A man appeared above Esdeath's Marine warship!
Looking around, a golden cloak draped over him, his arms crossed over his chest, and long golden hair flowed over his shoulders.
What was somewhat surprising was that a wooden ship's rudder was stuck in the man's head, causing him to be partially bald.
Most unexpectedly, the man had no legs; they had been severed, and blades were embedded in his shins.
But this did not hinder the man's imposing presence; instead, he looked even more domineering.
"Golden Lion—Shiki!"
Esdeath's pupils dilated slightly. Indeed, she hadn't guessed wrong. Besides this man, who else could control an island to float in the sky?
"Lady Esdeath!"
Tashigi and the others all turned their gaze to Esdeath.
This man, who looked both ridiculous and incredibly domineering, was actually the legendary great pirate Golden Lion Shiki, renowned alongside Roger and Whitebeard!
Even the legendary underwater great prison, known as the Iron Wall, couldn't hold this legendary great pirate; he severed his own legs and escaped!
To forcefully break one's own legs, such courage is not something everyone possesses!
If this person was the legendary Golden Lion, then weren't they in danger, possibly even facing total annihilation here?
Thinking of this, their faces were filled with worry. They had just come out with Lady Esdeath and actually encountered the legendary great pirate. What kind of luck was this?
"Gyahahaha! I didn't expect anyone to remember me after I disappeared for more than a decade!" Hearing Esdeath's address, Shiki looked at the young Marine on the warship with surprise.
He would bet this woman was definitely not over twenty years old, yet she possessed a kind of Haki, a Haki that disregarded everyone.
He had originally intended to come down for supplies and to catch some animals, but he didn't expect to encounter such an interesting Marine.
At this moment, Esdeath also had her arms crossed over her chest, slightly tilting her head as she confronted Golden Lion Shiki.
If it were Golden Lion in his prime, Esdeath would have turned and run without a second thought, but Golden Lion's strength must have declined now!
With the rudder in his head, his legs gone, and being a swordsman who used two swords, Golden Lion was equivalent to having lost his Great Swordsman strength.
"Little girl! How about you leave the Marine and work for me?" Shiki looked at Esdeath with interest. He admitted that he was somewhat moved by this woman's arrogance!
It was Haki just like when facing Roger, but with an ambition Roger lacked. He was certain of this; Observation Haki would not lie!
"I refuse!"
"As expected—how annoying..." Golden Lion showed an 'of course' expression, then crossed his legs, sending out a slash!
A hundred-meter slash was kicked out!
"Wave Slash!"
Perhaps a normal Marine soldier would panic at this sight, but the people on Esdeath's ship would not. Everyone's gaze turned to Esdeath!
Esdeath was a god!
Whoosh!
Esdeath leaped from the deck, drawing her Zanpakutō, Hyōrinmaru, and directly met the hundred-meter slash.
"Lady Esdeath! Be careful!"
Everyone watched this scene with worried expressions. They truly couldn't help in this kind of battle; they couldn't even buy time.
Esdeath's two-meter figure was like an ant before the hundred-meter slash.
She blocked the hundred-meter slash with her Zanpakutō, exerted force with one hand, and directly twisted the slash's direction, causing it to strike the sea surface not far away.
"You underestimate me too much!"
Almost instantly, the sea surface was cleanly cut, and the seawater even stopped flowing, but it was only for a moment before the ocean filled in the impact of the slash on the sea.
Before the vast ocean, humans are weak, no matter how strong Roger or Golden Lion may be. Golden Lion deeply understood this point!
"Interesting!"
She effortlessly diverted his slash. Indeed, her strength could not be underestimated.
Esdeath used Moonwalk to rise into the air, standing shoulder to shoulder with Golden Lion. Her Zanpakutō spun once in her hand, then she lightly shouted: "Freeze all creation—Hyōrinmaru!"
As Esdeath called out the Shikai command, cold air invaded the entire blade, and even the cold energy within Esdeath's body stirred restlessly.
However, the blade itself did not change at all. The only difference was that the cold air, instead of spreading, was entirely concentrated on the blade.
The Shikai command was naturally different from that white-haired man.
As for why she didn't attack immediately, it was, of course, to first see how much strength Golden Lion had left. If she could fight, she would; even if she couldn't defeat him, Golden Lion couldn't do anything to her!
Simply because this was the sea!
"Gyahahaha!"
"Lion's Threat—Sea Vortex!"
Golden Lion laughed loudly. He had actually encountered someone who could make him move. This was truly exciting; he could finally stretch his muscles!
"Sister Ain, look at the surrounding sea!" Tashigi extended a hand, pointing to the sea surface not far from the Marine warship.
Everyone looked in the direction Tashigi pointed. Esdeath didn't even shift her gaze. Golden Lion actually wanted to attack her with water currents.
A stream of water, dozens of meters wide, rose from the sea, reaching hundreds of meters in length and slowly transforming into a lifelike water dragon!
"How's this move?"
He looked at Esdeath proudly. For Devil Fruit users, the most feared thing was naturally seawater, but he could control seawater!
Esdeath remained unmoved, even looking at Golden Lion with a somewhat idiotic gaze. If it were earth, she really wouldn't have many options, but seawater...
"Damn it!"
"Sea Vortex, go!"
Enraged by Esdeath's gaze, Golden Lion directly controlled the Sea Vortex to attack Esdeath, and several more sea currents gradually formed.
Slowly, they also transformed into the shape of dragons!
Several hundred-meter-long, ten-meter-wide Sea Vortexes flew towards Esdeath with world-destroying might!
This was the old era!
World-destroying abilities!
"Gyahahaha!"
The destructive power of this move could completely rival that of a typical tsunami. Can a human withstand nature?
Esdeath's expression remained unchanged as she faced the approaching Sea Vortex. She raised the arm holding Hyōrinmaru and aimed it at the Sea Vortex.
Behind her, several small birds made of ice slowly formed.
"Swarm of Ice Pillars!"
The ice birds were insignificant compared to the Sea Vortex, but Golden Lion took them seriously. That woman was actually an Ice-Ice Fruit user!
The moment the ice birds touched the sea dragon, their entire bodies shattered, and the ice dragon was frozen inch by inch in the blink of an eye, extending all the way to the sea surface.
The sea surface was also frozen, stopping only after extending several thousand meters.
This was the cold energy contained within just a few ice birds!
If it were just the sea surface freezing, it might not have caught Golden Lion's attention, but the energy carried by his ice dragon, imbued with the Float-Float Fruit's ability, was considerable!
It was actually frozen so effortlessly!
The sea, along with the warship, was frozen in place, and several hundred-meter Sea Vortexes on the ice surface were also frozen.
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