After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

What does this old man want with the Empress?

Why would two completely unrelated people have anything in common?

Daughter Island is not a place for men.

Martin had a bad feeling.

He immediately took his Zanpakuto and used Moonwalk to fly into the sky, entering the floating island.

A moment later, Shiki the Golden Lion indeed arrived above Amazon Lily.

The Amazon Lily warriors had already sensed this and drew their serpentine bows, preparing to unleash a volley of arrows and launch an attack.

Empress Hancock was also below, coldly looking at Shiki the Golden Lion above, and roared, "Shiki the Golden Lion, what business do you have in my territory?"

"I'm short of money lately and would like to borrow some from you. It's not much, just 100 billion Berries. If you agree, I'll leave immediately. If you don't agree... I'll shower your Daughter Island with gifts."

Shiki the Golden Lion truly lives up to his title of Lion.

They made an outrageous demand.

Empress Hancock was stunned: "Are you crazy? Asking for 100 billion Berries right off the bat?"

"And he directly threatens me, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

"This guy is supposed to be a senior in the pirate world, how dare he bully us juniors? This is just too ridiculous."

Golden Lion didn't take it seriously: "Robbing a merchant ship doesn't cost much, but the Seven Warlords of the Sea are very rich, so hurry up and pay up."

Martin agreed, saying that great pirates are all very rich, and he only realized what true wealth meant after robbing Capone.

It seems that Comrade Golden Lion had the same idea as me; he wanted to make a big profit, which is why he approached Hakuk.

Robbing a country yields even more money.

"I disagree."

Hancock suddenly winked and made a heart shape with her hands: "Sweetie Hancock!"

A heart-shaped beam of light shot straight toward the target, and those who were attracted by the Empress's "beauty" would instantly turn to stone the moment they were hit by the beam.

But after the Golden Lion withstood the attack, he was completely unharmed.

"Hahaha, do you want to petrify me?"

"Back then, when I was trying to escape from prison, I not only cut off both of my legs, hahaha, uh..."

The golden lion immediately covered his mouth, as if he had said something he shouldn't have.

“Our Daughter Island cannot afford this money, and we absolutely will not give it to you.”

The Snake Princess answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Then I'll give you a gift. I don't know if you'll like it."

As soon as the arrogant words fell.

Shiki stomped the wooden sword bound to his left leg at the boulder.

A huge rock beneath his feet suddenly lost its ability to float.

It plummeted from a great height in an instant, its speed increasing rapidly in the blink of an eye.

Its ferocity was comparable to that of a comet hitting the Earth.

Rumble!

The rapidly falling boulder, due to its excessive speed, experienced intense friction with the air resistance, causing its surface to suddenly burst into flames.

From a distance, the boulder looks like a giant ball of fire.

Oh oh oh!

At the same time, a loud warning signal was issued by bugle.

Enemy attack!

Take action now!

My God, what the heck are those rocks in the sky?

When many female warriors looked up, they saw the giant rock engulfed in flames crashing down, their pupils dilated, their mouths agape, filled with terror.

At that moment, when Martin saw the floating boulder, he immediately thought of Shiki the Golden Lion attacking the Empress.

To make such a huge rock float up so mysteriously, probably only he could do it in the entire One Piece world, after all, the Float-Float Fruit is not just for show.

After all, they are cultivators.

But now, looking at the boulder that is about to fall.

Martin felt his chance had come.

Without further ado, he shaved his head, and his figure plummeted like a ghost.

Swish!

A figure, like a sharp sword, sliced ​​through the sky and instantly arrived beneath the boulder.

The sword energy surged, transforming into countless sword lights.

Splash!

The air around the boulder seemed to freeze.

Followed by.

Everyone saw the giant rock, larger than a warship, explode with a fist, and cracks spread all over its body like a spider web.

Boom!

The next second, the boulder exploded, turning into countless stones of varying sizes. Some fell onto the warship, some sank to the bottom of the sea, and some fell onto the island.

Under the glaring sunlight.

Martin made his move, his sword flashing from the west, shattering the massive rock.

"Who is that man?"

"I think I've seen that man before."

"Wow, he's so handsome! This man is so handsome!"

Countless female warriors were stunned by this scene, their eyes widened, their blood boiled, their hearts surged, and their faces flushed.

That's amazing, that's so awesome!

pedal!

After destroying the boulder, Martin went straight to the Empress's side and looked up at the golden lion floating in the sky.

Unexpectedly, this guy came to cause trouble for the Empress, actually to extort her.

Shiki, do you enjoy bullying younger people?

"Jeh... Hahahahahaha."

Shiki laughed arrogantly and said, "Interesting, there's actually a man standing up for these young girls."

Do you know who you've messed with?

As he spoke, Shiki became increasingly frenzied and excitedly continued, "However, how could you little brats possibly do anything to me? Once I get the money, I will build the world's largest pirate fleet and become the new Pirate King."

"What a madman!"

Martin's face darkened when he heard his boastful words. This guy was extremely determined to become the Pirate King, even at the cost of taking risks.

"Shiki, you've messed with the wrong person."

"Today, I will surely kill you!"

As Martin spoke, he drew his sword and unleashed a burst of sword energy.

Lion, Thousand Cut Valley!

Shiki laughed wildly as he met the attack, the two famous swords bound to his feet swiftly kicking out multiple sword energies that directly cut and annihilated the incoming shockwave.

This is his ultimate sword technique, more powerful than ordinary wave-slashing attacks, kicking out multiple sword energies capable of slicing through a mountain-sized body of water.

next moment.

Then Martin roared, "Forget your fear, look ahead! Forward! Don't stop! Retreat only leads to old age, cowardice invites death! My name is: Zan Yue!"

After its Shikai form, Zangetsu immediately transformed into a large cleaver.

Martin immediately unleashed his ultimate technique, Crescent Moon Slash: "Crescent Moon Strike!"

Swish!

A black crescent-shaped sword aura struck with lightning speed, shattering all the sword aura unleashed by the golden lion and heading straight for Shiki.

Shiki's eye twitched, and he suddenly turned around, his Armament Haki wrapping around his right leg as he slashed at the black crescent moon with the blade.

boom!

The crescent moon exploded.

As the plume of black smoke dissipated, Shiki looked at the two with a provocative gaze, sneering repeatedly: "Hehehe, impressive, I didn't expect a bunch of little girls to find such helpers. You're lucky these past few days."

"Golden Lion, stay here!"

Seeing that Shiki was trying to escape, Martin prepared to swing Zanpakuto again.

However, Shiki possessed Observation Haki and sensed it in advance, easily dodging the attack. He smiled sinisterly, cigar in his mouth, and turned to leave.

This is the greatest advantage of the Float Fruit: it allows you to fly freely in the sky.

There's nothing we can do; this guy is a cultivator.

Martin used Moonwalk to chase after Shiki the Golden Lion.

Shiki the Golden Lion used his Float-Float Fruit powers to fly in the sky, his face looking extremely pale.

They were originally confident of winning and were about to extort a sum of money.

Then a stranger suddenly appeared out of nowhere, which is infuriating. I guess I'll just have to rob somewhere else.

The thought of becoming the Pirate King and leading all the pirates filled Shiki with a spirited and ambitious air, brimming with fighting spirit.