"King, have you been defeated?"
After Kaido, in his dragon form, drove off the golden Buddha with a blast of heat, he glanced in King's direction.
Subsequently, the massive dragon body instantly transformed into a more agile dragon-human hybrid form in mid-air.
The wolf-fanged club in his hand was wrapped in terrifying black-purple electric arcs as he swung fiercely towards Sengoku.
The clash between the golden fist and the wolf-fanged club continuously sparked black-red electric arcs.
The murderous intent emanating from both Sengoku and Kaido seemed tangible, spreading outwards through the collision of Conqueror's Haki.
The battle between top-tier powerhouses on the open sea caused the heavens and earth to tremble.
In his smaller dragon-human form, Kaido, amidst the standoff with Sengoku, suddenly opened his mouth, and a blazing fire surged in his throat.
As the top-tier Mythical Zoan fruit user, whether in dragon or human-dragon form, Kaido effortlessly wielded the elemental abilities of the Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon.
"Heat Breath!"
A flame breath charged with destructive heat power shot straight towards Sengoku's head.
Facing Kaido's attack, Sengoku reacted swiftly, almost abandoning the clash the moment Kaido's Heat Breath brewed, dodging to one side.
Boom!
Though the terrifying Heat Breath missed Sengoku, it headed towards the Marine fleet.
As the terrifying Heat Breath was about to pierce through the entire Marine fleet, Sakazuki, who had been standing quietly beside vice Vice Admiral Tsuru, finally moved.
Without a word, Sakazuki went straight to the bow of the ship and raised both hands high towards the approaching Heat Breath, palms facing directly towards it.
Hiss...
Then, from Sakazuki's palms, a powerful Armament Haki surged out, converging into a semi-circular shield that blocked in front of the Marine fleet.
The terrifying Heat Breath then slammed into the shield formed by Sakazuki's advanced Armament Haki, deflecting towards both sides like a dam against a sea current.
Boom!
Carrying the terrifying high-temperature heat, the Heat Breath slammed against Sakazuki's shield of advanced Armament Haki.
Apart from rapidly raising the surrounding temperature, it achieved nothing more.
Sengoku glanced at the distant fleet.
Sakazuki's ability to block Kaido's attack was within Sengoku's expectations; after all, Sakazuki was one of the Navy's next-generation monsters.
Moments later, the Heat Breath dissipated, leaving only residual warmth in the air, indicating the site had encountered a terrifying attack.
Sakazuki, having completed everything, quietly returned to Vice Admiral Tsuru's side.
"That's truly a fearsome fellow, isn't he, Sakazuki?"
On the warship's deck, Vice Admiral Tsuru looked at Sengoku and Kaido clashing with each other and spoke to Sakazuki standing beside him.
"The outcome was predetermined. This was just futile struggling."
Looking at Kaido in the sky and the Warlords of the Sea in the distance, Sakazuki spoke coldly.
"Sakazuki, who do you think is more important, the World Government or the Navy?"
Tsuru stood on the deck, his Justice cloak rustling in the wind blowing from afar.
"The World Government and the Navy are no different to me. What's most important to me is eliminating pirates!"
Hearing Sakazuki's words, a smile appeared on Tsuru's lips. "I see. Then, get ready. I wonder how many of the Warlords of the Sea will be buried in the North Sea this time with Kaido."
As Tsuru finished speaking, the surrounding vice admirals began using Den Den Mushi to relay orders.
Indeed, according to the Navy's plan, this time in the North Sea, not only would they eliminate the entire Beasts Pirates crew daring to enter the Four Seas, but they would also use this opportunity to destroy the World Government's Warlords of the Sea program.
Meanwhile, Sengoku and Kaido clashed once again. The golden Buddha's palm and the wolf-fanged club clashed once more, sparking fiercely.
The clash between the two great Mythical Zoan users seemed like a myth come to life.
The black-red electric arcs representing the clash of Conqueror's Haki continued to appear in the void around them.
The raging shockwaves, centered around the two, swept outwards relentlessly.
Wherever they passed, the sea churned and waves crashed violently.
Many fish unable to escape were rendered unconscious by the Conqueror's Haki shockwaves, flipping on the surface of the sea.
The deadlock only lasted a moment.
Sengoku used the force from the Buddha's Impact to forcefully repel Kaido.
Being pushed back, Kaido retaliated directly with a Vajra Arrow, a move named after one of the Four Kings.
Facing the oncoming cylindrical impact, Sengoku raised his palm directly, using shockwaves to crush it.
"Hehehe, they call you a strategist, yet you fight like a monster. You're quite the tricky fellow," Kaido said.
Sengoku remained silent in response to Kaido's words, staring coldly at him.
Thud.
The colossal Buddha stepped on the air.
With a resounding boom, the air burst.
Leveraging the massive thrust, the golden Buddha moved like lightning towards Kaido.
As he rushed forward, he raised his palm to accumulate power.
Impact of the Buddha!
In the midst of his charge forward, Sengoku unleashed a mighty shockwave towards Kaido.
Carrying a dazzling light, the shockwave surged straight towards Kaido.
Facing Sengoku's attack, Kaido's eyes narrowed slightly, but he had no intention of backing down. Gripping the Eight Precepts, his arms abruptly swelled and thick veins spread like coiling dragons.
"Great Wrath - Thunder Bagua!"
He poured all his strength into the wolf-fanged club, then fiercely swung it at the oncoming shockwave.
In an instant.
At the forefront of the dazzling shockwave, bursts of black-purple lightning suddenly erupted.
This was Kaido's Great Wrath - Thunder Bagua, firmly blocking Sengoku's Buddha Impact!
The two forces collided and rubbed against each other in mid-air, but the wolf-fanged club and the Buddha's palm maintained a constant distance.
This was the phenomenon created by the clash of Conqueror's Haki.
In the piercing buzz of the air, neither of them yielded an inch.
After all—
At such times, retreating would weaken their momentum.
In a different battlefield.
Nicholas, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Borsalino and Issho, was also attracted to the astonishing movement from the battlefield between Sengoku and Kaido in the distance.
"No wonder they're the Navy's top Dogs. They say Sengoku is a strategist, yet he fights better than Black Arm Zephyr."
Nicholas couldn't help but admire.
Sengoku, renowned as the Navy's strategist, makes many people subconsciously overlook his combat prowess. After all, characters like Iron Fist Garp and Black Arm Zephyr are clearly more combat-oriented. Sengoku, on the other hand, is known for his strategic thinking.
To become a Navy Admiral, intelligence alone isn't enough; ultimately, one must also excel in combat. And when Sengoku fights, he's formidable.
In the arena,
Kaido looked coldly at Sengoku. Obviously, he knew that the Beast Pirates had failed.
But he was somewhat unclear about what Sengoku intended to do.
After all, besides Borsalino and Issho, who were currently fighting Nicholas, there were also Vice Admiral Sakazuki, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and several elite Vice Admirals at Marine Headquarters.
Of course, there were also those four guys.
If all these forces attacked him simultaneously, even he would undoubtedly be defeated. Yet, Sengoku had no intention of allowing them to interfere in the battle."