Hum—
Several cylindrical golden shockwaves shot out from the giant palm of the golden Buddha.
The laser-like shockwaves collided with the golden slashes,
A series of explosions erupted.
Vast white mist obscured the sky over the Marineford port.
Roar—
A colossal lion's roar echoed, and the white mist instantly condensed into five lion heads.
Simultaneously, the ground of the Marineford port churned and reformed.
Golden Lion's vicious voice rang out:
"Lion's Wrath: Ground Roll!!!"
The white lion heads smashed outwards.
Giant lion heads made of rock followed closely behind.
Sengoku snorted, his hundred-meter-tall golden Buddha form clapped his hands together, and golden light flared.
He spread his palms and pushed forward.
Boundless golden light, like a great sword, surged from his hands.
He aimed his hands at the colossal rock lion heads behind him and swept them in a half-circle.
Everyone watched as the golden light streaked across.
The giant rock lion heads in mid-air were instantly split in two and exploded.
On the other side.
Before one of the smoke lion heads that was about to smash into the residential area, countless light dots gathered.
Borsalino's figure materialized.
He looked at the smoke lion head, crackling with a trace of Haki and exuding an oppressive aura.
He crossed his hands, forming a crane's beak.
Golden light in a cross pattern flowed, and he let out a strange cry:
"Kawaii~ ne~"
"This is the Haki of the pirate magnate 'Golden Lion' Shiki."
"So troublesome~"
He waved his hands forward, and shining light bullets rained down, covering the oncoming attack.
"Yasakani no Magatama~"
A barrage of laser explosions obliterated the hundred-meter-large smoke lion head in mere seconds.
Kuzan also appeared before a giant smoke lion head:
"Ara~ra, this is the end."
"Ice Age: Pheasant Beak"
He fully mobilized his power, concentrating all the cold air from his body into his right arm, unleashing an ice bird of equal size.
Boom—
Meanwhile, Head Instructor Zephyr and Vice Admiral Maurice shattered two lion heads with brute force.
At the final position.
Enel's body crackled with lightning.
The ornaments on his wrists condensed with lightning into a conductor's baton, aimed at the charging smoke lion head.
"Fifty Million Volts: Rai Ryu."
Roar—
A dragon's roar accompanied by thunder sounded, and a lightning dragon hundreds of meters long materialized.
It shot out from the golden conductor's baton towards the lion head.
The extreme destructive power of the lightning directly blew apart the smoke lion head imbued with a trace of Armament Haki.
Breaking through the smoke lion head, the lightning dragon, under Enel's command, instantly turned around.
It traced a perfect arc and charged towards the Golden Lion.
The port.
The Golden Lion, who had just disengaged from Sengoku, narrowed his eyes upon seeing the approaching lightning dragon:
"Hm?"
The lightning dragon's speed was blinding as it struck the Golden Lion's long sword.
Endless currents surged up his arm into his body, causing a moment of paralysis.
The Golden Lion snorted:
"A mere lightning dare to show off."
Intense Haki erupted from within him, coating his entire body.
Instantly, the paralysis was dispelled, and the oncoming lightning was blocked.
At the same time, he slashed with his hand, a sword energy hundreds of meters long following the lightning dragon,
Splitting the lightning dragon in half and charging towards Enel.
Enel, seeing the approaching sword energy, instantly detonated the lightning dragon.
A violent explosion shattered the sword energy.
A mushroom cloud hundreds of meters wide formed in the air.
Enel glanced at the sky filled with dark clouds and said to Vice Admiral Maurice:
"Grandpa, I'm going to help Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
Maurice roared:
"Stop right there! This level of battle is not for you to participate in."
Enel chuckled:
"Don't worry! I'm confident!"
With that, his entire body transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot towards the clouds in the sky.
Leaving behind only an angry and worried Vice Admiral Maurice...
At the port.
The Golden Lion's mobility far surpassed Sengoku's, as he used his abilities to condense lion heads to entangle with sword energy.
Sengoku's destructive power far surpassed the Golden Lion's, as he ignored the continuously formed lion heads.
One was impossible to catch, the other impossible to break through.
Amidst the explosions filling the sky, their figures flashed and collided.
Sword energy and shockwaves shot out indiscriminately.
Naval officers and ability users in the rear continuously blocked the aftershocks of their battle.
Above the dense clouds in the sky.
Enel drew the lightning from the dark clouds, channeling it into his body.
"Two Hundred Million Volts: Raijin!!!"
Using the lightning drawn from the dark clouds, he fully enveloped himself.
He transformed into a hundred-meter-tall Raijin form, which surprisingly rivaled Sengoku's golden Buddha form.
He reached out and pulled from the lightning clouds beside him.
A Katsu Tendō, tens of meters long and made of lightning, appeared.
He looked down at the battlefield below.
Continuously drawing and condensing, he hurled several massive lightning Katsu Tendō onto the ground, where they remained unmoving.
The Golden Lion, disturbed by the lightning Katsu Tendō, was almost caught by Sengoku several times.
Suddenly, a blinding white light flared in the sky:
"Raijin Descends: Judgment!!!"
A detached voice echoed from the heavens as if from a god.
The Golden Lion's high mobility lost its advantage in the face of the lightning.
A hundred-meter-tall lightning giant descended from the sky, holding a Katsu Tendō and stabbing towards the Golden Lion.
The speed of the lightning was too fast to dodge.
The Golden Lion's long sword, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, slashed towards the Katsu Tendō.
The Katsu Tendō was instantly shattered.
However, behind Enel's Raijin form, several lightning bolts connected to the sky.
Continuous lightning condensed to counter the Golden Lion's slash.
It pushed the Golden Lion down towards the ground.
The moment he touched the ground, the unmoving lightning Katsu Tendō on the ground, through the rain, converged towards Enel.
"Raijin Descends: Ten Thousand Lightning Prison."
The lightning Katsu Tendō transformed into lightning chains that bound the Golden Lion's body.
Simultaneously, lightning formed a semi-circular net, enclosing the Golden Lion.
The Golden Lion erupted with Haki and struggled with all his might, breaking a portion of the chains.
Sengoku's colossal golden form landed opposite Enel, and the giant shockwave from his hand also trapped the Golden Lion.
Two hundred-meter giants, emanating different lights, spoke in unison:
"Buddha Shockwave!"
"Raijin's Judgment!"
Endless golden light and lightning erupted, engulfing the Golden Lion.
Furious energy surged and exploded.
The Golden Lion's deranged voice echoed:
"What a joke!"
"Lion's Wrath: Island Roar!!!"
"Ground Roll!!!!!"
Boom—
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Boom—
In a desolate mountain on Baterilla Island in the South Blue.
Rayleigh and Barrett clashed, both sent flying back again.
They crashed into the ground, kicking up a storm of dust.
A sword energy and an arm simultaneously tore through the dust and rushed out.
A crisp sound echoed.
Barrett punched through the hundred-meter-long sword energy and charged towards Rayleigh.
Rayleigh watched Barrett charging and swung his sword down.
It was blocked by Barrett's Haki-infused arm, which then punched towards Rayleigh's heart.
Rayleigh's feet blurred, leaving afterimages, and he managed to kick Barrett's chest a moment before the punch.
Whoosh—Boom!!!
Barrett was sent flying backward, crashing into the mountainside.
He then burst out and stood opposite Rayleigh:
"Not strong enough."
"Is that all you've got, old man?"
At this moment, Barrett bore numerous sword-like wounds, and the large sword mark on his chest had stopped bleeding.
Rayleigh had also abandoned his search for Roger, knowing it was too late...
Engaged in a fierce battle with Barrett for half the day, Rayleigh panted, his breath ragged.
He flicked his long sword in a flourish and said indifferently:
"You've still got a long way to go, kid."
As his words fell, a surge of killing intent accompanied by Conqueror's Haki pressed down on Barrett.
Barrett grinned savagely:
"Is that so?"
Swish—
He grabbed his tattered shirt with one hand and ripped it off.
He channeled the method of controlling Oni-ki he had discovered and condensed it within his body.
Bang bang—
His physique swelled, his shoulder bones and arms tripling in size, and massive fangs grew from his mouth.
His voice, like that of a demon, boomed like thunder:
"Oni-ki: Rokudō."
"Khara-pyang-dha: Ashura King!!!"