Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

Chapter 108 If a person is incompetent, don't blame the road for being uneven!

After an unknown amount of time, as the lightning gradually dissipated, the golden lion's form reappeared.

But what he saw made Kyle's pupils shrink.

It was clear that the Golden Lion had no new injuries besides those he had sustained earlier; Kyle's attack had not caused him any harm.

This result came as a great surprise to Kyle.

Although his move is a large-area AOE skill, and the single-target damage is not very strong, its power is definitely considerable when there are so many of them.

To put it simply, if Wang Zhi were to face this move, he would definitely be in serious trouble.

Suddenly, Kyle seemed to notice something, his eyes narrowing slightly. He sensed a protective membrane on the Golden Lion's body!

That is……

"Conqueror's Haki??"

"You just used Conqueror's Haki to defend against my attack?!"

Kyle asked, though it was a question, his tone was absolutely certain.

"Heh~"

The golden lion chuckled softly.

"Kid, so what if you found out?!"

"This is a technique that only a very few top-tier experts in the world can master, even rarer than Conqueror's Haki!"

"The one who used this ability most skillfully and powerfully back then was my former captain, Gibeta D. Rocks!!"

"In the battle at God Valley, Roger and Garp fought Captain Rocks simultaneously. Most of their attacks were blocked by Captain Rocks' Conqueror's Haki. In the end, the two of them had to concentrate all their Conqueror's Haki into a single point to finally break through Captain Rocks' defense!"

"My Conqueror's Haki defense is certainly not as good as Captain Rocks', but it's not something a brat like you can break through so easily!"

"Especially the Devil Fruit ability!!"

"Devil Fruit abilities are ultimately just external things; only Haki can transcend everything!"

"As long as you can't break through my Conqueror's Haki defense, you can't defeat me, hahahaha!!"

"Really?! Your Devil Fruit ability really can't break through your Conqueror's Haki defense?!"

Suddenly, Kyle's calm voice came through.

The next moment, a dazzling purple lightning flashed in front, and at the same time, an extremely oppressive aura descended upon the area.

Suddenly, a sense of threat came from ahead, causing the golden lion's body to tense up instantly.

A bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a bucket, shot out from in front of Kyle and struck the Golden Lion horizontally.

!!!

The golden lion's hair stood on end, and Conqueror's Haki immediately wrapped around the two swords in his hands, which he then crossed and slashed fiercely at the purple lightning.

boom--

A shockwave spread out, and the golden lion's figure was instantly blasted hundreds of meters away.

"Drink~"

The golden lion suddenly roared and exerted force with both arms, shattering the purple lightning in front of him into countless purple lightning snakes that scattered. However, these lightning snakes did not disperse immediately after scattering.

Instead, as if it had its own tracking and positioning, it meandered back and headed towards the golden lion again.

The golden lion's eyes narrowed, and he swung his sword several times, unleashing a wave of energy that obliterated the lightning serpent.

Sizzle!

A crackling sound of electricity rang out, and Kyle suddenly appeared dozens of meters in front of the Golden Lion, looking at him and speaking calmly:

"Didn't you say that Devil Fruit powers couldn't break through your defenses? Then what are you attacking?"

Kyle's words carried a faint smile, a smile tinged with sarcasm.

Golden Lion's face was grim. Before he could say anything, Kyle spoke again:

"You think my abilities can't harm you just because you blocked one of my attacks? Aren't you jumping to conclusions too early?"

The golden lion's face darkened further, and after a long while, he finally spoke defiantly:

"There's something wrong with your Devil Fruit ability!!"

"Normally, if it were any other ability, my Conqueror's Haki would be more than enough to defend against this level of power!"

Golden Lion's words weren't just stubbornness; he genuinely believed it.

Kyle's lightning strikes have an excessively high penetrating and destructive power; his Conqueror's Haki can only defend against a portion of its power, not completely block it.

The problem is that he fought against a user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit when he was young, and the opponent's lightning was nowhere near this intensity.

The intensity changes so much just from the color?!

"If you're incapable, don't blame the road for being uneven!"

"If you don't have the strength, then you don't have the strength, and you're saying there's something wrong with my Devil Fruit ability! If you brought Rocks in, he could have stopped me, right?"

Kyle's tone became even more sarcastic, and his words made the Golden Lion's face turn red and then pale, but he didn't know how to refute them.

Because Kyle was telling the truth.

Often, I'm not afraid of lying, but I'm afraid of telling the truth.

Lies never hurt anyone, but the truth is the sharpest knife!

But the problem is-

If he had the strength of Rocks, would he have fallen to this state?

Roger was utterly defeated at the Battle of Eidolon, so there's no question of a nemesis anymore; he's already the undisputed king!

As a former crew member of Rocks, he knew very well just how powerful Rocks had been.

Back then, pirates weren't as diverse as they are now. There was only one voice on the sea: the Rocks Pirates.

The current kings of the sea were all once crew members of Rocks' ship when they were young. The fact that Rocks could control so many people shows his strength.

"You know both Conqueror's Haki Entanglement and Conqueror's Haki Defense, two advanced Conqueror's Haki techniques. Golden Lion, you're much stronger than that Wang Zhi guy!"

"If you were still in your prime, I probably wouldn't be a match for you, but given your current situation..."

Even if you don't hold back in unleashing your full power, you're still far from your peak strength. Therefore, your fate today remains unchanged!

"You're definitely going to Impel Down!!"

Before he finished speaking, Kyle's figure suddenly transformed into purple lightning and shot out, arriving in front of the Golden Lion in the blink of an eye. He then slashed down at the Golden Lion with the purple lightning in his hand.

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing rang out as the Golden Lion once again used his two swords to block Kyle's Purple Lightning. This was followed by a series of clanging sounds, accompanied by even stronger aftershocks than before.

The area within a thousand meters around the two combatants became a sea of ​​sword energy, with countless sword energies constantly surging within it.

Within them, two figures flickered continuously, causing a series of tremors to reverberate through the void.

On the other side, after a period of effort, Luo was the first to arrive at the floating island. Standing on the ground, he looked at the two constantly flashing figures in the sky, his eyes revealing a deep sense of shock.

Suddenly, a blade of light shot out from it, heading straight towards him.

Luo's expression changed instantly. He immediately drew his sword and swung it out, a pale blue sword light shooting out to clash with the incoming sword light.

However, the two were locked in a stalemate in the air for less than a breath before Luo's sword light was shattered. Seeing that the speed of the incoming sword light had only decreased slightly, Luo instantly unleashed his pale blue domain.

"Slaughterhouse!!"

……