Kaido Coughs Up Blood

Gradually.

The force of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit power kept converging, shattering the already ruined ground beneath it.

It was visibly gathering toward Kaido's position.

"Hm?"

Kaido glared, sensing that something was wrong. He had no choice but to withdraw some of the powerful force that had been fully suppressing Blackbeard Teach.

Kaido then activated his Armament Haki for defense.

After all, if he underestimated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, he could be shaken apart at any moment, even having all his internal organs shattered.

What was more,

during his battle with Blackbeard Teach,

Kaido had come to understand that Blackbeard Teach's Haki was far from weak. Not to mention, this man wielded the powers of two Devil Fruits.

Setting aside how he had obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, everyone present had witnessed just how devastating its power was.

Even more troublesome was the Dark-Dark Fruit power.

The main issue was that once someone was caught by the Dark-Dark Fruit, that person's Devil Fruit power would become ineffective.

This had been extremely useful against Whitebeard, let alone Kaido.

Although Kaido had been touched by Blackbeard countless times during their recent battle, and while his Dragon-Human Form would not be dispelled as a result, he could indeed feel the formidable physique granted by his Devil Fruit power—especially his Zoan Devil Fruit power—being stripped away.

That was precisely why Kaido had remained at a disadvantage all along.

Of course,

that did not mean he had no way to deal with it. After all, Blackbeard could not completely cancel his Zoan Devil Fruit power. As long as Kaido coated himself with sufficiently powerful Armament Haki, he would be fine.

The moment Kaido withdrew his power,

Blackbeard Teach immediately seized the opportunity. He rammed his entire body forward, grabbed Kaido with one hand using the Dark-Dark