"Gurararara..."
High in the sky, blood gushed like a waterfall from the wound on the Azure Dragon's single horn, yet from that massive draconic maw, a sickening laughter once again erupted.
"Gurarararararara—!!!"
The laughter was maniacal, filled with a long-lost, soul-deep thrill and delight!
Pain!
Such exhilarating pain!
How many years had it been since he last experienced this genuine, life-threatening sensation, ever since witnessing that god-like battle at God Valley?!
Kaido's enormous dragon body thrashed wildly amidst the clouds, his golden vertical pupils locked fiercely onto the Navy Admiral below, who was casually toying with the dragon horn. A fervor akin to that of a truth-seeker ignited in his gaze.
"No objections! Of course, no objections! A billion isn't enough? I'll stake my very life on it!"
Kaido's roar sounded less like a threat and more like an extreme excitement that made his very soul tremble.
"Come on, Kane! Don't stop!"
"Right here, right now, give me the most spectacular end!!!"
Amidst the furious roar, the Azure Dragon opened its massive jaws. A [Bolo Breath] twice the size of the previous one, infused with black-red Haki lightning, rapidly compressed deep within its throat!
For this strike, he was even willing to burn through his life force!
However, just as Kaido prepared for mutual destruction, the Three Disasters on the ground finally snapped.
"He's gone mad! The boss really wants to die by that guy's hand!"
On Queen's perpetually comical, chubby face, only extreme terror—the kind reserved for facing a natural predator—remained.
He burst out from behind the boulder cover, the fat on his body accompanied by the grinding of mechanical gears emitting a teeth-grating "crack-crack" sound.
"If you want to die in battle, fine, but don't drag me down with you!"
Boom!
The Brachiosaurus's thick, elongated neck erupted from his body. Mechanical prosthetics fused instantly with the ancient creature's flesh and blood, forming a semi-modified behemoth dozens of meters tall!
At the same moment.
King dove down from high above, the flames on his back whipping wildly in the gale.
The moment he landed on the ground, the earth cracked and fissured under the intense heat.
As a survivor of the Lunarian Tribe, his instincts screamed warnings—this man before him possessed power that defied the logic of these seas.
"Boss Kaido, I know you hate interference in your fights, but today... we have to make an exception."
King's eyes remained fixed on Kane, his breathing growing unusually heavy.
"Jack! What are you waiting for? Playing dead?!"
Queen's furious roar echoed through the ruins.
"Boom—"
Jack, already seeing red, rose from the ground in his massive Mammoth Human-Beast form.
His two enormous tusks, like siege hammers, charged forward from another direction, each step shaking the earth!
The Beast Pirates' three highest-ranking executives, the "Three Disasters," at this moment, completely abandoned any thought of remaining spectators.
They knew their captain's temperament all too well—he despised interference in one-on-one battles.
But now, if they didn't act, the next moment might not be about interfering, but about collectively retrieving their captain's corpse!
A three-pronged assault from land, sea, and air instantly sealed off all of Kane's escape routes.
Facing this apocalyptic encirclement, Kane didn't even turn his head.
He simply planted the massive dragon horn into the ground.
Then, he let out a deeply regretful sigh.
"It seems you have no intention of paying the fine obediently."
With one hand in his pocket, Kane tilted his head slightly, looking up at the three colossal beings of varying forms in the sky and on the ground, a scornful curve forming at the corner of his mouth.
"Violently resisting the law, attempting to murder an active-duty Navy Admiral."
"According to the World Government's sentencing standards... the charges are elevated."
"Your fine is now doubled. It's five trillion Berry."
The moment his words fell, his pupils underwent a qualitative transformation.
Within the pitch-black irises, a crimson hue violently erupted. Three tomoe spun rapidly, ultimately coalescing into that profound and intricate six-pointed star pattern.
Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Activate!
"What... what kind of eyes are those?"
King, who was diving at high speed, felt his mind go blank the instant he met those eyes.
A fear originating from the deepest depths of his soul triggered frantic alarms from his battle instincts, which he had always prided himself on.
Before he could react.
Azure-blue flames ignited around Kane's body.
That wasn't fire.
It was energy condensed to its purest form!
"This is..."
In the sky, Kaido, who was preparing to unleash his Bolo Breath, widened his dragon eyes in shock, the half-formed attack stuck in his throat.
What was he seeing?
On that Navy man's body, a skeletal framework constructed from blue energy first materialized.
Then, tendons and flesh visibly climbed over it at a rapid pace!
Finally, thick and ornate samurai armor covered it piece by piece.
BOOM—!!!
In just a few seconds.
A colossal purple deity, standing hundreds of meters tall, covered in a glossy black sheen of Armament Haki and wielding dual blades, rose from the very center of Onigashima!
At the forehead of that giant deity, Kane stood with his hands in his pockets, coldly gazing down at the figures below.
Big!
Too big!
So massive it surpassed the limits of understanding in these seas!
The Three Disasters, who had just completed their transformations and were charging over with fierce momentum, now looked like three underdeveloped children before this black demon god.
Queen's Brachiosaurus neck froze mid-air, the cigar in his mouth dropping to the ground with a clatter.
Jack's Mammoth form screeched to a halt, his massive tusks plowing two deep furrows into the earth.
And King, descending from the sky, forcibly halted his dive, hovering in mid-air like a stunned bat, his expression beneath the mask utterly frozen.
What... what is this thing?!
A Devil Fruit ability? Unheard of!
A racial trait? Never seen before!
And the azure dragon in the highest sky felt an unprecedented sense of insignificance.
His proud, hundreds-of-meters-long dragon body, before this heaven-reaching black demon god, truly...
resembled a ridiculous loach.
"Do you think... only you can transform?"
Kane stood with his arms crossed, calmly positioned within the floating diamond-shaped space at the forehead of the Susanoo. His voice, amplified through energy resonance, transformed into rolling thunder that echoed throughout the entire Wano Country.
The Complete Body Susanoo slowly extended its right hand.
"SHING—!"
Two massive blades, forged from high-density energy and Haki, were instantly drawn from their sheaths!
The mere gust of wind from drawing his blade instantly stirred up a hundred-meter-high tsunami in the inland sea surrounding Onigashima!
"Since you won't pay, I can only resort to forceful collection."
Kane slightly lowered his eyelids, like a deity judging the mortal world.
"One strike."
"Those who survive, I'll allow them to repay on credit."
His body moved with his thoughts.
The Susanoo deity raised the long blade capable of splitting the heavens, employing no flashy techniques—just an extremely simple vertical slash aimed at the indestructible skull fortress below.
Whoosh—!!!
A terrifying azure slash shot from the blade, piercing through heaven and earth!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Space was severed by this single strike.
The next second.
Boom—!!!!!
Centered on Kane, Onigashima—which Kaido regarded as an iron fortress—was cleanly and decisively...
Split in two!!!
A bottomless, tens-of-thousands-of-meters-long undersea chasm stretched across the center of the island!
The cross-sections on both sides were as smooth as mirrors.
Frenzied seawater formed a massive waterfall, pouring madly into the bottomless abyss!
Countless still-unconscious Beast Pirates underlings, along with the ruins of half the island, screamed as they plummeted into the chasm.
One strike.
Split the sea.
Severed the island!
Heaven and earth changed colors!
"..."
"..."
In the sky, Kaido's massive dragon form swayed unsteadily amidst the aftershocks of this world-splitting force.
On the ground, the Three Disasters stood dumbfounded at the edge of the chasm, their souls trembling as they gazed into the pitch-black, bottomless abyss beneath their feet.
[Ding—Detected host displaying power beyond the system, engaging in extreme violent enforcement, causing permanent alteration to Wano Country's geographical structure.]
[Violation Value +300,000 points!]
Listening to the beautiful system notification in his mind, Kane slowly dispersed the Susanoo.
He landed lightly before Queen and Jack, his leather shoes tapping crisply on the rubble.
Unhurriedly, Kane pulled another cigar from his breast pocket, lit it, and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
Through the bluish-gray haze, he looked at the three nearly collapsed Disasters—who seemed on the verge of kneeling—and revealed an extremely "friendly" smile.
"So now, regarding the 500 billion fine."
"Does anyone still have any objections?"