BOOM!
An overwhelming surge of violent force exploded outward from the point where Kai and Weevil collided, sweeping across everything around them.
Bzzzt! Bzzzt!
As Armament Haki clashed against Armament Haki, dark-red sparks crackled between them like arcs of electricity, weaving around the point of impact.
The surrounding air compressed under the pressure.
For a moment, it even created the illusion that space itself was about to shatter.
Hum! Hum!
Ripples spread through the air like waves crossing a calm sea.
That alone showed just how terrifying their clash had become.
Even the currents in the air had been twisted and distorted by the monstrous force grinding against itself.
The immense power, crashing like a tidal wave, ran down through their bodies and into the deck beneath them, flooding the entire ship.
Crack! Crack!
Sharp sounds rang out again and again.
The deck could no longer withstand the force ravaging it.
Cracks spread wildly outward from the point where the two of them met.
There were more and more of them, dense as a spiderweb and just as unsettling.
RUMBLE—!
The deck beneath Kai and Weevil finally caved in under the impact. Broken planks and splintered debris flew into the air, then were caught and whipped around by the storm of force surrounding their battle.
The spinning cloud of wood fragments made the scene between the two of them look even more unreal—like two inhuman monsters fighting at the center of a storm.
The shockwave from their clash even reached the railings over a hundred meters away, crushing and cracking them apart.
The blast also scooped up the unconscious pirates sprawled across the deck, hurling them through the air like leaves caught in a tornado.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bodies slammed into different parts of the ship with heavy, dull thuds.
A few unlucky ones were even flung clear off the vessel and dropped into the sea.
Even Miss Bakkin couldn't escape the chaos.
She had no choice but to cling tightly to one of the ship's central support posts, wrapping both arms and legs around it as if her life depended on it.
Her tiny body looked as though it could be blown away at any second.
"That monster…"
"How can he be this strong?!"
"This shouldn't be possible!"
She stared at Kai as he fought Weevil, her voice trembling with terror and disbelief.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she never would have believed it.
A five-year-old child…
possessing strength like this.
Even her precious son Weevil—the man said to have the power Whitebeard possessed in his youth—couldn't suppress him quickly.
Instead, the two of them were fighting to a standstill.
Neither side could overpower the other.
Miss Bakkin found that impossible to accept.
How could a monster like this appear in the first half of the Grand Line?
Why had she never heard of him before?
When had the Marines produced something so terrifying?
"Even Weevil can't put this brat down…"
"He's far too strong!"
"He's only five, and he's already this monstrous. If a few more years pass… what kind of monster will he become?"
The mere thought made her scalp go numb.
In the middle of the battlefield, Kai's right fist—coated in Armament Haki—was still smashing directly against Weevil's descending naginata.
He gave ground to no one.
And Weevil didn't yield a single step either.
The contest of raw power between them only grew more terrifying.
RUMBLE—!
The entire deck around them was being blasted apart, collapsing downward into a shredded ruin of broken timber and flying debris.
Countless wood fragments swirled through Kai's vision, but he paid them no attention.
His eyes were fixed on Weevil, blazing with excitement.
"Yes!"
"This is how it should be!"
"This is what a real fight between men looks like!"
Kai laughed wildly.
Then he drove even more force into his right arm.
BOOM—!
That single burst of power forced Weevil back.
And the instant Weevil gave ground—
Kai's feet moved.
"Soru!"
In a flash, he disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was already behind Weevil.
"Again!"
Kai laughed like a tyrant who had fallen completely into battle-madness.
His muscles bulged, veins standing out across his body, and the savage outline of his Ghost Back made the pressure pouring off him grow heavier and heavier.
His right fist, coated in black Armament Haki, smashed down toward the back of Weevil's head.
The punch broke the sound barrier.
It came down at supersonic speed, merciless and direct.
But at the critical moment, Weevil—who had also activated Observation Haki—reacted in time.
With a furious roar, he spun around and raised his naginata in front of him.
BOOM—!
Kai's fist slammed into the blade.
Armament Haki crashed against Armament Haki once again.
RUMBLE—!
The resulting shockwave crushed everything nearby.
Barrels, casks, and loose objects across the deck were instantly blasted into splinters and dust.
An invisible wave of pressure rippled outward for more than a hundred meters from the point of their clash.
Even the sea responded.
Splash! Splash!
The ocean surface was forced into motion, rings of ripples spreading out and wave after wave rolling outward.
The rocking sea made the already shattered pirate ship sway even more violently.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Kai and Weevil's exchanges became more intense with every passing moment.
The destruction grew worse and worse.
The huge pirate ship had already been hammered into a wreck.
Crack! Crack!
More cracks spread through the deck.
Combined with the countless craters, punctures, and collapsed sections left behind by their battle—
the ship looked ready to fall apart completely at any time.
During the fight, Kai took a slash from Weevil that tore a savage wound across his abdomen and chest.
It was only a flesh wound, but blood still trickled down from it.
At the same time, Weevil also took one of Kai's punches full in the face.
That monstrous blow had broken his nose outright.
Blood streamed over his already ugly face, making him look even more vicious.
"AAAH! AAH!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
The pain in his face drove Weevil fully berserk.
Like a madman, he swung his Haki-coated naginata again and again.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
Brilliant, razor-sharp slashes flew one after another toward Kai.
Kai threw a punch.
BOOM—!
He shattered one slash outright with his fist.
The others he dodged with ease.
Those stray attacks whipped past him, ripping straight through the ship's deck.
One of them punched a huge hole through the bow structure.
The helm was destroyed.
A massive gash, over half a meter wide and dozens of meters long, was carved across the deck.
That one scar alone showed just how terrifying Weevil's slashes were.
RUMBLE—!
The ship, already battered beyond recognition, suffered even worse damage from Weevil's attacks.
Even the ship's core support structure was being destroyed.
One of the main mast supports holding up the sails was severed.
With a mast support cut through, the sail structure began tilting as if it might topple at any moment.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Kai and Weevil's clash had become the purest kind of violent struggle.
Both of them were fighting with raw physical force.
Weevil had his naginata.
Kai relied only on his fists.
There were no fancy techniques anymore.
Only continuous, brutal collisions of Armament Haki.
At this point, they were competing in two things:
the strength of their Haki—
and the strength of their bodies.
Toward the end, Kai couldn't even be bothered dodging.
When Weevil attacked, Kai simply met him head-on with both black-armored fists.
And Weevil didn't dodge either.
With the mind of a child, tactics were never his strength.
He fought on instinct alone, like a savage beast.
In terms of combat skill, he wasn't as polished as Kai.
But Weevil's greatest weapon was his body.
His physique was absurdly powerful.
No wonder he was said to possess the same kind of power Whitebeard had in his youth.
That monstrous body alone was enough to give countless strong people at sea a headache.
So Weevil's fighting style was simple.
Head-on.
Body against body.
No tricks.
No unnecessary dodging.
And that suited Kai perfectly.
Because the kind of fight Kai wanted—
was exactly the same.
To him, this was the truest form of battle between men:
a pure, frontal clash of bodies and wills.
And so, before the eyes of everyone watching—
two top-tier monsters of the sea unleashed a brutal, primal, close-range slaughter.
Anyone could see it.
This fight was thrilling to the extreme.
It made hearts pound.
It made scalps tingle.
It was a peak duel between two monsters—
a battle so fierce it shook the heavens and darkened the world.
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