"I understand."
Seeing the unyielding determination in Caesar's eyes, Dragon reached out and tore off his green robe, throwing it to the ground to reveal his bare upper body.
His exposed chest was covered with pitted scars, without a single patch of unblemished skin, creating a terrifying sight.
Moreover, on Dragon's chest, there was clearly a web-like tattoo similar to the one on his face, spreading out like a spider's web, giving him a peculiar sense of oppression.
An invisible gale began to wail, the sound of wind gradually filling heaven and earth from all directions, like ghosts howling and wolves crying.
Faint, barely visible figures began to appear in the empty air, surrounding Caesar completely.
Caesar raised an eyebrow, sensing the oppressive feeling carried by the biting wind - it actually showed signs of penetrating his Armament Haki armor, proving far more terrifying than Kaido's Bad wind!
"Is this... the awakening of the Wind-Wind Fruit? How did you achieve it? When a Logia user fully awakens, they usually become assimilated with the natural element."
A smile curled at the corner of Dragon's lips as his robust figure gradually turned translucent.
A terrifying storm began erupting from within him, causing the earth to tremble.
The sky above Udon rapidly darkened!
"Want to know? As you said—let's fight! Show me whether you, Caesar, possess the qualifications to collaborate with my Revolutionary Army!"
"BORORORO! Very well!"
Caesar bared his menacing grin and surged with power!
In the next instant, the vast, torrential lifeblood within him—roaring like a raging river—violently compressed and pumped into his frantically beating heart!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
His powerful heart instantly transformed into a war drum beaten by ancient gods and demons, flooding every corner of his limbs and bones with immense lifeblood energy.
Twang! Twang! Twang!
Across Caesar's body, muscles and tendons emitted sounds like plucked bowstrings.
Like a colossal, intricate machine, gears began turning, unleashing unimaginable, terrifying might!
"Thunder God Bagua!!"
Caesar threw his head back and roared wildly.
Dazzling arcs of lightning crackled across his mountain-like physique as his colossal arm blotted out the sky.
With a thunderous punch, he tore through the hurricane-filled air, carving a vacuum tunnel through the void!
In mid-air, invisible cyclones swirled and sharpened, coalescing into two massive, ink-black dragon claws adorned with branching black lightning, which fiercely clashed against Caesar's strike!
"Annihilating Dragon Claw!!"
BOOM!!
The sky-piercing fist collided with the ink-black claws, unleashing a cataclysmic storm of energy!
Centered around Caesar and Dragon, a radius of several kilometers became the eye of a chaotic energy hurricane.
The ground fractured layer by layer as massive boulders weighing tens of thousands of pounds floated weightlessly into the sky!
The factory behind them had already completely collapsed and shattered the moment they clashed.
The workers sleeping inside were instantly disintegrated into dust, annihilated within the raging storm!
"Dragon Claw Fist!"
The space before Caesar abruptly collapsed as Dragon's figure materialized.
His right arm transformed into a cyan dragon claw, fist aimed squarely at Caesar's forehead.
The overwhelmingly potent Armament Haki shattered the very air around them.
Simultaneously, howling cyclones whirled around Caesar's body, continuously slicing away his Haki and rapidly weakening his armor—strangely reminiscent of Crocodile's Sand Waterfall Funeral.
"Armament Headbutt!"
A crimson glint flashed in Caesar's eyes. Dragon's formidable strength began igniting the battlelust within him.
Coating his head with invisible flowing Haki, he slammed it directly against Dragon's incoming Dragon Claw Fist!
Bam!
Dragon's body plummeted like a meteor, crashing deep into the earth and causing the ground to collapse continuously, forming a massive crater hundreds of meters wide.
Caesar didn't fare much better.
The force behind Dragon's Dragon Claw Fist far surpassed Sabo's!
The impact was so tremendous that it sent Caesar's colossal figure flying backward, his head spinning dizzily as two streams of blood shot from his nostrils.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With each step of his retreat, Caesar's feet stamped deep craters into the ground.
"Winds, come forth!!"
From the depths of the earth, Dragon's roar suddenly erupted!
Instantly!
Beneath the heavens, hurricanes howled.
Within the raging winds, faintly visible giant claws continuously reached for Caesar, while countless wailing figures crashed into his body, seemingly trying to burrow inside him.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Caesar let out a long roar, his fist sweeping through a hundred meters of empty space, halting the hurricane and shattering countless phantom figures.
Yet, the power of the hurricane seemed endless, relentlessly assaulting Caesar, gradually depleting the Armament Haki covering his body.
Sizzle!
As wave after wave of wind blades and dragon claws sliced through, the incredibly thick Haki armor on Caesar's body was finally worn away.
In the next instant, countless transparent wind blades struck Caesar all over, tearing his skin and spraying blood everywhere!
Caesar's eyes narrowed.
The blood spurting from his body rubbed against the air, generating intense heat and bursting into fierce flames.
Crimson blood flames soared into the sky, making him appear like an ancient Demon God.
BOOM!
The ground shattered like a spiderweb as Caesar's massive body charged into the hurricane like a savage dragon.
His dazzling golden fist struck directly at the empty space within the storm's eye.
"Hmm?"
A surprised exclamation came from the invisible void—Dragon's voice.
The next moment, he transformed into a gust of wind and escaped somewhat awkwardly from under Caesar's golden fist.
Swish!
A pair of brilliant golden wings spread out, and Caesar's figure vanished instantly, moving at extreme speed.
Within the raging hurricane, he left behind countless afterimages, following Dragon's aura and punching again at a specific point in the void.
"How did you know I was here? Can your Observation Haki foresee the future?"
Dragon's figure materialized in the void, his blue dragon claw tearing toward Caesar!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Their bodies flickered rapidly as they clashed mid-air, causing continuous rumbles between heaven and earth. The scattered remnants of their blows reduced countless giant rocks to dust.
"Don't you know that future-sight abilities can be suppressed before someone whose Conqueror's Haki has reached its peak?"
Hum!
A deep, pitch-black Conqueror's Haki erupted from Dragon, sweeping outwards and blocking Caesar's Observation Haki outside his body.
"Borororo, well said! But do you think I don't have Conqueror's Haki as well?"
BOOM!
A Conqueror's Haki as heavy and towering as a mountain erupted from Caesar as well, completely overwhelming Dragon's imposing aura.
The two overwhelmingly domineering Haki energies began clashing once more!
A smile curled on Caesar's lips.
The blood flames on his body expanded, his aura erupting again with a roar.
The surging Conqueror's Haki crushed forward, shattering Dragon's Conqueror's Haki energy shield!
"You...!" Dragon's expression changed as he saw a golden, bone-spiked giant fist descending upon his head!
BOOM!
Caesar's punch sent Dragon flying out of the void, hurling him hundreds of meters back before he exploded into formless gusts of wind.