Wildly laughing in joy, I violently attacked Kaido with a massive grin as I knocked him back before following up with a powerful kick, launching his large body into the air, though I was promptly hit in the face with his tail on his way up, causing me to grit my teeth as I took the attack without so much as flinching.
Landing on the ground, I massaged my jaw a little before clenching Naga-sa, coating it in a thick layer of lightning while I rapidly expanded it until it reached the very sky, seemingly touching the sun, which was close to high noon.
'Beastly Grandeur!' Thought Diddy with a ferocious smile as he powerfully swung his bo-staff onto Kaido's body, slamming him through the top of his skull while he crashed through numerous basements.
"Heh, fun." Muttered Diddy with a smirk as he spat blood onto the ground while calmly leaning against his bo-staff, awaiting Kaido's return.
While patiently waiting for Kaido to return so we may continue our battle, I glanced to my left, watching the aftereffects of Mael and King's battle, which was taking up a large chunk of the Island, not to mention Mael's devil fruit was prone to cause destruction very easily.
'Eh, not like I really care, but it can sometimes be problematic.' Mused Diddy lightly as he gazed at Mael and King's clashing, their battle being felt throughout Onigasmha, though another battle was overshadowing it.
Before I could check upon any of my other crew to see how they were doing, in the distance, Freyja was suddenly slammed right through the ceiling of the skull, and she looked quite injured; following right after, Freyja was a woman in her human-beast form of whatever devil fruit she ate.
'Hmm, seems like a wolf or maybe a fox. Ho, is she infusing her conqueror's haki in her attacks? No wonder Freyja is having such a difficult time. Also, what's up with those clouds around her underarms?' Thought Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he gazed at Yamato, watching as she fought against Freyja, who was having trouble fighting back.
Whoever Freyja was fighting was giving her quite a lot of trouble, but I did notice she was paying a lot of attention to every one of her opponent's moves, causing me to smirk since I could tell she was trying to better understand how conquerors coating worked. However, while I was watching Freyja getting beat up, the entire skull violently trembled, followed by Kaido smashing through the ground right in front of me.
"Thunder Bagua!" Stated Kaido with a ferocious smile as he violently attacked Diddy, sending him crashing across the ground, only for him to stop nearly two hundred meters away after digging his claws into the skull.
"Hehe, you sure took your sweet time; did you need time to recuperate!?" Exclaimed Diddy with a feral smile as he wiped his mouth while pushing off the ground, speedily lunging towards Kaido on all threes with Naga-sa in his other hand.
"Worororo!" Replied Kaido with hearty laughter as he lunged towards Diddy with a smile, too focused on him to even notice Freyja and Yamato's battle.
Seeing Kaido charge up another thunder bagua, I couldn't help but grin as I did the same; he may not be using the same weapon as me, but our weapons were close enough that I could easily make it work.
"Thunder Bagua!!" Yelled Kaido and Diddy simultaneously as their weapons violently clashed, creating a shockwave of haki that shook all of Onigashima.
Despite Kaido looking somewhat surprised that I mimicked his attack with near perfection, he simply laughed before aggressively swinging his kanabo while I did the same with my bo-staff, causing our weapons to clash numerous times within merely a second.
Getting knocked in the head by his kanabo, I used one of my many techniques to transfer the force through my body and into Naga-sa before hitting him back; spitting out blood, I slammed my foot on the ground, stopping myself from moving while I lunged back towards Kaido, who did the exact same, both of refusing to take even one step back as we brutally fought with all our might, leaving behind injuries upon injuries on our bodies.
"Hahaha, Beastly Incursion!" "Worororo, Raimei Hakke!" Stated Diddy and Kaido, respectively, aggressively attacking each other with massive grins, their clash resulting in a mighty explosion that forced the two tens of meters back.
Just as I landed on the ground, in the distance where Mael and King were fighting, a massive fiery serpent, one even bigger than the other one that appeared earlier, flew through the sky while Mael attacked with simply two small but intensely glowing dots on the edge of his axe's blade. When the two got close, the two tiny glowing dots on Mael's axe suddenly slammed into each other, creating an unbelievably massive explosion that was felt all throughout Onigashima; following that attack, there was a blinding light that forced everyone to close their eyes while a powerful wave of super extreme heat came right after.
'W-Was that a fucking supernova!?' Thought Diddy in disbelief as he used his haki instead of his eyes.
Of course, while Mael's massive attack was impressive, that didn't stop Kaido and I; it merely startled us for a moment before he lunged back towards one another while ignoring the super intense heat and blinding light that overshadowed even the sun.
By the time the light and heat dissipated, I wasn't even paying Mael or King any more attention; I didn't care who had one that fight as I was simply too engrossed in my battle with Kaido, enjoying possibly the best fight I'd ever partook in.
For the next several, all the way until night time, Kaido and I had continuously fought without taking a single break, and while neither of us were even close to being exhausted, our injuries were starting to stack up; it hadn't reached the point where it began to affect our strength or anything, but give it a few more hours.
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"Hahaha, what's with that look? Feeling exhausted already?" Asked Diddy with a massive grin as he stared at Kaido while knocking Naga-sa onto the ground, causing it to explode with lightning.
"Worororo, not even close!" Replied Kaido with a large smile as he tightly clenched his kanabo, causing it to faintly arc with lightning while lunging toward Diddy, his every step leaving behind deep imprints in the ground.
Chuckling, I rapidly expanded Naga-sa while speedily lunging toward Kaido before we both violently attacked.
"Beastly Extinction!" "Warai Jogo Ragnaraku!" Yelled Diddy and Kaido, respectively, with massive smiles as they eagerly attacked, their kanabo and bo-staff slowly yet speedily approaching each other.
Just as our weapons were about to clash, to my dismay, out of the corner of my eye, the woman Freyja was supposed to be fighting lunged right for Kaido and leaped on him from behind while holding his Kanabo, preventing him from attacking, despite everything happening within a split of a second, it felt like it all happened in slow motion. I could vividly sense the euphoria I felt completely vanish as I violently attacked Kaido in the face, slamming my massive bo-staff onto him while sending him crashing into the ground with an incredible amount of force.
Landing on the ground, I shrunk Naga-sa to normal size while silently staring at Kaido on the ground.
"O-Oh, this is bad." Muttered Freyja softly with an ugly expression as she glanced at Diddy before looking at Yamato, opting to distance herself lest she incurred his wrath.
"Hahaha! Nice job!" Said Yamato with a faint smile as she looked at Diddy, who suddenly erupted into chaotic laughter, one that caused even Freyja to flinch at how utterly eerie is sounded.
"Hehehehe…HAHAHAHAHA!! I'm…I'm going to KILL YOU!" Yelled Diddy ferociously with a furious smile as he pushed off the ground and lunged towards Yamato, who tried attacking but was too slow.
Lunging forth, I grabbed the woman by her neck and lifted her in the air before violently slamming her onto the ground, all while I forcefully weakened her armament haki with my superior conqueror haki, which seemed to take her the most by surprise as she coughed blood.
"W-Wait!" Said Yamato with difficulty as she tried freezing Diddy's arm, yet the lightning that arced across his body prevented her from doing so.
I didn't wait for her to finish speaking and dug my nails into her throat, preparing to rip her neck to shreds; I didn't even care if she could become stronger in the future; right now, all I wanted was to kill the person who interrupted and ruined my fun; however, just as I grasped her esophagus, I felt my fur stand on end, while my instincts suddenly warned me of danger.
'Danger!?' Thought Diddy in shock as he completely ignored Yamato, dropping her onto the ground while turning around and looking at Kaido.
"Why…Why am I suddenly feeling such intense danger from Kaido?" Muttered Diddy in pure confusion, yet instead of expressions of fear or worry, a massive, unadulterated grin of happiness was plastered on his face.
While staring at Kaido, he suddenly started to stand up, yet the most striking thing about him was his form; it was subtly changing; three more horns grew out of his head, creating a crown of horns that pointed to the sky, while two purple draconic wings suddenly sprouted from his back. However, the most prominent change was the weird cloud-like scarf that wrapped around his underarms and nape, which was very similar to what the woman had.
"Wororo, no wonder… All these years, I've always wondered why I've never been able to awaken, yet it was simply because I was the strongest, and over the years, I've lost my desire for strength. Yet now, having faced some just as strong if not even stronger, it makes perfect sense; I finally got a reason to desire more strength." Muttered Kaido quietly as he clenched his fist while looking down at his body, only to slowly turn around before staring at Diddy, who wasn't able to contain his joy and hysterically laughed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"