Whoosh~
The surging Conqueror's Haki swept through like a hurricane.
Crack!!!
Black and red Conqueror's Haki lightning pierced through the dark sky.
Boom!!!
The Floating Island's ground trembled.
Cracks appeared out of nowhere in the rock pillars around the plaza.
The palace, which had been pierced by Nami's Railgun and was already on the verge of collapse, now crumbled with a crash.
Under this ultimate Conqueror's Haki that ruled the sea, all clamor ceased in an instant.
The fools who had been reckless, believing they had Golden Lion Shiki's backing, froze as if petrified.
Their eyes rolled back in unison, their minds blank, their consciousness stripped away in an instant.
Thud!
Thud, thud, thud!
A domino effect unfolded on the plaza at this moment.
The Flying Pirates and Golden Lion's subordinates fell backward one after another.
In just a short breath's time.
Only three people remained standing on the vast plaza.
"Finally, it's quiet!"
Roland grinned.
"Captain is mighty~"
Nami cheered with all her might.
"Brat… You… You just…"
Golden Lion Shiki's wide eyes were fixed on Roland without blinking, his old face filled with extreme shock, horror, disbelief, and incredulity.
"What's wrong? Old Lion, have you been away from the sea for too long, that you don't even recognize Conqueror's Haki anymore?"
Roland teased.
Golden Lion Shiki said nothing, only his mouth hung open.
Of course, he couldn't fail to recognize Conqueror's Haki.
After all, he himself was an Awakener of Conqueror's Haki.
At this very moment.
What truly shocked him beyond measure was the special Conqueror's Haki that Roland was currently displaying.
Even though more than twenty years had passed, Golden Lion Shiki would absolutely not forget, would not fail to recognize.
The Conqueror's Haki of his greatest rival—Pirate King Gol D. Roger!!!
In that distant previous era, he had clashed with Roger countless times.
He had faced Pirate King Roger's Conqueror's Haki head-on countless times.
He had thought that after Roger's death, that terrifying Conqueror's Haki would become a lost art, impossible to experience again in this lifetime.
Yet, he never imagined that twenty years later, he would actually feel Roger's Conqueror's Haki from someone else.
"Impossible… This is impossible… Roger is dead… Even if he were alive, how could his Conqueror's Haki be… Is it my illusion?"
Golden Lion Shiki looked at Roland, shaking his head repeatedly.
Listening to his murmuring, Roland also reacted.
It turned out that Golden Lion Shiki had sensed the origin of his Conqueror's Haki, but couldn't believe it.
If that was the case, then he would let him feel it one more time.
Thinking of this.
Roland grinned.
He took another step forward.
This time.
That supremely powerful Conqueror's Haki did not radiate outwards in all directions.
Instead, it condensed into a single force, pressing directly towards Golden Lion Shiki at close range.
"Ahhh!"
Under this sudden targeted Conqueror's Haki, Golden Lion Shiki, still immersed in shock and not yet recovered, couldn't help but cry out, the shock on his old face instantly intensifying.
If the first time could have been an illusion, then this familiar sensation now was solid and undeniable.
"This, this, this… This sensation is exactly the same as Roger's Conqueror's Haki! You damn brat, where did you get it from… Why do you have the same Conqueror's Haki as Roger!"
Golden Lion Shiki cried out in horror.
"Hehe, you don't need to know that, after all, you're about to be a dead man!"
Roland chuckled, returning Golden Lion Shiki's words to Cocoyasi Village from not long ago.
"Gyahahaha… Gyahahahahaha!"
Golden Lion Shiki laughed in extreme anger.
"Good, good, good, you're arrogant enough. It's been many years since I've met such an arrogant brat like you. If you don't tell me, after I catch you, I'll make you confess everything slowly!"
"Catch me? It seems you are completely unaware of the disparity between us… You overestimate yourself, not realizing that you are already a shedding, toothless, dying old lion, a loser dreaming of world conquest!"
Roland said indifferently.
"Damn brat, die for me!!!"
Stung by Roland's cutting words, which exposed his false bravado, Golden Lion Shiki instantly flew into a rage, his hair standing on end.
Slicing Wave!!!
He raised his right leg high.
The blade of the Great Grade Sword, Otohime, glowed with a massive golden sword light.
Whoosh!
A massive sword energy, hundreds of meters long, swept down.
Roland did not dodge or evade, casually drawing the long sword from his waist.
The sword body was 1.6 meters long, with a dark purple hilt.
The blade was covered in mysterious blue patterns.
The sword's name was thousand blades!
thousand blades!!!
Over the past year.
Roland had fished up dozens of swords and blades, large and small.
Among them were rare treasures like White Oar & Black Oar (Swords), comparable to Supreme Grade Swords.
Roland had given all these swords and blades to his adopted sister, Kuina.
Only one was an exception, and that was this special Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
"Only attack, no defense, unrivaled under heaven" was the best description for this sword.
As the name Demon Blade Thousand Blades suggests, its blade is made up of over a thousand fragments.
Furthermore, when watching the strongest stylist, Roland had always been curious about how to use this special demonic blade.
After this period of control and research, Roland had already initially mastered the use of Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
However, he had never used it in actual combat, as there weren't many people in this sea worth Roland's effort.
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