"Azure Dragon!!!"
The soldiers here were still cheering when a roar from the other side drowned out all the noise.
A burly, muscular figure tore through the air, with a tail trailing behind him...
"Ron, watch out!"
Kong helplessly realized that he really had grown old. He could not even catch up to a brute like Kaido, who did not specialize in speed.
Yet Ron remained unruffled. He glanced at Lucci, whom he had casually dragged out with him, then jerked his chin after a moment.
"What are you standing around for? Run!"
"If we start fighting, I won't have time to keep looking after you."
"..."
Lucci froze at that, then pulled out a whistle and blew it with two sharp chirps.
Seeing Ron's baffled expression, he explained with a bitter smile, "Sorry, Azure Dragon Admiral... It seems I can't move."
"..."
"Tch, troublesome!"
By the time they finished speaking, Kaido was already right before them. The moment Ron said "troublesome," that fist the size of a washbasin was already upon him.
"Die, Azure Dragon!"
The air trembled as one, as though heaven and earth were collapsing and all things were crying out in grief.
At that moment, lightning exploded around Ron. A giant, expressionless figure of thunder abruptly appeared, clenched its fist, twisted its body, and smashed it forward.
The fist launched later but arrived first. Compared to it, Kaido's speed seemed unbearably slow.
Bang!!!
The violent shockwave burst outward, flattening vast stretches of nearby buildings.
"Hmph! Arrogant!"
In a head-on clash of fists, even if Ron had mastered Martial Arm: Nether Gate, Kaido had never feared him.
But before he could exert more force, Ron suddenly lifted a leg and kicked him in the crotch. The metallic crunch made Kong and Lucci shudder involuntarily.
Then, under the