Chapter 213: The Flying Swordsman! The Peak Duel!
Ten Thousand Meters High
"JIHAHAHA—!!!"
Shiki's wild laughter echoed above the nine heavens. His lion-like golden mane swirled in the gale, Haki surging from his body like a tsunami. The terrifying pressure crushed down on all sides almost tangibly!
Hands gripping "Oto" and "Kogarashi" tightly, intense Armament Haki and violent Conqueror's Haki lightning wrapped around the blades. The entire sky seemed to tremble!
"BRAT! LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT A TRUE 'FLYING PIRATE' IS!!!"
"SWISH—!!!"
His figure flashed, transforming into a golden afterimage. Descending from the sky at a terrifying speed exceeding sound, he slashed out with crossed blades!
"CONQUEROR'S INFUSION: LION THOUSAND CUT VALLEY!!!"
"SWISH-SWISH-SWISH-SWISH—!!!"
Dozens of Haki-infused sword energies erupted violently from the blades. Each was like a roaring golden lion, tearing through the firmament!
These sword energies were not only sharp enough to crumble mountains but also carried high-density Conqueror's Haki, tearing space apart as if intending to shred the entire sky!
Facing this torrent-like slash, Roy's expression remained unchanged. He slowly pulled back his right fist, knuckles wrapped in high-frequency oscillating Haki, black and red lightning crisscrossing!
"Fist Bone: SKY QUAKE!!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The fist wind blasted out, carrying spatial tremors and Haki fluctuations, colliding head-on with Shiki's torrent of sword energy!
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The clash of sword and fist triggered chain explosions. Space twisted and shattered like glass, shockwaves expanding madly outward with the two at the center!
The sea of clouds below was torn open into abyssal hollows, thunder rolling, wind howling like beasts!
"IT'S NOT OVER YET!!!"
Fanatical battle intent burned like fire in Shiki's eyes. He raised both hands violently, fully activating the power of the Float-Float Fruit!
Island wreckage, broken floating rocks, and shattered city walls in the entire airspace instantly rose. Guided by his will, they rapidly converged into dozens of lion-shaped meteors, each a hundred meters in diameter!
"Lion's Majesty: HEAVEN'S FALL!!!"
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
Dozens of giant meteors fell like stars, crushing toward Roy from all directions with devastating gravity and speed!
Each one was enough to raze a small town!
"Bring it on..."
Roy looked up, battle intent burning in his eyes, corners of his mouth slightly raised.
He didn't dodge. Instead, he gathered power on the spot, blasting out punch after punch continuously!
"BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM—!!!"
Each fist wind shattered a giant meteor. Rocks exploded into dust, ultimately washed into ashes by Haki!
"SWISH—!!!"
The instant he shattered the last meteor, Shiki teleported in again!
This time, he attacked from Roy's back. Dual swords wrapped in pure Armament Haki, killing intent locking onto Roy's heart!
"CLANG—!!!"
Roy spun around violently, throwing a backhand punch!
Fist and sword clashed in mid-air, sparks flying, the sound of the shockwave exploding like thunder!
Their speed increased again, teleportation and flight intertwining—
"SWISH-SWISH-SWISH-SWISH—!!!"
High in the sky, two figures crossed like streams of light. Every collision erupted with deafening sonic booms and thunder!
Fist shadows fell like meteors; sword light cut the sky like shooting stars!
Conqueror's Haki surged madly, like ten thousand thunders galloping, lightning flashing and thunder rolling!
Black and red lightning filled the sky. The entire heavens seemed torn into a battlefield of alternating black and white!
"HA— Not bad, brat!" Shiki grinned, veins popping on his forehead, battle intent skyrocketing!
"BUT THE WARM-UP... ENDS HERE!!!"
He leaped high into the air, raising both swords. Gales howled behind him as Conqueror's Haki wrapped around the blade edges like flames!
"THIS MOVE—EVEN ROGER MARVELED AT IT!!!"
"LION'S DIVINE MAJESTY: HEAVENLY SLASH!!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
A guaranteed kill slash!
In that instant, Shiki seemed to transform into a true celestial lion. The golden slash pierced the sun like a comet, cutting through the sky, splitting the clouds!
A golden sword beam comparable to the splitting of heaven and earth descended from above!
The atmosphere emitted a sharp wail, space tearing layer by layer!
Roy's gaze didn't waver in the slightest, battle intent burning!
He slowly pulled back his right fist. On his knuckles, Armament and Conqueror's Haki condensed like stars, space collapsing continuously!
Cross-shaped starlight emerged at the core of his fist!
"Fist Bone: GALAXY IMPACT!!!"
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
Fist and slash light collided once more!
In that moment, heaven and earth roared!
The sky was completely split in two!
Black and white opposed each other, sun and moon inverted, the sky curtain rolled, floating islands trembled violently, and gales roared!
This was not just a head-on collision of two peak powerhouses, but a battle of the strongest wills between the Old Era and the New Era!
East Blue Waters · Warship Deck
"BOOM—!!!"
An explosion like the collapse of heaven and earth came from the distant horizon, followed by the roar of the entire sky shaking violently!
Distant clouds twisted into terrifying vortexes, black-red lightning jumping madly, as if the sky had been torn to shreds!
"That... is the shockwave coming down from the floating island?!!"
Usopp's face was full of horror. Legs trembling, he retreated two steps, pointing at the nearly torn sky curtain in the distance, voice broken.
"Oi, oi... are you kidding me?! That kind of battle commotion... can humans really cause that?! THAT'S PURE NATURAL DISASTER!!!"
The cigarette in Sanji's mouth had long extinguished. He stared deathly at the high altitude, voice hoarse. "This is... the battle of top-tier powerhouses..."
Just as everyone was in shock, a piece of burning floating island wreckage fell from ten thousand meters high, smashing into the sea with scorching flames, kicking up monstrous waves!
"SPLASH!!!"
A water column shot into the sky, shaking the entire warship!
Zoro narrowed his eyes slightly. The three swords at his waist vibrated faintly, as if responding to the battle intent from the battlefield.
He grinned, tone certain and fervent. "One day, I will step into that level too."
"Absolutely!"
Kuina stood beside him, gaze firm as a blade, gripping "Wado Ichimonji" tightly. Her eyes burned with fierce battle intent.
"Not just step into..."
"We will definitely surpass them."
Smoker's deep voice interrupted everyone's emotions, his face unprecedentedly grave.
"You guys stay on deck to guard. I'm going to contact Marine Headquarters."
He turned around, wrapped in white smoke, striding quickly into the ship's communication room.
The Den Den Mushi connected quickly. Fleet Admiral Sengoku's majestic, deep voice came from the other end:
"Smoker? What's the situation in the East Blue?"
Smoker took a deep breath, tone steady but suppressing the tremor from the battlefield impact. "Reporting, Fleet Admiral! Vice Admiral Roy is engaging Shiki the Golden Lion!"
"...!!!"
Silence fell instantly on the other end of the line. Then Sengoku's voice rose sharply, full of shock and disbelief. "Golden Lion?! He's still alive?!"
Smoker quickly explained the situation, including Roy actively removing the steering wheel for the Golden Lion and demanding a fair fight.
The other end fell into a brief silence again, as if Sengoku was also chewing on this shocking intelligence.
Moments later, his slightly heavy but firm voice came through. "...I understand."
"No one can intervene in this battle now. We can only trust Roy."
He paused slightly, then added in a low voice, "He has never disappointed us."
Meanwhile, Somewhere in the East Blue · Dawn Island Coast
The setting sun was blood-red, spilling obliquely on the calm sea surface, plating the waves with a layer of gentle gold.
Rock and Irene, the elderly couple, walked hand in hand slowly along the familiar beach.
The sound of waves was soft, sea breeze brushing their faces, time seeming to stand still.
Irene suddenly stopped, gazing blankly at the distant horizon.
At the end of the sky, the originally azure heavens faintly泛起 (pan qi - rippled/surfaced) a touch of dark red, like a bloodstain torn by a sharp blade, intertwining ceaselessly with lightning.
"...Old man," she murmured softly, voice carrying a trace of inexplicable unease. "Over there... is something happening?"
Rock narrowed his eyes, looking at the torn sky curtain on the horizon, a long-lost look of gravity and depth flashing in his eyes.
"Mm..."
His voice was low and firm. "Feels like... our son is over there."
Irene gently squeezed her husband's hand, eyes revealing a mother's instinctive worry.
"That child... is always like this."
Rock smiled, revealing confidence and pride amidst the wrinkles carved by wind and frost.
He patted Irene's hand gently, tone warm:
"Don't worry."
"That brat... is much stronger than we imagine."
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