"Damn it, I'm actually injured."
The dragon's head lifted, covered in blood.
The toughest part, the dragon's head, had its scales shattered, and blood continuously gushed from them, staining Kaido's eyes red.
Kaido, who hadn't been injured in years, felt a long-forgotten sense of dread.
"Hmph, I can recover from this minor injury in an instant." The stubborn Kaido would never admit he was panicking inside.
His dragon claws crushed the earth.
The massive dragon body climbed out of the ruins, scaling the towering mountain that reached into the clouds, its claws gripping the peak, looking up at Kevin in the sky.
"Again."
The mountain collapsed.
The Azure Dragon soared into the sky once more.
But not towards Kevin.
Instead, it flew into the distance.
Its body twisted, and a gigantic tornado connected heaven and earth.
He was unleashing a world-destroying move.
"How long can you last in the sky?"
Kaido had always intended to wear Kevin down until he died.
"You never learn."
Kevin transformed into a streak of light, smashing through the tornado and charging towards Kaido.
"Breath attack."
He continuously spewed scorching dragon breath from his mouth, slowing Kevin down, seizing the opportunity to widen the distance.
He was unwilling to engage Kevin in close-quarters combat.
"One strike, two halves!"
A massive flying slash tore through the sky, spanning from north to south.
Given the divine dragon's enormous size, even if Kaido reacted, he couldn't dodge it.
It struck the dragon's body.
Dragon blood splattered out.
"With such a massive body, your Haki can't protect it."
"As long as I can win, that's all that matters."
Kaido still believed in his strategy.
To wear Kevin down with his powerful vitality and regeneration.
"Wear me down?"
Kevin laughed.
You wouldn't be so naive as to think my Moonwalk consumes a lot of energy, would you?
Is there any consumption?
Kevin felt nothing.
"Haha, today I'll let you, Kevin, witness the true battles of the sea. Your longest battle before was at most three days and three nights with Red-Haired Shanks, that's too short. In your current state, how long can you last? Ten days? My battles average fifteen days."
Kaido laughed triumphantly.
Are you scared?
"Isn't it a disgrace the longer a battle lasts?" Kevin retorted.
Kaido blinked.
Is this a disgrace? I've always considered it an honor.
Bastard, he's even more stubborn than me.
Kaido's mind raced, trying to figure out what to say to avoid losing face.
Suddenly, he saw Kevin move.
His afterimage vanished from the spot, leaving no trace for the naked eye, only several sonic booms in the air.
He instantly appeared at the dragon's head.
He grabbed a dragon horn.
Kevin seized the dragon horn.
All his muscles bulged, and his physique grew significantly, like a giant.
"This close, you brought this upon yourself."
Looking at Kevin, who was right in front of him.
His gaping maw was directly aimed at Kevin at point-blank range.
"Breath attack!"
Kevin unleashed all his power, swinging the Azure Dragon.
One circle, two circles, three circles.....
Faster and faster.
The Azure Dragon transformed into a cyan turntable, spinning rapidly in Kevin's hand.
In an instant, it spun countless times.
The raging winds it generated formed a catastrophic dragon tornado with a diameter of several hundred meters.
"Get down!"
...
He forcefully smashed the Azure Dragon towards the ground.
It was a shocking sight.
It filled everyone's vision.
The Beast Pirates' bodies trembled involuntarily.
"Is this the battle of a Four Emperors?" Denjiro stared blankly at the Azure Dragon that had been smashed down.
He was completely numb.
"So, so strong." Kozuki Hiyori gazed blankly at Kevin in the sky, her eyes like she was looking at a deity.
"Boom!"
The Azure Dragon landed.
It created a thousand-meter divine crater behind Onigashima.
Dozens of tons of huge rocks flew out.
A bottomless black hole, accompanied by an irresistible gale, swept across the entire island.
"Help!"
Thousands of pirates screamed in terror, instantly vanishing in the gale.
"Lightning born, all things perish!"
Kevin held the lightning-flashing blade that resembled a mountainside.
He descended from the sky.
Splitting the sky, he was like a thunder god carrying a myriad of lightning bolts, falling and striking the deep crater.
The aftershocks had not yet ceased.
A second, stronger impact arrived instantly.
More pirates suffered undeserved calamity.
"He's actually this strong?" King the Conflagration and other powerhouses quickly used all their strength to resist the shockwaves, preventing themselves from being knocked over.
Stussy took on a thunder god form.
She protected Kuina and the others behind her.
The Beast Pirates, however, did not receive such treatment.
In an instant.
Fewer than a hundred pirates remained in place.
"Not good!"
Denjiro was about to hold his blade, protecting Kozuki Hiyori behind him, and forcefully slash out with his blade.
A slash powerful enough to tear apart a giant battleship.
It couldn't split the scattered shockwaves.
"Pfft—"
Denjiro, who had retreated dozens of steps, groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and hurriedly looked back at Kozuki Hiyori.
Thankfully.
He had protected her.
Kozuki Hiyori, rolling on the ground, was very disheveled.
Her arm was even scraped.
But she seemed to forget the pain, quickly scrambling up, supporting herself with her hands, and staring like a statue at the front, as if at a post-apocalyptic ruin.
This scene.
It remained permanently in her mind. Seven.
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