Reincarnated as Kaido, married Big Mom, and formed a dual-Emperor pirate crew.

Chapter 262 Beware of fire, theft, and teammates; reinforcements arrive.

The World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, the battle for the top 100, the duel between the 33rd to 66th place winners, ended smoothly without any surprises.

Furthermore, the remaining matches of the World Martial Arts Tournament proceeded as scheduled the day after this chaotic battle ended.

The first match of the Four-Way Battle: Kaido the Blue Dragon vs. Edward Newgate the Whitebeard.

The two stepped onto the ring amidst countless expectant gazes.

"Ugh, finally we're facing each other head-on, Newgate!"

Kaido twisted his neck, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.

"Gurararara, the strongest creature versus my strongest attack? I'm looking forward to it too, Kaido."

The white-bearded man grinned.

In the past few days, due to Kaido and Whitebeard's performance in the arena, coupled with their existing reputations, both of them have earned the title of "strongest".

Kaido is the strongest creature, though some call him the one with the strongest defense. Throughout the entire tournament, almost no strong fighter could truly injure Kaido. Even Korin only suffered minor injuries, which Kaido was able to heal in the blink of an eye.

Whitebeard's attack is the strongest, given that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user, and there was a previous claim that Whitebeard was the strongest.

However, with the emergence of Kaido and the overwhelming combat performances of Shiki and Roger, Whitebeard's strongest strength has been reduced to his strongest attack.

"Forget about those naval forces, let's unleash our full power and fight with everything we have!!"

"Gurarara, just like that!!"

On the arena, Kaido and Whitebeard gripped their weapons tightly, their bodies crackling with Haki and lightning. Kaido even activated his Dragon Man form before the battle.

Duang!!

The familiar chimes rang out once again, and in the next instant, the three-pointed double-edged sword clashed with the Murakumogiri.

The world seemed to shatter like glass, with black and red lightning constantly moving through the cracks.

From the perspective of the onlookers, after a brief delay, the vast ice field surrounding the entire island of Aure collapsed completely.

The howling shockwave blew the pirates watching from the edge of the island into the sky.

"What a terrifying attack!!"

The pirates screamed in terror.

At the center of the world's shattering point, Kaido and Whitebeard completely transformed into two streaks of light, colliding fiercely back and forth.

Each of their clashes felt like the world was about to collapse, with terrifying shockwaves and howling arenas making it difficult even for pirates with vice admiral-level strength to get close enough to watch.

"Urgaora! That's how it has to be! That's how it should be!! This is what battle is all about!!"

Kaido laughed loudly, his eyes burning with fighting spirit. He loved high-intensity battles like Whitebeard's, where he went all out.

"Gurgle, you're really tough, aren't you?!"

Whitebeard Murakumo parried the three-pointed double-edged sword and slashed it across Kaido's chest.

The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit tore through the atmosphere, seemingly cracking Kaido's entire body apart.

However, in the next instant, Kaido forcefully shattered the glass-like atmosphere and slashed at Whitebeard without sustaining any damage.

Whitebeard didn't have the guts to withstand Kaido's slash with his bare body.

Murakumogiri retracted to parry, releasing Conqueror's Haki to block Kaido's slash, and incidentally used the power released by Kaido's slash to retreat and reduce the damage taken.

"Uro-ro-ro-ro!"

Kaido got carried away with the battle and stomped his right foot in the air.

The invisible air was instantly compressed into a liquid state, creating a huge sonic boom circle, and Kaido charged towards Whitebeard.

A red light flashed in Whitebeard's eyes. Kaido hadn't activated his Observation Kill ability, so Whitebeard ducked to avoid Kaido's attack.

The three-pointed, double-edged sword pierced the atmosphere, its terrifying force instantly tearing a huge chasm in the sea.

Taking advantage of the moment, Whitebeard raised his sword and swung it upwards.

This time, he didn't use the power of the Wide-Range Tremor, but instead concentrated all the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit onto the blade.

The black and white blade of the Murakumogiri vibrated at a high frequency, like a chainsaw.

In addition, there are the weapons wrapped around it and the two-tone Haki of the Overlord.

This attack finally succeeded in cutting through Kaido's dragon scales.

Crimson blood splattered in the air, and shattered dragon scales danced in the air, but Kaido's eyes only held a smile.

The three-pointed double-edged sword was quickly retracted, and before Whitebeard could sheath his sword, it struck Whitebeard's body with a single blow.

call out!

boom!!

A streak of light fell from the sky into the sea.

In an instant, the sea was frozen, and then in the next instant, it crumbled.

Whitebeard was completely encased in an ice ball, with a huge slap mark on his chest and blood gushing from his mouth.

clack clack...

The ice ball that had imprisoned Whitebeard shattered, and the sea that had been pressing in from both sides receded once more.

Whitebeard lifted his foot and stepped on the air, sending him soaring into the sky.

Murakumogiri once again transformed into a high-frequency vibrating blade, slashing down on Kaido's chest.

Kaido made no attempt to defend himself, allowing Whitebeard to slash at him, before turning around and slashing at Whitebeard with his own sword.

Whitebeard had already learned his lesson once; how could he possibly fall for it again?

This time, Murakumogiri recovered at an even faster speed, blocking Kaido's slash.

However, Kaido's offensive, which focused solely on attack and neglected defense, had only just begun.

In Kaido's hands, the three-pointed double-edged sword became a blur, unleashing dozens or even hundreds of slashes in an instant.

Whitebeard dared not take Kaido's attacks head-on anymore and could only defend and parry. In the end, as expected, Kaido pierced his chest with a single slash.

The massive three-pointed double-edged sword cleaved from Whitebeard's left shoulder down to his right abdomen, just like the slash Whitebeard had delivered to Kaido earlier, causing blood to gush out.

"Dad!!"

Marco and his group, who were watching from a distance, instantly looked tense.

Whitebeard let out a muffled groan, and Murakumogiri thrust back at Kaido's throat.

Kaido dodged by tilting his neck to the side, giving Whitebeard the opportunity to create distance.

The two of them fell from the sky onto the ice, and the turbulent sea froze once again under the influence of Kaido's Devil Fruit power.

With a clang, the white-bearded man plunged the Murakumogiri into the ice, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Kaido looked down at the wound on his chest.

Thanks to the powerful healing ability of the Azure Dragon Fruit, the wound has stopped bleeding and scabbed over, and new dragon scales will soon grow back.

Whitebeard looked up and knew he couldn't let Kaido recover, otherwise he would have no hope of victory.

His powerful body burst forth, and Murakumogiri enveloped all his domineering aura.

With a single slash, the world was split in two.

The sea stretched 100 kilometers away, and the sky stretched 100 kilometers away, divided into left and right sides.

Then, both worlds simultaneously turned into shattered glass, and the force of the shockwave poured out to both sides.

Kaido wasn't arrogant enough to take Whitebeard's attack head-on; he dodged to the side, but... he couldn't avoid it.

His left arm was forcibly split in two by the white-bearded man.

Before he could retaliate, the world shattered, and the shockwave struck him.