NOVEL WEB Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Kaido Loses an Organ
A slash of sword energy tore through the sky.
By the time Sakazuki recovered from the impact of the Conqueror's Haki clash, the slash was already right in front of him.
Looking down at the dying Kaido beneath him, feeling the imminent threat of that lethal strike, Sakazuki made a split-second decision, his presence growing even more aggressive.
He poured all his remaining energy into the arm that was piercing through Kaido's body.
In that instant, he exited the Lava mode—he no longer had the strength to maintain it.
As the slash approached, just a moment away, the infusion was completed.
That part of the magma detached from his body and remained inside Kaido.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
...
A series of explosions rang out.
With no time to dodge, the incoming sword energy struck Sakazuki square in the chest.
Sakazuki layered Armament Haki over his chest again and again.
Both his hands coated in Armament Haki pressed against the sword energy.
As the two forces clashed, his chest was instantly torn open, flesh mangled and bloody.
He was sent flying by the slash, smashing through an unknown number of trees.
Finally, sensing the energy within the slash growing increasingly unstable, he used his Haki-coated hands to forcibly redirect the sword energy, slashing it off toward the rear.
It crashed into a small mountain behind him.
A small mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
Sakazuki came to a stop not far from the mushroom cloud, smashing into a giant boulder.
Blood dripped onto the ground. Having taken Big Mom's attack head-on, Sakazuki slowly stood up.
"Cough... cough... BGIMOM, huh."
He couldn't help but cough up blood as he looked toward the figure carrying Kaido away.
...
On the other side—
Charlotte Linlin was burning with rage.
From the moment Kaido joined the Rocks Pirates, she had felt a strange connection to him.
So she'd always looked after Kaido like a younger brother.
She had even directly told him that Rocks wasn't to be trusted— if anything went wrong, he should come to her.
Even for Charlotte Linlin, the outcome of this war was uncertain.
So she had assigned Kaido to a ship in the rear, letting him fight at the outskirts of God Valley.
If they won, Kaido could earn some merit and rise in status.
If they lost, with his strength, he'd have a better chance of escape.
Charlotte Linlin had considered all these contingencies.
But of all the calculations she made, she never accounted for running into a transmigrator like Sakazuki.
In just a moment of neglect, Kaido was nearly killed.
Looking at Kaido's gaping wound and barely-breathing body, Charlotte Linlin wanted to deal with Sakazuki, but Kaido's injuries couldn't wait.
She scooped Kaido up and rushed toward Rocks' main ship.
She remembered that Rocks had recently acquired a Mythical Zoan Fruit.
Watching Charlotte Linlin rush away with Kaido in her arms, Sakazuki realized—just like in the original story— Rocks' assault on God Valley had already been betrayed by his subordinates.
Some fled, others deserted.
"Mother Visit Cannon: 3000 Leagues!"
Suddenly, as she ran, Charlotte Linlin gathered power into Napoleon's tip and swung forward.
A massive female spirit form appeared and charged at Sakazuki.
Sakazuki looked at the incoming spirit, pressed both hands to the ground, and summoned magma from below with his Devil Fruit ability.
A small magma volcano erupted from underground, sending the spirit flying into the air.
Then the magma erupted skyward, engulfing it.
"What a nuisance."
Through the magma, he could feel that the engulfed spirit hadn't weakened much.
Sakazuki's entire body suddenly emitted thick black smoke, then he transformed into a pool of magma and dove underground, retreating deeper below the surface.
Without Sakazuki's control, the magma he had left behind vanished.
The giant female spirit broke free with ease.
But lacking full sentience, the spirit could only slash wildly when it couldn't locate Sakazuki.
No one knew how long it took... but eventually, it began to fade away.
...
Meanwhile, Charlotte Linlin, carrying Kaido, finally spotted the battlefield on the outskirts of God Valley.
When she saw the Rocks Pirates' ship, her eyes lit up with hope.
A massive laser beam shot out—indiscriminate between friend and foe.
It carved a path straight through the battlefield, crashing directly into the cabin of the Rocks Pirates' ship.
"Out of my way, all of you!"
Charlotte Linlin roared as she charged into the cabin.
Suddenly, she felt a surge of energy beside her.
She looked down, her pupils contracting— it was too late!
Armament Haki surged outward, covering Kaido's wound, but before it could completely seal it—
Boom!
The residual magma inside Kaido's wound erupted.
Magma burst forth from Kaido's body in a continuous stream.
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