The fist of the left hand made a sound like bones being pulled apart due to the clenched fist.
"Haa--"
Rob let out a long breath, then stood up straight, and withdrew his left fist.
Looking up.
In the big pit in the mountain, many people were already sitting up again.
"Cough cough cough—"
After coughing for a while, Kaido held Hassaikai in one hand, covered his stomach with the other, and stood up from the ground.
Looking at Rob, Kaido said in a low voice:
"'The World's Greatest Swordsman' actually hit someone with his fist? If those guys who admire you and see you as their lifelong goal knew, many of them would be devastated!"
Hearing the words, Rob smiled disdainfully, and the Shinto in his hand twirled, pulling out a saber light, while the powerful Conqueror's Haki wrapped around the blade, and the flowing Armament Haki also covered it.
His posture lowered slightly to accumulate energy.
Rob said in a deep voice:
"Swordsmanship is what I'm good at! Hand-to-hand combat is also my hobby! Do you have any questions?"
Grinning, Kaido watched Rob, ready to explode.
His eyes flickered:
"No problem!"
Thump.
As the words fell, Kaido's figure, holding a mace, charged at Rob again. At the same time, while rushing forward, he suddenly moved to the side. In an instant, layers of dragon scales emerged, and Kaido entered his human-beast form, transforming into a taller figure with a dragon's horn on his head—a dragon-man.
Prickly——
Facing Kaido's attack, Rob exploded with purple lightning. Like a bolt of lightning, holding Shinto tightly in his hand, he directly clashed with the dragon-man Kaido!
In an instant, the two fought together again. The mace waved afterimages, the powerful Conqueror's Haki clashed. Kaido, always in full-on mode, used the Conqueror's infusion technique!
As for the fight against Haki, Rob had never been afraid. The Haki in his body was unreservedly released, whether it was Conqueror's Haki, Armament Haki, or the Observation Haki that foresaw the future. All were unreservedly released, reaching the ultimate level.
They didn't choose to fight by attacking and defending each other.
Rob held Shinto, cutting sharp white sword marks in the air, continually clashing with the mace in Kaido's hand. Both stood still, neither considering stepping back!
The fighting style of this battle was entirely different from previous battles with Whitebeard, Garp, etc.!
Whether it was Whitebeard or Garp, they all fought with a tough style, using their Haki, moves, and Devil Fruit abilities superbly. Their fighting style was intense, combining strength and combat experience!
But at this moment, fighting with Kaido felt completely different for Rob!
Kaido's fighting style was extremely simple—
Straightforward!
Onslaught!
No holding back!
Maybe it's because he's naturally strong or rarely meets a worthy opponent, so he relies on his terrifying Haki, explosive strength, speed, and Devil Fruit ability to fully enhance his physical body.
Kaido's style—
Simple and straightforward, violent and brutal!
But--
This fighting style was the least of Rob's worries!
Because he was never afraid of Haki, his physical fitness was not weaker than Kaido's, and with his three-line Devil Fruit abilities, he was a formidable opponent!
It can be said—
Rob and Kaido's styles are very similar, but now Rob is stronger than Kaido. So, at this moment, Rob was not afraid at all and chose the fighting style that Kaido was most familiar with.
This fierce, tough-guy head-to-head encounter made the impact even more terrifying. The hurricane roared, the ground was overturned, the sky was torn apart repeatedly, the entire island was in turmoil, and the surrounding seas churned!
Bang——
Bang
BOOM
Quickly.
Intense battle fluctuations swept across the entire island!
As for the two sides erupting in such a terrifying battle, the dragon-man Kaido grinned, and a trace of drunkenness gradually appeared on his face. In the process of head-to-head confrontation with Rob—
The shape of his dragon form changed slightly, becoming wilder, bigger, and stronger.
With the change in Kaido's dragon form, his attack power became more ferocious, his attack speed more agile, and the released Conqueror's Haki even larger and more violent!
Kaido at the moment—
Entered his strongest special state - Drunken Dragon Bagua.
"Is this starting to go all out? Drunken Dragon Bagua?"
Feeling the wild and violent aura emanating from Kaido's body, Rob increased the power in his hand, raising his own Haki to another level!
Continuing the fierce clash, under the boost of the Drunken Dragon Bagua state, all the attacks of dragon-man Kaido, who seemed to be in a state of fruit awakening, came relentlessly!
Ten minutes later.
Clang——
The mace's attack was once again firmly blocked by Rob's Shinto in his hand.
Rustle.
Seemingly realizing that he couldn't firmly suppress Rob in terms of strength and speed, Kaido, in the Drunken Dragon Bagua, stepped back, his huge figure flashing.
"Heat Breath!"
As he jumped back, Kaido opened his mouth wide, exhaling a hot, scorching, terrifying breath, and bombarded Rob directly.
Swish.
Looking up and seeing Kaido's heat breath, Rob raised Shinto in his hand. With an ordinary slash, he met the sweeping hot breath, powerful enough to blast a mountain, and sliced through it.
Zheng!
The crescent-shaped slashing saber energy split Kaido's heat in an instant and continued toward Kaido without losing momentum.
"Um?!"
Kaido's eyes narrowed for a moment. Facing Rob's slash, he swung the mace in his hand, striking hard, deflecting the slash toward the sky.
Sa——
Just when Kaido deflected the slash that split his heat, Rob's figure had already arrived in front of him.
Zheng!
Shinto, entwined with Conqueror's Haki, slashed upwards, directly targeting Kaido's body!
Swish.
Kaido quickly retreated again to dodge. As the saber missed, the sharp edge slashed toward the sky, and then the aura of the saber exploded like fireworks.
Just dodging the slash, before Kaido could breathe a sigh of relief—
Bang.
Rob's body whirled around, entangled with Conqueror's Haki, delivering a ferocious kick. He kicked Kaido fiercely, sending him flying like a cannonball, smashing into the mountains and forest!
Bang.
After the body hit the forest, creating a large crater on the ground, dragon-man Kaido got up quickly.
Eyes suddenly dignified:
"The speed is too fast, beyond the limit of my Observation Haki perception? No... that's not it! I can't even foresee the 'future'! It must be some other ability at work!"
"That guy has completely disappeared from my Observation Haki perception. I can't even see the 'future' about him. In other words, I can only rely on my eyes to catch his attacks."
While pondering this.
Dragon-man Kaido stood up again, rushing toward the direction where he was hit and flew without any fear!
Focusing on Rob with a determined gaze:
"To capture his attack and defend, its too troublesome!"
"I need to proactively attack and control the rhythm of the battle in my own hands! As long as I figure out how he 'disappeared' from my Observation Haki, there will be no problem!"
With one foot crushing the ground, dragon-man Kaido leapt from the sky. The mace in his hand attracted lightning, entangled with Conqueror's Haki, and descended on Rob like a falling meteorite!
"Kosanze Ragnaraku!"
Kaido roared loudly, swinging the mace with full power.
Lunge and stand firm.
Faced with Kaido's attack from the sky, Rob's eyes were serious and focused.
Shinto in his hand groaned softly, then Rob gripped it tightly with both hands. Facing dragon-man Kaido's attack, he slashed upwards with a ferocious black lightning strike, cutting from bottom to top!
Boom
Another collision in the air, the space between Hassaikai and Shinto exploded, distorting the sunlight, and the violent impact raged, destroying the forest instantly.
Bang——
With Rob at the center, the land within hundreds of meters, except for the ground directly under Rob's feet, was blown up and overturned, creating a massive crater on the battlefield.
After a moment of stalemate.
The muscles in Rob's hands swelled, blue veins bulging, and with immense force, he lifted dragon-man Kaido with a single blow.
Swish!
While sending Kaido flying, Rob watched his figure in the air. Shinto twirled in his hand, bringing out a sharp sword light.
Next moment--
He slashed directly towards Kaido's figure:
"Phantomless Sword!"
This strike—
In dragon-man Kaido's eyes, judging by the posture, force, speed, and movement of the swing, it seemed ordinary, as if Rob was playing with him!
However, when Rob actually swung the knife, the presence of it made Kaido's hairs stand on end!
Daring not to hesitate, he raised Hassaikai and swung a terrifying blow towards the empty space. Using the recoil, Kaido barely dodged the knife before it could land on him.
But half of Kaido's beard, like a dragon's mane, was cut off directly.
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