Cut Off The Leader!

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence.

All eyes were fixed on Charlotte Linlin. She struggled a few times before lying motionless.

"Dead... She's dead?"

"Auntie is dead...?"

"Is this true? Charlotte Linlin is dead?!"

The fall of a Four Emperors in this era was monumental news. The sight of Charlotte Linlin being beheaded by Finn was an impact of terrifying magnitude.

"Crazy! You're definitely a lunatic!" Kaido was stunned at the sight of Charlotte Linlin's death.

"Don't speak too soon—your turn is next," Finn said, a faint smile curling on his lips as he swung his sword, letting the blood drip to the ground.

To Kaido, that smile looked like something from the Grim Reaper himself.

"Damn it, I'm done playing!" Kaido shouted. He had originally been confident in teaming up with Charlotte Linlin, thinking they could handle Finn. But with Linlin dead, facing Finn alone seemed impossible.

Thinking quickly, Kaido made his retreat. He was certain that Finn wouldn't be able to catch him if he ran.

Taking a step back, Kaido summoned the storm.

"Thundering Dragon Cloud Mist!"

Kaido's body crackled with lightning, weaving an electrified power grid around him. Clouds and mist erupted from his body, filling the sky with an otherworldly fog. Thunder roared from within, creating the illusion of a mystical realm above.

In the blink of an eye, Kaido had transformed the sky into a vast storm.

Once again, Kaido relied on his fruit abilities to escape Finn, just as he had before.

"Heh, do you think I'll let you pull the same trick twice?" Finn said, unfazed. With a swift motion, he pointed his right hand forward and shouted, "Sword Immortal Profound Truth, Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect!"

Countless energy swords shot out from behind Finn, crackling like snowflakes as they flew toward Kaido. With Finn's perfected Observation Haki, he could predict Kaido's movements, even in the cloud-filled chaos.

As the swords surrounded Kaido in the form of a dragon, Finn activated his Flying Thunder God Technique, appearing beside Kaido in an instant.

"Kaido, eat this!" Finn called out, his blade already raised.

"Ah! When did you get here?!" Kaido's eyes widened as he turned to face Finn, but it was too late. The sword came down, cutting deep into Kaido's back.

Zila~

Blood spilled from the wound, staining the air as Kaido howled in pain, speeding away through the mist.

But Finn wasn't done. He moved faster than Kaido, reappearing in front of him once again.

"You idiot," Finn taunted. "Taking a knife from Marshal Finn? I'll carve your pig's head off!"

Kaido tried to flee, but Finn's blade followed, slashing at his neck. Blood poured from Kaido's body as Finn closed the distance, cutting deep once more.

"You're too slow, Kaido."

The Marine forces watched in awe, witnessing the impossible unfold before them.

"Marshal Finn's power is truly terrifying!" one Marine exclaimed. "He killed Big Mom, now he's taking down Kaido! This is unreal!"

"That's right! One of them alone would have been enough to shatter the world. But now they're like pigs running for their lives!"

"Don't forget, Marshal Finn took down a Five Elders just earlier. He's invincible!"

Meanwhile, Akainu and Aokiji, having dispatched Byrnndi Wald and locked Kizaru in combat with the Red Earl, had finally freed their hands and joined forces with Kizaru. Together, they overwhelmed the Red Earl, who was a formidable Zoan-type user, but no match for three Admirals working together.

With the Red Earl falling, the pirate forces continued to crumble under the relentless pressure of the Marines.

As the battlefield tilted in favor of the Marines, the ground suddenly shook, as if the very earth itself was splitting.

"What… what's that?!" someone gasped.

"Is that... Kaido's dragon form?"

"Has Kaido been thrown down by Finn?" another pirate wondered. "Is this the end of Kaido?"

The pirates looked in horror at Kaido's massive dragon body crashing to the ground.

Kaido, battered and bloodied, pleaded, his voice quivering. "No... Don't kill me... Finn, I don't want to die."

Despite his reputation as the "strongest creature," Kaido was deeply afraid of death. His past dealings with Kozuki Oden were proof enough of that.

Finn's face was hard. "You talk about dying, but can't even pretend to be strong?"

Without hesitation, Finn swung his sword.

"Nooo!" Kaido screamed in desperation as his dragon head was cleaved from his body.

The blood flowed freely, and the mighty Four Emperors—Kaido—fell.

The final death knell had sounded.