"Today, we'll see who the true dragon is!"
Creed drew in a breath and roared, activating Dragon God Mode.
Against Kaido going all-out, Raijin Mode was no longer enough.
Cracklecrackle!
A rumbling thunder sound burst from Creed's body as his frame suddenly swelled larger!
Dense dragon scales covered him, and behind him a Divine Dragon phantom appeared, roaring and raging.
"What?!"
Kaido had been about to sneer back, but he never expected this kind of transformation.
And from Creed's body right now, Kaido actually sensed the purest Divine Dragon aura.
That Divine Dragon aura… wasn't below his at all!
Coupled with the terrifying Dragon Might that had already crushed him earlier—
In this moment, Kaido had a hallucination:
Could it be that Creed was the one who truly possessed the Divine Dragon Fruit?!
"Did he copy my Devil Fruit ability? That doesn't seem right… If he copied my ability, he could turn into a Divine Dragon like me. He wouldn't need to transform like this!"
Kaido's mind raced, but his claws didn't slow. He grabbed down toward Creed's head.
True dragon or fake dragon—one clash would tell!
Boom!
Creed put both swords away and answered with a punch!
Dragon Fist · Shattering the Heavens!
This was Aegis's signature fist technique. Its power was extraordinary—and under Dragon God Mode, Creed's punch could even shatter the void.
"Hm?!"
Sensing an even more surging dragon aura, Kaido's pupils constricted.
Boom!
Their head-on collision caused space itself to break apart, streams of spatial turbulence bursting out and whipping toward them.
But both their bodies were so absurdly strong that they had long surpassed normal powerhouses, completely unafraid of turbulence that could easily tear apart any SSS-rank fighter.
BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM!
One man and one dragon battled like this above the void, carving out a glorious war. Below them, Onigashima rapidly collapsed and shattered from the shockwaves of their clash.
Some strong fighters were jolted awake by the aftershocks and screamed as they tried to flee—but they were already inside the battle's core. Waking up only let them see the world one more time before they were instantly blown apart by unmatched force!
Within a hundred miles, the air was filled with fist-force, dragon claw phantoms, and dense spatial cracks—turning everything into a dead zone!
And the two responsible for all of it had fought into a true blaze of fury. They even stopped dodging entirely, relying on their terrifying defenses to trade blow for blow.
Bangbangbang!
Creed spat blood.
But Kaido did too.
At the same time, the dragon scales on both of them were being peeled away, blood spraying as their injuries piled higher and higher.
The more it went on like this, the more furious Kaido became!
This damned Creed… was clearly trying to win against him with pure physical strength!
Trying to slap his face again?!
"By body alone, you can't possibly beat me!"
Kaido roared, his assault growing more and more savage.
Creed sneered back. "Is that so?!"
Dragon Claw!
A dragon's ultimate art!
"What?"
Creed shifted from Dragon Fist to Dragon Claw, and the technique was still exquisitely refined. Kaido's fury surged again.
"AAAH! Creed, you're going too far!"
This damned Creed was definitely doing it on purpose!
Otherwise why would he use all kinds of dragon-type close combat techniques against him, instead of those heaven-shaking sword arts Kaido had seen last time?!
Creed didn't bother reacting. Inside, he was thinking:
Dragon Claw and Dragon Fist still felt like they were missing something against Kaido.
Should he fuse Dragon Claw, Dragon Fist, the fist arts he'd obtained from Sakazuki, and some other SSS-rank close-combat skills and boxing arts together?
With so many SSSS-rank sword intents, he'd honestly never cared much about these fist arts that were only SSS+ at best, and he'd never had the urge to fuse them.
But today was different.
He needed an SSSS--rank dragon ultimate art to heavily injure Kaido.
Kaido's defense was too strong—without SSSS-rank power, it was hard to seriously hurt him.
"System, fuse the fist arts, Dragon Claw, and Dragon Fist!"
Creed immediately activated the System.
Ding! Fusion successful. Dragon God Divine Fist, SSSS--rank, not fully formed, has entered standby ability. Extract?
In an instant, three SSS+-rank abilities fused into an SSSS--rank ability.
Dragon God Divine Fist—just the name alone sounded like its "rank" had climbed.
Creed immediately replied, "Extract!"
Ability extracted successfully!
"Heh!"
The moment the new ability entered his body, Creed used it at once.
Boom!
A single punch erupted with even greater force, slamming Kaido so hard he vomited a huge mouthful of blood.
"What?! He was still hiding an even stronger combat art?!"
Creed's raw strength still wasn't as high as Kaido's.
But with killing intent, Haoshoku Haki (Conqueror's Haki), and Dragon God Mode boosting him, his attack power wasn't much weaker than Kaido's.
Now, with an SSSS--rank ability added on top, his attack power had fully caught up.
And his defense and recovery weren't weaker than Kaido's either.
So the battle became incredibly drawn out and brutal.
They fought from morning to night, then into the second day, the third day… for a full five days without a victor.
Not only was Onigashima pulverized by their battle's aftershocks, but even across a thousand miles of sea, not a single intact island remained.
But as Kaido fought, he slowly began to feel something was off.
Creed's injuries and stamina recovery speed… were actually faster than his by a notch.
And Kaido was already falling into a pure disadvantage—taking more and more hits, throwing fewer and fewer attacks back.
"No… impossible! No one can break my defense, and no one can outlast my stamina… impossible, impossible…"
At last, Kaido's belief in everything he'd always relied on began to shake.
Or rather—
His pride was being ground down alive by Creed's fists!
In this moment, he finally admitted it:
Creed's strength… was above his.
"I never thought that even with the Divine Dragon Fruit fully awakened… I still couldn't beat him!"
Kaido's despair burst all at once, nearly drowning him completely.
All this time, he'd believed that once his fruit awakened completely, he wouldn't be below Whitebeard!
But today, Creed suppressed him purely with the body—crushing his confidence into nothing!
"So you've already broken?" Creed saw the fear clearly surfacing in Kaido's eyes and said coldly. "Then let me send you on your way, Kaido!"
Even Creed hadn't expected that with pure physical combat alone, he could suppress Kaido so thoroughly.
In short—
Having more abilities really did mean you could do whatever you wanted!
"Creed! If you want to kill me, it won't be that easy!"
Kaido roared.
He was going to run.
Face meant nothing to him.
After all, someone who'd suffered seven major defeats and been captured eighteen times in his life was not some reckless idiot.
(End of Chapter)
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