However, when the Gorosei saw this scene through the projection Den Den Mushi, they felt no joy; instead, their faces were heavy with immense pressure.
After all, Uchiha Tamahiko had clearly declared himself their enemy, and the stronger he became, the more difficult things would be for them.
Now, they actually hoped Kaido and Charlotte could win, or at least fight to a stalemate, so that these pirates could still contend with each other, reducing the World Government's pressure.
"He seems to have gotten stronger again?"
Sakazuki, on his end, frowned as he watched the scene in the projection, finding it somewhat unbelievable.
After losing and returning, he felt it was due to his carelessness and lack of understanding of the opponent's abilities, believing he wouldn't lose so quickly if given another chance.
But now, just by watching the projected image, he sensed that Uchiha Tamahiko seemed even stronger than when he fought him.
"Prepare to close the net. Don't let a single pirate who tries to escape get away."
But right now, he didn't have much to think about; fighting pirates was the priority.
"I understand!"
Fujitora hung up the Den Den Mushi and began arranging the Marine warships, preparing to act.
Most of the true elite Vice Admirals were gathered here; only Vice Admirals like Smoker, who had to stand during meetings, were sent to North Sea.
Those who fight pirates are the true elites.
The mushroom cloud from the Tailed Beast Ball explosion dispersed, and the Azure Dragon Kaido, in mid-air, looked somewhat disheveled, but no wounds were visible.
His monstrous body had withstood the destructive power of an ultra-large Tailed Beast Ball, roughly equivalent to one Tailed Beast's full power.
"A very strong attack. It almost made me spit blood!"
Kaido said, opening his mouth.
It had been a long time since he felt this way. He felt that coming to this World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament was absolutely the right decision; this was his chance to prove he was the number one under heaven.
Although his skin wasn't broken, the impact of the explosion still caused some internal damage, but he recovered with extremely strong regeneration while speaking.
However, Uchiha Tamahiko had no interest in small talk with him, directly controlling Susanoo to slash at him with a laser sword.
Kaido neither dodged nor flinched, directly swimming his body and using his head to forcefully collide with the laser sword, a truly reckless posture.
The moment of impact caused a massive tremor, sweeping away the clouds in the sky.
The power of Susanoo alone was surprisingly unable to suppress Kaido for a moment. Both their attacks were imbued with Conqueror's Haki, and the laser sword didn't even cut Kaido's body.
"Blaze Release: Blaze Ball!"
But Uchiha Tamahiko, inside Susanoo, launched a Ninjutsu attack.
A black, inextinguishable flame, the size of a Great Fireball, shot towards Kaido's body. Kaido felt a hint of danger; his Observation Haki, capable of precognition, made his body want to dodge, but he was currently in a stalemate with Susanoo's laser sword and couldn't completely avoid it.
The Blaze Release directly struck his back, roughly near his front limb at the time, and the black flames instantly spread.
"So hot!!"
Kaido exerted force, breaking free from the stalemate with Susanoo, while also feeling intense heat from his back.
The Blaze Release couldn't break through Kaido's dragon scales in a short time, but the high temperature it brought made Kaido extremely uncomfortable. He tried to dispel it with Haki, but found that the flames grew more and more, almost covering his entire back, with black flames burning all over his dragon body.
"Inject Soul!!"
But at this moment, Charlotte appeared, riding Zeus.
An energy appeared in her right hand, and she then directly slapped it onto the area with the most black flames on Kaido's body, injecting souls into the black flames.
The originally inanimate black flames instantly gained life and came under Charlotte's control, allowing the black flame Homies to absorb all the black flames from Kaido's body into their own.
In less than five seconds, all the black flames on Kaido's body converged, no longer causing him harm.
"I don't want to waste any more time, Kaido. Let's go all out together!"
"You alone might find it very difficult to defeat him. Think about the pressure Rocks put on us back then."
Charlotte landed directly on Kaido's dragon head, her gaze fixed intently on Uchiha Tamahiko within Susanoo.
After a brief exchange, she sensed that neither of them alone would be able to defeat this guy; they would only be able to deal with him by working together.
"But…"
Having just been helped by Charlotte, Kaido couldn't speak with much conviction.
He still wanted a 1v1 man-to-man battle; that was his stubbornness.
"The favor you owe me from back then, let's use it now."
"Stop dawdling!!"
Charlotte snapped.
Why was this guy still as stubborn as before? So annoying!
"I understand!"
Seeing this, Kaido also couldn't remain stubborn.
Uchiha Tamahiko, on his end, had no interest in watching the two rekindle old flames here. He was only surprised that a Bloodline Limit could be controlled by Charlotte's ability, which was quite unexpected.
Paramecia-type abilities are truly difficult to judge easily.
Controlling Susanoo, he launched another slash, wielding the laser sword with both hands and striking towards Kaido.
"Don't clash head-on with him. Create some distance, and I'll attack him!"
Charlotte said to Kaido.
Although Kaido was displeased, he didn't refuse, directly climbing the flame clouds and rapidly ascending into the high sky.
Susanoo immediately unleashed two slashes at Kaido, but they only slightly slowed his movements and didn't cause him any damage.
"His skin is really thick!"
Uchiha Tamahiko complained.
At the same time, he controlled Susanoo to spread its wings and pursue Kaido. You can fly, and I can fly too.
"Heavenly Fire!"
Seeing Uchiha Tamahiko catch up, Charlotte directly controlled Prometheus to unleash flames.
A pillar of fire, comparable to a Fire Fist, shot directly towards Uchiha Tamahiko's front.
However, Susanoo's laser sword in hand instantly transformed into a bow and arrow, shooting an arrow entirely formed of lightning, which directly cut through the pillar of fire and struck Kaido's body.
"Zeus!!"
But Charlotte controlled Zeus to directly absorb the lightning power that was about to erupt, preventing greater destructive force.
"Bad Wind!"
Meanwhile, Kaido directly opened his mouth and unleashed wind blades. While Heat Breath required time to gather, wind blades were much faster to release, like the slashes of a Kamaitachi.
Dozens of slashes shot directly towards Susanoo.
Susanoo continued to draw its bow and fire, releasing five simple lightning arrows at once, hitting each of the wind blades.
"Is this truly a level that humans can achieve?"
Zoro watched the battle in the sky, which resembled a mythical novel.
Humans challenging giant dragons?
No, it's more like a Dragon Knight fighting a Demon King!
In the battle arena, no one was paying attention to Ace and Kuzan's fight anymore.
Everyone looked up, watching the intense battle between the two figures constantly weaving through the clouds in the sky, occasionally erupting with dazzling light, as if the sun itself were falling.
People all over the world watching this battle also felt fear; this was completely beyond their imagination. Was this truly a level of strength that humans could achieve?