One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

"That's just personality, Captain Skeeter!"

Indigo, the chief scientist of the Flying Pirates, finally stopped gesticulating wildly and said this with a straight face.

He even proudly stomped his foot, making the shoe make a "plop" sound again.

"So you can talk!" the Golden Lion shouted angrily.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha~"

A strange, rhythmic laugh suddenly broke out.

Beside the two, a gorilla dressed in a pink suit clapped and laughed.

"what?"

The Golden Lion gaped in surprise, nearly dropping his cigar, his eyes filled with terror: "M-Mom?"

Snapped!

Indigo slapped the golden lion across the face with practiced ease, exclaiming, "It looks more like a gorilla than a monkey!"

Clearly, the Golden Lion's hallucinations have been going on for quite some time.

Chapter 126 Battle with the Golden Lion

"Hehehe, Brother Kane, is that old man with a ship's wheel stuck in his head, looking like a ruffled rooster, the legendary Golden Lion? He looks so funny~"

Suddenly, a little girl's clear, slightly playful voice rang out from above.

Immediately afterwards, a gentle and steady male voice rang out.

"Bonnie, you can't be so rude as to make fun of someone's appearance."

"Okay, Dad."

This unexpected conversation made the golden lion look up in surprise.

The funny, comical expression on his face vanished instantly, replaced by astonishment and rage.

A huge pirate ship was seen being carried by a cloud of flames, silently floating in mid-air outside the island.

"Slash Wave!"

Without saying a word, the Golden Lion raised his foot and delivered an extremely fierce slash!

A colossal golden slash suddenly appeared out of nowhere, tearing through the atmosphere and hurtling straight toward the Sky-Piercing Steward.

Those local pirates are so rude!

Didn't they even say hello?

Kane stood on the deck and shook his head helplessly.

His figure vanished from the deck in an instant, blocking the path of the slash.

Click.

The massive slash, powerful enough to cleave the Sky Piercer in two, struck Kane's chest, only to shatter like glass.

They couldn't even make Kane take half a step back!

"How could this be?! The captain's slash was actually..."

"Absolutely no effect?!"

Indigo below and Scaledo, the gorilla in the pink suit, were so shocked by what they saw that their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets and their jaws almost hit their feet.

Kane, hovering above, casually patted non-existent dust off his chest.

"Mr. Golden Lion, have you regressed that much?"

He sighed in disappointment and commented condescendingly.

Without a powerful strike, it couldn't even break through his normal defense.

He even wanted to use the pressure from the Golden Lion to try and break through to awaken his Devil Fruit.

Is the plan going to fail?

Just as Kane was struggling with his own thoughts, the golden lion below was so enraged by his contemptuous attitude and words that its hair stood on end, making it look like an enraged lion!

"You damned brat!!! How dare you look down on me!!"

The good mood I had just felt from successfully creating a powerful beast vanished instantly, replaced by overwhelming rage.

Kane landed alone, as lightly as a feather, and stood opposite the Golden Lion.

Judging from that tentative attack just now, he's more than capable of handling it on his own.

The Golden Lion before us has declined far too much compared to its heyday, and it seems that he has no capable and powerful subordinates.

This was undoubtedly a noob-stomping match.

Kane stood there casually, a half-smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Golden Lion, enough of the jokes. Shouldn't you return what you stole from Wano Country?"

"This sneaky behavior is not what a legendary great pirate would do."

Kane sighed with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection).

"Hehehehe, kid, do you think pirates are just playing house?"

The Golden Lion burst into laughter, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "Once something is in my hands, you think you can just open your mouth and take it back?!"

"Who do you think I am?!"

The golden lion's eyes widened suddenly, and its long, golden mane-like hair behind it moved without wind, unleashing a violent aura that truly resembled the former overlord of the seas.

only……

"Tsk."

Kane raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling the Conqueror's Haki rushing towards him, trying to intimidate him, and sighed helplessly again: "Even Conqueror's Haki... has it weakened to this extent?"

Good news, the Golden Lion's imposing aura is still usable.

The bad news is that his imposing strength is probably only good enough to scare people in the first half of the Grand Line.

If this trend continues, in a few years, we may not be able to muster any more domineering presence.

As the Golden Lion gazed at Kane, whose expression remained completely unchanged despite the impact of his Conqueror's Haki, his heart sank, and a storm of emotions surged within him.

Fifteen years have passed, and my domineering aura can't even intimidate one of Kaido's subordinates?!

"Hey, Mr. Golden Lion."

Kane, seemingly oblivious to the other's displeasure, maintained his polite demeanor and said, "Could you please return Ruskaina Island to Wano Country?"

He paused, then added, "In that case, considering you once worked with Mr. Kaido, I will not pursue your responsibility any further."

Seemingly polite words are like knives stabbing straight into the heart of the golden lion.

What do you mean by "for the sake of working with Kaido"?

What do you take me for?!

Does he need that junior's face to protect himself from being a useless piece of trash?!

"Kid! This is my territory!"

The golden lion, enraged, laughed and roared, then floated up into the air.

He repeatedly swung his legs at Kane below.

"Lion·Senkiriya!"

The two great swords, Kuki and Sakura, tore through the air, instantly unleashing more than a dozen golden flying slashes that were even larger and more refined than before.

These strikes intertwined into a devastating net, carrying a terrifying force capable of slicing mountains to pieces, and swept towards Kane in an overwhelming manner!

Oh?

Are they getting serious?

A faint red glint flashed in Kane's eyes.

With a thought, his entire body was instantly covered in dark Armament Haki, yet he neither dodged nor evaded, choosing to meet the attack head-on in the most hardcore way.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Huge explosions rang out one after another.

The spot where Kane stood was instantly engulfed by countless slashes, sending up thick clouds of dust, flying debris, and carving deep ravines into the earth!

"Did it...did it succeed?!"

Indig stared intently at the area shrouded in smoke and dust, his heart pounding in his chest.

It should have been successful.

That move was powerful enough to cut a mountain into pieces!

Indigo thought to himself.

Unfortunately, he didn't understand the principle that smoke doesn't cause harm.

“I’ve already told you, Mr. Golden Lion, you are no match for me now. Why bother with these futile struggles?”

Kane's voice, tinged with a hint of helplessness, rose from the still-lingering dust as if he were merely warming up.

Immediately afterwards, to Indigo's horrified gaze, a tall figure emerged unharmed and calmly from the billowing smoke and dust.

Not even a single tear was visible on his clothes.

Such a tough body.

The golden lion's pupils contracted.

This terrifying defensive power... is probably comparable to that of Kaido.

No, it might be even stronger!

He also watched the live broadcast of the battle between the Beasts Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates.

The strength of this kid in front of me seems to have improved terrifyingly compared to what I showed in the live stream!

"You! Retreat immediately!"