One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

"Huh!? There are still more!?"

The proximity of such a large island naturally couldn't escape the crimson's perception.

What neither he nor the Golden Lion expected was...

The island we visited this time was vastly different from the ones we had visited before.

The entire island was covered by a strange blue vegetation, which, under the sunlight, resembled a magnificent sapphire, beautiful and vibrant.

Crimson, who had almost developed a heart attack from this plant, naturally recognized it immediately.

"interesting!"

However, Crimson suddenly calmed down again, as if he hadn't seen the Golden Lion's backup plan.

Until that enormous island suddenly fell from the sky, converging on the island of the golden lion...

In an instant!

The already enormous island lion, whose body blotted out the sky, surged and expanded wildly once more.

In the blink of an eye, its size more than doubled!

The only slightly unusual thing is that there is a patch of soil covered with blue vegetation on the right leg of this huge island lion.

With the arrival of an island, the crimson lightning strikes finally began to show signs of fatigue, gradually becoming unable to resist the advance of the island lion.

"Hehehehe..."

"You brat! Prepare to die!!!"

Seeing that Crimson was desperately unleashing attacks but still couldn't stop him, the Golden Lion, thinking that his little tricks hadn't been discovered, roared again.

However, to his surprise...

Just as he was controlling the island lion to sweep across the sky and attack Crimson...

A strange smile suddenly appeared on his crimson face.

The next moment, he gently raised his head and smiled at the golden lion:

"I'm sorry, Senior Golden Lion."

"If I win this battle, I've secured the victory."

"I originally wanted to have a fair and square competition with you."

"But……"

A sharp glint flashed in his crimson eyes.

"Your vigilance is far too weak!"

Friendly reminder: Don't pick up things that don't belong to you and keep them on your person!

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura suddenly surged out from his crimson body.

That was clearly the aura of the Ground type in Pokémon.

Immediately afterwards, Crimson seemed to use all his strength to shout at the area covered by Blue Blood Thorn Grass:

"arable land!!!"

Chapter 260 Legend, Fall.

"What!?"

Looking at the confident aura emanating from Crimson, which seemed to indicate that victory was assured, a sense of unease inexplicably welled up in Lion's heart.

The next second, a strange, deep blue stream suddenly gushed out from the surface of the island lion's body, which was being pointed at by the crimson palm, covering the island lion's body like capillaries.

Upon closer inspection, these inexplicably appearing "capillaries" can be identified as the Blue Blood Thorns that the Golden Lion had accidentally incorporated into the Island Lion's body.

"Damn it! What is this thing again!?"

Seeing the situation unfold beyond his control, a flash of impatience and anger crossed the Golden Lion's eyes.

He quickly activated the fruit's power, manipulating the island lion to transform its form in an attempt to suppress the strange plant.

But soon he discovered that no matter how he covered the strange plant with soil and rocks, it would eventually sprout again from the soil in a strange direction.

Ground-type move - Tillage!

Although it's just an ordinary farming skill, it has long become Red's signature move thanks to Red's constant efforts to help Usopp cultivate plants.

Its proficiency seems to surpass even the strongest move, the Otherworldly Cave.

At this moment, the island lion controlled by the Golden Lion has been transformed into an extremely fertile land under the effect of the Crimson Tillage move!

The Blueblood Thorn, already possessing an extremely greedy nature and capable of absorbing nutrients in large quantities, naturally pushed its biological instincts to the limit in this environment, frantically sucking up the island lion's nutrients.

In less than a minute, the island lion showed obvious signs of shrinking in size.

Instead, a layer of dense blue netting adheres to its surface.

"Why is it that this guy always manages to use such bizarre and unpredictable methods!?"

A ruthless glint flashed in the golden lion's eyes.

But at this moment, he had to admit...

The methods that Crimson used were enough to shock even this legendary pirate.

However, if you think you can make him admit defeat with just this much, then Golden Lion can only say that the young man opposite him is really dreaming!

"I don't know what tricks you're playing this time, but if you think you can justify saying that an era has come to an end..."

"Then you're being far too naive!!!"

The moment the words left his mouth, a strange power suddenly surged from the Golden Lion's body.

Although it was only a fleeting glimpse, the crimson on the other side was seen with unparalleled clarity...

That's the power of Conqueror's Haki!

Unfortunately, this aging legend ultimately suffered too many injuries.

That domineering aura over the sea did not truly erupt.

Or perhaps, at this moment, the Golden Lion himself was fully aware of the situation...

Now that he no longer has the chance to dominate the sea, his Conqueror's Haki, which represents a king, has also disappeared.

But at least, he hasn't completely given up!

Her long, golden hair, which was wrapped in flames, suddenly fluttered.

He rose into the air once more, unleashing the full power of his awakened Float-Float Fruit ability, spreading it across the ever-growing Blue Blood Thorns.

In an instant, the blue-blooded thorns that had been wrapped around the island lion were transformed into a deep blue spear under the control of the golden lion. The island lion held the spear in its mouth and charged toward the crimson lion.

But when faced with Shiki's renewed attack, Crimson simply smiled:

"Is it really that simple!?"

It seemed to be reflecting the crimson words.

In that instant, the Blue Blood Thorn, which was controlled by the Golden Lion, suddenly broke apart.

The plants that had been wrapped around the spear suddenly seemed to lose their vitality, drooping down one by one, completely devoid of any fighting power.

"What!?" The golden lion was suddenly stunned.

But Crimson continued to explain with a smile:

"I'm so sorry, Golden Lion senior!"

"The plant that parasitizes the sky island you control is a special weapon specially developed by one of my partners."

"What do you think..."

"Do you think I know it as well as you do?!"

The reason why Blue Blood Thorn has never been listed by Usopp as one of Green Goblin's regular seeds is because, besides its characteristic of insatiable greed...

There's absolutely nothing redeeming about it!

Although it is called a thorn, its plant vines are as fragile as long-dried branches, and will break instantly with the slightest touch.

What's scary is...

After it breaks, the Blue Blood Thorn does not wither.

Instead, two new rhizomes will grow from the broken opening and quickly devour any place that can absorb nutrients.

Unless Usopp wants to completely destroy an island or country, he would never use this plant on the front lines.

Besides these drawbacks, Blue Blood Thorn has many other disadvantages.

For example, the fact that it withers quickly under extreme temperature changes makes it impossible for Usopp to use it as a normal weapon.

Unfortunately, the Golden Lion was unaware of this.

As he successfully stirred up the Blue Blood Thorns within the island lion, its proliferation rate suddenly became even more frenzied.

The lions on the entire island are being devoured little by little, as can be seen with the naked eye.

At first, Blue Blood Thorns might have been somewhat restrained.

After all, the Island Lion, formed by the convergence of nearly ten islands, is no simple entity either.

However, as the area covered by the Blue Blood Thorns expands, the rate at which they absorb nutrients also increases.

Just a few minutes later...

The island lion controlled by the Golden Lion was completely covered by a patch of blue blood thorns.

Upon seeing this, the Golden Lion's face immediately revealed an expression of impotent rage.

Before the island lion had completely disappeared, he let out an angry roar:

"I... will not give up so easily!!!"

Perhaps because the exertion of operating nearly ten islands in succession was too great, at this moment the Golden Lion did not believe that he would win with 100% certainty as before.

With a roar, the enormous blue lion suddenly descended from the sky, crashing down upon the crimson lion once more.