The destructive aura pressed down until the surrounding ice cracked inch by inch. Amid the golden light filling the sky, Lorne slowly raised his head, his eyes locked on Kaido and Charlotte Linlin ahead.
He drew back his right fist, golden Grit and azure Divine Dragon Lightning intertwining wildly between his fingers.
"Kaido, Linlin, are you ready to meet your end?" Lorne's voice thundered through the rumbling lightning.
Big Mom Charlotte Linlin stared at the golden screen of light around Lorne, so dense it seemed solid, and let out a piercing shriek. "Kaido! Don't let him throw that punch! Use that move and tear him apart!"
"I know! I don't need you ordering me around!" Kaido's draconic eyes widened as he gripped Hassaikai tightly in both hands, black lightning dancing around him like frenzied snakes.
"Thunder Bagua!" Kaido roared. His massive body left countless afterimages as the iron club in his hands smashed toward Lorne's head with terrifying, space-rending force.
At the same time, Big Mom leaped down from the thundercloud Zeus, raising the massive sword Napoleon in both hands. Prometheus's flames burned wildly along the blade, turning it into a flaming sword that reached into the sky.
"Ikoku slash! Die, brat!" Big Mom shrieked, bringing the massive sword down on his head with the force to destroy everything.
Boom!
Two terrifying attacks, each powerful enough to split Marineford in two, struck the golden shield around Lorne's body simultaneously.
The violent energy ripples became tangible shock waves, instantly pulverizing the ice for hundreds of meters around them. Seawater surged out through the cracks.
Yet the golden shield, converted from fully stacked Grit, erupted with dazzling light. Despite the raging black lightning and burning flames, it remained rock-solid, without even a single crack.
Feeling the recoil through Hassaikai, Kaido's draconic eyes