A Blue Dragon Takes on a Droplet!

"Bolo Breath!"

Kaido transformed into his Hybrid Form. His savage dragon horns and disheveled black hair framed his face as he opened his mouth and unleashed a surging pillar of fire, engulfing the incoming Droplet.

Yet the scorching flames did not harm the Droplet in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, the Droplet burst through the Bolo Breath. Its perfectly smooth, zero-degree surface directly refracted and diverted the flames.

It had been completely useless!

The Marine soldiers, the Three Admirals, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Garp, and everyone else watched with broad smiles.

Kaido, meanwhile, was simmering with fury.

He had been trading blows with this droplet-shaped thing for two hours now. His body had not stopped moving for even a moment, yet the more they fought, the more apparent it became that the thing showed no signs of weakening. Its defenses remained terrifying, while he himself was beginning to tire.

His stamina was one thing, but the real issue was mental exhaustion! The Droplet was uninjured, while Kaido's flesh hurt from the repeated collisions.

Of course, Kaido did not know that Kizaru was controlling the Droplet.

The Droplet was like a hornet circling an elephant, constantly darting back and forth. More importantly, its impacts were not completely ineffective against Kaido; every collision sent a heavy shock through his body.

Thus, after knocking the Droplet off course once more, Kaido's fury surged, and he decided to stop holding back!

Kizaru stood beside Sengoku and Garp, watching Kaido's condition. He vaguely sensed that Kaido was about to get serious.

"If he burns through too much stamina, taking him down will teach him a painful lesson."

Kizaru chuckled as he spoke.

The returning Droplet charged at Kaido again.

At that moment, the Dark Clouds overhead churned, and the thunder and lightning intensified!

Kaido spun the Kanabo in one hand. In that instant, black Haki lightning erupted!

"He used Conqueror's Haki!"

The smile vanished from Garp's face as he spoke in surprise.

Kaido was certainly powerful, but only now, after fighting for so long, had he truly brought out his real strength and used Conqueror's Haki infusion!

That meant Kaido was about to unleash a major move!

Sure enough, just as Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, and the others changed expression—

Kaido leaped directly at the flying Droplet, pouncing toward it. He gripped the Kanabo firmly, and in the next instant—

"Three Worlds... Ragnaraku!"

The Kanabo smashed down at the charging Droplet! Black lightning reflected against the sky, trailing long streaks behind it.

Another deafening boom rang out as their powers collided. A terrifying shockwave storm formed in midair and erupted!

Kaido's Haki swept over the watching Marines.

Everyone watching was utterly shaken. Some of the more timid Marines were even trembling, their eyes wide with shock!

Yet Sengoku, Garp, and Kizaru atop the fortress tower, along with Akainu, Aokiji, Onigumo, and the others at the edge of the Plaza, remained calm, though Kaido's attack had startled them all.

For some reason, they still had great confidence in the Droplet's defenses.

"This level of attack... still isn't enough to break the Droplet!"

With the Controller on his head, Kizaru could also receive feedback from the Droplet's intelligence.

It was very powerful, but it could still withstand it! Of course, Kaido had still smashed the Droplet into the ground, collapsing it into a massive crater.

"Hmph! After taking so many heavy Armament Haki blows from me, and now enduring Conqueror's Haki infusion, I refuse to believe it still won't break!"

Kaido was extremely confident in that strike. None of the Three Admirals could take it easily—could something that was not even alive possibly remain intact?

The collapsed ground of the dust-filled Plaza gradually settled.

Akainu and Aokiji both glanced back at the calm Kizaru, immediately understanding what that meant. They sneered at Kaido.

Sengoku and Garp stood beside Kizaru and had naturally heard him say there was no problem. Their faces were full of smiles.

As the dust settled and visibility cleared, Kaido looked at the Droplet in the crater and could not help laughing. He was certain he had smashed it apart.

Suddenly! The Droplet rose into the air, its head and tail perfectly balanced, as though it were staring at Kaido. Kaido's laughter stopped abruptly, and his pupils contracted.

"Impossible! How could this be! It..."

That droplet-shaped thing before him was still as pristine and smooth as ever!

Strange! It felt incredibly strange!

Why could it not be broken no matter how he attacked? What exactly was the Marines' secret weapon made of? How could it possess such powerful defenses!?

Kaido could not understand. His stunned, baffled expression drew a mocking remark from Akainu Sakazuki. "Aren't you always looking to die? Did you really think your body was invincible? You can't even compare to this Droplet."

Kaido gritted his teeth and glared at Akainu. He wanted to fire back immediately, but the strange feeling in his heart was simply too unsettling, especially when the Droplet seemed to be "watching" him.

"Hmph, Akainu, I guarantee you won't be saying that in the New World! But that's enough for today. I suddenly don't feel like dying anymore."

Kaido's moods shifted unpredictably. One moment he had been glaring furiously; the next, he became indifferent, though he still cast Akainu a provocative look as he spoke.

He was leaving. Unless old-timers like Sengoku and Garp pursued him relentlessly, no one could stop him. Of course, those old men would not give chase.

Thus, before all the Marines, Kaido transformed into a giant dragon amid flashing purple light and soared into the sky!

But in the middle of his ascent, the center of his dragon body was suddenly struck by the Droplet!

The Droplet's rounded head slammed solidly into Kaido's dragon body. With a miserable dragon roar, Kaido nearly crashed back onto the Plaza, his body bending into a huge arc.

But immediately afterward, Kaido violently knocked the Droplet away, spewed a Bolo Breath at it, and used the momentum to rise higher, charging into the clouds.

"You won't be allowed to leave that easily."

The Controller on Kizaru's head glowed blue as he controlled the Droplet, making it pursue and attack Kaido relentlessly along strange flight paths.

The Marine soldiers below could not see the rapidly moving, erratically moving Droplet, but they could see Kaido roaring in furious frustration.

Every so often, a Bolo Breath swept through the air, or thunder erupted from his voice as he tried to knock the Droplet away.

Yet against Kaido in his giant dragon form, the Droplet became even more agile. It darted along all kinds of triangular paths, constantly harassing him and leaving the body beneath Kaido's dragon scales aching with pain.

"Ha ha ha..."

Garp clutched his stomach and laughed, clearly delighted by Kaido's furious escape and helplessness against the Droplet.

When had one of the Four Emperors of the sea ever been in such an embarrassing, helpless situation?

Sengoku and Kizaru were the same, laughing so hard they could not close their mouths.

It was just a pity that Kaido was truly difficult to kill. Otherwise, they could have easily captured him this time!