Arc 11The Fall of Golden Lion

Lucas and his allies fought Golden Lion Shiki to stop his airborne islands from destroying the Kingdom of Ye, but Shiki’s defeat sent the islands plunging toward the country. Kalifa’s expanded spatial powers let Issho suspend the falling islands, giving the women time to attack them.

  • Yamato, Stussy, Hancock, and Weevil defeated Ochoku’s forces on Hachinosu, and Weevil cleaved Ochoku in two as he tried to escape.
  • Pedro, Beckmus, and Jebao saw the Federation’s laws protect Fish-Men from slavery, while Lafitte arranged for Fisher Tiger’s group to build homes and earn citizens’ trust.
  • Lucas relocated Amazon Lily and invited Robin to travel with him, while Hancock became its ruler and Violet confessed her feelings for Lucas.
  • Hawkins joined the Federation, and Shyarly’s vision helped Lucas’s crew locate the Kingdom of Ye, where Golden Lion Shiki was hiding.
  • Lucas took Robin, Stussy, Scarlet, Hina, and Hiyori to confront Shiki, who used Indigo’s potion and giant beasts to prepare for battle.
  • Lucas and Shiki fought for three days, and Lucas finally killed Shiki with a crimson slash as the potion’s effects faded.
  • Lucas and his allies failed to stop the remaining islands from falling, but Kalifa opened Air Doors that let Issho extend his Gravity Field and freeze them above the Kingdom of Ye.
  • Stussy urged the women to attack the suspended islands, and Lami and Ulti joined them in blasting and burning their weak points.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Clever Yamato, Death of Chikara

Yamato’s attempt to lure Ochoku into the open failed, but she defeated Chikara in a clash of Haki and frost. She then called for help searching the ruins for Ochoku.

  • Ochoku’s short sword failed to pierce Yamato’s skin, and he teleported away before Stussy’s flames could catch him.
  • Stussy warned the others through the mental group chat and began searching for Ochoku, while Yamato hurled the skull into pirates who had approached her.
  • Chikara launched a surprise attack on Yamato, but she froze him and struck him with A Jian, sending him flying and injuring his arm.
  • Chikara unleashed the Sumo Ring Fist Hammer, but Yamato’s Padma Thunder Bagua shattered his attack and froze him again.
  • Yamato smashed the frozen Chikara to pieces, then asked for help finding Ochoku through the mental group chat.

Ch. 252The Wolf and the Snake: Wells's Death

Yamato, Hancock, Stussy, and Weevil searched Hachinosu for Ochoku while Wells tried to flee the island. Stussy intercepted and killed Wells at the harbor, then destroyed the pirates’ ships, leaving the fleeing pirates without escape.

  • Yamato and Hancock traded insults as they fought House, while Stussy and Weevil flattened Hachinosu’s ruins to flush Ochoku out of hiding.
  • Ochoku realized he could not stop them from destroying his hiding places and desperately searched for a way to escape.
  • Wells blended into the fleeing pirates and headed for the harbor, hoping to leave Hachinosu before Ochoku was defeated.
  • Stussy froze the pirates at the harbor and shattered most of them, but Wells survived by protecting himself with Busoshoku Haki.
  • Stussy recognized Wells and attacked him; after he transformed and fought back with Fish-Man Karate, she cut him apart with Haki-coated wind blades.
  • Stussy burned the pirate ships, destroying the fleeing pirates’ chance to escape by sea.

Ch. 253Hancock Absorbed Her Gains, and House Met His End

Lucas chose the Riki Riki no Mi for Weevil and planned to give the Disease-Disease Fruit to a medically talented woman. As the crew cleared the island, Hancock fought House, endured his high-speed assault, and struck back with Internal Destruction.

  • Lucas decided the Riki Riki no Mi suited Weevil and reserved the Disease-Disease Fruit for a woman with medical talent.
  • Stussy, Yamato, and Weevil cleared debris and bodies while Hancock battled House, who stayed behind to protect Ochoku's escape.
  • Hancock matched House's afterimages with her own speed and battered him with Perfume Femur until his first tactic failed.
  • House vanished from Hancock's sight, then struck her repeatedly and shattered her Haki armor as Yamato offered help.
  • Hancock caught House's hoof and used Armament Haki to break through his defenses and unleash Internal Destruction inside his body.

Ch. 254House's Death, Ochoku's Desperate Gamble

Hancock defeated House and absorbed the blood that healed her wounds, while Lucas stored the Pegasus Devil Fruit aboard the Eos. Cornered on Hachinosu after the World Government refused to help, Ochoku teleported toward the Eos to confront Lucas and escape.

  • Hancock broke House's legs, petrified him with her Love-Love Fruit power, and absorbed his blood to heal herself.
  • Lucas recovered from his wound and stored the Mythical Zoan Pegasus Fruit in Castle Space because he could not decide who should eat it.
  • Ochoku destroyed his Den Den Mushi after the World Government refused to send Marine reinforcements.
  • Ochoku realized he had to reach Lucas to lift the restriction on his teleportation and escape Hachinosu.
  • Weevil found Ochoku and alerted Hancock, Yamato, and the others, prompting Ochoku to teleport toward the Eos.

Ch. 255The Pirate Patriarch's Fall

Ochoku fought through Hancock, Stussy, and Yamato’s attacks to reach the spatial stabilizers on the Eos, hoping to escape. Weevil intercepted him and killed him with a massive Flying Slash, leaving the Eos and its crew victorious over the Pirate Patriarch.

  • Hancock’s Slave Arrows cracked Ochoku’s Haki armor, but he forced his way toward the Eos’s spatial stabilizers while remaining immune to her petrification.
  • Stussy engulfed Ochoku in fire, and Yamato struck him with Narikabura, badly injuring him without stopping his advance.
  • Weevil launched himself into the Eos and sent the submarine tumbling, then Lucas scolded him and warned that he would go without food if he failed to defeat Ochoku.
  • Ochoku’s injuries overwhelmed him as he tried to teleport, and he began falling toward Weevil.
  • Weevil brought down a giant Flying Slash that cleaved Ochoku in two over Hachinosu.

Ch. 256The Mink Trio's First Impressions of the Federation

Pedro, Beckmus, and Jebao arrived at the Eternal Federation to investigate the country and encountered its orderly immigration process and unfamiliar city. After witnessing both friendly curiosity and nobles’ greed toward the Mink Tribe, Pedro asked a local man how the Federation enforced its ban on slavery.

  • Pedro, Beckmus, and Jebao joined the long queue at the Federation’s immigration checkpoint and submitted their entry forms.
  • An immigration official processed their documents without prejudice and reminded them that arbitrary use of force was prohibited.
  • The three Minks were met with curious, friendly looks from ordinary citizens as they explored the city.
  • A group of nobles discussed capturing the Minks for sale, but one of them warned that slavery was forbidden in the Federation.
  • Jebao prepared to confront the nobles, but Pedro stopped him and pointed out that the law at least prohibited the slave trade.
  • Pedro approached a newspaper-reading man and asked how the Federation’s ban on slavery worked.

Ch. 257Fisher Tiger Wanted to Find His Place in the Federation

Pedro, Beckmus, and Jebao learned that the Federation outlawed slavery and planned to use robots as laborers. Fisher Tiger’s bid to make the Fish-Man Adventure Group an official Federation force was rejected for now, but Lafitte offered a path toward acceptance through construction work.

  • A middle-aged man told Pedro, Beckmus, and Jebao that the Federation banned slave trading and described robots that could replace slave labor.
  • Fisher Tiger applied to Lafitte for the Fish-Man Adventure Group to become an official Pioneer Adventure Group.
  • Lafitte rejected the application, explaining that citizens’ prejudice against Fish-Men could cause unrest if the group became an official force immediately.
  • Lafitte proposed that Fish-Man crews help build new homes so citizens could see their diligence and reliability firsthand.
  • Fisher Tiger eagerly accepted the proposal and left to gather his people, forgetting his application letter.
  • Lucas praised Lafitte’s plan after Fisher Tiger left.

Ch. 258The Fish-Man Tribe's Talent Put to Good Use

Lucas observed Lafitte’s plans for the Fish-Man Tribe and tacitly accepted credit for welcoming them to the Federation. At a construction site, Fisher Tiger made Arlong and the other Fish-Men work, while small exchanges with local children gradually eased human residents’ fears.

  • Lucas praised Lafitte’s decision to put the Fish-Men to work and silently accepted Lafitte’s belief that it reflected his wishes.
  • The Fish-Man Adventure Group arrived at a construction site, where Arlong protested the hard labor and Tiger ordered him to work or leave the group.
  • Arlong reluctantly picked up a steel bar after Tiger demanded that the Fish-Men prove their worth through their actions.
  • Local children brought food to the Fish-Men, and Aladdin thanked them while Jinbe was surprised by their kindness.
  • Arlong and other hardliners rejected their gifts, but the children kept returning, and some Fish-Men offered shells in return as the adults’ fear began to fade.

Ch. 259The power of technology: artificial island clouds and artificial sky islands

Lucas and his allies settled Punk Hazard and Amazon Lily onto artificial island clouds, then Lucas reunited with Robin and invited her on a three-month trip. The chapter ended with Robin accepting and Lucas carrying her toward the palace chambers.

  • Hiyori accelerated the formation of island clouds while Judge and Vegapunk prepared the Mechanical Floating Island to land on them.
  • Issho lowered Punk Hazard and Amazon Lily onto the clouds using his gravitational field.
  • Lucas thanked Issho and explained that moving Amazon Lily was a personal effort to protect its people from the World Government.
  • Lucas found Robin watering roses in Kuja Castle’s gardens and invited her to travel with him for three months.
  • Robin accepted after Lucas promised to take her to Poneglyphs and undiscovered ruins, and Lucas carried her toward the palace’s inner chambers.

Ch. 260The Twelfth Private Car

After Robin spent three days and nights with Lucas, he realized he had neglected Violet and Kalifa and took Violet for a walk. Violet confessed her feelings, and Lucas carried her toward his bedchamber.

  • Toritoma died after confirming Hancock as her successor, and Hancock became Amazon Lily's ruler.
  • Lucas emerged from Robin's chamber and sensed Violet's hurt and Kalifa's disappointment.
  • Lucas invited Violet to walk with him while Kalifa stayed behind.
  • Violet confessed that she had fallen in love with Lucas despite being his sister's husband.
  • Lucas embraced Violet, accepted her feelings, and carried her toward the bedchamber.

Ch. 261The Flying Pirates Make Their Move

Aramaki killed a group of pirates causing trouble at Pleasure District headquarters, and their flag suggested they belonged to a dangerous crew. At a construction site, Fisher Tiger and his warriors stopped another pirate group from stealing Memory Alloy and capturing a child, while the patrol found the same flag.

  • Aramaki dodged an eighty-million-Beli captain’s attack and drained the captain and his men with his branch-like powers.
  • Aramaki ordered guards to identify the dead pirates, and they brought him a black flag bearing a golden-haired skull and a red ship’s wheel.
  • Pirates disguised as tourists tried to steal Memory Alloy at a construction site and seize a boy who witnessed them.
  • Fisher Tiger and the Fish-Man Tribe warriors defeated the pirates and rescued the boy.
  • The Federation patrol traced the pirates’ ship and discovered a flag matching the one found at Pleasure District headquarters.

Ch. 262Hawkins the Clairvoyant's Incredible Divination

In Dressrosa, Kate defended Hawkins’s divination after Pedro and his companions doubted it, and Hawkins predicted that her benefactor would appear at the restaurant. Hancock and her sister arrived, confirming Kate’s belief that the benefactor was nearby.

  • Kate and Fast told Pedro, Jebao, and Beckmus that their family had been killed while protecting them, and that a human had rescued Kate.
  • Kate explained that Hawkins’s divination had led her to the restaurant, though she did not know her benefactor’s name or appearance.
  • Beckmus accused Hawkins of tricking Kate, but she insisted his predictions had always been right.
  • Hawkins said there was a ninety percent chance Kate’s benefactor would appear there, prompting Pedro to rise angrily.
  • Hancock and her sister arrived, and Kate recognized them as the women who had been captured with her and rescued by the same benefactor.

Ch. 263Arlong Was Easy to Sway

Lucas sought a way to locate the Flying Pirates before they could attack the Federation’s islands. After Hawkins offered to use divination, Lucas persuaded Arlong to bring his sister Shyarly to help by promising the Fish-Man Tribe a chance to earn the title of strongest race.

  • Hawkins sensed that accompanying Kate could change his fate and offered to use divination to find the Flying Pirates.
  • Lucas sent Lafitte to fetch Arlong, hoping to enlist Shyarly, whose predictions could reveal the Flying Pirates’ movements.
  • Fisher Tiger offered to take responsibility for Arlong, and Lucas explained that he needed Shyarly’s help.
  • Arlong refused to help protect people he considered inferior, but Lucas offered to hold a contest that could grant the Fish-Man Tribe the title of strongest race.
  • Arlong accepted Lucas’s offer and agreed to help bring Shyarly to the Federation.

Ch. 264Hawkins the Clairvoyant Gets Hired at Lightning Speed

Lucas hired Hawkins after Hawkins used his Divination to identify the direction of the Flying Pirates. Lucas planned to wait for Shyarly before searching, while Yamato and Hancock argued over how to use the clue.

  • Lucas played a game while Yamato and Hancock competed to feed him, and the other women watched their rivalry.
  • Marigold and Sandersonia brought Hawkins to Lucas, explaining that a Mink girl he had rescued had brought him along.
  • Hawkins divined that the Flying Pirates were most likely in a direction beyond the window, and Lucas offered him a job with the Federation.
  • Hawkins accepted Lucas's offer after consulting his Tarot Cards, and Lafitte took him away to get settled.
  • Yamato urged the group to search using Hawkins's direction, but Hancock pointed out that it was not precise enough.
  • Lucas stopped their argument and said he would ask Violet to look around, then wait for Arlong to bring Shyarly so they could pinpoint the Flying Pirates.

Ch. 265Shyarly Gets Ahead of Herself

Shyarly foresaw herself with the wealthy human Lu and agreed to perform a divination for him after Arlong brought her request. Meanwhile, Lucas sent Kalifa and Lami into the Time Spirit Room with powerful Devil Fruits and instructions to prepare for the coming battle.

  • Shyarly saw a vision of herself with the silver-haired Richest Man Lu and wondered how their futures could intersect.
  • Arlong told Shyarly that the richest person in the human world wanted her to perform a divination, and she agreed.
  • Lucas gave Kalifa a combined Teleport-Teleport and Door-Door Fruit and sent her into the Time Spirit Room to develop its power.
  • Lucas gave Lami the Disease-Disease Fruit and Lunarian genetic data, and she entered the room after asking whether she could marry him.

Ch. 266Where It Ends and Begins

Shyarly’s divination and Violet’s vision led Lucas to Golden Lion’s hiding place in the Kingdom of Ye, where he planned the final battle and selected his team. As Lucas outfitted the women for the fight, Ulti decided she and the others needed to make him pay attention to them.

  • Shyarly saw a kimono-clad country beneath a vast floating archipelago, and Violet located it roughly three thousand kilometers from the Presidential Palace.
  • Lafitte assembled the nautical charts and identified the place as the Kingdom of Ye, a country Lucas, Yamato, and Gion knew well.
  • Lucas chose Robin, Stussy, Scarlet, Hina, and Hiyori to join him in the fight against Golden Lion, while asking Shyarly to stay on Amazon Lily.
  • Lucas took the chosen women to Germa Mechanical Island and asked Reiju to prepare them with the latest Battle Suits and Battle Boots.
  • Ulti complained that Lucas had neglected her, and she began plotting with Baby 5 and Koala to make him pay attention.

Ch. 267The Lonely Golden Lion and the Vampire with a Happy Family

Golden Lion prepared to use Indigo’s imperfect Full-Power Potion, which would restore his youth for three days at the cost of thirty years of life. Meanwhile, Lucas and his crew headed for the floating archipelago, aware they had to stop Golden Lion without letting the islands fall and devastate the world.

  • Indigo presented Golden Lion with a flawed potion that would make him ten years younger for three days before costing him thirty years of life.
  • Golden Lion comforted Indigo, accepted the potion, and declared that three days at his peak would be enough to kill Lucas.
  • Golden Lion examined his reflection, seeing his prosthetic legs and the ship’s wheel still lodged in his head.
  • The Eos flew toward the Kingdom of Ye as Lucas’s crew prepared for battle.
  • Robin warned that Golden Lion’s death could make over a hundred islands fall from the sky and cause a global catastrophe.
  • Lucas explained that he had brought his crew to prevent the disaster and that Issho could not leave the Yulo Peninsula because the Celestial Dragons might take advantage of his absence.

Ch. 268Self and Instinct

Indigo used IQ to turn Vermeju Sky Island’s beasts into a giant army for Golden Lion Shiki, but Lucas’s attack killed most of them before he confronted Shiki. Their clash left Shiki retaliating with a massive lion-shaped construct made from a floating island.

  • Indigo gave Scarlet an overdose of IQ, transforming the beast king into a hundred-meter monster and ordering him to dose the island’s animals.
  • Scarlet’s roar triggered the mutation of animals across Vermeju Sky Island, creating a vast army of giant beasts.
  • Golden Lion Shiki celebrated the new army until Lucas’s Destructive Explosive Gale Bullet struck, killing most of the beasts.
  • Lucas and Golden Lion Shiki exchanged slashes and clashed their Conqueror’s Haki-coated weapons in the sky.
  • Lucas mocked Shiki’s prosthetic legs and ship’s wheel, then launched blood spears that Shiki shattered with Armament Haki.
  • Shiki used Lion’s Might: Earth Roll to reshape a floating island into a giant lion’s head and send it lunging at Lucas.

Ch. 269Two Officers Taken Down in an Instant

Lucas fought Golden Lion Shiki in the floating archipelago, using blood and Haki to shatter his lion-shaped attack while an ally’s power erased the debris. Meanwhile, the women dismantled the islands to counter Shiki’s control, and Robin killed the Flying Pirates’ last two officers as the battle continued.

  • Lucas unleashed Blood Dragon Bite, shattering Golden Lion Shiki’s giant lion head with blood and Supreme Armament Haki.
  • Rainbow halos erased the falling debris, and Golden Lion Shiki realized his power had been countered by someone concealed in the clouds.
  • Lucas attacked with Vlad's Sigh, and Golden Lion Shiki answered with Abyss Curse.
  • Hina and the other women destroyed the floating islands with their powers to prevent Shiki from using the terrain.
  • Scarlet leaped across the islands carrying Indigo, but Robin killed Scarlet by crushing his throat with Haki.
  • Indigo threw a vial of chemicals at Robin, but Robin smashed it aside and crushed him with a Haki-coated hand.

Ch. 270Lord of the Federation vs. the Flying Pirates' Admiral

Lucas and Golden Lion fought across Vilmeyo Island as Lucas overwhelmed him, but Golden Lion drank a reverse-engineered rejuvenating reagent and regained his prime. The chapter ended with Golden Lion unleashing a colossal Flying Slash at Lucas.

  • Lucas and Golden Lion traded Flying Slashes, and Lucas countered Golden Lion’s Ikoku with Divine Departure.
  • Lucas evaporated Golden Lion’s seawater lion with lightning as their allies continued battling elsewhere.
  • Golden Lion sent two islands crashing toward Lucas, but Lucas closed the distance and smashed him into a crater.
  • Golden Lion drank a rejuvenating reagent, suppressed Lucas’s attempt to control his blood, and restored his body to its prime.
  • Golden Lion combined Busoshoku Haki and Conqueror’s Haki in a gigantic Zanpa aimed at Lucas.

Ch. 271The True World's Greatest Swordsman Showdown (Bonus Chapter)

Lucas and Golden Lion fought on Vilmeyo Island as Lucas used his speed and swordsmanship to overwhelm the aging pirate. After three days and nights, Golden Lion’s potion began to wear off, and Lucas surrounded him with a thousand blood swords for a finishing attack.

  • Lucas met Golden Lion’s golden slash with Blood Domain Veil, then used Flash of Instant Thunder to strike from behind.
  • Golden Lion countered Lucas’s lightning slash with Kogarashi and forced it to dissipate with his swordsmanship.
  • Lucas closed the distance and kept Golden Lion from making effective use of the Float-Float Fruit, forcing him into a prolonged sword fight.
  • Lucas and Golden Lion battled for three days and nights, devastating Vilmeyo Island as Golden Lion’s defenses weakened.
  • Lucas cut Golden Lion deeply as the potion sustaining his peak condition neared its end, then summoned a thousand Haki-wrapped blood swords and launched One Bite, Thousand Blade Flowers.

Ch. 272Death of the Golden Lion

Golden Lion removed the wheel embedded in his head and unleashed a final surge of power to fight Lucas. After Lucas struck him with an enormous blood slash, Golden Lion fell, and Vermeyo was split in two.

  • Golden Lion pulled the half-wheel from his head and covered himself in powerful Conqueror's Haki armor, destroying Lucas's incoming blood swords.
  • Lucas accepted Golden Lion's challenge and attacked him at full speed, but Golden Lion's armor withstood the blow.
  • Golden Lion launched a wave of earth and stone and a net of golden Flying Slashes at Lucas, then coughed blood as his strength began to fail.
  • Lucas unleashed Asura Blood Light Slash, cutting through Golden Lion's attacks and splitting Vermeyo in two.
  • Golden Lion, too weak to move, remembered Roger before Lucas's crimson slash shattered his armor and cleaved him in two.

Ch. 273Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Kamar-Taj Mage (Portal Space Specialization)

Falling islands devastated the Kingdom of Ye after Lucas and the women failed to stop most of them. The story then returned to the first day of Lucas’s battle with Golden Lion, where Kalifa emerged from years of training with a fused fruit power that let her open doors directly to places she had visited.

  • The women watched helplessly as the remaining islands fell toward the Kingdom of Ye, and Lucas said he could not stop them in time.
  • Lucas used electromagnetic force to break apart Vilmeyo Island and another island, but fragments from the falling islands caused tsunamis and widespread destruction across the Kingdom of Ye.
  • On the first day of Lucas’s battle with Golden Lion, Kalifa emerged from the Time Spirit Room after years of training.
  • Kalifa opened an Air Door to her home on Amazon Lily, demonstrating how her fused Teleport-Teleport and Door-Door Fruit powers let her travel directly to places she had visited.

Ch. 274Ulti's little scheme

Kalifa recruited Issho to help confront Golden Lion, while Ulti secretly ate an Artificial Devil Fruit at Punk Hazard. Ulti headed to the Time Spirit Room to learn her new ability before surprising Eos.

  • Kalifa used Lucas's Vivre Card fragment to plan a trip to deal with Golden Lion and decided she needed companions.
  • Kalifa opened an Air Door to the Federation Guard Corps headquarters and asked Issho to go with her.
  • Issho questioned the range of Kalifa's ability and suggested bringing more people along.
  • Ulti sneaked into the Punk Hazard laboratory and took the Artificial Devil Fruit Vegapunk had made for her.
  • Ulti ate the fruit and went to the Time Spirit Room to practice her ability before showing Eos her surprise.

Ch. 275Support from thousands of kilometers away, the crisis averted

Lucas and the women struggled to stop the islands Golden Lion had sent falling toward the Kingdom of Ye, until Issho used Kalifa’s network of Air Doors to reach them and halt the islands with a vast Gravity Field. With the islands suspended, Lami and Ulti joined the others in destroying them.

  • Lucas and the women attacked the falling islands, but their efforts barely damaged the more than seventy still descending.
  • Lucas received Issho’s message through Kalifa’s hundreds of Air Doors and explained that the islands were beyond their ability to stop.
  • Kalifa sustained the spatial doors with help from a drop of blood essence, allowing Issho’s Gravity Field to reach the Kingdom of Ye and freeze the islands in midair.
  • Stussy urged the others to use the time Issho had bought, and the women resumed attacking the islands’ weak points.
  • Lami and Ulti passed through the Air Door and used their powers to blast and burn the islands.
Arc 11 of 14
Arc 11 of 14