Kaido's lips twisted into an enraged, wild grin. Flame clouds billowed from his body as he charged at Sephiroth with terrifying momentum.
Sephiroth certainly didn't want Kaido to turn Dressrosa into their battlefield, but he had no way to stop him.
Unlike fighting in the air, fighting on the ground at relatively close range would damage the city even if Sephiroth adjusted his strategy.
Meanwhile, Sephiroth was only "saving" civilians when he could, without stubbornly pushing himself beyond his limits.
The destruction Kaido wrought brought fresh casualties to a war that had already ended.
As they watched the Great Angel fighting Kaido, some prayed silently, while others spoke their prayers aloud.
"Great Angel, please save us!"
"Great Angel! Don't lose!"
Through Emotion Absorption, Sephiroth could sense the "voices of the hearts" of the Dressrosa Kingdom's people gradually converging.
Perhaps it was his imagination, but Sephiroth felt better mentally than ever before.
It probably won't do much, but I might as well try.
He had no choice but to engage in "close combat." If he didn't keep Kaido occupied and the man started slaughtering people, things would become difficult to handle.
A pure-white lightsaber formed in Sephiroth's hand, briefly stunning even Kaido. He thought Sephiroth had changed his ways and finally intended to fight properly at close range.
Then the lightsaber grew longer and longer... It wasn't the legendary forty-meter blade, but it still reached twenty meters.
"Holy light" began radiating from Sephiroth's body.
And that wasn't all. The instant he decided to engage in "close combat," a strange "aura" erupted from him.
Psychic Field, full power.
Sephiroth's Mantra entered full-power active scanning mode.
Just as Kaido could overpower him in a clash of Conqueror's Haki, his Mantra seemed to acquire a "physical form" and began squeezing Kaido's Observation Haki.
***Psychic