When Rocks discovered that there were no other powerful fighters on the island, he leisurely sat down at the bow of the ship.
He relaxed a little, too.
He wondered why the Marines hadn't laid a trap for him.
His suspicions were correct. The Marines had considered setting a trap for him, but they didn't have enough strength to wipe out his crew in one fell swoop.
After all, the Rocks Pirates had already reached their peak. Three or four Admirals wouldn't be enough to take them down.
They would need at least ten fighters at Admiral level to have a chance of wiping out the Rocks Pirates.
The Marines hadn't found the perfect opportunity yet, so they naturally wouldn't waste their forces.
As for Admiral Snow Lion, the moment Rocks discovered him, he was never going to leave the New World alive.
That was because the Rocks Pirates hadn't been idle during this time. They had swept through every Marine Branch, large and small, in the New World.
Now, the only Marine Branch left in the New World was near Fish-Man Island, at its entrance.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
On the battlefield, Tyr moved at incredible speed, constantly throwing punches amid the massive stone lions.
"Gyahahaha!"
Golden Lion stood in midair, his face twisted as he let out a mad laugh.
"Someone like you can only dream of even touching me."
He sent one stone lion after another charging toward Tyr. Each one possessed incredible strength.
"Huff... huff..."
"This can't go on. I'll run out of stamina."
Tyr stood in midair, utterly exhausted and panting as he muttered. He couldn't help but marvel inwardly at how strong Golden Lion was.
"I have no choice but to go all out."
"Blast Fist!"
Tyr gritted his teeth, his face contorted in a fierce grimace. He stomped hard with both feet and began spinning in midair like a rapidly whirling top. After smashing through several stone lions in a row, he reached Golden Lion.
"Shiki, take this!"
Golden Lion showed no fear as Tyr charged at him. He rushed forward to meet Tyr's attack.
"I'm the Golden Lion!"
Golden Lion swung both swords at Tyr.
"Cross Slash Wave!"
"Boom!"
A tremendous crash rang out, leaving the weaker pirates present with blood seeping from their ears.
The sky split apart and the earth trembled. The people on the ground were sent tumbling, and those standing nearby were torn apart by the shockwave, their bodies turning into clouds of blood. Those a little farther away were blown hundreds of meters away. A vacuum hundreds of meters across opened up at the point of impact.
The battlefield, which had been a chaotic melee just a moment earlier, fell utterly silent.
Soldiers and pirates alike stared, stunned, at the center of the battlefield.
As the glaring sunlight shone down,
the crowd gradually made out the scene at the battlefield's center. Golden Lion stood where he was, while Tyr lay in a deep crater, his life or death unknown.
"Pfft!"
A faint sound rang out.
Tyr slowly rose to his feet.
"I never thought I'd still fail to protect my kingdom."
"Why does this world have to have pirates?"
Tyr spoke, covered in wounds and blood streaming down his face.
"Gyahahaha!"
"Who knows?"
Golden Lion rummaged through his bloodstained clothes and pulled out a cigar snapped in half. He put it between his lips, raised one of his swords, and used it to light the cigar. After taking a deep drag and blowing out a ring of smoke, he smiled with satisfaction. A cigar after battle—what could be better?
Their fierce clash had turned the blades red-hot.
"You'd better ask the Celestial Dragons that question."
"Gyahahaha!"
With a cigar between his lips, Golden Lion strode over to Tyr.
"Goodbye!"
Golden Lion swung his sword toward Tyr's neck.
"No, stop!"
After Golden Lion's sword swept across Tyr's neck, an enraged voice rang out from behind him.
Golden Lion turned to look and saw Giles sprinting toward them.
"You really don't think much of me, do you?"
"You dare get distracted in the middle of a fight?"
"Elbaf Spear!"
Charlotte Linlin had seen Giles abandon his fight with her and rush straight toward Tyr. It made her furious.
"Riiip!"
Giles failed to dodge the attack. A powerful energy wave tore his body in two.
His upper body was sent flying, landing beside Tyr.
"I never thought our dream would end like this. We said we'd build up Tyr's Kingdom together..."
"Ugh..."
Giles stretched out his only remaining left hand and crawled inch by inch toward Tyr.
"We were so close..."
Just as his left hand was about to touch Tyr, the light in his eyes quietly faded.
"Plop!"
With a soft thud, his right hand fell gently to the ground.
"Gurararara!"
"You've all finished your fights, so I'd better pick up the pace."
"Quake Shock!"
Newgate immediately sped up his attacks.
"Damn you, Rocks Pirates!"
"Why did you come to our country?"
Cthulhu roared, tears filling his eyes.
"Bang!"
Newgate didn't answer. He merely put more force into his attacks. He knew he had no answer to that question.
The soldiers present abruptly snapped out of their stupor and immediately clashed with the pirates again. In their eyes, as long as their strategist, Cthulhu, was still alive, they still had something to fight for.
"Boom... boom... boom..."
Just then, Admiral Snow Lion sent Carl flying over several mountain peaks.
"Pfft!"
Carl immediately got to his feet and spat out the blood that had pooled in his chest.
He looked up at Admiral Snow Lion.
Snow Lion had completely transformed into a beast, becoming a white lion dozens of meters tall.
"Then I'll try out the skill I just mastered."
In the middle of the fight, Carl had gained greater control over the power in his bloodline. By activating that power, he could transform his body into a true Titan.
"Thump... thump... thump..."
A series of enormous heartbeats rang out.
Carl swung his fists, pounding the ground again and again as his body slowly expanded into a thirty-meter-tall Titan.
His shoulders rose like mountain peaks, his waist was as wide as a small human racetrack, and his skin gleamed golden, as though bathed in sunlight. He gave off an air of mystery and solemnity.
"Power is surging through me!"
"This is the power of a Titan!"
A deep, rumbling voice came from the giant's mouth.
"Gah gah gah!"
Carl clenched his fist, then looked toward Snow Lion.
"You're lucky. You're the first person to experience my Titan Form."
"Whoosh!"
Carl swung his massive fist, and the air rang with the whistle of a speeding train.
"Is that Carl?"
"So this is the power of a Titan?"
Charlotte Linlin had finished her fight and witnessed Carl's entire transformation. She couldn't help feeling shocked.
"Mamamamama!"
"This is wonderful. Such powerful bloodline strength!"
As she spoke, Charlotte Linlin slowly rubbed her belly. She could clearly sense three lives growing inside her. Each little life gave off a vitality far beyond that of an ordinary child, even though her three children were still only embryos.
"Simply incredible!"
"Bang!"
Newgate blocked Cthulhu's side kick with his right hand.
"Newgate, where are you looking?"
"Don't get distracted while fighting me. Are you looking down on me?"
"Gurarara!"
"Let's go again."
"Is that Joy Boy? It's more than just a little similar."
"When will we finally see Joy Boy?"
On the other side of the New World, Zunesha let out a low rumbling call. Though this heartbeat was powerful, it wasn't Joy Boy's.
"The time hasn't come yet."
"The appointed time hasn't come."
In the depths of the Calm Belt, gigantic Sea Kings thousands or even tens of thousands of meters long could be seen everywhere.
One of them, a massive yellow head a full hundred thousand meters long, spoke in a low voice.
"It isn't time for the Sea King to be born yet."
The other three gigantic Sea Kings beside it, all about the same size, nodded in agreement.
"Has something changed?"
"Sun God Joy Boy, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
A voice rang out from the room where Imu slept in Mary Geoise. Then the entire room fell silent once more.
Carl had no idea that the enormous heartbeat he made when he transformed into his Titan Form had caught the attention of so many of the world's most powerful fighters.
"Wow!"
"Is that Lord Carl?"
At the edge of the battlefield, Long Yi and Long Er stared at the enormous giant and spoke excitedly, stars in their eyes.
"So this is Carl's true form?"
"Gyahahaha!"
"This makes things even more interesting."
Shiki stood in midair, laughing wildly. The stronger Carl became, the greater Shiki's chance of breaking away from the Rocks Pirates.
"Hahaha!"
"Carl, you've got quite a few secrets, don't you?"
Rocks could feel Carl's life force rising without pause, still far from reaching its limit. But compared to his own, it was still a long way off.
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