It was just as Shane had said.
At the beginning of every change of eras.
The overlords who stood high above always believed themselves invincible.
The Five Elders had once harbored ambitions too, looking up at the giants at the pyramid's peak.
And in the beginning.
Every last scoffer and mocker had believed that those who dared challenge the authority of the seas were nothing but clowns.
The world was harsh, and the path of humanity was harsher still.
Only those who refused to accept that-whether obsessive, burdened, or mad-had never shared just one kind of personality.
Joy Boy and Imu had both stood at the pinnacle of the world.
The next to formally take the stage would be Ronald D. Shane!
Only by shedding that rough, untamed air and raising their blades, tying each onlooker's fortunes to their own.
Could they ultimately become heroes who challenged the pharaohs within the pyramid!
What Shane was stirring was the entire world!
"Don't even think about it!"
Saint Saturn desperately poured Haki into his scepter.
He tried to protect it from shattering, but how could his strength alone resist the tide?
The tallest tree in the forest would be battered by the wind, but Shane's roots had long since spread deep and wide. His life was as unending as wild grass; as long as even a spark of wildfire remained in the world, he was destined to proliferate without end.
Unless, like Rocks, he was destined to be slain, stripped of his life, and die in that dark, deep valley!
"You sound like a challenger accusing someone stronger than him. That means, deep down, you acknowledge the fact that I'm stronger than you!"
Shane kept exerting force, his Haki combining opposing forces. Whenever Saint Saturn pushed, an even greater force rebounded against