Whoosh!
The wind is blowing hard!
The clothes of the Drumm Kingdom royal soldiers are being tossed about by the strong wind.
In such a windy day, and in a desert town, normally there should be dust everywhere.
But strangely, neither Dalton, who has an animal-type Devil Fruit power, nor the other Drumm Kingdom soldiers, are closing their eyes because of the wind?
Is it because they don't want to miss this amazing battle unfolding before them?
No, of course not.
It's because this wind is very unusual, and it's not carrying any "dust."
The grains of sand that should be bothering people's eyes, at this moment seem to be controlled by some kind of power, floating in the air in a difficult-to-describe pattern.
Therefore, no matter how strong the surrounding wind is, it's impossible to stir up any dust or sand.
Because there is a "power" stronger than that "wind" suppressing them.
…
The sand is slowly flowing in the air.
Because he has an animal-type Devil Fruit power, Dalton has the best eyesight nearby, so he can see the clearest.
To others, the floating sand appears as thin lines or veils, rushing towards the sand giant.
But that's not the case.
Dalton narrowed his eyes and quickly discovered the trick.
The floating sand is not rushing towards the sand giant in a chaotic way, "filling" it in a rough manner.
On the contrary, unlike the sand giant's exaggerated size.
Hidden within the floating sand are many, many "Zero pieces" of all sizes.
No, rather than Zero pieces, they are tiny "letters."
These letters are very three-dimensional, like Zero pieces, constantly filling the sand giant's body.
Others may not see it, but Dalton can clearly feel that when these "letter Zero pieces" fill the sand giant's body, the sand giant's movements and state change noticeably.
It's a… how to describe the feeling?
Dalton paused, then smiled wryly.
He could only describe the sand giant's change in an exaggerated way.
The sand giant, which clearly had no "life signs," actually became much more full of life after countless letter Zero pieces poured into its body!
"Mr. Rowan…"
Dalton muttered to himself.
The so-called "world-destroying" power is not uncommon on this sea, because there are many people who can do it.
Many people can do it with a "little effort."
For example, Crocodile can summon severe sandstorms with a wave of his hand, enough to destroy a town into ruins.
And Dalton himself, for example.
If he really got serious, he could use his brute force to uproot a small hill.
Dalton believed that if he was like this, then the true strong people on this sea must be even more powerful.
But Dalton knew a truth.
To distinguish between the best of those strong people, you have to look at more "subtle" things.
Strong people can unleash great power, so they can be called "strong."
But the real top strong people can completely control this power and turn it into their own flesh and blood, freely manipulating it.
Dalton was also sure that Ryan Rowan had done this.
The sand giant was not just a "giant giant" created by simply gathering countless grains of sand.
Like those lifelike sand soldiers.
It was just a sand soldier magnified countless times!
In other words, the sand giant was very likely not clumsy and slow like ordinary "giant artificial creations," but like a sand soldier, just a "person" magnified countless times.
Such a big guy is essentially terrifying!
…
"Wororororororo!"
From mid-air came Kaido's signature laughter.
He took a few swigs of the strong wine in his flask, and looked up at the sand giant standing in the sunlight and on the desert.
"Well, let me see what the emperor from eight hundred years ago is capable of!"
"Whoosh…"
Kaido opened his mouth and exhaled a puff of hot air.
Suddenly, Kaido's nose twitched, and shadows flashed before his eyes.
Those were the countless grains of sand rushing towards the sand giant.
These grains of sand passed by Kaido, causing him to frown.
Whoosh!
Kaido waved his big hand, but found that he couldn't dispel the ubiquitous sand at all.
This unpleasant feeling made Kaido frown.
He suddenly roared and grabbed the wine flask in his hand, then slammed it hard on the ground.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the flask with the word "Heaven" on it smashed a huge crater into Onigashima under Kaido's amazing brute force.
"Annoying家伙!"
Kaido glared his eyes.
He was already a person of fickle moods, and would use any means to achieve his goals and ambitions.
Therefore, Kaido was naturally full of anger towards the Four Seas Alliance and Ryan Rowan behind it, who had indirectly ruined his plan.
And after arriving in Alabasta, what greeted him was not the "formidable enemy" Ryan Rowan, but that broken thing that looked like a pile of sand forcibly put together.
Ryan Rowan, that家伙, is using such a broken thing to deal with me?
He's underestimating me too much!
A surge of anger rose from the bottom of Kaido's heart.
It was the pride of being one of the Four Emperors, and Kaido's pride as a strong person!
If Ryan Rowan thought that this broken thing made of sand could stop him, he would destroy his country as quickly as possible and make him regret it!
Kaido made up his mind, suddenly stood up, and clouds of mist rose from all over his body.
Before long, a huge blue dragon soared into the sky, perched directly above Onigashima!
That was Kaido's power—the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form!
The huge blue dragon opened its mouth, aimed at where the sand giant was, and then roared violently.
Intense heat surged up, and fierce heat breath spewed from the blue dragon's mouth, heading straight for the sand giant.
Heat Breath!
It was a terrifying heat breath capable of attacking targets several kilometers away, even evaporating an entire hill!
Boom!
The heat breath hit, and countless dust rose.
The Beasts Pirates on Onigashima erupted in cheers.
In their opinion, no matter what that giant was, it could not survive under Kaido's heat breath!
But what they didn't expect was that after Kaido's attack, the expression on his face showed no sign of relief.
Suddenly, Kaido looked up sharply and saw a sand giant's hand, heavily striking Onigashima!
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