r18novel Chapter 295 Nobunaga vs. Kaido, the Demon King versus the Five Emperors
Chapter 295 Nobunaga vs. Kaido, the Demon King versus the Five Emperors
Chapter 295 Nobunaga vs. Kaido, the Demon King versus the Five Emperors
Laughter, carrying the terrifying power of a tyrant's laughter, ravaged the world.
However, in the eye of this powerful storm, two people stood firm.
Cú Chulainn carried a crimson spear, dark red magic flowing across his body, pushing away the oppressive aura like rocks parting the sea.
He grinned, his crimson eyes burning with even greater fighting spirit, and looked up at the giant dragon in the sky as if admiring a masterpiece of art.
"Hey, what brings you here?"
A voice broke in.
Cú Chulainn, carrying his spear, stared intently at Nobunaga with undisguised excitement on his face.
"Kaido, this prey is mine." Cú Chulainn's voice was filled with an undeniable desire.
"From the first moment I saw him, I decided that I would fight him and completely and thoroughly destroy this guy."
Kaido lowered his head and looked at Cú Chulainn.
"Cú Chulainn, this Heroic Spirit—is quite interesting," Kaido said in a deep voice.
Cú Chulainn refused to budge an inch.
"But opportunities to fight a worthy opponent are rare. Kaido, you keep talking about giving me a good, deathmatch, and now that the chance has come, you want to steal it from me?"
He stepped forward, and dark red magic began to rise.
"Or are you afraid that I'll take care of him first, ruining your fun?"
"Hehehehehe—" Kaido laughed, a laugh that came from hearing an interesting suggestion.
"A provocation? But you're right, it's really tiring to fight those small fry every day."
He patted Cú Chulainn on the shoulder with his huge hand, but the latter did not budge.
"But Cú Chulainn, this Heroic Spirit—is different."
Kaido looked at Nobunaga, his eyes gleaming with the light of someone discovering a new toy.
"His aura is very special; it's not just simple strength, but rather—a domineering power I've never seen before. I want to taste what his blood tastes like for myself."
He paused, then his tone became unquestionable.
"I'll fight this battle. You just watch."
Cú Chulainn frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in his red eyes, but he ultimately did not refute.
He knew Kaido; when this monster became truly interested in something, no one could change his mind.
He snorted coldly and took a half step back, but still gripped his spear tightly, clearly intending to intervene at any moment.
If the battle isn't exciting enough.
Oda Nobunaga merely narrowed his eyes slightly.
A flash of blue light.
The enormous dragon body began to shrink and deform, its scales fell off, its wings retracted, and its limbs were reshaped.
In just a few breaths, the sky-covering azure dragon disappeared, replaced by a tall man over seven meters tall, with muscles as hard as steel, two horns on his head, and a bare upper body.
Kaito landed heavily on the ground, and the snow and frozen soil beneath his feet instantly cracked, creating a crater ten meters in diameter.
He carried a huge spiked club, his dark golden vertical pupils staring at Nobunaga, a ferocious smile on his face.
"State your name, kid. You're the first person in the last 18 years to be able to hurt Jin and still dare to talk to me like that."
Nobunaga met Kaido's gaze without flinching.
Despite their significant height difference, the two were equally imposing.
On one side is the maritime emperor who has ruled the new world for decades, and on the other side is the Sixth Heaven Demon King who almost unified Japan.
"Oda Nobunaga." Nobunaga gave his name, paused, and then added.
"Of course, you can also call me the Sixth Demon King. Although I gave myself that title, it sounds pretty impressive, doesn't it?"
"The Sixth Demon King—" Kaido repeated the name, his interest growing even stronger.
"A name I've never heard of. But it doesn't matter, I admire people with guts."
He turned to look at Jin: "Can you still move?"
Jin gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet. Though his steps were unsteady, he managed to stand: "————Okay, Mr. Kaido."
"Go to the side and stay out of the way." Kaido waved his hand, his gaze fixed on Kozuki Hiyori.
"Little girl from the Kozuki family, this is the reliance you've found to restore your country. It looks good, but I know better than anyone the stamina required for a Heroic Spirit of this level."
"How many battles will you have to endure?!?"
Hiyori's body was still trembling, but upon hearing Kaido's words, she took a deep breath and forced herself to stand up straight.
Her purple eyes met Kaido's terrifying gaze, and although her voice still trembled, she spoke each word clearly.
"Kaido—Wano Country—will definitely be restored—Father's and all the victims' wishes—will never be thwarted."
"Shut up." Kaido interrupted her impatiently, his domineering aura slamming into Hiyori like a heavy hammer!
The latter groaned and almost fell to his knees, but a rough hand pressed down on his shoulder.
Nobunaga had somehow appeared in front of her, his red eyes coldly fixed on Kaido.
"Hey, big guy." Nobunaga's voice had lost its previous flippancy, leaving only a cold fighting spirit.
"What kind of skill is it to bully little girls? Your opponent is me."
Kaido narrowed his eyes, looking Nobunaga up and down as if assessing the quality of a weapon.
A moment later, he grinned.
He extended a thick finger and pointed it at Hiyori behind Nobunaga.
"I can sense you, you rascal."
"You have that same kind of idiotic aura as Roger. You probably have no idea what kind of mess you've gotten yourself into!"
"This woman, Hiyori Kozuki, is the daughter of the rightful heir to Wano Country, and she's also the bait I'm using to lure out those remnants of the Kozuki clan. She can't die, at least not now."
It then points to Nobunaga.
"And you, you're a decent Heroic Spirit. The fact that you could injure Jin shows you have strength."
"You dare to speak to me like that, which shows you have guts. I need a subordinate like you."
Kaido grinned, his smile exuding an undeniable domineering aura.
"So, the condition is simple: you join the Beasts Pirates and become my subordinate."
"In exchange, I guarantee Hiyori's safety. Of course, she has to come back with me and be placed under house arrest, but she will definitely not die."
He paused, then slammed his spiked club heavily on the ground.
"If you refuse—then I'll kill you all first, and then take Hiyori Kozuki back with me."
"Although the dead are not as useful as the living, the bloodline of the Kozuki clan, even if only corpses remain, can drive those remnants insane."
Hiyori's body trembled slightly.
She looked at Nobunaga, her purple eyes filled with complex emotions.
There was fear, there was anticipation, there was resolve, and there was also—a sliver of hope.
Nobunaga did not answer immediately.
He picked at his ear, as if thinking, or perhaps to make sure he hadn't misheard.
"Join you? Become your subordinate?" he repeated, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Hey, guys, aren't you mistaken about something?"
His laughter abruptly stopped, and a sharp, knife-like glint flashed in his red eyes.
"I, Oda Nobunaga, have only ever been someone's lord in my life, never someone's subordinate."
"This was true in life, and it is even more so after death when they become heroic spirits."
He stepped forward, and although he was much shorter than Kaido, his domineering aura was in no way weak.
"Want me to be your subordinate? Sure, beat me first."
Kaido's eyes narrowed.
"Beat you? You think you can negotiate with me just because you've injured Jhin?"
"Whether you're qualified or not, we'll only know after we fight." Nobunaga grinned and placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"However, since you want to negotiate, I'll make one too."
He turned to the side, his expression arrogant to the point of madness, pointing at Kaido in front of him.
"If I win, you and your servants get out of my way, because you have no right to stand in my way!"
Kaido remained silent.
The wind and snow howled between the two.
King gritted his teeth, wanting to say something, but seeing Kaido's expression, he swallowed his words.
After a long silence, Kaido slowly spoke.
"Can."
He raised his spiked club and pointed it at Nobunaga.
"If you can satisfy me, if you can hurt me, even just a scratch, I'll let you leave Bell and give you three days to escape."
"But!" His voice suddenly turned cold, his domineering aura piercing Hiyori like an ice pick.
"If he can't even catch a single baton in front of me, or if he bores me—"
"Then you'll have to come back with me obediently. I won't kill you, but you'll be locked in the deepest part of the rabbit bowl."
"Every day I watch as your hopes for restoring your nation are crushed inch by inch, and I watch as those remaining loyalists of the Kozuki clan who still fight for you are dragged out one by one and hung on the flag of Onigashima to dry in the wind!"
He leaned down, casting a huge shadow over Hiyori, his gaze seemingly capable of freezing the soul.
"Look closely, little girl. See how fragile and ridiculous your so-called hope is in front of me."
"Then, live out the rest of your life in prison with this despair. This is the price of rebelling against me."
Hiyori's body trembled violently, not from fear, but from anger and a deep-seated sense of powerlessness.
Kaido's words burrowed into her heart like venomous snakes, tearing at the beliefs she was barely holding onto.
Yes—so what if there are Heroic Spirits?
The opponent is Kaido, a monster who has ruled Wano Country for twenty years and caused countless strong people to fall!
He still has Jin, and that terrifying Cú Chulainn—to restore his kingdom? Is it really possible?
She looked at Nobunaga's retreating figure.
That not-so-tall, even somewhat rough-looking back became the only barrier between her and the world.
Nobunaga did not turn around, but he seemed to sense Hiyori's wavering.
He turned his head slightly and whispered something in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Hey, Master, don't forget the look in your eyes when you bit your tongue to summon me. Don't forget it now."
Hiyori was jolted.
Yes — a wish.
That wish that I would do anything to achieve.
She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the confusion and fear in them were forcibly suppressed, replaced by an almost tragic determination.
"I understand." Hiyori's voice was still trembling, but she no longer backed down.
"Lord Nobunaga—please—fight!"
Nobunaga grinned.
"That's right."
He turned around to face Kaido, and slowly drew his twin swords.
"Well then, big guy—" Nobunaga Yumi stood up, like a beast about to pounce.
"Don't let me down."
A flame of excitement ignited in Kaido's eyes.
"Hehehehehe—Come on!!!"
Twin swords, drawn from their sheaths.
There was no probing the moment the battle began.
Kaido's massive body unleashed a terrifying speed completely disproportionate to his size; with a single step, the ground shattered!
With a piercing shriek that tore through the air, the spiked club of the Eight Recluses crashed down on Nobunaga like a collapsing mountain!
The force of this strike was enough to level a small hill!
Nobunaga did not take the hit head-on.
His figure slid backward ten meters like a ghost, his long sword drawing an arc in front of him.
The blade didn't strike the spiked club, but rather the trajectory of its swing—clang!
The deafening clang of metal colliding was deafening!
The ground beneath Nobunaga's feet shattered inch by inch, but he steadily caught the blow and used the impact to drift backward again, dissipating most of the force.
"Oh?" Kaido raised an eyebrow. "Not bad. But technique alone can't stop my power!"
He stepped forward again, changing his spiked club from smashing to sweeping, sweeping away thousands of troops!
This time, the attack covered a space of about 20 meters to the left and right of Nobunaga, leaving him no way to avoid it!
A glint of light flashed in Nobunaga's eyes.
The short sword was sheathed, and the long sword was gripped with both hands.
"When the world is ravaged by war, chaos reigns!"
The longsword transformed into countless afterimages, not as a parry, but as hundreds of extremely precise thrusts!
Each thrust landed precisely on the point of force in the swing of the spiked club, like puncturing a balloon with a needle, prematurely detonating the destructive power at the moment of its eruption!
Boom boom boom boom—!!!
A series of small explosions erupted between the spiked club and the longsword!
The shockwave ripped away all the surrounding snow, revealing the scorched permafrost beneath.
Nobunaga was jolted back three steps, his hand split open, blood flowing down the hilt of his sword, but a smile spread across his face.
"That's awesome! Let's do it again!"
Kaido's interest grew even stronger.
He no longer relied solely on strength; the trajectory of his spiked club began to become unpredictable.
Sometimes as heavy as a mountain, sometimes as swift as the wind, and sometimes suddenly changing direction midway, as if it had a life of its own. This is Kaido's practical combat skill, which is devoid of any fancy tricks and is extremely deadly, after experiencing countless life-and-death battles.
Nobunaga's approach to the situation also changed.
He no longer took the blows head-on, but instead pushed his agility to the limit, weaving and dodging through the storm of spiked clubs.
dodge.
His movements seem casual, yet he always manages to dodge fatal attacks at the last second, and his occasional counterattacks always target the weaknesses in Kaido's attacks.
The battle between the two gradually moved beyond the realm of overwhelming strength.
"Hehehehe—Not bad! Really not bad!"
Kaido laughed wildly and smashed a deep crater into the ground where Nobunaga had been standing with his club, but Nobunaga had already dodged to the side and thrust his long sword straight at Kaido's ribs!
clang!
Kaido parried in time with the handle of his spiked club, the tip of which struck the metal, sending sparks flying.
"But you can't beat me with just skill!"
Kaido suddenly took a deep breath, his chest expanding.
next moment.
"Heat Breath!"
A blazing breath of fire erupted from Kaido's mouth!
That was no ordinary flame, but a high-temperature dragon breath containing the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit. Wherever it passed, the air distorted, the ground melted, and even the rocks vaporized!
Nobunaga's pupils contracted.
The range of this attack was too large, and the speed was too fast; it was impossible to completely dodge it.
But he didn't intend to avoid it.
"Playing with fire? I'm the one who's in charge!"
Nobunaga held a gun in his left hand, pointing straight ahead, with the tip of his sword pointing to the sky.
Dark red magic surged from his body, coiling around the gun and forming a spiraling vortex of magic.
"Three thousand worlds —"
He swung his longsword down, meeting the dragon's breath head-on!
"Flame of Exorcism!"
Dark red flames collided with scorching dragon breath!
There was no explosion, no impact.
Wherever the blade flashed, the dragon's breath seemed to be cleaved in two by an invisible hand, splitting and dissipating to both sides!
It wasn't neutralized, but rather destroyed.
The mysterious power that constitutes the dragon's breath was forcibly broken down and reduced to the most basic particles by Nobunaga's authority, and then dissipated into the air!
For the first time, genuine surprise appeared in Kaido's eyes.
"What kind of ability is this?"
Nobunaga was panting heavily, his hand holding the gun trembling slightly; the attack just now had taken a huge toll on him.
He didn't rely on Kozuki's magic power, but fought using his ability to manifest independently, which was still somewhat strained—
But he grinned.
"A little trick specifically designed to deal with you mystical types. What do you think, big guy? Your dragon breath is nothing special."
Kaido fell silent.
He looked at Nobunaga, at this man who was much smaller than himself, yet could rival him.
"That's wonderful!"