Chapter 156 - Chapter 158

"Let's see what you can do, Jack," Byakuya gestured for Jack to attack with his free hand. His whole aura was as sharp as a sword and just looking at him would make you feel like you had been cut in half. Jack answered the provocation by taking a big step forward and swiping his scythe against Byakuya, hoping to cut his body into two pieces.

"Too slow," Byakuya used his sword to block Jack's attack, and he waved his index finger slightly. That produced a wound on Jack's chin, and it was clearly caused by a blade from how smooth the cut was. Jack hadn't seen anything move past him, he just felt it when the blade actually came in contact with his skin, but he was too slow to do anything about it.

"Is this all you got?" Byakuya asked casually.

"Of course not, and if that is all you got, this will be easier than I thought." Jack's wound had already healed and his sadistic smile was back on his face.

Byakuya let out a disappointing sigh and shook his head slightly, "You just proved how truly far behind you are." He gestured for Jack to make a move, to which he did. Jack took another confident step forward and started swinging his scythe's without mercy. Byakuya smoothly dodged all of Jack's attempts to cut him. He couldn't even cut Byakuya's clothes, albeit the speed at which they were moving was impressive in itself.

Byakuya started blocking Jack's strikes instead of dodging and this caused Jack's confidence to shoot through the roof, "Already tired, Billion blades, Byakuya?!" Jack screamed while swinging wildly at him. And even though it didn't look like he knew what he was doing, there was a pattern to his fighting, which proved he very much knew what he was doing.

"Definitely not, Jack. I Just wanted to test your physical strength." Byakuya saw the next strike come towards him, so this time he didn't just block it, he raised his hand and caught the blade of the scythe. "And now it's my turn!" Byakuya swung his sword and caught Jack's scythe in two. And directly after that, he dashed forward and kicked Jack in the stomach. Jack flew across the battlefield and only stopped after Byakuya appeared above him and kicked him down on the ice. Jack was on the ground and vomiting blood. Byakuya stepped onto his chest and delivered a palm strike to his chest. Jack vomited blood like a fountain and his eyes contained unimaginable hatred.

"Y-You're a dead man!" Jack said hatefully with a weak voice. And behind Byakuya, a shadow even bigger than Jack's appeared and he felt a wave of killing intent appear and hit him like a wave. He quickly turned around and blocked a giant club with his sword. An incredible pressure was released from the clash and most of the weak-willed pirates were knocked out cold from their clash with each other.

"Nice to see you again, Kaido," Byakuya said after the clash ended. He looked at the emperor that had appeared and swung his massive club at him.

"Step off him, kid!" Kaido said in a low growl. His eyes glowed with intense hatred and it was all directed at Byakuya at the current moment.

"You mean Jack?" Byakuya said and pierced Jack's stomach with his sword. "Oops!" Byakuya said nonchalantly. Kaido's anger exploded and he swung his club at Byakuya, but it was stopped mid-flight, and not by Byakuya. "Let the kids play," Amell's voice rang out as he had stopped the club with his hand.

"Amell!" Kaido said and drew back his club again. And without mercy or hesitation, he started swinging it at him. And each swing held enough power to completely demolish any warship, no matter the size.

Amell blocked each club strike with a palm strike of his own, and he redirected the force behind Kaido's strikes so Amell was the one who advanced forward and Kaido couldn't find a way to change the tide of this fight. Even though Haki was used, nothing changed, Kaido gained nothing against Amell. Amell smiled at Kaido while deflecting his blows without effort, "I hope you understand now, Kaido. This was never a fight between emperors that was fated to be written down in history. And this is also not your glorious world war." Amell blocked another hit and disappeared from view. He reappeared in the air behind Kaido's head. "Do you know what this is?" He swatted the air like he would swat a fly. Kaido was immediately hit by an incredibly powerful wind blast that sent him crashing through the battlefield crushing to death many of his own men.

Kaido retained balance and stopped himself. He got up while his body was quickly healing itself. As he got up, blood was seen all over his front from all the wounds he had, and also all the people he had crushed to death when Amell sent him flying. He glared angerly at Amell that was standing in the air some distance away from him. His Haki was causing cracks in the ice and he took a big step towards Amell. "After this day, when my crew and I go back to Wano, we will celebrate your death and your crew's destruction. And when we do that I will drink your blood using your head as the mug." Kaido's voice sounded savage and his anger had clearly brought him to the brink of madness.

"You will regret going against me when I rip your dear grandson in two in front of your eyes." Kaido changed target and his gaze landed on Byakuya and he disappeared in a speed that was surprising for a man of his size. Amell could perfectly follow his movement and after he shook his head, he moved after Kaido. And before Kaido reached Byakuya's location, Amell appeared exactly where Kaido appeared and struck him in the chest.

Amell watched Kaido's body get buried in the ice and Kaido spat out blood from the sheer force behind Amell's punch. "You never answered my question. Do you know what this is?" Amell looked around the battlefield and then he turned his gaze back down on Kaido. "This is a slaughter!"

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