"Damn it! Where did this monster come from, this talent is even scarier than Roger's."
The Golden Lion climbed up with a grim face, his lion-like eyes staring at Rosse with dread.
Too effortless.
Even at his peak, he couldn't have been as at ease as Rosse.
"He's strong," Whitebeard stood beside the Golden Lion, tightly gripping his naginata, his tone heavy.
Whether it was him or the Golden Lion, both were men who had weathered countless storms.
So many years on the sea, yet this was the first time they had seen a monster with such power.
Back then, when they looked at Rocks, it was like looking at a towering mountain.
When they reached their own peaks, they clearly understood that Rocks was a height they could never reach in their lifetimes.
But even so, Rocks's strength was still within the realm of their comprehension.
It was only because of the Devil Fruit that in a one-on-one they would fall short, but in terms of raw strength, the difference wasn't that great.
At their level, the gap between each other wasn't one that couldn't be crossed.
In one-on-one combat, it was basically impossible to kill the other. At least, it would require someone with power comparable to Zephyr's added in.
But Rosse's appearance had completely shattered their old understanding.
This monster definitely had the power to easily kill them with his own strength.
"Newgate, do you think this guy could be Joy Boy? I heard only Joy Boy could have this kind of power," The Golden Lion grinned.
"Impossible!"
"Impossible!"
Before Whitebeard could speak, Kaido and Kozuki Oden's voices rang out.
"Bastard Golden Lion, Joy Boy was killed by the World Government, how could he be reincarnated as one of the World Government's people? Wouldn't that mess everything up?", Kozuki Oden cursed angrily.
He had been to Laugh Tale, he knew what kind of secrets were hidden there.
The secret there didn't have much to do with Roger, but it had a lot to do with Joy Boy's reincarnation twenty years later.
Rosse could never be Joy Boy's reincarnation. If he really was, then they might as well quit. The world would already be finished.
"Kaido brat, what's your take?", The Golden Lion laughed heartily, glancing at Kaido beside him.
He hadn't brought up Joy Boy to prove anything, he never believed in reincarnation nonsense.
It was just that not long ago, Kaido had asked him about Joy Boy, whether he knew any clues, which had made him connect the dots.
Now with Rosse this strong, the three of them alone weren't enough. Kaido had to be drawn in.
And besides, seeing Rosse's strength, the Golden Lion figured Kaido definitely wouldn't cooperate with him anymore.
Equal strength could be called cooperation.
If Rosse had the power to casually kill Kaido, then Kaido would either bow his head and be lesser, or rise up in defiance. There was no third option.
And Kaido, once a trainee on Rocks's ship, was not someone with a nature willing to serve beneath others.
"Heh! I'm the reincarnation of Joy Boy. However strong the World Government is, I'll take it on," Kaido knew the Golden Lion was provoking him, but he didn't resist, and simply went along with it.
Just as the Golden Lion thought, seeing Rosse display his strength, Kaido knew they couldn't cooperate anymore.
Rosse's power was already at another dimension. Talking cooperation now wasn't just negotiating with a tiger. It was stepping into its mouth.
To be Rosse's slave or subordinate, he wouldn't accept that.
Thinking so, Kaido suddenly gripped his kanabo with both hands, entering a charging stance. Conqueror's Haki wrapped around it like lightning. At the same time, dragon scales and a dragon's tail appeared on his body, which swelled to more than twice its size, "Great Vajra · Thunder Bagua!"
With a loud shout, Kaido's body leapt high. Thunder and lightning wrapped around his form, roaring toward Rosse.
"Now that's more like it," Rosse finally felt a flicker of interest. It was fighters like Kaido, who went all out from the start, that suited his taste.
As respect, Rosse also added just a little more strength.
Buzz!
Like the hymn of the boundless sea, like divine chants of a god descending, it rang in the ears of all living beings across the Flower Capital.
An endless ocean phantom slowly appeared behind Rosse.
His silver-white long hair flowed down from his head to his heels, his eyes shining with silver light that seemed to contain the stars of the heavens.
A pair of silver-white dragon horns slowly emerged from his head.
At the same time, the Sea God's Trident appeared in his hand.
Rosse, standing in mid-air, looked like an untouchable god.
Meanwhile, Kaido, gripping his kanabo with all his might, wrapped in lightning as he charged upward, looked like a mortal challenging the gods.
To try to shake a god with a mortal's body was surely a tale of hot-blooded courage.
But sadly, not all gods could be shaken by mortals.
BOOM!
Rosse simply raised his trident and slammed the shaft downward.
In an instant, a surging tidal wave, mixed with fine-rain-like Conqueror's Haki, roared toward Kaido.
RUMBLE!
Thunder and tsunami collided in the air, producing a world-shaking roar.
In that instant, all living beings in the Flower Capital suffered deafness and blindness. Even though they hadn't touched the battlefield, even kilometers away, they couldn't recover for a long time.
"AHH!!"
In the end, Kaido still couldn't shake a fully serious Rosse.
In just one clash, Rosse blasted him out of the sky, smashing him into the ground.
Even though he had gone all out, he couldn't even get within ten meters of Rosse.
"Fruit awakening… strong like a god…", Kilometers away, Gion looked up at the sky with a complicated expression, her gaze fixed on Rosse's godlike form.
She had never seen this form before, but she was sure, this was Rosse's form after awakening his fruit.
So strong it made most people lose even the will to resist. Just by standing there, the sound of waves spread endlessly outward.
And this sound of waves wasn't the ordinary sound of the sea. Behind each sound was Rosse's terrifying Conqueror's Haki.
Without at least A-rank strength, under this immense pressure, one probably couldn't even look straight at Rosse.
Of course, there were some exceptions.
Gion glanced to the side. Black Maria was like a devout believer, kneeling on both knees, hands clasped together, as if praying for a god's blessing.
"To meet a monster like you, this old man's life is worth it," On the battlefield, the Golden Lion laughed heartily. Seeing Rosse's full strength, instead of losing his will to fight, he felt a long-lost refusal to yield.
Decades had passed, and at his age, he could rightly call himself "old man."
But still, he refused to grow old.
Even if the new era didn't carry his ship, he would die the most brilliant death.
Laughing, the Golden Lion suddenly grabbed the ship's rudder stuck in his head.
That was from his old grievous wound. Since then, he could no longer use Conqueror's Haki coating.
And if he pulled out the rudder, it would put his life in danger.
But now, without a shred of hesitation, he suddenly pulled it out with all his strength.
"AHHHHHHH!!"
Blood splattered, dyeing the Golden Lion's lion-like golden mane red. At the same time, his aura skyrocketed at a terrifying pace.
Violent Conqueror's Haki exploded outward, many times stronger than before.
The lion in twilight had returned this day.
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