The lightning dissipated, leaving only a charred body presented before Haku.
King had fallen! And he had fallen so thoroughly!
If he hadn't recklessly approached Haku, perhaps he could have forced Haku into using his Bankai!
"Bastard! Damn brat!"
It was true that Zoan Devil Fruit users possessed terrifyingly tenacious vitality, especially since the opponent had just endured one hundred and fifty million volts of electricity.
Yet the guy could still manage to curse Haku out loud!
Haku walked up to King and said with a smile, "You still have the strength to speak? But your life ends here!"
Amidst King's unwilling gaze, Haku raised Ryujin Jakka in his hand without hesitation and slashed toward his neck!
"Thunder Bagua!"
An angry roar rang out from behind Haku, and Kaido, who had been strolling over leisurely from a distance, had already appeared behind Haku!
That lightning-imbued kanabo swung at an extremely fast speed to strike the opponent!
"Tch! So fast!"
Haku forcefully altered the trajectory of the blade that was about to sever King's head, shifting it horizontally to his own side.
A sound of clashing metal rang out!
Haku, who had originally been standing right in front of Kaido, had vanished!
"Cough, cough! Boss!"
The moment he saw Kaido arrive, King tried to push himself up into a sitting position.
Kaido rested the kanabo from his hand onto his shoulder, looked down at King, and said, "Rest well! Leave that Marine brat to me from here on!"
Meanwhile, having been forced into a hasty defense, Haku was sent flying several miles away by Kaido's Thunder Bagua directly!
Haku adjusted his posture mid-air, then landed steadily on the ground.
He raised his head to look at the sky, where the dark clouds were already beginning to break apart!
He thought to himself that this was bad!
He had used too much of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power just now to deal with King, and the thunderclouds in the sky were no longer really under his control!
With no time to overthink, Haku flew back toward Jinbu Port at once!
As Haku gradually discerned Kaido's specific appearance, he saw that the man had an extremely tall and sturdy build, shoulder-length black hair, a pair of horns resembling those of a dragon, very long whiskers on his mouth like a dragon's beard, and a dragon-scale tattoo on his left arm.
His upper body was bare with an X-shaped scar on his right abdomen, a purple coat hung from his waist with two golden chains dangling from its hem, and his lower body was clad in baggy dark-green trousers tied with a shimenawa at the waist, draped in a purple-furred cape like a "demon" incarnate.
He carried a wine gourd marked with the character for "Heaven" and wielded a kanabo weapon in his hand!
This was no different from the anime image he had seen before transmigrating, yet seeing the man in person made Kaido feel much more three-dimensional!
The majestic aura he exuded made people feel even more chilled to the bone!
As Haku approached, Kaido looked at the brat opposite him who had knocked down his three strongest combatants!
An invisible Conqueror's Haki was released from his body, and its targeted focus was precisely the young Admiral standing before him!
"Ha! You want to give me a show of strength right off the bat, huh!"
Finishing his sentence, Haku released his own Conqueror's Haki without showing the slightest bit of weakness, and the two bursts of Haki immediately clashed in a stalemate!
In an instant! The color of the heavens and earth changed, and even the thunderclouds in the sky were cleaved apart into a gaping abyss by these two conflicting auras.
Across Byakubi, every sentient creature was knocked unconscious on the spot by these two outbreaks of Haki!
However, Haku's Conqueror's Haki was only at the intermediate level after all, and Kaido hadn't exerted his full strength at the very beginning, allowing the two sides to match each other evenly for a moment!
When Kaido unleashed more of his Conqueror's Haki, Haku himself was almost suppressed by the opponent!
With no other choice, he had no option but to release his Spiritual Pressure as well, and only then did he manage to fight the opponent to a standstill!
An explosion suddenly ripped through the void!
In the end, Kaido and Haku failed to determine a clear victor purely through their Haki.
Staring at the one among the Four Emperors of the sea standing opposite him, Haku slowly spoke up, "With this kind of strength, you truly live up to those outsiders calling you the 'Strongest Creature'!"
Kaido's hammer-like kanabo smashed heavily into the ground, and a powerful shockwave spread outward in all directions with him at the center!
He smiled and said, "Marine brat, you know your stuff! You even know the title of the Strongest Creature! What, do you think your little bit of strength makes you qualified to challenge me?"
Looking at the opponent without showing any weakness, Haku retorted, "What? Then do you think my strength doesn't reach the level required to challenge you?"
A playful smile surfaced at the corner of Kaido's mouth: "Whether it reaches it or not, won't I find out once I try?"
As his voice fell, Kaido had already charged right in front of Haku, bringing his lightning-wrapped kanabo down in a direct overhead smash toward Haku!
Seeing the opponent's fierce momentum, Haku dared not be careless and raised Ryujin Jakka in his hands to meet the opponent's kanabo head-on!
"Boom!"
With a single explosive blast, Haku was sent flying directly by the opponent's raw force!
Kaido hoisted the kanabo in his hand as he watched the opponent, then leaped into the air in pursuit, once again slamming the kanabo heavily into the ground!
"Go down!"
That intense shockwave blasted Haku away once more.
High in the sky, Haku forcefully steadied his posture, a trace of anger flashing across his face.
On the other side, seeing that he had failed to defeat his opponent twice in a row, Kaido suddenly felt a surge of irritation!
With lightning crackling around his body, he transformed into a streak of lightning and charged straight at the opponent!
"You running a tab here? You seriously think I'm only good for taking passive beatings?!"
Wielding Ryujin Jakka, Haku lashed out toward the direction of Kaido's incoming charge, unleashing a giant flame slash!
This slash reached Kaido almost instantly, yet its only effect was to leave a shallow mark on the opponent's body.
Haku furrowed his brow at once, knowing full well that Kaido possessed monstrous super-durability.
Even so, he hadn't expected that defense to be freakish enough to reach this extent; no wonder the man was called the 'Strongest Creature'!
"Brat, are your attacks tickling me?" Kaido shouted mockingly as he surged forward through the air.
"Gundari Ryuseigun!"
Immediately afterward, Kaido imbued his iron club with Conqueror's Haki, swinging it rapidly in every direction around Haku to pummel the opponent!
This technique of Kaido's directly created an inescapable domain, and he was confident that this move would seal off all of Haku's exit routes!
Yet Haku's current Observation Haki was already capable of glimpsing a corner of the future, and when combined with the extreme speed brought by Shunpo.
No matter how fast Kaido swung the kanabo in his hands, Haku was able to evade every single one of the opponent's attacks!
And so, a bizarre scene suddenly played out across the battlefield!
Amidst Kaido's airtight onslaught, Haku's figure flickered and wove continuously through the flurries of club shadows.
The speed was so blinding that it even created the visual illusion of Kaido's kanabo smashing straight through the opponent's body!
"Stinking brat! Do you really think you can dodge forever?!"
Seeing his pride-and-joy attack being evaded so easily by the opponent, a surge of restlessness suddenly welled up within Kaido's heart!
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