"Like a lunatic."
Reiner shook his head, stood up, and touched his forehead. His entire palm came away covered in blood, which he flicked onto the ground.
He had gotten a little carried away just now, nearly turning into Luffy. What decent person fought like that?
Reiner rolled his neck, his joints cracking. The blood-soaked clothes clinging to his body felt uncomfortable, so he simply tore them off.
He withdrew his battle axe. When he summoned it again, it transformed into a pair of close-fitting armguards, simple in design, like white bandages wrapped from Reiner's fingers and fists all the way up his forearms.
"—Haa!"
Reiner let out a long breath, slammed his fists together before his chest, bent down, planted one palm on the ground, and tensed the muscles in his legs. His gaze locked tightly onto Kaido.
"Again!"
Bang!
With a roar, Reiner's feet blasted dense cracks across the ground as he shot forward like a cannonball!
"I hope you don't die too quickly, Black Serpent!"
Rumble!!
Kaido laughed wildly, drawing down lightning from the sky and wrapping it around his Kanabo as he rushed before Reiner with a whoosh.
"Roaring Thunder Bagua!!"
A scarlet ferocity flashed through Kaido's eyes. He raised his Kanabo with both hands as purple lightning shot forth, then brought it crashing down!
Bang!!
Reiner crossed both arms over his head to block. The terrifying force drove his legs bent and plunged him straight into the earth. The ground collapsed outward in layers, while the overwhelming Haki battered his body without restraint.
As his old momentum ran out, Kaido suddenly swung his tail. The massive dragon tail, covered in layers of hard azure scales, whipped through the air with a howling wind!
Bang!!
Reiner jolted his arms and knocked away the black iron club,