Just as Luo swallowed his humiliation and accepted reality, and the triumphant Golden Lion prepared to press him further-
"Heh." A cold sneer, filled with pure malice and fighting spirit, cut in without warning.
Golden Lion's pupils contracted sharply. His seasoned combat instincts made him react almost the instant he heard it!
Without even time to look back, he slammed his left palm toward the ground!
Boom!
A powerful blast of recoil propelled him dozens of meters into the air!
And almost at the very instant he left that spot-
BAM!!! A muscular fist coated in pitch-black Armament Haki crashed into the place where he had just been standing!
The air burst into a ripple several meters across at the point of impact, and the shock wave sent Luo flying!
Above them, Golden Lion looked down from where he hovered.
The dust slowly cleared, revealing the attacker's true appearance-
His distinctive dark-red skin, a savage, excited grin like a devil's, and a massive body that radiated crushing pressure merely by standing there.
"Douglas Bullet!"
"Golden Lion... Shiki!"
One voice fell coldly from the sky; the other rose from the ground, blazing with battle lust. Almost simultaneously, each called out the other's name!
Two figures from the old era faced off once again, in this utterly unexpected fashion, on G-10's training ground!
Bullet slowly drew back his fist and rolled his neck, producing a teeth-grating crack.
He tilted his head up toward Golden Lion, who hovered overhead, his destruction-hungry eyes openly provocative.
"Golden Lion... you've gotten weak. We fought before, back when I was rampaging across the seas. Back then... you wouldn't have chosen to dodge."
"Damn it, you think I wanted to dodge, you bastard?"
Hovering in midair, Golden Lion watched Bullet with mounting alarm.
*This guy... he's gotten so