When an expert makes a move, you know if they have it or not.
Most of the Rocks Pirates instantly wiped the mockery from their faces.
Although Marlon wasn't stronger than them, he was a tough character who had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The physique honed by years of living on the edge of life and death, coupled with the Armament Haki polished through countless fierce battles while following Rocks on his conquests, meant that ordinary Vice Admiral-level figures wouldn't even dream of easily hurting him.
Yet such formidable defense couldn't even withstand a single encounter in Charlotte Linlin's hands. He collapsed instantly, unconscious.
Everyone saw clearly that although this girl's Armament Haki was tyrannical and domineering, her application was far from reaching the pinnacle.
Thus, only one shocking possibility remained.
This woman's strength was already tyrannical enough to easily crush Marlon!
"Jihahahaha~ Interesting. Woman, let me be your opponent."
Golden Lion Shiki laughed excitedly, his fighting spirit soaring.
He had been bored stiff during the voyage, and this came just in time.
Whoosh!
Bright blade light cut through the air. Without waiting for his opponent to respond, he swung his arms fiercely. The blades, wrapped in extremely sharp slashes, covered Charlotte Linlin and the unconscious Marlon beneath her feet.
"Lion's Majesty: Valley of a Thousand Cuts!!"
"Lion's Majesty: Valley of a Thousand Cuts!!"
In an instant, hundreds of golden slash waves poured out like a rainstorm. Each slash wave flashed with a cold light capable of cutting steel, weaving into an impenetrable web of death.
Carrying a sharp whistle that tore the eardrums, it enveloped Charlotte Linlin overwhelmingly. Wherever it passed, the air was cut, emitting sizzling wails.
"Finally, a decent opponent. Spear of Elbaf."
Charlotte Linlin's eyes lit up. Instead of retreating, she took a step forward, gripping Napoleon tightly with both hands. Armament Haki spread rapidly like ink, dyeing the entire blade pitch black. Immediately after, she exerted force with her arms, raised the giant blade high above her head, and then slashed down heavily!
"Ikoku (Sovereignty)!!!"
Boom!
A giant sword energy shockwave traversing the sky suddenly burst forth, wrapped in world-destroying might like a surging angry dragon, colliding with Shiki's golden slash waves in an instant.
With a deafening explosion, those seemingly fierce slash waves were crushed layer by layer by the sword energy shockwave like paper.
The sword energy, with unabated momentum, continued to rush towards Shiki wildly. Its wide coverage and fast speed gave people a desperate feeling of inescapability!
"Jihahahaha, this is more like it!"
Golden Lion laughed arrogantly, but a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.
The move this woman used was vaguely similar to Rocks' swordsmanship.
He dared not be negligent in the slightest. The muscles on his arms bulged, veins popping like coiled dragons. Gripping his swords with both hands, he poured all his strength into them.
"Lion's Majesty: Two-Sword Style: Demon Slash!!"
The dual swords, wrapped in the bizarre ability of the Float-Float Fruit, seemed to make air resistance disappear the moment they slashed out, reaching extreme speed.
Two giant slash waves crossed in a cross shape, carrying the momentum to tear the world apart, colliding head-on with that terrifying Ikoku sword energy.
Boom!!!
A deafening loud noise exploded. At the center of the collision between sword energy and slash waves, terrifying energy raged wildly, and violent airwaves swept out like a tsunami.
The aftermath turned into sharp hurricanes, splashing gravel on the surrounding ground. Even the Rocks Pirates watching from afar couldn't help but squint their eyes and raise their hands to block the oncoming strong wind.
Blocked.
However, this was just the beginning!
"Linlin Rush."
Charlotte Linlin had already strode forward with her long legs. Although her body was nine meters tall, her speed was astonishingly fast. With every step, the ground trembled slightly, bringing up a gust of wind, her figure approaching like a ghost.
"Jihahahaha~ What an irritable woman. No one will like you like this."
Golden Lion didn't dodge or evade, swinging his sword to meet her.
"What do others matter? It's enough that Loki likes me! An ugly man with big lips like you is the one who won't be liked!!"
Charlotte Linlin swung her sword down at Golden Lion, her terrifying monstrous strength causing the air to emit a sharp whistle of being overwhelmed!
Clang!!!
Oto and Kogarashi collided heavily with the serrated Napoleon, and the ear-piercing sound of metal clashing resounded through the world.
Golden Lion's face was hideous. He only felt a terrifyingly immense force coming from the blade, shocking his web between thumb and forefinger with intense pain and numbness.
Just as he expected, this woman was a freak like Newgate and Rocks! Her strength was ridiculously strong!
But having fought with powerhouses like Rocks and Newgate on Rocks' ship for years, he had long developed a plan against such enemies.
With a thought from Shiki, the ability of the Float-Float Fruit activated instantly!
"Hmm?"
Charlotte Linlin only felt the ground beneath her feet suddenly shake violently like waves. The surrounding gravity suddenly lost balance, and her body sank slightly involuntarily.
Shiki used this momentary buffer to avoid wrestling with Linlin's brute force.
His feet in the air, his weightless body climbed rapidly towards the high sky. The dual swords in his hands waved repeatedly, and dense blade lights poured down like a rainstorm, dancing into a terrifying silver storm that completely enveloped Charlotte Linlin.
"Useless, useless, useless!!!"
Charlotte Linlin directly chose the most brutal and simple response. With one hand protecting her head, she exerted force with both feet and crashed boldly towards that storm of blade lights like a cannonball!
Pfft —— Sizzle ——
The blade lights slashed on her arm, only emitting a harsh friction sound, not even leaving a white mark.
Unscathed, Charlotte Linlin raised Napoleon and slashed heavily at the stunned Golden Lion Shiki!
Clang clang clang!!
The crisp sounds of metal collision formed a continuous piece, sparks flying everywhere.
Golden Lion was momentarily distracted and could only constantly retreat to unload force to avoid being completely caught in the opponent's offensive rhythm.
Linlin's abnormality was discovered by Miss Buckingham, who said in surprise: "This girl's body strength is wrong. She didn't even cover it with Haki just now, yet she was unscathed facing Shiki's slash waves with her bare hands. Newgate?"
Newgate nodded, a trace of solemnity in his eyes: "Her body hasn't changed. This shouldn't be the power of a Devil Fruit, but a natural steel body."
Rocks looked more and more satisfied, a fervent light flashing in his eyes.
It would be great if this girl could become his crew member.
The other two didn't think so much. At this moment, they were crossing their arms, watching the fun with schadenfreude.
John pushed his small glasses, his tone full of mockery: "Hey hey hey, Shiki, you look too wretched, right? Didn't you just clamor about teaching the opponent a lesson? Why are you being suppressed now?"
In reality, he was secretly rejoicing in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't jump out just now, otherwise with this woman's strength, he might have ended up like Marlon.
Wang Zhi also made sarcastic remarks: "Actually being suppressed by a country bumpkin half-giant, truly losing face."
"You idiots, shut up!!"
Golden Lion finally found an opportunity. His body, unaffected by gravity, shot up into the sky like lightning, instantly pulling away from his opponent.
The Float-Float Fruit gave Golden Lion flexibility and mobility that ordinary people didn't have.
At the same time, Golden Lion kicked out several golden slash waves shooting down without needing to step on the air to stay airborne.
"I told you it's useless!!!"
Charlotte Linlin swept her long sword, crushing all slash waves.
However, this was just Golden Lion's means of delaying time; the real attack had long been brewing.
The frozen soil under her feet exploded with a bang. Countless boulders rose from the ground, rapidly condensing into lifelike earth lions, baring their fangs and claws, letting out deafening roars, instantly surrounding Charlotte Linlin in the center!
"Jihahaha~"
Golden Lion laughed loudly. Against such an enemy, frontal confrontation is hard to win and would put him at a disadvantage. Trapping and killing directly is the best way.
"This ends here! Lion's Majesty: Earth Palace Scroll (Gosho Chimaki)!!!"
Dozens of rock lions pounced towards the center simultaneously. Their huge bodies collided, raising sky-filling dust, as if to completely crush Charlotte Linlin!
"Too slow, your movements are too slow."
Just as the rocks closed rapidly, Charlotte Linlin's body underwent an abnormal transformation. Her body turned into wisps of mist as crimson as blood and as thick as darkness, quietly floating to the outside through the cracks of the squeezing rocks.
"Did you think only you can fly?"
In the next second, the darkness re-condensed in mid-air, and Charlotte Linlin's figure appeared again.
Behind her, a pair of huge black bat wings unfolded at this moment. The fuzz on the bat wings trembled slightly in the wind, carrying a bewitching beauty.
"Actually a Zoan user too? And a rare flying type?"
Golden Lion stopped laughing.
Not only possessing immense strength, incredible speed, and extremely strong defense, but also rare flight ability.
This woman... is simply a monster with no weaknesses!
He couldn't kite this woman like he kited Newgate.
"People like you are exactly the low-level pirates Loki talked about who only know how to dodge, right??"
Charlotte Linlin's bat wings trembled as she hovered in mid-air, looking down at Shiki with a smile. The corner of her mouth curled into a mocking smile, her voice crisp but carrying a biting chill.
"Low-level pirate?! Who do you think I am?! I am the Golden Lion!!"
Golden Lion was completely enraged by this sentence. The frustration of failing to take down the opponent for a long time, coupled with the anger of being mocked, instantly overwhelmed his reason. Raising his dual swords high, he dived down towards Linlin.
Looking at the rushing Shiki, a trace of imperceptible cunning flashed in Charlotte Linlin's eyes.
Hehe, pirates outside are indeed as Loki said. As long as they get heated in battle, stimulating them with this sentence will make them lose their reason immediately.
Napoleon in her hand wrapped in pitch-black flowing light, she flapped her bat wings and climbed continuously, slashing heavily at Golden Lion, shouting: "Whoever dodges is a low-level pirate!"
"You foul-mouthed woman!!!"
Golden Lion's face was hideous. The two black blades, Oto and Kogarashi, in his hands had long been completely soaked in Armament Haki, and at this moment, they were wrapped in an extremely dangerous layer of Conqueror's Haki.
Black-red light flashed. He poured all his strength into them, swinging his dual swords with full force towards the incoming giant blade!
However, Charlotte Linlin turned sideways directly, meeting Golden Lion's dual swords with her body, while the long sword in her hand slashed straight at the opponent's head.
"You lunatic!" Golden Lion's pupils shrank. He never expected the opponent to choose this style of trading injury for injury, and could only watch the blade getting closer and closer.
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In the distance, Rocks looked up at the sky.
Almost at the same time.
Crack!!!
An incredibly thick purple thunderbolt tore through the clouds like a giant dragon and exploded with a bang!
The blinding lightning instantly illuminated this battlefield as bright as day, the strong light making everyone squint their eyes involuntarily.
In that extreme brightness, a massive body as tall as a mountain appeared between the two without warning.
Clang!!!!!
A deafening metal clash resounded through the world.
Curved and thick horns wrapped in thunder blocked the attacks of both.
Terrifying power collided. Loki's body didn't move a bit; instead, a violent shockwave spread out, shattering the surrounding rock lions into powder, filling the sky with flying debris.
"Loki."
"Loki!"
The fierceness in Charlotte Linlin's eyes faded instantly, replaced by full surprise.
She tossed the machete casually. The knife shrank rapidly in the air, turning back into an exquisite bowler hat, landing steadily on her head.
In the next second, she leaped like a swallow returning to the nest, hanging on Loki's neck, her arms tightly hugging his neck, her voice sickeningly sweet.
"Linlin, I told you, don't use this fighting style of trading injury for injury. If you do this again, I'll deduct your food."
Loki looked at Charlotte Linlin on his chest, somewhat helpless.
Charlotte Linlin has a steel body, plus she learned Giant Tribe combat techniques, so her fighting style was already extremely unrestrained.
After asking Raideen and the others to go out to sea to Sleepy Hollow to bring back the Vampire Fruit for Linlin.
Charlotte Linlin, who became a Vampire Fruit user, completely made up for the shortcoming of high defense but low HP.
Becoming a complete monster with high defense, high speed, high strength, high recovery, and flight ability.
If placed in a game, she would be an ultimate boss that makes players curse eight hundred times a day.
Precisely because of this, Charlotte Linlin became even more unscrupulous in battle, completely disregarding her own injuries. Anyway, relying on the Vampire's recovery ability, even heavy injuries can heal quickly.
But Loki had tested it with Harald.
This kind of Mythical Zoan recovery power will also be suppressed by attacks infused with Conqueror's Haki.
It can only be said that Conqueror's Haki is just too comprehensive.
True damage plus grievous wounds; if you don't master it, you are inferior.
"Hehe, isn't that because I have you?" Charlotte Linlin buried her cheek in Loki's chest, her voice soft and waxy, completely different from the fierce battle maniac just now.
Golden Lion, who fell back to the ground, looked at the suddenly appearing Loki dumbfoundedly.
Loki's size was just too exaggerated, giving too strong a visual impact.
The slowly dissipating thunder halo around his body made him look like a primeval god walking out of myths.
Plus his full-force blow just now didn't even count as trouble for the opponent.
Aside.
John stared fixedly at Loki's figure, his fingers trembling slightly. He couldn't help but push his glasses and suck in a breath of cold air: "This... this size is too exaggerated, right? Ordinary giants are only a dozen or twenty meters tall. Even the Harald you mentioned, Rocks, is at most over forty meters. This giant... is at least over sixty meters!!"
The others were also dumbfounded, extremely shocked by Loki's size.
Rocks couldn't suppress his smile: "Wahahahaha~"
Although size doesn't represent strength, judging from the battle just now, Loki's strength is definitely not weak.
Plus what he had seen along the way.
Rocks was certain that Loki was definitely not someone who abided by the law.
Even if he couldn't win over Harald on this trip, inviting Loki onto the ship would be a huge profit!
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