Chapter 512: Chapter 512: Slaughtering You With Your Own Broken Body
Kaido’s purple fist slammed into the black dragon’s abdomen, folding Ginyu’s massive body like a shrimp in mid-air. Kaido followed up with a brutal kick, sending the black dragon flying horizontally until it crashed through three massive stone pillars.
Ginyu crawled out of the rubble, staring in sheer disbelief at the tiny purple man on the ground.
"This isn’t right."
Ginyu finally grasped the severity of the situation. He possessed Kaido’s physical body, yes. But the core essence that made Kaido truly terrifying had followed his soul. The Haki was gone. The Devil Fruit powers were gone. Even that thing called "Atmospheric Authority" was completely missing. What he was piloting was nothing more than an empty shell. A physically monstrous shell, but one entirely devoid of any special buffs.
"You lying bastard!"
Ginyu roared, charging forward. He swung a massive dragon claw, aiming to smash Kaido into a bloody pulp.
Instead of dodging, he met the attack head-on. His small purple fist accurately slammed into the joint of the descending dragon claw—a strike saturated in Conqueror’s Haki.
Crack.
Ginyu’s dragon claw snapped, the entire forearm bending backward at a sickening angle.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh—!"
The scream of agony that tore from Ginyu’s throat belonged to Kaido’s voice. Hearing his own vocal cords used to screech like a slaughtered pig enraged Kaido even further.
"Don’t you dare squeal like a pig with my voice!"
Kaido launched himself up, delivering another devastating punch right to the black dragon’s snout. Ginyu’s entire head snapped to the side. He stumbled back seven or eight steps, his giant frame crashing into a rock face.
Landing back on the dirt, Kaido’s purple body trembled violently. The damage Ginyu had left behind was severe. The fractured ribs ground together with every breath. But in his eyes burned a battle lust hotter than a volcano.
"Wororororo," Kaido chuckled darkly. "A foundation of 120,000, combined with my Conqueror’s Haki. Beating a fake who doesn’t even know how to use Haki is almost too easy."
Ginyu finally understood. He’d been scammed. This dragon body looked absurdly powerful, but its core systems were soul-bound abilities entirely independent of the flesh. Conqueror’s Haki was the manifestation of willpower. The Devil Fruit was a contract of the soul. Atmospheric Authority was a gift carved into his soul by Blake. He’d stolen a supercar, but he didn’t have the keys.
"Captain!"
Jeice woke from his stupor. Seeing the colossal black dragon being mercilessly beaten by the purple midget, his brain short-circuited.
"Wait... Captain, which one is you!?"
"I’m in the dragon!" Ginyu shrieked in agony. "I’m the dragon! This purple bastard is beating me!"
Jeice and Burter exchanged a look, finally remembering. The Captain had used his Body Change. So the dragon getting pummeled was their Captain, and the purple guy doing the pummeling was the native named Kaido.
"Jeice! Burter!" Ginyu yelled as Kaido kicked him to the ground again, his dragon snout smashing into the rock and sending debris flying. "Don’t just stand there watching! Attack! Kill this lunatic wearing my old body!"
Jeice wiped a cold sweat from his brow. He checked his scouter. Kaido was using the Captain’s old, heavily damaged body. Theoretically, it had a base of 120,000, but with those injuries, it was outputting maybe 50,000 or 60,000 at best. Combined with his and Burter’s power, a 3-on-1 fight was easily winnable.
"Burter!" Jeice’s expression turned vicious. "Combination formation!"
"Got it!"
Burter vanished, using the fastest speed in the universe to flank Kaido from behind. Meanwhile, Jeice fired a barrage of red Energy Blasts from the front. A pincer attack.
Kaido’s Observation Haki instantly picked up the two spikes of killing intent. Without even turning around, his purple body spun in a half-circle, kicking a sharp piece of debris directly at Burter. Coated in Conqueror’s Haki, the rock flew like a bullet.
Burter was fast, but his predictive abilities were garbage compared to Kaido’s. The rock slammed perfectly into the bridge of his nose.
"Gah!" Burter sprayed blood, losing his balance and tumbling head over heels.
Simultaneously, Kaido sidestepped to the right. Jeice’s Energy Blasts skimmed past his shoulder—and directly impacted Ginyu, who was just trying to stand up.
"Jeice, you idiot!" Ginyu coughed, his face blackened by his own subordinate’s attack. "You’re shooting me!"
Jeice turned pale. "Sorry, Captain! I was aiming for him! He dodged at the last second!"
Kaido stood with his purple hands on his hips, looking down on his three enemies. This purple body might only be 1.8 meters tall, but Kaido’s aura pierced the heavens.
"Wororororo. Three against one? Perfect. I love nothing more than fighting outnumbered in the New World." Kaido clenched his fists, popping his knuckles. "Come on, purple astronauts. I’m going to use your own body to dismantle your team today."
Ginyu’s draconic face twisted in sheer humiliation. He felt his pride being dragged through the mud and stomped on. Never in his life did he imagine he would commandeer such a magnificent body, only to be beaten to a pulp by a native piloting his own broken shell. It was ten thousand times more humiliating than a regular defeat.
"Jeice! Burter!" Ginyu forced himself up. The massive black dragon swayed unsteadily. He couldn’t even balance properly. Walking on four legs and managing a tail was completely alien to his bipedal instincts. Every step felt like he was slipping on ice. "Attack him together! Pin down! I’m going to change back!"
Hearing the words "change back," Kaido’s eyes narrowed, a deeply concealed smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.
Change back? Exactly what I wanted.
Charging forward without a word, Kaido moved like a ghost between the three of them. Every strike from his purple fists landed on a critical weak point. Burter was fast, but Kaido’s Observation Haki mapped his trajectory 0.3 seconds in advance. Every time Burter tried to sneak attack, he was met with a perfectly timed elbow or knee.
Jeice fired frantically from a distance. Kaido didn’t dodge; he parried. Using Haki to harden his arms, he deflected the Energy Blasts, altering their trajectory. Two of them smacked right into Ginyu’s backside.
"Jeice!" Ginyu roared in fury. "Whose side are you on!? You’ve hit me three times!"
Jeice wanted to cry. It wasn’t that his aim was bad. It was that the purple monster perfectly calculated the trajectory of every blast, deliberately positioning himself to deflect them right at the Captain. This native’s combat instincts were downright demonic.
With a brutal hook, Kaido snapped Burter’s left arm. Burter screamed and was sent flying. Kaido didn’t pursue. He turned back to Ginyu, hooking a purple finger in a taunting gesture.
"What’s the matter? Aren’t you going to swap? If you don’t do it now, I’m going to beat your team to death."
Ginyu gritted his teeth. He knew Kaido was goading him, but he had no choice. He couldn’t use this black dragon body. Not only was he powerless, he could barely even walk without tripping. Dragging this out would only humiliate him further.
He had to get his body back. Even if it was severely injured, he could control it perfectly. With his 120,000 base, crushing a native who couldn’t even use ki would be child’s play.
"Fine."
Ginyu took a deep breath. The black dragon arched its back once more, opening its maw wide at Kaido.
Kaido stood perfectly still. He didn’t evade. He even spread his arms slightly, like he was welcoming an old friend.
"Come on." An eerie glint flashed in Kaido’s eyes. "I’ve been waiting for you to say that."
Ginyu didn’t notice the strange look on Kaido’s face. He focused all his mental energy into a single point.
"Change!" The white beam erupted once more.
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