...
Hearing Rayleigh's words, the pirates and Marines watching outside God Valley finally understood.
Indeed, several times when Zoro had erupted on the light screen earlier, that sense of pressure that surpassed ordinary killing intent...
Although it differed from the usual Conqueror's Haki burst, the essential "oppressive feeling" was exactly the same.
"Having Conqueror's Haki without being aware of it is like guarding a mountain of gold without knowing how to open the door!"
A member of the Roger Pirates scratched his head.
Brogy nodded in agreement. "On these seas, how far you can go doesn't depend entirely on Conqueror's Haki, but having one more option is always good.
Especially when facing opponents who also possess Haki, only by mastering all of your own power can you defeat powerful enemies."
In the crowd, some people looked toward the known Conqueror's Haki users on the light screen — Rocks, Roger, Rayleigh, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Garp, Loki...
Each of these names was one that shook the era.
As for Zoro, the name of this green-haired swordsman might one day be added to that list — provided he could truly awaken that potential.
On the light screen, blood was still seeping from the wound on Kaido's abdomen. The unique aura mixed into the slash left by Enma made him feel especially irritated.
That was Kozuki Oden's "will" — the mark of the man who had once left a scar on his body.
"Damn it!"
In his Azure Dragon form, Kaido's eyes turned blood-red. He opened his dragon mouth, and countless wind blades shot out once more.
But as they had seen earlier, Kid, Law, Zoro, and the others had gradually adapted to this kind of long-range attack.
Kid blocked the wind blades with a metal barrier. Law used ROOM to teleport and dodge. Zoro directly cut apart the wind blades that were heading toward the unconscious Luffy with his swords.
"These little tricks are useless against us now, Kaido!" Kid grinned as he controlled his giant metal arms to smash toward the azure dragon in the sky.
"Hmph. You ignorant brats!"
A trace of disdain and rage flashed through Kaido's massive dragon eyes.
In the next second, under everyone's shocked gaze, the Azure Dragon form in the sky began to shrink and change.
Scales still covered his entire body, but his size gradually approached that of a human. In the end, it stabilized in a form that retained the characteristics of a dragon while possessing human flexibility...
Hundred Beasts Kaido's Human-Beast Form had arrived!
"This is...!" Law's pupils suddenly contracted.
"He changed again?!" Kid gritted his teeth.
Kaido stood in mid-air. His cyan scales gleamed with a cold, hard light under the moonlight. His dragon tail swayed behind him. The two horns on his head remained majestic, but the coordination and flexibility of his entire body were clearly superior to his Azure Dragon form.
He shouldered Hassaikai with one hand. Dark red Conqueror's Haki lightning coiled around the spiked club.
"Brats, let me show you what true strength looks like!"
Before his words finished, Kaido's figure flashed. He appeared in front of Kid almost instantly, as if teleporting!
"So fast!" Kid barely had time to raise his metal arms in front of him.
BOOM!!!
Hassaikai, carrying terrifying force, smashed into the giant metal arms. The power wrapped in Conqueror's Haki sent Kid flying backward along with his metal creation. He only stopped after crashing through a building on Oni Island.
"Kid!" Killer roared as he swung his sickles and charged at Kaido.
CLANG!!!
The sickles struck Kaido's scales but only produced a few sparks. They barely even left a white mark!
"What?!" Killer's eyes widened.
"Compared to before, his defense has increased by more than one level..."
Zoro tightly gripped Enma. Cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
Seeing Kaido getting serious, Charlotte Linlin also laughed and joined the battle. "Mam-ma-ma-ma! Kaido, don't have too much fun playing by yourself!
Massive sword energy swept across the battlefield. Law quickly opened ROOM to move Zoro and the unconscious Luffy away. Killer barely managed to leap aside. However, another section of Oni Island's buildings collapsed under this strike.
In the following battle, the two Yonko displayed overwhelming coordination.
Kaido suppressed the front with the flexibility and defense of his Human-Beast Form, while Charlotte Linlin supported from the rear using the powers of the Soul-Soul Fruit and her swordsmanship.
Lightning, flames, sword energy — a series of physical attacks... Various methods intertwined into a net of death, forcing the Supernovas to retreat step by step.
"Damn it... This can't go on!"
Law's left shoulder was grazed by Kaido's Thunderous Bagua. Although he had used ROOM to transfer most of the impact in time, he still felt a wave of numbness.
Zoro had just used Santoryu to block Big Mom's Emperor's Sword slash when Kaido's spiked club came attacking from the side.
He barely managed to block with Enma and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Kid climbed back to his feet and controlled more metal to form giant fists that smashed toward Kaido, but Charlotte Linlin's Prometheus spewed flames that melted part of the structure, greatly reducing its power.
"Hahahaha! Do you see now? This is the true power of the Yonko!"
Kaido laughed wildly as he sent Killer flying once more with a single club strike. "Your laughable ambitions are nothing in the face of absolute power!"
"Mam-ma-ma-ma! Kaido, leave that green-haired brat to me!!"
Charlotte Linlin stared at Enma in Zoro's hand. Greed flashed in her eyes.
The battle situation took a sharp turn for the worse!
Although the Supernovas were giving everything they had, they still seemed powerless against the two Yonko who were coordinating perfectly.
What was worse was that Luffy was still unconscious and unable to provide the main fighting strength!
...
"I'm good now!! Thanks, everyone!"
At this critical moment, a familiar voice rang out.
Everyone turned to look. Luffy had woken up at some point. He grinned at Zoro, Kid, Law, and the others with his signature smile, then locked his gaze on Kaido.
Thanks to everyone's efforts and the time they had bought, his Haki had finally recovered to normal!
"You sure took your time with that!"
"You really have no sense of crisis..."
Kid and Killer looked at the recovered Luffy while complaining, but their eyes were filled with joy after seeing him wake up.
"Gomu Gomu no..."
After thanking them, Luffy pulled his arm back to prepare an attack. However, Kaido did not give him any time to charge. In his Human-Beast Form, his speed was extremely fast. He appeared in front of Luffy almost instantly!
"Thunderous Bagua!"
The spiked club wrapped in Conqueror's Haki lightning smashed down fiercely!
Luffy hurriedly hardened his arms with Armament Haki to block, but the immense impact still sent him flying. He crashed through three layers of walls before stopping.
"Cough, cough..."
Luffy climbed out of the rubble and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "What powerful strength... And his speed increased too."
"Straw Hat captain!"
Law teleported to Luffy's side and lowered his voice. "We have to separate those two.
If we let them support and coordinate with each other, we're all finished!"
Kid looked at Law, who wanted to separate the two, and curiously asked why he didn't just use his Devil Fruit ability to teleport them away...
But Law could only helplessly explain that the Haki of the two Emperors of the Sea was simply too strong. He couldn't activate his Devil Fruit ability at all...
"Mam-ma-ma-ma~ Should we show them what we're capable of, Kaido?!"
Charlotte Linlin raised Napoleon high. The blade was still burning with Prometheus's flames.
"Your legs haven't rusted yet, old hag!"
Kaido also raised Hassaikai. The Conqueror's Haki lightning coiling around the spiked club grew denser and denser, resonating with Big Mom's thunder in the distance.
At this moment, the two Yonko stood side by side, weapons raised high.
"Not good..."
Law's expression turned grave. He could feel the air around them trembling. This was not the prelude to an ordinary technique, but rather some kind of destructive power being brewed.
Kid's metal arms emitted a buzzing resonance sound. It was a sign that the magnetic field was being disturbed by a powerful energy field. "These monsters!"
Luffy, Zoro, and Killer also sensed the abnormality.
"They're preparing a combined technique..."
Zoro's hand gripping the swords tightened slightly. All three swords let out low hums. Enma, in particular, had its purple glow flashing intensely, as if it had sensed an extremely dangerous presence.
Atop Oni Island, the wind stopped.
No — it wasn't that the wind had stopped. Rather, the air was being suppressed by some even stronger force.
The rubble no longer rolled. The flames no longer flickered. Even sound itself seemed to have been drawn away. The entire battlefield fell into a strange dead silence.
Then came the hissing of electricity.
Pitch-black Conqueror's Haki lightning burst forth from Kaido's Hassaikai. At the same time, pitch-black lightning also surged from Charlotte Linlin's Napoleon.
The two types of lightning did not extend toward each other. Instead... they spread and expanded through space. Like ink dripping into clear water, they rapidly dyed the entire sky above the battlefield black.
"This is..." Killer's pupils contracted beneath his mask.
"Conqueror's Sea!"
The voices of the two Yonko rang out at the same time. It was not a roar, but a declaration.
In the next second, the sky itself seemed to be torn apart.
From Kaido's direction, a shockwave wrapped in Conqueror's Haki lightning, thunder, and wind pressure roared outward.
From Charlotte Linlin's direction, a shockwave mixed with soul flames, thunder, and slashing attacks erupted simultaneously.
The two attacks directly merged and strangely resonated and amplified in the center of the battlefield!
BOOM!!!
An indescribable explosion.
It was not the sound of an explosion, but the wailing of space itself being compressed and torn apart.
The air between the two shockwaves was completely expelled, forming a vacuum zone. The surrounding rocks and even light itself began to distort and collapse.
...
Outside the light screen, the moment they saw Big Mom and Kaido unleash this move called "Conqueror's Sea," Dorry and Brogy's expressions were extremely colorful.
"This..." Dorry's eyes widened. The hand holding his wine cup stopped in mid-air.
Brogy's expression went from shock to realization, then to an indescribable complexity. "The movements, the posture, the way the power resonates... It's exactly the same as our 'Conqueror's Kingdom.'"
As the former two captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, they were far too familiar with this combination technique...
Yet now, the two non-giant monsters on the light screen had actually used a move that was almost identical. Although the power and scale differed, the core principle was exactly the same.
The two giants simultaneously turned their heads. Their gazes passed over the chaotic battlefield and landed on Charlotte Linlin, who was watching not far away.
Big Mom felt the two burning gazes and her body slightly stiffened.
She had naturally also seen the "Conqueror's Sea" on the light screen. Facing the stares of the two giants, this future Emperor of the Sea rarely showed a moment of unnaturalness.
"Mam-ma-ma-ma..."
She laughed dryly twice, trying to cover her awkwardness with laughter, but her eyes were somewhat evasive.
That's right. This technique had indeed been created by imitating Dorry and Brogy's "Conqueror's Kingdom."
After watching for a moment, Dorry suddenly burst into loud laughter. "Interesting! The imitation is quite decent!"
Brogy also grinned and slapped his thigh. "Being able to learn this move shows that these two really have some skill. However..."
He looked toward Luffy and the others on the light screen. His gaze became sharp. "The real Conqueror's Kingdom isn't something that can be blocked so easily."
Although separated by hundreds of meters, Kaido and Big Mom simultaneously revealed savage grins.
"Mam-ma-ma-ma! Do you see now, brats? This is the power of the Yonko!"
Charlotte Linlin raised Napoleon high. Prometheus and Zeus circled beside her. "Next, let's have some real fun!"
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