"Hey, hey, are you joking, Mr. Sengoku? This Conqueror's Haki..."
Borsalino looked at Roxiu in disbelief. At this moment, Borsalino seemed to see the Golden Lion in his prime from Roxiu's presence!
Sengoku's expression was no better. This Conqueror's Haki, Sengoku was extremely familiar with!
Because just a while ago, he and Garp had to join forces for three days and nights to subdue the owner of this Conqueror's Haki!
Looking at the submerged corpse of Golden Lion, Sengoku instantly understood that Roxiu had somehow seized Golden Lion's power!
"What kind of Devil Fruit can do this? Even seizing Haki?"
Sengoku took a deep breath. The five hundred marines and other captains on the ship were all knocked out by Roxiu's terrifying Conqueror's Haki just now. However, a more shocking scene appeared.
Roxiu punched through the ship's cabin, then began to float slowly in the air. Seeing this, Sengoku's face changed!
Did he even seize the Float-Float Fruit's power?
"Hey Roxiu, although I don't know how you seized Golden Lion's power, you're still a marine, right?"
Sengoku showed up on the deck without hesitation, looking at Roxiu floating in mid-air, and said, "With this powerful strength, you can become a marine who enforces justice, and maybe one day become an admiral."
Sengoku was well aware that Roxiu still held a marine's position and had only killed Golden Lion and seized his power, doing nothing against the marines.
The fall of a great pirate and the gain of top-tier combat power—Sengoku knew exactly what to do.
However...
Roxiu sneered and said, "Mr. Sengoku, do you think I'll stay in the Navy?"
"Pirate King Roger surrendered and became a prisoner of the Navy. From the outside, this might seem like the decline of pirate forces, with the sea returning to the Navy's control."
"But in reality, Roger's surrender will only accelerate the advent of an era filled with tumultuous waves. In such an exciting era, I don't plan to stay as a marine, handling these trivial matters in the Navy headquarters."
With a thought, two great swords on the ship floated up and fell into Roxiu's hands.
"Damn it!"
Sengoku instantly realized Roxiu's intention—Roxiu wanted to leave the Navy!
If Roxiu, who had seized Golden Lion's power, left the Navy and became a pirate, the impact on the Navy would be immense!
"Blinded by power, aren't you? I'll make you wake up, Roxiu!"
Sengoku had no intention of letting such strong combat power join the pirates. If Roxiu refused to stay as a marine, Sengoku would have no choice but to subdue him and imprison him in Impel Down!
"Before that, let me try the power of the legendary pirate Golden Lion Shiki."
With Roxiu's calm words, terrifying Conqueror's Haki burst out, suppressing everything around. Facing this Conqueror's Haki, Sengoku and Borsalino were in turmoil!
"He's just like Golden Lion in his prime, Mr. Sengoku!"
Borsalino said with a serious face, looking at Roxiu floating in mid-air, "Fighting such a guy is quite troublesome."
"If this power doesn't belong to the Navy and joins the pirates, it'll be a significant problem, Mr. Sengoku."
"I know."
Sengoku took a deep breath and said solemnly, "So we must suppress him right here, Borsalino."
As soon as the words fell, Borsalino turned into a flash and appeared in front of Roxiu again.
"Although it's troublesome, Mr. Sengoku is right. If a monster like you goes to the sea, who knows what more trouble you'll cause."
As Borsalino's voice sounded, Roxiu's Observation Haki gave a warning.
"Speed is power. Have you been kicked at the speed of light?"
Roxiu smiled, raising his supreme-grade sword, Shusui, covered in advanced Armament Haki, and slashed towards the kicking Borsalino.
"Hey, hey!"
Without hesitation, Borsalino stopped his action, turning into a flash and appearing not far away!
The sword swing from Roxiu just now cut a trench, several meters in diameter and thousands of meters long, into the distant sea!
"If it were you in your prime, maybe. But now, you're still not worth mentioning, Borsalino."
Listening to Roxiu's words, Borsalino squinted his eyes, filled with seriousness.
"You're terrifying, Roxiu..."
At the same time, a white light appeared in front of Roxiu. Not far away, Sengoku had already used the power of the Human-Human Fruit, Buddha form, with a terrifying shockwave coming straight at Roxiu!
"Buddha's Shockwave!"
"An admiral as my first test stone, not everyone gets this treatment!"
"Wave Slash!"
Roxiu smiled, swinging Shusui and Mukuro, unleashing terrifying sword energy towards Sengoku's shockwave!
The collision created a devastating impact, causing the sea to surge with waves hundreds to thousands of meters high!
This confirmed one thing for Sengoku—Roxiu had indeed fully seized Golden Lion's power!
Devil Fruit abilities, Haki, swordsmanship, physical techniques!
All the power that belonged to Golden Lion was now in Roxiu's body!
"In battle, you shouldn't let your guard down, Mr. Sengoku."
Roxiu's words echoed, a grandmaster-level slash appearing in front of Sengoku, who without hesitation used Buddha's Shockwave to block Roxiu's strike!
"Just relying on Golden Lion's power won't be enough to defeat me!"
Roxiu smiled lightly, "We have to try, don't we?"
Terrifying Conqueror's Haki swept out, with Armament Haki converging on the blades of two supreme-grade swords. Seeing this, Sengoku didn't dare to be careless. With the peak Golden Lion's power, Roxiu undoubtedly became one of the top monsters in the world!
"Lion's Song: Thousand Cuts Valley!"
"Shockwave!"
As Roxiu and Sengoku continued to clash, Borsalino didn't hesitate, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
But at this moment, Borsalino was still far from reaching the admiral level. Even with the strong power of the Glint-Glint Fruit, he was just an elite Vice Admiral, close to an admiral candidate!
"Looks like just using swordsmanship can't defeat an admiral, Mr. Sengoku!"
Roxiu smiled, "But this is the sea. Don't forget, Mr. Sengoku, the most terrifying thing about Golden Lion?"
Sengoku thought of something, his face changing, and the next moment, a tricky scene appeared.
"Lion's Might: Imperial Earth Roll!"
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