Chapter 102.3: Target, Wano Country! Chu Yang vs. Kaido!

"If he manages to come back and Kaido is still in fighting condition, we'll be at a severe disadvantage fighting on enemy turf."

"To ensure success, I'll join you in dealing with Kaido. We must take him down as quickly as possible."

"No need," Chu Yang rejected Dragon's proposal.

At this time, the Beasts Pirates lacked their elite forces, and the Revolutionary Army's commanders were still growing in strength. Only Ivankov and Dragon were truly formidable.

Dragon, unconcerned by Chu Yang's attitude, silently resolved to deal with Queen first before assisting Chu Yang.

Having never witnessed Chu Yang in battle, Dragon harbored doubts about his ability to win alone.

Based on the available information, Chu Yang's strength was undoubtedly formidable. Confident in his own abilities, Dragon believed their cooperation would likely result in Kaido's defeat.

In truth, Dragon trusted himself more than Chu Yang.

The group moved swiftly toward the Flower Capital. A surprise attack required urgency—every second delayed increased the likelihood of King's return.

Meanwhile, Kaido was being entertained by Kurozumi Orochi.

The castle was filled with music and dancing, while outside, citizens suffered in misery. No one paid them any mind.

Kaido drank heavily, his face flushed, eyes glazed. He was at the pinnacle of his life.

Just thinking about the future artificial Devil Fruit army filled Kaido with excitement akin to an impending volcanic eruption.

He envisioned launching an unprecedentedly massive war that would engulf the entire world.

In his drunken haze, Kaido imagined the holy land of Mary Geoise and the great throne in Pangaea Castle.

On the throne sat a person he had never seen before—a young man.

As Kaido approached, the young man stood up and slowly walked toward him, warmly asking, "Kaido, have you sobered up yet?"

Kaido: "???"

"Lord Kaido, wake up!!!"

Orochi's anxious voice echoed in Kaido's ears, jolting him awake. In front of him, the banquet hall was suddenly filled with unfamiliar faces.

A young man with a kind smile stood just a step away.

"Who are you people?"

Kaido coldly scanned the uninvited guests, pausing when his gaze landed on Dragon.

"We're here to liberate this country," Dragon replied politely, smiling.

"Revolutionary Army!"

Kaido leapt to his feet.

This was the signal for the Beasts Pirates in the hall to quickly surround the Revolutionary Army.

Queen's expression turned sour.

The Revolutionary Army's audacity seemed to disregard him entirely.

"Revolutionary Army, fine, but why are there fish-men? When did fish-men stoop to mingling with humans?"

Kaido mocked Fisher Tiger, saying, "The famous adventurer Fisher Tiger, now wagging his tail for humans?"

Jinbei roared, "Shut up, Kaido! You have no right to judge Brother Tiger, you thief who steals other nations!"

Kaido sneered, "To the victor goes the spoils, Jinbei. The pirate world isn't as naive as you think. If you can't adapt, next time, your nation may be the one taken!"

Jinbei, enraged, tried to retort, but Tiger stopped him. Calmly, Tiger said to Kaido, "If the strong rule, then remember these words when you lose, Kaido."

Kaido burst into laughter. "Me, lose? You're another lunatic! Hahaha!"

The Beasts Pirates joined in the laughter, their voices echoing throughout the banquet hall.

Queen laughed as well, mocking the group for their boldness in trespassing on the territory of an Emperor.

Amid the noise, Chu Yang walked straight up to Kaido, nonchalantly picking at his ear.

"Hm?"

Kaido glanced down at the young man who had been standing out.

The room grew silent as everyone turned their attention to Chu Yang.

Chu Yang said softly, "Years ago, in your battle with Kozuki Oden, you lost, didn't you?"

Kaido's smile vanished instantly.

Still mocking, Chu Yang continued, "By your own admission, the pirate world isn't naive. But if you won through deceit, you shouldn't act invincible now."

Kaido's eyes grew colder. "Do you want to die?"

Chu Yang grinned. "Haha, I heard you also have a death wish?"

Hearing this exchange, Queen and the Beasts Pirates looked at Chu Yang in shock. How could he provoke Kaido like this?

"Brave words!"

Kaido's face twisted in a savage grin as he raised his kanabo, "Hassaikai," coated in black lightning.

Thunder Bagua!

Kaido struck with deadly intent, aiming to end Chu Yang in one blow.

At the same time, Chu Yang activated his Tailed Beast Cloak, raising his left hand to block Kaido's Thunder Bagua.

The two clashed with intense Conqueror's Haki, the shockwaves reverberating throughout the hall.

Even the strongest among the Revolutionary Army, Sun Pirates, and Beasts Pirates began to collapse under the overwhelming pressure.

"This guy's Conqueror's Haki is equal to mine?!"

Kaido's pupils contracted in disbelief as Chu Yang capitalized on his brief distraction, delivering a devastating punch to Kaido's abdomen.

The attack, imbued with Conqueror's Haki and Lightning Armor, sent Kaido flying, smashing through the banquet hall wall.

The hall fell into a stunned silence.

Dragon blocked Queen's attempt to intervene, and chaos erupted.

The Revolutionary Army and Sun Pirates fought together against the Beasts Pirates, but they were outnumbered nearly two to one.

The instant the battle began, Kurozumi Orochi fled without hesitation, leaving even his most loyal retainers behind.

The cries of battle in Orochi Castle echoed to the heavens, drawing the attention of many residents in the Flower Capital.

It wasn't long before they saw a massive dragon spiraling above Orochi Castle.

"It's Kaido!"

"He's fighting someone!"

"Is it a samurai?"

The crowd erupted in speculation.

Elderly residents, experienced in such matters, quickly gathered their families and fled. They had witnessed Kaido's dragon breath obliterate towns before—a scene of destruction that had scarred their memories for life.

While panic spread through the Flower Capital, with people scattering in every direction, Kaido, in his dragon form, climbed higher into the sky on fiery clouds. Looking down at Chu Yang, he sneered.

"With Haki this strong, you're no ordinary nobody. Who the hell are you?"

Chu Yang, standing atop a high building, exuded an aura of unrelenting determination. Without answering, he drew two wooden swords.

Kaido, feeling mocked, laughed angrily. "You think toys like that can hurt me?!"

Chu Yang pointed his wooden sword at Kaido. "Yes."

Kaido's gaze turned murderous as he focused on Chu Yang. His mouth began to glow with a searing light—he was preparing to incinerate this insolent fool with his dragon breath and reduce his wooden toys to ashes.

While Kaido charged his dragon breath, Chu Yang's Rinnegan analyzed his weaknesses. His Rinnegan combined the full abilities of both the Sharingan and Byakugan, surpassing them in power.

By some twist of fate, the weak point revealed by Chu Yang's Rinnegan was directly opposite the scar left by the "Paradise Totsuka."

With his target locked, Chu Yang slightly bent his knees. The two wooden swords radiated distinct auras, with sunlight and moonlight intertwining around them.

Origin Breathing: First Form – Sun and Moon Rotation.

Kaido, about to unleash his dragon breath, noticed Chu Yang's shift. His dual-sword stance triggered a fleeting sense of déjà vu, reminding him of someone long past. His scars, crisscrossing his body, seemed to ache faintly.

Years of buried rage exploded within Kaido.

He opened his jaws wide, and his dragon breath erupted with his fury.

A crimson beam tore through the skies above the Flower Capital, hurtling toward Chu Yang as horrified civilians watched in despair.

Electricity crackled around Chu Yang, and with the protection of his Lightning Release Armor, he transformed into a streak of silver light, charging into the dragon breath.

When the two forces collided, it was like a raging river crashing against an immovable boulder. The dragon breath exploded violently.

But Chu Yang, the "boulder," pressed forward against the searing onslaught, rapidly closing the distance to Kaido.

As Chu Yang reached him, Kaido roared in both anger and shock. Desperately, Kaido unleashed his full power, expanding the crimson beam tenfold in an instant.

Inside the banquet hall, the ongoing battles paused as Dragon and Queen looked skyward.

Even the fleeing civilians stopped and turned to watch the clash of silver and crimson light.

The tiny speck of silver gradually vanished within the red beam.

Queen paused, then burst into raucous laughter. "That's what happens when you challenge Boss Kaido, you damn fools!"

The crew of the Beasts Pirates erupted into laughter, their voices echoing in unison.

Dragon sighed deeply, disappointed by Chu Yang's swift defeat. He regretted holding back and not attacking Kaido as a group from the outset.

The situation had taken a disastrous turn.

"Brother Tiger, what now? It looks like Chu Yang lost..."

Jinbei and several crew members anxiously looked at Fisher Tiger, who ignored them. Instead, he stared at the crimson beam above, his thoughts flashing back to his first encounter with Chu Yang. It felt like only yesterday.

Suddenly, Tiger roared with laughter, startling everyone around him. He uttered a seemingly nonsensical remark:

"That fire back then? It was definitely you who started it, brat!"

Queen glared at Tiger, sneering. "Has Fisher Tiger gone mad from the shock?"

Dragon glanced at Tiger, sensing something unusual, and abruptly looked up.

From within Kaido's crimson dragon breath, a brighter, more intense light emerged—a dazzling radiance like a rising sun.

The blinding sunlight nearly seared Kaido's eyes, forcing him to stop his dragon breath as he let out a pained howl.

Kaido spiraled downward, trying to escape, but the sunlight dimmed, becoming a profound and eerie moonlight. A mysterious force rooted him in place, rendering him unable to move.

From within the mingling light, Kaido saw Chu Yang's silhouette emerge.

Chu Yang held his dual swords, with sunlight and moonlight forming wings that stretched behind him.

At that moment, Kaido was transported back to his fight with Kozuki Oden and the devastating blow of the "Paradise Totsuka."

No.

This time, the aura of death was even stronger.

"No!"

Kaido shouted in terror, but his body remained immobilized. The gravitational pull came partly from the moonlight and partly from the Rinnegan's unique ability—Universal Pull (Banshō Ten'in).

Chu Yang's wooden swords struck Kaido with precision. Sunlight and moonlight burned new scars across Kaido's chest.

The destructive energy far surpassed that of the "Paradise Totsuka," rampaging through Kaido's body.

In this moment, Kaido's reputation for having the strongest body seemed like a cruel joke.

Overwhelmed by pain, Kaido could no longer maintain his fiery clouds and plummeted from the sky, crashing hard onto the streets of the Flower Capital.

Fortunately, the civilians had already fled, avoiding any casualties.

As Kaido fell, the laughter within the banquet hall ceased. Every member of the Beasts Pirates stared at the sky in fear, their gazes fixed on Chu Yang.

An unprecedented dread gripped Queen. Though he knew Kaido wouldn't die from the attack, he couldn't suppress his fear.

No one had ever dominated Kaido so thoroughly.

"Your resilience is impressive. Anyone else would have died from that," Chu Yang remarked, watching Kaido slowly climb out of the crater.

"Disappointed? Then I'll have to take this more seriously."

Covered in blood, Kaido's body transformed further. His skin sprouted dense, blue-green scales, and his already massive frame grew even more imposing.

By chance, Kaido had crashed near a tavern. Grabbing a barrel of sake, he downed it in one gulp, his pace quickening until he broke into a full sprint.

Black lightning crackled around his kanabo, and as he swung it, thunder rumbled across the void.

"Drunken Dragon Brawler?"

Chu Yang's eyes lit up with excitement as he charged forward to meet him.

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