Kaido flew into the sky, his massive dragon form stretched across the heavens—a truly shocking sight. His enraged dragon eyes looked down on Bege, and he let out a heaven-and-earth-shaking roar.
The roar shook the entire island. The animals on the island fell to their knees, prostrating themselves and trembling in fear.
Off the coast, aboard the Beasts Pirates' ship, Jack watched the massive dragon through a spyglass, his face extremely ugly.
"He actually forced the old man into his dragon form. Has Demon Dragon really gotten that terrifying?"
"It was the right decision to come here," King the Wildfire said, his expression grim and his gaze dark. "Demon Dragon Capone Bege truly possesses the strength of an Emperor."
The appearance of such a young and powerful ruler on the seas was not a good thing for any of the other Emperor crews.
On the other side, aboard the Sky God, Modi and the others also noticed Kaido's transformation. Even from such a distance, they could feel the abyss-like, terrifying killing intent pressing down on them.
"He's too strong. Bege, can you succeed?" Modi asked, clutching the hilt of his longsword, his expression growing more and more grim.
After transforming into his divine dragon form, Kaido's regenerative ability had increased yet again, and the wounds on his body were healing rapidly.
"Brat, let's go again!"
Bege's last attack had nearly killed him. This had sent Kaido into a full-blown rage, and he was beginning to lose control. He was like a demon dragon, a tyrannical killing intent spreading out from him. He dove down from the sky.
He opened his mouth and let out a blast of dragon fire. With a thought, Bege hardened the space in front of him into an invisible wall. The dragon fire slammed into the hardened space, and the violent force shattered it, the explosion continuing on toward Bege.
Bege cut the dragon fire in two with a single slash, but then more and more blasts of fire rained down like meteors. Bege hastily dodged, and one blast after another slammed into the ground, shattering it and creating a massive crater.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The entire island was subjected to a continuous bombardment. It trembled, and countless cracks spread out in all directions.
Bege shot out from the dust-filled air, only to immediately hear the sound of the atmosphere being whipped apart. A massive, red dragon tail tore through the dust, lashing down at an incredible speed.
Bege's figure vanished in an instant. The dragon tail slammed into the ground, causing it to explode.
BOOM...
A terrifyingly wild shockwave radiated outwards in a circle. In an instant, a thousand meters of earth was shattered. The violent force, carrying with it a wave of rubble, swept across the deserted island, leveling everything in its path like a mountain-toppling, sea-filling tsunami. Anything that stood above the ground was obliterated, and the shockwave kicked up monstrous waves in the sea beyond.
Massive fissures spread downwards through the earth, shaking the very foundations of the island.
Bege's figure shifted, and he appeared on Kaido's back. He had just raised his swords when the dragon tail suddenly curved and swept toward him, knocking him out of the sky.
Kaido flew through the air, his razor-sharp dragon claws reaching for Bege. Bege slashed out with a powerful attack, but it was shattered by the claws.
The dragon claws tore through the impact and continued their descent. Bege raised his swords to block them.
Kaido dove, and his claws pressed down on Bege, slamming him into the ground. The earth exploded, creating a massive crater.
He then lifted his claws, and his dragon head looked down into the pit. He opened his mouth and let out a blast of searing dragon fire, filling the entire crater. The force of the blast caused the crater to collapse and expand violently.
It carved out a pit a hundred meters deep. The surrounding earth was scorched black, and the acrid smell of burning filled the air. The temperature within the crater was extremely high.
Kaido looked down into the bottom of the pit but didn't see Bege. His eyes widened in a furious glare. Suddenly, his tail shot up and lashed out in a certain direction.
Hidden within the dust in that direction was a figure: Bege, who had used his spatial transfer to escape.
The ferocious dragon tail swept toward him, and the force of the wind it created blew away the dust, revealing his figure.
Bege rapidly dodged the tail, which slammed into the ground again, causing it to explode. The massive shockwave sent Bege flying.
Kaido planted his four claws on the ground and shot forward like a red streak, closing the distance in the blink of an eye. He crashed into Bege, and the ground where he stood exploded. The earth collapsed again and again, forming another massive crater.
Half of Kaido's body was now buried in the earth. He lifted his head, tearing up the ground again. He shook his head, his face extremely ugly.
"Brat! Come out and fight me head-on!" Kaido roared in fury.
But Bege's figure flashed and appeared on Kaido's back.
His face was pale. The continuous use of his spatial transfer had consumed a great deal of his mental energy. But his blood-red eyes were even more ferocious. A terrifying bloody aura pulsed from his cursed sword, and a stunningly brilliant slash slammed into Kaido's back.
The ferocious, tyrannical Beast God slash shattered Kaido's tough dragon scales and carved a massive gash in his body. Dragon blood sprayed out like a rain of blood.
The Fire Cloud Sword in Bege's hand ignited with a searing blood-red flame. Just as he was about to stab it into the open wound, a chill ran down his spine. Kaido's dragon head had somehow twisted around to stare at him, and a terrifying blast of dragon fire was shooting from his mouth.
It was upon him in an instant, making his scalp tingle.
Bege used his spatial transfer again to avoid the dragon fire, but he didn't move far away. Instead, he moved closer to the bloody gash he had just created.
A castle gate opened on his chest, and in an instant, a series of white streaks shot into the bloody wound, embedding themselves in Kaido's flesh.
At that moment, the terrifying sense of crisis returned. Kaido let out another blast of dragon fire.
This time, Bege did not choose to dodge. He gritted his teeth, and even more white streaks shot from his body-castle, piercing Kaido's flesh.
He slashed forward with his swords to block the dragon fire and was instantly sent flying by the impact. He crashed into the ground several hundred meters away, and a massive mushroom cloud exploded, shattering several hundred meters of earth and creating a massive crater.
In the air, Kaido's body twisted, and he fell from the sky. His massive dragon form crashed into the shattered ground. His body writhed, and dozens of white spears were now sticking out of the gash on his back. The white spears were preventing the wound from healing.
At the same time, a wave of weakness washed over Kaido.
Those white spears were none other than Sea-Prism Stone spears, the bane of all Devil Fruit users.
With dozens of Sea-Prism Stone spears embedded in his body, even Kaido's Devil Fruit ability was severely suppressed.
His dragon form quickly dissipated, and he returned to his human form. He reached back and began to pull out the Sea-Prism Stone spears one by one.
At that moment, a figure ran across the shattered landscape at high speed, leaped into the air, and shot into the sky. It was Bege.
He was a complete mess. His clothes had been blasted to tatters, and he was covered in severe burns. The dragon fire had caused him immense damage.
A series of castle gates opened on his chest, and countless rockets shot out, leaving fiery trails as they streaked toward Kaido's position.
In an instant, the area where Kaido stood was blown to smithereens. A massive mushroom cloud shot into the sky, kicking up a terrifying storm that churned the sea into a frenzy of monstrous waves.
From the epicenter of the explosion, massive cracks shot out, connecting with the fissures from their previous furious battle. The island could finally take no more. It began to break apart, shattering into pieces in an instant.
Seawater rushed in through the chasms, only to be pushed back by the force of the explosion. When the shockwave dissipated, it came rushing back in again.
The spot where Kaido had been standing collapsed completely and was swallowed by the sea. Kaido fell into the ocean, sinking with the current.
Completely submerged in seawater, a Devil Fruit user's ability is suppressed to the greatest extent. Even Kaido could only watch as he sank to the bottom of the sea.