"Dark!"
A shrill sword cry exploded into the air, carrying boundless killing intent and an incomparably sharp aura as it sliced across Kaido's entire body!
Golden sword light wove into countless dense nets over Kaido's scales, launching a horrifying barrage of cutting slashes!
The Sharp-Gold Sword Intent, amplified by killing intent!
Clangclangclangclang!
The piercing shrieks of metal-on-metal collided so densely it sounded like heavy rain hammering banana leaves.
But even though the sword intent surged like a tidal wave, it still seemed unable to break Kaido's defense!
"Creed brat, is that all you've got?! You're just scratching my itch! Too weak!"
Kaido wasn't breached, but the Sharp-Gold Sword Intent still left him with an uncomfortable sting. He immediately blasted a mouthful of dragon breath at Creed, then charged like lightning, both claws snapping out again!
Rumble rumble rumble!
Under those dragon claws, the void peeled away in sheets.
Creed dodged the dragon breath—but he could only take this move head-on!
Boom!
The power erupting from both of them smashed the already-crumbling space even further, collapsing it everywhere. Countless streams of gray-black air spilled out, casting a shadow of death.
That gray-black airflow was spatial turbulence produced when space shattered—its killing power was terrifying! Even an SSSS-rank powerhouse facing this kind of turbulence could end up at risk of death!
After clashing head-on, Creed felt his arms go numb.
Kaido's strength… was above his!
"Interesting!"
Creed's body shook, lightning erupted across him, and Raijin Mode instantly layered on. He swung both blades together.
Supreme Good Sword!
Supreme Evil Sword!
Clang!
The sword cry struck straight into Kaido's mind!
Boom!
The ferocious sword aura of Supreme Evil Sword even flipped Kaido over, sending him tumbling more than ten rotations in midair before he managed to steady himself.
"What kind of sword technique is that?!"
Kaido's head swam and his eyes began to redden.
His emotions being unstable was famous—now that his brain had been attacked, he was on the verge of losing control and going berserk.
Creed's pressure spiked again, and in the next instant he was counterattacked, beaten into retreat.
"A Divine Dragon body… it actually has seemingly endless potential? In that sense, it's kind of like Big Mom's giant power!"
Creed's Raijin state was nearly blasted apart, forcing him out of it, which shocked him.
But Kaido's shock was even greater.
"How do you have Big Mom's steel skin?! Could it be you're Big Mom's—"
His counterstrike shattered Creed's Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), but it was blocked by skin like steel, leaving only a few shallow bloody marks instead of serious injury. Realizing what it was, Kaido's expression turned strange.
"ROOM!"
Creed released a ROOM sphere and instantly teleported in, slashing back with both swords!
"Ugh!"
Creed's sudden teleportation was within Kaido's expectations—but Kaido didn't expect it to be that hard to defend against. A few dragon scales were sliced off and flew away, and Kaido had to swallow the rest of his words back down his throat.
"Steel skin? So what? I can use Dragon Qi Scale-Transformation too!"
Creed hovered in the air with his sword, sneering coldly. In the next instant, a layer of fine, ornate scales rapidly spread across his skin.
Dragon Qi Scale-Transformation!
"What?!"
Kaido was stunned.
And the very next moment, Creed unleashed Dragon Might amplified by killing intent!
And within that Dragon Might… there was also Haoshoku Haki (Conqueror's Haki)!
Three SSSS-rank powers erupting at once!
Roar!
It was like an ancient dragon had descended. Rolling, boiling Dragon Might slammed down and forced the entire sky to freeze for a split second—then violently shudder!
Even the sea for over a hundred miles below was pressed down, sinking more than ten meters!
Even the massive horn on the left side of Onigashima was snapped short by that savage Dragon Might. The broken horn, like a mountain, crashed into the sea, triggering towering waves that flooded half a port on Onigashima!
Ain and Falkor, along with the Three Calamities, immediately avoided the edge of it and relocated their battlefield far away, not daring to come close at all.
Bzzzz!
At that moment, all of Onigashima trembled under Creed's Dragon Might, to the point it looked like it might crack and collapse.
The pressure of a single person… had become terrifying to this extent.
Even Kaido in Divine Dragon form couldn't claim he could do that!
Even he felt his mind shake beneath that Dragon Might. In a daze, Creed's figure seemed to grow incomparably tall.
"Damn it!"
In the next second, Kaido violently shook his head and forced that terrifying thought out of his mind.
That brief moment of wavering… was humiliating beyond words to him!
He, a Divine Dragon Fruit user, had nearly submitted to someone else's Dragon Might!
The killing intent in Kaido's eyes grew thicker and thicker, and his pupils soon turned blood-red.
He believed Creed did it on purpose!
Today, either Creed died—
Or he did!
"What a shame. Looks like you have no resolve. I was even thinking of bringing you with me to kill our way up to Mary Geoise."
Creed stared into those blood-red eyes, and his voice turned cold.
Before coming, he really had considered recruiting Kaido.
Even though this monster had poisoned Wano and committed countless evil deeds—
Creed needed Kaido's top-tier combat power.
Very possibly, among the Four Emperors, only Kaido had reached SSSS+-rank.
The Gorosei's strength was still unknown. Before the final showdown arrived, Creed had to do everything possible to strengthen his side, and Kaido really would've been a massive boost.
But if you were given face and refused it…
Creed wouldn't repeat himself a second time.
"Die! Die for me!"
Creed's answer made Kaido certain that the Dragon Might earlier really was Creed deliberately "breathing" in his face.
The fury in his heart forced him into full Rampage Mode!
Rumble rumble rumble!
He moved like a demon dragon stirring the ancient world itself. Wherever he passed, space shattered in chunks, spatial turbulence spilling out and painting a doomsday scene.
Creed steadied himself—but the corner of his mouth lifted into a faint smile.
Kaido's power… was still climbing rapidly!
It was very possible he would reach the very peak layer of SSSS+!
And that was exactly what Creed wanted!
Right now, Creed's four basic attributes were all SSSS--rank, and they'd been stuck there for quite a while.
Now it depended on whether, under Kaido's crushing pressure today, he could break through even one of them!
(End of Chapter)
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