Kid, You're Too Sinister

Golden Lion swung the sword in his hand, slashing out a gigantic sword wave.

As one of the greatest swordsmen on the seas, Golden Lion's slashes were powerful enough to cleave through hundreds of kilometers of ocean!

At that moment, the sword wave slashed toward Victor's flying slash.

The two slashes met in midair and collided.

The ground was cleaved apart.

Doron hugged his gun and leaped backward, narrowly dodging the attack.

However, the slash came too quickly. The men beside Doron had no time to dodge—not even a chance to react. They were sliced apart by the crescent-shaped slash.

Golden Lion paid no attention to the underlings' fate. He looked up at the sky, a trace of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

At that moment, Victor stepped on Geppo and looked toward Golden Lion.

Rumble!

At the same time, a thunderous boom rang out.

It was like a volcanic eruption.

Hundreds of pirates were blasted away by magma.

At the same time, the enormous magma fist continued roaring toward Golden Lion, its residual force undiminished.

"Another Logia."

"The Navy is really lively this year."

Golden Lion did not even look at it. He raised his hand, twisted his wrist, and slashed once.

Sakura Ten slashed into the magma fist.

Golden Lion remained motionless.

The magma giant fist, which had seemed unstoppable moments ago, could not advance any farther.

Sakazuki looked coldly at Golden Lion.

"Gyahahaha~~~"

Golden Lion laughed loudly. Sword energy burst from the blade, cleaving through the magma giant fist and surging toward Sakazuki.

Sakazuki immediately turned sideways and dodged the attack, but the sword wave still cut a gash across his cheek.

Golden Lion said with a savage grin, "Brat, you're still too young. The world of the strong is still too far away for you."

Sakazuki remained expressionless, not even caring about his injury.

However, Golden Lion was watching Sakazuki as well. His gaze had remained fixed on Victor in the sky.

Victor's slash had broken through his sword energy!

To Golden Lion, Victor posed the greater threat.

However, Sakazuki did not get angry at being ignored.

Instead, he sneered inwardly.

Every enemy who had underestimated him had been killed in a single blow.

Sakazuki rushed toward Golden Lion.

When Sakazuki reached a point fifty meters from Golden Lion, he vanished from where he stood.

He had to get close enough, enter Cerberus's attack range, and erupt without warning!

At the same time, Victor began diving from the sky.

He stepped on Geppo and accelerated toward the ground.

"Then let's see."

Golden Lion grinned viciously and rapidly unleashed slash after slash toward Sakazuki and Victor.

"Lion's Thousand Grain Valley!"

In the blink of an eye, Golden Lion unleashed dozens of slashes.

The ground was torn apart.

Sakazuki had no choice but to dodge the attacks.

"Paper Drawing · Facing the Wind."

Victor began controlling his body, dodging the attacks in midair.

However, Golden Lion's assault was not over.

The rapid slashes just now had merely slowed Victor and Sakazuki down, preventing them from approaching easily.

Next, Golden Lion flew almost skimming the ground, charging toward Sakazuki.

"I'll kill you first!" Golden Lion gripped Sakura and Kogarashi with both hands. Armament Haki wrapped around the two blades as he slashed at Sakazuki without hesitation.

Sakazuki did not panic in the slightest, but he still chose to evade.

The blades swept across Sakazuki's chest, splitting it open and splattering blood.

However, Sakazuki quickly steadied himself. At the same time, his right palm shot forward.

His gray palm belched black smoke as it shot out at tremendous speed, blasting toward Golden Lion's head.

Golden Lion did not dodge. Instead, he used his other blade to block the incoming palm.

"Kid, you're pretty sinister."

Killing intent filled Golden Lion's eyes.

He had intended to kill Sakazuki first, but he had almost been ambushed by him instead.

Fortunately, he was at the peak of his life. His physique, speed, strength, stamina, and reaction speed were all at their best.

Moreover, after years of battling powerful opponents, Golden Lion possessed an extremely sharp combat instinct.

Sakazuki's attempt to kill Golden Lion in a single surprise attack was nothing but wishful thinking.

However, before Golden Lion could attack again, a crescent-shaped slash came from behind him.

Golden Lion drifted backward, narrowly avoiding the attack.

"Don't forget, we're fighting two against one."

Victor spoke calmly.

"Hmph!" Golden Lion snorted coldly.

"Boss, we're here to support you!"

At that moment, a group of people ran over.

Leading them were Fenol, captain of Ship One; Gram, captain of Ship Two; Pas, captain of Ship Three; Anji, captain of Ship Four; and Doron, captain of Ship Five.

Victor landed on the ground. As he looked at Golden Lion, he said expressionlessly, "Sakazuki, you handle them for me."

Onigumo and Dogman grew tense and flustered when they heard this!

Every captain of the Golden Lion Pirates had a bounty of over three hundred million berries.

In particular, Fenol, captain of Ship One; Gram, captain of Ship Two; Pas, captain of Ship Three; and Anji, captain of Ship Four.

All four of their bounties exceeded one billion berries.

If Kizaru had been there and heard those words, he would certainly have pretended to look frightened. After all, there was more than one opponent, and all of them possessed tremendous strength.

"That magma brat is yours."

Golden Lion looked at Victor and spoke to Fenol and the others.

Sakazuki was surrounded by a group of people.

His mission today was not only to serve as bait. He also had to withstand the group's combined assault and buy Victor the chance to fight Golden Lion one-on-one.

However, Sakazuki was not afraid.

"Prepare to die!"

Anji's weapon was a pair of blades, and he was the first to charge at Sakazuki.

Armament Haki wrapped around the blades as he slashed viciously.

The blades were fast.

The slightest hesitation would mean losing his head.

Sakazuki leaped backward.

The instant the twin blades struck empty air, a bullet wrapped in Armament Haki flew past Sakazuki's cheek.

If he had chosen to attack Anji just now, Doron's bullet would have killed him.

Before Sakazuki could land, two clusters of vines suddenly sprouted from the ground. Like pythons, they wrapped around both his feet.

Armament Haki coiled around the vines, preventing Sakazuki from moving.

"Hundred Style Punch!"

At that moment, Gram punched straight toward Sakazuki.

A shockwave came roaring toward his face.

Sakazuki raised his left hand, transforming it into magma.

The two fists collided solidly.

However, the instant they made contact, Gram was blasted back nearly a hundred paces.

"This guy is incredibly strong!"

As Gram's heart trembled, a figure had already appeared behind Sakazuki. It was Fenol, captain of Ship One. Fenol's weapon was a gigantic scythe.

Death Scythe meant the scythe of the Grim Reaper!

Fenol swung the scythe at Sakazuki, intending to split him in two.