The sky after the explosion.
Shockwaves raged and spiraled.
Though they were far apart, Roy could still feel Whitebeard's Haki and intimidation.
"Is this the man known as the strongest in the world? He really is a monster."
If Kaido's presence was as domineering as a lion on the plains,
then Whitebeard felt to Roy like a ferocious jungle elephant.
It was hard to imagine such an aura coming from an old man in his sixties or seventies.
Thus, intimidated by that aura, Roy only wanted to curse.
He had just dealt with Kaido, and now Whitebeard had shown up.
"Damn it, does the New World have it out for me?"
Feeling Whitebeard's overwhelmingly domineering pressure,
Roy clenched the long blade in his hand as dark clouds rapidly gathered overhead.
Unlike Roy's wary attitude,
most of Whitebeard's attention was actually on Golden Lion.
Faced with Whitebeard's question, the masked Golden Lion did not answer.
Golden Lion's intelligence was now practically that of an idiot, so in order to keep that from being exposed,
Roy and Caesar Clown had directly issued commands to the program in his brain, ordering him to speak as little as possible.
A stretch of silence hung in the air.
Roy controlled his Elementalized body and drifted toward Whitebeard.
"Gurarara, brat, that slash of yours just now was impressive. It was actually as strong as Golden Lion's."
Boom!
An invisible impact instantly swept across the battlefield.
There was no warning whatsoever.
Powerful Conqueror's Haki surged straight at Roy's face.
Though he did not know why Golden Lion in the sky remained silent, it did not stop Whitebeard from testing this young man.
Looking at the Kogarashi in Roy's hand,
Whitebeard had clearly taken Roy for Golden Lion's successor.
Roy's flowing hair was blown back into a slicked-back