Under the divine pressure radiating from Lucian Thorn, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin could barely move.
This wasn't mere Haki suppression anymore—
It was absolute domination in strength!
Both of them had already begun to feel the urge to surrender.
But they were Yonko!
Emperors who had ruled these seas for decades!
Their pride wouldn't allow them to submit!
Kaido let out a beast-like roar, his bloodshot pupils filled with nothing but madness and fury, desperate to drag everything down with him!
He poured every last drop of stamina, Haki, and strength—all of his being as the so-called "Strongest Creature"—into his spiked club, Hassaikai!
Buzz——!
On the pitch-black club, black-red lightning crackled with unprecedented density—so concentrated it threatened to split the weapon apart!
"Extreme—Thunder Bagua!!!"
It was the strongest attack he could deliver!
The final gamble of the Strongest Creature on land, sea, and air!
Meanwhile—
Charlotte Linlin's massive body trembled violently.
She glanced at the black-red lightning-covered club, then at Lucian Thorn, floating in the sky like a god.
She understood.
Pure physical attacks meant nothing anymore.
This man was a monster—a god!
She suddenly thrust Emperor's Sword: Napoleon into the ground and channeled the last of her power—lightning, fire, and soul—all into it!
Lightning, flame, and sword-based Homies—
The three forces twisted and fused under her soul's control until, from the hilt, a new, massive Homie was born!
It was a towering figure over a hundred meters tall, a giant female form made of pure lightning and flame!
It had no facial features, but its body radiated searing heat strong enough to melt steel.
Its arms were formed into whips of furious thunder, and endless sword auras swirled around it, infused by Napoleon.
This was Charlotte Linlin's trump card—an ultimate Homie capable of autonomous pursuit and combat!
"Go! Mother Flame Cannon: Endless Wrath!!!"
With Linlin's shout, the thunder-flame goddess let out a silent roar.
Its enormous body surged forward like a torrent of elemental power—charging toward Lucian alongside Kaido's attack!
At that moment, the two Emperors of the Sea unleashed the final, strongest struggle of their lives.
And yet—
Lucian Thorn simply hovered in place.
He didn't even flinch.
Kaido's club—capable of smashing through Onigashima itself—came howling down.
But the moment it entered within three meters of Lucian's radiant aura—
No collision occurred.
No boom.
No shockwave.
That club—imbued with everything Kaido had—froze bizarrely in midair.
As if some unseen divine hand had gripped it tightly.
No matter how Kaido roared or forced his power forward, the club wouldn't move another inch.
It was pinned like a fixed coordinate in space.
Kaido's pupils shrank violently.
Confusion and disbelief were etched across his face.
What… what is this?
Before he could comprehend it—
The thunder-flame goddess arrived.
Only then did Lucian seem slightly annoyed.
He lazily raised his right hand—
And casually released two blasts of solar energy.
Shoom! Shoom!
Two golden beams, more pure and refined than the elemental goddess herself, shot from his fingertips.
They pierced her effortlessly.
A moment later—
The ultimate Homie, born of both Emperors' combined power, disintegrated before it could even scream.
It evaporated under the purifying radiance, erased from existence.
All their attacks had failed.
Before absolute power, their every effort became laughable resistance.
As the twin Emperors stared, dazed in overwhelming helplessness—
Lucian's figure disappeared.
Vanished into thin air!
The next moment—
He reappeared silently between Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, like he had teleported.
He ignored their final, crumbling defensive postures.
He reached out—both hands clad in golden divine armor—
And gently, effortlessly…
Pressed down on their heads.
There was no killing intent, no rage, not even emotion.
It was like petting a pair of small animals.
"You…"
Kaido tried to resist—
But realized he couldn't move.
An incomprehensible, irresistible force surged from the touch on his head—
Binding him in place, utterly immobile.
Charlotte Linlin was frozen stiff, her face twisted in humiliation and terror.
Humiliation.
Unbearable humiliation exploded within them like a volcano.
Who were they?!
Kaido!
Big Mom!
The strongest Emperors of the sea!
And yet now—
They were like chickens waiting for slaughter, heads pinned under someone's palm!
This was worse than death.
"What… are you doing…?"
Kaido roared, voice trembling with suppressed madness and confusion.
Charlotte Linlin stared wide-eyed in fear.
Why wasn't this man killing them?
Why was he humiliating them like this?
What was he doing?!
They didn't know.
Because only Lucian Thorn could hear the system notifications in his mind:
[Warning: Detected S-Class Template — "Kaido of the Beasts" (Strongest Creature on Land, Sea, and Air)!]
[Warning: Detected S-Class Template — "Charlotte Linlin" (Empress of Weather / Soul Sovereign)!]
[Begin S-Class: Divine Decoding?]
Lucian's gaze remained still and emotionless.
He answered silently in his mind:
"Decode."
Buzz——!
He could clearly see two glowing templates—representing Kaido and Charlotte Linlin—being rapidly analyzed!
Two loading bars appeared in his vision:
[Template Decoding: Peak Kaido of the Beasts – 1%... 10%... 30%...]
[Template Decoding: Peak Charlotte Linlin – 1%... 10%... 30%...]
Lucian didn't finish them off right away.
He just hovered silently above Totto Land—
One hand pressing down on each Emperor's head,
As if waiting patiently for a download to complete.
And on either side of him—
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, still pinned in place, wore expressions of pure horror and humiliation.
They could feel it…
Their power—
Was being forcibly copied!
"This bastard… what is he doing?!"
In that moment—
The two Emperors of the Sea finally understood…
What true despair meant.