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"Ha...ah!!!"
After a brief pause, Kaido raised both hands high and let out a wild roar.
Boom!!!
A terrifying tremor swept through McKinley Island once again, causing the ground to shake and undulate like dough, making it feel like an earthquake as everyone struggled to stay on their feet.
The pirate ships watching from the periphery suffered again as the tremors of the earthquake were transferred from the land to the depths of the sea, churning the seawater into a chaotic frenzy.
The seawater twisted into worm-like shapes, moving back and forth as if countless sea serpents were swimming in the dark water. Many ships, caught off guard, collided with each other due to the tumultuous waves, resulting in constant screams.
"Ha!"
Suddenly, Kaido's hands dropped to his waist, his arms bent and his fists clenched at his abdomen. He leaned forward and assumed a bodybuilder's pose.
His rock-hard muscles swelled grotesquely, veins coiled like snakes, and capillaries burst, releasing a mist of blood that stained his entire body red.
Combined with his indescribably knotted muscles and the crimson magma erupting around him, it exuded a brutal beauty.
"Here it comes, Kaido's muscle rage."
Seeing this, Kizaru's eyes narrowed and he said solemnly.
"Muscle rage?"
That name was quite familiar.
Rowen looked over, "Is it like my overload mode?"
"Yes... and no," Kizaru scratched his cheek and said, "Your Overload mode goes beyond the limits to exert power, but Muscle Rage just reaches the limit."
"By the way, Rowen, there's something you probably don't know."
"Uh... what should I know?"
Rowen suddenly had an ominous feeling.
Yonko's information was classified; as Vice Admiral, he had no right to access it casually.
"Kaido's muscle strength gives him a terrifying defense, making him almost impossible to kill. But that excessive muscle mass also limits his performance, it's like an ordinary person wearing iron armor, making him look... foolishly adorable."
Are you sure you want to use that adjective?!
Rowen shouted in anger.
However, he understood what Kizaru meant.
Leaving aside the unscientific superhuman-level fighters, if you took an ordinary soldier with a Doriki value of 10, you could imagine the defensive power of a suit of wrought iron armor. To call it a turtle shell wouldn't be an exaggeration.
At the same time, the weight of the heavy iron armor would severely limit their performance, even if they could move around in it.
"So?"
Rowen's lips twitched as his ominous feeling grew stronger.
"So... under normal circumstances, aside from his constant defensive power, Kaido can only use about half of his strength."
"His muscle mass acts like a shackle, limiting his performance and leaving him helpless."
Kizaru spoke seriously, "And muscle rage is the technique Kaido uses to unleash his full power."
"By releasing large amounts of a certain hormone, it activates his cells, making them both tough and flexible, thus breaking the bonds and exploding with maximum power."
Just like an ordinary person wearing heavy armor, no matter how much he resists, he can't overcome the weight of the armor. Muscle rage is like a unique stimulant that allows him to ignore that weight and unleash his full power!
That's why Kaido is known as "the strongest in duels"!
If it were just about an unbreakable defense, why not call him "the strongest defense"?
Defense is only one part of him, attack is the other.
He can take a hit, and he can hit hard.
Combining the two makes him "Strongest in Duels"!
"Of course, the burst state can't last long, otherwise Kaido would be invincible and no one could defeat him."
Kizaru suddenly spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders.
Even if Kaido went into a muscular rage, it did not matter to him.
Because he was fast!
Not only in the short distance but also in the long distance.
The Glint-Glint Fruit gave him super-speed movement, making him unbeatable even among the fastest-flying Zoan types.
He was undoubtedly the king of evasion before Rowen came along!
Kaido can take hits and hit hard...but he can't hit!
This is very frustrating.
As the two of them talked, the situation on the battlefield reversed.
Akainu, who had been constantly pressuring Kaido with combo attacks, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward. The air was marked by the wind pressure channel left by a huge, fast-moving object, and only after everything happened did the magma pool erupt with a deafening sonic boom.
Boom!!!
There were no fancy tricks, just exaggerated defense, exaggerated strength, and exaggerated speed.
It was like a runaway tank, smashing through everything with its body!
"Damn it!"
Akainu knew that this blow had broken at least three of his ribs.
Ignoring the intense pain, Akainu raised his hands and made a handstand on the ground, gathering his strength before launching himself backward.
Boom!
In an instant, the spot was struck by Kaido's blow.
Magma and stone fragments splattered in a radial pattern, and the force created a spiderweb-like crater over ten meters in diameter.
In the Cake Island battle, Dante had to use all of his power to cause such destruction, but for Kaido, it was just a casual blow.
However, the increasingly bright crimson light in the crater made Kaido narrow his eyes.
"Not good, something's wrong underground!"
Boom!
Just as Kaido thought that, erupting magma blew him away.
It turned out that Akainu had used his awakening power to corrode the ground the moment he landed, burying a "bomb" of magma underground!
Kaido's blow had triggered its detonation.
"Great opportunity!"
Akainu's eyes lit up.
Kaido's muscular rage couldn't last long and Akainu knew that he couldn't keep up with his speed. Only continuous suppression could buy time.
With that thought, Akainu clenched his fists, and magma gathered around them. The ground beneath his feet turned bright red-orange, making him look like a demon from Lava Hell, radiating endless ferocity.
Dai Funka - Great Eruption!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dark night sky was filled with the repeated muffled sounds of explosions as bright columns of magma shot straight at Kaido, knocking him back again.
"Don't even think about it!"
Knowing what Akainu was trying to do, Kaido's big bull-like eyes bulged as he suddenly shook in the air. His wild, unbridled haki scattered the approaching magma columns, allowing him to escape.
Thud!
The moment Kaido's feet touched the ground, he immediately charged forward like a mad bull to prevent Akainu from using his fruit powers to suppress him further.
In the face of Kaido's raging power, which shattered the atmosphere like glass, the pure muscle-powered tremors were far more intimidating than Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Undoubtedly, Akainu would be severely injured if this attack hit him, even if he didn't die.
Although the difference in power between the Admirals and Yonko wasn't significant, the special cards Yonko held often determined the outcome of the battle.
Could Akainu dodge Kaido's attack?
White Beard, Red Hair, Rowen, Kizaru, and countless other pirates who were watching, all of their eyes were fixed on the powerful figure who maintained his punching posture.
They wanted to know the answer.
However...
"Kaido lost."
Rowen suddenly murmured, startling everyone.
In the next moment, as if to confirm his words, magma fountains erupted violently around Akainu, turning the world into a sea of fire.
Hunks of land dissolved in the magma. Faced with the fruit power of a top Logia user, the indestructible island crumbled like dough, powerless to resist.
Most importantly, the collapsing ground destroyed all land within a one-kilometer radius of Akainu, leaving Kaido without a foothold.
(End of this chapter)