"Leave it to me!!!"
"Gyahahaha..."
Golden Lion Shiki charged headfirst into the surging, scorching flames, laughing wildly. He wielded a long saber in each hand, their gleaming blades reflecting a brilliant orange light.
As he sped through the air, his gold-striped clothes and the long golden hair reaching his knees whipped about wildly!
His expression was confident and domineering. The corners of his cigar-clenching mouth curled upward as he forcefully spat out two words:
"Slash Wave!!!"
The "Sakura Ten" and "Wood Wither" in his hands crossed in front of him in an X. Two dazzling golden sword flashes burst from the blades, tearing through the air!
Sssh!!!
Sssh!!!
The golden slashes of a master swordsman were dazzling. Beneath the blazing flames, they erupted with astonishing radiance and instantly cleaved the fire apart as though it were solid.
His entire body flew through the passage split open by the sword flashes at lightning speed, like a shooting star!
Golden Lion's heart burned with heroic fervor. A sharp, wild, soul-stirring light blazed from his tiny black pupils. "Today, I, Golden Lion Shiki, will also accomplish the great feat of—slaying a dragon!!!"
"Let the entire sea chant the name of the Great Pirate, Golden Lion!"
In less than a few breaths, Golden Lion had flown over a thousand meters and reached the giant dragon's head.
At that moment.
A terrifying red light appeared in Ares's golden, amber-like vertical pupils. His mind had fallen into chaos as he endured tormenting pain unknown to others.
Driven by instinct.
The dragon claw, with its four sharp talons, suddenly swung.
Sssra!
It made a sound as though the sky itself were being torn apart!
In an instant!
Four enormous blue sword flashes, each thirty meters long, suddenly appeared in the sky!
The instant those dazzling sword flashes