Lorne's right fist collided violently in midair with Kaido's enormous dragon claw as it tore through the air.
Golden lightning and blood-red light exploded among the clouds, and the savage shock wave instantly tore a massive gap through the surrounding dark clouds.
"Brat, you're stronger than you were at Marineford!"
Kaido's massive dragon head suddenly dipped, his scarlet eyes brimming with brutality.
"Kaido, your claws are a lot softer than before."
Lorne steadied himself in the air, golden arcs flashing wildly over his right fist as he held back the dragon claw several times larger than his body.
Kaido abruptly tilted his dragon head, waves of scorching heat pouring from his enormous jaws.
"You arrogant little brat! This will be your grave today!"
Kaido roared, his enormous dragon body rolling violently through the air.
Lorne sneered and thrust his right fist forward, forcibly knocking Kaido's claw away.
"If you want my life, let's see if you have what it takes!"
Lorne flickered through the air, instantly appearing above Kaido's head.
He planted both feet on the bridge of Kaido's nose and clenched his right fist, golden lightning gathering around it.
"Decimating Smash!"
Lorne shouted, his fists turning into countless golden blurs that hammered Kaido's dragon head with terrifying armor-shredding damage.
Dull impacts rang out incessantly. Kaido's tough dragon scales shattered in patches beneath the flurry of fists, sending blood flying everywhere.
Kaido cried out in pain, his enormous body swaying violently in the air, almost plummeting from the sky.
He opened his cavernous jaws, searing red light rapidly gathering deep in his throat.
"Bolo Breath!"
A pillar of fire more than ten meters across blasted from Kaido's mouth, instantly engulfing Lorne in heat fierce enough to destroy everything.
On the sea below, the Fearless rocked violently amid raging winds and