Surpass the Emperor of the Sea! Luffy Strikes Back with an Iron Fist

Luffy's declaration angers Kaido. Meanwhile, Big Mom takes out a fragment of her soul and gives it to the thundercloud above, creating a new homie to replace Zeus. As her first technique, this new homie fires a powerful lightning bolt at Kid and Killer, hitting them at near point-blank range and shaking the entire island. Meanwhile, Nami, Tama, and Usopp attempt to return to the Performance Floor on Komachiyo while Page One chases them. Page One transforms into his Human-Beast Form and leaps onto Komachiyo's back, but Komachiyo begins to speed up, running into a wall at full speed and ramming Page One into it. Kid and Killer emerge from the rubble somewhere inside the castle. Big Mom is on the floor directly below them, still in pursuit of Kid. Suddenly, they are attacked by Hawkins, and Kid becomes enraged that Hawkins abandoned Kid in favor of Kaido. Killer convinces Kid to advance towards Big Mom while he stays behind to battles Hawkins, who transforms into a scarecrow-like figure. Back on the roof, Luffy admits all the attacks he used on Kaido were shallow, but after being struck with his kanabou, Luffy realized the truth behind Kaido's strength: Kaido can infuse objects with Conqueror's Haki. Kaido laughs in confirmation as he charges at Luffy, revealing that only a select few powerful individuals can pull it off as he brings his club down on Luffy. Remembering Hyogoro's lessons and the defeats he'd experienced in the past, Luffy infuses Conqueror's Haki into his limbs and blocks the attack with his foot without even touching it. With this, Luffy strikes Kaido's stomach without touching him, then unleashes a powerful uppercut knocking Kaido over. As Law is left in disbelief that Luffy did damage without actually touching Kaido, Luffy thanks both him and Zoro for covering him, but tells them to go back downstairs, declaring that he can handle the rest and he will beat Kaido no matter what.