Massive amounts of dust and shattered stone shot through the air.
Wilton leaped forward in one burst, both fists raised high as he descended from the sky. Two enormous blackish-blue Armament Haki dumbbells enveloped his fists.
The tonnage of the Ton-Ton Fruit had reached one hundred tons.
Who knew whether Kaido truly possessed some kind of teacher's aura, or whether his own talent was simply exceptional? Between life and death lay great terror and great opportunity, and Devil Fruits were easier to develop in the early stages.
He had only been knocked down once, yet his tonnage had surged from sixty to one hundred tons—a full two hundred thousand jin.
It sounded terrifying.
But in the world of pirates, especially to someone like Kaido, two hundred thousand jin was nothing remarkable.
Sonic booms howled.
Wilton fell rapidly, but a blinding light flared within the thick dust. At some point, Kaido had risen to his feet and opened his mouth, unleashing a torrent of Heat Breath that surged upward with unstoppable force.
Boom—
Devastating power erupted. Wilton gritted his teeth and roared, but after only a few seconds of stalemate, he was blasted skyward and sent flying backward.
He crashed heavily into the ground and skidded across it, dirt and shattered stone rolling in his wake. The excessive heat had turned the soil red, sending up huge clouds of steam.
Wilton lay at the end of the trail with blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. He staggered to his feet, pale-faced. His cap had vanished somewhere, and his body was covered in tattered clothing and wounds.
There was even the scent of cooked flesh in the air.
Being able to withstand two blasts of Kaido's Heat Breath in human form—though it was slightly weaker than his Full Beast Form—was