Golden Lion!

"Who are these people? They don't look like they're from this island. I've never seen them before. But the question is, if they aren't from this island, how did they find this place? This is several thousand meters up in the sky. How did they get here?"

"Idiot, you asked so many questions at once—who's supposed to answer them all? Shut up and keep watching. I'm going to report what's happening here to the captain!"

The two men hid in a large tree some distance away. Believing Li's group had not noticed them, they spoke without restraint. In the end, one of them left while the other continued monitoring Li's group.

Boom! Boom!

A pack of wild beasts resembling primordial giants steadily closed in on Li's group. Each one was terrifyingly huge. These beasts had been injected with some berserk substance, making them extremely aggressive, but their rationality had also been erased, turning them completely into machine-like creatures. Under such circumstances, Conqueror's Haki was useless. No matter how intimidating one was, could it affect a madman with no reason at all? People revered ghosts and gods, but fools dared to piss inside temples. It was the same principle—these mindless beasts could not be dealt with using Conqueror's Haki.

"Shanks, are you going, or am I?" Asama Ryoma glanced at Shanks and asked casually.

"Well, let's do it together. We can't waste time here, can we?" Shanks smiled faintly, then drew the slender sword at his waist and shot forward like an arrow released from its bow.

Clang!

His sword struck a dinosaur's foot, yet it gave off the sound of metal clashing against metal. Shanks was genuinely surprised. He had thought they were merely aggressive beasts, but their defenses were unexpectedly terrifying.

Sizzle!

On the other side, Asama Ryoma stood