The so-called Thunderous Bagua.
To put it bluntly, it's just Kaido's basic attack, but imbued with extremely high-quality Conqueror's Haki, capable of shattering the Five Emperors' dreams with a single blow.
In comparison, "The Third World: Inducing Naraku" is a move named after the Four Great Myoko...
This truly is Kaido's ultimate move!
"Are you finally serious, Kaido?"
Shano grinned. Facing the terrifying, overwhelming thunder, he didn't dodge or even attempt a counter-punch. Instead, he laughed heartily and opened his arms!
Last year on Judicial Island,
after initially mastering Conqueror's Haki, he incorporated it into actual combat, creating his ultimate killer move, "God's Punishment." Kaido blocked it with a single blow of his chest.
The sheer numerical strength of his physical body was truly astounding.
Now, with the passage of time...
it was his turn to test Kaido's ultimate move!
Boom—!!!
Purple-black and black-red lightning flashed and mingled, encircling the mace. With devastating force, it slammed down heavily on Shano's mighty chest!
Boom!
With a resounding thud, Shano groaned, and his massive body instantly flew backward like a kite with a broken string.
After shattering a dozen rocky mountains, it finally crashed into the rooftop of a massive castle a thousand meters away.
The Black Queen, who was muttering something to herself in the mirror in her bedroom, was instantly blasted to pieces. The room collapsed, stirring up a cloud of dust.
For a long moment, there was no sound.
This story world seemed to be silent for a moment.
Kaido fell from the sky, landing on the ground below the castle. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked up coldly at the smoke and dust.
The next moment...
Crash!
The castle shook violently, sending countless rubble scattering. A massive, five-meter-tall behemoth leaped from within, baring its teeth and screaming.
"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts... It hurts so badly! It hurts like hell!"
"Stop that nonsense!"
Kaido roared, eyes wide open, pointing his mace forward, veins throbbing on his forehead. "You bastard, aren't you completely fine?!"
"Huh, have you been seen through?"
Shano emerged from the smoke and dust, his figure gradually becoming clearer.
He nonchalantly placed his right hand on his neck and twisted it, then lowered his head to glance at the bloody dent on his chest, grinning.
"It does hurt a bit, though. Your old man's club is much more powerful than Kizaru's Ame-no-Kame no Murakumo!"
Even without the Blue Dragon Fruit, Kaido's physique and toughness were among the best in the world, but so what?
Using his flesh and blood as a furnace, he has been training his body day and night for nearly ten years. His body has also become extremely strong!
This level of so-called unique skills...
As expected, he can also withstand it with his body alone!
"Uh-huh! There must be a limit to arrogance, you little brat!"
Kaido smiled grimly, and his mace creaked in his grip. "If you have the guts, don't attack, just rely on your body to withstand it! Who do you think you are? Joy Boy?"
Joy Boy is no match for him...
This style of absolute confidence in his own body and contempt for the enemy was clearly his privilege in the past!
When will it be someone else's turn, this bastard!!!
The frustration within him seemed to desperately need to be released, causing his chest to swell like a balloon, and a fiery dragon's breath gathered in his throat—
"Hot Breath!!!"
A pillar of fire several meters in diameter erupted. Wherever it passed, the earth and the towering ancient castle instantly erupted in flames, annihilating them, revealing a blurry purple-black sky behind.
"So you don't need to transform into a dragon to use this move!"
Shano raised an eyebrow, intrigued. He smiled, and instead of avoiding, he charged forward!
His right leg split the waves of fire like a battle axe, his black hair dancing wildly in the heat. In the instant he split the air, his body had already rushed towards Kaido.
His left fist, several times larger than an ordinary human's head, smashed into Kaido's head like a meteorite!
"Your club is just so-so!" Shano laughed wildly. "Now it's time to experience my full-strength blow, Kaido!"
The moment the words rang out, a cross-shaped crimson light shone from the tip of his fist, blindingly bright, almost illuminating the entire shattered sky!
This move was...
Kaido's pupils shrank.
"Galaxy... Impact!"
Boom!
Snap!
The muffled sound of a dented cheekbone and the crisp crack of a broken nose echoed almost simultaneously!
A torrent of blood gushed from Kaido's nostrils, and the punch sent him flying backwards.
Withstanding such immense force at close range is difficult to recover from quickly, sending him flying at least several hundred meters, and Kaido was no exception.
But mid-flight, he swerved and hurled his mace at Shano!
"Roaring Thunder Bagua!!!"
The attack came suddenly. Shano crossed his arms to block. Black and red lightning woven into a web across his body, and the terrifying impact caused him to slide. His feet plowed two deep furrows in the scorched earth.
Before he could regain his balance, a terrifying wind pressure came from above. Kaido descended from the sky like a demon, reaching out to grab the Eight Trigrams and striking down again!
"Too slow!"
Shano growled, his figure dodging like a ghost. His mace slammed into the ground, brushing past his ear. He had already grabbed Kaido's right wrist and kneed his arm!
Crack!
With a teeth-grinding sound of bone cracking, Kaido's entire right arm twisted unnaturally.
But the devil-like monster ignored him. Laughing wildly, he took advantage of the momentum and spun around, his left elbow laced with wind and lightning, smashing into Shano's temple with all his might!
"Uh-huh-huh-huh! That last attack was just a feint, you fell for it, Shano!"
Such a blow was unavoidable.
BANG!
Hit in the vitals, a large swathe of Shano's skin was scraped open, a spray of blood splashed across his face, and his vision blurred for a moment.
But only for a moment!
His eyes closed and then opened again, and Shano's face was horrible. He opened his arms and embraced Kaido's waist, his muscles flexing like a volcano erupting.
"Smash it... for me!!!"
BOOM!!!
The five-meter-two giant threw the seven-meter-seven monster over his shoulder and slammed it into the ground. The terrifying shockwaves rippled outward, exploding in a circular pattern.
The fierce battle between the two sides finally reached its limit, and the already shattered world could no longer withstand it.
The ground around the entire castle crackled and shattered like a shattered mirror.
Shano, following Kaido, fell into darkness.
The wind whistled in his ears, as if he were plummeting into a bottomless abyss...
Meanwhile, outside,
everyone was staring intently at the flickering text when suddenly, flames erupted, burning a dozen pages before dissipating on their own.
"Whoa! What's going on?"
Bonnie and Nami both recoiled in fear.
Bigmom's unfriendly gaze immediately turned to Mondor.
"This has nothing to do with me, Mom. It's just that those two made such a fuss that the world in that chapter couldn't handle it and was completely destroyed,"
Mondor complained, then hastily assured, "But don't worry, this is my largest tome yet. There are still many worlds left, more than enough for those two to mess with..."
"Really? You better be so sure."
Bigmom sneered.
It had only been an hour since Kaido and Shano started fighting!
This foolish, ignorant son, did he think they were fighting people of his own caliber?
Did he have any idea how long monsters like them, at the pinnacle of the world, could fight before their strength ran out?
—
Falling, still falling.
The darkness was endless, seemingly swallowing everything.
But then, the next second—
hum!
Dazzling neon lights suddenly illuminated, and the roar of engines, horns, and the clamor of people flooded into his ears like a tide.
Shano's eyes snapped open and he looked around, realizing he was plummeting through the night sky.
Below him lay the bustling modern city, countless skyscrapers rising like a steel forest, the streets crisscrossed with cars and pedestrians swarming like ants.
"Oh? Entering the next chapter of the book?"
Shano's eyes flickered with a rare flicker of nostalgia, and his lips curled into a smile. "Where did you collect this folk tale? It's quite similar to Earth!"
But that's not surprising.
The pirate world is filled with countless islands, each with vastly different levels of technological advancement. People in different places have countless wildly different fantasy worlds.
Compared to the futuristic, sci-fi look of Egghead Island, this story world before them isn't particularly surprising.
Boom!
The two men crashed onto a wide road, the asphalt instantly crumbling. The shockwave overturned a dozen speeding cars, and pedestrians screamed in terror, fleeing in all directions.
"Ugh! Interesting! What the hell is this time?"
Kaido skillfully somersaulted from the ground, wiping the blood from his mouth as he surveyed his surroundings.
Ever since his youth, he'd been finding places to jump from ten thousand meters high, a habit he'd developed.
Such heights were nothing to him.
Shano, however, lay in a deep pit, tilting his neck slightly in discomfort before finally rising.
A heavy truck happened to be parked nearby, and he grabbed it with one hand. With a smirk, he casually threw it across the street, intently staring at the giant screen at the intersection.
"What's so good about a place like this? Now's not the time to be distracted, Kaido!"
Boom!
Kaido stumbled forward a few steps after being hit by the truck, but he quickly regained his balance, snorted in displeasure, turned around, and swung his mace fiercely.
Boom!
Shano was sent flying backwards by the mace, crashing into a red and white television tower. The tower twisted and broke, slowly toppling over.
Then, it instantly transformed into countless blurry blocks and vanished.
The large screens on the walls of several surrounding buildings, originally broadcasting the news, suddenly lost their signal, and a flash of snowflakes appeared.
"Is it just like the last world, disappearing completely?"
Shano stepped out of the ruins of the base and glanced at the defunct TV tower.
Only then did he get a clear look at the people around him.
Many of them had the same figure and clothing, with the same models and styles, as if they were copied and pasted in batches. The pixels were extremely low, and the faces were completely devoid of any features.