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Crimson lightning tore through the sky, and the earth was stained scarlet.
As soon as Kaido and Zephyr clashed, they roughly understood each other's formidable power.
Their movements were so swift that ordinary eyes could barely follow them; they became streaks of light colliding, each impact producing a tremendous roar and causing large sections of buildings to collapse.
Black Arm Zephyr was world-renowned for suppressing evil with his fists, wielding Armament Haki with unparalleled skill.
"As expected of a future Admiral... but it's still not enough!"
Kaido exhaled a scorching breath, a torrent of fiery energy gushing out and shooting directly at Zephyr.
Zephyr was startled, his legs bending before he sprung up, narrowly dodging the attack, only for a sudden dark shadow to appear above his head.
Zephyr stared up in a daze, his pupils immediately contracting.
Kaido's eyes were blood-red, his mouth full of sharp fangs, and a chilling, sinister smile hung on his demonic face, while blazing black lightning flickered on his club—
"Roaring Thunder Eight Trigrams!!"
Kaido's club violently smashed down, and Zephyr frantically crossed his arms in front of his chest to block.
Boom!!
Zephyr plummeted like a meteor, the immense force collapsing the ground and tearing large cracks outwards.
When the smoke and dust cleared, a conspicuous large crater appeared in the street.
Whoosh!
Kaido landed, shaking the ground and sending a wave of air that dispersed the thick smoke in the alley and the flames on the buildings.
He stood up, looking at the crater with a playful expression.
A hand emerged from the crater, gripping the edge and pulling forcefully, as Zephyr jumped out, panting, blood trickling from his forehead, and bruises on his arms.
He stared grimly at the unruly Kaido, his fingers trembling slightly, a trickle of blood running down his fingertip and dripping onto the ground.
"Truly tenacious."
Kaido sneered, his eyes full of mockery: "I like that unyielding look in your eyes."
"This small injury is nothing at all!"
Zephyr glared angrily, tearing off his tattered shirt to reveal his bronzed chest, scarred with several marks: "I've fought countless pirates, and the scars I bear are innumerable; I've long grown accustomed to this level of pain!"
Blood flowed over his brow, down his nose, making him look incredibly ferocious and terrifying.
"Is that so?"
Kaido covered his face and laughed wildly, his fingers slightly parted, his expression suddenly turning frenzied, his pupils eerily swirling into blood-red vertical slits, and pieces of blue scales emerging, covering his body and face like armor plates.
Two demonic horns grew from his forehead, his body continuously growing taller, and ferocious fangs protruded from his mouth.
Bang!!
Kaido stomped and broke the building in front of him, his massive tail sweeping lightly, snapping a stone pillar.
A huge shadow engulfed Zephyr.
"To cope with various unpredictable powerful enemies in the future, I am trying to adapt to this 'Slaughter Mode,' which should only be activated when drunk. You are not my starting point, and certainly not my end point!!"
Kaido's voice was like thunder, and the nearby buildings exploded with his roar.
He licked the corner of his mouth, looking at Zephyr with disdain: "Let me show you my strength in 'Slaughter Mode'!!"
With that, Kaido stomped violently, and a powerful aura rapidly tore through the floor from his foot, rushing towards the nearby building. With a rumble, the building collapsed, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Kaido, using this force, appeared before Zephyr, his Haki entwined with dark lightning: "Descent of the Three Worlds, Guide to Naraka!"
Zephyr's expression was solemn, showing no retreat. Haki flowed throughout his body, gathering in his fists. His tiger-like eyes wide open, he roared: "Fist, Giant Tide Overwhelming Mountain!"
Red and black Haki intertwined and collided, and the blazing light engulfed the surrounding buildings and mountains. The buildings visibly turned to dust at an incredible speed, and a scorching "sun" rose on the west side of Winter Island!
For a moment, people were in an uproar, dumbfounded.
"Is this the end of the world?!"
People knelt dejectedly, staring blankly at the distant valley.
When the light faded, a massive crater appeared on the ground, as if struck by a meteorite from outer space. Buildings within several hundred meters were all reduced to ash.
Zephyr stood on the edge of the giant crater, bathed in blood, his expression stern, his arm veins coiling like vines.
He suddenly burst forth, kicking with Moonwalk, swiftly gliding across the ground, turning into a streak of light and charging directly at Kaido.
Kaido laughed loudly, his black hair wildly dancing, also transforming into a streak of light to meet Zephyr.
The two streaks of light continuously collided and intertwined, fighting from the ground to mid-air, and then from the mountaintop to the foot of the mountain, fists and feet clashing, setting off a series of sonic booms that made people's blood churn.
Clusters of airwaves and lightning scattered, making onlookers feel astonished and shocked from afar.
Their battle stirred the swirling mist and broke mountain peaks.
The snow on the snow-capped peaks loosened, trembling violently. With a loud rumble, large chunks of snow rushed down.
The ground beneath their feet trembled, and a continuous rumbling sound filled the air.
People's faces changed drastically, looking at the huge white wave appearing on the distant mountain peak, scared pale.
"Avalanche!"
People fled in panic, in utter chaos.
The snow tide, carrying the momentum of ten thousand galloping horses, surged towards the town with destructive force, toppling and submerging large areas of urban buildings.
Whoosh—!!
Just then, a streak of light, trailing a bloody tail flame, descended diagonally from the sky, crashing through buildings, clock towers, and fortresses, plowing a charred trench through the ruined street, leading directly to the port pier.
At the end of the trench, Zephyr lay on the ground, spitting blood foam, his back raw and bleeding from intense friction with the ground, burning with pain.
Bang!!
Kaido followed closely, crashing to the ground, shaking the streets on both sides, causing them to shatter and rise high!
Hoo—!
Kaido looked up, his eyes flashing with chilling bloody light.
He opened his mouth, exhaling a scorching hot breath.
He walked towards Zephyr with heavy steps, making a thudding sound, like a war drum being beaten.
Zephyr struggled to his feet, multiple bones fractured throughout his body, sticky blood flowing down his forehead, making it hard for him to open his eyes.
Cough cough—!
Zephyr spat out a mouthful of blood, bloody foam mixed with some internal organ fragments.
"Don't struggle, Zephyr, you should be proud enough to have fought me for so long!"
Kaido sneered, his vicious face, hideous sharp horns, crimson blood-red eyes, and the chilling and terrifying Haki entwined around his body made him look like a demon crawled out of the abyss!
"But you alone cannot defeat me!!"
Kaido walked up to Zephyr, looked down at him, raised his club, and was about to swing it down when he found someone clinging to his arm.
He glanced sideways at the obstruction, it was the Marine who had come with Zephyr.
Zephyr was shocked: "Wei Lun!!"
"Run! Vice Admiral Zephyr! As long as one person gets out alive and brings the information back, we haven't lost!"
Wei Lun's face was red with effort; even while gripping Kaido's arm with both hands, he could feel the immense power emanating from Kaido's arm.
He wanted to forcefully restrain him, but how could he possibly stop Kaido?
Kaido exerted force to break free from Wei Lun's restraint, grabbed Wei Lun's right foot with his left hand, then swung him left and right, hoisting Wei Lun high and smashing him onto the ground.
Wei Lun felt dizzy, his face making intimate contact with the ground.
A few breaths later, Kaido threw Wei Lun aside like a rag doll.
Looking at Wei Lun, who was bleeding from his nose and mouth, his facial skin torn and turned inside out, breathing more out than in, Zephyr let out a heart-wrenching wail!
"Wei Lun!!"
Drawing strength from somewhere unknown, Zephyr roared like an enraged lion and charged at Kaido.
Kaido was expressionless, his forehead lined with black marks: "Now everyone wants to die one after another?!"
He stepped back with his left foot, holding his club with one hand, lightning and Haki intertwined around it, then swung it violently.
"Vajra · Arrow!!"
A pillar-shaped blast of Haki powerfully crushed the air, raising a blizzard vortex, and roared as it slammed into Zephyr!
Bang!
Zephyr took the full force of the pillar-shaped Haki, was violently sent flying by it, crashed through ships docked at the port, and flew far out into the ocean...