Esdeath flipped in the sky. With every light step she took, she created footholds in mid-air.
Then Esdeath immediately used the recoil force, turning her entire body into a sharp sword as she launched herself in the direction of the Three Disasters.
That's right, Esdeath's goal this time was to take down the Three Disasters.
As for Kaido and Bullet, she would naturally leave them for last and deal with them slowly.
As Esdeath rushed toward King, his heart skipped a beat—but he was still exceptionally powerful.
He had already reached elementary Admiral level.
Facing the airborne opponent, King didn't hesitate and swung his wings, pecking straight at her.
But just as his sharp beak was about to strike Esdeath, a cruel smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
She caught the sharp beak directly with her hand.
That's right—she grabbed it with her hand.
The razor-sharp beak was instantly caught by Esdeath's hand. This sudden scene shocked King.
This attack has extremely strong piercing power. It can even penetrate diamonds.
But he never imagined that it would be blocked by a woman with just one hand.
No... this woman can't be that strong!
At that moment, King felt as if his body had become light and weightless. The momentum from his strike completely vanished in an instant.
Float Fruit's ability!
King realized with a shock and immediately tried to revert to his human form, but Esdeath had already smiled—a beautiful yet terrifying smile.
In the next second, Armament Haki coated her ice blade.
Then, she drew her sword and slashed with lightning speed.
Blood splattered.
King's chest was suddenly torn open, blood gushing out—but in the next second, the blood inside his body froze into an icicle.
Every inch of his body—muscle, bone, flesh, vessels, and blood—froze solid from the inside out.
At that moment, King was completely frozen to death, unable to resist at all.
Then Esdeath tossed his body down from the sky.
King the wildfire, Kaido's second-in-command, was defeated in a single blow.
"Brother!!"
Both Queen and Jack were stunned.
The strongest among them, King the wildfire, had been defeated in a single clash.
Esdeath's terrifying combat strength left Quinn and Jack in awe.
Esdeath ignored them, her eyes following the falling body of King.
The next second, his body hit the ground and shattered with a loud crash.
King had consumed the Pteranodon Devil Fruit, an ancient Zoan fruit.
Unfortunately, his main advantage was flight—utterly countered by Esdeath's Float Fruit.
In the sky, Kaos grinned upon witnessing the scene.
Very satisfied with Esdeath's performance.
"Collect that Devil Fruit. It's a good one."
Although Kaos preferred to collect rare Devil Fruits, King's was still quite decent.
Not as precious as a Mythical Zoan, but the ancient Pteranodon had better self-healing than most Zoans.
Among Zoans, it wasn't bad at all.
While Kaos and the others watched the battle, a large group of pirates in leather armor suddenly appeared on the battlefield below.
They were the port guards of the island—around 3,000 of them.
They'd heard the massive commotion and rushed out when they realized the island was under attack, but when they looked up at the sky, they were terrified.
But what shocked them even more was seeing King—the strongest warrior of the stronghold—fall from the sky and shatter on the ground right before their eyes.
A super pirate with a bounty of 1.3 billion Berries had died right in front of them.
They were utterly terrified.
"Rika Minami, those 3,000 pirates below should be enough to nourish you."
Kaos smiled and gave instructions to Rika Minami beside him.
Rika Minami was momentarily startled.
She had seen the densely packed group of pirate soldiers below. She was alone, so the thought of facing all of them frightened her a bit.
"Your Highness Kaos…"
Rika Minami was clearly scared. Although she had been training recently, her strength was at most that of a Lieutenant Junior Grade.
And that was only after using Potion No. 1 and No. 2.
She had yet to develop any new abilities.
Seeing her fear, Stussy stepped forward, gently embraced her, and whispered in her ear: "This is a rare chance to show your value to His Highness Kaos. The Teigu you hold…"
"That's an extremely precious Teigu. With it, your strength is already on par with a Vice Admiral."
Stussy's words were clearly meant to reassure her.
But to Rika Minami, they made perfect sense.
After all, she trusted Stussy completely. To her, Stussy wasn't just Kaos's maid.
She was like a wise and kind big sister who had taught her many things.
Even Kaos had to admit, when it came to dealing with people, Stussy was clever.
Just a few words and Rika Minami regained her confidence.
With that, Rika Minami leapt off Zagula's back.
Instantly, the bracelet on her arm emitted a dazzling light.
A brilliant glow erupted, and a pink armor enveloped her body.
For a moment, clad in shining pink armor and a helmet, Rika Minami landed lightly on the ground.
The surrounding pirates also saw the woman who had suddenly descended from the sky.
One look at her armor and they knew she was the enemy.
"Damn it, capture this woman!"
Three thousand pirates surrounded her. As soon as they saw Rika Minami, they realized she was an enemy. Someone rushed towards her, shouting with his sword raised.
With the first man's charge—
The rest followed.
Everyone rallied their courage and rushed forward together.
Facing the vicious pirates charging at her, Rika Minami still felt a bit afraid...
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