Amid the swirling dust, a bolt of lightning shot up into the sky.
Soon, Kaido felt himself being targeted, and a lightning bolt as thick as a man's arm instantly struck the top of his head.
Crackle, crackle.
As the electricity danced around him, Kaido seemed completely unaffected.
As the dust settled, Enel appeared somewhat disheveled, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Seeing Enel in this state, Kaido burst into hearty laughter.
Wiping the blood from his lips, Enel spoke expressionlessly.
"200,000,000 Volt: Amaru!"
This was a technique Enel had trained extensively at Marine Headquarters, specifically designed to counter powerful physical enemies.
In his Amaru form, Enel's speed and physical attack power far surpassed his normal state.
"The battle begins anew, Kaido of the Beasts!"
"Thunder Ball!"
Without waiting for Kaido's response, Enel immediately raised his hand and sent a massive condensed ball of lightning crashing down toward Kaido.
Kaido shook his head, his body suddenly undergoing a dramatic transformation.
A hundreds-of-meters-long Azure Dragon materialized above the small island, coiling within the dark clouds.
"Playing with lightning? I'm quite skilled at that too."
After transforming into a mythical dragon, Kaido also gained partial control over the elements.
Bolts of lightning gathered in Kaido's claws before striking toward Enel.
Yet Enel, much like Kaido earlier, made no attempt to defend himself.
Being lightning itself, the thunderbolts hurled by Kaido were simply absorbed by Enel.
Subsequently, Kaido switched tactics again. His massive dragon head swayed as terrifying energy accumulated in his mouth.
Enel instantly appeared above Kaido's head, his golden weapon morphing into a trident form, and slammed it heavily toward Kaido's skull.
Clang!
Kaido's scales were exceptionally hard.
Even Enel in his Thunder God state, delivering a full-power strike, failed to break through his defense.
"Blast Breath!"
Kaido aimed at Enel and unleashed the long-accumulated energy from his mouth in a massive blast.
The compressed high-temperature energy shot across the sky like a golden pillar of light.
It was a terrifying attack—everything in the path of the Blast Breath melted instantly upon contact, be it rock, sand, or even gold.
Enel narrowly dodged Kaido's assault, but the cost was his weapon.
His golden staff was struck by the Blast Breath and melted into liquid slag, rendering it unusable.
"Brat, let's see how long you can maintain this state!"
Kaido's voice boomed from the dragon's head; he had already identified Enel's weakness.
Indeed, just as Kaido suspected, Enel couldn't sustain the Amaru form for much longer.
Under Kaido's relentless assault, Enel's Thunder God mode soon came to an end.
"Hah..." Enel's breathing grew ragged, his forehead drenched in sweat.
Kaido was, after all, a true pirate emperor in the making—every minute battling him was a dance with death.
Enel was still far too young.
Given another five years, he was confident he wouldn't be overwhelmed by Kaido in terms of stamina.
But now, the not-yet-fully-matured Enel had become prey in Kaido's eyes.
"Brat, it seems this is all you're capable of."
An incredibly sharp dragon claw descended from the sky, reaching for Enel.
"Soru!"
Enel executed the Navy Six Styles, evading Kaido's attack once more.
"I wonder how much longer you can hold out."
Kaido wasn't in a hurry; he had plenty of time and stamina to toy with Enel slowly.
He relished the cat-and-mouse game, especially when dealing with the Marines.
The dragon claws continued to ravage the ground, with Enel beneath them looking increasingly precarious.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Kaido seized the exhausted Enel, gripping him tightly in his claw.
"Kid, now let's see who's finished."
Enel's face was pale, not from the threat of death, but from severe physical exhaustion.
Yet he wasn't worried, because through his Observation Haki, he sensed that Raleigh had long been nearby.
It was just that Raleigh hadn't intervened since Enel hadn't been defeated yet.
"Raleigh-sama, I can't beat this guy!" Enel shouted out.
"Raleigh? There's someone else here?!"
Kaido was just about to crush Enel in his grasp when he heard Enel's words.
"Stop joking around, kid. There's no one else here."
With that, he exerted force in his hand, intending to crush Enel to death.
At that moment.
Kaido released his claw at lightning speed, his massive dragon body rushing back into the thundercloud, only revealing a small portion of it.
His eyes were filled with vigilance.
A tall young man wearing a Marine uniform appeared in the spot where he had just been.
In his hand, he held an extremely sharp famous blade coated with Armament Haki.
A wound appeared on Kaido's dragon claw, with drops of blood trickling from it.
"Who are you?" Kaido's pupils dilated, feeling uneasy about this suddenly appearing stranger.
In the past, regardless of who it was, very few could break through Kaido's defenses.
Only the world's top-tier powerhouses like Roger, Shiki and Whitebeard could penetrate his scales.
Yet now, on such a small island, Kaido had encountered someone capable of injuring him—a truly rare occurrence.
Raleigh revealed his white teeth and smiled:
"So you're the 'Hundred Beasts' Kaido? My name is Christian Raleigh."
"I have a friend who wants to study dragon body. Would you mind coming back with me sometime?"
Upon hearing Raleigh's words, Kaido, who already had a terrible temper, instantly flew into a rage.
"You think I'm trash to be slaughtered at will? I am Kaido!"
"Flame Dragon Torch: Eight Trigrams!"
Kaido's originally blue-green body suddenly became entirely covered in flames, transforming into a fiery dragon avatar.
He concentrated the flames from his body onto his head.
Then, Kaido's body charged toward Raleigh and Enel at extreme speed!
BOOM!
A violent explosion and terrifying impact force erupted from where Kaido crashed.
The island's ground was smashed into a giant crater dozens of meters in radius by Kaido's impact.
But Raleigh and Enel had long since left the explosion's epicenter.
Kaido's body quickly shrank, transforming back into human form as he shook his slightly dazed head.
That previous attack had been a move born of pure rage.
In fact, even he himself was somewhat stunned by the impact.
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