Whitebeard's already terrifying face now had wide-open eyes burning with intense light as they locked onto Kaido.
The muscles in his arms instantly bulged, his veins popping as every fiber of his body filled with endless power.
With a massive roar, Murakumogiri carved a perfect, deadly arc through the air!
Slash!
This vertical strike looked simple and clean, with no flashy movements, yet it carried the most raw and terrifying force in the world!
Beneath that normal-looking swing was a deadly power capable of splitting mountains and tearing the sea in half—a single strike that could make the entire world shake.
"Tremor: Void-Splitting Slash!" Whitebeard's roar echoed like war drums, shattering the quiet air.
Even before the blade fully landed, the space around them began to violently shake. Faint white cracks quietly appeared in the air, quickly spreading and stretching out like a massive spiderweb.
This strike was not just packed with top-tier Armament Haki—its crushing weight easily able to smash steel—but it also carried the deadly power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, making the air in front of the blade shatter like cheap glass.
A massive vacuum slash, stretching across the sky, howled toward Kaido.
Like a roaring dragon, it tore through the heavens, ripping up the clouds and kicking up dust, making the rest of the world look tiny compared to its massive power!
Kaido, who was already boiling with pure anger, now had his rage explode as if someone had poured boiling oil on a fire.
And now, seeing Whitebeard—the main reason for all his anger—felt like a sharp knife dragging across his already stressed nerves.
It made Kaido focus every single drop of his burning rage right at the old man!
In a flash, Kaido's giant Dragon claws were wrapped in deep purple Armament Haki.
It spread like dark, heavy armor over his claws, every single inch giving off a terrifying energy.
At the same time, the scales covering his body shined with a hard metal glow, looking as cold and sharp as stars in the night sky.
Kaido did not hesitate for a single second.
With a claw strike packing world-crushing speed, he fiercely grabbed right at the massive blade coming his way!
In the exact same movement, Kaido roared and swung his massive Dragon tail, tearing through the air with a sharp, screaming whistle.
Like an angry, ancient monster, he charged wildly at Whitebeard!
"Old fool! You are begging for death!"
Two world-breaking forces crashed head-on in mid-air with absolutely no holding back.
For a split second, the world seemed to completely stop...
Then—
"BOOM——!!!"
A deafening explosion ripped through the sky, echoing like a doomsday bell across the massive battlefield, threatening to crush everything in its path.
The massive shockwave exploded outward with impossible speed and force, instantly clearing the clouds for miles around.
The thick, snowy clouds were ripped apart and blown away by an invisible hurricane, disappearing without a single trace.
Buildings down on Onigashima shook violently under the heavy blast, barely holding together.
Countless rocks, big and small, were sucked up into the sky, crashing into each other with chaotic cracks.
Out on the sea, massive tidal waves rose up like moving mountains, roaring and crashing outward with unstoppable force.
The pirate ships parked along the shore were tossed around like cheap bath toys against the giant waves, bouncing wildly and threatening to be swallowed whole.
Facing this impossible force, Queen and the others had no choice but to throw themselves flat on the ground, making themselves as small as possible just to survive the crushing wind.
Without thinking, King covered himself with his giant black wings, while Jack was pushed back step by step by the blast, his heavy feet carving deep trenches into the dirt with every hard step.
As the flying dust slowly settled, the battlefield finally came back into view.
Whitebeard was still floating steadily in mid-air.
His tall, massive body looked incredibly calm and totally unbothered by the absolute chaos around him.
Murakumogiri rested easily on his shoulder, its wide blade shining with a freezing cold light under the sun.
A confident smile rested on his face.
And on Kaido's giant Dragon claw, a deep, bleeding cut had appeared.
Dark red Dragon blood dripped steadily from the wound. Each drop seemed to carry his anger and hate, splashing onto the dirt and blooming like tiny red flowers.
Kaido's eyes turned freezing cold.
He had not expected to take damage in their very first clash—this old man's strength had actually grown!
There was no need to hold back and test the waters anymore!
Just then, a mocking laugh cut through the air.
"Gurararara! It seems you have not grown much these days, Kaido!" Whitebeard threw his head back and laughed loudly, his voice completely overflowing with pure confidence.
The fighting spirit in his eyes burned even brighter, as if he had just found the feeling of his prime years all over again.
"Today, let this old man teach you what it truly means to be the 'Strongest'!"
Kaido's Dragon pupils burned with wild, violent rage.
The scales across his entire body shook wildly from pure, unstoppable anger.
This damned old fossil actually dared to mock him!
"You old fossil with one foot in the grave, I will make you understand that the title of 'Strongest Creature' is not just for show!"
His massive Azure Dragon form, which looked like a moving mountain range, twisted wildly inside the dark thunderclouds.
Along with a series of terrifying, bone-crushing cracking sounds—sounding like demons roaring from the pits of hell—his massive body slowly began to shrink and shift into a terrifying half-human, half-dragon shape.
When Kaido finally shifted into his Hybrid Form, his entire body was covered in thick, dark blue scales that were as tough as the finest armor, giving off a deadly, cold shine.
The Dragon horns on his head grew even sharper and more dangerous, making him look completely savage and practically bursting with explosive power!
"NEWGATE!!!"
Kaido's roar exploded like a massive thunderstorm, shaking all of Onigashima to its core.
The boiling hot breath he blew out mixed with the heavy smell of blood, and his killing intent was so thick it felt like it could freeze the very air around them.
"Do you really think this is enough to destroy my Beasts Pirates?!"
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