Herbert, in the air, was in his Flood Dragon Beastman Form, his entire body crimson as he activated Inverse Scale Form. Both blades were wrapped in red Conqueror's Haki Entanglement, with jet-black Armament Haki flowing over them. With a single strike—Divine Sword: Void Cross Slash—he swung his longswords with both hands and viciously slashed Dragon Form Kaido's right chest. Countless Haki slashes surged directly into Kaido's Dragon Body. Kaido stared at Herbert with dragon eyes, disbelief written across his face as he shouted, "Conqueror's Haki Entanglement? How is that possible?"
Herbert roared angrily, "Nothing in this world is impossible! I was once just an ordinary man, but after meeting Lord Flame Emperor, I became the Guardian King of the Flame Dragon Kingdom. Protecting Lord Flame Emperor is my mission!"
Herbert then raised his hand, and a cross-shaped slash tore open Dragon Form Kaido's right chest, blood pouring out. Kaido looked utterly dejected. The duration of the Inverse Scale Eight Trigrams he had just used had ended, and now that Herbert's twin blades had struck him, agony covered his dragon face as he spat out several more mouthfuls of blood.
The sight of Kaido bleeding profusely surprised Julian. I never expected Herbert to raise both his Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki by an entire level. With two Devil Fruit abilities and the Kirin Lion's Beast King's Blessing, his current combat strength is at least at the Advanced Emperor Level, infinitely close to the peak Emperor Level. And now that he has unleashed Inverse Scale Form, he is nearly at the ceiling of the Advanced Emperor Level.
Alice had activated her Observation Haki, her eyes fixed intently on the skies. She watched Herbert in Dragon Form wielding two katanas, creating sword shadows that filled the heavens. Dragon Form Herbert's eyes were blood-red,