Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

'Wow!'

Ignoring Kaido's astonishment, Im flashed towards Kaido.

With a loud 'boom'.

A powerful surge of Conqueror's Haki swept out from Im, stirring up the surrounding world and pressing down on Kaido.

"Like that Shanks guy, is your Conqueror's Haki so powerful that it can interfere with Observation Haki?"

Kaido's gaze sharpened.

Under the influence of this Conqueror's Haki, his Observation Haki was disrupted and he could not use it smoothly.

He had witnessed the use of Conqueror's Haki during his battle with Shanks.

This is another application of Conqueror's Haki that can only be used when the intensity of Conqueror's Haki is sufficient to overwhelm others.

Even Kaido's powerful Conqueror's Haki couldn't accomplish something like this.

His Conqueror's Haki level was insufficient to accomplish this.

However, Kaido did not panic. Instead, he sneered, "But it's useless!"

'boom!'

The spiked club, imbued with the force of thunder, crashed forward, its shaft crackling with purplish-black lightning, as it slammed heavily into the oncoming Im.

But Im easily dodged it.

"Heavenly Punishment Sword".

Im's indifferent voice reached Kaido's ears, making the hairs on Kaido's body stand on end.

Because his Observation Haki was disrupted, Kaido was unable to detect Im's movements and attacks, making it difficult for him to dodge this attack.

"..."

Kaido gritted his teeth and unleashed all of his Armament Haki, covering his entire body.

If you can't stop it, then bear it!

'laugh!'

The pitch-black demonic flames transformed into a cross-shaped sword, piercing straight towards Kaido.

Despite Kaido's body being covered in thick Armament Haki and sturdy dragon scales, he was still as fragile as tofu under this sword.

Kaido was pierced through the body!

"Humph……"

His body was pierced through, blood splattered instantly, and the excruciating pain caused Kaido to groan.

But his eyes revealed a fierce light, like a bloodthirsty beast.

"Die!!"

As an awakened Mythical Zoan, Kaido possesses a powerful and resilient physique, and his willpower surpasses that of ordinary people.

Despite the excruciating pain, he swung his spiked club down: "Great Power Thunder Bagua!"

'Boom!!'

Kaido's powerful blow was blocked by demonic flames.

The demonic energy collided with the spiked club at a distance, creating a terrifying explosion!

"Sword of Wrath".

Im launched another attack.

The cross-shaped blade formed from demonic energy in his hand grew longer, ignited with black flames, and spun around before striking Kaido heavily.

'Boom! Boom!'

The weapon, burning with demonic flames, struck Kaido, cleaving him from mid-air and sending him crashing to the ground like a meteorite.

A huge, bottomless crater appeared on the wrecked ground, with cracks spreading outwards from its center...

This scene stunned the vast majority of people in the audience who were still able to remain conscious...

"what?"

"Even Kaido..."

Kaido, one of the Five Emperors and the strongest warrior in the New World, was so easily injured.

Even Rocks couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

He thought to himself.

Is Im, who has displayed such power, at the level of Whitebeard in his prime?

However, one thing is certain: this is by no means Im's "full strength"!

"The Vengeful Demon Sword".

Im's attack did not stop; he remained in mid-air.

She made a hand gesture, aiming it at Kaido in the pit below...

'boom!'

next moment.

A massive longsword, burning with demonic flames, shot out like a spear and pierced the earth.

It pierced through the earth and went deep into the seabed.

Even the island's base was partially breached...

"captain!"

Upon seeing this, "Firestorm" was enraged and its body changed shape, transforming into a Pteranodon.

Jin grabbed his head with his right hand and pulled it backward...

"The sable is proud to be emperor!"

The attack was extremely bizarre. He lifted his own head like a slingshot charging up, and when he released it, the impact was like a laser beam, the attack piercing straight through Im.

'boom!'

Jhin's attack was easily blocked by Im.

The demonic energy transformed into a black shield, blocking attacks that could pierce through steel, and even preventing Im from taking a single step back.

The power gap is too great.

After strengthening his body with demonic energy, Im's power was amplified, making him slightly stronger than Kaido at this time.

Jin is strong, but not quite at the level of the "Emperor of the Sea".

"Jin, step back! You are no match for 'her'!"

King, consumed by rage, wanted to continue his attack, but was stopped by Kaido's voice...

'boom!'

The earth was torn open, and Kaido, with a slowly healing blood hole in his chest, leaped out.

At this moment, Kaido's chest heaved slightly, blood flowed continuously from the corner of his mouth, and although his aura had weakened considerably, he remained powerful...

No one doubts that Kaido has lost his fighting ability.

People in this world are all thick-skinned and resilient.

In the original story, Whitebeard was stabbed through the heart during the Marineford War, yet he was still able to fight the Marines for three hundred rounds.

Kaido, being a Zoan-type Awakener, possesses recovery and endurance that Whitebeard could not match.

Despite suffering more severe injuries than Whitebeard in the original story, Kaido is in better condition.

He can fight again!!

"I underestimated you. You're just as good as Whitebeard, Roger, and Rocks in their prime."

Kaido wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes showing obvious seriousness, but a smile of excitement curled at the corner of his lips: "But I still have the same idea..."

"With this level of strength, he doesn't deserve the title of 'King of the World'!"

The guy who could suppress him so easily must be just as strong as the top experts he remembered.

But the king who rules the world should be even more powerful!

To put it simply, Kaido is not convinced!

'Wow!'

Rocks flashed over and calmly said to Kaido, "This level of strength isn't his full power; at best, he's just controlling a human puppet..."

This couldn't possibly be Im's full strength.

This guy didn't even show his "true form".

Even the appearance of the "true form" might not represent this guy's full power.

With centuries of accumulation and foundation, Im's power should be even greater...

At least at this point, Im only displayed extraordinary Conqueror's Haki, but his Armament Haki did not reach an exceptional level.

Is it limited by "physical" limitations?

In the Elbaf arc of the original work, Im's "true form" always appeared "injured".

Leaving the Holy Land of Mary Geoise may have some impact on Im himself.

This tells us something.

Im in the Elbaf arc may carry a burden no less significant than Kaido's during the Wano Country arc, where he dragged Onigashima into several battles against the Gum-Gum Sun God...

Even with such a heavy "burden," it could still kill the Rubber Sun God with a single sword strike?

These numbers are absolutely incredible!

"..."

Kaido turned his gaze to Rocks, sized him up, and then narrowed his eyes as he said: