"Hey, hey... Is this a joke?"
"Boss... The Golden Lion Shiki..."
The minds of many pirates watching from the decks of the ships in the sky as the figure of the Golden Lion gently dissipated in the gentle sea breeze shuddered violently.
Their eyes filled with disbelief.
It's the golden lion Shiki!
One of the three legends who dominated the last era on par with Roger and Whitebeard!
"Is this... the end?"
Zoro whispered in a daze, looking at what was happening in the sky.
Although Zoro's intuition told him earlier that Yeruashi would emerge victorious from this battle, he couldn't have imagined that it would happen so unexpectedly.
It was all over literally in an instant!
"Looks like this really is the end."
Shimotsuki Kozaburo said slowly, causing Zoro, Kuina and the rest of the people who were lost to start coming to their senses, and then he took a deep breath, looking at Yeruashi, who was floating gently in the sky, "This person..."
Kuina was startled when she heard Kozaburo's words and involuntarily exclaimed, "Grandpa, do you know who that is?!"
Anyone who reads newspapers sometimes knows him.
Kozaburo first shook his head and then said in a mysterious and sinister voice, "In the vastness of the sea, he is called the Closest Man to God, perhaps... he is the strongest person in the world!"
The strongest!
Although Zoro and Kuina had already witnessed Yeruashi's terrifying power when he slashed the sea and the island for many miles with a swing of his sword, the words 'the strongest in the world' still made them tremble.
The goal they were chasing so hard was right in front of them!
But as they looked at Yeruashi floating in the sky, they only felt their own insignificance.
At this moment, there wasn't a shred of defiance in Zoro and Kuina's minds.
So...
Is there really the possibility of attaining such strength?
Such thoughts could not remain for long in the minds of people as resolute as Kuina and Zoro, but the moment they began to strengthen the determination in their minds, sweeping away the doubts that had arisen, their heads suddenly rose involuntarily skyward.
They were stunned as they looked at what was happening in the sky.
The numerous ships that had been floating gently in the sky all this time began to fall one after another!
Not only were the ships falling, but also several islands floating even higher in the sky.
The islands falling from the sky along with the ships were enveloped in huge air currents, as if they carried with them a terrifying aura!
The Golden Lion is dead!
Islands and ships were floating in the sky due to the Golden Lion's Devil Fruit ability....
With the death of the skill user, the power that had been supporting the ships and islands in the sky all this time disappeared as well!
"Aaaaaaaaaaa.... we're falling!!!"
"Aaaaaaaah! Help me, somebody!!!"
The panicked cries of numerous pirates could be heard from the sky.
The pirates on the decks of the falling ships let out screams of horror, because they simply couldn't do anything about it.
What frightened them most was not falling from a height of several hundred meters, but huge islands above their heads falling from a height of several kilometers!
Even though the islands were still high in the sky, the pirates already felt the terrifying pressure coming from them!
"Aokiji, take care of these pirates."
Yeruashi looked at the numerous ships falling from the sky and spoke to Aokiji nearby.
Apparently, there were at least ten thousand pirates here.
Although Yeruashi wasn't reluctant to kill all the pirates here, but some of them might be some kind of forced slaves, and dealing with each one individually is too troublesome.... Therefore, he remembered that the representative of the Navy headquarters, Vice Admiral Aokiji, was present.
As he spoke, Yeruashi extended his hand in the direction of the falling ships and pressed the empty air with his palm.
Whoosh!!!
Numerous falling ships were first picked up by some invisible force, and then fell into the nearby sea with a wave of Yeruashi's hand.
The ships moved smoothly from a vertical fall to a diagonal and horizontal fall, and then began to break through the ice.
After the numerous ships landed relatively safely on the ice, Yeruashi raised his head to the sky, looked at the falling islands and crossed his palms in front of him.
"Chibaku Tensei."
Tensei!!!
The falling islands began to gradually slow their fall and came together, clashing noisily with each other.
The many shocked pirates who had fallen to the surface of the icy sea a moment before blanched at the sound of this terrifying rumble that burst into the sky, and Zoro, Kuina and the others looked up at what was happening in the sky in shock and disbelief.
Yeruashi loosened his hands and stretched his right palm towards the sky, after the large islands came together and compressed into a giant sphere.
Buzz!!!
With a wave of Yeruashi's hand, a huge stone sphere froze in the sky and flew gently away from the island, then fell into the sea near Shimotsuki village, destroying the ice previously created by Aokiji.
The whole island shook violently, as if a terrible earthquake had occurred.
When everything calmed down, a huge stone sphere appeared before the eyes of those present, adjacent to the coast of the island near Shimotsuki village, increasing the area of the island by more than double.
It was later called the "traveler's mountain".
Although many residents of East Blue doubted that a person could do such a thing, but Zoro and Kuina, who saw everything that happened with their own eyes, knew that this story was true.... It was an artificial island created by human hands!
When the huge stone sphere finally fell, Yeruashi lowered his hands and fell from the sky, landing next to Robin.
He briefly scanned the numerous pirate ships in the sea and then looked at Kuina and Zoro.
"Come on, Robin."
Yeruashi smiled involuntarily, seeing the boys' reaction, and turned to Robin.
As expected, a cumbersome, large-scale move like Chibaku Tensei was much more impressive than just a strong slash or so... although the actual power of the atomic slash that turned the Golden Lion into dust was many times greater than Chibaku Tensei, but the entertainment of this move leaves a lot to be desired....
The visual component is worth working on....
Although the simple moves are often the most effective, they are also boring and unimpressive.
Later, it is worth developing some less effective, but more spectacular moves.
"Yes."
Robin nodded.
Of everyone present, only Robin remained calm and indifferent throughout the battle.
The battle between Yeruashi and Shiki did not cause him the slightest surprise or concern.
Perhaps now Robin was the only person in the world who realized how strong Yeruashi really was.
Therefore, it was obvious to her that Yeruashi fought Shiki just for fun.
In fact, she is also quite strong now.
Maybe the current Robin couldn't defeat Aokiji, but there should be no problem with Doflamingo.
This power of Robin came from the Six Paths chakra she received from Yeruashi.
Although Robin received only a small amount of chakra each time, completely insignificant compared to Yeruashi's volume of chakra, even this was enough to radically affect her physique.
Yeruashi and Robin strolled across the ice and returned to the Ohara.
Afterwards.
A huge stream of water gushed out of the ice below the Ohara.
Whoosh!!!
This jet of water enveloped the hull of the ship and carried it rapidly across the surface of the ice until it disappeared over the horizon.