Kaido climbed out of the ruins, his Observation Haki already locking onto Ortolan's position.
That Blast Breath had indeed done little damage to Ortolan. Not far away, Ortolan was crouched on all fours like a beast about to hunt, his long silver-white hair cascading over his shoulders and trailing across the ground. His bloodshot eyes burned red, and his aura was incomparably wild.
"What's going on?" Kaido wondered.
This state also felt somewhat familiar, like the Tanned Tribe's Sulong. But Tanned Tribe members did not go completely berserk upon entering that state, did they?
Besides, it was not a full moon tonight.
Kaido was given no time to think. Ortolan's gaze locked onto him, lightning flashed around his body, and with a swish, he vanished.
Kaido reacted swiftly as well. He coated his fist in Conqueror's Haki and threw a punch straight ahead!
Almost at the same moment his fist shot out, Ortolan appeared before him. Judging by his trajectory, the punch had precisely calculated his position. But this was where the terror of the Goro Goro no Mi became apparent.
The fist was practically pressed against Ortolan's nose, and the force of the punch sent his silver hair flying. Yet even at such an extreme distance, Ortolan activated his power. In the flash of lightning, he evaded Kaido's fist and blinked a very short distance away!
In an instant, Kaido's punch missed, and Ortolan was already right in his face!
A dense mass of lightning energy erupted in an instant, swallowing both figures in dazzling electric light. Then Kaido, trailing black smoke, was blasted away as he let out an enraged roar.
Ortolan's heavy blow sent Kaido flying. Dozens of meters away, Kaido landed on both feet and carved two deep furrows into the ground before finally stopping himself.