Kaido vs. Madara Uchiha?
But the man before them hadn't even used the Haki system that the powerful beings of this sea relied on to establish themselves.
Since the start of the war, Madara has not been surrounded by any Haki, nor has he displayed any black, hardened defense, nor has he displayed any overwhelming Conqueror's Haki pressure.
He relied solely on his physical control, which far exceeded the understanding of ordinary people, his battlefield instincts honed through countless trials, and his endless stream of strange and domineering magical techniques.
"Lacking Haki?"
Kaido chuckled softly, but there was no hint of contempt in his laughter, only an ever-growing fighting spirit. In all his years of life, this was the first time he had encountered a monster who could go toe-to-toe with Four Emperors without relying on Haki.
The next second, Kaido's legs tumbled into the air, and the air pressure around him suddenly collapsed.
Covered in thick Armament Haki, the flesh-like body swooped down like a falling meteorite, carrying overwhelming momentum. The spiked club was raised high above the head, crackling with purplish-black lightning. Conqueror's Haki storm swept through the clouds, threatening to ravage the entire sea.
His attacks are sweeping and unpretentious, relying solely on sheer power and overwhelming force. This is Kaido's most unstoppable and domineering fighting style in his conquest of the Four Blues.
In the face of absolute power, all skills seem futile.
But Madara is best at using technique to overcome brute force.
Faced with this thunderous blow that could instantly flatten a town, the figure standing at the harbor remained unmoved. Just as the spiked club was about to smash down on his head and the gust of wind was Setsuna to tear his clothes, he suddenly slid to the side.
Without exaggerated movement or afterimages, a single, extremely precise sidestep was enough to narrowly avoid the deadly attack.
Precise to the extreme, so precise it's almost uncanny.
It was as if he had anticipated Kaido's every ounce of force and every angle of impact, bringing his battlefield intuition, honed through countless battles, to an unbelievable degree.
Boom--!
The Thunder Bagua slammed heavily onto the bluestone ground of the dock, causing the hard rock to instantly collapse and crack. Deep fissures spread for hundreds of meters along the harbor, and fragments of rock and lightning scattered wildly, causing the entire dock to tremble violently.
If an ordinary strongman had taken the hit head-on, he would have been shattered to pieces and his body would have been reduced to ashes by now.
Kaido's expression darkened slightly after his attack missed.
Before he could finish his move and launch his next attack, Kakkō suddenly engulfed him.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique"
Madara's soft whisper fell on the wind, and several ferocious fire dragons surged out of the void. Crimson flames, accompanied by scorching air currents, coiled, wrapped, and tore at Kaido, sealing off all his escape routes. Each dragon's flame carried a terrifyingly high temperature capable of incinerating steel.
Kaido neither dodged nor avoided.
He was well aware of the advantages of his physical body and the Mythical Zoan. He crossed his arms to block in front of him, his entire body completely covered with pitch-black Armament Haki.
Its hardened skin, layer upon layer, was tougher than the world's most powerful magic weapon, allowing it to withstand the biting and burning of several fire dragons.
His body was engulfed in raging flames, the scorching sounds were deafening, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.
When the flames subsided, Kaido's blackened, hardened skin was completely unharmed, without even a faint burn.
This is Kaido of the Beasts's strength.
His extremely powerful physical foundation, combined with the endless stamina and super-fast recovery of the Azure Dragon, Mythical Zoan, gives him an almost unbeatable ability to directly confront enemies head-on.
Even if one were to withstand a barrage of top-tier Ninjutsu, it would only result in a fleeting burning pain on the skin and flesh.
"That's interesting."
Kaido raised his head and roared, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, and swung his spiked club once more.
At this moment, he completely released all restraints. The sky was filled with lightning, which danced wildly with his movements. His spiked club chopped, swept, smashed, and flicked, each strike affecting the power of heaven and earth. The violent lightning attacks were layered and continuous, like a natural disaster, densely locking down the entire sky.
One after another, Thunder Bagua descended, Black Lightning tore through the sky, turning the area above Coral Port into a thunderous prison.
The Uchiha clan members on the dock had all retreated. Night Owl Guard guarded the new generation as they retreated to the outer perimeter of the port, everyone holding their breath and watching this top-level duel that transcended all understanding.
They had witnessed Madara's brutality and heard the legends of the Sengoku's demons, but this was the first time they had seen someone who could calmly maneuver under the relentless bombardment of Kaido of the Four Emperors.
Amidst the raging thunderstorm, Ban's figure was like a lone bamboo in the wind, seemingly swaying, but in reality, as steady as a rock.
He never learned the Haki of this sea, but his decades of bloody battles and Ninja World experience had long been etched into his bones and become part of his instincts.
Every powerful blow Kaido unleashed, every lightning-fast attack, was effortlessly evaded by Kaido's most concise and precise footwork.
A small difference can lead to a huge error.
Countless deadly strikes narrowly missed his clothes and hair; the raging lightning tore through the ground and shattered the rocks, yet it could never touch him.
Even in the brief moments of dodging, the counterattacks never ceased.
Earth Release, Fire Release, Wind Release —all sorts of top-tier Ninjutsu landed in turn, without any fancy prelude; each move possessed devastating destructive power.
Rock spikes rising from the earth, raging winds sweeping across the sky, and flames burning everything in their path—layer upon layer—crash towards Kaido, relentlessly eroding his thick layer of Armament Haki.
The roaring sounds rose and fell, and the earth shook incessantly.
Kaido withstood all the Ninjutsu attacks head-on, his body covered in Haki remaining unmoved, only the black hardened surface of his body turning slightly white and hot under the repeated jutsu.
His physical strength was as vast as the sea, and the regenerative power of his Mythical Zoan constantly repaired the damage to his body. No matter how many Ninjutsu bombarded him, he became stronger and stronger with each battle.
But gradually, Kaido's expression became more and more serious.
He was not afraid of head-on clashes or evenly matched battles, but he had never encountered an opponent like this before.
Despite possessing top-tier power capable of crushing countless strong individuals, and capable of overturning mountains and seas with every full-force attack, he could never hit his opponent even slightly.
Looking at myself, I am constantly subjected to endless rituals. No matter how strong my physical body is or how abnormal my recovery is, I am gradually accumulating fine injuries and fatigue from the continuous consumption.
"You... all you do is hide?!"
Another sweeping attack missed its mark, Kaido couldn't help but roar fiercely. His spiked club, crackling with lightning, slammed across the entire airspace, attempting to force his opponent to take the hit head-on with a wide-range attack.
Amidst the howling wind, Madara took another half step back, avoiding the widespread lightning strike, his crimson Sharingan coldly locking onto the enraged Emperor of the Sea.
His tone was calm, yet it carried an air of utter arrogance and composure:
Why fight you head-on?
"You rely on your Haki physique to act recklessly, and think that all the strong in the world are just brute force?"
Madara slowly raised his hand, and the sky-blue Susanoo's Chakra sword shone with a cold light once more, while the dormant Chakra around him suddenly surged.
"Now it's my turn to attack."
"Susanoo!"