Just as Kaido had said.
Karl, who was still in his growth phase and some time away from his peak, was actually getting stronger every day.
If, just after completing his third evolution, Karl could suppress Kaido in his normal state, but needed to activate his third trait, As Big or Small as I Please, to contend with Kaido's dragon-human form.
Then now, Karl's normal-state strength could contend with Kaido's dragon-human form.
Because the last time Karl had gone all out was during the Battle for the Era in Sea Circle Calendar 1520.
Two years might not mean much for Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Shanks, three overlords of the seas who were in their prime.
But for Karl, who was in his growth phase, the change was immense.
Defending reactively, colliding with Kaido's Thunder Bagua, and instead knocking Kaido back a few steps—this was the change in Karl's normal-state strength over two years.
After using As Big or Small as I Please and entering his full-power superhuman mode, Karl sealed his elementalization in exchange for an epic-level enhanced Body of Steel. Even without Haki coverage, he could withstand the external release-level Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki Infusion of two pirate emperors.
The current Karl was just like the super-enhanced version of Garp using superhuman mode in Sea Circle Calendar 1519.
The fusion of As Big or Small as I Please and superhuman mode was Karl's greatest growth over the past two years.
Compared to Garp's superhuman mode, which consumed a large amount of physical energy and couldn't last long, Karl was now not only in a superhuman mode that broke the limits of the human body with As Big or Small as I Please, but the electric current was stimulating his trillions of cells, allowing this superhuman mode to continuously break through deeper limits.
If he couldn't be defeated quickly, then Karl's current strength would only get stronger and stronger, until all his cells were activated and he couldn't get any stronger.
Karl, who could suppress Kaido and Charlotte Linlin individually in his normal state, after entering the superhuman mode that broke the limits of the human body and continuously grew stronger, made the battle between the three pirate emperors instantly become one-sided, shattering the worldview of countless people.
Clang clang clang...
Except for the Armament Haki infused with internal destruction, Karl didn't dodge or evade any of Kaido's and Charlotte Linlin's other attacks, letting the spiked club and the emperor's sword land on his body, making sounds like metal colliding.
The otherworldly attacks were like hitting a sponge. The power was not only completely absorbed, circulating in Karl's body and accelerating the activation of his cells, but then rebounded from Karl's body, knocking away Kaido's and Charlotte Linlin's weapons and sending them back a distance with their own power.
If the gap weren't so vast, Lucci would definitely have discovered that Karl's move of absorbing power and rebounding it to the opponent was the Iron Body extension technique—Empty Wood.
Just like the Six King Gun, which had received an epic-level enhancement in Karl's hands.
The principle of Empty Wood was to rebound the opponent's attack. The stronger the enemy's striking power, the stronger the rebound power.
Unless the power withstood exceeded the limit one could bear, or possessed internal destruction power, Empty Wood could rebound all attacks.
This special extension technique of one of the Six Powers was undoubtedly the most suitable move for Karl, whose physique was number one in the world.
Karl, who had broken the limits of the human body, now had a body strength that was at least several "world's second bests" ahead of the world's second best.
This continuously strengthening superhuman mode was the perfect time to use Empty Wood.
After using Empty Wood, Karl's Body of Steel, besides being invulnerable to blades and spears and impervious to water and fire, gained the trait of rebounding attacks.
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin suffered more the more they fought.
Gradually, they also discovered the rebound ability of Karl's Body of Steel.
And so, they stopped using Conqueror's Haki Infusion and external release-level Armament Haki shockwaves, and only attacked Karl with the highest level of Armament Haki capable of destroying the inside of the human body.
But the result was still the same...
Karl only covered his lightning-flashing body with a layer of external release-level Armament Haki, blocking their Armament Haki.
With the Haki armor blocking the attack, the internal destruction-level Haki fluctuations could only penetrate the Haki armor and land on Karl's body, then be completely absorbed by the Body of Steel and rebounded, sending Kaido and Charlotte Linlin flying.
With the help of continuous attacks, Karl's strength soared rapidly.
After withstanding a dozen or so otherworldly attacks, Karl went from passive to active, no longer engaging in turn-based attacks, and launched a crushing offensive against Kaido and Charlotte Linlin.
As for the two pirate emperors he had fought before, Karl's interest in Kaido and Charlotte Linlin in this chaotic battle was actually not as great as his interest in Shanks and Blackbeard.
So, he decided to eliminate these two pirate emperors as quickly as possible.
Boom—!
"Ugh..."
His figure flashed like a meteor, and Karl appeared in front of Kaido at a speed that even Kaido's Observation Haki couldn't react to.
Although transforming into a five-meter-tall giant had weakened Karl's speed to a certain extent.
But the superhuman mode of electric current stimulating cells eliminated the weakness of As Big or Small as I Please.
Now, with trillions of cells in an active state, bursting with astonishing physical energy every second, Karl's speed was not weakened but enhanced beyond his normal state.
Only the word "meteor" could describe his current speed.
With the enhancement of meteor speed, Karl's already incomparably powerful fist was more terrifying than the impact of a moving island.
Kaido, hit in the abdomen by Karl's punch, was just like Blackbeard who had taken Shanks's Divine Departure head-on.
His seven-meter-one huge body instantly bent like a shrimp, his eyes rolled back, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood on the spot, then turned into an arrow-like afterimage and flew back several thousand meters.
Boom—!
After sending Kaido flying with a punch, Karl flashed in front of the wide-eyed and shocked Charlotte Linlin, and also landed a punch on her abdomen.
"Ugh..."
Unlike simply sending Kaido flying, Karl's punch on Charlotte Linlin produced a huge, reverse-flowing air cannon.
The Six King Gun infused with internal destruction made Charlotte Linlin's eyes roll back, spitting out even more blood than Kaido.
And her huge body didn't retreat half a step, but knelt on the ground.
"You're out, Senior Linlin. You're not fit to stand on this battlefield anymore—Boom!"
Karl, who had almost knocked Charlotte Linlin unconscious with a single punch, raised his foot and kicked her away like a soccer ball.
His figure turned into a meteor, and Karl caught up with the flying Charlotte Linlin, continuously adding kicks.
At a speed that even the camera couldn't track, Karl kicked Charlotte Linlin off the super-large island with just a few kicks.
And so, the first Emperor of the Sea was out!
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