The heavy clouds stopped churning and slowly dispersed in the calm. The sky, once filled with lightning and thunder, fell silent. Kaido's eyes gradually dimmed, their lost color transferred to the bright moon shining down upon the earth.
—Squelch.
Reiner pulled out his bone arm. Blood trickled down, drip, drip, pooling into a thick red lake on the ground, while Kaido remained standing there without moving.
The blue flames on the corpse flickered out and scattered into specks of fluorescent light, as though writing a declaration of victory upon the air.
Thud.
Reiner sprawled flat on his back. The injuries on his body had already healed under his ability, and the drain on his stamina was not much of a concern. But after fighting this long, once his tightly wound mind relaxed, he felt somewhat exhausted as well.
"—Whew."
Reiner let out a long breath, his gaze slowly drifting toward the silent Kaido. Two penetrating wounds had been torn open across his body.
The gash made by the first hand strike had already grown tender new flesh and closed, while the wound from the second hand strike had been blown open into a hole when the Tremor-Tremor Ability erupted inside his body immediately afterward.
His internal organs had nearly been shattered by the vibrations, yet flesh buds could still be seen wriggling along the edges of the wound on his body.
Reiner could not help marveling inwardly at the terror of Kaido's physical body. Even so—
He isn't still alive, is he?
Reiner frowned despite himself. Although his Observation Haki truly could no longer sense any sign of Kaido's life.
After some time passed and Kaido still showed no movement, Reiner looked away and gazed up at the sky. The full moon had completely emerged, its pure light spilling across