Golden Lion Shiki!
His long, golden hair danced wildly in the night wind, like a lion's mane.
A cigar dangled from his mouth, its red embers flickering in the darkness.
Despite having a strange ship's wheel stuck on its head, its imposing presence remained undiminished.
"Navy--!!!"
A thunderous roar echoed through the night sky, clearly audible even ten kilometers away.
" Roger —how could you have captured a guy like Roger?!"
The Marine Headquarters was instantly thrown into chaos.
The piercing alarm ripped through the night sky, and all the searchlights in the harbor turned simultaneously.
The beam of light converged on the Golden Lion.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"It's Golden Lion Shiki! The admiral of the Flying Pirates!"
"Fire! Don't let him get near headquarters!"
The port's forts opened fire simultaneously, sending dozens of shells hurtling into the sky.
But the Golden Lion didn't even dodge; he simply swung Oto lightly beneath his feet—
brush!
An invisible slash spread out, neatly cutting all the shells in half in mid-air before they fell silent.
"A mere trick!" the Golden Lion laughed wildly and continued its charge.
The fortress's defensive cannons began to roar, and a dense barrage of bullets formed a deadly net.
But the Golden Lion darted through the air like a fish, sometimes rising, sometimes diving, easily dodging all the cannonballs.
" Geppo troops! Scramble to intercept!" a naval admiral roared.
Dozens of naval officers skilled in Geppo soared into the sky, surrounding Golden Lion from all directions.
But the Golden Lion merely glanced at it disdainfully, then flicked his Kogarashi sword—
"Slashing Waves - Thousand-Cut Valley!"
Dozens of golden slashes spread out in a fan shape, each several tens of meters long.
The naval officers managed to Armament Haki Hardening, but more than half of them were still cut down and fell from the sky screaming in agony.
"Bring Garp and Sengoku out!"
The Golden Lion hovered directly in front of the headquarters building, its voice booming like thunder.
"Both of you, come at me! I'm taking Roger away today!"
On the top floor of the building, the window of the Fleet Admiral's Office was open.
Kong stood by the window, his face ashen.
" Shiki, do you know what you're doing? Attack..."
Marine Headquarters, this is a declaration of war against the World Government!
"Declare war? Heh heh heh!"
The Golden Lion burst into laughter.
"I've wanted to do this for a long time!"
World Government? Celestial Dragons? A bunch of useless trash!
Hand over Roger, or I'll tear Marineford apart today!
"Arrogance!" Kong roared, "All officers, prepare for battle!"
More naval powerhouses took to the skies.
Vice Admiral rushed out of the building, and Rear Admiral arrived from all directions.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people had gathered around the Golden Lion.
But the Golden Lion's expression remained arrogant, even excited.
"That's all the people? Not enough! Far from enough!"
He raised his hands as if to strike, and then swung his longswords.
"Lion - Thousand-Cut Valley!"
This time, the slash was no longer fan-shaped, but rather like a blooming flower, bursting forth from every angle!
The golden slashes were dense and numerous, each one powerful enough to slice through a warship!
" Tekkai!"
Armament Haki Hardening!
" Rankyaku Defense!"
The naval officers used various methods, but more than twenty people were still killed.
Blood splattered in the air, accompanied by screams and roars.
"Damn it..."
Kong clenching its teeth
" Sengoku! Garp!"
"They're here!"
Two figures shot into the sky from both sides of the building.
On the left, the Sengoku, transformed into Golden Great Buddha, slammed its palm, carrying a shockwave, towards the Golden Lion.
" Shiki! Stop!"
From the right, Garp arrived, his fists covered in jet-black Armament Haki, even wreathed in dark red Conqueror's Haki Inazuma.
" Golden Lion! You're asking for death!"
The simultaneous attack by two of the navy's top combatants was so powerful it shook the heavens and earth.
The Golden Lion, instead of being surprised, laughed, "Well done!"
Oto and Kogarashi crossed their attacks to parry Sengoku's palm strike. Boom! The shockwave exploded, sending the Golden Lion flying back dozens of meters, but he quickly regained his footing.
At the same time, he thrust his sword at Garp with a backhand motion, the tip of the sword colliding with his fist—
clang--!!!
The deafening clang of metal striking metal echoed throughout Marineford, shattering the windows of nearby buildings with its sound waves.
The three separated immediately upon contact, and then engaged in a frenzied battle in mid-air.
Each of Sengoku's palm strikes carried a devastating impact, and the phantom of Golden Great Buddha appeared behind him, its solemnity concealing terrifying power.
His attacks were wide and sweeping, forcing the Golden Lion to confront him head-on.
Garp's punches are faster and more powerful. There are no fancy techniques, just the purest combination of physical skills and Haki.
Each punch carried the power to shatter mountains, the wind from the punches tearing through the air and emitting a shrill whistle.
The Golden Lion, fighting two opponents at once, held his own!
His swordsmanship was both ferocious and exquisite; Oto and the Kogarashi were like an extension of his body.
Slashes, thrusts, parries, counterattacks... the moves flowed seamlessly together.
"The power of the Float-Float Fruit allows him to completely ignore gravity..."
Roy squinted from high in the sky.
"While Sengoku and Garp can use Geppo to stay airborne, their agility is considerably lacking."
"But with those two working together, the Golden Lion won't last long."
Hawk Eyes commented,
"In terms of swordsmanship, Golden Lion has indeed reached the level of Great Swordsman."
However, Sengoku's Human-Human Fruit, Model: Daibutsu and Garp's physique are both monstrous, making a prolonged battle disadvantageous for him.
As Hawk Eyes said, by the fifth minute of the battle, the situation began to tilt slightly.
Garp seized the moment when Shiki blocked Golden Lion's Sengoku and punched him in the side.
Even if the Golden Lion retreats in time, absorbing most of the impact,
But the impact of that punch still penetrated his body through his Haki.
"Puff--!"
The Golden Lion coughed up blood and flew backward.
"It's over, Shiki!"
As the Sengoku pursued, an even stronger golden light condensed in his palm.
" The Buddha Shockwave!"
If this attack hits, the Golden Lion will be crippled or killed.
But a glint of madness flashed in the Golden Lion's eyes.
Instead of retreating, he advanced, crossed his two swords, and unleashed a torrent of Haki into the blades.
His long, golden, lion-mane-like hair stood on end, and his Conqueror's Haki erupted like a volcanic eruption!
"I am... the Golden Lion!!!"
"Shishiwei · Imperial Palace Scroll--!!!"
Centered on him, the ground of Marineford began to tremble.
Countless pebbles, soil, and building debris broke free from the constraints of gravity and floated into the air.
Then they coalesced into dozens of enormous rock lions!
These are no ordinary lions; each one is the size of a warship, lifelike, and roaring as it pounces on Sengoku and Garp!
"What?!" Sengoku's expression changed, and he had no choice but to abandon his attack and switch to defense.
Garp was also entangled by the three rock lions. He smashed one with his fist, but two more immediately took its place.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Golden Lion charged straight into the headquarters building!
" Roger —where are you—!!!"
He unleashed his full Observation Haki, searching for the location of the prison.
But soon, his expression changed.
"Not here... How could that be?!"
Roger's presence is nowhere to be found in Marineford!
"Could it be... that they've already been transferred to Impel Down Prison?!"
"Where do you think you're going!"
" The Buddha Shockwave!"
Sengoku attacked from the side, striking the Golden Lion in the chest with a full-force palm strike.
" Fist Bone - Meteorite!"
Garp descended from the sky and punched him on the head.
The combined attack of three top-tier naval warriors landed squarely!
Rumble--!!!
The explosion illuminated the entire night sky.
The shockwave spread out from the Golden Lion, leveling all buildings within a radius of several hundred meters.
The naval officers were thrown back by the shockwave, and those who were weaker fainted on the spot.