"A life-and-death duel with a formidable enemy is exactly my forte!"
The surging sea of black and crimson continuously contracted towards him, faintly coiling small black-red thunders around his body, maintaining only for a moment before bursting open again, making the sky even more gloomy.
Just a little more...
That's already two strikes.
He hasn't fallen to the point of taking a third hit!
Thud!
Sage soared into the sky, leaving a trail of smoke rings. His hands already gathered flowing black flames, and with a mere flash, he unleashed a sky-filling stream of black fire meteors.
"Tenha Kassatsu: Meteor Shards!"
The Haki Bullet swung with hundred times speed amplification, resembling the numerous debris from an exploding meteor, akin to a massive meteor shower sweeping the sky.
As the meteors plummeted rapidly, Kaido's body expanded, revealing cyan scales. As his legs transformed into dragon claws, a long tail emerged, and he fully transformed into the cyan dragon form, opening his mouth to gather a blaze.
"Hot Breath!"
The blazing condensed flame beam broke through tightly descending Haki bullets, pierced through the position where Sage was in the sky, and shot straight up into the clouds.
At the instant the flame appeared, Sage's body moved repeatedly, exploding into a series of smoke rings before flickering atop the cyan dragon's head, legs like a battle axe, gathering all his Haki, and while pressing down, formed a black moon.
"Great Helm Break!"
Thick skin... Slice you in two!
As the black moon descended, the cyan dragon swiftly turned into Kaido's human form. Holding the iron club, it emitted several black flashes, vigorously swinging towards the sky.
At this moment, as Sage's legs pressed down, he smirked, the black slash excited out, his body became an afterimage and dispersed in the sky.
The descending black moon slash was about to meet Kaido's iron club, yet in this instant, Kaido's mouth twisted into a grin, his body suddenly twisted, rapidly spun on the ground, and moved to another side, leaving an afterimage.
A gigantic shadow, eyes radiating red light, tossed two red tails after accelerating, its massive body covering the recently moved Sage.
"You think I only stand there taking hits, can't see your actions?!"
The iron club raised high, with Kaido's sinister laughter, a gust of wind mixed with the unique thunder of the Supreme King's Entanglement fiercely swung down.
At this moment, Sage's yet-to-be-consolidated afterimage split again, distributed around Kaido, surrounding him.
"The same tactics won't work, no matter how many afterimages, there's only one real you!"
Kaido's eyes glinted red, as the Observation activated, his swinging iron club aimed at a diagonal side, ready to swing down.
Bang!
The upraised iron club abruptly emitted a muffled sound as the previously descending black slash now crossed with his iron club, letting out a muffled noise.
Sizzling!
On the iron club thunder entwined with the Supreme King's Entanglement swiftly crushed the Haki slash, continuing the swing with its spiked wolf fang club.
In this situation, Kaido saw it as well.
But he couldn't care less!
This swing will definitely hit that white-haired brat.
Bang!
A multitude of afterimage attacks aimed at Kaido, yet this time it wasn't the Seven-Star Death Point, just the simplest Secret Hole Strike.
The hands holding the iron club simultaneously produced a dull hitting sound against flesh, causing his action to pause momentarily, and bringing a trace of astonishment to Kaido.
'In the future', this didn't exist!
"It's not just you who knows!"
Red glints flickered in Sage's eyes as they mirrored Kaido's, the endless afterimages at this moment due to flickering, formed a red light tail at the corners of the eyes.
"Clashing head-on isn't your forte, Kaido!!"
Against this Kaido, Sage really had no countermeasures.
Initially obtained the fruit and could use hundred times speed, not comparable to light speed, yet very few on the ocean could match his speed, however, with 'Foreseeing the Future', the top attainment achievable by a non-paying basic version was too cheeky.
Coupled with the intensity of Haki and physique issues, regardless of Sage's high battle skills, they were useless against Kaido's impregnable defense.
Infinite Haki, yet their Haki capacity is exaggerated. Whether they could exhaust this guy fighting for two days, he didn't know, but under this intensity, there was no way he could last two days.
After utilizing all combat techniques while conserving stamina, only to get hit twice by the opponent, already making his consciousness scatter.
How many more hits can he take, or why always worry about defending against Kaido's attacks?
Such intense pressure from a formidable enemy forced Sage to fully concentrate and seriously confront Kaido, and under this pressure, he suddenly felt the tension in the thread open up.
He saw it!
A brief future!
Observation facing Observation, it's a preemptive move, coincidentally, Sage's battle plan worked.
No longer a situation where Kaido anticipates his moves prematurely, also beginning to counterattack!
His hands swiftly drew a circle, countless afterimages simultaneously acted as if possessing endless hands.
"Head-on clash is not just your expertise!"
Countless afterimages, countless fists attacked Kaido's points at hundred times acceleration.
"Hundred Ghosts Assault Purgatory!"
North Star Seven Stars Death Point paired with North Star Hundred Split Fist, hundred times acceleration plus version!
"Thunderous Hakke!!"
The instant the afterimage attacked, Kaido's form suddenly expanded, arms grew cyan scales, hands transformed into dragon-like beast claws, the iron club like thunderbolt, swiftly swung down.
As the iron club swung down, all virtual images encircling him vanished, exposing Sage's true form hovering at Kaido's chest.
Rumble!
At this moment the sky erupted with a thunderbolt, illuminating Sage who instinctively looked up and momentarily losing focus.
There's no time!
Can't take it!
Absolutely... don't face the third strike!!
"You think I lost face? You damn!!"
Sage's neck bulged with veins, roaring out, hands exploded in force, gathering all Haki, aimed at the descending iron club unleashed an 'Annihilation Slash'.
Boom!!!
The short-range Haki shockwave rapidly expanded in a circle above Sage, causing the island to suddenly subside.
Veins throbbed on Sage's forehead, muscles entwined arms surged due to excessive force, while the black light crushed deeper and under the iron club pressed downward, clearly unable to sustain.
Not enough strength...
Even if the Supreme King Entanglement hasn't attacked yet, it's continuously affecting his consciousness.
Sage's eyes widened, bloodshot filled his eyes, under immense pressure, his white hair slowly lifted, amidst the fluttering dance.
Not enough!
Still not enough!
Having seen it countless times before, this operational method...
Sizzling!
On his hands, small black-red thunders began consolidating. This time, not bursting open but solidifying completely, covering both arms.
Boom!
At this moment, the iron club crushed the Haki shockwave, aiming straight down.
"Move aside for me!!"
Sage's arms entwined with black-red thunder abruptly struck upwards, colliding with the iron club.
Boom!!!
A massive dent emerged at the stand, erupting dense dust.
Numerous irregular stones scattered outward in this shock, the entire island visibly sunk several meters, at the edge erupted a larger tsunami, rushing towards the island submerging.
Amidst the dust, a figure flew out, crashing onto the dent edge, forcibly pushing the dent deeper, creating a long gully.
Bang!!
When the force stopped, the gully's end erupted a black airwave mixed with some thunder, smashing the land beside the gully, spreading a circle of flat ground.
"Cough!"
Sage maintained a pushing posture, spat a blood spurt, fixating on the dust ahead though his expression was no longer gloomy, instead, showing some pleasure amidst the ferocity.
"Hmph hmph hmph, hahahaha!"
He released his hands, laughed heartily: "Well fought, Kaido!"