Dawn's Kikoku whirled at high speed, unleashing Flying Slashes that filled the sky. Every slash precisely met a wind blade, setting off an unending series of air explosions in midair.
Shattered sword energy and wind blades scattered in every direction, slicing the surrounding buildings into pieces.
But the Dragon Twisters had already descended.
Massive pillars of wind stretching from sky to earth closed in from every direction. The warehouse roof beneath Dawn's feet began to collapse, tiles and wooden beams swept into the wind.
"[Almighty Push]"
The force field expanded in a semicircle. The incoming Dragon Twisters struck it as though they had hit an invisible wall; their eye structures began to collapse, and the tornadoes exploded into violent shockwaves surging in all directions.
Amid the raging shockwaves, Dawn shot toward the Azure Dragon high above like a meteor flying against its course, carving a straight trail through the night sky.
"Worororo! Not bad!"
Kaido watched Dawn charge straight at him, a trace of appreciation flashing through his dragon eyes.
"It wasn't for nothing that I came all this way myself. Join the Beasts Pirates, Louis... no, brat Dawn!"
"Sorry, but I refuse. I have no intention of serving anyone else."
Profound Armament Haki surged from within him as Dawn slashed Kikoku downward at the Azure Dragon.
"[Gravity Blade: Saiming]"
A Flying Slash infused with a heavy Gravity Field burst from the blade. High in the sky, the dense clouds churned as if stirred by an invisible giant hand, roiling like a tsunami.
Kaido let out an earth-shaking dragon roar and swung his tail. Armament Haki covered it like a tidal wave. He neither dodged nor retreated, instead lashing upward with his tail like a battering ram to meet the gravity slash head-on.
The vortex of clouds in the sky