Mechanical Island, Balkimoa.
A huge pirate ship was floating in the sky above Rocks and his companions.
"Hahahaha! In that case, why not join my pirate group?"
A wild laugh reached everyone's ears from the huge battleship floating above.
Rocks looked up at the huge lion-bow battleship in the sky and his expression became extremely serious.
"Golden Lion, Shiki!"
Rocks murmured softly as he saw the man floating above the bow.
He was wearing a yellow and white kimono, with long golden hair that reached his heels and casually draped behind him like a lion's mane. He had two long swords hanging around his waist, and his hands were folded across his chest. His whole body exuded a powerful aura that no one else could do better than him.
Even with just a little bit of feeling, Rocks knew how terrifyingly powerful the Golden Lion Shiki was.
"Kid, this is the first time we meet. You took good care of my subordinates last time."
The golden lion looked down at Rocks below and grinned.
"Well, this time I came here just to take Dr. Vegapunk away. So, I'll thank you very much next time I have the chance."
As he spoke, the Golden Lion lowered the ship to the ground, ready to take Vegapunk away.
However, Rocks walked ahead of Vegapunk and other doctors.
He looked at the Golden Lion Shiki calmly, and slowly placed his right hand on the long sword hanging at his waist.
"Shiki the Golden Lion, Vegapunk is my crew member. You haven't asked for my opinion on taking him away. Besides, those doctors are all guests of my Rocks Pirates."
The entire atmosphere dropped to freezing point as soon as Rocks finished speaking.
The golden lion Shiki grinned and stared at Rocks, with a strong lion-like aura constantly emanating from him.
"You bastard! Do you know who you are facing?!"
The subordinate of Golden Lion Shiki, a big man with dark skin, beard and a big afro, looked at Rocks with a bad face and roared at him loudly.
"Humph! Who do you think you are talking to? Just act like a minion!"
Jhin glared at Wiggins who was rude to Rocks, and the fire behind his head burned more fiercely along with his emotions.
"Ah! Do you know who I am? You little bastard! Don't think you are someone important just because the navy suddenly offers a bounty of 762 million berries! When I was a pirate, you were still playing in the mud!"
Wiggins roared at Jhin angrily, his forehead hitting Jhin's chest directly, and he mocked Jhin with saliva splattering.
"Tsk, Senior, you've been out at sea for so long, but I haven't seen how high your bounty is. It seems you're just a useless piece of trash!"
Erida glanced at Wiggins and said with disdain.
"Asshole! Little devil! I'm going to kill you!"
Wiggins changed his target instantly, stared at Ereda angrily, and punched Ereda directly.
"Humph! Your opponent is me!"
"Imperial Flame!"
"boom!"
Jhin swung his fist burning with flames and punched Wiggins hard.
“Ahhh!!”
Jhin's terrifying power has so far knocked Wiggins back several steps.
Wiggins raised his slightly trembling fist, his expression becoming even more ferocious.
He didn't expect that he would be defeated in a fistfight with Jhin.
This filled his heart with disbelief, and then he was completely consumed by anger.
"You bastard brat!"
Wiggins roared, gathered his strength again and prepared to rush towards Jhin, wanting to fight him to the death.
but... ... .
"Okay, Wiggins, stop embarrassing Boss Ski!"
Another strong man next to Sky spoke up to stop the furious Wiggins.
After hearing his words, Wiggins growled unwillingly and stopped.
Jhin turned his head and glanced at the burly man next to Shiqi.
I have to say, he gave Jhin a very dangerous feeling.
The burly man seemed to sense Jhin's scrutiny, glanced at him, and said nothing.
Shiki the Golden Lion didn't care at all about the fight between his subordinates and Jin.
He was still looking at Rocks in front of him.
The more he looked at it, the more surprised and admired he felt.
"Hahaha. Little boy, at such a young age, you have such strength. You really have amazing talent."
"Would you like to join my pirate group? I'll let you be the vice admiral. When we dominate the world, I'll give you half of it. How about that?"
The golden lion grinned and suddenly invited Rocks.
Rocks looked at him in surprise, and then refused directly.
"Excuse me, Shiki, but I have no interest in joining your pirate group. Besides, this world only needs one overlord."
"Buzz!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shiki and Rocks both burst out with their domineering aura at the same time and collided violently.
The terrifying aura directly shocked the weak scientists around him so much that their eyes turned white and they fainted. At the same time, many scientists were blown away by the huge airflow generated by the domineering collision.
The clash of their domineering powers caused the mountain beneath their feet to vibrate violently.
Black and red lightning flashed between the two people.
“Hahaha! Little boy, your aura is pretty good! But I don’t know if your strength matches your aura!”
"Hmph! Then you try it!"
The two men drew their weapons at the same time, and then collided violently.
"boom!"
The two swords collided in mid-air.
A more violent aura than before suddenly erupted, directly cracking the rocks under the feet of the two people.
The already dark sky suddenly split in the middle, and the thick clouds were split in two.
Black and red lightning filled the entire mountain top.
King, Erida, Sasaki and other members of the Rocks Pirates were knocked back dozens of meters by the collision of the two men's momentum.
They looked at Rocks in surprise.
Although I knew that after two years of training, Rocks had become even stronger, this was the first time I saw him unleash his full strength.
"That little brat was able to stand on equal terms with Boss Shiki!"
"Is this little devil a monster?!"
Shiki's two subordinates looked at Rocks, who was competing with Shiki, in shock and murmured in a low voice.
In the center of the battle circle, the golden lion Shiki grinned wildly and looked at Rocks.
"Little brat! I didn't expect you to be so skilled in using the Hegemony Haki's entanglement. I admire you more and more. However, if you want to become my enemy, the Golden Lion, you are a hundred years too early!"
"Lion, Chikiri-ya!"
The Golden Lion Shiki quickly sheathed his sword, then swung both swords, and a huge golden cross flew out instantly, cutting towards Rocks.
Looking at the slashing blow coming towards him at a rapid speed, Rocks' eyes flickered.
He wanted to feel the power of the slashing blow from the world's greatest swordsman.
He tightly grasped the sword in his hand, then chopped it straight down.
"Infernal Affairs!"
"Buzz!"
A pure purple crescent slash accompanied Rocks' sword swing, heading straight for the cross slash of the Golden Lion Shiki.
"boom!"
Two equally powerful blows collided with each other in the blink of an eye.
The powerful sword intent directly cut and shattered the surrounding rocks.
The entire mountain below was shaking under the impact of the slashing blows.
"Buzz!"
The white light illuminated the entire mountain, and it was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.
The two slashes finally collided and dissipated into the air at the same time.
Only the devastated mountains and ground were left, proving that they had indeed existed just now.
After the two men exchanged sword moves, neither of them attacked again immediately.
"Hahaha, kid, who taught you swordsmanship?"
Golden Lion always had a familiar feeling when watching Rocks' swordsmanship.
"Roger, Rayleigh, and I all learned swordsmanship for a period of time."
Rocks did not hide anything and answered the Golden Lion directly.
After getting Rocks' answer, the Golden Lion realized.
"No wonder you are so good at swordsmanship. It turns out you learned it from those two guys. However, you are no match for me with just swordsmanship!"
As the Golden Lion Shiki's confident words fell, a golden lion that looked extremely ferocious seemed to appear behind the Golden Lion.
The golden lion kept roaring at Rocks, ready to pounce on him at any time.
"Hmph! I'm not so arrogant as to think I can defeat you with swordsmanship!"
Rocks held the long sword in his hand and looked at the golden lion calmly.
Behind him, a ferocious tiger seemed to appear and fight against the lion behind the golden lion.