The Battle Is Decided! The Final Blow!

Because Marineford had suddenly been split in two,

the ground began to tremble. Many people could no longer keep their footing and fell, while some nearly tumbled into the chasm where the ground had been cleaved apart.

Yet Roya still maintained the stance of Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, floating in midair.

Gradually,

the divided Marineford stabilized, and Roya looked down.

"Pant, pant, pant..."

Kaido was gasping heavily, forcing himself upright with his spiked club in one hand while clutching his chest with the other.

"Damn it, you brat!" Kaido gritted his teeth. Blood seeped from the spot on his chest he was covering and dripped onto the ground.

Looking at the blood on his body, Kaido's expression turned exceedingly grim. In an instant, he recalled the powerful figures from the past who had been capable of injuring him.

That was right!

Kaido was injured!

Kaido, hailed as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air, had been injured—even legendary Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku joining forces had failed to hurt him!

"What? That slash actually injured Kaido?" Hawkeye Mihawk was the first to be shocked.

After all,

Hawkeye Mihawk had fought Kaido at the very beginning. He was known as the world's greatest Great Swordsman, yet even his strongest slash had failed to injure Kaido, who possessed the strongest defense.

And yet now, Roya had actually hurt him!

"What kind of power does this man possess? Even I cannot make sense of it." Empress Hancock was equally astonished.

"Oh my, Rear Admiral Roya, how terrifying. That's quite something!" Even Admiral Kizaru had now fully acknowledged Roya's strength.

As for the other Marines, they erupted into discussion. More than shock, they felt envy and excitement.

"Well done, Rear Admiral Roya! Finish Kaido in one go!"

"That's right! Rear Admiral Roya! Finish Kaido!"

"..."

Countless Marines cheered and shouted excitedly.

"What terrifying power..." The one who gave Roya this assessment was Fleet Admiral Sengoku himself!

"Sengoku!"

Even Garp's brows had furrowed deeply. "Tell me, Sengoku. If the two of us old men had tried to block that move with all our strength, we probably wouldn't have been able to withstand it either, right?"

There seemed to be another meaning behind the words of the usually straightforward and bold Garp, though he did not state it outright.

As his old comrade-in-arms, Sengoku understood. He nodded and said, "Yes, Garp. I know what you're worried about. I'm worried too. After releasing such a powerful technique, can that kid Roya's body still hold up?"

Sengoku could not help worrying about Roya!

"Well, Kaido? What do you think of my power?" Roya mocked.

"Pant, pant, pant..."

"Brat, don't get cocky. A technique with that much power must have drained all your strength, right?"

"What a pity. If you could use it one more time, I definitely wouldn't be able to endure it."

"I'm guessing you can't use it a second time, can you?"

Kaido was still gasping for breath, but as one of the Four Emperors, he had not admitted defeat. His arrogant tone had not changed in the slightest.

In truth, Kaido had felt boundless terror just now and had used his fastest speed to evade. Unfortunately, he had never imagined that Roya's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion would be so fast. Although Kaido had desperately dodged at that instant, he was still struck and injured.

Kaido knew well that if that blow had landed squarely on him, he would definitely have been severely wounded.

But Kaido still refused to believe it.

He believed that since Roya had unleashed such a formidable technique, he must have exhausted all his strength.

Therefore!

Kaido was gambling! Gambling that Roya no longer had the strength to unleash Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion a second time!

"Three Realms: Naraka!"

Without wasting any more words, Kaido endured the pain and gripped his spiked club tightly. He leaped into the air once more and unleashed his strongest move again.

"Since you insist on gambling with your life, I'll grant your wish!" Roya sneered, gathering his power once again. That terrifying golden giant sword appeared in the sky once more.

This time!

Everyone watching held their breath. No one spoke as they focused intently on the final stage of the battle!

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

Roya unleashed Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and it collided with Kaido's ultimate attack.

This time!

Beyond the shaking earth and changing skies, the collision of those two unimaginable powers rivaled the force of a small atomic bomb.

"Not good! All Marines, retreat immediately and find somewhere safe to hide!" Sengoku was the first to realize the severity of the situation and immediately shouted the order.

Unfortunately, his reaction came too late!

Boom, boom, boom... Rumble...

Because of the distance, the Marine Headquarters building had remained unaffected until now.

But with the collision of these two powers, even the Marine Headquarters building some distance away could no longer endure it. As though it were experiencing a magnitude-ten earthquake, the entire structure began to collapse continuously.

Not a single Marine present was spared. They all fled in panic, following Fleet Admiral Sengoku's order to find safety.

Only Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, and the Seven Warlords—the few truly powerful people present—remained standing completely unmoved, solely to witness this final clash.

At first, Kaido appeared to have truly withstood Roya's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion with his own power.

But it lasted only an instant. When Roya exerted himself again, Kaido's Conqueror's Haki was completely shattered, and the golden blade struck Kaido directly!

"No!"

"Impossible!"

At that moment, Kaido seemed to see death in his eyes!

With Kaido's roar, he was slashed down to the ground, blood pouring from his body and rapidly staining the surrounding earth.

Kaido lay in a pool of blood, completely out of strength. His dragon-man form reverted to human form.

This time!

Kaido had taken Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion head-on. His entire chest had been sliced open, the wound deep enough to reveal bone and utterly gruesome.

Roya, meanwhile, also dispelled his Tenseigan form and landed on the ground.

But Roya had no intention of giving up the attack. After all, one had to pull weeds out by the roots!

The moment he landed, Roya used Soru from the Marine Six Powers and arrived before the fallen Kaido with lightning speed.

Just as Roya was about to finish him off, Kaido suddenly shouted.

"Wait!"

"I yield! I surrender!"