thefictionvixens Chapter 155 The Battle Begins, Kaido VS Zephyr
Chapter 155 The Battle Begins, Kaido VS Zephyr
"You're using a fallacy to mislead us. What we were discussing before was who is stronger, Kaido or Admiral Zephyr!"
"Of course! His Majesty Kaido is stronger!"
"Bullshit! I think Admiral Zephyr is stronger!"
"His Majesty Kaido is even stronger!!"
"Admiral Zephyr is even stronger!!"
Sakazuki frowned slightly and hissed, "Stop arguing!!"
"Who is stronger will be clear after this battle is over!"
Upon hearing this, all the soldiers and cadets fell silent.
It wasn't that Sakazuki's words made much sense; it was simply that Sakazuki's strength, as demonstrated in the previous entrance exam, had successfully won them over.
The weak will usually obey the orders of the strong.
For these naval academy cadets, Sakazuki was undoubtedly one of the strongest among them.
On the ice field.
Both Kaido and Zephyr's Observation Haki detected the argument between the combatants on the warship.
"Hehehe, those little brats seem really curious about who's stronger between you and me!"
Kaido grinned, shattered the ice with one foot, and charged straight at Zephyr.
His right fist sliced through the air, leaving a trail of afterimages as it flew straight toward Zephyr.
"You actually called them kids? You're only 27 years old yourself!!"
Zephyr stood still, his right fist clenched, Armament Haki flowing and swirling around it, and he punched Kaido's fist.
boom!
Their fists clashed in mid-air, their Armament Haki radiating outwards in a fierce exchange.
Although it doesn't shake the heavens and earth like Conqueror's Haki, its destructive power is still not to be underestimated.
The ice surface where Kaido and Zephyr were located immediately cracked and collapsed.
Countless shards of ice were swept up by the aftershocks of the collision and roared outwards.
"I almost forgot, I'm already 27 years old!"
Kaido withdrew his fist, his face full of mockery.
That punch just now was merely a test, no, just a warm-up; he wasn't serious at all.
Zefa's face showed a hint of regret.
"Yes, you're only 27 years old, and you've already reached the level of our generation..."
"Hmm, times are changing, and there will be even younger kids in the future."
A strange look flashed in Kaido's eyes.
The growth trajectory of the Straw Hat crew's strength is truly absurd.
Then there's Coby, the deserter king, who, through 200 times more effort than the average person, mastered the technique of binding at the age of 18, which is even more outrageous than Luffy's.
No matter what, Luffy's fighting strength comes from countless life-or-death battles; it's something he truly earned by risking his life.
Aside from Nika's awakening being a bit illogical, everything else is actually quite reasonable.
It can only be said that each version has its own meta.
Kaido suffered from the version update.
If he and Luffy were born in the same era, he would probably already be able to pin Im down and ravage him at will.
Pulling his wandering thoughts back, Zephyr had already thrown a punch at him.
At this moment, it was clearly too late for Kaido to dodge, so he simply used his physical strength to directly withstand Zephyr's punch.
Kaido's powerful body was sent flying backward.
To avoid being sent flying ashore by the punch, Kaido created a cloud of flames that blocked his body in mid-air.
"Ouch, it really hurts a bit."
Stroking his chest where Zephyr's fist had struck him, he felt the damaged Armament Haki inside, which could still break through Kaido's defenses in the current state.
Of course, it only broke through his defenses; it's no longer possible for Zephyr to seriously injure him in one blow.
Zefa's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing this.
Even though he didn't use his full strength, Kaido was completely unharmed by that punch, which made Kaido's originally relaxed mindset become serious.
"Hey hey hey, what's wrong? Aren't you going to keep attacking? If you don't attack, I'm going to attack."
A burst of lightning suddenly erupted from Kaido's body.
The pure white lightning stimulated his cells, putting him into a full-fledged battle stance.
"Although I don't plan to use the human-beast form, I still need to use my normal Devil Fruit abilities completely."
"Lightning Release: Lightning Suit Mode!!"
Kaido let out a low shout, and his figure instantly turned into electricity and disappeared.
In terms of skill, he is indeed slightly inferior to Zephyr. In that case, he will simply crush him with numerical superiority.
Kaido, who had teleported in front of Zephyr, swung his fist. Zephyr, sensing Kaido's presence with his Observation Haki, dodged and retreated.
Kaido's enormous fist collided with the ice surface from a distance.
The next second—
boom!!
The ice surface, spanning hundreds of meters in radius, shattered instantly.
But as it crumbled, Kaido's figure vanished.
He delivered a powerful knee strike, his entire body enveloped in lightning, towards Zephyr.
Zephyr crossed his arms, imbued with Armament Haki, and used them to block Kaido's attack from the abdomen.
It blocked the bottom but not the top.
Kaido swung his arm and slammed it down.
Zephyr turned his head and used his shoulder, which was wrapped in Armament Haki, to withstand Kaido's attack.
boom!!
The thick ice surface was smashed through, leaving a huge crater.
The icy seawater surged skyward, and Zephyr was slammed directly into the depths of the ocean by Kaido.
In just a few seconds, the tide of battle turned completely.
On the warship, the group of naval cadets were utterly dumbfounded.
"So fast...so powerful..."
"I can't see anything at all..."
"Where is General Zephyr?!"
"It looks like he was hit by ice!"
The naval cadets who had previously supported Kaido looked up with pride.
"See that? This is the power of Lord Kaido!!"
"Don't be too happy yet! Admiral Zephyr can't be defeated so easily!!"
As expected, as the argument on the warship ended, a large area of the ice suddenly shattered, and Zephyr, his entire body enveloped in Armament Haki, burst out of the sea.
He clenched his fists and punched out simultaneously, one up and one down.
"Skyrocket!!"
The air seemed to be compressed into liquid under his fists, carrying a large amount of seawater, and his fists successfully struck Kaido in the abdomen.
A terrifying shockwave erupted, and a pure white shockwave forcefully propelled Kaido into the sky.
Kaido let out a soft groan, and without using Armament Haki for defense, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"This is so exciting! My physique can get even stronger!!"
Kaido wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and then stretched out his limbs in mid-air.
The reverse vibration of the atmosphere behind him forcefully stopped his backward-flying body.
"Air cannon, huh? Don't think you're the only one who knows that kind of trick!!"
Kaido clenched his right fist, his arm muscles bulged, and he threw a powerful punch.
"Divine Sky Strike!!"
A shockwave similar to Zephyr's previous attack roared out.
Zephyr dodged, and the seawater behind him immediately exploded violently.
With his feet firmly planted on the ice, Kaido's second attack followed immediately.
boom!!
A large hole was pierced through the ice, and Zephyr dodged again.
"Hide? Let's see how long you can hide!!"
"Eighty Gods Void Strike!!"
Kaido's fists moved like afterimages, unleashing a full eighty punches in just a few seconds.
Eighty beams of light descended from the sky, covering almost all of Zephyr's dodgeable range.