Battle with Kaido - 2

BOOM!!

The ruined mountainside exploded.

Stones flew like a torrential downpour. A brutal force hurled shards of rock into the air, and the shockwave tore through the dust cloud.

A towering figure walked slowly out of the collapsed cliff.

Kaido carried his spiked club over one shoulder. His pace was unhurried, yet every step seemed to bear down on the spine of the earth.

The instant his foot landed, the ground gave a low, strained groan. Cracks spread beneath him.

The spot on his abdomen where the Lightning-Speed Kick had struck was charred black.

His skin had split open, exposing raw flesh. Blood ran down the hard contours of his muscles, leaving dark red trails in the dust.

But Kaido did not so much as frown.

His Mythical Zoan physique was already at work, healing him with almost absurd speed.

The charred flesh slowly writhed. The torn wound drew together and healed before the eye, as though mocking the very word "fatal."

It was as if that last blow had been nothing more than a nasty scrape.

Kaido raised his head.

A savage grin spread across his face, his white teeth gleaming coldly in the lightning.

"Don't think that's—"

His voice was deep and hoarse, forced from the depths of his chest.

"Enough to bring me down."

He paused, his gaze locking onto Rock.

"Because of you, because I once—"

"Saw what it means to stand at the top."

Before he had finished speaking, Kaido lunged forward.

BOOM!

A shockwave burst outward.

His fury ignited. A crimson aura erupted from his body, black-and-red lightning raced across him, and his Conqueror's Haki bore down like a solid hammer, crushing forward without restraint!

The air screamed. The ground sank. Even the churning thunderclouds overhead twisted and tore beneath the force of his