The ferocious, dragon-scaled fist slammed into the swords, instantly pressing them against his body. A terrifying, overwhelming force crashed into him.
Bege felt a stiffness in his arms, and his entire body trembled.
The invisible barrier formed by his condensed external space shattered instantly, and his Armament Haki broke apart. Bege was sent flying like a meteor, shooting back for over a thousand meters. He crashed into the ground, plowing through mountains and boulders, and tumbled for several hundred meters, carving a deep, several-meter-wide trench in the earth.
At the bottom of the trench, Bege lay in the rubble, continuously coughing up blood. His Castle Skin had been shattered, and the backs of his own swords had been slammed into his body, leaving two bloody gashes. His shoulder bones were covered in cracks, looking as if they might shatter at any moment.
His hands fell limply to his sides. The powerful muscles in his arms had been pulverized by the ferocious force of the punch, and a heart-stabbing pain shot through the bones.
A single, full-power punch from Kaido had nearly crippled him.
"Mansherry, use the healing dandelion," Bege said through gritted teeth, urgently contacting Mansherry inside his body.
Mansherry immediately formed a healing dandelion, which entered Bege's body. A gentle, white light enveloped him, and his wounds began to heal at a rapid rate. Even his broken bones were quickly mending.
Brook's Soul Parade soothed his spirit, easing his pain.
Suddenly, a sonic boom tore through the sky, piercing the eardrums. A dark shadow fell from above, growing larger and larger.
Bege's expression changed. He instantly rolled and leaped out of the trench, rapidly retreating.
The massive dark shadow slammed into the trench, shattering a hundred meters of earth. The ground collapsed, forming a massive crater, and countless fragments of rock shot outwards. A terrifying killing intent then shot into the sky from the crater.
From within the pit, Kaido leaped out. His wild, beast-like hair whipped in the wind, giving him a feral look. His cruel, ferocious eyes were fixed on Bege. His left arm hung limply at his side, the flesh and bone already healing, but it would take some time.
"Brat, you're not bad," Kaido said, his eyes wide with an extreme excitement. "I acknowledge that you have the power of an Emperor. Andrew's defeat was not unjust." A deep, primeval aura, like that of a wild beast, instantly pressed down on Bege.
"Come on, try and cut me again! Give me a more serious injury!" Kaido raised his injured left arm and clenched his fist, the muscles bulging.
His broken left arm could still move. The sight made Bege's scalp tingle.
He truly was an immortal monster.
Kaido was the first to attack. He strode forward, his thick right arm bulging and wreathed in a terrifying killing intent. He brought it down on Bege with an incomparably heavy force.
Bege was still healing and was in no condition to trade blows with Kaido head-on. He instantly dodged the punch. The ferocious fist slammed into the earth, which shattered, and the entire island trembled as countless cracks spread out.
The fissures connected with the previous ones, causing the island to collapse. A hundred-meter-deep chasm was the first to appear, and seawater poured in.
A shockwave mixed with rubble swept out, sending Bege flying back for over a hundred meters.
Kaido strode forward, catching up to Bege and raising his fist for another attack.
Bege's expression changed. He swung his swords with all his might, striking the dragon-scaled fist. The force of the punch and the sword energy collided instantly.
In a flash, sand and stone flew. A violent storm of impact, kicking up endless dust and debris, rolled out in all directions.
The earth shattered again, and Bege was once more sent flying by the ferocious force, while Kaido was only pushed back a dozen or so steps.
Bege leaped up from the rubble. His body had been healed; he was now back at his peak condition.
His gaze turned cold. He gripped his swords, and a vast, ferocious aura erupted from him. His external space opened up completely, and the thousand-meter area around him began to tremble.
Bege was now at the edge of the island. When his external space opened up, a part of it covered the sea. In an instant, the seawater shot into the sky, forming a waterspout that swirled and rushed toward the deserted island. One waterspout after another flew through the air, circling above Bege's head.
He controlled everything within his domain, and the seawater was no exception. He had used his ability to draw it in.
Kaido's strength was incredibly terrifying. It was unlikely that Bege could defeat him before the effect of the healing dandelion wore off. So, he had to use some special methods.
Kaido was a Devil Fruit user. No matter how powerful he was, as long as he touched seawater, his ability would be suppressed. Then, Bege would have a chance to defeat him, and perhaps even kill him.
When Kaido saw the waterspouts swirling in the air, his expression changed drastically. He knew what Bege was planning.
Bege charged at Kaido, the waterspouts following close behind.
One waterspout after another shot toward Kaido like cannonballs. Kaido clenched his fists, and a violent power erupted from him. He threw a punch, and the terrifying force of the blow shattered all the waterspouts.
Bege vanished in a flash, his body teleporting behind Kaido. Along with him, a waterspout also transferred.
The waterspout shot out, crashing into Kaido and drenching him. As the seawater rolled off his body, Kaido's ferocious aura dimmed considerably.
Bege seized the opportunity and slashed down with both swords, striking Kaido squarely in the back and smashing him into the ground, which shattered on impact.
He left two gruesome gashes on his back. Bege attacked again, stabbing downwards with both swords, aiming for Kaido's heart.
If this attack landed, it was very likely that Kaido would be killed.
The swords plunged into Kaido's body. At the last moment, he had activated his Armament Haki. A deep, dark Haki boiled around him. The swords and the Haki clashed, and sparks flew. A world-shaking sword intent erupted from the blades. Bege suddenly raised his cursed sword, and a bloody aura surged from it. He stabbed down again, and the bloody energy spread across Kaido's body, piercing through the incredibly deep and advanced Armament Haki.
The cursed sword shot straight for Kaido's heart.
Kaido let out a massive roar, and his entire body underwent a heaven-and-earth-shattering transformation. He suddenly rolled over, trying to crush Bege beneath him.
Bege was horrified. He instantly pulled out his cursed sword, leaped away, and rapidly retreated.
With a thought, more seawater flew from the ocean, rolling through the air like a tidal wave and rushing toward Kaido.
Just then, a heaven-and-earth-shaking, ferocious dragon's roar echoed across the sky. A several-hundred-meter-long, red-scaled dragon now lay on the ground.
Its angry, fire-breathing eyes radiated a terrifying, soul-shaking aura.
This red-scaled dragon resembled the divine dragons of Chinese mythology, exuding an boundless majesty and dominance.
The red-scaled dragon raised its head and let out a breath of searing dragon fire, which blasted away all the incoming seawater.
In a moment of danger, Kaido had unleashed the true power of his Devil Fruit, fully transforming into the legendary divine dragon.