"Damn it."
Iron Body, Armament Haki, and Goldenization were all operating at full power. Chaos crossed his arms in front of himself to block the attack, but it was too late to dodge.
In an instant, the heavens and earth shook. The entire island was struck by an apocalyptic calamity. A black mushroom cloud rose from its center, and ripples of light spread outward, destroying everything in their path.
Everything in the storm's path was swallowed up.
The abyss at the center continued to widen, as though it would reach the planet's core and spew out magma.
With winds and clouds swirling around him, Kaido stared intently at the abyss.
Aside from a select few, no one on the seas had ever pushed him this far.
Whoosh!!!
The sound of something tearing through the air rang overhead. Kaido looked up and saw a colossal Buddha, four hundred meters tall, hurtling down like a meteor.
At the moment of impact, the terrifying force contorted Kaido's face. His bloodshot eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
His entire body was sent flying down into the abyss.
Magma kept erupting from the ground as the enormous dragon corpse crashed into it with a thunderous impact.
Kaido was completely stunned by the blow.
He gradually sank into the magma and was swallowed up entirely.
A tremendous pressure descended, making the scalding magma cave inward. The four-hundred-meter-tall Buddha radiated a sacred aura. Within the enormous rotating swastika behind him, it was as if countless Buddhas were murmuring, their waves of Buddhist chants making it impossible to remain calm.
Beneath the Buddha, a figure rose from the crimson magma.
Chaos was covered in blood. Armament Haki flowed across his body as he slowly ascended, finally coming to stand on the Buddha's fingers, held in a flower-pinching