One Piece: We already have the Four Gods, so my Six Paths Sage is reasonable, right?

"My brother, stop lamenting, quickly release your big thing and shorten his lifespan again!" Kaido urged from the side.

Ron turned his head slightly, glancing at Kaido beside him out of the corner of his eye. He didn't answer immediately, remaining silent for a moment before gently shaking his head and saying with a faint smile, "No, the plan has changed."

"When did you change it? Why didn't you tell me?" Kaido asked with a silly look on his face.

"It's been changed now, don't ask so many questions," Ron replied.

As he spoke, Ron had already sheathed his longsword, then untied the sword belt, tossed it casually, and it landed steadily in Kaido's arms.

"Are you going to use the Eight Gates?" Kaido caught the sword and immediately asked again.

"Um."

"Can you open all eight gates?"

"Can."

"So, are you going to show this to me?"

"..."

Ron did not answer.

He knew better than anyone what opening the eighth gate meant; it was a moment of peak achievement bought with the price of his life.

Logically speaking, with so many buffs stacked on him, perhaps he really can withstand the backlash from that final attack?

Of course, this is just speculation.

He doesn't intend to gamble with his life unless absolutely necessary.

"Kaido."

"Um?"

"Watch closely, study hard, and I'll be awesome at this subject."

Before Kaido could respond, Ron roared, "Eight Gates Formation - Seventh Gate - Gate of Shock, open!"

The locked doors were breached one by one, like a row of dominoes being toppled.

A powerful aftershock suddenly erupted from Ron's body, and blue steam burst forth from his skin, carrying a scorching and violent aura that swept outwards.

"Whoosh!!"

The powerful shockwave instantly swept away all the surrounding smog, revealing a gray-white sky and a cratered ground.

Blue steam enveloped Ron's entire body, and his hair floated upwards like a burning flame.

Sengoku's expression suddenly turned serious. He stood not far away, his golden Buddha-like gaze fixed on the blue figure, his mind racing.

"Is this the same ability as Kaido's? No, that's not right, it's not the same. It's just similar, but the feeling they give off is vastly different."

"Tap tap tap".

Ron didn't give Sengoku any more time to think. His figure was like a blue lightning bolt as he rushed towards the golden giant Buddha.

"So fast..." Sengoku's pupils contracted sharply. "This is something Kaido can't even compare to!"

Although the incident happened suddenly, Sengoku did not panic.

The golden Buddha thrust out its palms repeatedly, unleashing a torrential downpour of powerful shockwaves towards Ron.

Golden beams of light slammed into the ground, exploding into clouds of dust and debris, but each one was a fraction of a second too late; Ron always dodged just before the shockwave hit.

Tap tap tap tap, the distance is rapidly shrinking.

When the blue figure closed in to within tens of meters, Ron leaped up, clasped his hands together, compressed the air around him to its limit into his palms, and then thrust them out.

"Daytime Tiger!"

"call,!!"

Compressed air burst forth from between his palms, transforming into a grayish-white tiger head several times larger than the golden Buddha.

The tiger's head was so clearly defined it looked like a physical object. It opened its massive mouth and, with an overwhelming force, swallowed the golden Buddha whole.

Sengoku's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints. He did not sit idly by and wait for his death. He quickly poured all his domineering aura into his right fist. A thick layer of black patterns wrapped around the surface of the golden Buddha fist, and dark red arcs of electricity flickered around it.

Then, he swung it out suddenly.

"Thump!"

The fist collided violently with the tiger's head.

A loud explosion rang out, as if two iron mountains were colliding in mid-air.

A powerful shockwave exploded between heaven and earth, and the aftershocks roared outwards like a tsunami, tearing up the ground layer by layer.

Under the immense impact of the daytime tiger, the golden Buddha's feet plowed two huge furrows in the ground, and its body slid backward uncontrollably.

With each step he took backward, he shattered a large patch of ground, cracks spreading outwards like a spider web.

"Pfft!"

Warring States period suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He had already recovered from the injuries inflicted by the Tailed Beast Ball, but now, with the forced infusion of power, his injuries have been aggravated.

Faced with the relentless and ferocious onslaught of the daytime tiger, the golden Buddha's fist finally gave way, and its arm began to bend.

"Ah~~~~" But Sengoku did not give up. He roared and used all his strength.

"Click~"

Suddenly, the golden Buddha's arm snapped off.

With its last obstacle gone, the daytime tiger swallowed the golden Buddha whole.

"Boom!!"

A dazzling white light exploded between heaven and earth, and a violent explosion resounded all around once again. Rolling smoke and dust spread in all directions like a flood, swallowing everything in sight.

Ron landed from mid-air, blue steam still swirling around him.

Sudden.

His Observation Haki triggered an alarm.

Someone was right behind him, and the malice they felt was as solid as a knife pressed against the back of his neck.

Ron didn't have time to think; his body moved faster than his brain. He clenched his fist, turned around, and swung out with a fierce punch.

"boom!!"

An extremely powerful shockwave exploded from the fist, whistling along the ground and rapidly expanding from near to far. Instantly, a chasm appeared on the ground, starting from Ron and gradually widening, with scorched soil churning up from its edges.

"Who?"

Ron cautiously surveyed his surroundings. He was certain that someone had been behind him just moments before, and he sensed an extremely strong malice.

"So fast? It vanished without a trace in an instant, without even a hint of its presence."

"But, in any case, I no longer sense any danger or malice."

As soon as Ron finished speaking, he sniffed the air and detected a faint smell of blood.

Moreover, I could feel that my face was a little wet.

He reached up and touched his face, then looked down at his hands.

"Blood?" Ron was stunned. "Could it be... that I punched him into a bloody mist?!"

"Hehehe... You scared the hell out of me! I thought some guy was coming. He dodged so fast that I couldn't even see him or sense him."