The End of the "Beasts"

Kaido had arrived!

There was no need to turn around. From that one-of-a-kind aura below alone, Long Yi knew who the enemy attacking from behind was.

"Dark Wave, Thunder God Rebirth!"

There was no need to think, nor would he hesitate. The silver-haired young man's aura abruptly changed. Dark clouds gathered overhead as he unleashed his trump card from the very start.

Thunder rumbled as it struck down from above; silver serpents writhed, all merging into his body.

A manifestation woven from boundless lightning, eighty percent similar to the silver-haired young man, slowly opened its eyes.

A god had descended upon this place!

"Roar!"

This violently raging sea of lightning was not the first Kaido had seen. Back at the Marine base in the unmoved New World, he had once resisted thunder with his bare body without falling behind.

But now—

He no longer had any confidence.

"Conqueror's Armament, Dragon Might!"

Surging forward, his black Conqueror's Haki became tangible, transforming into a thick suit of armor.

Shielded by that Haki armor, Kaido roared and launched a savage assault at the center of the endless sea of lightning.

"Courting death."

Lightning curled around him while the towering manifestation stood behind him. Long Yi's eyes brimmed with violet electricity, and his voice bore no trace of mortal warmth, as though a god had descended into the world.

Staring at the vicious dragon charging through the thunderstorm with unstoppable momentum, his face remained devoid of grief or joy. He raised Kitetsu and slashed down fiercely.

"Boom!"

The instant his sword fell, countless bolts of lightning converged into a demon-subduing vajra.

It struck Kaido's Haki helmet squarely on the crown of his head.

"That's impossible!"

The crown of the head was where the spirits of all things gathered, an incomparably vital spot.

Resisting the