Chapter 309: Zoro's Will to Slay a Dragon!
The battle of Hachinosu had fully entered its white-hot phase!
In the center of the island, the clash of Haki and power between Kaido and Kuzan had already turned half the island into a frozen purgatory—
Ice spikes rose like mountain peaks, and thunderstorms exploded in the canopy of heaven. Within a five-kilometer radius, absolutely no one could take a single step inside. Only ice shards and lightning intertwined and roared!
On the other side, Jack the Drought was locked in a bitter struggle with the brothers Luffy and Ace.
The continuous, fierce onslaught of Dragon Bone and flames left his massive body covered in scars. Even relying on the astonishing defense and endurance of an Ancient Zoan, he was still beaten back repeatedly, barely holding on by the skin of his teeth between gasps for air.
The battlefield on the western wing of Hachinosu was even more fraught with lethal danger!
The clash between King, Zoro, and Kuina had shifted from probing to a true death match.
To sever the inner demon of his previous defeat, Zoro wholeheartedly unleashed his sword intent;
Kuina took the opportunity to coordinate with the speed and power of her Mythical Zoan Vampire form, giving King almost no chance to catch his breath.
Their blades crossed, forming a flawless rhythm of offense and defense, forcing King to retreat again and again.
King's mask had long since been pulverized, revealing his pale and handsome face, which was now twisted like an evil spirit from anger and pain.
His long white hair danced wildly amidst the fierce wind and flames. The black wings behind his back were crisscrossed with gashes. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth onto the ground, instantly evaporated into white mist by the high temperature.
"Mere swordsmen... actually dare to wound me to this extent?!!"
His furious roar was like thunder. The flames on his back, accompanied by the fierce wind, violently ignited to a blazing white. The blade of his sword was swallowed by the roaring flames, as if the hellfire of purgatory had coalesced into one!
"KARYUDON (IMPERIAL FLAMING DRAGON)!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
A flaming dragon, even more massive than his usual attacks, roared out from the edge of the blade. The dragon's body was over ten meters thick. The extreme heat of the blazing flames distorted the surrounding air. The ground cracked instantly, and the ice layer ten meters away completely evaporated into nothingness!
Zoro's eyes locked onto the lunging flaming dragon like a hawk's. With his twin swords in hand, both the blades and his arms were trembling. Faint crimson electrical arcs flashed amidst the coiling Haki.
"This strike... I must cut it down!"
"If I cannot cut down the Conflagration's flames, I cannot cut down my own obsession!!!"
He fiercely bit down on Yubashiri, lowering his stance like a fully drawn bow. The power and will of his entire body erupted, transforming into sword intent!
"Santoryu: ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY CHIVALRIES—FLYING DRAGON SAMURAI EXTREME!!!"
"SWISH!!!"
Three slashes, as pitch-black as the night, transformed into three roaring, soaring dragons. Amidst the sword light, black-red Conqueror's lightning faintly coiled around them, colliding with King's flaming dragon in the blink of an eye!
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
Flames and sword energy madly shredded each other in mid-air. Light and shadow wove into blazing white brilliance. Heatwaves and shockwaves swept all around, blowing away all the rubble and steel wreckage on the battlefield!
In that instant of stalemate—
"CRACK—!!!"
King's flaming dragon collapsed explosively under the tearing of countless sword intents!
Yet the residual momentum of the three slashes didn't diminish in the slightest. Like a heavenly punishment, they pierced straight down—
"SQUELCH—!!!"
A spray of crimson splashed in the air. One of King's wings was forcibly severed right at the base!
"AGHHH—!!!"
A tragic howl echoed through the sky above Hachinosu. King's figure was blasted flying backward by the impact. He landed on one knee, supporting his body with his longsword, his chest heaving violently.
He looked up at Zoro, his eyes full of disbelief and humiliation: "My flames... were cut down?!"
"Has this guy... really become this strong?!"
The shock of his severed wing had just flashed through his mind when Kuina arrived like a shadow in the night!
Blood-colored aura coiled around the Wado Ichimonji. The crimson sword light transformed into a venomous snake, lunging straight for King's throat!
Relying on his battlefield instincts, King executed a limit-pushing parry, drawing his flaming blade horizontally across his neck!
"CLANG—!!!"
Sparks and blood-red light exploded. Kuina's "Blood Moon Style: DEVOUR" madly tore at his defense, the crimson sword gleam seemingly trying to seep into his body!
King was forced to retreat several steps. But just as the rock beneath his feet crumbled, Zoro followed closely like a thunderbolt—
"Santoryu: BURNING DEMON SLASH!!!"
The three swords burned with residual dragon flames. Intertwining Haki and fire, the sword light transformed into a vicious demon pouncing for the kill!
King's pupils shrank sharply. He knew very well that he absolutely could not take this strike—
But in this split second between life and death, Zoro's Observation Haki suddenly screamed!
"DANGER!!!"
Without thinking, he instantly spun his three swords back to defend himself, the blades whirling like a storm!
"Santoryu: DRAGON TWISTER DEFENSE!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
The next instant—
Having forcibly tanked a strike from Kuzan, a half-frozen Kaido smashed down like a falling meteor, his kanabo wreathed in Conqueror's Haki and roaring lightning!
"RAIMEI HAKKE (THUNDER BAGUA)!!!"
Zoro's defense collapsed completely amidst violent tremors. His entire body was swatted away like a kite with a snapped string, his bones emitting dull, crisp cracks!
"BANG!!!"
He crashed heavily into the ground, kicking up a wave of dirt dozens of meters high, scarlet blood foaming from his mouth!
"Zoro!!" Kuina cried out in alarm. She swayed slightly, intending to rush over—
Following closely behind Kaido, a mad tide of frost instantly closed in!
Kuzan had stepped into the combat ring at some unknown point, his voice as cold as iron: "Don't look down on me... Kaido."
His body still bore the scars of battle, but the killing intent in those eyes burned even brighter.
"Ice Age: FIST BONE IMPACT!!!"
"CRACK—!!!"
Thick freezing air exploded behind Kaido. The giant dragon's spine was instantly frozen, followed immediately by Kuzan's iron fist smashing into it!
"BANG—!!!"
Roaring, Kaido was blasted flying hundreds of meters, collapsing half a mountain peak as ice shards and giant boulders plummeted from the sky!
"Big Brother Kaido!!!"
King seized the opportunity to flap his only remaining wing. Burning up the dragon flames inside his body, he forcibly pulled himself away from the battlefield. His gaze shifted rapidly between the injured Zoro, the vigilant Kuina, and the blasted Kaido, a flash of unwillingness and struggle in his eyes.
In the crater, Zoro gritted his teeth and propped up his body. He still gripped his three swords tightly, but his right arm was visibly deformed, blood dripping through his fingers.
Kuina flew over and helped him up: "You idiot... did you have to clash head-on?!"
Zoro grinned widely, blood staining his teeth red: "Heh... Just a bit more... I was just a bit away from cutting him down..."
Kuina gritted her teeth, abruptly raising her head and shouting: "Law!"
At the same time, the collision between Kaido and Kuzan once again swept across half of Hachinosu. Ice and fire intertwined into a natural disaster, completely turning the battlefield into a doomsday purgatory!
Within the crater, a blue light suddenly flashed in mid-air—
"ROOM!"
Law's figure instantly appeared beside the two, the scalpel in his hand tracing an invisible arc.
Crack—
Within the space of ROOM, Zoro's twisted right arm was precisely reset. The sound of dislocated bones snapping back into place dissipated rapidly, accompanied by a wave of warmth.
Zoro fiercely gripped his sword hilts, an undying fighting spirit igniting in his eyes: "He's injured. Don't let him get away!!"
Hearing this, Kuina's eyes focused. Her entire body turned into a blood-colored afterimage as she shot into the sky!
"SWISH!"
Blood aura and flames intertwined. Her figure resembled a hunting shadow, lunging straight for King, who was flapping his wing in retreat!
Sensing that phantom-like killing intent closing in, King's pupils shrank sharply, his flames instantly erupting—
"Damn it... I can't shake her off!"
On the other side of the battlefield, the booming collisions of Kaido and Kuzan's ice and fire continued endlessly, while the death hunt between King and Kuina extended toward another ruined section of Hachinosu!
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