Finally Remembered... What a Black Emperor Was

That was right...

He had finally appeared.

In another time and space, he had been hailed as the Black Emperor, a monster whose bounty had reached the pinnacle of the world and who stood at the peak of every faction's power—

Austin (Kong Ao)!!!

Having exhausted the last shred of his strength, Kaido had finally pulled such a person out of the dreamscape through Oden's and his own dreams.

Though this was not Kong Ao at his peak, his strength had already reached that of "Captain Austin" during the God Valley era.

He was undeniably among the first echelon of combat power on the seas!!!

Strictly speaking, this was somewhat unfair.

But the Kirin Fruit was Kaido's ability as well, and he did not think there was anything wrong with it. After all, Austin had used the Azure Dragon Fruit's fire, wind, and lightning powers too.

On the contrary, Kaido was unwilling to lose to "Austin" once again, even if he had to defeat him in another way—

Using Austin to defeat Austin.

As someone who had lived through the God Valley era, Kaido clearly knew just how terrifying the Austin he had summoned truly was.

And Azure Austin, as the original, had also been summoned to the Dressrosa arena, so he naturally understood how strong his counterpart from another time and space was.

But in the eyes of everyone else, this scene was rather bizarre—

"Hey, hey, hey—are you serious???"

The first to react was Borsalino, the fastest among them.

Behind his tinted glasses, his pupils contracted slightly. His mouth hung slightly open, and several drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"A Mythical Zoan Type Devil Fruit can actually do something like this?!!"

Kuzan was not doing much better. His face was full of gravity, his brows