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A pair of blood-red eyes, like flickering flames, lit up in the depths of the darkness, and soon, drooling beasts emerged.
There were wolves, tigers, and leopards.
Their size was noticeably larger than usual.
Everyone dared not relax.
Wald called for his brother to hold onto him tightly, and he, Sebastian, Nachen, and Gairam stood back-to-back in a circle.
The beasts roared and charged at them ferociously, their sharp claws glinting coldly.
Wald sneered, his fists moving in unison, violently smashing away the approaching beasts, even tearing several of them apart, their internal organs and blood splattering everywhere.
Nachen used a skilled traditional Chinese medicine boxing style, which, combined with the medicine, produced incredible effects, causing dizziness and hallucinations, making the beasts tear at each other.
Gairam swung his large hammer, flattening the beasts into meat paste.
Sebastian swung his twin hammers, each strike bringing a large spray of fresh blood and white brains.
Minutes later, the battle ended, most of the beasts were dead or wounded, and realizing they were no match, they whined a warning and slowly retreated into the deep mountains.
Wald said with a laugh, "These brutes only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong."
Nachen adjusted her glasses, "We dealt with about forty beasts, Captain. Will there really be treasure on such an uninhabited island?"
As the World Pirates' strategist, Binjack stroked his chin and said in a deep voice, "This kind of place, with its hordes of fierce beasts and harsh environment, makes most people give up just by landing. But it's a good place to hide treasure."
Binjack's body was frail, and his combat power was virtually zero, but he had a high talent for information gathering and eavesdropping.
Just as they were traversing the forest and gradually approaching the dark mountain, leaden clouds rolled across the sky, and terrifying black clouds surged from a distance, quickly arriving above their heads.
Lightning flashed, and black clouds billowed, creating an astonishing display of power.
As lightning snaked through, a pale light pierced the black clouds, revealing huge snake-like creatures swimming within.
The massive black shadow almost covered half the island!
"What is that?!"
Wald was astonished, his pupils contracting.
Binjack and the others were dumbfounded, staring at the sky, speechless for a long time.
"Something is coming down!"
Nachen, with her keen eyesight, saw a dark object plummeting vertically from a thousand meters high in the center of the sky, enveloped in thick black smoke.
Bang!
The huge object crashed not far in front of Wald, making a tremendous sound, and a large wave of air carrying dust spread out.
A massive, blackened crater was imprinted on the ground.
Hoo—
A muffled sound came from underground, like some kind of beast.
Then, a large hand reached out, grabbing the edge of the crater, and a grim-faced, green-clad monster with ox horns climbed out.
Wald's eyes widened, "This is...!"
"Hey, hey, you're kidding, right? How could a former member of the Rocks Pirates appear in a place like this?!"
"Kaido... with a bounty of 711,000,000 Berries!!!"
Binjack's throat was dry as he painstakingly uttered these words.
"Is this where Rocks hid his treasure when he was young?"
Kaido's voice was like thunder, making people's eardrums ache.
Four months ago, before the God Valley battle ended, Kaido snatched away the half-dead Rocks. Rocks, perhaps feeling his days were numbered, or perhaps knowing what Kaido intended, told Kaido the secret of a certain uninhabited island where he had hidden some treasure and two Devil Fruits when he was young.
Kaido flew across the sea for several months, stopping and starting. Coupled with the Grand Line's diverse and changeable climate and strange magnetic fields, Kaido took many detours.
A journey that should have taken a month ended up taking Kaido almost four months.
"Hm? Byrnndi Wald? What are you doing here?"
Kaido only then noticed Wald and the others. In his previous life, he hadn't heard any news of Wald after Kaido advanced on Wano Country.
Wald was a very famous pirate in Roger's era, known as the World Destroyer, with a bounty as high as 500,000,000 Berries. He was pursued and encircled by the Marine, but it was said that he was betrayed by his companions, frozen, and imprisoned in Impel Down, the underwater prison.
He was a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user, capable of enhancing various aspects of his own abilities, thereby increasing his strength.
Speed, strength, perception, self-healing, and even inorganic objects could be freely changed in size and increased in power.
It was a very troublesome ability that could significantly boost combat power.
But all of this depended on the user's basic abilities.
The stronger the basic ability, the greater the multiplier increase.
Wald was somewhat surprised that Kaido knew his name, as compared to Kaido's exorbitant bounty, his 50,000,000 Berries bounty was truly pitifully small.
In the current era, before inflation, 700,000,000 Berries was an incredibly large sum, easily placing one in the top fifteen bounties worldwide.
Wald looked directly at Kaido, fearless, "Even if it's you, I won't hand over the treasure!"
Kaido snorted, "I was just thinking the same thing."
Binjack was worried, "Wald, perhaps we should retreat? The opponent is a great pirate with a 700,000,000 Berries bounty."
Wald did not accept Binjack's suggestion, "Brother, I am pursuing freedom now!"
"I understand."
Binjack knew Wald's mind was made up and no longer tried to persuade him.
Kaido grinned, "If you lose to me, then become my subordinate, Wald."
"Stop dreaming! Win against me first!"
Wald was furious.
Without further ado, he threw a punch and lunged forward.
His sturdy body did not hinder his speed, and his large fists smashed towards Kaido's face.
At the same time, Nachen, Sebastian, Gairam, and the others also followed Wald, attacking various parts of Kaido's body.
Their attacks were dense and fierce, like a sudden storm, hitting Kaido's body with various clanging sounds.
But not only did they fail to push Kaido back a single step, they instead made their fists and web of their hands numb.
What a sturdy body!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a body of diamond!
Wald was shocked, but he had always been arrogant and never admitted defeat.
So his punches became faster and more powerful, even though they made metallic clanging sounds when they hit Kaido's body, he had no intention of giving up.
"Aren't you going to use your Multiply ability? Wald, is this all your strength?" Kaido sneered.
Wald was annoyed, "What Multiply ability?! The reputation I've earned isn't from some Devil Fruit power!!"
Kaido's expression was a bit strange, "He's not a Devil Fruit user yet? Could it be..."
He looked at the dark mountain behind him. The treasure that Rocks had almost forgotten and hidden here when he was young, could it be that the two Devil Fruits within were what Wald obtained here in his previous life?
"The Multiply-Multiply Fruit, how interesting!"
Kaido's eyes were bright, and a meaningful smile played on his lips, "Wald, if this is all your strength, then everything ends here!"
Kaido's eyes widened, and terrifying Conqueror's Haki swept out, blood-colored light covering the ground.
Except for Wald, everyone's bodies stiffened, then their pupils dilated, and they fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Even Wald was sweating profusely at this moment, unable to stand upright, as if carrying tens of thousands of pounds of weight on his back, his legs trembling.
Wald gritted his teeth and persevered, blood oozing from his mouth, "This... what kind of power is this?!"
"Haki, Conqueror's Haki!"
Wald struggled to raise his head. Under the blood-red Conqueror's Haki, he could only see the tall man's eerie, sinister eyes, with flames dancing within them.
"Good willpower, you are qualified to be my subordinate!"
Kaido looked at Wald approvingly. This level of willpower, in his previous life, only those above the Three Disasters could withstand.
Wald gave Kaido an unwilling look, then could no longer hold on and fainted.
Kaido: ???
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Byrnndi Wald's setting:
In the original story, Wald was a character personally designed by Oda, a great pirate of Roger's era, with a bounty as high as 500,000,000 Berries. Originally, he and his brother Binjack traveled the world together, seeking freedom. But later, after obtaining the Memo Memo Fruit (Multiply-Multiply Fruit), he became arrogant and wanted to destroy all obstacles in his path, thus earning the title of World Destroyer.
Due to the extremely high danger level of his ability, Garp and Sengoku originally intended to jointly encircle him, but were stopped by the World Government. World Government intelligence agents planted an insider to capture him.
At this time, it was not long after the Rocks Pirates' demise, and the world was in a great pirate chaotic era. Roger's era would soon arrive, but it still needed some time.
Therefore, Byrnndi Wald is not very strong at the moment.