Hakai vs. Azure Dragon

Above the Flower Capital.

The sky split open, as though torn apart by sheer will.

Boom!

Two overwhelming bursts of Conqueror's Haki erupted at once.

Kaido and Charlotte Linlin stood shoulder to shoulder.

One stood like a mountain holding the world in place.

The other descended like a natural disaster.

Kaido gripped his club with both hands. Pitch-black Ryuo coiled wildly around it.

Black flames rolled like the mouth of an abyss, swallowing and tearing apart even the air.

The ground beneath his feet began to collapse before he had even struck.

Linlin raised Napoleon high as thunder and flame intertwined.

Crimson and gold light exploded, setting the sky ablaze.

Soul power surged through her, warping even the space around her.

Her grin brimmed with barely contained madness.

At that moment, both their gazes locked on Rock.

Neither spoke.

In the next instant, they struck together!

"Hakai!"

Boom!

Their Conqueror's Haki ran completely wild!

Purple-black and crimson forces intertwined, two wills of destruction merging into a shockwave that spanned heaven and earth!

The air vanished. Space buckled violently. The clouds evaporated.

Everything in the shockwave's path shattered and disappeared; even light was swallowed.

Between heaven and earth, only a surging torrent of destruction remained.

Not far behind Rock, Borsalino's pupils narrowed in earnest for the first time.

The world-devouring shockwave reflected in his sunglasses.

"This power..."

There was no trace of teasing in his voice.

The next instant—

Whoosh!

His body scattered into photons, and he fled the heart of the battlefield without hesitation.

Ahead of him, Rock stood still.

He faced an impact powerful enough to erase cities and vaporize seas.

His gaze was calm, almost delighted.

"Now that's more like it."

Boom!

Thunder ran wild.

From the highest heavens, countless bolts poured down like a waterfall, all of