"It seems you know quite a lot."
"Perhaps that fellow Rocks entrusted it to you before he died."
"But many things are destined to vanish completely with the passing years."
"And so are you! Saint Garling was simply too young. Had he reached my level, he might not have lost."
"Even in old age, even with my ability countered, I still have more than enough to finish you!"
Saint Kelin firmly believed that the supreme power the Celestial Dragons possessed, the true Haki of kings, was a power no pirate or Marine could ever master!
Boom!
The weathered look faded from his cheeks, replaced by a fullness.
His vitality was making him young enough!
It was Life Return!
He was fighting with pure Rokushiki and swordsmanship techniques.
"You will be unable to sense my presence! Even if I stand right in front of you!"
"Forty years ago, I personally slew the overlord of the seas from the previous era."
"Time cuts like a blade, but the power I acquired long ago will never diminish."
"It is merely that the Press-Press Fruit has been countered, weakening my power somewhat!"
"This restored strength will last a full three hours. More than enough to kill you!"
Even Saint Kelin's long white hair turned dark red.
The air about his brow was just as it had been in his youth.
With his long blade at his side and his blood-red robe, he exuded indescribable might.
Only in this state did his physical toughness and endurance suffice to unleash his full strength.
First, Conqueror's Haki enveloped his entire body in a very peculiar way.
He vanished from Shane's Observation Haki perception in an instant.
Then.
Saint Kelin, restored to his youthful form, held his blade in a reverse grip and stepped down.
He appeared before