Fist Bone: Galaxy Thunder Burial!

The enormous Flame Dragon surged into the sky, charging forward with his life itself as fuel.

Blazing fire tore through the clouds. His dragon body trailed a scarlet streak across heaven and earth, like a meteor hurtling upward against the current. With an unyielding will, he charged straight at the figure in the heart of the thunderstorm!

The sea glowed bloodred in the firelight.

Steam billowed. The heat warped the waves, and the entire sea seemed to part for this strike.

In the distance, aboard the violently rocking ships of the Beasts Pirates—

Every pirate dropped to their knees at once, driven by an instinct deep in their souls.

"Come on, Captain!!!"

"Don't lose!!!"

"Bet your life on it!!!"

The storm shredded their cries, but they forced them out again and again, as though throwing their own lives behind the Flame Dragon.

At the bow.

King could see nothing but the fiery shape soaring skyward. It was a headlong charge against fate!

His fingers clamped around the ship's railing.

The steel groaned in his grip, then crumpled.

Fragments scattered.

"Kaido!!!"

The roar nearly tore his throat apart.

As though he could pour everything he had into the Flame Dragon's retreating form.

—High above.

At the heart of the thunderstorm.

Rock stood atop the thunderclouds, watching the enormous Flame Dragon rush toward him, ready to die and carrying the fury of the world.

He slowly drew back his right fist.

The movement was unhurried, yet the entire sky changed with it.

The thunderclouds transformed.

Clouds stretched, compressed, and spun.

A colossal cross-shaped starburst slowly spread behind his fist. Black-and-red Conqueror's Haki lightning extended from his knuckles like a crown, merging with violet thunder, collapsing and layering upon itself.

The thunderstorm began to turn. A low rumble rolled through the sky.

It