Hera's figure flashed in front of Kaido again, her fist already wrapped in pitch-black Haoshoku as she struck at Kaido's unguarded abdomen.
"Fist Bone: Impact"
The black and red Haoshoku bored into Kaido's body. Besides the Haoshoku, a surge of Armament Haki also pierced through Kaido's skin and tunneled inside him.
Kaido, who had been standing firmly on the ground, was sent flying by Hera's tricky angle. This blow truly made Kaido feel a pain he hadn't experienced in a long time.
Hera's figure flickered again. This time, she appeared directly in mid-air, throwing her second punch at the flying Kaido and smashing him violently into the ground.
The ground of the Flower Capital cracked open. Fortunately, the residents had already been moved to safety by Hera's clones. At this moment, the once prosperous capital had become an arena for two powerhouses.
Lying on the ground, Kaido was in no hurry to get up. Instead, he seemed lost in memory. In his recollection, there was another person whose fist was just as hard.
"As expected of Garp's granddaughter, your fists are equally hard."
Kaido shook his head and stood up again, picking up the flask hanging from his waist.
After a few gulps of wine, Kaido became somewhat wobbly; clearly, he had entered a drunken state.
Yamato couldn't help but warn Hera, "Be careful, Kaido is at his most dangerous when he's drunk."
Hera nodded, indicating she understood.
In the next second, several missiles flew out from Queen's body, crashing toward Yamato, who had warned Hera.
After Yamato blocked Queen's missiles, several plumes of poison gas sprayed out from the intercepted projectiles. These missiles were loaded with viruses he had researched.
Several tentacles made of purple venom appeared, blocking Queen's virus. Reiju had already changed into her Raid Suit, with venom flowing around her.
"A scientist who uses poison? Then leave him to me. I'd like to see who the real expert is when it comes to technology and poison. 'Poison Dragon'!"
At Reiju's will, the Poison Dragon formed from venom lunged toward the members of the Beasts Pirates.
A fireball was conjured from King's hand, evaporating the venom Reiju had sent. Just as he was about to pursue, a sudden gale whistled around him, and a blade's flash slashed toward him.
Not daring to be careless, he drew his massive katana and blocked Kuina's attack. Spreading the wings on his back, he flew into the air.
Kuina stepped through the air, pursuing him. While chasing King, she said to Ain, "Don't interfere, this is my own fight."
Ain dispersed the gale surrounding King and looked at Kuina with some helplessness, muttering, "What a pity, she beat me to it. I wanted to fight an Emperor's second-in-command too."
Feeling underestimated, King transformed into his Pteranodon form in the sky. He suddenly pulled his head back like a slingshot and then abruptly let go.
'Tempura Udon'
A massive shockwave surged toward Kuina in mid-air. Although she raised her sword to block the strike, the immense force still knocked her out of the sky.
Using the wado ichimonji to support herself as she stood up, Kuina saw King strike that strange pose again and hurriedly dodged to the side.
"What on earth is that? Isn't he a user of the Ancient Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Pteranodon? What was that posture just now?"
Hearing Kuina's confusion, King, circling in the air, even kindly explained to her, "In ancient times, this is how Pteranodons hunted."
"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? How could a Pteranodon possibly do something like that?"
Even Ain couldn't help but comment. Then, after exchanging a glance with Kuina, they decisively chose to attack together to deal with the strongest of the Three Disasters, King the Conflagration.
Seeing Queen and King engaged in battle, Jack couldn't restrain his fighting spirit. Having suffered at Hera's hands twice already, he was eager to prove himself again.
He directly transformed into his mammoth form and charged toward the other members of the Argo.
Jack, already eight meters tall, grew even larger in his mammoth form. As he ran, he was like a fully loaded heavy truck, crashing forward.
"So impatient. Let me test how hard your tusks are."
Empress Hancock stood before Jack, her hands grabbing the tusks of the charging Jack. Nine tails emerged behind her, and she actually managed to stop the mammoth-form Jack in his tracks.
Having consumed the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit and being influenced by violent types like Hera, Hancock had also grown fond of the thrill of physical combat. She prepared to use Taijutsu to play with Jack for a bit.
Who's-Who, one of the Tobi Roppo, directly approached Yamato. While cracking his joints, he said, "I heard that if I can defeat you, I can take the position of an All-Star."
Seeing that all Three Disasters were occupied, Yamato breathed a sigh of relief and rested her mace on her shoulder. "What, just you by yourself?"
Who's-Who drew his dagger and took a combat stance. "Whether I'm capable or not, you'll find out once you try."
Nami and Theseus met the sibling duo of the Tobi Roppo.
Ulti, user of the Ancient Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Pachycephalosaurus, and Page One, user of the Ancient Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Spinosaurus.
X Drake, undercover in the Beasts Pirates, found himself in a bit of a dilemma. He hadn't expected Hera to be so reckless as to start a direct fight with the Beasts Pirates.
For a moment, he didn't know what he should do.
However, Uta sensed the panic in X Drake's heart. Not being fond of fighting herself, she used musical notes created from her singing to set off explosions around him.
The two moved further and further away as they fought; while it looked grand, neither was actually taking it seriously.
Black Maria looked at the remaining people and said with some dissatisfaction, "Sigh, is there really not a single man among these opponents? It's quite uninteresting."
However, her gaze swept over Carrot. This seemingly weak little rabbit caught her eye.
"If there are no men, catching a little rabbit would be quite nice too."
Countless ghosts flew from Perona toward Sasaki, as if venting her frustration.
"Leaving me for last? Honestly, I'll take you down first to show those who look down on me."
Sasaki, user of the Ancient Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Triceratops, could only dodge Perona's barrage, feeling somewhat speechless himself.
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