"Nothing is indestructible!"
Bang!!
Kaido's massive body flew out sideways. Gritting his teeth, he smashed his Wolf Fang Club into the ground, and as his body landed heavily, he quickly swung the club.
"Adamantine Arrow!!"
The column-like shockwave, mixed with Supreme King, struck like a giant bolt of lightning, but was quickly shattered by a figure.
Sage, with his arms crossed, forcefully pushed forward against the attack, tearing it apart as his arms spread wide. Simultaneously, he was propelled by an airwave under his feet, swiftly flashing in front of the unadjusted Kaido, embedding a punch into his chest.
The powerful strike forced Kaido to involuntarily retreat, his body instinctively hunching over.
Bang!
Just as he was about to fully bend over, Sage suddenly leaped, supporting himself with his hands on the ground, and kicked Kaido's chin with a fierce blow, sending him into the air.
"Damn bastard!"
Kaido clenched his teeth. As blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, he raised his Wolf Fang Club high and smashed it down hard.
Bang!
The Wolf Fang Club infused with Haki was quickly countered by Sage's repositioning, with his hands placed under the club.
The Externalized Haki entwined on the club was quickly broken by Sage, allowing his hands to make contact with it.
Sage looked up with a menacing smile: "I've had enough of this so-called Externalized Haki!"
The downward force of the Wolf Fang Club suddenly met an opposing force, causing Kaido's blow to extend uncontrollably forward, releasing all accumulated power.
"Only through contact can body techniques be fully exerted, Kaido!!"
Sage slipped away from the Wolf Fang Club, spinning like a whirlwind, and delivered a heavy kick to Kaido's face. The impact distorted Kaido's face, causing his head to turn aside and his body to fly once more.
After kicking away Kaido, Sage didn't even pause. He followed through with a wave of his hand, unleashing a flurry of Haki Bullets toward Kaido's body, striking it directly.
Bang bang bang!
Kaido's body trembled under the barrage, unable to suppress a roar. Transforming his lower half into a dragon tail, he supported his body upward and, during his adjustment, swung away the remaining Haki Bullets.
Bang!!
But at that moment, Sage's afterimage appeared on Kaido's face, descending like a meteor, kicking downwards.
Whoosh!
Kaido plummeted to the ground, smashing open a crater and stirring up a massive cloud of dust.
"Hehehehe..."
Sage slowly landed and chuckled toward the dust cloud, which then transformed into a full-blown laugh: "Hahahaha, whoa hahahaha! That's more like it, this battle is satisfying!"
Willpower is such a mysterious thing.
The fighting style of countless strong warriors involves attacking with coiled Haki, yet the stronger they become, their Haki not only grows more powerful but also damn thick!
This results in even blade attacks being executed as Haki shockwaves, often hitting opponents from afar.
When faced with an equally skilled opponent, their weapons never even touch; it's just their Haki colliding.
Sage used to fight like this, especially since his Haki recovery was almost limitless, lending him an imposing presence in battle.
But despite adequate Haki, his body techniques weren't being fully utilized!
With their Externalized attacks, who could he truly strike?
His Haki could pierce through Secret Holes and release the North Star Divine Fist, but apart from Secret Holes, the North Star Divine Fist also relies heavily on body techniques.
Every punch landing directly is the essence of his body techniques.
The omnipresent Haki had long left Sage fed up.
In the past, he couldn't change, could only fight that way, but after the Martial Arts Competition, he achieved a Full Form fifty times stronger, and then discovered... he had transformed!
The quantitative change leading to a qualitative transformation, in other words, metamorphosis!
His Haki, Supreme King's Entanglement, all got concentrated into his body, fortifying it to the same level as Haki Hardening, not dispersing at all, fully utilized to enhance his body.
Now, it's truly punches landing flush, unequivocally using his fists to hit his opponent.
No need to consciously coil Haki; it burst from within and constantly concentrated with his attacks.
The passive nature of Thoughtless Shadow Kill triggered the qualitative transformation after Sage reached fifty times strength, merging astonishingly with Haki.
Adaptive Haki!
He doesn't even need any consumption now; this Haki is finally unrestricted, even not requiring recovery, constantly full within his body.
"Fight, exhilarating!
Sage laughed heartily: "This is the fighting style that suits me!"