Kaido shook his head. Still feeling dazed, he slapped his forehead hard again with a sharp smack.
Then he abruptly regained his composure.
"You punched straight through an entire island, Xia Le!"
"That really is monstrous strength!"
His expression grew grave and serious, and Kaido's eyes widened sharply.
"But luckily!"
"I'm no ordinary human either!"
Xia Le narrowed his eyes and smiled.
He could clearly see the wounds on Kaido's head rapidly healing in that brief span of time. Such terrifying recovery was undoubtedly abnormal.
But it made sense. That was an innate gift of a Zoan Devil Fruit.
They possessed recovery far beyond ordinary people and unmatched resistance to blows. In other words, their health bars were longer, and their health regenerated faster.
Even Big Mom, who had been wounded just moments earlier, was now as lively as ever.
In that respect, Red-Haired and Whitebeard truly could not compare to these two in terms of defense.
"This is getting more and more interesting!"
"You really have given me quite a surprise."
"It looks like this battle will excite me even more than the Summit War!"
Muttering those words, Xia Le's eyes widened.
"Bzzzt!"
The air trembled as his Conqueror's Haki surged out, bearing down on everything ahead in a vast, crushing wave.
Refusing to yield, Kaido and Big Mom unleashed their Conqueror's Haki once more.
The three waves of Haki collided in the air with a thunderous boom.
Then all three of them moved.
"Whoosh!"
In a single flash, the three were face-to-face.
"Fist Bone Meteor!"
Xia Le roared and threw a punch straight at Big Mom.
"Boom!"
The punch struck the fat woman's face squarely, sending blood spraying.
But in the next second, Kaido's iron club slammed into his back, bending his body forward and nearly knocking him