Boom, boom, boom!!
Deafening explosions echoed from the distance. Kaido, who had already transformed into his hybrid form, picked his ear casually.
"Sounds like Bazel is having a blast. I can feel his unrestrained joy from his aura."
"Hey, you're Dorry, right? Let's get this fight started!"
Dorry gripped his sword with one hand and raised his shield with the other.
"Come at me, human!"
"Let me show you the power of the Giant Tribe!"
"Then I won't hold back."
Kaido took a step forward, moving toward his opponent.
His pace quickened.
Fast walking, jogging, sprinting… until he became a blur!
"Say hello to my Hassaikai, Dorry!"
"Raimei..."
Whoosh…!
In an instant, Kaido appeared before Dorry's shield, a ferocious grin spreading across his face as he coated his Hassaikai with Armament Haki.
"Hakke!!"
"This power!? Gyagagaga, not bad, human!"
Dorry was forced back several steps but managed to halt his retreat forcefully. Then, he swung his giant sword horizontally and sent Kaido flying with a single slash.
"Hakoku..."
"!!!"
Dorry instinctively turned his head and sidestepped, narrowly avoiding the Bolo Breath attack from afar.
But by the time his eyes refocused, a figure had already closed in silently.
Crackle, crackle~~
Black-red lightning coiled around the kanabo.
"Tch, everyone keeps looking down on us, one after another."
Kaido stared into his enemy's eyes, seeing his own familiar features reflected in them, as the muscles in his arms bulged.
"Daiitoku Raimei Hakke!"
Bang…!
The kanabo struck Dorry directly in the head.
Kaido's left hand shot out, gripping the handle of the kanabo and exerting continuous force.
"Get lost!"
Dorry was sent spinning through the air, his pupils rolling upward.
Landing on the ground, Kaido hoisted his kanabo onto his shoulder.
"Hey, giant!"
Not far away, Dorry's limbs twitched spasmodically, his rolled-back eyes gradually returning to their normal position.
"I don't know what kind of humans you've encountered before, but I'm different!"
"I am Kaido of the Beasts!"
"The man destined to change these seas!!"
"Remember that clearly, then pull yourself together and bring out your full strength."
"If the Giant Tribe is only this weak, I might have to reconsider my original intention of inviting you."
"Such feeble weaklings aren't worthy of joining my pirate crew!!"
"...Gyagagaga."
Dorry flipped himself upright, removed his badly dented helmet, and tossed it aside.
"That was quite a lesson, human. I let my guard down earlier. Now, you'd better keep your eyes wide open!"
"The power of a giant is invincible!!"
Like a super-sized truck charging forward, even before he closed the distance, Dorry unleashed a scaled-down version of Hakoku.
Kaido didn't dodge or evade. Instead, he swung his Armament Haki-coated kanabo, ready to meet the shockwave head-on in a true clash of titans.
"Worororo, that's it, that's exactly it!!"
"I know this move too! That woman taught me plenty!"
"It feels a bit awkward to use it alone, but it'll do... Hakoku…!"
Hearing the familiar name of the technique, Dorry's expression shifted slightly.
"Sovereignty!!"
The two shockwaves collided, ultimately canceling each other out silently, leaving behind only a massive crater over fifty meters deep.
On either side of the crater, Dorry and Kaido stared each other down.
Suddenly!
The two exchanged smiles.
"Human, I acknowledge your strength."
Dorry leaped high into the air, a terrifying gleam flashing along the edge of his sword.
Kaido met the challenge without hesitation… when it came to head-on clashes, he feared no one.
Raimei Hakke vs. the giant's ordinary slash.
The resulting shockwave rippled outward.
The kanabo and giant sword clashed wildly as the two combatants fought from the sky to the ground, turning the terrain into a cratered wasteland.
After another full-power collision, Kaido once again found an opening in Dorry's defense and sent him flying with a mighty swing.
Not to be outdone, Dorry hurled his shield like a projectile as he was sent flying, striking Kaido squarely.
"Gyagagaga... Cough~ Ptui!"
Spitting out a mouthful of blood and shattered teeth, Dorry slowly rose to his feet, tightening his grip on his giant sword.
"It's been a long time since I've had such an exhilarating all-out battle!"
Kaido shoved aside the oversized shield that had crashed into him and wiped the blood trickling from his forehead.
"Same here. But now, it's time to decide the outcome."
Roar…!
Transforming into a massive dragon, he soared into the sky.
Fierce winds coiled around his dragon scales, then scattered in all directions like a blizzard.
In an instant, a colossal, swirling tornado appeared.
"The wind that ascends to heaven can destroy all things!"
Dorry shielded his eyes with one hand while gripping his sword, which was plunged into the ground, to resist the tornado's powerful suction.
"Tatsumaki!!"
Countless wind blades dozens of meters long shot toward him. Dorry instinctively moved to raise his shield in defense.
Only to remember that he had already used it as a projectile earlier.
"This is bad..."
Left with no other choice, he could only draw his sword and frantically slash at the incoming super-sized wind blades.
Pfft!
Pfft…!
Fresh wounds continued to appear on his body, yet Dorry remained calm, persistently slashing at the wind blades.
But,
A blast of fiery breath broke through the wind blades, striking faster than expected!
"Bolo Breath!"
Dorry raised his great sword, using the flat of the blade to block the attack. Just as he expected his opponent to press the assault, he noticed the enemy standing at a distance, holding up a gourd of sake.
"Now this is something worth celebrating, worororo hic~"
Kaido let out a drunken hiccup, his face and scales flushing a faint pink.
"When you're happy, you gotta drink!"
"Hey, aren't you disrespecting this duel!?"
Dorry retrieved his shield, his eyes displeased.
In his view, alcohol was a delicacy to be enjoyed only after victory.
"It's precisely because I respect this duel that I'm going to show you my second form."
The empty sake gourd was tossed aside.
"Let me show you the power of fine liquor!"
Crouching down with power gathering in his legs, Kaido spun like a top, soaring upward.
Rumble…
Thunder chose that exact moment to roar.
Conqueror's Haki erupted!
Channeling both lightning and Haki into his kanabo, Kaido laughed maniacally as he brought it down upon his foe.
"Kosanze Ragnaraku!"
"This move!?"
Dorry, who had just raised his shield, felt an overwhelming force surge through his entire body. His legs sank into the earth, his lower half continually driven deeper into the ground by the tremendous power.
"Worororo~~!!"
A figure suddenly appeared before him. Kaido opened his maw wide.
'Status: Drunken Rage!'
"Bolo Breath!"
An enhanced version of Bolo Breath engulfed Dorry's entire upper body.
A red light flashed fiercely in Kaido's eyes.
Without the slightest hesitation, Kaido snapped his mouth shut and retreated, evading the horizontal slash of his enemy's great sword.
His dragon tail swung, rebalancing his body before he charged forward again.
Kongo Kabura!
A cylindrical flying slash shot toward Dorry's eyes.
Immediately after, Kaido stepped forward, closing the distance.
Conqueror's Haki still coiled around his kanabo.
"Gundari Ryuseigun!"
The rapidly swung kanabo created afterimages with each motion. Dorry could only hold his breath and dodge frantically, but the cracking sound of bones fracturing still echoed from his body.
"The final blow…"
Unnoticed, Kaido had repositioned himself behind Dorry's head.
"Daiitoku!"
Buzz… boom!!
The full-force eruption of Conqueror's Haki froze Dorry's reacting body for an instant.
But that brief moment, often overlooked by ordinary people, became the whistle marking the end of this battle.
"Rai! Mei! Hakke!"
After knocking his opponent unconscious with a single strike, Kaido covered his face and began to weep.
'Status: Drunken Weeping'
"Wahhh, it's over already? Such a joyful battle ended just like that!"
"This is so heartbreaking!!!"
…
The main battlefield near the volcano.
Just as Kaido concluded his fight, Bazel, who had activated his Gear 2, was still engaged in combat with Brogy.
However, this battle was also nearing its end.
Fire Flow Body Gear 2: Blazing Molten Form.
After his previous battle with Shiki, Bazel had a sudden inspiration.
If the Serpent Spirit could manipulate non-living matter, could it also control the flames and poisons within his body?
If so, by absorbing the Serpent Spirit, he could manually enhance the fire element inside him, wouldn't that indirectly strengthen his Fire Flow Body form?
The Fire Flow Body relied on powerful physical strength and the fire element.
The power of the fire element wasn't just about burning.
The vibrations produced by explosions also fell under Bazel's control.
If the fire element within his body could be manipulated, he could generate endless vibrations to enhance his physique!
But this was also a risky move.
If mishandled, the massive vibrations and rampaging fire element inside him could very well tear his body apart.
Fortunately, the Goddess of Luck still favored him.
Gear 2 was successfully developed.
"Brogy, there's no need to continue this fight any further."
Gazing at the giant whose skin was largely charred black from the intense heat, Bazel took two steps back.
"You are no match for me."
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