The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

The clouds in the sky were stirred up by this momentum, spinning wildly around the golden lion!

At this moment, everyone on the battlefield truly and clearly realized...

The man who once single-handedly stormed Marineford, the headquarters of the Marines!

That aerial pirate who possessed the largest aerial force in the legendary era, rivaling Roger and Whitebeard...

Shiki the Golden Lion is still alive!!!

The legend is far from over!

Even though he had just suffered a crushing defeat, when this domineering aura, imbued with the last vestiges of dignity from the old era, swept across the battlefield...

When someone insults a legendary era, humiliates a man he admires...

He is still that golden lion who can change the very heavens and earth!

"Golden...Golden Lion?!"

Teach's maniacal laughter and smugness froze instantly, replaced by utter shock and disbelief!

He stared in disbelief at the figure suspended in mid-air, enveloped in a dark gold and red aura of domineering lightning, completely stunned.

"You...how could you still be alive?!"

He had confirmed it repeatedly; after the Golden Lion was smashed into the deep pit by Gern's "Heavenly Strike,"

The breath has completely vanished; even if one doesn't die, one can only wait for death.

Only then did they dare to confidently come out and reap the rewards of victory!

But now... this man, who should have been "waiting to die," not only came back to life, but also unleashed an even more resolute and terrifying aura than before!

This was completely beyond Blackbeard's expectations and understanding!

A sense of panic at having his plans disrupted, coupled with the fear of facing the wrath of a truly top-tier expert, instantly gripped his heart.

The Golden Lion's eyes were fixed on Blackbeard below, the killing intent in his gaze almost piercing through him!

"You bastard..." Golden Lion's voice was hoarse, his arms bulging as he gripped "Deadwood" and "Sakura Ten" tightly.

The boiling, burning golden Conqueror's Haki around him raged and compressed, devouring the blades of the two famous swords without reservation!

"Even if I betray you again..." he roared.

A powerful aura and will coalesced above his head, materializing into a gigantic, lifelike golden lion's head that was roaring silently!

With its eyes wide open and mane flying, the lion exudes both the majesty of a ruler and the fury of a ruthless destroyer!

“But Newgate… Newgate, he… he took you in, and you called him ‘father’!!!”

This question resonated in the hearts of everyone who knew about Whitebeard and Teach's past.

"A true tyrant... will never be someone like you..."

The golden lion's twin swords were crossed in front of him, and the roaring golden lion's head phantom overlapped with his resolute figure.

It expressed the most thorough rejection of Blackbeard's personality and the final steadfast adherence to the beliefs of the old era.

"Disloyal! Unfilial! Unjust! Heartless hyena!!!"

"Although I abandoned myself at one point..." The Golden Lion's voice suddenly carried a sense of relief.

But now... I'm going to pick it up again!

"Otherwise... I wouldn't have the face... to see Roger and Newgate!!!"

Blackbeard was completely panicked when he saw the golden lion descending with the fury and will of the entire old era!

"Hey, who's here?! You bastard!!!"

He instinctively looked for his companions, only to find that none of his "partners," who had just been beside him and sworn allegiance, stepped forward in the face of the terrifying power of the golden lion's desperate attack.

Instead, they tacitly retreated, with no one willing to confront the legend's rage head-on for him!

"Dark Water!!" Blackbeard was so terrified that he immediately activated the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, trying to pull Shiki over to interrupt him.

But, faced with the ultimate strike of a legendary figure at the pinnacle, a strike fueled by burning life, will, and dominance...

Devil Fruit powers are completely useless!

Moreover, Shiki didn't even use the Float-Float Fruit afterwards!

He poured everything into this strike that carried the pride and anger of the old era!

"All pirates—!!!"

With its last breath, the golden lion proclaimed its voice to the vast ocean, its cry echoing throughout every corner of Marineford.

"Imagine this scene forever!!"

He swung his crossed swords forward with a sudden burst, merging them with the roaring golden lion's head!

"This is—Ghost Roger! Whitebeard! And Shiki!!!"

"An era of creation!!!"

"Power and ambition..."

"The last one..."

"A legendary era!!!!"

The golden lion's figure transformed into a golden streak that pierced through heaven and earth, like a fallen star, or like a newborn sun.

Carrying all the glory, regret, and dignity of the old era, it burst forth towards Blackbeard!

"Lion..." The crossed swords slashed down fiercely!

"Mighty Slash!!!"

"boom!!!!!!!!!

The massive golden cross slash that pierced through everything instantly engulfed Blackbeard's terrified and twisted figure!

There was no explosion, no stalemate, only absolute penetration and crushing!

Blackbeard didn't even have time to scream before his eyes rolled back and he spat out blood mixed with pieces of internal organs.

As if all the bones had been removed from his body, he collapsed limply to the ground, completely losing consciousness, his fate unknown!

Meanwhile, the golden cross slash continued its momentum, leaving a deep, bottomless cross-shaped trench in the ground that lingered for a long time, like the last mark etched by an old era.

Shiki the Golden Lion slowly emerged at the end of the slash, his back to the fallen Blackbeard, leaving no taunts or declarations of victory.

That all-out attack had exhausted the last bit of life and strength he had been forced to hold on.

The golden lion turned its head with difficulty, its gaze passing over the chaotic battlefield and landing on the still upright and majestic body.

The next moment, using all his remaining strength, he propelled the nearly dissipated Float-Float Fruit power and staggered towards the direction where Whitebeard was.

Finally, he landed helplessly beside Whitebeard, his body staggering, unable to maintain his buoyancy any longer.

He collapsed to the ground, leaning against Whitebeard's cold body.

“Hey… Newgate…” The Golden Lion’s voice became extremely weak, interrupted by a cough spitting out blood, but he still managed to say it.

"I taught that guy a lesson for you... but... cough cough..."

The violent coughing made it impossible for him to continue. After a while, he chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Forget it...you and that bastard Roger...both died more heroically than the other...while I seem to..."

The golden lion's gaze was somewhat unfocused as he reflected on his tumultuous life, "It seems I can never... be like you."

He once dominated the skies with immense power, but he also once fell into prison, cut off his own legs, and eked out a living with a ship's rudder embedded in his head, a symbol of shame.

His departure always seemed to carry a hint of embarrassment.

But then, a final glimmer of pride and stubbornness suddenly burst forth in his dim eyes.

He straightened his back slightly and declared to his silent "old friend" beside him.

“But I have someone who comes after you two…whether it’s Roger or you…I will never…will let our era be dishonored…”

The golden lion's voice grew softer and softer, weary, yet carrying a sense of relief that his long-cherished wish had been fulfilled.

He turned his head, looking at the white-bearded man's serene yet stubborn face, a face that seemed to both complain and bid a final farewell.

“Hey, Newgate…you damn stubborn bastard…”

"See that? This ocean... ultimately failed to swallow us... even if we die in the ugliest way... we'll still stand..."

Golden Lion seemed to die standing up, just like Whitebeard, but he couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried.

"Hehe, you clearly have legs now..."

"We've been competing since the Rocks fleet... but even on the last leg... I couldn't steal your thunder..."

He forced an awkward smile, tinged with reminiscence and a loneliness that no one could understand.

Finally, her gaze softened slightly, and her voice was so soft it was almost a murmur: "Do you remember?"

"You said...you wanted a family...I laughed at you for being weak then...but now..."

The Golden Lion didn't finish his sentence, but his unfinished words seemed to contain a great deal of emotion and envy.

Roger achieved his goal, Whitebeard gained the family he longed for, but Shiki seemed to always be alone.

The brilliance of life was rapidly fading in his eyes, and the golden lion continued to mutter to himself.

“Hey… Newgate, don’t just walk away with that sullen face… at least let me finish what I’m saying, you bastard…”

"To be born in the same era as you..."

"...It's so, so good..."

The words faded away.

Shiki the Golden Lion, a legendary pirate who once rivaled Roger and Whitebeard, and stirred up the world, was the Flying Admiral.

Finally, leaning against his lifelong rival and partner, he slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

The legendary Great Pirate Crew, Flying Admiral Shiki the Golden Lion, died in battle.

The three pillars of the legend of the old era have now all collapsed.

Chapter 475 The Funeral Director of the Old Era, the Founder of the New Era.

The members of the Blackbeard Pirates were like rats hiding in the shadows.

I am absolutely certain, no, 100% certain, that Shiki the Golden Lion has fallen silent.

Only after even the last faint trace of life had completely dissipated did they dare to emerge from their hiding places or observation posts, their hearts pounding with fear.

They quickly surrounded the figure lying in a pool of blood, almost torn apart by the aftershocks of the golden cross slash, in the center of the battlefield.

"captain!"

"Captain Teach!"

Even Poison Q's sickly face showed a rare seriousness as he and 'Cursed Doctor' Samuel Kronos...

The two immediately knelt down and hurriedly checked Teach's injuries.

But you don't know until you investigate, and what you find is shocking.

Both of them looked extremely pale.

"Hey, hey, hey, this is bad, isn't it?" Shiryu frowned.

“If that’s the case, let’s go!” Cardie chimed in.

“That’s right.” The tyrannical king nodded.

They didn't take Blackbeard seriously, especially since he was already dead.

"Captain Teach is not dead!" Doc Q replied.

Although Blackbeard's chest was almost completely pierced, his internal organs were severely damaged, and countless bones in his body were broken, he still had a breath, albeit a very weak one, barely clinging to life.

“Damn it… I’m badly injured…” Doc Q’s voice was hoarse.

The eyes of the 'Curse Healer' Kronos flickered beneath his hood as he whispered rapidly, "To survive like this... what a strange constitution..."

After saying that, he used the power of the Fungus Fruit to cover Teach's body with Repair Fungus.