The pitch-black sky crackled with thunder, streaking across like a web of branching lightning as furious winds howled.

High above, the legendary Azure Dragon soared through the heavens, its massive body dominating the sky—burning wildly.

Blazing flames surged like enormous wings, their molten intensity casting a magma-like glow. The sky turned a deep, searing red, and even the surrounding air shimmered and warped under the overwhelming heat.

"The Azure Dragon... it's on fire!"

Dragon's pupils narrowed, his heart pounding violently.

Even from such a distance, he could feel the absurd heat radiating from the Azure Dragon's body. The scorching wave hit like a wall, nearly suffocating, making it hard to even draw breath.

"Kaidou... he actually developed a move this powerful?"

He couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

He'd already thought it was outrageous enough for a Mythical Zoan to fly through clouds and breathe fire. But this? Kaidou had taken his dragon form to an entirely new and terrifying level.

By cloaking himself in flames of such extreme heat, he had maximized the damage output of close combat. Even the Mera Mera no Mi wouldn't be able to reach this kind of intensity!

And it wasn't just Dragon who was stunned. The fat man in suspenders beside him had his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"Never seen a move like that before!"

"As expected of Kaidou-san! He's developed something even stronger than 'Raimei'!"

But none of them noticed—King's body had started to tremble.

"That move…"

King stared dazedly at the fire dragon's majestic and fierce silhouette, mumbling to himself.

The blazing dragon, wreathed in wild flames that filled the sky... it looked exactly like the god described in the legends of the Lunarian race!

...

Sparks drifted through the air. The ground beneath their feet could no longer bear the unrelenting heat—crackling as it dried out, splitting into a web of fine fractures.

The entire island began to tremble. The overwhelming pressure of the dragon's aura spread out in waves, subjugating everything in its path.

Daren slowly raised his head. His short black hair whipped in the scorching wind. Leaning back slightly, he held his hands up, fingers curled, the corners of his mouth twisting into a wild, uncontrollable grin.

That chilling rush of fear—the thrill of death drawing near—sent his body into overdrive. Violent arcs of lightning erupted from him, and the frequency of the Magnetic Field Rotation surged even higher.

Cells died, energy poured out unchecked. Even his eyes now crackled with flickering arcs of purple-blue electricity.

"Yes... this is the feeling!"

He laughed maniacally.

"I've got no idea why I suddenly turned into the villain—but does that even matter?"

Even Queen hadn't noticed: not far behind him, the machine tracking Daren's bio-magnetic intensity was already running at full throttle.

The numbers and icons on the display were spiking wildly, pulsing dark red—like blood.

Hearing Daren's words, Kaidou burst into a savage laugh.

"There's no such thing as heroes and villains!"

"This world has been boring for far too long. It'd be better off completely destroyed."

He raised his mountain-sized head high, as if surveying the world from above.

"Heroes, villains, justice, evil, nobles, commoners—no one has the right to define those things!"

"Dragging the so-called 'nobles'—those spoiled rulers wallowing in comfort—onto the battlefield, now that's real equality and freedom! At the very least, on that point, I agree with you, Daren, you brat! Worororo!!"

"The battle at God Valley twelve years ago... the slaughter at Godfall Island a month ago... That's what a perfect world looks like!"

"Only war can decide a person's worth! Status, bloodline, birth—none of that matters. The only thing that defines value is surviving the battlefield. Only the one left standing gets to decide who's worthy!"

The massive dragon let out a deafening roar, his vertical pupils glowing a fierce crimson through the flames.

"Funny enough... I actually agree with you!"

Daren grinned fiercely, lightning crackling ever brighter in his eyes.

With a thunderous stomp, he stepped forward.

Right foot ahead, left foot back—his clawed hands pressed gently to the ground, electricity boiling around him.

He was completely bathed in plasma, his aura surging like a storm.

Roar!

It was as if some ancient beast had howled through the void, and behind Daren, countless bolts of warped lightning twisted together, forming the shape of a thunderbeast.

"That's..."

Dragon's eyes widened in disbelief.

Amid the storm of lightning, the outline of the beast grew sharper.

The head of a dragon. The body of a lion. The claws of a silver wolf. Cold, metallic scales coated its frame, and a griffin-like tail lashed behind it... It looked like something ripped straight from legend!

And on that thunderbeast's body—

Dragon saw it. Countless techniques, fighting styles, and auras merged and surged within it.

The raw power of Ryusoken, the cruelty and plunder of Shiki, the unpredictability of the Frostshadow Silver Wolf, the wild force of the Azure Dragon, and Roger's overwhelming Haki—all clashing, all converging.

"Worororo!! What a flawless form!!"

Seeing this explosive manifestation, Kaidou didn't flinch. Instead, he laughed maniacally.

"You really are the most entertaining opponent I've ever faced!"

"Now... open your eyes and watch closely, Daren!"

Flames erupted from Kaidou's dragon body like molten magma, surging with renewed fury.

"This is my strongest—"

ROAR!!

The sky-darkening dragon let out a thunderous cry as his flaming body dove from the heavens, crashing down with force that shattered the atmosphere and split the skies.

Daren launched upward from the ground, laughing madly. His hands, posed like dragon claws, looked ready to rip the world apart. The thunderbeast behind him crackled with even sharper detail—lightning weaving its image into perfection, storm clouds raging.

"This is mine too—my strongest!"

Both auras surged to their peaks as the two titans closed the distance in an instant.

Their eyes locked—brilliant sparks exploded between them.

"One strike!!"

The two shouted together, laughing as they collided.

In the next instant—

Kaidou and Daren unleashed their full strength and unrelenting will to fight, crashing together in the sky with earth-shaking force!

"Kaen Daiko!"

"Magnetic Storm: Qilin!"

The world froze—as if reality itself had halted for a heartbeat.

Then—

A blinding white light engulfed everything.

BOOM!!

A cataclysmic roar shook the heavens like a nuclear blast. Rings of searing flame and crackling thunder burst outward, rippling through the skies and flooding the entire space above Onigashima.

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