In that split second, blazing flames erupted from his mouth.
What was once an ordinary-sized fireball transformed into a colossal pillar of fire, nearly seven to eight meters in diameter!
Like a volcanic eruption, the scorching blaze shot skyward, illuminating the entire battlefield.
This pillar of fire resembled a roaring dragon, carrying boundless destructive power and searing heat as it surged forward.
It must be known that this technique, named "Blast Breath", was one of Kaido's ultimate trump cards!
Not only did it possess an astonishingly long range—spanning several kilometers—but its destructive power was truly cataclysmic.
In an instant, it could completely vaporize a towering mountain peak; in the original story, it even effortlessly pierced through the entirety of Onigashima.
Such terrifying power was enough to send shivers down anyone's spine.
Witnessing this from not far away, Lancelot's heart jolted violently, his pupils contracting to pinpricks.
He felt an unprecedented pressure, his entire being tensing to the extreme...
At this moment, his expression turned grave, and a fine layer of sweat beaded on his forehead.
Yet, faced with such a fearsome foe and attack, Lancelot showed no intention of retreat.
Instead, he tightly gripped his famed blade, Shusui, and took a deep breath!
In an instant, black Armament Haki surged like a raging tide, swiftly enveloping Shusui.
The blade, already a black sword, now radiated an aura that struck fear into the heart.
Immediately after, Lancelot's figure flashed like lightning as he charged straight toward the colossal pillar of fire spewed by Kaido.
At the same time, he raised Shusui high, infused with indestructible Armament Haki, and brought it down with the force of a thunderbolt upon the oncoming pillar of fire!
"One-Sword Style: Return to the Sea!"
With a low roar, this earth-shattering dragon-slaying technique, unique to Ryoma, once again made its appearance in the world.
He brandished his long blade, radiating an overwhelmingly fierce aura like a war god descending.
With a powerful push from his legs, he leaped into the air, charging straight toward Kaido. In a flash of his blade, the thick pillar of fire was forcibly split in two!
But that was not the end.
The divided flames did not dissipate; instead, like two furious fire dragons, they shot off to the left and right.
In the blink of an eye, a deafening roar echoed as the two blazing torrents of flame violently struck the ground on either side of where Lancelot stood.
In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains quaked, as if the entire island had been struck by an apocalyptic catastrophe.
A terrifying burst of energy erupted, piercing straight through the small island and leaving two bottomless craters in its wake.
Affected by this immense impact, the entire island began to tremble violently, with an intensity comparable to a magnitude 7 or 8 earthquake, making it difficult for anyone to maintain their footing.
The fierce battle had already drawn the attention of many onlookers, who had been watching the commotion from a distance.
But now, such astonishing destructive power instantly captured the attention of everyone on the island.
People turned their fearful gazes toward the battlefield, their hearts filled with anxiety and curiosity about the unknown outcome.
"Hiss..."
At that moment, Hajrudin and Gerd, who had already sprinted far away, turned back once again.
With just one glance, they simultaneously gasped in shock.
Their eyes widened in terror as they stared at the scene in the sky, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
What they saw was Kaido, who had previously been in human form, now transformed into an enormous dragon of colossal size, blotting out the sky and exuding a suffocating aura of power.
Especially when they witnessed Kaido open his gaping maw and unleash a blazing pillar of fire, their faces turned deathly pale, and their legs grew so weak they nearly collapsed to the ground.
The fiery column, like a volcanic eruption, was scorching and ferocious, igniting the air in its path and forming a sea of flames.
However, in the very next moment, something happened that left them utterly dumbfounded—the terrifying pillar of fire was forcibly split in two!
It was as though an invisible blade had cleaved through it with overwhelming force.
Amid the raging flames, they could faintly make out a blurred figure.
Though the distance was too great for them to clearly identify who it was, that fleeting glimpse instantly brought to their minds the image of that Marine.
Instantly, fine beads of sweat broke out on their foreheads, and large drops of cold sweat trickled down their cheeks.
Their hearts felt as if gripped by an invisible hand, rising to their throats.
They exchanged glances, their eyes filled with disbelief and profound fear.
At that moment, they silently counted their blessings, grateful that they had made the wise decision to retreat quickly.
Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable, and they would likely have been caught in the crossfire, meeting their end.
Recalling how they had dared to provoke such an unfathomably powerful individual, one capable of rivaling Kaido, they shuddered with retrospective fear.
Their legs trembled uncontrollably, as if they might give way at any moment.
In the very next second, Hajrudin and Gerd froze in place as if struck by a paralysis spell.
Their eyes widened to the extreme, nearly popping out of their sockets, their faces was a mask of horror and disbelief.
"Gulp..."
They simultaneously swallowed hard, the sound of their gulps clearly audible.
At that moment, their minds went completely blank, as if all their thoughts had been erased by an eraser.
For no other reason than they had witnessed with their own eyes that figure darting upward like lightning.
His speed was as swift as the wind, reaching mid-air in the blink of an eye.
Then, an astonishing scene unfolded—the figure effortlessly cleaved the blazing pillar of fire clean in two, splitting it apart!
Immediately after, with overwhelming force, he struck Kaido's head squarely in mid-air.
In an instant, Kaido seemed to suffer an immensely terrifying blow, his enormous dragon head violently thrown backward.
The impact was so tremendous that his head even collided with his own massive dragon body.
As a result, Kaido, who had been maintaining a steady flight, instantly lost his balance.
"Boom…"
Finally, accompanied by a deafening roar, the colossal dragon body plummeted straight down from the sky.
The sheer force of the descent was like a comet crashing into the Earth.
With a tremendous crash, the area directly below was instantly reduced to ruins.
Countless buildings collapsed, bricks and rubble flying in all directions.
At the same time, thick clouds of dust billowed up, shrouding the sky and making it impossible to discern Kaido's exact condition.
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