Kaido and Reynold's Conqueror's Haki completely erupted, forming a tangible shockwave that wildly rampaged in all directions.
The ground cracked layer by layer like fragile tofu, and countless buildings collapsed with a roar.
"Bastard!!"
Kaido's face darkened, his rage reaching its peak.
His proud Conqueror's Haki couldn't gain the slightest advantage against Reynold.
What kind of monster was this guy?
"Kaido, surrender quietly!!"
Reynold roared, and an endless torrent of lightning erupted from his body.
Within a thousand meters, it completely transformed into a lightning domain, a death zone.
Every foothold was enveloped and ravaged by a silver-white ocean.
"Wrath of the Thunder Dragon!!"
Reynold waved his arm, as if a commander giving orders.
Roar, roar, roar!
Roar, roar, roar!
All the lightning within the domain seemed to gain life, quickly condensing into giant silver-white flashing dragons.
At Reynold's command, amidst roars, the giant dragons twisted their massive bodies, tearing towards Kaido from all directions.
"Wororororororo, Reynold, do you think I'm afraid of you?!"
Kaido refused to be outdone, continuously swinging the spiked club in his hand.
Beams of club energy flew from the spiked club, wailing as they rushed towards the Thunder Dragons.
All the club energy was simultaneously entwined with dense Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
Rumble!
Rumble!!!
The ferocious Thunder Dragons and the column-shaped club energy collided head-on, tearing at each other, devouring each other, and erupting in several loud bangs.
Ultimately, all attacks canceled each other out.
Kaido pushed off the ground, the powerful impact propelling his body towards Reynold.
"Reynold, what exactly do you want?!"
Kaido flashed in front of Reynold, his mountain-heavy spiked club smashing down from above towards his head.
Reynold raised kiri no ichimonji, blocking Kaido's close-range attack.
His Three Types of Haki were in no way inferior to Kaido's; all of the opponent's attacks were under his control.
"Kaido, just obediently offer up your shadow."
Reynold's lips curved upwards, and he grinned.
"You're looking for…"
"Observation Kill!!!"
An even more violent, tyrannical Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted from within Reynold, sweeping across the entire Udon in an instant.
Kaido's Observation Haki immediately lost its effect, no longer able to capture anything beyond his eyesight.
"This…"
Kaido's pupils constricted, sensing imminent danger.
He subconsciously rotated his eyeballs, and reflected in his pupils was a figure a hundred times more terrifying than a demon.
"Sudden Rain, Thousand Blades!!"
It was like a demon's whisper.
Reynold rapidly drew his sword, sword shadows pouring down like a torrential rain, each sword qi containing cutting power.
In one second, hundreds of sword qi, simultaneously infused with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, whistled out, enveloping Kaido in a dense sword net.
Kaido's entire body bristled, his Armament Haki at full power, his tall body resembling black charcoal.
The next second.
Swish, swish, swish
Swish, swish, swish!
Bright sword light found an outlet, wildly ravaging Kaido's body.
"Ah—!!!"
The next moment, Kaido's screams echoed through the sky!
Although Kaido's defense was abnormal, Reynold's Conqueror's Haki was a level higher than his.
After the preceding sword qi successively broke through Kaido's Haki armor and dragon scale armor, the remaining sword qi followed one after another, striking his flesh.
For a time, intense pain swept through his entire body. Kaido grimaced in agony, wildly swinging his spiked club without any discernible pattern.
When Kaido destroyed the last slash, his movements abruptly stopped.
He looked down at his body.
Suddenly.
Rip!
Rip!
His upper garment directly burst apart.
Red blood lines appeared on his chest and back simultaneously, and countless blood blossoms bloomed with them.
Gulp.
"Reynold, you... you actually mastered Observation Kill!!!"
Kaido swallowed, his wide eyes filled with disbelief.
Reynold's application of Conqueror's Haki was actually a level higher than his.
How could this be?!
For a moment, Kaido's mind was racing with thoughts.
As is well known in the One Piece World, Haki reigns supreme.
Among them, Conqueror's Haki is the most rare.
Those who can awaken it are one in a million, and those who master Conqueror's Haki Coating are even fewer.
As for Observation Kill...
As far as he knew, only Red-Haired Shanks in the entire sea had reached this level.
Reynold is only in his twenties, yet he possesses Conqueror's Haki at the same level as Shanks?
This kid is definitely cheating.
After a brief moment of shock, an endless fear surged in Kaido's heart.
His Conqueror's Haki, which had been invincible and scornful of all for many years, was so vulnerable before Reynold.
How could this battle continue?
As he pondered, Kaido suddenly gasped.
He looked at the wound on his chest, frowning slightly.
Logically, with his healing ability, a wound of this magnitude should have healed long ago, or at least stopped bleeding.
But there seemed to be some strange power at the wound, preventing its recovery.
As if sensing something, Kaido suddenly looked up and belatedly said:
"Reynold, was it your doing??"
Facing Kaido's question, Reynold chuckled and said, "What do you think?"
He waved the kiri no ichimonji in his hand, his meaning self-evident.
"Bastard!!!"
Kaido gritted his teeth, staring at the long sword in Reynold's hand with deep apprehension.
He had never heard of such a weapon.
Reynold stood in mid-air, holding kiri no ichimonji, "Kaido, you are not my opponent."
Kaido narrowed his eyes, heavy breaths escaping his nostrils.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Observation Kill, and a long sword that prevents wounds from healing!
At this moment, he had to admit that he would most likely not be able to defeat Reynold.
But to let him be willingly captured, that was a fool's dream.
"Worororororo... Reynold, say those useless words after you defeat me!!!"
Roar!!!
Kaido, refusing to believe, roared to the sky, instantly transforming from his Human-Beast Form into a gigantic azure dragon tens of meters long.
"Reynold, taste this move!!!"
The Azure Dragon spoke in human words, swept a disdainful glance at Reynold, then soared into the sky, circling wildly, stirring up endless gales and dazzling lightning.
This was the ability granted to him by the Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon Form Devil Fruit.
In his Beast Form, he could control various elemental powers.
High in the sky, dark clouds gathered, creating a magnificent spectacle.
Several small tornadoes came into being, circling around the giant dragon, roaring and wailing.
The tornadoes carried a powerful suction, tearing apart all tangible objects within a thousand-meter radius.
Whether it was mountains, ancient trees, or steel... everything was torn to shreds, becoming part of the tornadoes.
This scene, like a doomsday catastrophe, immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Reynold actually pushed Kaido-sama to this extent??"
"Damn it, Reynold's strength is actually this strong??"
"These women are not easy to deal with either!!!"
"You're all too busy to worry about Kaido?!"
"Hahahahaha, you're right!!!"
"Damn it, I'm going all out against you little wenches!!!"
"..."
After a round of exclamations, both sides resumed their fierce battle.
"Worororororo Reynold, die, Tornado!!!"
Azure Dragon Kaido roared, and several tornadoes wailed as they rushed towards Reynold.
Before the sky-darkening tornadoes, Reynold was pitifully small.
"Wind element??"
Reynold casually glanced, then looked at his palm.
There, a tiny tornado was slowly forming.
This was the third element he had developed after obtaining the Weather-Weather Fruit, the wind element.
"Eye of the Storm!!!"
Reynold's lips curled slightly, and he suddenly threw the small tornado in his hand.
The moment it left his hand, the tornado instantly magnified.
Like a beast devouring the heavens and earth, it opened its gaping maw, swallowing all the oncoming tornadoes.
Within the Eye of the Storm, a terrifying, piercing sound emanated.
It was like a beast's low growl, or the wailing of a gale.
Ultimately, Reynold's Eye of the Storm proved superior, destroying all the tornadoes created by Kaido before gradually dissipating into nothingness.
"Kaido, it's not over yet!!!"
Reynold pressed his advantage, flashing onto Kaido's Azure Dragon body.
In his Beast Form, Kaido could launch doomsday-like attacks.
But similarly, such a gigantic dragon body was a living target in Reynold's eyes.
Pfft!!!
Pfft!!!
Pfft!!!
Reynold showed no mercy, stabbing Kaido more than a dozen times in quick succession.
Large amounts of fresh blood splattered out, creating alluring blood blossoms.
In the face of multiple powers capable of breaking defenses, Kaido's defense was only slightly harder than tofu.
Roar—!!!
Roar—!!!
In an instant, intense pain swept through his entire body, and the Azure Dragon writhed wildly like an earthworm.
Kaido continuously let out heartbreaking wails of agony.
At this moment, he truly couldn't hold on any longer.
Seventy-Two Transformations!!!
Kaido made a decisive move, his body rapidly shrinking, transforming back into his Human-Beast Form.
Any later, Reynold would have almost impaled him.
Kaido, landing on the ground, spat out another large mouthful of blood.
Reynold landed steadily, looking at his masterpiece, and nodded with satisfaction.
On Kaido's body, besides the crisscrossing wounds, there were also several new blood holes.
Unable to use his recovery power to close his wounds, Kaido's face was as pale as paper.
Even as the world's strongest creature, excessive blood loss made him feel dizzy.
His aura also weakened considerably.
"I'm going all out against you!!!"
Kaido ignored the intense pain in his body, picked up his spiked club, and charged again.
"Kundali: Dragon's Prosperous Army!!!"
He was like a madman, his eyes bloodshot, and the smell of blood filling his nostrils completely ignited his ferocity.
Kaido swung his spiked club, his Three Types of Haki at full power, no longer holding anything back.
At this point, he had to admit that only a desperate fight offered a glimmer of a chance to win.
Endless afterimages of the spiked club appeared in the sky, enveloping Reynold like a hail of bullets.
Two streams of refined Haki, black and red, simultaneously coiled around it, continuously flowing.
"It's that phrase again."
Reynold pouted, shaking his head mockingly.
Those who couldn't defeat him all wanted to fight him to the death at the last moment.
And the result?
Still couldn't beat him.
As if shouting a slogan could bring about a complete transformation.
But to be fair, Kaido's talent for naming moves is really good, not at all inferior to Zoro's.
Never mind the power, the names are quite intimidating.
Reynold spread his Observation Haki, firmly locking onto the attack trajectories of all the spiked club illusions, dodging them all with agile footwork.
Those attacks, powerful enough to destroy mountains, all grazed past him.
"Hmm??"
Suddenly, Reynold frowned.
Observation Haki, Future Sight!
A scene from the future appeared in his mind.
In the vision, Kaido, wielding his spiked club, flashed in front of him at extreme speed and struck him directly in the face.
That vicious??
Reynold twitched his lips, his body slightly tilted.
The next second, he precisely dodged Kaido's fatal downward strike.
Reynold kicked Kaido in the waist, sending him flying.
"I %*..."
Mid-air, Kaido cursed crudely.
Soon, he burst out of the ruins and debris again.
Kaido's body was covered in a sticky mixture of blood and dirt, which made Reynold feel sick.
"Reynold!!!"
Having been repeatedly toyed with, Kaido completely lost his mind.
His injuries also didn't allow him to delay any further.
"I'll kill you!!"
"Great Flame Drum: Thunder Bagua!!!"
Kaido finally unleashed his strongest killing move in Human-Beast Form.
An enhanced version of Reynold's Bagua, the lightning condensed to its extreme, like a nuclear explosion, would create a huge mushroom cloud if it hit an opponent!
"This move—"
Reynold narrowed his eyes slightly, a look of solemnity gradually appearing on his face.
He could clearly perceive that Kaido's attack this time was imbued with a higher intensity of Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
Its power was definitely incomparable to the previous attacks.
"Since that's the case, I'll fulfill your wish!"
Reynold's gaze sharpened, his hands tightly gripping kiri no ichimonji.
Hakoku starting stance!
Boom!!!
A beam of energy, containing multiple forces, burst forth, spanning a hundred meters, and violently collided with Kaido's spiked club.
The moment the attacks collided, a terrifying energy shockwave instantly erupted, and all sound in heaven and earth ceased.
Centered around the two of them, a small mushroom cloud rose, covering an area of several kilometers.
"Holy crap!! Everyone run!"
"Retreat, retreat immediately!!!"
"They're both lunatics!"
""
Whether it was the Three Disasters, the Tobiroppo, or Kalifa and the others, they all looked as if they had seen a ghost, their faces showing an unprecedented panic.
Everyone tacitly stopped fighting, using their respective abilities to flee towards the edge of the island at top speed.
The next second, the mushroom cloud completely exploded!!
Boom!
Boom!
The powerful airwave, like a hurricane passing through, ravaged everything.
The ground collapsed in layers, cracking open deep, bottomless abysses.
Udon Prison and all other buildings instantly turned into dust, disappearing without a trace.
Some Beasts Pirates Members who couldn't escape to a safe distance were directly vaporized as the shockwave passed, leaving not even a strand of hair behind.
Those who escaped with their lives gasped for breath, their cheeks flushed, filled with the feeling of surviving a catastrophe.
"Kaido-sama!!!"
King shouted, and everyone looked towards the center of the battlefield.
Kaido's eyes were bloodshot, his veins bulging, as he used all his strength to resist the Hakoku.
But even at his peak, he couldn't have emerged unscathed from a Hakoku.
Let alone now.
The power of Hakoku was fully unleashed, and after destroying Kaido's advanced Thunder Bagua, its lingering might then broke through his two layers of protective armor and then struck his chest.
Kaido's throat went hoarse, and blood splattered across the sky.
A hideous, bone-deep wound appeared on his chest.
Kaido, drenched in blood, was now severely wounded, his aura greatly diminished.
"Kaido-sama!!!"
King's pupils constricted, and the Pterosaur swooped down.
"King, this is not your place to act wild!!"
"Water Vortex!!"
Kalifa shouted, waving her jade hands, and several giant dragons formed from seawater roared out.
King's face changed drastically, and he quickly dodged.
Even as powerful as he was, he dared not touch the seawater in the slightest.
Reynold glanced at the restless Beasts Pirates, activated his Healing Power, and his body returned to its peak state again!
This battle should end now!
"Reynold, cough cough... I didn't expect you to be this strong!!"
Kaido spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with blood, then threw his spiked club aside.
He tried his best to steady his breathing, a look of determination suddenly flashing across his face.
"Reynold, I admit I underestimated you. As long as you take my final move—"
"My life is yours!!"
"Roar!!!"
Without another word, Kaido endured the pain in his body, transformed into a Azure Dragon again, and soared into the sky.
Like a cat toying with a mouse, Reynold's lips curved into a playful arc.
He did not stop him, allowing Kaido to make his final struggle.
When the invincible and powerful being from the anime now only wanted to fight with all his might for that slim chance of survival in front of him—
Reynold gave Kaido that chance.
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