A world-shaking duel was unfolding between heaven and earth.
"Hmph!" Kaidou snorted coldly, his muscles tensing abruptly. He gripped his spiked club, Hassaikai, with both hands and raised it high above his head. Accompanied by a heaven-shaking roar, "Conqueror of Three Worlds Ragnaraku!" the entire sky dimmed.
The already gloomy sky instantly grew darker. Amidst the thick, dark clouds, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled as countless silver serpents of electricity slithered through the cloud layer. As if drawn by some mysterious force, all this lightning converged on the spiked club in Kaidou's hands. The light of the electricity illuminated his ferocious face, adding to his savage aura.
Kaidou bent his knees slightly, concentrating all his strength to its absolute limit. With a thunderous shout, he leaped up, his entire body shooting into the air like a cannonball. Silhouetted against the lightning, his figure resembled a god descending to earth, bringing with him a world-destroying momentum as he brought his club down on Garp's head. This strike contained a terrifying power sufficient to destroy an entire city, and the compressed air shrieked with a piercing boom.
Facing this earth-shattering blow, Garp's expression was grave but not panicked. He took a deep breath, his feet planted firmly on the ground as if rooted there. He slowly drew his right fist back to his waist, and at the very instant Kaidou was about to strike, he violently threw an uppercut. "Galaxy: Meteor Fist!"
Two forces, each capable of altering the very terrain, collided violently in mid-air.
"BOOM—!"
Amidst the deafening roar, the heavens and earth changed color. A visible shockwave spread out in all directions with the point of impact at its center. Wherever it passed, rocks shattered and trees were pulverized. The entire small island, unable to bear the strain of this force, was split right down the middle. Seawater poured in madly, forming a new strait in the island's center.
"Ugh..." Kaidou was sent flying high into the sky by the punch, tumbling dozens of times before he managed to stabilize himself. He wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes glinted with excitement. "Now this is interesting!"
Garp stood at the edge of the fractured island, the sea breeze rustling his graying hair. He looked up at Kaidou in the air, a hint of admiration in his tone. "You've certainly improved a lot, brat. But..."
Before he could finish, his figure suddenly vanished from the spot, reappearing behind Kaidou in the next second. "It's still not enough!"
Kaidou's pupils contracted violently. Relying on his beast-like instincts, he swiftly raised his spiked club to block.
"Bang!"
The collision of iron fist and weapon sent dazzling sparks flying.
Garp's attacks came one after another like a torrential storm, each punch containing the power to split mountains and crack stone. Where his fists passed, the air was compressed into visible shockwaves, leaving white trails in the sky.
"Worororo...!" Kaidou let out his signature wild laugh, swinging Hassaikai in his hands to form an impenetrable barrier. The clash between the two was too fast for the naked eye to follow; only countless afterimages could be seen crisscrossing in the air. The sound of metal clashing was incessant, and every exchange triggered intense energy fluctuations. The entire island trembled, the sea surface churned with giant waves dozens of meters high, and the dark clouds in the sky were torn open by the impact of their energy.
"Tornado: Ruinous Wind!"
Kaidou suddenly opened his cavernous mouth, spewing forth countless sharp wind blades that instantly formed a gigantic tornado over a hundred meters in diameter. Wherever the wind blades passed, the ground was carved with innumerable deep gashes, and hard rock was sliced apart as easily as tofu.
Faced with this world-ending assault, Garp merely crossed his arms calmly. "Iron Body - Steel!" His body was instantly coated in pitch-black Armament Haki, his skin taking on a metallic sheen.
Amidst a series of crisp "ding, ding, dang" sounds, the wind blades left countless white marks on Garp's body but were unable to break through his steel-like defense. He stomped hard, shattering the ground beneath him, and shot towards Kaidou like a cannonball. "Galaxy: Meteorite Fist!"
This punch seemed to truly condense the power of an extraterrestrial meteorite. The air around his fist was compressed to the extreme, emitting a piercing sonic boom.
A grave look flashed in Kaidou's eyes as he unleashed his Conqueror's Haki at full power. "Yamāntaka·Thunder Bagua!" The Haki entwined around Hassaikai swelled in an instant, and dark red lightning illuminated half the sky.
"BOOM—!"
The collision of the two forces produced a blast comparable to a nuclear explosion. A massive crater hundreds of meters in diameter was blasted into the center of the island, and the shockwave swept through, leveling everything within a radius of several kilometers.
As the dust and smoke gradually settled, two figures remained standing tall.
Garp's shirt had long been reduced to fragments in the battle, revealing a muscular torso covered in scars. Dozens of new, small wounds now adorned his bronze muscles, and fresh blood trickled slowly down his well-defined abs.
Kaidou's condition was equally grim. His azure-blue scales were shattered in many places, and several ribs on his left side were directly broken. But the fighting spirit in his eyes burned even hotter.
"Exhilarating!" Kaidou roared at the sky, the sound waves causing the distant sea to churn once more. "This is a real fight! Garp, let's continue!"
Garp wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and clenched his fists again. "As you wish, brat!" The two figures clashed once more, and the battle entered an even more ferocious stage.
"Thunder Bagua!"
"Galaxy: Meteor Fist Shower!"
"Kundali Dragon Swarm!"
"Galaxy: Impact!"
Move after move collided relentlessly, and the entire island continued to sink under the force of their battle. Seawater poured into the newly formed canyon, only to be evaporated into steam by the aftershocks of the fight.
Garp suddenly changed his attack, throwing a heavy punch straight at Kaidou's face. "Galaxy: Meteorite Fist!"
Kaidou hastily blocked with his spiked club but was knocked back several steps by the force of the punch. He steadied himself, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Old man, your strength is as great as ever!"
"Hahaha!" Garp laughed heartily and charged forward again. "I can still fight for another hundred years!"
The fighting spirit in Kaidou's eyes blazed even brighter. "Then let's see who's the last one standing!"
Their battle lasted for five full days and nights. The entire island completely sank beneath the sea during their fight. When the last piece of land disappeared beneath the waves, the two battered figures were still clashing fiercely in the pouring rain. Every one of their collisions stirred up monstrous waves, and the clash of their Conqueror's Haki made the dark clouds in the sky roil continuously.
This battle had already transcended the realm of ordinary understanding, as if two ancient titans were engaged in a never-ending contest. On the sea's surface, countless shattered rocks and splintered trees floated, bearing witness to this earth-shattering duel.
The observing Beasts Pirates had long since boarded their pirate ship and retreated to a safe distance, every one of them stunned by the scale of the battle.
In the end, the fight concluded in a draw. Kaidou transformed into his Azure Dragon form and flew away from this stretch of sea with his pirate ship.