The entire Marine Headquarters instantly fell silent, as if even the waves had frozen.
Kaido's voice boomed like thunder: "You claim to uphold justice, but when you secretly extort Heavenly Tribute, how are you any different from plundering pirates?"
Flames of fury burned in his dragon eyes, "When you massacred the Ohara scholars under the banner of justice, how were you nobler than pirates?!"
Akainu's face instantly turned as dark as ink, and the magma around him boiled violently, but Kaido's assault hadn't stopped: "Is this the justice you boast about? Wororororo… Truly laughable!"
Sengoku's expression became extremely grim; these sharp accusations pierced the hearts of every Marine like knives. Many soldiers' eyes began to waver, and their grip on their guns unconsciously loosened a bit.
Akainu's magma had already spread to the edge of the entire execution platform. He gritted his teeth and growled, "Silence… you damned…!"
"What? Did I hit a nerve?" Kaido triumphantly flicked his dragon tail, then suddenly opened his gaping maw, and searing dragon breath once again condensed, "Let me teach you what true power is!"
The heavens and earth suddenly changed color!
Ferocious light surged in Kaido's dragon eyes, and the searing dragon breath condensed in his throat erupted with a roar. A torrent of crimson energy tore through the sky, and the air in its path was scorched and distorted.
Before the Bolo Breath even arrived, the terrifying high temperature had already caused the seawater on the outskirts of Marine Headquarters to boil and evaporate, raising a sky-obscuring white mist.
"Great Eruption: Hound!"
Akainu's stern face was unperturbed. His right arm instantly turned to magma and swelled several times in size. He stomped Moon Walk, a ripple of air exploding beneath his feet, and his body shot into the sky like a cannonball.
The giant magma fist and the dragon breath collided in mid-air with a thunderous crash!
"Boom—!!!"
Amidst the earth-shattering explosion, a crimson-black mushroom cloud soared into the sky!
A terrifying shockwave spread in a ring. The walls of Marine Headquarters vibrated violently, countless bricks and stones rattled down, and warships near the battlefield were directly thrown into the air by the surging waves, then crashed heavily back onto the sea surface. Marine seamen on the decks screamed as they grabbed onto ropes.
"Fall back quickly!"
"This level of battle…"
"Just the aftermath could kill us a hundred times over!"
"….."
The Vice Admirals successively ordered their troops to retreat. Momonga's saber was fully unsheathed, its blade reflecting a chilling glint. Onigumo's long blade was firmly impaled into the ground, barely allowing him to steady himself.
Kaido laughed wildly and opened his massive mouth again. A blue light surged within it, suddenly bursting forth with azure wind blades.
Dozens of crescent-shaped slashes tore through the smoke, whistling towards Akainu.
Akainu snorted coldly, crossing his magma-transformed arms over his chest, and took all the wind blades head-on. Splashing magma and shattered wind blades intertwined in the air, forming a deadly fire net that cleanly severed the masts of three nearby warships.
"Great Eruption!"
Seizing a momentary lull in Kaido's attack, Akainu suddenly erupted. His right arm swelled to an incredible degree, forming a giant magma fist like a miniature volcano, striking towards Kaido's dragon head with a destructive aura!
Kaido didn't dodge, instead wrapping Conqueror's Haki around his dragon fangs and meeting the attack head-on.
"Bang—!!!"
The collision of two supreme powers caused a momentary distortion in space. The blinding glare forced everyone to close their eyes, and the terrifying sonic boom shattered all the glass in the base within a thousand-meter radius!
When everyone opened their eyes again, they saw Akainu landing steadily back on the edge of the execution platform, his cloak flapping, while Kaido's dragon head was also slightly knocked back by the blow.
"Wororororo… Interesting!" Kaido shook his head, the fighting spirit in his dragon eyes growing stronger.
However, the aftermath of this peak duel completely devastated the already precarious Gates of Justice.
The steel gate, having endured too many impacts, groaned under the strain. A massive crack spread from the top all the way down to its base.
With a deafening clang of metal breaking, this colossal gate, symbolizing the absolute justice of the Marines, crashed down, stirring up waves tens of meters high, before gradually subsiding.
"The Gates of Justice… fell!"
"It's over, now the pirates…"
"We can't stop them, all the pirate ships will rush in!"
The Marine soldiers' faces turned ashen, while the pirate fleet on the periphery erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
Sengoku's face was extremely grim. He clenched his fists tightly; this war was developing in the worst possible direction!
"Kaido, it seems these days have made you too comfortable."
Kaido's winding dragon body coiled in the smoke-filled sky, his blue-green scales gleaming with a bloody light in the setting sun.
He suddenly reined in his wild laughter, lowering his dragon head, his golden vertical pupils fixed on Teach on the execution platform, and a low rumble emanated from his throat:
"Wororororo… Sengoku, I'll give you face today." He casually smashed a floating warship wreck with his dragon tail, "Hand that brat over to me for a beating, and I'll immediately take the Beasts Pirates and turn around and leave, how about it?"
The entire Marine Headquarters instantly fell into a terrifying silence.
The shattered Gates of Justice wreckage was still smoking, and dozens of warship wrecks floated on the sea surface. Wounded Marine soldiers groaned in agony amidst pools of blood.
Kaido's proposal, contrasted with this horrific scene, seemed particularly ironic.
Akainu slowly stood up, magma dripping from his magma-transformed right fist, scorching black holes into the execution platform. His voice was colder than arctic ice:
"There's a limit to arrogance."
Akainu's justice coat billowed in the heatwave. "The destruction of Marine Headquarters, the harm to the soldiers…" He suddenly looked up, and frightening red light erupted from his eyes beneath the brim of his cap, "You think all of this can be wiped clean?"
Kaido's dragon whiskers twitched violently in disdain: "What? Are these small fry's lives worth a lot? Wororororo…"
Akainu's figure suddenly vanished from his original spot, and the next second he appeared in mid-air. The air blast from his Moon Walk created a huge depression in the sea surface. His right arm instantly swelled into a mountain-like giant magma fist:
"Since you've come—" Akainu's voice was like a death knell from hell, "—then never leave!"
The world-destroying giant magma fist slammed towards Kaido's head. The scorching light illuminated the entire battlefield as if it were the end of days. Kaido laughed wildly as he met the attack, his dragon tail wrapped in black and red Conqueror's Haki, swinging directly at him.
"Wororororo! Sakazuki, this level of attack, you might as well go light birthday candles for the Five Elders!"
The moment the two supreme powers collided, the space visibly distorted, and the shockwave spread in a ring. The already dilapidated Gates of Justice ruins were completely pulverized!
Even with protection from their officers, the Marine soldiers near the battlefield still bled from their noses and mouths, while the pirate ships were tossed around like toys.
Akainu landed steadily back on the execution platform, black smoke billowing from his magma-formed body. Kaido was also pushed back a few steps, but it was harmless.
Akainu glanced at Aokiji and Kizaru, who had also stood up. Then his gaze fell upon Kaido in mid-air, and he spoke coldly: "Today, let the world see if the Marines truly have a way to keep an Emperor!"
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