Chapter 200: King's Haoshoku Infusion
Under the vampiric feedback of the Vampire Armor, Kael's pain quickly subsided. He and Issho didn't delay for a moment, continuing to charge back into the fray. Aramaki and Spartan couldn't possibly hold back Kaido of the Beasts! After Issho and Kael jointly took a direct, furious blow from Kaido, they gained a clearer understanding of his strength. He was beatable!
"Vajra Arrow!"
Kaido of the Beasts roared loudly. He hated Aramaki's dense vine harassment. His violent, club-shaped Haki swept away the endless vines in a wide arc.
"So painful, so painful!" "Damn Haoshoku Haki Infusion!"
Aramaki yelled loudly, but the next moment, his injuries had already recovered rapidly. Kaido's terrifying destructive power was indeed formidable, but he wouldn't be taken down so quickly. After enduring Kaido of the Beasts' powerful attack, he roughly understood Kaido's strength. He was indeed much stronger than him!
Kaido of the Beasts, with another backhanded swing, sent Spartan flying. He really wanted to acquire this Mythical Zoan ability user. Unfortunately, he was a Hereditary Title noble of the Allied Nations. Before Kaido could continue pursuing Aramaki and Spartan, Kael and Issho charged back in. This forced him to continue fighting, accepting these 3 bastards' relay attacks.
"Kaido, your Haoshoku Haki Infusion is truly amazing! If your Haoshoku Haki Infusion is so strong, how strong must Red-Haired Shanks, who is hailed as the strongest Haoshoku user, be!"
Under Kaido's immense pressure, Kael's Seven Star Dragon Emperor Sword was faintly coated with Conqueror's Haki, with wisps of black-and-red lightning swirling around it.
"Hmph! Sooner or later, I'll smash that bastard Red-Haired!" 'Roaring Thunder Bagua!'
Kaido of the Beasts charged fiercely at Kael, wondering if after taking down this Goa Emperor, he would have a chance to subdue Spartan, this Mythical Zoan ability user. He admitted that Red-Haired Shanks' Haki was indeed terrifyingly strong. That guy, Red-Haired, not only lost an arm but also hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit. Yet, even with all the enhancements from his Azure Dragon ability, he still couldn't suppress Red-Haired Shanks. Red-Haired's Haki talent was indeed a level higher than his.
This made Kaido, despite his dislike for Red-Haired, genuinely acknowledge him as an opponent. Red-Haired Shanks' strength also made Kaido of the Beasts believe even more firmly in Roger's words: 'Haki transcends all.' In the few years since Red-Haired's rise, Kaido had also been diligently training his Haki, spending more time on Haki training than on developing his Azure Dragon Devil Fruit ability. He wanted to regain some face from Red-Haired Shanks. His Haki talent was not inferior to Red-Haired Shanks'. One day, he hoped that even without his Azure Dragon ability, he could defeat Red-Haired Shanks with just Haki.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Issho quickly joined Kael to block Kaido's fierce attack.
"Do you want to kill me!"
Kael clearly felt the sudden, immense killing intent from Kaido of the Beasts; every cell in his body trembled. He was indeed a capricious monster, 1 of the Four Emperors. Kael didn't know why Kaido suddenly wanted to kill him so badly. Under the immense killing intent, Kael desperately compressed his Conqueror's Haki and unleashed it. This felt the same as when he was almost killed by Dragon in Loguetown.
'Boom!'
Kael's Seven Star Dragon Emperor Sword and Kaido's spiked club violently clashed. After an intense exchange, Kael was quickly sent flying. Issho's Kitetsu then blocked the residual force of Kaido's spiked club for Kael. Issho was shocked to find that the force he blocked was significantly less than before. Kael had actually blocked 70% of Kaido's power alone?
"Ugh ha ~"
Kael coughed up a mouthful of blood while flying backward, but a smile appeared on his face. He seemed to have used Haoshoku Haki Infusion. Indeed, life-or-death crises were the best opportunities for breakthroughs.
"Hmm?!" "How is that possible! You actually learned Haoshoku Haki Infusion?"
Kaido of the Beasts' eyes were quite shocked. Even Yamato back then wasn't 'forced' out of it so quickly. He had intended to smash Kael's Haoshoku Haki Infusion dream and Conqueror's Haki belief with 2 blows, just like he did with Doflamingo. But now, 2 blows had actually brought out Kael's Haoshoku Haki Infusion? Although Kael's Haoshoku Haki Infusion was still unpolished, once he took the first step, getting stronger was only a matter of time.
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing Kael spitting up blood, Aramaki and Spartan instantly became red-eyed with rage. Aramaki quickly transformed into a Thousand-Handed Giant and slammed down violently at Kaido of the Beasts. Spartan entered his berserk full-beast form. As Kaido dodged Aramaki's giant fist, he fearlessly pounced onto Kaido's back and took a huge bite. But he was quickly sent flying by a furious Kaido with a thunder-fire elbow strike.
Kaido touched the wound on the back of his neck, once again enraged. He had actually been bitten. Although the wound was rapidly healing, it made him feel utterly humiliated. He decided to kill this Mythical Zoan ability user, let the ability be reborn, and then find a way to obtain that Devil Fruit.
"Issho!"
Aramaki shouted in anger, and Issho, with perfect synergy, unleashed terrifying gravity, instantly pressing Kaido of the Beasts down from the sky. Aramaki's Thousand-Handed Giant once again furiously smashed Kaido of the Beasts. With Aramaki's enraged giant fist, the entire Namakura Island trembled violently, with continuous booming sounds.
"Bastard!" "I'm going to burn you!"
Kaido of the Beasts unleashed terrifying flames, actually directly entering his Fire Dragon Torch form. The giant flame dragon he transformed into directly coiled around the Thousand-Handed Giant, rapidly burning it, instantly sending thick smoke billowing into the sky.
Amidst Aramaki's screams, a bright light appeared in the sky. Kaido of the Beasts suddenly looked up. The treant fearlessly embraced the flame dragon, and a meteorite rapidly crashed down, smashing the massive flame dragon and the treant's broken body into pieces.
"Damn it!"
Kaido burst out from the disintegrating flame dragon. The Fire Dragon Torch he had spent a lot of stamina creating was actually shattered just like that. He had truly been careless.
"Is that treant dead or not?"
Kaido of the Beasts saw Issho even attacking his own people and wasn't surprised at all. After all, he had long been accustomed to such acts of striking 'comrades' during the Rocks Pirates era.
"That really hurts!"
On the ground behind Issho, a small sapling rapidly grew, transforming into Aramaki's appearance, muttering curses. At this moment, Kael flapped his wings and flew back, his aura completely restored, his face quite excited. He floated above the 2, staring at Kaido of the Beasts, his 'good teacher'. And Spartan also flew over, though his face was a bit pale. Kaido's Haoshoku Haki Infusion elbow strike had injured him quite badly.
"You've all witnessed Kaido of the Beasts' strength, haven't you! How do you feel now!"
Kael looked at the expressions of the 3 Dukes, who clearly no longer had their previous apprehension and fear.
"Hehe, I feel like we can wear him down!"
Aramaki was confident in his recovery ability, and with Kael also possessing powerful recovery methods, even if Kaido of the Beasts, the strongest creature on land, sea, and air, had strong recovery, he couldn't maintain his peak state indefinitely. Spartan spat out a piece of Kaido of the Beasts' flesh. He had actually bitten 1 of the Four Emperors. It seemed the Four Emperors were not as invincible as he had imagined.
"This meat is more useful than blood; it can't be wasted."
Kael took out a collection bottle and had Spartan put it away.
"Your Majesty seems to have made great progress; it seems we cannot fall behind either."
Issho felt Kael's immense progress, understood the meaning of this battle, and felt that they also needed to make progress in this battle. At this moment, the 1 Emperor, 3 Dukes treated Kaido of the Beasts as a training target. Before the Beasts Pirates' reinforcements arrived, it was the perfect opportunity to gang up on Kaido of the Beasts and use him as a sparring partner.
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