Golden beams continuously erupted from behind Ishtar, bombarding Big Mom and her Sweet Commanders, turning the rooftop of Onigashima into a shattered wasteland.
While Zyhark and Kaido had been restraining their strength to avoid excessive collateral damage, the second goddess didn't have any such considerations.
Enemy or ally, to Ishtar, it didn't matter—they all took the brunt of her wrath! Under her relentless barrage, the elite members of the Four Emperors' crews could do little more than frantically dodge, lest they meet their ancestors in the afterlife.
Finally, with King in the lead, the three All-Stars abandoned all reservations about Yamato's status, transforming into their Ancient Zoan forms to join the fray.
Golden beams, lightning flames, ice blasts, mochi missiles, and laser blasts…
Powerful attacks erupted like cheap fireworks, the impacts fueled by devastating energy bursts. Ultimately, it was the rooftop itself that bore the brunt of the chaos, collapsing with a thunderous crash.
Rock crumbled, sand and rubble fell, burying any unlucky pirates who hadn't escaped in time.
Yet, the clash of powerful foes didn't end there. Now, their battlefield had shifted within Onigashima!
High above, Zyhark and Kaido both noticed the disturbance on Onigashima, but their eyes remained fixed on each other, neither willing to lose focus.
"Hah… hah… Just as I thought, Zyhark," Kaido panted heavily, his intense gaze locked on Zyhark. "Your little energy-thieving trick is finally reaching its limit, isn't it?"
After their prolonged, intense clash, Kaido's once-indomitable body was now covered in wounds.
His dragon scales were soaked in crimson blood—both his own and Zyhark's. Despite his powerful recovery ability as a Mythical Zoan, he was finally beginning to show signs of exhaustion.
"True enough, but before that happens, I will defeat you!" Zyhark replied, his own state far from ideal, his body bloodied with several broken ribs.
As Kaido had surmised, Zyhark's absorption ability had reached its peak threshold. Any further use would result in a dangerous backlash.
This meant that from now on, his stamina would sharply decline.
"You cocky brat! Not a chance!" Kaido roared, dark red lightning crackling around him as he unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
"I've got other matters to tend to afterward, so Kaido, let's settle this with one final move!"
Seeing Kaido's stamina finally waning, Zyhark decided to end the battle in the simplest, most direct way possible.
"Fine by me!" Kaido agreed without hesitation.
In the next instant, his body flared with fiery clouds as he transformed back into his enormous Azure Dragon form, his scales igniting with blazing flames.
Accompanied by explosions of Conqueror's Haki, his fiery red aura set the entire sky alight, as if hell itself had descended.
This was Kaido's ultimate, hidden technique…
The Great Flame Dragon Torch!
"There can only be one king of this sky! Show me your ultimate lightning, Zyhark!" Kaido roared as the Flame Dragon, fully expecting Zyhark to retaliate with an immense Haki-infused lightning strike.
But this time, the top-tier ruler would be sorely mistaken.
As Kaido's immense fiery form loomed, Zyhark slowly raised his right arm, grasping into the void to pull forth a unique golden key.
With a subtle twist of his wrist, the key connected to a deep red pattern emanating divine energy, emerging from the crack in space.
After a moment's pause, the red markings covering the sky contracted rapidly.
When the light coalesced into a single point, Zyhark held a strange short sword adorned with spinning deep crimson runes.
(The Sword of Rupture "Ea" is a divine weapon of incredible power. Its golden hilt and guard frame a cylindrical blade in three segments, each able to rotate independently, symbolizing heaven, earth, and the underworld. Its sheer might can cleave the world itself, rendering it nearly impossible to defend against without equivalent destructive force.)
"What… What kind of weapon is that?!"
Kaido's dragon eyes narrowed, feeling an unmistakable sense of dread radiating from the blade.
The energy it contained was so overwhelming that even in his "ultimate form," Kaido couldn't shake a sense of fear!
Despite the imminent danger, Kaido was undeterred, encasing himself in every last ounce of Haki as he charged straight at Zyhark.
"I am Kaido of the Beasts!"
Before Kaido's attack could reach him, Zyhark, his skin melting under the searing heat, raised the rapidly rotating Enuma Elish.
"I'll remember your name forever, Kaido! Now, take this!"
With a powerful shout, Zyhark leveled the blade toward the oncoming fire dragon.
"Star of Creation That Splits Heaven and Earth, Enuma Elish!"
"Ascending Dragon Flame Bagua!!"
The two incomprehensibly powerful energies collided mid-air, illuminating the sky with a blinding light that made even the sun pale in comparison.
A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky, followed by an earth-shaking explosion!
The sheer impact turned Onigashima's rooftop to ash, erasing it without a trace.
The ocean quaked violently, the destructive force reverberating as far as the shores of Wano and even into the distant open seas.
Terrified Wano citizens knelt in prayer, begging the gods for mercy in the face of this apocalypse.
If those unaware of Kaido and Zyhark's battle were this petrified, the pirates who had come to watch from afar were even more horrified.
As witnesses to this world-shaking clash, there was only one thought on their minds:
Run!
As far and fast as they could!
Down on Onigashima's lower levels, the ongoing battle between Big Mom, the Beast Pirates, Ishtar, and Yamato came to a halt, their attention drawn to the terrifying spectacle above.
With the roof now gone, their view of the sky was unobstructed. All eyes were fixated on the storm-ridden battlefield, filled with surging red lightning and an immense, swirling vortex.
A figure plummeted from the center of the vortex, crashing heavily into the ground between the two sides.
A gentle breeze swept away the dust, revealing a twisted pair of demon horns.
Lying in a deep crater, with his eyes rolled back and his consciousness entirely shattered, was none other than Kaido.
In the ultimate clash of the strongest, the victor…
Was Zyhark, the Thunder of Extreme Evil!
(End of Chapter)
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