Meanwhile, on Rurokaka Island.
Energy ran wild at the point where their weapons clashed. Kaido could clearly feel the tremendous force transmitted through his club.
For the moment, it actually matched the full power of him, the "Strongest Creature"!
A flicker of bewilderment crossed his mind.
During the stalemate, Kaido couldn't help growling, "Gern! You're a fucking human, aren't you?!
A pure-blooded human! Why... why is your raw strength every bit as great as mine?!"
He was genuinely curious.
After all, he was a mixed-blood of another race, naturally gifted and further enhanced by a mythical zoan fruit. His physical strength defied common sense.
Even Whitebeard, whom he acknowledged, had possessed earth-shaking strength in his youth.
Yet Kaido felt that, in a contest of the most primal arm strength, Gern before him seemed... even stronger?!
At those words, Gern's lips curled into a faintly self-mocking smile. The muscles in his arms swelled again as he resisted Kaido's tremendous force, and he sneered, "Heh... who knows?
Maybe this is the only 'gift' given to a guy like me, who has no 'system' to cheat with and can only fight his way up with his own fists and feet!"
Naturally, Kaido couldn't understand what "system" and "cheat" meant in that answer laced with a transmigrator's joke.
The instant Gern finished speaking, crimson light flared in his eyes, and he poured all his strength into his arms once more!
"Get... lost!!!"
BOOM!!!
The Spherical Quake Burst energy field, which had maintained a delicate balance, tipped completely out of equilibrium under Gern's sudden second surge!
The terrifying energy it had accumulated exploded!
BANG! With a short, violent detonation, the air at the center of their deadlock was blasted into a vacuum! Powerful recoil surged toward both sides like a tsunami!
Gern and Kaido were