Kaido's Awakening

For an instant, heaven and earth stood still.

Then—

Boom!

Kaido moved, utterly ignoring the wound still bleeding across his chest.

Blood ran down his scales, only to evaporate in midair. His presence grew even more savage.

Beneath his feet—

Crack!

The ground collapsed, cracks spreading outward like a spiderweb.

He yanked his club back. Black flames coiled around it as his Conqueror's Haki compressed to its limit, condensing into a single point.

For an instant, even space warped slightly.

"Diamond—"

He bared his teeth, blood seeping between them.

"Thunder Arrow!"

He swung.

Boom, boom, boom!

Massive columns of force wrapped in black Flame Clouds erupted from his club!

Not one, but a continuous barrage!

One, two, three... They came so fast their afterimages overlapped, each strike building on the last.

In an instant, they filled the entire sky.

Like a battery of cannons.

Like a tide of disaster.

Like a wall of destruction surging upward!

The sonic booms merged into one, sealing off every route Rock could take to evade them.

High above—

Rock's eyes narrowed, lightning flashing in his pupils.

Hum!

The thunderclouds behind him boiled in an instant, their churning depths seeming to gain a will of their own.

Roar!

Thunder Dragons roared.

"Sky Roar: Thunder Dragon Prison!"

Several Thunder Dragons tore free from deep within the clouds!

They were no longer mere lightning, but living beings of thunder with form and crushing presence.

Black-red lightning wound around their bodies. Their scales were formed from lightning, and Haki burned in their eyes.

The next instant, they met the overwhelming barrage head-on!

Boom, boom, boom!

The Thunder Dragons slammed into the blasts from the club, and the explosions merged into one.

Hum!

The air rippled like water as shockwaves spread outward in layers.

The clouds were torn to