Pirate: I'm an admiral now, what's wrong with taking a little extra money?

Karp frowned; he sensed something was wrong.

“This weather… is a bit strange.” Rayleigh said with a grave expression aboard the Oro Jackson.

Only the golden lion was still laughing wildly.

"Hahahaha! See that? Even the heavens are on my side! This storm will be the prelude to burying you all!"

"is it?"

From the shadows of the watchtower, Kane let out a merciless sneer.

"Well... the wind should pick up."

Chapter 45 Don't underestimate me, my life is very precious!

Kane suddenly opened his arms.

Boom! ...

That's the sound of money.

A full 100,000 violation points were spent, in exchange for absolute control over the air currents of this area!

The lightning that was originally drifting in the clouds now seemed like soldiers who had heard the order to assemble, converging into a terrifying pillar of lightning with a diameter of over a hundred meters, carrying a world-destroying force that pierced through the sea!

Immediately afterwards, the sea boiled and began to churn wildly.

A super cyclone, reaching from the sky to the ground, rapidly took shape before everyone's eyes, in an unreasonable manner!

"What...is that...?" A pirate from a flying pirate crew looked up, staring blankly at the sky.

"Oh no!" Onboard the Oro Jackson, Rayleigh's expression changed drastically as he watched the terrifying waterspout grow thicker and larger. "Everyone! Hold on to the sails! Stabilize the ship!"

Although shocked, the Roger Pirates crew reacted quickly, immediately taking their positions and beginning to fight against this sudden natural disaster.

"Hahaha! Roger! Looks like you're having a bad day!" Garp, using Moonwalk, hovered in mid-air, watching the devastating storm, and laughed heartlessly.

But Shiki the Golden Lion couldn't laugh.

To his horror, he discovered that the super storm, which was supposed to attack indiscriminately, seemed to have eyes, cleverly bypassing Garp and Roger, and heading straight... towards his massive fleet!

The storm... was manipulated?!

On this vast ocean, there's actually someone who understands how to manipulate celestial phenomena even better than him, the "Flying Admiral"?!

"Who is it?!"

His Observation Haki swept across the entire area with overwhelming power, attempting to find the cause of this anomaly.

Garp? Impossible, that idiot only knows how to use his fists.

Roger? He was preoccupied with Garp and couldn't take care of himself.

Who is that?!

Golden Lion's gaze swept over the lone naval warship. Then, his gaze fixed on it instantly.

The image was frozen on that small, almost negligible figure on the lookout tower.

That little navy brat!

Despite the vast distance and the raging storm, he could clearly sense that the source of the storm, at the center of all the chaotic air currents in that sea area, was that brat!

It was him! He was the one who did it!

"Hehehehe..."

Shiki the Golden Lion was taken aback for a moment, then let out an even more arrogant laugh than before, but that laugh was filled with a chilling killing intent.

"Interesting...this is really interesting..."

"Where did this nobody come from, daring to interfere in the battlefield of kings?!"

The Golden Lion suddenly turned the famous sword "Wood-Slaughter" in his hand, ignoring Roger and Garp in front of him.

Killing intent, locked on!

Kane's hair stood on end in that instant.

The feeling was like being stared at by a ferocious beast, making your blood freeze.

"Slashing Waves - Lion's Might - Thousand Cut Valley!!"

The Golden Lion showed no mercy, unleashing a powerful slash that was enough to slice the island in two!

That was no ordinary slash.

It was a golden light curtain that was hundreds of meters high and thousands of meters wide! It was wrapped in the top-level Armament Haki of a great swordsman, ignored the gale, cut through the rain, and pressed down on the dog-headed warship with an inescapable speed!

If this strike lands, not only Kane, but the entire warship and the trench below will be split in two!

"Oh no! Kane!!!"

On the deck, Bogart, who had just recovered from the shock of Conqueror's Haki, looked up and saw the golden slash that looked like divine punishment, and was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

His usually calm face twisted instantly, and he let out a desperate roar.

too fast!

too strong!

There was simply no time to rescue them!

"Kane the Kid!"

Garp's pupils contracted sharply in the distance. He was about to turn around when Roger stopped him with a slash: "Your opponent is me, Garp!"

"Get out of my way!" Garp punched Roger away, but those few seconds of delay were too late!

That golden slash had already crossed a distance of a thousand meters and arrived above the dog-headed warship!

Time seemed to slow down at that moment.

On the lookout tower, Kane's pupils reflected the ever-expanding golden expanse of death.

His mind went blank.

Run? Where to run? That slash covered the entire warship; there was nowhere to escape, neither in the sky nor on the ground!

Block? With what? Try to block with his newly awakened Armament Haki? Trying to meet the attack of a Grandmaster Swordsman of the Porcelain Emperor level? That's suicide!

You'll die!

This time, I'm really going to die!

He had just transmigrated, just obtained the system, and just glimpsed the hope of becoming rich overnight!

How could I die here?!

Died at the hands of a brain-dead golden lion head?!

"Are you kidding me...?"

Kane stared intently at the golden death line that filled his entire field of vision, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot and crimson.

I just spent 150,000 points!

This investment hasn't even been recouped yet, how can we just walk away here?!

I'm destined to be the man who controls the course of this world. How can I be like a small fry, easily crushed by remnants of the old era like you?!

"Don't underestimate people!!"

"My life... is very precious!!!"

boom---!!!

An invisible, dark red wave of energy erupted without warning, centered on Kane!

That was a materialized will formed from the deepest resentment and greed of the soul!

Conqueror's Haki - Awakening!

It's sizzling!

Black and red lightning exploded around the watchtower. Although it was immature and insignificant compared to the three kings in the center of the battlefield, it was indeed real!

That newly generated Conqueror's Haki slammed into the golden wave of energy!

It did not shatter the cleavage.

It didn't even budge it in the slightest.

but!

It caused that devastating golden slash to freeze in mid-air for less than half a second!

It was this moment of stillness!

That's enough!

Kane's body, driven entirely by the instinct for survival, transformed into a whirlwind, narrowly escaping the edge of that slash!

Rumble rumble rumble—!!!

The golden light devoured everything.

The entire dog-headed warship, along with the entire sea area where it was located, was cleaved in two by that slash!

Seawater overflowed, forming a huge waterfall.

The wreckage of the warship, amidst its mournful cries, was swept into the bottomless abyss.

The entire venue was deathly silent.

……

A few seconds later.

Roger leaped backward, creating distance between himself and Capra, his gaze piercing through the misty spray to land on a massive floating ship plank.

There, a disheveled figure was swaying as he stood up.

Kane's clothes were tattered and his left arm was covered in blood, but he still stood there.

He survived the aftershocks of that slash.