A Greeting for Kaido

"Ye Zhuo!"

With a roar from Kaido, an Azure Dragon spewing black mist descended from the sky.

He had originally planned to use his Azure Dragon Form to test Ye Zhuo and give him a show of force.

But Ye Zhuo's power had unleashed a completely overwhelming attack.

Before he could react, he was swallowed by a giant pillar of fire and sent plummeting from the skies.

"Cough, cough!"

Azure Dragon Kaido spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Only after exerting himself fully did his rolled-back Byakugan return to normal.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Kaido clenched his fists, transforming into human form in an instant.

He gripped his spiked club and coated it in Armament Haki.

Clang!

Before Ye Zhuo, he had no ability worth taking pride in.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Boom!

A bolt of lightning flashed across the heavens.

Kaido intended to use this strike to uncover every bit of Ye Zhuo's strength.

Yet blood still trickled from the corner of his mouth, while the burns across his body had only just scabbed over.

To keep his muscles from hurting as they moved, he had to cover his entire body in Haki.

The formidable regenerative power of his Zoan fruit was also doing everything it could to heal his injuries.

"Are you trying to greet me?"

Ye Zhuo gripped the First Kitetsu, wielding it like a spiked club.

He swung it in the same stance.

"Thunder Bagua!"

He merely coated it in Armament Haki and infused it with Conqueror's Haki.

"You're copying me again?"

Kaido roared furiously.

He absolutely could not be defeated by an imitator!

"If I'm stronger than you, then shouldn't you be the imitator?"

In the blink of an eye.

Ye Zhuo appeared before Kaido.

The two were nearly the same height and both had a