Bringer of Storms!

If there was a hell,

surely this was what it looked like.

Flames and lightning.

Two disaster-level natural elements danced across Charlotte Linlin's body.

The long blade she held aloft was bathed in flames and lightning.

Her seemingly bulky, sluggish body radiated a terrifying aura.

In a daze, it seemed as if a ferocious beast was silently roaring behind her.

Beside Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, in his human-beast form, had shrunk by a large amount, as though he had used Life Return.

Yet the aura surrounding him had not diminished—instead, it had grown even stronger.

Like Charlotte Linlin, he also held his Wolf Fang Mace aloft.

Purple lightning raced across the mace, filling the air with a heart-stopping sense of menace.

The two emperors who reigned over the New World gathered their strength at the same time, preparing to join forces and give Maud a brutal blow.

Watching the formation Charlotte Linlin and Kaido had assumed, Maud could clearly feel an unprecedented pressure. It gave him the illusion that he would turn to dust in the next second.

Even the flow of time seemed to slow to a crawl at that moment.

Maud was certain that something terrifying was coming!

Given the situation, should he withstand it head-on or avoid its edge?

Without the slightest hesitation, Maud decided to take it head-on.

"Shadow Flow..."

Maud raised his blade to his shoulder with lightning speed.

As he muttered under his breath, his shadow detached from his body and became a Shadow Clone. The clone smoothly took White Weasel and stood beside Maud, assuming the same starting stance as him.

Maud's response was seen by Charlotte Linlin and Kaido.

"Wororororo..."

Seeing that Maud seemed intent on facing them head-on, a savage glint flashed in Kaido's eyes.

Originally, they still had to take Maud's