The terrifying pillar of magma made everyone present change expression. Even the temperature of the entire battlefield rose by several degrees—an Admiral's power was no exaggeration.
"Captain Buggy!"
"You mustn't let anything happen to you!"
Mohji, Alvida, and the others could only watch from afar. A battle at this level—none of them could last even a minute if they got involved.
"All Marines, fall back! Don't get caught in the magma!"
"Admiral Akainu will definitely win!"
Smoker retreated with the Marines toward the shore, leaving space for the two monsters to fight. Even as a Logia user, he didn't dare interfere.
The magma pillar lasted several minutes before two towering figures reappeared before everyone's eyes. Both sides silently hoped their own champion would emerge victorious.
"Tch… that really hurt. I almost got killed by you."
Buggy's entire left shoulder had been pierced by the "Hellhound." Luckily, his top-tier Observation Haki had saved his life. The blow had narrowly missed his heart. Though his organs were intact, the damage to his bones left his left arm temporarily useless.
"So this is what they call Conqueror's Haki coating… hitting me doesn't feel that painful."
As soon as Sakazuki finished speaking coolly, he spat out a mouthful of dark blood. In the magma earlier, he had taken another direct hit—Buggy's punch had landed squarely on his lungs. Even breathing now brought him pain.
"Your body is like a monster. Admirals really are terrifying."
If it had been Monkey D. Luffy taking a blow like this from Kaido, he would've been knocked unconscious immediately. Yet when Buggy used the same technique, it didn't produce a decisive result. Was it because he didn't use a weapon—or simply because Sakazuki was too tough?
"You're as monstrous as they come… continuing this fight won't lead to any result."
Buggy offered an off-ramp.
But Sakazuki, who upheld Absolute Justice, refused without hesitation.
"The Marines never compromise with pirates."
"Hellhound!"
"Split Cannon!"
Their killing moves collided once more. This battle would not end unless one of them fell.
The Marine base had already turned into a hell of magma.
Within minutes, Loguetown's Marine branch was completely reduced to ruins. Every exchange between the two caused large-scale destruction—buildings collapsed, the ground caved into the sea, and nothing remained intact in their wake.
As the battle continued, Sakazuki began piecing things together.
Buggy's secrets were too many.
From a two-meter man to suddenly over four meters tall—he was now even taller than an Admiral.
"Your body… your personality… they've both changed. Is it all because of your Devil Fruit?"
"Great Eruption!"
Molten lava surged again, radiating terrifying heat—once a force humanity could never overcome.
As a self-aware "villain," Buggy fought while even taking the time to explain things, fulfilling his role almost too well.
"I used my Devil Fruit to split away my weakest personality. Even my height—I reduced it by cutting away bone and muscle to weaken myself. But that damn 'sky screen' exposed everything… how annoying."
"Split Cannon!"
The power of the Chop-Chop Fruit ignored all logic, as if it could divide everything in existence—matter itself falling within its domain.
"Molten Hell Emperor!"
A colossal magma giant, dozens of meters tall, rose up—its body flowing with lava. The destructive power skyrocketed several times over. Yet unfortunately for Sakazuki, his opponent was Buggy, who had achieved awakening.
"True · Split World!"
Buggy infused both fists with Devil Fruit power. Even from several meters away, his splitting force struck the magma giant directly. After a brief clash, Buggy gained the upper hand—the giant was instantly torn apart.
"Your Logia fruit may have the strongest offensive power, but you rely too much on Haki."
"The Marines don't need lessons from pirates. On this sea, only Haki stands above all!"
Two opposing beliefs. Two different paths of power. Marine and pirate—enemies by nature.
Today, only one would walk away alive.
"Divine Split!"
"Hellhound!"
Their basic attacks were already ultimate moves. Neither took a single step back. The very ground beneath their feet cracked apart under the strain, and the island of Loguetown began to tremble as if on the verge of collapse.
Sakazuki then chose to trade injury for injury—testing stamina and endurance. Armament against Armament. Devil Fruit against Devil Fruit.
This level of battle completely surpassed the imagination of ordinary people. Many who watched the broadcast felt like frogs at the bottom of a well finally seeing the sky.
On Onigashima, the base of the Beasts Pirates—
Yamato watched the live broadcast with full concentration. At the height of the battle, she clenched her fists nervously.
"These two are terrifying… they've destroyed an entire Marine base."
"I want to fight them too… I want to join that battle!"
Kaido, in human form, gripped his kanabo wrapped in Conqueror's Haki. Watching such a clash made his battle instincts itch—he longed for an equal opponent.
"Let's get out of here quickly… Boss definitely won't hold back soon."
"Keep your voice down—move, move!"
The Beasts Pirates' officers had no intention of becoming Kaido's sparring partners. Fighting him was nothing but being a punching bag.
Suddenly, Kaido burst into loud sobs—as he often did without warning.
"Yamato! Everything I put you through was for your own good! With your current strength, you'd only die against monsters like them!"
The "strongest creature's" fatherly love was… intense.
Yamato had hovered on the brink of death countless times in her fights with him. She couldn't forgive him at all.
"I am Kozuki Oden! The future shogun of Wano! Father, I will defeat you!"
Having read Oden's journal, Yamato had found a strange path in her darkest moments—one that became her emotional anchor.
"That man's been dead for twenty years! I buried him myself! You unfilial child—asking for a beating!"
Kaido, who had once helped kill Oden, was strangely influenced by the Kozuki will. Deep down, he even respected Oden as a true man.
Father and daughter shared the same madness.
"Come on, Kaido! I'm not afraid of you—I'll fight you again!"
"Such a pitiful child. Let your father teach you a proper lesson."
Another fierce father-daughter battle erupted on Onigashima.
Both were Mythical Zoan users, fighting with real killing intent.
Unfortunately—
Yamato had never once defeated Kaido…
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