The strength of a Devil Fruit ability depended on the host's own body.
Take Luffy and Momonosuke when they were still children. Their bodies had been too weak, so their abilities had seemed almost comical.
However, once they became adults and their physical strength improved, they could unleash far greater power.
Golden Lion was extremely weak now. His injuries were too severe, and his strength had nearly run out from excessive blood loss. The fact that he had lasted until now was due partly to his vitality and partly to his willpower.
However, Golden Lion was destined not to be Luffy, nor the protagonist of a hot-blooded shonen manga.
Therefore, he had no chance of turning the tables.
Facing the shrunken lion condensed by Golden Lion, a cold glint flashed through Victor's eyes.
Then, golden light illuminated the area in every direction, enveloping the entire space. Golden Lion's body was immediately shrouded in that golden radiance.
Golden Lion's body trembled, and he let out a pained howl.
Accompanied by a tremendous sonic boom, Golden Lion was blasted away. This time, he never got back up.
"It's over."
Victor locked onto Golden Lion with Observation Haki and examined his injuries. Golden Lion was seriously hurt.
With injuries of this severity, an ordinary person would have died hundreds or thousands of times over.
However, for Golden Lion, these injuries were still bearable.
He only needed to recuperate for a while.
But at this moment, Victor still did not dare let down his guard.
The strength Golden Lion had just displayed made him clearly realize that experts of their level could fight to the bitter end through sheer willpower, even after completely exhausting their stamina.
Such power had already surpassed the limits of ordinary human beings.
"Did we win?"
"We won!"
"Long live