Kain's body moved, transforming back into his beast form, and the giant divine dragon soared into the sky.
Although he really wanted to have a close-quarters brawl with Jack, the previous collision made Kain realize the truth.
Without mastery of Haki and lacking combat training, he would definitely not be a match for Jack, or even Who's-Who and others, in close combat.
Since that was the case, he could only unleash a powerful move.
"Huh, is that guy still alive?" Ulti ignored their internal conflict and looked up, watching Kain fly higher and higher.
Who's-Who secretly thought it was bad; although he didn't know what Kain was preparing to do, he didn't think Kain was trying to escape.
"Quick, attack with me!"
Who's-Who drew his sword and, aiming in Kain's direction, continuously unleashed Flying Slashes, attempting to intercept him.
Sasaki followed suit.
But their movements were clearly too slow; before long, Kain completely disappeared into the horizon from everyone's sight.
At the skull's eye.
King calmly said, "Kaido, do you need me to intercept him?"
Kaido waved his large hand, his voice like thunder, "No need. A coward who flees from battle isn't worthy of being my All-Star!"
On the other side.
Kain also noticed the slashes flying up from the ground, but he didn't pay them any mind.
Compared to Jack and the others, one huge advantage he had was the ability to fly.
Throughout the entire Pirate world, experts with aerial combat capabilities were exceedingly rare.
Pell once said, "Only five types of flight abilities have been confirmed in the world."
Whether this statement was true or false, it indirectly indicated the scarcity of flight ability.
Among the Four Emperors, only Kaido and Charlotte Linlin could fly, and among the Marine Admirals, only Kizaru could fly.
The development of Moonwalk also only allowed experts to possess temporary aerial combat capabilities; long-duration pursuit was absolutely impossible.
Within a few minutes, Kain arrived above the sea of clouds.
"This should be about right here."
Kain looked around and slowly closed his eyes.
An invisible, strange fluctuation, centered on Kain, suddenly spread out towards the vast and boundless depths of the universe.
The next moment, he opened his eyes.
"First, a little appetizer for you all to try."
"Draco Meteor!"
Dozens of colossal meteorites, previously silently orbiting planets, were precisely captured and forcibly dragged by that invisible, strange fluctuation!
The meteorites broke through the atmosphere, intensely rubbing against the air to produce scorching flames, transforming into massive meteors with long fiery tails.
Onigashima.
Kaido, who was gulping down sake, paused his actions, then suddenly looked up and immediately cursed, "This damned brat, does he want to destroy Onigashima?"
Before the surprised Queen and King could ask, Kaido sternly ordered, "King! Queen! Attack with me later! Be careful not to affect the battlefield below."
Huh?
King was about to ask further when a warning of crisis from the depths of his soul made him suddenly look up.
"Brother, what are you talking about... Ah!!! Met, meteorites!"
Queen was so shocked his jaw nearly dislocated, his eyeballs behind his small sunglasses bulged out, and his lenses shattered and flew off with a crack.
The four people standing on the battlefield below also noticed the abnormality in the sky.
"Little Page, run!"
"Sister, run!"
Ulti and his brother exclaimed in unison.
"Is this really an opponent we can defeat?" Sasaki murmured, his corpulent body trembling uncontrollably.
"No, he can even summon meteorites?" Who's-Who looked at the apocalyptic scene in the sky and suddenly laughed with relief.
Only to see those dozens of giant meteors, some large, some small, burning fiercely, illuminating the entire sky in a fiery red!
They tore through the sky, mercilessly crashing down, as if to destroy everything on Onigashima.
"Damn it!! Kain, who do you think I am! Do I fear these mere meteorites?"
Among the four present, only Jack remained full of fighting spirit.
He instantly entered his hybrid beast form, and his two massive scimitars were wrapped in Armament Haki, becoming as black as ink.
Facing the world-destroying meteor, Jack did not retreat but advanced, swinging his blade fiercely at the meteor that was crashing down directly on him.
At the same time, Kaido and the other two also stopped watching the show and took action to intercept the meteorites.
They didn't care about the lives of the cannon fodder pirates, but this Onigashima, they had spent more than a decade of effort on it, and it couldn't be destroyed in an instant because of this.
"Black Firelight!"
"Fire Dragon King!"
"Thunder Bagua!"
Three shouts erupted almost simultaneously.
The seemingly world-destroying Draco Meteor, under the combined assault of the three top powerhouses, mostly shattered and disintegrated like fragile glass spheres, turning into a sky-filling rain of burning debris and fire, raining down.
But three meteorites that could accurately hit the battlefield were tacitly allowed to pass by Kaido and the other two.
This was, after all, Kain's and Jack's battle for the All-Star position.
Facing the incoming meteors, Who's-Who, Sasaki, and the Ulti siblings almost without any hesitation, decisively chose to flee the battlefield.
They burst forth with their fastest speed, transforming into four disheveled afterimages, fleeing desperately towards the edge of the battlefield without looking back.
Boom boom boom—
Three meteorites violently slammed into the battlefield where the four had just stood, the deafening, terrifying explosions seemingly tearing people's eardrums.
The immense recoil caused the sturdy ground to undulate and crack like waves.
A terrifying shockwave, carrying scorching hot air currents and debris, instantly swept in all directions.
Dust soared into the sky, obscuring the sun.
The entire central area of the battlefield instantly transformed into a burning, ruined Inferno filled with giant craters and scorching fragments.
"Ugh ah ah ah!" Jack roared, struggling to push away the scorching giant rock pressing down on him.
At this moment, he was in an extremely sorry state.
The webbing between his thumbs and forefingers on both hands was torn, bleeding profusely, and his massive body was covered in burn marks, his heavy breathing like a broken bellows.
Jack was about to rest for a bit, then fight Kain again.
"Roar!"
A thunderous dragon roar suddenly echoed in the sky.
Only to see Kain, ten thousand meters high in the sky, spitting flames and covering his entire body with them.
A mini version of the Great Fire Dragon was formed!
"Flare Blitz!"
Kain transformed into a fiery comet descending from the sky, moving so fast that he even dragged a burning vacuum trail behind him.
"Damn it...!"
Jack's pupils constricted, instinctively wanting to get up and dodge, but his physical exertion just now was too great, and his body no longer supported long-distance dodging.
Nowhere to retreat, then—collide with all his might!!
Jack transformed into his most resilient beast form, and his mammoth head was even covered with Armament Haki to withstand the upcoming impact.
Bang!
The dragon head and elephant head collided without any frills, in the most primitive and violent manner!
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
Immediately after, a giant fireball erupted like a volcanic eruption.
A mushroom cloud of flame rose from the ground.
The terrifying force directly impacted the earth, and with Jack's feet as the epicenter, a massive crater tens of meters in diameter and several meters deep instantly caved in and formed.