Kaido's form changed completely.
From a dragon slithering through the sky, he transformed into a kind of Oni with blue dragon scales, with only his chest, belly, and the lower half of his face lacking scales.
On his head, there were a total of three pairs of horns: two curved upward on the sides, another smaller pair above those, and two just above his yellow eyes pointing straight upward.
At that moment, the sound of thunder was heard around the blue aura surrounding Kaido's body.
"You've successfully made me angry, boy," Kaido said. "Now I'll show you who's more or less. Worororo!"
Laughing, he charged forward with his club covered in sharp spikes.
The moment Kaido was right in front of him, swinging his club, Zaydas was even faster—dodging and slapping Kaido across the face, saying: "Bitch, fly!"
"SLAP!"
"WHOOOSH!"
Following the loud slapping sound, the noise of Kaido's body being sent flying once again toward the collapsed mountain nearly stunned everyone who thought this time they'd witness an epic fight.
"Boom!"
Smiling as he watched Kaido sink into the spot where the mountain had previously crumbled, Zaydas took out a notebook from his personal subspace. He then crossed off one of the 100 phrases and actions he wanted to do someday.
Nodding with satisfaction, he put it away again.
Although Zaydas's confusing actions left everyone who saw it bewildered, that didn't lessen the shock of seeing Kaido being sent flying with just a slap.
Meanwhile, Kaido felt his mind thrown into chaos.
The slap he received was powerful, yes—but the humiliation of such an act was even greater.
"Bastard...!" he cursed through gritted teeth.
"Crack! Crack! Bang!"
Pushing the rocks off himself, Kaido finally managed to get out of the hole his body had made.
Touching the side of his face where he was slapped only intensified the humiliation he felt.
And the words spoken, as well as the calm way it was done to him... made him feel small. Something he hadn't felt since he met his former captain, Rocks.
Amid the scattered rocks, Kaido looked up toward Zaydas.
The posture of someone acting above him irritated him deeply.
"I'll kill you!" Kaido became even more serious.
His Conqueror's Haki mixed with his Armament Haki, causing a chain reaction.
As he pushed off the ground with his tail, he flew into the sky, surrounded by black and purple lightning.
The blue aura around him became even stronger than before, his fighting spirit at its peak.
"Treating me like I'm just anyone? Who do you think you are?" Kaido said as he charged: "Don't get cocky, Traveler!"
Less than 100 meters away, Kaido stopped as a fireball formed in his mouth.
"Disappear!" he roared.
"That doesn't work." Without dodging, Zaydas made the same gesture, slapping Kaido again.
The moment his hand touched the fireball, the explosive reaction Kaido expected didn't happen.
"Bang!"
"Puff!"
Like a balloon popping, the fireball vanished without a trace.
"Uuuhhh!" Letting out a loud roar as he gave it his all, Kaido screamed: "Don't underestimate me, boy!"
His speed increased even more, making it seem like he had become a blur of purple light heading toward Zaydas.
Spinning his spiked club, Kaido attacked Zaydas—who didn't even bother to move from his spot.
"Ragnaraku!"
When the spiked club surrounded by Haki came down, this time many believed that 'The Traveler' would be in trouble.
But, against everything they believed, once again, Zaydas dodged and under Kaido's surprised gaze, another slap landed squarely on his face.
"Boom!"
"SLAPPPP!"
This time, the slap was even stronger and it wasn't just raw strength—there was a kind of Blood-Red Haki that created red lightning, while Kaido had purple lightning as he defended with Haki.
"WHOOOSH!"
But even while losing in terms of Haki, Zaydas's strength surpassed Kaido's, sending him once again to the same location as before.
"BOOOOOM!"
The inhabitants of Flower Capital lost their balance as the ground trembled from the impact of Kaido hitting the ground.
Those who had fallen after losing all balance couldn't even gather the strength to stand up due to the shock they had taken.
"Bastard, bastard, BASTARD!!!!"
Roaring like a wild beast, Kaido came out once again from the hole formed by his body, heading toward Zaydas almost as if he had lost all rationality.
Almost reaching Zaydas, the moment he tried to attack, he was hit by another slap.
"SLAPPP!"
"Whooosh!"
"Boom!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm going to kill you!!!"
The current scene repeated itself for the next 10 minutes.
"Boom! Boom Boom! Boom!"
The people who saw this were completely stunned watching Kaido get up and be slapped down again, sent back to the same location that had now become a crater so big you could build a lake in it.
"It's time." Suddenly, Zaydas stopped looking in Kaido's direction and looked toward the execution area: "Do it."
"NOOOOOOO!!!!" Orochi screamed in total desperation.
At his command, both Orochi and Fukurokuju had their heads cut off by the guillotines.
"Boy...!" Kaido, who returned from the 'dead' once more, strangely calmed down.
His face was now swollen after so many slaps.
Blood dripped from his mouth and nose.
His golden eyes had a red touch of madness.
The reality was—he hadn't felt like this not even when confronting Oden.
The overwhelming feeling of trying to climb a wall far too high was disturbing.
He didn't want to accept it, he couldn't accept it...! How could he? He is Kaido, the King of Beasts!
When Kaido stood at the same height as Zaydas, his expression was that of a starving person looking at a piece of cake he wanted to devour ferociously.
Meanwhile, coming from Onigashima, Jack and the rest saw the scene of Kaido being beaten in shock and rage.
"Kaido-sama!" Jack, who reached solid ground, transformed into a Mammoth and started running.
Even faster than them, the King flew at high speed.
Queen was the slowest of the three All-Stars.
Running, the Queen murmured: "I can't believe that Kaido-sama is losing..."
The Six Magnanimous and the others didn't disagree, running right behind him.
After all, it was hard to believe that someone as powerful as Kaido was losing—and in such a one-sided and shameful way.
However, they didn't dare speak a single bad word about Kaido. The last one who did that was killed on the spot by Jack.
"Hurry up!" Queen ran even faster.
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