Roar...
Since Sengoku had rejected him so decisively,
Kaido, who had always been hot-tempered, naturally could no longer hold himself back. He roared again and raised his head, gathering Dragon Breath.
This time, the Dragon Breath Kaido gathered shocked everyone standing in Marineford Plaza.
At the same time,
Kaido's target this time was directly aimed at the Marine Headquarters building!
It looked like he truly intended to destroy the entire Marine Headquarters.
"Not good."
"This Kaido has really gone insane!"
"That attack of his is powerful enough to destroy an entire island!"
"If Kaido succeeds, Marine Headquarters will truly be destroyed by him."
Fleet Admiral Sengoku's expression hardened. He clenched his fists, seemingly preparing to make a move.
After all, as the Fleet Admiral, how could he stand by and watch a pirate destroy Marine Headquarters?
"Mr. Sengoku, leave it to me!"
Before Sengoku could act, Admiral Kizaru moved first. After seriously declaring those words, his entire body transformed into a flash of light and shot away.
At the same time,
Kaido had already finished charging his Dragon Breath and unleashed it toward Marine Headquarters. Its power spoke for itself.
But Admiral Kizaru had already flashed into the air. After bringing his hands together, he fired a dazzling laser cannon straight at the Dragon Breath.
Right after that,
Boom!
Kizaru's laser directly detonated Kaido's Dragon Breath. The two powerful forces collided, resulting in a violent explosion.
After the deafening blast, an overwhelming pressure erupted across all of Marineford Plaza.
Many Marines could not withstand it and collapsed to the ground.
"Is this the power of a Four Emperor and an Admiral?"
Everyone was stunned.
Even all the Shichibukai were deeply shocked.
Right after that,
Admiral Kizaru did not waste any words and launched another attack. He soared into the air again, and the next second, a massive flash erupted. After turning into light and flying high above, he crossed his hands as countless dazzling beams made it impossible to look directly at him.
"Yasakani Sacred Jewel!"
This was one of Admiral Kizaru's proudest techniques!
It could fire countless dazzling light bullets at a target, making it a large-scale attack!
Kaido was still maintaining his massive Azure Dragon Form. His body was simply too enormous, and combined with the speed of Admiral Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit, ordinary people truly could not keep up.
Thus, every single light bullet from Admiral Kizaru's Yasakani Sacred Jewel struck Kaido's massive body.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One deafening blast after another!
Thick smoke rose around Kaido's position!
"Admiral Kizaru's attack worked!"
"It seems Four Emperor Kaido is nothing special after all. Our Marine Admirals are still stronger!"
Seeing this scene, the many Marines in Marineford Plaza erupted into cheers.
Other than them,
the Marines of vice admiral rank and above still frowned deeply, as though they did not believe the situation was particularly optimistic.
The same was true for Shichibukai such as Hawkeye Mihawk and Empress Hancock.
One had to know!
Their opponent was Four Emperor Kaido, known as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air. How could such an ordinary attack from Admiral Kizaru possibly injure him?
After all, this was not Kaido's first time coming to Marine Headquarters to cause trouble.
If he could truly be defeated so easily, where would Kaido have gotten the confidence to repeatedly make trouble at Marine Headquarters? This time, he had even declared that he would destroy the entire Marine Headquarters.
Sure enough,
just as all the powerful figures had judged,
when the dense smoke gradually dispersed, Kaido appeared before everyone without a single injury.
However,
it still left many people in amazement.
"Is this the defensive power of Four Emperor Kaido, the so-called strongest creature?" Empress Hancock was the first to voice her shock.
Even Hawkeye Mihawk, who had always been taciturn, spoke. "Four Emperor Kaido is indeed very strong!"
The other Shichibukai were much the same.
One had to know that the strike just now had come from Admiral Kizaru, Marine Headquarters' highest combat power. Ordinary people truly might not have been able to take it so easily and remain completely unharmed.
As for the elite Marines, there was even less need to mention them. They had been utterly and completely shaken by the terror of Four Emperor Kaido.
"Borsalino, it has been so long, yet your strength has not changed at all. What, were you just scratching an itch for me?"
Facing Admiral Kizaru Borsalino, Kaido did not take him seriously at all. He even taunted him provocatively.
"Oh my, as expected of a Four Emperor. How terrifying!" Admiral Kizaru laughed.
Right after that,
Admiral Kizaru attacked again!
In midair, the constantly light-transformed Kizaru and Kaido in Azure Dragon Form clashed without pause.
The entire scene was immensely shocking.
It was not only the Marines who were astonished.
Powerful figures including Sengoku, Garp, and all the Shichibukai were also deeply amazed.
Even Roya showed a trace of excitement. "So this is the strength of an Admiral and a Four Emperor? Interesting!"
Roya even seemed eager to give it a try.
At first, the two appeared evenly matched, but gradually, Admiral Kizaru ultimately fell into a disadvantage.
In an unguarded moment,
Kaido directly knocked Admiral Kizaru down to the ground. Pressing his advantage, Kaido dove downward, his massive body smashing straight toward the earth.
Boom!
Another cloud of thick smoke shot into the sky.
Yet after Kaido's enormous Azure Dragon Form landed, its silhouette vanished.
Just as everyone was puzzled, the smoke gradually cleared, and a shout rang out from within.
"Thunder Bagua!"
It turned out that in that instant, Kaido had already reverted to human form, with his spiked club in hand.
Bang!
Kizaru, who had already been at a disadvantage and knocked down, had no time to react before the spiked club coated in Armament Haki struck him squarely in the face, sending his entire body flying dozens of meters away!
Of course,
Kizaru reacted quickly as well, turning into light once more and returning to Sengoku's side.
However, Kizaru was now panting heavily, with quite a few wounds on his body.
"Huff, huff, huff..."
"Four Emperor Kaido really is that terrifying!"
Admiral Kizaru said while gasping for breath.
"Borsalino, you have already done very well," Sengoku said.
Sengoku knew Admiral Kizaru's strength well, but there was nothing to be done. His opponent was Four Emperor Kaido, known as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air. Borsalino's defeat had in fact been within Sengoku's expectations.
At that moment,
Clang!
A crisp sound of a sword being drawn rang out.
Everyone's gaze turned toward Hawkeye Mihawk, one of the Shichibukai!
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