Kaido's Dragon-Human Form!

This time,

even more Marines rolled their eyes and collapsed.

These were all elite Marines summoned back from across the country. Every one of them was strong enough to serve as the head of a Marine branch, at least at the rank of Marine colonel!

Yet they had still been knocked unconscious.

It was easy to imagine just how overwhelming those two bursts of Conqueror's Haki were!

"The sky!"

"It looks like it's split apart!"

Mihawk looked up, and there was already a trace of unease in his voice.

That was right!

The Conqueror's Haki released simultaneously by Roya and Kaido had not only caused an earthquake across all of Marineford, but had even changed the color of the sky. Amid the flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder, the once-unbroken clouds overhead seemed to have been cleaved apart.

The sight was utterly terrifying!

"What kind of power is this... The sky actually split apart..."

"Could this guy be even stronger than Vice Admiral Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku?"

As a vice admiral of Marine Headquarters, Momonga was utterly dumbfounded by the sight, muttering incessantly under his breath.

"Roya!"

Blackbeard Teach clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth.

"Garp, do you really understand Roya's true strength?" Sengoku asked.

"At first, I thought I did."

"But now, even I don't know."

Garp shook his head in reply. It was impossible to tell whether his weathered face was filled with melancholy or delight.

At first, when Garp learned that Roya had awakened Conqueror's Haki, he had indeed thought highly of him. After several months of his own instruction, Garp had also witnessed Roya's rapid growth.

But now, Garp felt as though he had only just met Roya.

Even Sengoku was astonished. At such a young age, defeating Blackbeard Teach, Donquixote Doflamingo, and even Jack the Drought was already unbelievable.

Yet now, Roya's strength was actually evenly matched with Kaido, one of the Four Emperors.

Perhaps at this moment, beneath Sengoku's delight, there was even more concern.

Boom!

The earth-shaking clash between Roya and Kaido had continued for several minutes. In the end, amid a violent explosion, the two were forced apart and retreated to their respective positions.

"You can already use Conqueror's Haki Infusion?" Kaido's expression was clearly one of surprise.

After all,

in this world, only one person in a million could awaken Conqueror's Haki. Yet among those who possessed it, those who could cultivate it to its pinnacle—the power to infuse it—were few and far between.

At least in Kaido's eyes, there was no way someone as young as Roya could have reached that level.

Yet he had truly done it just now, and his power had even been able to contend with Kaido's own. This completely exceeded Kaido's expectations. Even the legendary Marine hero Garp had been unable to do anything to him, yet now, he felt a deep fear in the face of Roya.

"Originally,"

"the fact that you could wield Conqueror's Haki was already enough to surprise me."

"I was even considering making you my subordinate. But now, Roya, you must die!"

Kaido began to rage.

He knew that Roya possessed such terrifying power at such a young age. If he were allowed to continue growing, he would inevitably become an opponent beyond even Kaido's ability to match.

Therefore, Kaido would crush anyone who might threaten him in the cradle!

"Is that so?"

"Perhaps you should consider whether the one who must die won't be me, but you."

Roya sneered mockingly.

"Hmph, don't get cocky. Listen carefully, brat. I'll say it again: this world doesn't need so many people with the qualities of a king!"

Kaido began roaring.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Immediately afterward,

Kaido gripped his spiked club and swung it toward Roya at incredible speed, infusing it with Conqueror's Haki.

Roya knew full well how powerful this attack was, so there was no way he would allow it to hit him.

Thus, Roya raised the sword in his hand and launched his own attack.

Clang! Clang!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Flashes of blades as swift as lightning accompanied explosions that rumbled in every direction as their battle began in earnest.

In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged over a hundred blows. The already battered Marineford plaza was left even more devastated.

"What kind of speed is this?"

"And what kind of strength?"

Countless onlookers watched the battle with their mouths hanging open in shock.

Moreover,

throughout those hundred-plus exchanges, Kaido had not gained the slightest advantage. Instead, under Roya's sword, he had gradually begun to fall into a disadvantage.

"Kaido, is this all the strength you have?" Roya even taunted him.

"Shut up!"

"You brat!"

Kaido's eyes had gone completely red. There was only one thing left in his mind.

That was to kill Roya!

Then,

Kaido leaped backward. His already massive body transformed once more into a gigantic Azure Dragon, but it did not end there. As Kaido's dragon roar continued unabated, the enormous Azure Dragon body began to change again.

That was right, Kaido had used his strongest Dragon-Human Form!

"This guy has finally used his Dragon-Human Form!?" Fleet Admiral Sengoku exclaimed in surprise.

"Looks like Kaido is truly enraged." Garp frowned deeply.

Kaido stood there in his Dragon-Human Form, his aura now even more terrifying and oppressive.

Even in his fight against Garp and Sengoku, Kaido had not been forced to use his Dragon-Human Form. Yet now, he had revealed his strongest Dragon-Human Form before Roya.

Clearly, this battle had reached the point where only one of them could survive.

"That's more like it! Now this is interesting!"

Roya laughed, even raising a hand in a taunting gesture.

"Three Realms: Naraka!"

With bloodshot eyes, Kaido did not waste words on Roya. His enormous Dragon-Human body leaped into the air, spinning his iron club and infusing it with Conqueror's Haki before smashing it down at Roya like a falling meteor.

He had used his ultimate move right from the start!

Clearly, Kaido had truly been driven into a corner!

Kaido was too fast. There was no time to dodge—Roya could only take it head-on!

Roya raised the sword in his hand. This time, he did not merely infuse it with Conqueror's Haki; he also infused it with Armament Haki.

Rumble!

A deafening blast rang out!

The ground of the entire Marineford plaza cracked open. A huge crater had been blasted out where Roya stood, and thick smoke billowed upward, leaving no one able to see Roya's position.

Upon seeing this,

the hearts of the spectators tightened.