stirring up the clouds.

"Kaido, haven't you figured out the situation yet?"

Nicholas instantly appeared above Kaido's dragon head, muttering lowly.

"Huh?"

Kaido looked up at Nicholas, who appeared out of nowhere.

Before he could say anything, Nicholas's Armament Haki quickly covered his right arm, then he punched down.

Boom!

The force of this punch was so great that it even caused a sonic boom above Kaido's head. The huge shockwave swept through, and Kaido's massive body plummeted downward.

The falling Kaido crashed into Charlotte Linlin, who was running on the ground.

"What!"

At this moment, Charlotte Linlin's eyes were only on Nicholas.

Instinctively, she looked up and saw a large shadow covering her.

Bang!!!

Kaido, transformed into a dragon, slammed Charlotte Linlin into the ground.

The immense impact raised waves of smoke and completely enveloped the two of them.

In the air.

Nicholas remained calm, and his Thunder clone also appeared by his side. In the clouds above, another 'Nicholas', covered in lightning, emitted a dazzling white light, slowly descending beside Nicholas.

The two 'Nicholas' standing by Nicholas's side suddenly disintegrated, then turned into bolts of lightning that illuminated the sky. These lightning bolts continuously split and transformed in the air.

Finally, the countless lightning bolts split off and turned into a dense array of lightning spears, hovering above the dissipating smoke.

Nicholas raised his index finger and slashed downward.

The countless lightning spears hovering in the air surged into the dissipating smoke like a torrential rain.

The dense array of spears pierced through the smoke, leaving behind numerous holes on the ground, then splashed up a lot of smoke and dust.

Several minutes later.

The smoke cleared, leaving the ground littered with countless lightning spears.

And Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, who were crouching, glared angrily at Nicholas in the air, looking somewhat disheveled but otherwise unscathed.

"As expected."

With this torrential rain-like attack, it was undoubtedly extremely effective in clearing out the small fry, but it couldn't harm Kaido and Charlotte Linlin.

As long as Nicholas was willing, such attacks could be continuously launched.

However, such behavior was meaningless.

It was like Luffy in Gear Fourth trying to use a barrage of rubber bullets against Kaido, which could indeed pin him down and rub against him while in fourth gear, but each punch wouldn't cause substantial damage.

It was just wasting energy.