Teaching in Progress

Dawn swung Kikoku at high speed, unleashing a sky-filling barrage of flying slashes. Every slash precisely met a wind blade, detonating a continuous series of air bursts in midair.

The shattered sword energy and wind blades scattered in all directions, slicing the surrounding buildings into ruins.

But the tornadoes had already descended.

Massive pillars of wind that stretched from sky to earth closed in from every direction. The warehouse roof beneath Dawn's feet began to crack, its tiles and beams swept into the wind.

"[Shinra Tensei]"

A force field expanded in a semicircle. The incoming tornadoes, upon touching it, seemed to strike an invisible wall. Their eye structures began to collapse, and the tornadoes exploded into violent gusts that surged in every direction.

Amid the raging blasts, Dawn shot toward the Azure Dragon high in the sky like a meteor flying against the current, carving a straight trail across the night.

"Worororo! Not bad!"

Kaido watched Dawn charge straight at him, a flicker of appreciation flashing through his draconic eyes.

"It wasn't a waste for me to come here personally. Join the Beasts Pirates, Louis... no, brat Dawn!"

"My apologies, but I have no intention of serving under anyone else."

A powerful Armament Haki burst from within him as Dawn slashed Kikoku downward at the Azure Dragon.

"[Gravity Blade: Fate Ruler]"

A flying slash infused with a crushing Gravity Field burst from the blade. High above, the dense clouds churned as if stirred by an invisible giant hand, surging like a tsunami.

Kaido let out an earth-shaking dragon roar and swung his tail. Armament Haki covered it like a tide. Without dodging, he lashed upward with it like a battering ram, clashing head-on with the gravity slash.

The vortex of clouds in the sky was violently scattered, revealing the brilliant