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A colossal lion's head, formed from an entire miracle island, roared silently in the sky, its maw wide open to devour everything. With a deafening whistle, it crashed down towards Mary Geoise like a falling star, a shadow large enough to plunge the world into darkness, carrying a cataclysmic power capable of destroying everything.
The Float-Float Fruit could control and levitate massive objects, but completely transforming an entire island into a different shape and using it as a devastating weapon was no easy feat.
Shiki went for the kill right from the start, staking his life on this one attack. He intended to burn with the most perfect, brilliant light in the final moments of his life.
Kong, Sengoku, and Garp all raised their furious heads, facing the plummeting lion's head, and launched their counterattack!
Sengoku's body radiated golden light, his Buddha form growing several meters tall, his golden body unleashing a shockwave that could shatter the mountain.
In comparison, Garp was even more scary. In an instant, he transformed into a Titan dozens, even a hundred meters tall, his limbs like pillars holding up the sky. Beneath his cracked, steel-like skin, veins of blood-red magma flowed, and rolling waves of heat caused the temperature within a hundred meters to skyrocket!
Though Kong wasn't as eye-catching as the other two, his masterful Armament Haki covered his entire body in an instant…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
A terrifying explosion rang out. The shockwave from the shattered air turned all the tall buildings in the vicinity into dust, and invisible aftershocks rippled outwards endlessly.
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Under the gaze of the whole world, the two strongest Marines and the Commander-in-Chief stepped on the air as if it were flat ground. With bodies that seemed like insignificant ants compared to the colossal object above, they faced the island-sized lion's head.
Their Justice coats, torn to shreds by their expanding bodies, fluttered down in the gale. The moment the coats, symbolizing their refusal to bow to evil, touched the ground, the three men unleashed punches condensed with absolute power.
Like ants trying to shake a tree? Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot? Ordinary people who didn't understand the peak power of the sea couldn't comprehend why the Golden Lion possessed such terrifying strength. Was he even human?
Were legendary pirates all monsters like this? How could the three Marines resist such a blow and ensure justice prevailed?
But in the next moment, they witnessed a scene they would never forget…
The night sky shrouding Mary Geoise was slowly torn apart by the terrifying punch force of the three men combined…
Light flooded the world from the cracks, and dazzling brilliance shone down once more.
BOOM!! BOOM!!!
The colossal lion's head, larger than all of Mary Geoise, was blasted into fragments before the three great Marines, before those fearless punches!!
CRASH!!
Rubble rained down like a storm. Massive chunks of rock that hadn't been shattered smashed into the opulent buildings below.
The flying stones, with the force of bullets, instantly caused heavy casualties!
Marines, Army soldiers, and Shiki's mutated beasts alike were all buried under a sea of rubble.
Nearly half of Mary Geoise was submerged.
"GOLDEN LION!!"
Kong, Sengoku, and Garp roared, their eyes splitting with rage as they watched their unsupported soldiers dying.
"I… want your life!!"
The three joined forces, leaping into the sky from three directions. Momousagi and Chaton, who had been clearing falling debris, also abandoned the rescue effort and swarmed up to surround him.
Five against one!
Shiki couldn't possibly survive this situation. No one could walk away unscathed from such a luxurious lineup.
"That's enough glory. Burn your last light and let the curtain fall, Golden Lion!" Arthur watched silently as Shiki, crazed and resolute, fought in the sky. He decided to respect his final wish and stand by.
Every powerhouse, when facing such a grand battle, would not allow others to interfere. Interference was an insult.
To fall in a battle like this… no one would have regrets.
This was the dignity, glory, and faith of the strong!
That was why Shiki had refused Arthur's help to blast open a bloody path before the attack. He would rather die immediately than accept Arthur's help on the final journey of his life.
Roger would laugh at his incompetence in hell.
"Farewell!" Arthur focused entirely on Shiki. He took a flask of wine from his Castle-Castle bracelet and was slowly pouring it out as a libation when he suddenly paused.
"Hm? Reinforcements…"
The variable appeared suddenly. As the wine spilled from the sky, thousands of pirates surged up from the path below the Red Line leading to Mary Geoise…
"KILL!!!"
Countless hideous, grotesque pirates roared, led by the clown-like scientist Dr. Indigo and the gorilla Scarlet.
They were fearless, mirroring the crazed resolve of the Golden Lion. Their eyes were blood-red, veins bulging on their foreheads—clearly under the influence of the berserker drug, yet retaining their sanity.
"Boss Shiki! Having a party all by yourself and not inviting us?"
"We fought our way out of the New World together! No reason to leave us behind facing the World Government, right? Taking all the glory for yourself…"
"Hahahahaha! To die with Boss Shiki, this life was worth it!"
"KILL!! Kill the incompetent dogs of the World Government! The Golden Lion Pirates are invincible!!"
Suddenly, the surviving Marines faced another wave of terrifying pirates from the Golden Lion's grand fleet.
They flooded every street, unleashing a wanton slaughter.
"You… you bunch of idiots!"
Shiki bit down hard on his half-smoked cigar, fists clenching. His face, which hadn't changed even facing the siege of Kong, Sengoku, Garp, Momousagi, and Chaton, was moved the instant his crew appeared.
"I lost to Roger, but… I won in choosing my partners. Here is a group of comrades willing to die generously for me! Jieahahahahaha!!"
He threw his head back and laughed, his cold heart melting.
Only in moments of true danger do you know how those around you really feel. Roger's crew would die for him too, but they were more rational. The Golden Lion's fleet was driven more by emotion.
"Kill! When we get to hell, I'll brag to Roger! See what kind of face he makes! Jieahahahahaha!"
Shiki stared at the five approaching figures, revealing an unprecedented heroic spirit. "No regrets in this life…"
"Lion: Thousand Cut Valley!!"
Massive sword energy slashed from his legs, reaching the sky, transforming into five indestructible crescent blades…
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Arthur's gaze shifted from the battlefield to the high-speed sky road beyond the sea of clouds of Mary Geoise.
Another variable had arrived there!
"WAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
A heart-wrenching cry came from the sky road, once again drawing the eyes of the sea.
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