Kaido's massive, headless corpse crashed heavily onto the rocks, throwing up a cloud of dust hundreds of feet high.
Lorne slowly descended from midair and stepped onto the cracked ground, the golden lightning coiling around him gradually subsiding.
"Lord Kaido... is dead?" A member of the Beasts Pirates stared at the cold corpse, his legs giving way as he fell to his knees.
The surrounding Beasts Pirates stared at the enormous headless corpse, terror spreading through their eyes like a plague.
"The Strongest Creature... was killed with one punch?" Another pirate dropped his spear, his entire body trembling violently.
"Run! This isn't an opponent any human can defeat!" Hysterical screams echoed over Onigashima.
Tens of thousands of Beasts Pirates abandoned their weapons and armor, fleeing madly toward the port.
Kurozumi Orochi crawled desperately across the ground, his lavish robes covered in dirt.
"Lord Lorne! I have money! I have plenty of gold!" Orochi wailed, tears mingling with snot.
He pointed at the palace behind him. "All that gold is yours! Just let me go, and I'll give you all of Wano Country!"
Lorne ignored him, merely watching coldly as Kyoshiro approached.
Kyoshiro gripped his sword hilt, his gaze as cold as ice that had remained frozen for ten thousand years.
"Orochi, do you still remember Lord Kozuki Oden?" Kyoshiro shed his obsequious expression, his voice icy.
Orochi's eyes widened, his body freezing in place. "You... you're Denjiro?!"
"I've waited twenty years for this strike." Denjiro drew his sword, its cold gleam illuminating Orochi's despairing face.
Steel flashed, and Orochi's head rolled to the ground, disbelief and terror still lingering on his face.
Lorne looked at Orochi's corpse and said flatly, "Trash like him deserved to die."
Denjiro sheathed his sword, knelt on both knees, and bowed his head deeply to