Chapter 395 Defeating Golden Lion
Golden Lion began fleeing rapidly backward.
Absolutely cannot let that fire dragon approach!
Golden Lion naturally knew this. He currently couldn't use Haki at all—so he absolutely couldn't resist the flames' high temperature!
If that flame dragon truly touched him, his body would probably melt instantly!
No—didn't even need contact. Just the residual heat radiating from the flames would ignite his body!
Fortunately, Golden Lion's flight speed was fast. Like lightning he shot forward, successfully avoiding the fire dragon's charge.
"This won't do, Golden Lion-senpai. Why choose to flee?"
Brett called out somewhat troubled.
The fire dragon needed Brett to release flame clouds supporting it for movement.
So naturally its flight speed couldn't match Golden Lion's.
"How troublesome. What about this then?"
The fire dragon began collapsing. Within one breath it had formed a massive humanoid centered on Brett.
Its appearance resembled an enlarged version of Brett's dragon-man form, roughly giant-sized.
The golden giant radiated intense light—dazzling like the sun.
"This should keep up with your speed!"
Brett muttered to himself.
The fire giant's legs covered in Haki, then suddenly stepped on condensed flame clouds.
The fire giant strode on clouds!
This time the speed far exceeded before.
At least faster than Golden Lion's flight. The distance between them rapidly shortened.
Thus light and heat radiating from the fire giant instantly enveloped Golden Lion.
"Damn it!"
Golden Lion cried out in pain.
His body screamed from the high temperature. Skin sizzled as it cooked—as if fat was being roasted out.
But he couldn't escape! The opponent's speed was too fast—absolutely couldn't escape his pursuit!
Their distance grew closer. The temperature felt increasingly higher.
No good—continuing like this would cook him alive!
Golden Lion gritted his teeth, descending.
He flew directly to the sea surface. Both hands touched the ocean. Massive amounts of seawater rose accordingly.
Brett followed near the surface. The ocean evaporated. Vast steam shrouded the entire sea like fog.
Within this high-temperature steam, Golden Lion gritted his teeth and endured.
Water continuously evaporated, also continuously absorbing heat, allowing him to barely survive Brett's high-temperature attack.
Damn it!!
If not for this thing in his head! If he could use Haki—
Never in Golden Lion's entire life had he hated the half ship's wheel embedded in his skull as much as this moment.
Can't win.
Fighting this bastard directly—absolutely impossible to win.
Need to find a way to escape.
Again—Golden Lion possessed a lion's pride, but he wasn't a fool. Doing the obviously impossible—that wasn't something he'd do. That was a choice Roger would make.
Golden Lion plunged both hands into the sea. More seawater shot skyward while a cavity spontaneously formed at the seafloor. Golden Lion dove inside.
Then he parted seawater all the way, heading toward deeper ocean depths.
The Float-Float Fruit could even accomplish such things.
However—
"Golden Lion-senpai, do you want to fight me in the ocean?"
The next instant, the fire giant charged directly into the sea. Accompanied by Brett's loud laughter, seawater violently evaporated. The entire sea area's water boiled from his burning.
"What?!"
Golden Lion stood dumbstruck.
Flames burned on the seafloor!
Showing absolutely no sign of extinguishing. Instead shining like the sun, illuminating the dark waters!
What was happening?! What kind of ability did this bastard possess?!
Golden Lion naturally knew fighting Fish-Men underwater was the most foolish behavior.
But at least better than being cooked alive in the sky.
The temperature Brett radiated was indeed high enough, but absolutely impossible to evaporate an entire sea area's water.
If seawater could seal this bastard Brett's flames, at least he could fight normally!
However, the current situation greatly exceeded Golden Lion's expectations!
What was happening?! Seawater continuously evaporated. More seawater surged in. Yet flames still burned.
Why could flames burn underwater?
Completely incomprehensible.
Though now he couldn't think about that. Brett's underwater movement speed matched the sky—because surrounding seawater continuously evaporated.
But seawater made Golden Lion's movements sluggish.
The distance closed instantly. Almost the next moment, the fire giant had already rushed before Golden Lion.
Brett didn't even personally act. He simply floated quietly in the ocean, quietly floating before Golden Lion.
Then—
"GYAAAHHH!!"
Golden Lion screamed.
Unable to use Haki for defense, relying entirely on his body to resist—the high temperature radiated by the fire giant Brett controlled absolutely wasn't something Golden Lion could endure.
His skin and even muscles rapidly festered.
His entire person seemed about to melt.
Brett estimated it should be about enough, then actively dispersed the flames. He grabbed Golden Lion and charged from the sea into the sky.
"Ha... ha... ha—"
Golden Lion gasped in great breaths. His body trembled continuously.
White smoke rose from his body. He looked not far from being fully cooked.
"You should behave now, Golden Lion-senpai."
Brett released Golden Lion, wrapping him in flame clouds.
Body severely burned, nearly melted—though still conscious, he probably couldn't make any resistant movements.
Brett confirmed this after reading Golden Lion's mind.
He truly had no strength left to continue fighting.
Golden Lion laboriously turned to look at Brett, nearly grinding his teeth. "I lost."
"Do whatever you want with me."
What kind of monster was this brat?
Though he'd weakened considerably from his youth, even unable to use Haki—this kid also hadn't used full power at all!
Also didn't use Haki—just slightly using his ability had already made him completely unable to resist.
Though both called emperors, this kid's strength absolutely couldn't compare with Katakuri!
"Relax, Golden Lion-senpai."
Brett smiled. "I have no intention of harming you. Otherwise I'd have already melted you directly just now."
"Then what do you want to do?"
Golden Lion's tone grew grave.