Golden Lion, I'll Take Everything You Have

Sea Circle Calendar, Year 1520.

A thunderous boom erupted from the sky!!

"Giant Thunder Axe."

Golden Lion was utterly defeated by Straw Hat Luffy.

Several islands controlled by Golden Lion's power also fell from the sky.

Setting off enormous waves.

Golden Lion lay paralyzed on the ground, lost in his memories. "Roger, have I failed again?"

"You really are a failure, Golden Lion!" A voice suddenly rang out beside Golden Lion's ear!!

Golden Lion gathered what little strength he had and demanded, "Who are you? Who are you?"

At that moment, a figure steadily approached Golden Lion. It was Luo Chen, who had transmigrated into the world of pirates.

Luo Chen had waited for this moment for a very long time—nearly a full year.

Since there were no true experts in the East Blue, Golden Lion had become Luo Chen's primary target.

It was all because of the system that Luo Chen had been waiting for an opportunity.

Now that opportunity had arrived. It was time for Luo Chen to act.

Golden Lion used his remaining strength to demand, "Kid, what are you trying to do?"

"Or are you after my head for the bounty?"

"Heh." Luo Chen merely sneered. "Rather than letting the Marines throw you back into Impel Down, you might as well help me out."

"What do you mean, kid?" Golden Lion could not understand what this man was talking about at all.

What Golden Lion had not expected was for Luo Chen to draw a dagger and stab it directly into his heart.

"You..." Golden Lion wanted to say something, but he could no longer utter a word.

He could not even move his body.

Golden Lion had already been at the end of his rope, and this strike completely took his life.

[System, activate.]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have activated: Inherit all of a character's abilities once.]

[First-time bonus: Copy one ability from a character once, excluding Devil Fruit abilities.]

[Condition for activating the next stage: Intervene in the Summit War.]

[Initiating full ability inheritance.]

[Inherited character: Golden Lion Shiki.]

[Inheritance state: Weak, aged, crippled body.]

[Inherited Float-Float Fruit ability: Awakened. (The side effects of the Devil Fruit ability have been removed.)]

[Inherited Observation Haki: D-rank.]

[Inherited Armament Haki: D-rank.]

[Inherited Conqueror's Haki: C+-rank.]

[Inherited martial arts: C-rank.]

[Inherited swordsmanship: SS-rank.]

[Inherited fundamentals, stamina, endurance, defense: C-rank.]

[Overall attack power: S+-rank.]

[Overall defense: C-rank.]

As Golden Lion died, all of his abilities merged into Luo Chen's body.

Looking at the interface provided by the system, Luo Chen could not help sighing at just how badly Golden Lion had weakened.

He had not merely weakened somewhat.

He had weakened to an astonishing degree.

The system's ranking system was E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS.

They corresponded respectively to ordinary people, all the way to god-tier beings above Admiral and Emperor level.

E-rank represented an ordinary person, while E+-rank represented an expert among ordinary people.

A-rank represented those at Vice Admiral level, while A+-rank belonged to elite Vice Admirals.

S-rank was comparable to the Three Calamities of a Four Emperors pirate crew.

S+-rank was like the second-in-command among the Emperor's commanders, such as Marco, King the Wildfire, or Katakuri.

SS-rank was the universally acknowledged pinnacle combat power of the seas: Admiral and Emperor level.

Golden Lion had weakened to such an unbearable state that it was hard to even look at him.

His Two-Color Haki had weakened to the point of nearly vanishing. D-rank was the lowest level of Haki, yet Golden Lion's Two-Color Haki was only D-rank.

Still, it was fortunate that the foundation of Two-Color Haki remained. If he had no Haki at all, Luo Chen would have had to learn it himself.

That would have wasted even more time.

However, Luo Chen himself was only around twenty years old, at the peak of his physical strength.

After inheriting all of Golden Lion's abilities, his overall strength changed as well.

Luo Chen opened the system interface.

[Host: Luo Chen.]

[Paramecia Float-Float Fruit: Awakened.]

[Observation Haki: C-rank.]

[Armament Haki: C-rank.]

[Conqueror's Haki: S-rank.]

[Martial arts: C+-rank.]

[Swordsmanship: SS-rank.]

[Fundamentals, stamina, endurance, defense: C+-rank.]

[Overall attack power: S+-rank.]

[Overall defense: B-rank.]

The reason Conqueror's Haki had improved so much was because it rose according to one's spirit and overall strength.

As for the foundation of his Two-Color Haki, Golden Lion was old and frail, while Luo Chen was young, vigorous, and full of vitality.

Luo Chen looked at his palm and clenched his fist. "Armament Hardening."

"C-rank Armament Haki barely meets the standard for Hardening. D-rank Haki cannot do it at all."

"Also, S-rank Conqueror's Haki can be controlled freely, allowing for precise strikes."

"However, S-rank Conqueror's Haki is clearly nowhere near enough to achieve Conqueror's Coating."

"It will probably take at least SS-rank to do that."

Luo Chen slowly crouched down and pulled two weapons from Golden Lion's legs: the Great Grade Blades Sakura Jū and Kogarashi.

Luo Chen looked at the two weapons and smiled. "Fortunately, swordsmanship is not tied to physical qualities. It is a skill. Still, the swordsmanship of the former world's greatest Great Swordsman must have weakened somewhat too. It is probably at SS+-rank."

"Otherwise, Golden Lion, I would never have wasted such a precious opportunity on you."

After speaking, Luo Chen extended his right hand and lifted Golden Lion.

Since he had inherited all of Golden Lion's abilities, he ought to give Golden Lion a proper burial.

In the original story, after Golden Lion was defeated by Straw Hat Luffy, the Marines captured him again.

The Marines were only capable of pulling underhanded tricks like that!!

Carrying Golden Lion's corpse, Luo Chen slowly rose into the sky.

Luo Chen controlled the Float-Float Fruit's power and flew in a certain direction.

After Luo Chen left with Golden Lion, the Marines arrived at the scene aboard five warships.

Yet after searching everywhere, they still could not find any trace of Golden Lion.

In the end, the Marines classified the incident as Golden Lion having escaped.

Otherwise, how could they have searched everywhere without finding any trace of him??

A person could not simply disappear for no reason, and Golden Lion possessed the Float-Float Fruit's power.

His escape had been within the Marines' calculations.