"Urgh?!" The moment Blackbeard came into contact with that beam of light, he felt as though a mountain had slammed into his palm, causing excruciating pain. The crushing, layered force had not even ended when the destructive power of City Crusher surged through him in wave after wave. Blackbeard screamed and spat out another mouthful of blood.
"The most fatal flaw of your Dark-Dark Fruit is that you suffer double the damage. Did you really think anyone in this world could withstand the impact of my doubled strength?" Ronglin swept Blackbeard with a cold glance, then lowered himself and drifted away, evading Kaido's strike.
Amid Blackbeard's screams, his arm snapped with a crack. His left hand, infused with the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, broke off all the way to the elbow. Ronglin's overwhelming strength had inflicted double damage upon Blackbeard, and his body could not endure it. Half his arm had been severed.
"!!!" Kaido was horrified. Even if Blackbeard had been careless, Ronglin had broken his arm in the blink of an eye. Kaido himself did not possess that level of power!
"Raaah!" Power violently gathered around Kaido. The strength Ronglin had displayed was even more terrifying than before. This man was like an invincible abyss; every time Kaido encountered him, he could feel his power continuously rising, as if it had no end. Kaido no longer dared to be careless.
"Hm?" Ronglin pulled back and glanced at Kaido. Just as he was about to finish Blackbeard off, the astonishing aura on this side rapidly soared, forcibly drawing his attention over.
Kaido's body swelled and expanded once more, while the two horns on his head slowly extended. He braced one hand against the deck, and his humanoid body instantly transformed into an ancient giant beast. His two foreclaws