Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

The Golden Lion didn't give him the same sense of oppression as the Blue Pheasant.

But Luffy sensed that this was an opponent he could thoroughly enjoy.

Golden Lion stared at Luffy for two seconds, then laughed instead of getting angry, but the laughter turned cold and filled with murderous intent.

"Hahahaha!"

He suddenly threw his head back and let out an even more unrestrained laugh, which was filled with anger. The sound waves echoed among the clouds. "These kids nowadays are a bit too arrogant."

The moment the sound disappeared, Luffy subconsciously squinted his eyes.

Roar!

At the same time, a familiar and terrifying aura, like a flood bursting its banks, erupted from the golden lion in all directions!

Several bolts of purple lightning suddenly exploded from all around and struck the Sunny Thousand Miles; this was not something that could be achieved by simply unleashing one's domineering aura.

Almost instantly, the sky seemed to darken.

Centered on the Sunny Journey, the clouds within a radius of several hundred meters were violently impacted, as if stirred by an invisible giant hand. The originally calm sea of ​​clouds instantly turned into a huge vortex!

The world lost its color, and the winds and clouds surged!

This domineering aura is incredibly powerful, full of the tyranny and gravitas of a veteran overlord.

The Golden Lion laughed arrogantly, his voice booming through the aura of his domineering presence: "Kid, don't think a mere 660 million bounty is anything in front of me. Before entering Impel Down, my bounty was 4.2305 billion Berries!"

However, Luffy, who was at the very center of the Haki attack, remained calm.

He never cared about bounties or anything like that.

That was just a price set by the World Government; it wasn't an absolute standard for measuring combat strength.

On the contrary, this aggressive aura stirred up a kind of instinctive response within him.

Lu Fei took a step forward.

"Conqueror's Haki,"

Luffy felt the subtle vibrations and pressure acting on his mind and body, and revealed an excited expression as if he had met his match.

Aside from his grandfather Garp, this was the second time he had encountered an opponent with such powerful Conqueror's Haki!

"So you had one too, sir!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a flash of crimson light appeared in Luffy's eyes.

A powerful torrent of black and red energy erupted from him.

boom!

The two supreme Conqueror's Haki, like two invisible giant waves, collided fiercely.

There was no sound, yet it unleashed an impact more awe-inspiring than thunder.

At the center of the collision, the air twisted, and faint black and red arcs of electricity could be seen jumping and flashing wildly.

The swirling clouds in the sky were torn even more into pieces by these two forces!

"Oh? You have one too? Hmm, I think so!"

Golden Lion Shiki sensed Luffy's formidable Conqueror's Haki and laughed with a hint of approval, "Since he's that bastard Garp's grandson, and he's turned the Buster Call and Enies Lobby upside down, it's only natural that he possesses the qualities of a king!"

The two streams of Conqueror's Haki clashed and locked in a stalemate in the air, neither able to gain the upper hand, before slowly dissipating.

The strange phenomena in the sky gradually subsided, but the atmosphere became even more tense.

Although Nami, Usopp, Chopper, and the others had experienced the clash of Luffy and Garp's Conqueror's Haki, they still felt as if their hearts were being gripped by a giant hand, making it extremely difficult to breathe. Fine beads of cold sweat instantly appeared on their foreheads, and their bodies trembled slightly involuntarily. They only managed to stay upright thanks to their willpower.

This power is terrifying.

"A legendary pirate, not bad at all." Zoro and Sanji became excited instead.

As Shiki looked at Luffy and his crew, who were excited and fearless, he gradually stopped laughing, and his aura became dangerous.

He slowly floated up, looking down at Luffy from above.

"Having such courage and talent is indeed quite impressive. Kid, for your grandfather's sake,"

Golden Lion said, "I'll give you one more chance. Hand over the ability user who made this ship fly, and I can let the rest of you leave safely."

He ultimately set his sights on the ship's ability to fly, which would greatly benefit his plans.

Luffy was initially quite interested in Shiki, wanting to hear stories about pirates from their era and learn about his grandfather and Roger's past.

However, the biggest mistake Shiki made was crossing Luffy's bottom line, which he absolutely could not back down from.

In Shiki's words, his crewmates seemed to be commodities that could be traded at will, something Luffy absolutely could not tolerate.

Luffy coldly said to Shiki, "I've decided, I'll just knock you away first."

"Hehehehe, you really dare to say that, kid."

Golden Lion also laughed loudly, naturally scoffing at Luffy's arrogant attitude.

He had seen too many arrogant newcomers like Luffy who rose to prominence quickly with a bit of talent and luck, and then became arrogant and self-important.

Only by personally experiencing the despairing gap between oneself and a true strong person, and by going through painful defeats, can one smooth out that arrogant and ignorant edge.

"Want to experience the difference? You arrogant brat who doesn't know his place!"

Golden Lion arrogantly declared, "I am a legendary pirate!"

With a swift movement, he flew to an altitude of approximately tens of meters above the Sunshine Thousand Miles.

"The difference in strength can't be bridged with just a few words, kid. Do you know that the current Four Emperors, those two guys named Kaido and Big Mom, used to call me Admiral!"

He was a senior to two of the Four Emperors!

"So, you're old now!"

Luffy chuckled and looked at Shiki, "This era belongs to us. The pirates of the old era should just obediently fade away with the times."

The power of time is the fairest; even Luffy can feel that his grandfather's punches are getting weaker year by year.

Golden Lion was still defeated by Grandpa.

They still want to recruit him?

Golden Lion was taken aback by Luffy's words, then grinned and sneered, "Straw Hat Kid, you really dare to say that! Let me see!"

He abruptly raised his right prosthetic leg, the one fitted with the famous sword Kumu, and swung it down as if wielding a real longsword, sweeping it sharply towards the Sunshine Ten Thousand Miles directly below.

"Are you all talk and no action?!"

A massive, golden, arc-shaped sword aura, condensed to the point of being tangible, instantly detached from the sword and, carrying a terrifying force capable of tearing the sky apart, sliced ​​horizontally towards the deck of the Sunrise.

Wherever the sword energy passed, the air emitted a shrill whistle, and the clouds below were silently sliced ​​open, creating a huge chasm.

This sword energy was very strong; in Luffy's memory, only Mihawk was stronger than him.

no doubt.

Golden Lion is also a great swordsman who stands at the pinnacle of swordsmanship!

Luffy also fought with Hawkeye in his dream, and he was exposed to too much sword energy.

The notion that swordsmen have a restraining effect on the Gum-Gum Fruit is no longer valid.

The purpose of this sword strike was not to annihilate Luffy and his crew, but rather to intimidate and demonstrate power. The goal was to destroy the ship, leaving Luffy and his crew without a foothold, so that they would realize the insurmountable gap between themselves and Shiki, forcing them to submit.

However, both the ship and its crew are treasures that Luffy would risk his life to protect.

Golden Lion's actions instantly touched two of Luffy's sore spots!

Luffy's anger instantly reached its peak.

Legendary pirate?

He's just an old guy from the last era!

He's still a defeated opponent of Grandpa!

You dare touch my companions and my ship?!

Luffy neither dodged nor evaded.

"Second Gear Plus!"

Black and red stripes swirled around his fist as it was covered in Armament Haki. He unleashed a punch, shouting, "Triple Release!"

The shockwave struck the sword wind, and a ring of air rippled outwards from the center and exploded.

Luffy stood on the deck, retracting his fist and looking coldly at the golden lion in the distance.

The attack just now has proven that there's a reason why legendary pirates are called legendary.

Not only has he developed his Devil Fruit abilities to this extent, but his casual slashes also surpass those of 99% of swordsmen.

This guy's attack power is terrifying.

If a fight breaks out here, the Thousand Sunny will be destroyed.

Luffy understood this, so he said, "Let's fight somewhere else."

The Golden Lion's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the sword energy that had been shattered by a single punch.

Although he expected Luffy to be able to block the attack, he did not expect it to be in such a brutal and direct way. This kid's strength and domineering aura seemed to be even stronger than he had anticipated.

"Hmph, arrogant!"

The Golden Lion snorted coldly, "You think you can just change battlefields like that? Let's see if you have the ability to do so."

Before he could finish speaking, Luffy's figure suddenly blurred in his sight.

what?

The speed was so fast that even Shiki's Observation Haki couldn't react in time. Luffy's figure, adorned with black and red tattoos, appeared in front of Shiki as if he had teleported.

It was that same fist covered in jet-black armor coloring, which landed squarely on the Golden Lion's abdomen before he could react.

Chapter 243 Comparable to Lox!