One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

"Chop!"

Golden Lion unleashed a massive golden sword aura, repelling Roger onto the Jackson. Then, he sheathed his twin swords, raised his hands, and instantly, waves hundreds of meters high surged across the sea, condensing into several enormous lion heads under Golden Lion's control.

"Shishiwei·Gosho Scroll!"

All the giant lion heads made of seawater simultaneously bombarded the Jackson. At this time, Rayleigh and the others were already entangled with their respective opponents, and Roger could only unleash one sword aura after another to block them. However, on the vast ocean, the endless seawater could provide the Golden Lion with a continuous supply of attack resources.

Roger's carelessness caused the Jackson to be struck by a lion's head, causing the ship to rock violently. The golden lion became even more excited, so much so that he did not notice the increasingly gloomy sky above.

Chapter 99 The Death of the Golden Lion

Just as the Golden Lion was manipulating the seawater to attack the Jackson, a deafening thunderclap suddenly rang out overhead, followed by a torrential downpour.

Both sides were stunned. Before they could react, several powerful waterspouts suddenly rose from the sea. In just one exchange, a large number of flying pirate ships were swept up and turned into fragments.

This was no ordinary storm; its destructive power was truly rare. Even the lion's head that the Golden Lion had created using seawater was blown away by the gale. The Golden Lion in the air was even slammed down by a wave several meters high, which directly smashed through the deck of a ship.

After Shiki temporarily went offline, the remaining Flying Pirates fleet was utterly helpless in the face of this catastrophic storm. A large number of ships were smashed to pieces by the surging waves, and all the pirates on board perished at sea.

Compared to the miserable state of the Flying Pirates, the Jackson, where the Roger Pirates were located, was in a much better situation. Although the Jackson also looked like it was about to capsize in the raging current, it did not suffer any real damage.

The gale seemed to be sent by heaven to help the Roger Pirates escape their predicament. The Flying Pirates' fleet had been destroyed beyond recognition, and a huge gap had appeared in the encirclement around the Jackson.

Driven by the strong winds, the Jackson was propelled out of the water without human intervention and eventually disappeared without a trace.

The disaster for the Flying Pirates continues, with many pirates breaking down and kneeling on the deck, crying and wailing.

Golden Lion was pulled out from below the deck by his men. He had just been splashed by the seawater and was soaked to the bone, leaving him weak. Otherwise, given his strength, he wouldn't have needed his men's help.

He shook his clothes, looked around, and his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

The storm nearly destroyed half of his fleet, and what he found most unbearable was that the Roger Pirates had completely disappeared.

The golden lion, its face turning ashen with rage, disregarded its seawater-soaked body and forced its way into the air, roaring furiously to the heavens.

"This isn't fair! Damn God, why are you doing this to me?!"

Having just fought Roger and been hit head-on by the sea, Shiki is now mentally exhausted and physically on the verge of collapse.

call!

Just then, another gust of wind swept in, causing the golden lion in mid-air to sway and plummet downwards once more.

The ship below could no longer withstand the fierce winds; its deck cracked inch by inch, and a large number of fragments flew everywhere. Before the golden lion could land, a broken rudder flew rapidly and hit the golden lion squarely on the head.

The golden lion was hit by a broken ship's rudder, causing his eyes to turn white and him to lose consciousness on the spot.

The remaining pirates on the ship were terrified upon seeing this and rushed over to lift up the Golden Lion, trying to move him to a safe place.

Suddenly, a dark vortex appeared out of thin air and coalesced into Gigg's body.

Upon seeing Gigg, the pirates carrying the golden lion were startled again, their grip loosened sharply, and the golden lion fell to the ground with a thud.

A pirate pointed at Giggs and said in a trembling voice,

"The navy!"

The other pirates immediately drew their weapons and aimed them at Gigg, but their morale had already plummeted to its lowest point, and for a moment no one dared to take the initiative to attack Gigg.

Gigg didn't even look at the henchmen. He glanced at the half-dead Golden Lion on the ground, then looked at the remaining pirate ships around him, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

The pirates felt a chill run down their spines as they looked at the smiling Gigg. One of them mustered his courage, raised his sword, and roared as he charged at Gigg. Gigg slashed out with a hand chop, and a head, gushing blood, fell to the ground with a thud.

The blood on his hands was absorbed by the darkness. Gigg slightly raised his eyes, and then a tidal wave of darkness surged from beneath his feet. The remaining pirates on the ship were swallowed up by the darkness in an instant without even letting out a scream, leaving only the Golden Lion lying on the deck.

The torrential rain continued. Giger raised his hand, pulled the golden lion towards him, and grabbed him by the neck.

After all that, the Golden Lion regained some consciousness and groggily tried to open his eyes.

"puff!"

The golden lion's body trembled violently, and he suddenly widened his eyes, finally seeing Gigg's face clearly.

He slowly lowered his head, looking at Giggs's hand piercing his chest, and said in a trembling voice,

"Navy, how dare you..."

puff!

With a blank expression, Giger pulled his hand out of the Golden Lion's chest. The vitality of a strongman of the Golden Lion's level was indeed extraordinary. Even with his heart destroyed, he did not die immediately. He could even raise his hand with trembling hands, trying to make a final struggle.

However, he was no threat to Gigg now. A dark vortex appeared in his hand, and the golden lion's neck was twisted into a pretzel in an instant. He made a hoarse sound and finally closed his eyes unwillingly.

The once-powerful and ruthless Golden Lion died a miserable death at the hands of Giger.

The people on the surrounding pirate ships were still busy controlling their ships to retreat, and no one even noticed that their captain had died.

Gigg's hand, which was gripping the Golden Lion's neck, turned pitch black. He used Dark God to extract the Floating Fruit and transfer it to a cantaloupe in the Dark Bible.

Along with it, the Golden Lion's two famous swords, Sakuragi and Kuju, were also sucked into the Dark Bible.

Glancing at the Golden Lion's corpse, the distorted gravity was released from Giger's hands once more, and with a snap, the Golden Lion's head separated from its body.

Finally, a pirate ship approached, and a large number of pirates jumped off, shouting as they ran.

"Hey! How's Captain Shiki...? What!?"

Tick ​​tock tick…

The ground beneath Gigg's feet was stained red with the blood of the Golden Lion, and steaming blood was still dripping from the broken part of his head. The pirates who saw this scene were so frightened that they dropped their weapons to the ground.

They were met with a terrifying wave of darkness.

After wiping out this wave of pirates, Gigg still did not leave. He raised his other hand, and slowly opened his palm. Strands of darkness gathered and eventually condensed into a small black sphere.

Another thunderbolt streaked across the sky, and in the flash, Jig's indifferent face flickered between light and shadow.

The remaining pirates finally realized something was wrong. They all moved towards the ship where Gigg was, but just as they were about to reach it, a small black sphere slowly rose into the air. Gigg's figure gradually twisted and disappeared. In the instant before he vanished, he whispered...

“Dark·Earth Explosion Star”.

Chapter 100 The Demise of the Flying Pirates

Amidst the torrential rain, the small black sphere slowly rose into the air. The members of the Flying Pirates were no ordinary pirates; they could sense a sense of crisis emanating from that small black sphere.

But what shocked them most was the headless corpse lying on the deck—their captain, the Golden Lion who had been leaping around not long ago.

"Captain Skeeter!!!"

Someone shouted, and then a large number of pirates rushed onto the deck. They could hardly believe that Golden Lion was dead, but there was no time for them to confirm the news.

In the sky, the small black sphere was drawn into the thick clouds. Then, an extremely terrifying gravitational force erupted from it, instantly sucking in even the surrounding dark clouds.

The torrential rain suddenly stopped, and sunlight poured down. The group of pirates below were all stunned. They looked up at the sky and saw that the original small black ball had expanded several times its original size, just like a black sun.

Someone murmured,

"what is that?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sea surged violently again, with columns of water shooting into the sky and all converging towards the black sun.

The entire Flying Pirates crew, along with their ship, were pulled into the sky by a terrifying gravitational force. The pirates struggled desperately in the air, but their bodies were still uncontrollably flying upwards at high speed.

During the journey, many pirates were even pierced by the rapidly rising debris from the ship and died on the spot.

First, countless ship fragments enveloped the surface of the black sun, and all the pirates were sucked up to it. Looking up from below, they looked like a bunch of ants stuck together.

Finally, a large amount of seawater enveloped the area, forming a multi-layered, enormous sphere in the air.

The Advor Sea returned to its usual tranquility. If it weren't for the giant sphere suspended in the sky, no one would have guessed that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

The result of this battle was the annihilation of the Flying Pirates.

......

When Giger returned to the warship, the marines on board were stunned to see him. Their eyes widened and their jaws stretched longer and longer. Even Sengoku and Garp were dumbfounded on the spot.

The reason they were so distraught was, of course, the bloody human head that Gigg was carrying. Although the head was disheveled, everyone recognized it at a glance as Shiki the Golden Lion!

It took a long while for Sengoku to come to his senses, but he still had an incredulous look on his face.

He swallowed hard, walked step by step to Giger, and whispered,

"Gig, this is... Shiki? Shiki the Golden Lion?"

Giger smiled slightly, raised his hand, and turned the Golden Lion's face directly towards Sengoku. Sengoku could still see a deep sense of resentment in the Golden Lion's wide eyes.

Sengoku fell silent. Garp rushed over, pressed his face against Shiki's, and carefully examined his face before exclaiming in surprise.

"Unbelievable, Shiki is really dead!"

His shout caused an uproar on the warship. Everyone felt as if they were in a dream. The Golden Lion Shiki, who was in his prime and whose power was at its zenith, was really dead!

Sengoku took a few deep breaths to suppress the shock in his heart. He looked at Giger and said in a deep voice,

"Gig, was Shiki killed by Roger, or...?"

In fact, he already had the answer in his heart, because judging from the way Shiki died, it was most likely not Roger who did it; Roger wouldn't be that ruthless.

Gigg casually tossed the golden lion's head to the ground and said,

"I killed him. I was lucky; I picked up the stray."

Then, Giger gave a general account of what had just happened. Sengoku was stunned after listening, and when he looked at the golden lion lying dead on the ground with its eyes wide open, he didn't know what to say.