Pollock Island, ruins of the Marine G-5 Base.
Fierce Dragon Sky-Breaking Slash!
Sephiroth streaked forward, swinging his twin blades and forming a crimson phantom of a dragon's head before him.
Razor-sharp sword energy curled back, forming a fiery tornado that closely followed behind him.
The scorching heat warped the air, and wherever the flaming dragon head passed, it left a charred trail across the ground.
Strands of dark-red lightning spread and raced over the dragon head, raising the attack's power yet another level.
In the distance, a red gleam flashed through Kaido's eyes as he instantly activated future-sight Observation Haki, reading the trajectory of Sephiroth's sword technique.
Immediately afterward, purple lightning wrapped around his body and spread onto his spiked club.
Facing the enemy charging straight at him, Kaido stomped down with force, instantly shattering the ground beneath his feet.
Amid a sharp burst of compressed air, he shot toward the silver-haired young man like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Partial Armament Haki Hardening!
Thunder Bagua!
Kaido caught the gap in Sephiroth's twin-blade attack pattern. He coated both hands in jet-black Armament Haki to reinforce his defenses, while the spiked club in his hand smashed fiercely into the crimson dragon-head phantom.
Violent purple lightning burst from the black spiked club, instantly shattering the dragon-head phantom and smashing straight toward the silver-haired young man's face!
The sword-energy slashes circling the crimson dragon-head phantom cut across Kaido's arms, yet they left only faint marks behind, not even drawing blood...
At the sight, Sephiroth's pupils suddenly contracted.
How is this possible!
I stacked dozens, even hundreds, of Haki-infused sword-energy slashes before me. Even if Kaido's Haki is stronger than mine, there's no way he could emerge completely unscathed under so many layered attacks...
Wait!... Could it be Conqueror's Haki!?
After a moment