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On the deck of the Numancia Flamingo.
In the span of a single heartbeat, Doflamingo and his entire crew were down.
CRACK!
Lightning tore through the sky, crashing onto the deck around Jin—a barrage ant to halt his advance.
An invisible pressure—heavy and absolute—descended upon him.
He stopped.
He looked up.
Kaido had arrived.
"ROOOOAR!"
A deafening roar ripped through the sky. From the churning clouds, the colossal head of an azure dragon erged, its massive eyes glaring down with pure fury.
"JIN!"
There was no preamble.
FWOOSH!
His fully draconic form plumted from the sky like a falling star, shifting mid-descent into his hybrid state.
VMMMM!
Kaido's massive, clawed fist, wreathed in Haki, smashed down toward Jin.
The sheer force of his Haki seed to warp the very space around them, the air shimring like a heat haze.
The deck of the ship splintered under the imnse pressure before the blow even landed.
Kaido's strength was undeniable.
Jin t it with a punch of his own.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The two fists collided with a deafening CRACK.
Sparks of black and red lightning—the signature of clashing Conqueror's Haki—erupted between them.
A visible shockwave blasted outward from the point of impact, shattering the ship's railings.
The unconscious forms of Pica, Gladius, and Baby-5 were sent skidding across the deck, tumbling toward the churning sea.
But before they could fall, a web of near-invisible strings shot out from a hole in the deck, ensnaring them and pulling them back.
Doflamingo erged, battered and bruised, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
He tilted his head, dodging a piece of shrapnel sent flying by the shockwave, his eyes fixed on the battle between Jin and Kaido.
Both n were now cloaked in an armor of pure Haki.
It was a clash of gods.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Their fists t again and again, each blow overflowing with raw power and Haki, shaking the entire ship to its core.
Doflamingo had no intention of joining the fray. He was already manipulating his strings, executing a grand escape with his crew in tow.
His priority was Dressrosa. He had to get back and quell the uprising.
Jin noted his departure from the corner of his eye but made no move to stop him. Doflamingo had too many layers of protection—too many identities—to be dealt with now.
Besides, he had Kaido.
When it ca to a one-on-one fight, he was universally acknowledged as the strongest—a monster without equal.
The Straw Hats' victory had been a battle of attrition, a series of second winds, all culminating in the chaotic arrival of Nika.
But Jin was facing him alone.
A Kaido in his absolute pri—his presence was overwhelming, his punches relentless, his power unmatched.
Just for a mont, Jin's focus shifted. Using the link from his insignia, he sent a quick warning to Law: Be careful, Doflamingo is on his way.
It was all the opening Kaido needed.
A punch smashed through his guard with the force of a battering ram.
THUD!
Jin was driven back, crashing into the mast and snapping it in two. He turned his head just in ti as Kaido's follow-up strike—a vicious clawed slash—tore the splintered remains of the mast to shreds.
It left him wide open.
Jin's fist slamd into Kaido's chest. The ferocious attack sent the massive man stumbling back, the deck cracking under his feet.
Kaido was stunned.
He felt... pain.
His body, while not as invulnerable as Linlin's, possessed an incredibly tough defense. Marine torture and executions were useless against him.
Only Kozuki Oden had ever managed to leave a permanent scar—a mory that still haunted him.
Anyone else, aside from the other Emperors and the Admirals, might as well have been tickling him.
But Jin's attack was different. It wasn't just the force—it was the piercing power behind it. It bypassed his defenses and rattled him to his very core.
The mont he regained his footing, Kaido vanished, reappearing in front of Jin in an instant.
He was famous for his "power plays," but when it ca to battle, he was always serious.
Kaido's fists were brutal and vicious, hardened with Haki, wreathed in a crimson light. After Jin blocked the blow, Kaido imdiately followed with a powerful roundhouse kick, a display of superb martial skill.
Jin sidestepped slightly and t the kick with his own.
Neither gave an inch.
To back down now would be unthinkable.
CLANG!
The impact sounded like steel striking steel.
The force of the collision sent them both stumbling back. Kaido imdiately twisted his body, and his massive dragon tail whipped around in a devastating arc.
A Divine Dragon's Tail Sweep.
Jin reacted faster than lightning. He leaped from the deck, twisting in mid-air, and lashed out with a vicious whip kick aid at Kaido's temple, the tip of his boot glowing with concentrated Haki.
The force behind it was like a siege ram.
Even Kaido was forced to duck slightly—a direct hit would have split his head open.
Seeing the opening, Jin altered his attack in an instant, bringing his leg down and smashing his heel onto Kaido's shoulder.
BOOM!
The imnse force drove Kaido straight through the deck and into the cabin below.
But in the next instant, he burst from the wreckage, his fist lashing out to et Jin's.
A torrential rain of blows followed.
Dodging was not Kaido's style. The fight devolved into a brutal, close-quarters slugfest, turning the Numancia Flamingo into swiss cheese.
Seawater poured in, and the ship began to sink.
Kaido's hybrid form rose into the air.
The Azure Dragon fruit made him the strongest creature in the sea, on land, and in the air. He was just as deadly in the sky.
"Worororo... You're a Devil Fruit user too, aren't you?" Kaido laughed, looking down at Jin on the sinking ship. "This is my domain. Let's see you fight now!"
Aerial combat.
"Don't count out just yet."
Just before the ship disappeared beneath the waves, Jin leaped.
He unleashed a sweeping kick wreathed in lightning, a searing bolt that stretched for kiloters, like the whip of a thunder god.
Kaido shot sideways through the air to dodge. But before he could steady himself, Jin was already high above him, his legs pressed together.
CHIIIIII!
He shot through the sky like a bolt of lightning, his body spinning like an indestructible, super-powered drill, aid straight for Kaido's chest.
It was a fusion of two advanced Armant Haki techniques—Spiral Force and Nail Force—combined with the power of his Devil Fruit.
Whirlwind Lightning Drill!
BOOM!
It was too fast.
In an instant, even with his advanced Observation Haki, Kaido was struck. He was sent flying through the air like a teor.
Jin landed with a soft thud, a flicker of electricity arcing from his feet.
He called it Lightning Step—a fusion of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's speed and the Six Powers' Moonwalk, allowing him to move freely through the air.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit, hailed as the strongest of the Logias, was now in the hands of soone who could bring out its full, devastating potential.
With another flicker of movent, Jin was on top of Kaido, who was still hurtling through the air miles away. He smashed another lightning-wreathed fist into him, sending him flying even farther.
A spray of blood arced through the sky.
Where the drill had struck, there was now a piercing wound, a hole punched straight through his Haki-hardened chest.
The repeated setbacks were starting to get to Kaido.
Ever since he had killed Oden, he had always been the one to dominate his opponents with his overwhelming physical power, his Haki, and his Devil Fruit.
But today, the tables had turned. He was the one being suppressed.
Jin was even stronger than he had anticipated. His physique, his fruit, his Haki, his technique... everything was brutally effective.
It was unbelievable.
How could soone so young be so powerful?
The punch, the sheer force of his Armant Haki—it was like fighting Garp.
The oppressive weight of his Conqueror's Haki—it was like facing Shanks.
His monstrous constitution—it was like brawling with Big Mom.
And the devastating power of his Devil Fruit—it felt like the pressure of Whitebeard himself...
How the hell can all of that power exist in one man??
Kaido roared in fury. He powered through Jin's attack and drew his kanabō—Hassaikai.
He swung the massive club in a powerful arc, and it collided with Jin's "Lightning Fist."
Another clash of Conqueror's Haki.
The lightning from Jin's attack arced down the tal club and onto Kaido's body.
But Kaido's fruit also gave him the ability to control fire, lightning, and wind, just without the elental form.
And with that ca a powerful resistance to the elents.
The Azure Dragon's body might not have been as tough as the "Steel Balloon's," but its resistances were nearly maxed out.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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