"Another loudmouth. If you think you can do it, go ahead and try."
Kaido looked brazen as he swung his kanabo, sending a gale sweeping out. He was in high spirits.
He had just finished fighting three people, and his body bore wounds in several places. There were several cuts from Zoro alone, and even more bruises from Luffy and Sanji's punches and kicks. It wouldn't have been an exaggeration to say he was covered in wounds.
Now that he was facing Lina, he had no intention of taking a break to recover. Waiting until he was back in peak condition before fighting a newcomer's challenge would be far too insulting.
Besides...
Kaido looked Lina up and down. The bloodstains on his clothes hadn't dried completely, and new flesh had only just grown over the puncture wounds in his abdomen and arm. It wasn't hard to tell that he'd just finished a fight himself.
Were those two Supernovas named Luo and Kid?
Kaido pondered.
When he came back to himself, a flicker of Azure Flame danced in Lina's hand. In the blink of an eye, a fearsome battle-axe, bone-white from end to end, appeared, wreathed in white clouds that held an ultimate destructive power.
"I see. A trick like Linlin's, huh?"
Feeling that familiar power, Kaido immediately recognized what was special about the battle-axe.
The two stood facing each other with several stone peaks between them. A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the stone forest for an instant and casting countless long shadows.
A few seconds later.
BOOM!!
They moved at the same time. The great axe and the kanabo crashed together, sparks flying. The impact produced a shockwave that overlapped with the thunder, deafening everyone nearby.
Crack! Crack!
Kaido gripped his kanabo with both hands and