Dominance!

"Oh, giving up?"

Kaido looked up at Nicholas in the sky.

For powerhouses like them who relied on physical strength, the effectiveness of area attacks was far inferior to single-target attacks.

"You finally realize that it's just a waste of effort."

Kaido, who had accumulated quite a bit of anger, looked up at Nicholas in the sky with disdain.

That lofty posture of Nicholas made Kaido especially uncomfortable.

To Kaido, those large-scale attacks seemed terrifying, but the wide range meant the power was spread thin.

So even though the thunderstorm barrage just now gave a suffocating sense of oppression, in Kaido's eyes, it posed no threat at all.

In fact, that was the case.

Although the thunder spear formation seemed intimidating, it couldn't break through Kaido and Charlotte Linlin's defenses.

As Kaido hovered in the air, gazing at the diminutive Nicholas in the distance, he let out a hearty laugh. He had to admit that the battle with Nicholas was quite satisfying.

"Wororororo, what a delightful battle! But relying solely on abilities won't dominate the world! This world has its own rules, and only dominance can surpass everything!"

With Kaido's words, a dense Haki began to spread rapidly from the tip of the divine dragon's nose, quickly spreading across his massive body. In an instant, the once blue dragon had turned into an armored giant dragon shimmering with metallic luster.

Nicholas, looking at Kaido's armored giant dragon form, couldn't help but sigh in resignation.

"Why... do you always like to cover yourself in this wide range of Armament Haki? By the way... is this necessary?"

Throughout his journey, Nicholas had fought many top-tier powerhouses, but he had never seen such a large-scale coverage of Armament Haki.

Of course, if Bullet, who is looking for Roger all over the world, was here, he would have spread the armament haki to every corner of the Flower capital and brag to Nicholas.

It was necessary, after all, it looked fierce.

It should be noted that even in the New World, many people couldn't achieve full-body coverage of Armament Haki.

But in Nicholas's eyes, covering an entire island with Armament Haki was indeed a bit foolish.

It wasn't that the larger the coverage of Armament Haki, the better. Perhaps it was formidable for clearing out the small fry, but for real powerhouses, it only exposed their weaknesses.

It was like when Bartholomew Kuma, as Pacifista, started a battle against the Supernovas and basically bullied them like children.

Even Monkey D. Luffy in Gear two got beaten like a pig, even directly beaten to near-death.

Although later, due to the combined fruit ability, his size increased, and under that wide range of Armament Haki, he looked even more dominant.

But undoubtedly, after the originally powerful Armament Haki spread over a large area, it became as fragile as paper.

If Bullet were here, there might be some common ground with Kaido.

But now—

Kaido, enveloped in Armament Haki, charged towards Nicholas.

It seemed like he intended to crash Nicholas to death. After all, being covered in Armament Haki meant that even if Nicholas used Elementalization, he would still be injured if hit.

For a moment, all that could be seen was Kaido's massive body, charging through the air like an uncontrollable train.

Nicholas, constantly dodging, was getting a little bored.

But he understood.

In this situation, even if they fought here for days and nights, they wouldn't easily determine the outcome.

Kaido naturally understood this as well.

But he didn't mind seeing Nicholas waste his energy. After all, in their view, it was two against one, and the advantage was on their side.

Outside the battlefield.

The crews of the Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates looked at the sky with silent horror, realizing that they couldn't be of any help in such a high-level battle.

But now it seemed impossible to determine the outcome even after a while, and standing here made them look foolish.

"How about we go capture those guys from the Kozuki family? Kaido would surely be delighted to see them."

"Good idea."

Inside the battlefield.

Nicholas, constantly dodging, was also getting a little impatient.

And then, from the direction of Hakimai, a terrifying wave of fluctuations spread, so powerful that even Kaido, playing the role of the Train King in the sky, and Charlotte Linlin, the onlooker below, subconsciously looked over.

Turning his head towards the direction of Hakimai, Nicholas's face broke into a smile.

"Finally done, huh? Then..."

Nicholas looked towards Kaido's direction.

The commotion from Hakimai was obviously the sign that Vista and the others had already dealt with the opponents. So as long as June and the others came over, he would have no worries.

Nicholas's change was naturally noticed by Kaido.

"Hehehe, it seems like they've failed..."

Kaido chuckled, but his eyes showed a chilling light.

And almost simultaneously, a purple thunder enveloped Kaido's body, while he drove the swirling wind blades around him, charging towards Nicholas at ultra-high speed.

Meanwhile, below, Charlotte Linlin wielded the massive Napoleon sword, sending out waves of imposing shockwaves, trying to block Nicholas's path and create opportunities for Kaido.

Feeling overwhelmed by the surging waves of anger and killing intent, Nicholas remained calm and unaffected.

In his eyes, any futile anger was just the rage of incompetence.

"Since you say dominance is everything..."

Nicholas's eyes gleamed with determination as he gazed at the charging Kaido.

"Then I'll use dominance to defeat you!"

Each word was pronounced with confidence and determination.

Hearing this, Kaido's eyes narrowed, his heart surging with a mixture of anger and killing intent.

But what followed was an indescribable rage.

Abandoning his signature ability and instead confronting him with Armament Haki, was Nicholas mocking him?

At this moment, Kaido felt like there was a volcano erupting in his chest, needing to vent.

Kaido's face twisted almost to the point of breaking his teeth.

"Nicholas!!! You bastard!!!"

The almost teeth-shattering voice echoed throughout the sky above Wano.

On the ground, the crews of the Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates looked at each other with horrified expressions, speechless.

Inside the arena, silence reigned.

On a distant high mountain, three towering figures clad in white robes and wearing strange masks stood silently, gazing at the devastated Flower Capital in the distance.

"What an extraordinary battle."

"That guy has become even stronger."

"Fighting against two monsters alone, tsk, is he a monster surpassing monsters? I really want to go and take him down."

"..."

"..."

Seeing the silence of the two seniors, the newcomer who had spoken about taking down Nicholas felt puzzled.

"If you're looking for death, go ahead, but stay away from us so you don't splatter us with your blood."

"Hehe... youth is a wonderful thing. It reminds me of the newcomer who once said he'd take down Whitebeard. Let's see, it's about time he was fed to the fishes by Whitebeard, isn't it?"

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