Thick steam rising from the shore enveloped the entire harbor.
A black figure burst through the white mist and soared into the clouds. Kaido glanced at King as he flew into the sky, then shifted his gaze to the ground.
Before long, the mist gradually dispersed, revealing the dock's current state to Kaido and King.
A thick, hemispherical transparent ice dome protected all the buildings and civilians on the dock. On the distant streets, civilians sat collapsed on the ground, heads tilted back as they stared at the sky in terror.
The civilians, who had been drowning in despair, were overjoyed when they saw the ice dome protecting them. Tears streamed down their faces. They would never want to experience the feeling of surviving such a disaster a second time.
By the shore, Kuzan stood in a white suit with both hands raised. The ice dome that had protected everything was his handiwork.
"Hahahahahaha!"
When the azure dragon hovering in midair saw the scene below, thunderous laughter erupted from its throat after a brief silence.
"King! Let me take over!"
The enormous azure dragon rapidly shrank, quickly transforming into a towering human figure. Gripping a spiked club in one hand, Kaido shouted as he plummeted toward the ground.
"Whoosh—"
A piercing shriek tore through the air. As Kaido descended, dense black lightning gathered around the spiked club in his hand. The crackling thunder carried for dozens of miles, and even Kuzan inside the ice dome heard it clearly.
"Kaido."
"A Conqueror's Haki user will be even harder to deal with."
Kuzan looked up at the figure in the air, calmly picked up the long sword at his side, and muttered softly. As Kaido landed atop the arched ice dome, he swung his spiked club down at it with all his