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"Jie ha ha ha... Ayr, you are indeed very strong, but as someone with a Devil Fruit ability, once you're contaminated by seawater, no matter how strong you are, it's impossible to break free!"
The Golden Lion laughed maniacally as he watched the seawater completely engulf Ayr.
From early on in their battle, Golden Lion realized he couldn't match Ayr in direct combat.
To defeat a monster like Ayr, exploiting a weakness was the only path.
And in his mind, Ayr's fatal flaw had to be the universal Devil Fruit weakness — sea water!
However, the Golden Lion's triumph was short-lived.
A calm voice pierced through his arrogance.
"These tricks are meaningless, Shiki."
The words had barely fallen when a stunning sight appeared.
Ayr calmly unsheathed his blade, cleaving apart a massive lion-shaped figure sculpted from seawater, striding out of the liquid unscathed.
Before the battle began, Ayr had already warned the Golden Lion: he wasn't a Devil Fruit user.
But Shiki didn't believe him — convinced that seawater would be his undoing.
Yet now, as he saw Ayr emerging from the sea completely unaffected, Golden Lion's pupils shrank violently, disbelief washing over his face.
"How... how is this possible!!!"
In all his decades sailing the Grand Line and the New World, the Golden Lion had never witnessed such a phenomenon.
Even certain unique Devil Fruits, like the Yami Yami no Mi, had specific effects that interacted differently with sea water, but total immersion? No one could resist that without outside help.
It was one of the immutable laws of the world.
Yet today, his understanding was shattered.
He had witnessed with his own eyes — Ayr walking through the sea as if it were air!
Golden Lion's expression grew increasingly grim.
"What the hell... is your Devil Fruit, Ayr?!"
From the first day Ayr had joined his fleet, Golden Lion had been curious about Ayr's mysterious ability.
But Ayr never shared any information, only adding to the intrigue.
Only now did Shiki realize just how terrifying Ayr's powers truly were.
Not only did Ayr possess monstrous destructive force — he had no apparent weaknesses!
"I don't need to explain anything to you, Shiki~々," Ayr responded coldly.
"You bastard!!!"
Cold sweat dripped from Golden Lion's forehead as he instinctively began retreating.
In swordsmanship, Haki, physical strength, and ability — he was completely outclassed by Ayr.
And now, even the trump card of sea water had proven useless.
Facing such an opponent, the Golden Lion knew he had no chance of victory.
"Shiki, I'm here to help!!!"
Suddenly, a powerful voice rang out behind Ayr.
It was Jhin, the future first Calamity of Kaido's Beasts Pirates, rapidly approaching through the sky.
Kaido, observing from afar, realized Golden Lion alone couldn't suppress Ayr — so he dispatched Jhin to assist.
In a flash, Jhin pulled a specialized flintlock pistol from his belt — loaded with seastone bullets — and took aim at Ayr.
"Boom!!!"
The gun fired, the bullet roaring through the air toward Ayr's heart.
But the seastone bullet, despite its effectiveness against normal Devil Fruit users, was utterly useless.
It didn't even leave a mark on Ayr's body.
Not a scratch. Not even a ripple.
"Jhin?"
Ayr tilted his head slightly, regarding Jhin with calm indifference.
Jhin was strong, no doubt — destined to become Kaido's right-hand man, a monster feared across the seas.
But in Ayr's eyes, he was still far too weak.
After all, even legends like the Golden Lion were helpless before him.
Let alone Jhin, who was still only a rising force.
"Damn it!"
Seeing the ineffectiveness of the seastone bullet, Jhin gritted his teeth.
Without hesitation, he drew the katana at his waist, enveloping the blade in a thick coat of Busoshoku Haki, igniting his own signature black flames around it.
"Shiki, stop standing there! Help me!!" Jhin shouted.
Seeing Jhin stepping in, Golden Lion steadied himself, gripping his dual swords tightly, his morale somewhat restored.
"Ayr, even if it costs me my life — I'll fight you to the end!!!"
Golden Lion roared.
In the next instant, both Golden Lion and Jhin launched a simultaneous high-speed assault from either side of Ayr.
"Ninety of Hadō: Black Coffin!!!"
Ayr's voice was calm, yet it carried a chilling edge.
As he raised a finger skyward, an ominous black mist erupted around him, swirling with a murderous aura.
At this moment, Ayr looked less like a warrior and more like the embodiment of a death god.
The Ninetieth Hadō — one of the most powerful offensive techniques in the Shinigami system — boasted terrifying destructive power.
As his incantation finished, thick, black plank-like barriers materialized instantly, trapping Golden Lion before he could react.
"Is this another one of your ridiculous abilities, Ayr?!"
Golden Lion shouted, heart sinking as the barriers closed around him like a coffin.
"Slash Wave!!!"
In desperation, Golden Lion unleashed a double-handed sword strike, releasing a fierce energy wave at the wooden structure.
But no matter how hard he attacked, no matter how much Haki he infused into his strikes...
The barrier didn't even budge.
Not even a scratch!
Golden Lion kept slashing wildly, refusing to surrender to the unknown terror that surrounded him.
Even if he didn't understand this technique, he could feel the overwhelming death energy it carried.
Meanwhile, Ayr, having sealed the Golden Lion, slowly turned his gaze toward Jhin.
"Let me see if you can withstand a single strike of mine."
Without waiting for a response, Ayr lunged forward, Zan Shen gleaming ominously in his grasp.
Jhin's body tensed, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
At such close range, he had no time to dodge.
With a roar, Jhin met Ayr's blade with his own flaming katana.
"Ching!!!"
The two blades collided, producing a deafening metallic screech and blinding sparks.
But the difference in strength was like heaven and earth.
The sheer oppressive force pouring from Ayr's strike overwhelmed Jhin immediately.
It was like an ant trying to shake a mountain.
Pathetic.
"The power is good... but still too weak."
Ayr's arm pressed down slightly — and Jhin's body, unable to withstand it, was blasted backward like a cannonball.
"Boom!!!"
Jhin smashed into the sea with an earth-shattering crash, throwing up towering waves dozens of meters high.
Whether he survived or not was unclear.
The clash ended in a single second.
Ayr, without even sparing Jhin another glance, turned back toward the trapped Golden Lion.
Golden Lion was still madly trying to hack his way out of the black coffin — but it was hopeless.
"Give it up, Shiki," Ayr said flatly. "You can't break free."
As his words fell, the black barriers around Golden Lion fused completely, forming a solid black coffin.
In the next instant — countless black spikes erupted inside.
Piercing through Golden Lion's defenses and skewering his body mercilessly.
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