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Chapter 116 The Remnants of the Old Era, Curtain Falls and the Stage Departs! (Fourth Update, 15 words, Please Subscribe)

Boom!

A deafening thunderclap resounded.

The black Thor that Storm had transformed into appeared out of thin air in front of Shiki the Golden Lion, as if by teleportation.

The air where Black Thor passed remained wisps of black electric arcs, still crackling and popping.

Shiki the Golden Lion sensed a terrifying threat from the enemy ahead.

Although he couldn't detect any movement from the enemy, his well-tested combat instincts prompted him to subconsciously raise [Sakura Ten] and [Kikura] on his legs.

Almost at the same time.

Storm, in his black Thor form, swung his right fist heavily at Shiki the Golden Lion in front of him.

This is not "Electric Current Propelled Lightning Fist".

This is a fusion of the [Momo-Mo Fruit - 100x Power]—

Thor's Fist!

clang--

In that instant, Shiki the Golden Lion instinctively raised [Sakura Ten] and [Kikura], managing to block the "Thunder God Fist" unleashed by the Black Thunder God at the last possible moment.

A crisp, metallic clanging sound resounded through the sky.

however.

The time that Shiki the Golden Lion could withstand "Thor's Fist" was only a brief moment.

Feeling the terrifying power emanating from the twin swords, Shiki the Golden Lion's expression changed drastically, and his hands trembled violently.

Under Storm's "Thor's Fist".

The two famous swords, 【Sakura Ju】 and 【Kogiri】, which had accompanied Shiki the Golden Lion for countless years, detached from his body and transformed into two streaks of cold light that shot out in all directions.

At the same time, Shiki the Golden Lion was also sent flying backward by the powerful force of the "Thunder God Fist," like a yellow shooting star streaking across the sky.

The crackling sounds, like firecrackers, rang out on Shiki the Golden Lion's body.

This is not just the lightning attack effect that comes with "Thor's Fist".

It was also the sound caused by Shiki the Golden Lion's bones breaking!

Storm's "Thunder Fist," a fusion of the Momo-Momo Fruit's power and a hundredfold strength, was so powerful that even the Five Elders, Marcus Mazsan, couldn't withstand it and had his head blown off with a single punch.

Not to mention Shiki the Golden Lion, whose strength has declined by who knows how much!

It was just one punch.

Shiki the Golden Lion was covered in blood high in the sky, and countless bones in his body were broken.

"Laozi..."

Blood flowed from Shiki the Golden Lion's mouth and nose. The intense pain, transmitted from his limbs to his brain, caused his eyes to become bloodshot as well, making him look as fierce and terrifying as a demon from hell.

"How could I possibly die here!"

Shiki the Golden Lion activated the power of the Float-Float Fruit, and the two famous swords, Sakura Ju and Mokuku, which had just been sent flying far away, immediately returned to his side.

At the same time, Shiki the Golden Lion shakily raised his hands and grasped the damned ship's wheel above his head!

The Battle of Etwal.

It should have been a full-scale siege of Roger's Pirates by Shiki the Golden Lion's Flying Pirates.

As a result, an unprecedented super storm appeared out of nowhere.

The Flying Pirates, which Shiki the Golden Lion was so proud of, were almost completely wiped out.

He himself also encountered an "unexpected disaster" - a ship's rudder that seemed to have floated in from nowhere landed precisely on the top of his head!

Shiki the Golden Lion originally wanted to take out the ship's rudder as well.

Because of the presence of this ship's rudder, his own abilities were greatly limited, especially his [domineering aura].

However, a doctor once pointed out that the rudder was inserted too deeply.

Removing it rashly could very likely endanger a person's life.

Shiki the Golden Lion had no choice but to keep the rudder.

until today.

Shiki the Golden Lion once again felt the breath of defeat.

What he found even harder to accept was that the source of this sense of danger was a new-age brat whom he completely disregarded!

This was something that Shiki the Golden Lion could not accept no matter what.

"Lao Tzu—"

Shiki the Golden Lion gripped the ship's rudder firmly above his head, a mad glint flashing in his slightly cloudy eyes.

"But it's the Golden Lion!!!"

puff-

Shiki the Golden Lion suddenly pulled the ship's rudder off his head.

Crimson blood mixed with dark red brain matter splattered in mid-air, much of it landing on him, making his already horrifying appearance even more terrifying.

This scene was bloody, violent, and shocking.

Shiki the Golden Lion forcibly removed the rudder, as if breaking some invisible shackles.

Black and red arcs of electricity erupted from Shiki the Golden Lion's body, and an extremely strong sense of mental pressure burst forth and spread in all directions.

The Flying Pirates' Conqueror's Haki!!

"Hehehe—"

Shiki the Golden Lion burst into loud laughter, even suppressing the excruciating pain emanating from his body with his strong will.

"Conqueror's Haki! I can finally unleash my Conqueror's Haki again!"

Shiki the Golden Lion's body suddenly trembled, a tremor of intense excitement.

He held [Sakura Ten] and [Wood Dry] in his hands, raised his longsword, and pointed the tip of the sword directly at the black thunder god opposite him.

"Slash Wave!"

A dazzling golden flying slash cleaved out from the blade of [Sakura Ten], crossing most of the ocean area in the blink of an eye, and arrived in front of the black thunder god that Storm had transformed into.

The flying slash formed by "Slicing Wave" was far more powerful than before, and the surrounding invisible air was forcibly squeezed to the side.

If viewed from a distance...

You might even think that the entire sky had been cleaved apart by Shiki the Golden Lion's slash!

Faced with an attack of this magnitude.

Storm, transformed into the Black Thor, raised his right fist. With the enhancement of extreme black lightning, his speed was unbelievable, and his punching motion was also unimaginably fast.

boom!

Black Thor's fist struck the flying slash that "Slash Wave" had transformed into.

With a deafening roar, the crescent-shaped flying slash broke in two from the middle, and scattered sword energy shot out in all directions, each strand of sword energy powerful enough to cleave gold and jade.

Black Thor directly blasted apart the flying slash formed by "Slash Wave", but still did not stop.

Boom!

Another thunderous explosion rang out.

Black Thor vanished from his spot and reappeared before Shiki the Golden Lion in the blink of an eye.

However, Shiki the Golden Lion, who had removed the rudder and temporarily returned to his peak condition, had already detected the movement of the Black Thunder God using his Observation Haki.

Storm, transformed into the Black Thor, once again swung his right fist, his dark aura and black lightning mingling together, almost indistinguishable.

Shiki the Golden Lion raised Sakura Ju and Kokuro high above his head, their snow-white, sharp blades crackling with blinding black and red arcs of electricity.

"Thor's Fist!"

"Slay the scourge!"

Boom——

Storm's "Thunder Fist" and Shiki the Golden Lion's "Sword of Calamity" collided fiercely, and the surrounding space could not withstand the compression and collision of these two forces, instantly twisting and deforming.

The calm air suddenly became turbulent, turning into a series of violent shockwaves that erupted and spread towards the sky and the ground. The clouds high in the sky were ripped in two by the aftershocks of the battle, as if the sky had been completely torn apart!

This is a super collision of earth-shattering magnitude!

Storm and Shiki the Golden Lion were locked in a stalemate, locked in a struggle, with surging air currents emanating from them and spreading outwards, as if stirring up a super gale.

Even the sea below became turbulent due to this terrifying aura.

As time goes by.

The black Thor that Storm had transformed into remained as immovable as a towering mountain.

However, Shiki the Golden Lion's on-the-spot burst of energy could not be sustained for long.

He was already seriously injured in the battle just now, and then he forcibly removed the ship's rudder from his head.

The fact that Shiki the Golden Lion was able to unleash such a powerful attack for a brief period can be described as a "last gasp before death."

The black and red electric arcs wrapped around [Sakura Ten] and [Wood Wither] gradually thinned out.

This symbolizes that the Conqueror's Haki unleashed by Shiki the Golden Lion is also gradually weakening.

Storm ultimately prevailed in this stalemate.

Black Thor's fist lunged forward.

Shiki the Golden Lion, already at his limit, could no longer withstand the power of "Thor's Fist" and was once again sent flying backward.

"Shiki the Golden Lion, your story ends here."

Instead of giving chase, Storm manipulated the electrons in the surrounding natural environment using the Thunder Ring.

"Thousands of thunders!"

Endless white lightning poured down from the high sky, as if creating a thunderous waterfall that connected heaven and earth in this sea, sweeping away the remnants of the old era.

The continuous rumble of thunder drowned out all other noises in the world.

Shiki the Golden Lion was completely engulfed by endless lightning.

This moment.

The thunderous roar all around was deafening and resounded through the sky.

Shiki the Golden Lion, however, inexplicably felt a long-lost sense of peace.

"My era...is over...hehehehe..."

The once arrogant and domineering laughter of Shiki the Golden Lion became barely audible amidst the thunderous roar.

The light in his cloudy, lion-like eyes gradually faded at that moment.

In the last moments of his life.

The image that came to mind for Shiki the Golden Lion was not the White Dragon who had just defeated him, but the man he could never forget for the rest of his life.

"Roger..."

Shiki the Golden Lion is dead.

A brand new grand trophy suddenly appeared in the void in front of Storm.

The magnificent trophy is adorned with countless stars, which surround the cup like a dreamlike and beautiful galaxy.

It is worth noting that both the grand trophy and the stars on it emit a scarlet glow.

This is a trophy of death!

Star Trophy: Golden Lion Stephen Schick

【Tournament Star Rating: ★★★★★★★】(Seven Stars)

"The remnants of the old era, captain of the Flying Pirates, Shiki the Golden Lion, makes his exit..."

As Storm gazed at the Death Seven Stars Cup before him, which radiated a crimson glow, a series of thoughts raced through his mind.

Back when we were still in Impel Down.

Storm once revealed his ambition to Ivankov, the transvestite king—

He's going to become the strongest pirate of the new era!

He wants to purge the remnants of the old regime!

In this new era that will be named "Vongola Storm," there will be no place for the remnants of the old era.

Golden Lion Shiki.

This was the first "remnant of the old era" to fall at the hands of Storm, and also the first legendary pirate of the old era.

But it definitely won't be the last one!

Storm took a deep breath and put away the Star Trophy, which was represented by the Golden Lion Shiki.

Immediately afterwards, he transformed into lightning and flashed to the front of Shiki the Golden Lion's corpse.

Although Shiki the Golden Lion is dead, his Devil Fruit ability should not be wasted.

Storm's right hand, adorned with the [Devil's Ring], reached towards the corpse of Shiki the Golden Lion.

The demonic power that had not yet dissipated from the latter's corpse was drawn back together by the [Demon Ring].

A brand new Devil Fruit was born.

【Float Fruit】!

(End of this chapter)