He was a powerful man who had competed with Big Mom aboard the same ship in his younger days, then continued to contend with her on the seas after the Rocks Pirates disbanded!
As for the Blood Demon...
It was essentially a half-awakened, out-of-control fruit, a brute through and through, utterly brainless. Of course it felt no fear!
Charlotte Linlin seemed rather dissatisfied with the two monsters' "indifferent" reactions. She threw back her head and roared, unleashing a terrifyingly piercing noise.
Weird Voice!
The deafening noise, powerful enough to rupture an ordinary person's eardrums, instantly resounded across the top of the Whole Cake Chateau, which was on the verge of total destruction, accompanied by waves of surging Conqueror's Haki.
Black-and-red arcs crackled continuously through the air, creating a horrifying spectacle.
Facing Big Mom's terrifying Weird Voice, the Thunder Lion showed not the slightest fear.
His incandescent eyes of pure lightning instantly sharpened. Conqueror's Haki no weaker than Charlotte Linlin's erupted from his body and slammed head-on into the approaching Weird Voice.
Boom!
An intense collision, invisible and intangible, erupted in midair.
Atop the Whole Cake Chateau, already reduced to ruins, the scraps of confectionery that had survived the earlier battle twisted horribly in that instant, as though a spiritual will transcending matter were tearing them apart.
"A clash of Conqueror's Haki?!"
Not one of the Underworld's rulers was a fraud.
Their strength admittedly seemed somewhat lacking when they faced opponents on the level of White Ghost or Big Mom.
But that did not mean they lacked discernment!
"Mamamama... a lightning lion that can unleash Conqueror's Haki? I'm getting more and more excited!"
Charlotte Linlin stopped using Weird Voice, and an intensely eager gleam suddenly flared in her eyes as she looked at the Thunder Lion.
"Thunder lion, I'm definitely adding