Because... I Am the King of This Era!!!

"Nani?!!!"

"What is that???!!!"

Like a giant stick stirring up a battlefield, the dragon rode the flame clouds and began to twist through the sky.

Golden Lion and the others in the distance were completely dumbfounded.

"What... is that!!!"

Roger's eyes lit up. He gripped the railing at the bow, his face full of delighted surprise.

"Could that... be a dragon?!!!"

"So cool!!!"

Rayleigh clenched his fists beside him.

"Is now really the time to be discussing that? That thing looks incredibly troublesome!!!"

Austin had transformed into a dragon. Though he was not yet as massive as Kaido, layers upon layers of armor had already begun forming across his body.

The black-red lightning of Conqueror's Haki, blazing flames, roaring thunderstorms, and violent gale-force winds—

Every means gathered around his body, forming a colossal "dragon" dozens of times larger than a pirate ship.

"You've got to be kidding!!!"

Shiki nearly bit through the cigar in his mouth.

Why was it that whenever he was about to succeed, someone always had to show up and interrupt him?

"Wave Slash!!!"

Enraged beyond measure, Golden Lion swung Kogarashi and Oto, unleashing a massive slash toward the dragon in the sky.

After all, he was one of the strongest fighters on the seas today.

With just one slash, he pierced through Austin's countless layers of heavy armor. The weakened strike landed squarely upon the scales.

"Splat—!!!"

Blood sprayed into the sky, leaving a long wound across the dragon's body...

But—

Austin wore a faint smile.

"That really hurts..."

"But..."

"Just a minor injury."

After the slash struck the dragon, Shiki paused only briefly. He had intended to say something harsh, but when he looked again, blood vessels instantly filled his eyes.

"Crack—!!!"

Even more violent and ferocious energy began to gather. The dragon threw back