The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

Before the spiked tail could be swung down, it "whooshed" back into the ground and disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, John clearly heard an extremely faint noise behind him and quickly transformed into lightning to dodge to the side.

The next instant, a spiked tail emerged from behind where he had been standing, curving and stabbing towards his previous spot.

"Im, you're being a bit greedy!"

John was amused, never expecting Im to use such a feint, and such a deadly attack that even Observation Haki couldn't detect.

If his body hadn't evolved to be exceptionally agile, he would have been instantly killed by Im in one move!

"Damn it, I'm your enemy!"

Seeing that John, a mere bystander, had become the target, Kaido felt extremely humiliated; he was being completely disregarded.

"Moo!"

With a high-pitched roar that seemed to shatter gold and split rocks, Kaido's body rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a blue dragon over a thousand meters long.

That's not all. The Azure Dragon opened its mouth to the sky and spewed out clusters of crimson flames. A rain of fire fell from the sky, drenching the thousand-meter-long dragon's body. The sticky substance seemed to make the dragon's entire body flow with molten lava.

"Fire Dragon Torch!"

The island's temperature soared rapidly, and the vegetation around the inland areas withered and burned, turning into a sea of ​​fire, so intense that even the atmosphere seemed to distort.

The fire dragon soared into the sky, and once it reached a certain height, its giant mouth shone brightly as it spewed out a thick pillar of fire downwards.

The pillar of fire descended from above, as if a falling flame had instantly pierced the ground, and from this point it spread outwards, melting all the rocks and soil it touched, turning them into a rolling lava flow.

"They really don't know their own strength."

John was in the lava field, and his entire body was transformed into lightning elemental to avoid being affected by the intense heat.

If it were any other weaker individual, they would probably be burned to ashes on the spot.

"Got you!"

The fire dragon stared intently at the lava flow below, clearly seeing a long black line rapidly contracting within it, as if it had been scalded.

Following the long black line to its source, the fire dragon soon spotted "Lox" hiding in the rubble.

Immediately, the fire dragon's ferocious head was covered with dark red lightning, and with the force of a domineering green band, it swung its long body and crashed into the dragon.

"Rising Dragon Flame Eight Trigrams!"

In the shadows of the rubble and ruins, the crimson double pupils coldly watched the massive fire dragon crashing towards it, its killing intent flashing and then quickly extinguished.

With his current physical form, Rocks has no way of killing the people on the island.

"Mother will come looking for you!"

With a single sentence, the crimson double pupils vanished instantly, transforming into a black-and-white body dominated by "black transformation."

Just as Lox regained control of his body, he saw the fire dragon charging towards him, almost within reach, the intense heat causing his hair to curl.

"asshole!"

boom

The ferocious fire dragon slammed into Lox, crashing against his chest and plunging downwards, crushing the ground, melting the rock and soil, and carving a bottomless abyss in the center of the island.

The abyss was like a funnel, with a continuous flow of lava converging inside, soon completely engulfing the fire dragon and Locus.

"Uh……"

John scratched the back of his head. Just a moment ago, when the fire dragon crashed down, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of Lox's presence.

In other words, Kaido didn't crash into Im, but into Rocks?

After Im drained his power, Rocks will become very weak. Will Kaido be killed by Rocks's attack?

broken!

Sizzle

Instantly, countless purple arcs of electricity swirled around John, and the lava flow beneath his feet was assimilated the moment it came into contact with the arcs, transforming into arcs that spread and diffused in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, the lava flow in the center of the island transformed into a thunderous swamp filled with bursts of purple light and rumbling sounds.

Natural System Awakening and Assimilation!

"Ow!"

A cry of pain came from the depths of the Thunder Swamp. The next moment, Kaido, who had transformed into human form, rushed out of the swamp carrying Rocks, his long hair standing on end in a disheveled state.

"John, you bastard, are you trying to kill me?!"

"He's not dead, is he?"

With the magma no longer affecting the electromagnetic waves, John's Observation Haki clearly detected Rocks' presence.

still alive.

"Nonsense! Of course I'm not going to die so easily!"

Kaido, however, thought John was talking about him and proudly shook his head.

Chapter 199 Technological Constraints

"Ugh!"

John discovered that he sighed more when he was with Kaido than he had in the first half of his life combined.

Kaido could stand on his own if he went out on his own. But if you follow him or follow Rocks like he used to, you'll become quite dull.

He's become nothing more than a brute who only knows how to fight and doesn't care about the thrill of battle.

"Joey Boy, get down here. Put Rocks on the ground and wait for the doctor to examine him."

John beckoned to Kaido, then stepped into the Thunder Swamp. The rolling thunder that covered the earth instantly dissipated, leaving behind a devastated expanse of mudstone.

Seeing that it was safe below, Kaido dispersed his auspicious clouds and crashed down, then gently placed Rocks, whom he was holding horizontally, on the ground.

I don't know what this guy was thinking. Since he had already slammed down hard and made Rocks in his arms suffer a lot of jolting, what was the point of putting him down gently again?

"A doctor? Do we have a doctor on board?"

Kaido instinctively reached for the gourd at his waist, only to find it empty. He then realized he had thrown it away before the battle and could only awkwardly scratch his forehead.

Then he turned his attention to John.

"It's all your fault. I told you to hire more people on the ship, but you said it wasn't necessary."

"Now look what happened! We don't have a doctor on board. If Locks dies because he doesn't receive timely treatment, don't blame me!"

"Isn't an evil scientist just a doctor?!"

John glared at Kaido with annoyance, then took out a Den Den Mushi and dialed Vegapunk.

Before long, a group of non-combatants arrived in jet shoes, and Alice, who had been unconscious, also woke up.

Upon waking up, Alice immediately tried to pick up Rocks, who was lying on the ground, but was stopped by Vegabank.

"It's time for surgery now. Family members, please wait outside."

"Outside? Waiting?"

Under Alice's puzzled gaze, Begabank waved to John.

John understood, raised his hand and shot a wisp of electricity into the sky. Immediately afterwards, a red light flashed in the sky, and a sphere with a diameter of more than ten meters descended from the sky with a long tail of flame.

The alloy sphere braked suddenly and levitated when it was still one meter above the ground, changing shape like a liquid to form an outdoor operating room.

A white beam of light shot out from the operating room, enveloping Rocks who was lying on the ground. It transformed into a surgical trolley, lifted him up, and carried him into the isolation room before the operating room for disinfection along with Begabank.

"Don't worry, it's completely sterile and there's absolutely no chance of infection."

Listening to John's reassurance, Alice nodded as if she understood, but the worry in her eyes never dissipated.

Seeing this, John had no choice but to bring up the medical achievements of the future Begabank to convince Alice:

"Do you know about Jade Scaly Disease? It is considered an incurable disease by the medical community. When patients are exposed to sunlight or moonlight, the 'stones' on their skin will spread. When they spread throughout the body, the patient will turn into a stone statue and die completely."

"The most troublesome thing about Jade Scabies is that it will slowly spread on the patient's body even without sunlight, and there is no cure at all."

"But for Begabank, it only took a little time to easily eradicate and cure it."

"So Alice, don't worry, as long as Rocks doesn't die on the spot, he can be saved without any aftereffects!"

“Yes, John, I believe you!” Alice nodded, her heart easing slightly.

Time passed slowly inside the operating room, but Kaido, unable to bear the loneliness outside, leaned close to John and winked at him.

"John, what did you just call me?"

"Kaido, what's wrong?" John realized what Kaido wanted to hear, but he deliberately kept the guy hanging.

Upon hearing this, Kaido became anxious and shook his head repeatedly:

"No, it's another name. Say it!"

“Joey…”

Under Kaido's gleaming eyes, John stopped mid-sentence, pretending to be trying hard to recall something after losing his memory.

Seeing this, Kaido could no longer contain himself and shouted out:

"It's Joy Boy! You said I'm Joy Boy, the world's first pirate!"

"Oh!"

John suddenly realized what was going on, floated up, and patted Kaido, who was seven meters tall, on the shoulder.

"You've done all the hard work for the club, I support you becoming the next Joy Boy! Go for it!"

To be honest, John really didn't want to hurt Kaido; Joy ​​Boy wouldn't have become Kaido if it weren't for his destiny.

On the contrary, Kaido, who now possesses both Lunaria's and Oni bloodlines, is closer to Im.

Look at Im's transformed form, with two horns on his head and two wings on his back, it feels like a fusion of these two bloodlines.

However, Im is not that simple. The dense white circles on his skin may also be a clear marker of other racial lineages.

It's a complete hodgepodge!

"hey-hey!"