Thud—
A dull boom shook heaven and earth, echoing endlessly between them.
The soldiers once again felt their hearts forced into beating.
Seeing Randall take such a powerful blow head-on, their expressions changed.
"Don't worry. Have you forgotten? This isn't the commander's final form."
Aequus spoke in a low voice.
At his words, the soldiers instinctively recalled that indelible figure etched into their memories.
They immediately calmed down.
"Worororo! That hurt, didn't it, brat?
This is the power of an emperor of the Pirates! I'm the one who'll win in the end!"
Seeing Randall take the full force of his ultimate move, Kaido burst into wild laughter.
He had known that victory would be his in the end.
Randall might be formidable, but as long as he lacked a powerful technique capable of killing Kaido in one hit, Kaido could wear him down with his endurance and recovery!
As for whether any power in the world could kill him in one hit, heh, how could such a thing possibly exist?
"Really? You think you've won?"
Randall lowered his head and looked at the spot on his chest that had just been struck.
There was a dent there, surrounded by cracks.
Even as he spoke, those cracks began spreading outward, soon covering the entire suit of armor.
The next second, the armor could no longer withstand the strain and shattered into countless fragments.
Those fragments turned into wisps of black-and-white smoke, but instead of dispersing in the wind, they returned to Randall's body.
Kaido, however, missed that detail.
The sight of Randall's irritating armor shattering had already filled him with excitement.
Kaido was certain that Randall's flesh had to be much more fragile by comparison!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to all that trouble researching that damned armor.
Much as Kaido