Two Gravely Wounded
The shadow of the Golden Lion, just now tainted by Sig's flesh and blood, transformed into shackles, fetters, and other binding instruments of torture—while simultaneously exerting the power of the Awakening Prison-Prison Fruit!
However, Golden Lion reacted quickly, using his Conqueror's Haki to forcefully achieve the effect of "warding off evil."
However, in this state, fighting Sig would inevitably put him at a disadvantage, and... Sig was also using his shadow to guide Shiki's flesh and blood to undergo mutations!
Logically, this shouldn't be a problem for Shiki. Under normal circumstances, his expertise in Life Return would be enough to suppress the anomaly. However... his calf is an exception!
Although these legs were carefully selected by Shiki as being the most similar to his own, and were even attached using the power of the Op-Op Fruit, making them very suitable for use, they were ultimately not his own.
If the connection had been established for a longer period and the individual had fully adapted, without hindering the progress of their "Life Return," they might have been able to hold it off. However, this is clearly not the case now.
After being slightly cornered by Sig, the Golden Lion's lower leg was the first to succumb, gradually festering and sprouting granulation tissue...
And it can't withstand the force!
With its legs losing their support, the Golden Lion could no longer use the momentum of the floating island and was sent flying backwards by Sig's impact.
At the same time, Shiki, true to his reputation as Great Pirate, was ruthless to himself. In an instant, he turned his blade and severed both of his lower legs again!
We must not allow this mutation of flesh and blood to spread!
Losing both legs didn't actually have a huge impact on Shiki, since he could float on his own—he was a Devil Fruit ability, the only life form he could control.
"Damn brat..." Skibbi Zieg became even more disheveled, his entire body covered in blood.
With his legs missing, Shiki floated in the air and once again wielded his twin swords wildly. However, he did not launch any slashes but instead used the momentum of the swords to spread his Conqueror's Haki.
Sig could sense that after falling slightly behind, Shiki's Conqueror's Haki had begun to weaken!
Otherwise, there would be no need to spread Conqueror's Haki like this...
Sig's initial Psychological Suggestion wasn't without effect; it was just that when the battle was going well, Shiki was able to suppress his self-doubt. However, when things started to turn slightly against him, Sig's words immediately came to mind.
In fact, if Golden Lion had maintained the same mindset he had before the Battle of Eidolon, or even when he stormed Marine Headquarters alone, even without his leg being reattached or his mind not being filled in, Sig would have had a very difficult time winning.
However, there are no "what ifs," as the Golden Lion has grown old...
It's not that we're old because of our physical age, but because our hearts have grown old.
An old, toothless lion, having had its leg repaired and its brain repaired, temporarily feels it has regained its former glory. But after being "educated" by a young man, it immediately falls back into a state of lethargy.
At this point, Shiki became Shiki, and Sig was equally unforgiving!
If it were the old Shiki, Sig could have held back and tried to coerce or Shiki him into signing a notarized contract.
However, the current Shiki...
After all, he had regained some of his former glory. He wasn't enough to defeat Sig, but he was enough to make Sig dare not hold back!
In his Shiki rage, Cherry Ten left and Withered Tree, and the ground bulged up wherever his Conqueror's Haki swept through.
As Sig moved to the left and right, two enormous lion-headed mountains appeared on the ground, encircling and surrounding him.
At the same time, Sig, who had leaped into the air, also made a throwing motion. Countless bolts of lightning then coiled around Gungnir, dazzling to the eye...
"Wait..." Gion saw that both sides were about to go all in. She looked at Siegfried, wanting to stop him, but couldn't say anything.
What are the benefits of a mutually destructive conflict with the Golden Lion?
In a different location, Gion would be happy to see the two Great Pirate fight to the death, and then she could go up and capture them both.
But if both of them lose consciousness now, wouldn't the entire island still fall?
However, Gion did not continue speaking, because she already understood that the two of them were completely locked on each other, and whoever backed down first would most likely end up losing alone instead of both!
The next moment, with a tremendous crash, the two lions joined forces, burying Sig alive in mid-air. At the same time, the lions, which resembled ocean waves, instantly transformed into a torrent of rocks, spiraling and twisting to form a massive rock pillar tens of meters in diameter and hundreds of meters high, trapping Sig inside until he was completely out of sight.
Meanwhile, Gungnir, empowered by lightning and fierce winds, roared towards the Golden Lion...
The Golden Lion's two swords clashed, but he only managed to hold out for a moment before the dazzling spear shattered the swords and pierced through the Golden Lion's body!
At least...
It appeared that lightning had pierced through the Golden Lion's body, and he did indeed fall. However, upon closer inspection, there were no visible injuries on his body, and Gungnir was nowhere to be seen.
However, with Golden Lion's sudden fainting, the rock pillars that had been trapping Sig collapsed instantly.
"Oh no!" Gion didn't care about the Rock Pillar or Siegfried at this moment. She, the still conscious Marines, and Law and the others all felt a sense of weightlessness—the island was about to fall!
The island had already flown very high, now thousands of meters above the ground.
Gion herself could ascend to the sky using Geppo, but she couldn't save the island, or even protect her own subordinates.
Luo's expression changed at this moment. In this state, even if he teleported, it wouldn't be very effective, especially since he couldn't teleport anyone with him right now...
But just then, Sig broke free from the rock pillar, and... a huge figure emerged from his body. First, the Oz's Shadow, over eighty meters tall, flashed and disappeared, and then a huge Shadow Dragon appeared!
Kaido over seven meters tall, and when he transforms into a blue dragon, his body length reaches five or six hundred meters. The Oz's Shadow, on the other hand, is already over eighty meters tall. While not proportionally larger, when it transforms into Shadow Dragon, it is still two or three times longer than Kaido, and hovering above Svalbard Island, it exudes a powerful and imposing presence...
However, Gion didn't have time to think about that and quickly shouted, "Siegfried! If you can fly, hurry up..."
Gion wanted to Sig to do his best to save people—even if you don't want to save the Marines, surely you could save some civilians?
Svalbard Island is rapidly losing its "zero-gravity" effect and is getting closer and closer to free fall. There's not much time left for Sig to show off!
However, before Gion could finish speaking, she suddenly felt extremely heavy again...
Thick, shadowy black clouds emanated from the massive Shadow Dragon. These clouds spread to the base of the island, embracing it from the very foundation and gradually slowing the Svalbard Island's descent.
Although it cannot directly change the gravity of an island like the Float-Float Fruit, the Azure Dragon Fruit allows it to fly, and it uses "Flame Cloud" to achieve flight. In the original work Kaido could even use his Flame Cloud to lift Onigashima into the air.
While Oz's Shadow's Devil Fruit ability is certainly inferior to Kaido's, its sheer size allows it to control a greater number of Flame Cloud, or rather, shadow clouds. Though lacking in sheer mass, its sheer quantity can compensate, effectively slowing its descent...