Compared to the golden platform, Golden Lion Shiki's brazen entry into the fray and fierce clash with Admiral Akainu instantly threw Marineford Square into even greater chaos!
One was an unruly, lawless pirate who soared through the skies.
The other was a ruthless Marine Admiral who believed in absolute justice.
Both fought with sweeping, unrestrained attacks that affected enormous areas!
In other words, neither of these two gave a damn about anything else!!!
"Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley!"
"Great Eruption!!"
Countless razor-sharp golden slashes collided with a sky-spanning torrent of scorching magma, exploding wildly in midair!
The scattered remnants of the slashes carved the ground to pieces, while splashing magma rained down like fire, burning Marines and pirates alike within its range!
Screams rose one after another, and casualties on the battlefield climbed at an alarming rate!
In short, the flying Golden Lion was a nightmare to deal with! He easily kept Akainu occupied, and the two began trading barrages!
Elsewhere, on the Execution Platform.
Sengoku, who had just announced Ace's parentage, watched the situation spiral out of control.
His fists clenched tight as he glared at Golden Lion's unbridled figure and growled through gritted teeth.
"That bastard Shiki...!!"
"Couldn't he just stay a legend of the past?! Why did he have to come out and stir up trouble!!"
But even more troubling than Golden Lion's battle with Akainu was the conduct of two other Shichibukai!
"Fufufufu... what delightful chaos!" Doflamingo curled his fingers, sending invisible threads through the battlefield.
One moment, he sliced pirates to pieces; the next, he manipulated unlucky Marine soldiers into standing in front of him, treating his "allies" as though they meant nothing.
"Doppelman!" Gecko Moria frantically gathered shadows from the freshly dead on the battlefield to bolster his own strength, utterly indifferent to the collapse of