Kaido's colossal dragon form towered over the sky, flames gathering at the edges of his maw. Shanks stood deep within the crater, his expression heavy as he sensed the danger swelling above him.
He launched himself into the air without hesitation.
"You idiots! What are you waiting for? Run! I'm not letting you die here in Wano!"
Even as a fellow Emperor, this was the first time Shanks had truly felt threatened by Kaido. He had underestimated him , and badly.
"Captain, you're underestimating us! We can handle this level of attack!"
Fatty Lucky Roo gulped down the rest of his roasted meat, drew his pistol, and fired a shot straight through King's skull.
One of Kaido's All-Stars , the Wildfire King , died instantly.
And then the true disaster descended.
Kaido's breath erupted, expanding into a world-devouring sea of fire as it surged toward Shanks high in the sky.
The overwhelming heat hit Shanks head-on.
This was the only thought echoing through his mind:
What terrifying power…
Zoan users had special abilities, but Mythical Zoans were on a completely different tier. Kaido's Azure Dragon Breath gathered storm clouds and lightning as it descended, transforming the skies over Wano into something out of the apocalypse.
But Shanks' blade rose like an immovable wall.
Even an attack that looked like a natural disaster breaking loose across heaven and earth , he split cleanly in half.
The sundered flames crashed to the earth.
Everything they touched melted instantly.
The village already destroyed in the first clash was wiped from existence. Now, hundreds of miles of land collapsed into molten lakes. A full ten percent of Wano's territory turned into blistering magma pits.
King had died in front of him. Rage had swallowed Kaido's sanity whole.
This single breath annihilated half of Wano's outlying villages.
Every viewer in the livestream felt their hearts seize.
Kaido's physical toughness was already absurd, but now he could transform into a dragon and unleash these breath attacks?
The shock was indescribable.
Genos froze.
His own flames were child's toys compared to this creature's dragon breath.
Even if Dr. Kuseno stuffed him full of missile launchers, he still wouldn't reach this kind of destructive output.
"Master Saitama! That thing! It's way beyond Dragon-level! How can something like that exist?!"
If that swordsman in the sky hadn't cut the breath in half, half the island would already be gone.
The scale of destruction was monstrous.
"It really is destructive…" Saitama admitted. "A guy who kills without caring about life? That's a monster. If someone like that showed up in our world, I'd have to handle it."
Sasuke stared at the screen, expression twisted.
"That firepower… at least a hundred times stronger than Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame. Not even my brother could do this. Damn it… why am I so weak?"
He punched straight through the tree beside him.
He thought back to when he left Konoha , even Naruto's Rasengan back then had terrified him. The dead-last loser was stronger than him.
Now he felt that same humiliation again.
Itachi frowned in contemplation.
"Is this genjutsu…? No. His body really transformed. And that breath… that isn't fire. That's molten earth."
Compared to Majestic Destroyer Flame, this was a completely different realm of power.
Madara at the Battlefield
"Tch. Breathing fire? I can do that too."
He sneered , after all, his Majestic Destroyer Flame had shocked the entire Allied Shinobi Army.
But the moment Kaido's breath hit the ground, even Madara staggered.
This wasn't fire.
It was liquid molten earth spewing from a monster's throat.
And the chakra , it looked thicker and more primal than his own.
For a moment, Madara recalled Hashirama.
"What a terrifying creature. If possible, I'd love to fight him. I want to know… is his strength greater? Or mine?"
"Ma ma ma ma… if only Kaido would use that dragon breath to roast me a cake. I bet it'd taste amazing."
Big Mom laughed happily.
Her children, however, looked stricken.
Kaido's power… it felt way too close to their mother's when she lost control.
"Brother Katakuri… if you faced Kaido, how long could you last?"
Katakuri froze.
A dark line fell across his face.
He didn't answer.
He couldn't.
Privately, his mind already answered the question:
One hit of Thunder Bagua and he'd be out cold.
Just like how they all felt beneath their mother's overwhelming strength , nothing but endless terror.
Sengoku and Garp shared a grim look.
Kaido was stronger than before. Much stronger.
Maybe it was bloodline.
Back when he served under Rocks, Kaido never displayed this kind of monstrous might.
"The Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon," Sengoku muttered. "What a troublesome Devil Fruit…"