Bloody lion!

"Shihaha!"

Lying in the pit, the Golden Lion suddenly threw his head back and laughed uproariously, but soon, his eyes turned icy cold.

"But to let me, the Golden Lion, be captured like this..."

The Golden Lion paused, then his expression turned fierce, and an angry roar erupted from his mouth.

"That's impossible!! I am the Golden Lion!!"

A violent Haoshoku Haki burst forth, forming a substantial whirlwind that lifted the scattered ice blocks around him high into the air. The ice surface beneath his feet seemed to ripple with invisible force, extending hundreds of meters away.

At the same time, the ice surface under the Golden Lion's body swelled and surged, and with a roar, a massive ice lion rose from the ground.

The Golden Lion stood atop the ice lion's head, his golden hair fluttering in the wind, his face filled with endless coldness.

Anger filled the Golden Lion's chest at this moment.

He might die, but he would not die here. He couldn't die without settling things with Roger! How could he die so easily?!

"Ha!"

With a roar, accompanied by the Golden Lion's ability, large chunks of ice and wreckage of surrounding ships were incorporated into the colossal beast he summoned.

In the blink of an eye, the ice lion had grown to over five hundred meters tall, resembling a mountain range, exuding a majestic aura.

This gigantic ice lion drew the attention of everyone on the battlefield.

"Boom!"

Its lion claws swung, accompanied by the sound of exploding air, as if nothing could withstand its overwhelming force.

"Impact Wave!"

Sengoku's body surged with golden light as he raised his right palm, gathering power, and unleashed a shockwave towards the ice lion's head.

But soon, the shockwave erupted, spreading immense power, causing the ice lion's claws to shatter. At the same time, the massive golden Buddha was sent flying out, tumbling across the ice surface for hundreds of meters before coming to a stop.

The shattered ice claws quickly began to regenerate.

"Galaxy impact!"

With a loud shout, Garp leaped high from the ice surface and punched the lion's head.

But the lion's hardness exceeded Garp's expectations. This punch only left it full of cracks, albeit looking miserable, but it did not shatter.

Then, the giant lion's mouth opened wide, swallowing Garp whole.

"Gah!"

Garp held the lion's mouth shut with both hands, preventing it from closing.

Just then, Sengoku flew forward again and launched another shockwave at the lion's head, causing it to recoil, and in the motion, Garp was flung out.

In the blink of an eye, the two found themselves in another tough battle against the ice lion conjured by the Golden Lion.

They exchanged a glance, then took a deep breath and charged once again, but this time their target was not the giant ice lion, but Shiki atop it.

Their combined efforts to deal with Shiki were certainly not a problem, but the only issue was the duration of the battle.

Far away, on the sea surface, Nicholas watched everything with a calm expression.

The Navy's deployment, it had to be said, was perfect. If nothing unexpected happened in this battle, the Golden Lion would probably meet his downfall here. Unless he was willing to abandon his dignity as a strongman and simply use his Devil Fruit ability to escape!

The Flutter-Flutter Fruit granted the Golden Lion the agility to escape from the Navy's encirclement, and the Navy only had Kizaru who could pursue him in short distances, but would the Golden Lion fear a Navy junior like him?

"Are you planning, Golden Lion?" Nicholas noticed the Golden Lion's movements and glanced over.

"Golden Lion, what are you trying to do?" Seeing the Golden Lion's actions and hearing his words, Sengoku couldn't help but feel incredulous.

"I am the Golden Lion!!"

With a roar, the Golden Lion reached up and violently pulled out the ship's wheel embedded in his head. A large amount of blood spurted out, dyeing his originally golden hair blood-red.

As he held the severed ship's wheel, still dripping with dark red blood, the Golden Lion's face twisted into a grim smile. Then, he simply threw it to the ground.

Watching the bloody and ferocious scene unfolding in the field, everyone was stunned and shocked!

The once Golden Lion had now become the Bloody Lion, ready to unleash his final roar!