Kid, You're Too Insidious

The Golden Lion used the sword in his hand to unleash a massive sword energy slash.

As a great swordsman of the seas, the Golden Lion's slashes were powerful enough to cut through the ocean surface for hundreds of kilometers!

At this moment, the sword energy slashed towards the attack kicked out by Victor.

The two slashes met in mid-air and collided.

The earth was split open.

Doron leaped back, holding his gun, narrowly dodging.

However, the slashes came too quickly, and Doron's subordinates nearby couldn't react in time, not even having time to dodge. Thus, they were directly cut open by the crescent-shaped slashes.

The Golden Lion paid no attention to the fate of the grunts. He looked up at the sky, a hint of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

At this moment, Victor stepped on Moon Walk and looked at the Golden Lion.

RUMBLE!

At the same time, a deafening roar was heard.

It was like a volcanic eruption.

Hundreds of Pirates were blasted away by magma.

Simultaneously, the massive magma fist, with its remaining power undiminished, continued to pound towards the Golden Lion.

"Another Logia-type."

"The Navy is really energetic this year."

The Golden Lion didn't even look. He raised his hand, flipped his wrist, and unleashed a slash.

Sakura Ten struck the magma fist.

The Golden Lion stood still.

The previously unstoppable giant magma fist could not advance any further.

Sakazuki stared coldly at the Golden Lion.

"Gihihihi~~~"

The Golden Lion laughed heartily, sword energy emanating from his blade, breaking through the magma giant fist and heading towards Sakazuki.

Sakazuki immediately dodged to the side, but his cheek was still grazed by the sword wave, leaving a cut.

The Golden Lion sneered and said, "Brat, you're still too young. The world of the strong is too early for you."

Sakazuki's expression was blank; he didn't even care about his injury.

However, the Golden Lion was also concerned about Sakazuki, his gaze fixed on Victor in the sky.

Victor's slashes could break through his sword energy!

To the Golden Lion, Victor was the greater threat.

Yet, Sakazuki did not get angry at being underestimated.

On the contrary, Sakazuki sneered inwardly.

The enemies who had underestimated him were all instantly killed by him.

Sakazuki quickly charged towards the Golden Lion.

Sakazuki vanished from his position when he was about fifty meters away from the Golden Lion.

He needed to get close enough, within the attack range of Cerberus, and then unleash his power!

At the same time, Victor also began to dive from the sky.

He stepped on Moon Walk, accelerating towards the ground.

"Then let's give it a try."

The Golden Lion sneered and, with extreme speed, rapidly unleashed slashes towards the direction of Sakazuki and Victor.

"Lion·Chigidani!"

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

The ground was split open.

Sakazuki had to dodge the attacks.

"Paper Arts·Wind's Embrace."

Victor began to control his body, dodging the attacks in mid-air.

However, the Golden Lion's attack was not over.

The rapid slashes just now only served to 'slow down' Victor and Sakazuki, preventing them from getting close easily.

Next, the Golden Lion flew at a speed almost brushing the ground, charging towards Sakazuki.

"I'll kill you first!" The Golden Lion gripped Sakuragi and Kogarashi in both hands, Armament Haki wrapping around his twin blades, and without hesitation, he slashed towards Sakazuki.

Sakazuki showed no panic, but he still chose to evade.

The blade sliced across Sakazuki's chest, splitting it open and splashing blood.

However, Sakazuki's feet quickly found purchase, and at the same time, his right palm erupted.

A gray palm, spewing black smoke, shot out at extreme speed, aiming for the Golden Lion's head.

The Golden Lion didn't dodge. Instead, it blocked the incoming palm with another blade.

"Kid, you're quite insidious."

Killing intent blazed in the Golden Lion's eyes.

It had intended to kill Sakazuki first, but it hadn't expected to be nearly ambushed by Sakazuki.

Fortunately, it was in its prime, with its physique, speed, strength, stamina, and reaction time all at their best.

Furthermore, years of fighting against strong opponents had honed the Golden Lion's combat instincts to a razor's edge.

Sakazuki's attempt to kill the Golden Lion in one blow with a sneak attack was wishful thinking.

However, before the Golden Lion could attack again, a crescent-shaped slash struck from behind it.

The Golden Lion drifted backward, narrowly dodging the attack.

"Don't forget, we're ganging up on you two against one."

Victor said calmly.

"Hmph!" The Golden Lion let out a cold snort.

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

Just then, a group of people ran over.

Leading them were the first ship's captain, Fenol; the second ship's captain, Gram; the third ship's captain, Pas; the fourth ship's captain, Anji; and the fifth ship's captain, Doron.

Victor landed on the ground. Looking at the Golden Lion, he said expressionlessly, "Sakazuki, you two take care of them for me."

Onigumo and Dogman heard this and felt nervous and flustered!

The captains of the Golden Lion Pirates were all pirates with bounties exceeding 300 million Belly.

Especially Fenol, Gram, Pas, and Anji.

Their bounties all surpassed 1 billion Belly.

If Kizaru were present, he would definitely feign fear upon hearing this, as the opponents were not just one person but multiple individuals possessing immense power.

"That magma kid is yours."

The Golden Lion looked at Victor and said to Fenol and the others.

Sakazuki was surrounded by a group of people.

His mission today was not only to act as bait but also to withstand the onslaught of a group of people, creating an opportunity for Victor to duel the Golden Lion one-on-one.

However, Sakazuki was not afraid.

"Die!"

Anji's weapon was a pair of dual blades. He was the first to charge at Sakazuki.

Armament Haki wrapped around his dual blades as he slashed fiercely.

The blades were fast.

A moment's hesitation would result in decapitation.

Sakazuki leaped backward.

The instant the dual blades missed, a bullet wrapped in Armament Haki whizzed 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 grew from the ground, entangling his feet like pythons.

The vines were wrapped in Armament Haki, rendering Sakazuki immobile.

"Hundred Style Punch!"

At this moment, Gram unleashed a powerful punch straight at Sakazuki's face.

The fist wave surged towards him.

Sakazuki raised his left hand, his left hand transforming into magma.

Their fists collided head-on.

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

"This guy is strong!"

As Gram was shocked, a figure appeared behind Sakazuki. It was the first ship's captain, Fenol. Fenol's weapon was a massive scythe.

Death Scythe signified the Grim Reaper's scythe!

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