One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

"Is that all you've got?"

"You bunch of trash, all put together, aren't even enough to warm me up!"

Kaido sent Zoro flying with a single blow, then kicked Sanji away, and turned to elbow Kid away.

His speed was unbelievable; his massive seven-meter frame moved freely through the crowd, and with each strike, at least one person was sent flying.

The Straw Hat Alliance's attack rhythm was completely disrupted.

They went from initially roaming and containing the enemy to being forced into a passive defense, and then from being forced into a desperate escape.

No one could withstand even one of Kaido's attacks head-on; everyone was desperately dodging, unable to find even a chance to counterattack.

Nami and the others paced anxiously along the edge of the roof.

Usopp harassed Kaido with sniper bullets, but the bullets didn't even leave a white mark on him; it was as if he were shooting at a tank with a toy gun.

Nami's lightning struck Kaido, but he didn't even blink.

Chopper wanted to rush in to help, but Law pulled him back.

"Do you want to go and get yourself killed?!"

Just then, Luffy stood up from the ruins, blood still dripping from the corner of his mouth.

His eyes, however, were brighter than ever before. Since the start of the battle, Luffy had repeatedly withstood Kaido's powerful attacks head-on.

It allowed him to vaguely grasp the threshold of Conqueror's Haki, and he believed that after a few more tries, he would be able to master this technique.

Without a doubt, Luffy, as the chosen one of the pirate world, possesses extraordinary talent (and advantages). There's no question about it.

Luffy looked up at Kaido standing in the center of the ruins and walked towards him step by step.

Kaido watched him emerge from the ruins, watched him walk up to him, and watched him stop less than ten meters away.

"Kid, you can still stand up?"

Kaido's tone carried a hint of surprise.

He knew the force of those blows; an ordinary person would have been dead long ago.

This little devil in the straw hat not only didn't die, but he was able to walk over on his own.

"I will not fall."

Luffy looked up.

The moonlight shone on his face, and on that blood-stained face, there was no fear, no wavering, only an extremely pure seriousness.

"Because I—am going to become the Pirate King!"

Luffy's voice echoed throughout the entire Onigashima.

"So no matter whether it's a Yonko or a Marine Admiral blocking my way, I'll blow them all away!"

You're no exception, Kaido!!!

The entire rooftop battlefield fell silent for a moment because of Luffy's words.

Everyone was stunned.

Kin'emon's tears welled up instantly.

He knelt on the ground, his hands bracing against the broken stone slabs, tears streaming down the wrinkles on his face.

He looked at Luffy's back and saw the shadow of another person in that thin but straight back.

Lord Oden.

Twenty years ago, Lord Oden stood before Kaido in the same way, speaking with the same fearless words.

"I want to open Wano Country to the world—this is Oden's dream!"

Kaido's smile froze on his face.

One Piece.

This word was like a knife, precisely piercing his most sensitive nerve.

He fought countless battles and killed countless people in his life, and stood at the very top of this vast ocean.

Now this brat in the straw hat dares to talk so arrogantly in front of him?

"One Piece?"

Kaido's voice suddenly became low and hoarse, completely different from his previous maniacal laughter.

"You said... what kind of king do you want to be?"

An extremely terrifying killing intent exploded from Kaido's body.

It was several times more intense than the previous Conqueror's Haki; black and red lightning crackled wildly around him, and the stone slabs beneath his feet cracked inch by inch under the pressure of this power.

Gravel flew out from the crack, only to be broken into powder by the lightning's energy before it hit the ground.

The entire Skull Palace was trembling.

Everyone on the rooftop felt the killing intent—it wasn't directed at them, but the aftershocks alone made their hands and feet go cold.

"Back in the day, I fought Roger and Whitebeard; they were real monsters."

Kaido's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, each word carrying a rage that had been suppressed for too long.

"They can talk about One Piece in front of me—because they deserve it."

But you brat...do you even deserve it?!

Kaido made a move.

No one saw how he made his move.

A streak of black and red lightning flashed through the air, and the black and red lightning wrapped around the spiked club suddenly expanded, forming a visible dark red energy ball at the head of the club.

The air around the energy sphere was twisting and deforming, and the gravel and dust were sucked in and instantly turned into nothingness.

"Roaring Eight Trigrams—!!!"

Kaido's roar shook the clouds.

The moment the Eight Precepts struck Luffy's chest, time seemed to stand still for a second.

Then came a deafening crash.

Luffy's body was like paper in the face of this power, and the sound of it breaking was clearly audible.

Black and red lightning drilled into his body from the point of contact, and his internal organs were shaken and torn apart by that domineering force in that instant.

Luffy spat out a mouthful of blood.

The blood mist dispersed in the air, glowing a dark red light under the moonlight, like a flower blooming in the night sky.

His straw hat flew off his head and tumbled several times in the air.

His body flew out like a cannonball, crashing through the dome of the Skull Palace.

The stone pillar broke, and the rubble collapsed, burying Luffy completely under the ruins.

The straw hat drifted down slowly and landed beside the ruins.

The brim of the hat was stained with blood, which gleamed a dark red in the moonlight.

"Luffy—!!!"

Zoro was the first to react, roaring as he lunged at Kaido.

At the same time, he drew three swords, Armament Haki flowing wildly along the blades, and demonic energy condensed around him into a phantom with three heads and six arms.

Sanji followed suit with Moonwalk, his right foot igniting with Devil's Foot, the flames burning even more fiercely than usual.

Luo opened up the surgical space, and the three people attacked simultaneously from three directions.

But Kaido is currently at the peak of his rage.

His reaction speed was significantly faster than usual.

Hachisai swung his staff backhand and smashed it into Zoro's three swords. The blades trembled violently, and Zoro felt as if he had struck a mountain.

The force of the recoil sent him flying, nearly knocking the three knives out of his hands.

Before Sanji's kick could even touch Kaido, he was struck in the abdomen by Kaido's elbow.

The force was so great that Sanji was sent flying backward, his back arched, crashing into a broken stone pillar. As he slid down, a mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Just as Law was about to activate his space displacement, Kaido's fist slammed into his chest.

That punch had no technique involved; it was pure brute force. But when brute force reaches a certain level, no technique is needed.

Luo's sternum creaked under the strain, and he was blasted away, crashing into the rock wall. The operating space collapsed instantly.

All three were repelled at the same time.

No one can get close to Luffy.

Kaido stood in the center of the rooftop, looking at the people he had knocked away.

His expression returned to calm, but that calm was more terrifying than his previous rage.

"One Piece?"

He slammed the Eight Precepts into the ground, creating a dent.

"On the high seas, only the strong can decide their own destiny."

The weak don't even deserve to have dreams.

Do you want to be the Pirate King?

Want to overthrow Lao Tzu?

Do you want to avenge Kozuki Oden?

With your meager abilities, you dare to say such things?