An invisible force field erupted with Dawn at its center. Within it, dark crimson lightning spread like a spiderweb.
At such close range, Kaido was caught off guard and struck head-on by the force field. He grunted as he was shoved back dozens of meters, plowing a long trail through the ground.
He wiped away the blood and looked toward the bottom of the crater, disbelief appearing in his dragon eyes for the first time.
Dawn was swaying as he climbed to his feet.
But that was not what Kaido cared about. He had already experienced how tough this brat was during their earlier battle.
What he cared about was that force field from before—a Gravity Field wrapped in Conqueror's Haki.
Wrapping Conqueror's Haki around something as intangible and shapeless as a force field required an unimaginably difficult level of skill.
At the start of the battle, this brat could only use the crudest method to coat things with Conqueror's Haki.
But now...
Kaido suddenly recalled what Dawn had said before the battle began.
"I happened to have a few doubts in my training, so I wanted to ask a senior like you for guidance."
He had taken it as mere boasting at the time.
But now, it seemed...
This brat had truly been using him as a whetstone.
And he had truly broken through his bottleneck in battle, grasping a more advanced Conqueror's Haki Coating technique!
Dawn grinned at the mountain-like figure across from him.
"Thank you for the lesson, Teacher Kaido."
Kaido was so furious that he laughed instead. He stomped forward.
"Worororo, brat, since you like my lessons so much, come back with me and become a Lead Performer!"
After all, he was a great pirate who had roamed the seas for decades. Though shocked by the