Flame Hell Dragon Slash

"Boom..."

Kaido's spiked club struck Ye Mu directly with unimaginable speed and force.

Blood visibly sprayed out as Ye Mu's body was sent flying like a cannonball. The blow smashed him through the mountain behind him, and shattered rocks came tumbling down like a landslide.

The sensation clearly told him that he had hit his enemy, yet Kaido froze as he looked at the crimson blood running down his spiked club.

Because in that instant, he had clearly sensed that Ye Mu, who could have blocked that strike with the weapon in his hand, had suddenly given up attacking and chosen to take the blow head-on with his body.

"Why!?"

He stared in utter disbelief at the collapsed mountain in the distance, then stood there dumbfounded.

"Cough, cough..."

Amid the smoke and dust, Ye Mu slowly walked out while wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, yet he wore an expression of enjoyment.

"So it really is a move that gets the Battle King addicted. It does hurt a little, but it seems you really haven't mastered Conqueror's Haki coating yet. Attacks like this can't defeat me."

Kaido was completely stunned.

Was this a joke?

He had blocked Kaido's Thunder Bagua without even using Armament Haki.

What kind of monster was this guy!?

Kaido, who had always been called a monster by others, bestowed that very title upon Ye Mu at this moment.

Just then, an immense sense of danger surged through his Observation Haki.

"It's only proper to return what you receive. Now it should be my turn!"

"Although I haven't mastered Conqueror's Haki coating either, this move should be worth trying."

"Heaven Hell Dragon Slash."

In an instant, black Armament Haki wrapped around the blazing, dazzling Heaven, and then it came down in a single slash...