How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 206 Fluttering Fruit
boom!
boom!
Two almost overlapping sword lights fell from the sky, almost illuminating the night sky.

Even though they were dozens of miles away, Khalifa and the others who had just escaped from the encirclement saw this scene.

For a moment, the deck was silent, and even everyone's breathing stopped at this moment.

Even Khalifa's bleeding lips were not discovered.

She looked at the knife light falling from the sky in the distance and felt cold all over.

In the battle of the Drum Kingdom, the Red Star detonated by Gawain, who transformed into a red dragon, in the night sky was far more exaggerated than the Golden Lion's sword in terms of both movement and range.

But there is absolutely no such despair that almost wants to destroy everything!
So the question that Weiwei blurted out just now appeared in everyone's mind again.

"Captain...can he win?"

"I……"

A pirate reached out and touched his forehead, only to feel a chill.

The golden lion's fierce and domineering slashing attack did not first destroy Gawain's body, but the arrogance that was growing in their hearts.

We are still far from this world!
But the Captain...

"I……"

He opened his eyes slightly, looked into the distance, opened his mouth several times, and finally uttered a suppressed sound:

"It should be possible, right?"

"How can it be!"

Gabra slumped on the deck, his pupils trembling constantly.

“That’s a golden lion!”

"Apart from Roger, he is one of the pirates closest to One Piece!"

"No matter how strong Gawain is, he should have a——!"

But in the next moment.

At the rapeseed port at the end of everyone's sight, something strange happened suddenly.

Roar!
The deafening dragon roar erupted again.

The golden lion's slashing blow also shattered at this moment, turning into streaks of dissipated sword energy that tore apart countless buildings.

under night.

Gawain slowly stood up in the huge pit. There were two cross-cut scars on his chest, deep enough to see the bone. Blood was gushing out, but they healed completely in just a few breaths.

This is naturally the ability of the Red Dragon Fruit.

Just now, Gawain absorbed the last bit of underground earth energy into his body and barely withstood the attack from the Golden Lion.

But the golden lion's domineering aura had already penetrated into Gawain's flesh and blood, and even after the wound healed, the pain still existed.

It was like countless swords stirring in the flesh and blood, but there was only indescribable excitement in Gawain's eyes.

"Is this the slashing attack wrapped in the domineering color?"

"It's such a powerful force that it makes people obsessed!"

"The Red Dragon Battle Armor, combined with the strong defensive capabilities built by my Armament Haki, was broken in an instant in the face of such a force."

"If it weren't for the remaining earth vein energy here, I might not have been able to withstand this blow."

"But this is exactly how powerful a tyrant should be!"

Gawain could not help but let out an exclamation of admiration, but he did not notice the indescribable astonishment in the eyes of the golden lion hovering in the air.

"That was a slash with Conqueror's Haki? How could he withstand it with just his physical defense?"

"interesting!"

"So funny!"

"Twenty years have passed, times are changing, old people are leaving, and naturally new people are taking the stage!"

If just now he only regarded Gawain as a newcomer with some strength, then at this moment in the eyes of the Golden Lion, Gawain was already qualified to compete with him.

The courage to conquer everything and the determination to start over again, this is the biggest difference between Gawain and Crocodile.

"What's your name?"

"Gawain, Knight Gawain!"

"it is good!"

The golden lion's mouth opened into a grin, and the fighting spirit in his eyes began to rise at this moment.

He felt the long-lost throbbing, from his fingertips to his brain, every part of his body became warm at this moment.

After twenty years, this body is no longer in its prime, but at this moment it still longs for a hearty battle.

The two swords that had long been tied to his broken legs to replace the function of his feet also made a buzzing sound at this moment, echoing the trembling Guanshi Zhengzong in Gawain's hand.

"In the era after Roger, there actually appeared a man like you!"

"I approve of you!"

"Join me and become my right-hand man!"

"My...Rayleigh!"

Golden Lion couldn't help but open his mouth to recruit him again, but was rejected by Gawain as expected. He shook his head in distress:

"That's a shame. Tonight is the end of your journey."

"Pity?"

Gawain sneered:
"You and your knife are both going crazy with excitement, right?"

"Hahahahahaha——!"

There was not a trace of exposed feeling on the Golden Lion's face, only a defiant and arrogant laugh.

Until one moment the restless air suddenly stopped, and Gawain's pupils shrank:
"coming!"

"Lion's Might - Earth Scroll!"

Following the golden lion's roar, the ground of the Rapeseed Port began to crack inch by inch, and countless buildings collapsed and gathered towards the golden lion in the sky.

In a few breaths, they gathered together and became extremely huge lion heads, roaring at Gawain, revealing their ferocious beast nature.

There are countless superhuman devil fruits, some of which have incredible abilities.

In terms of destructive power, the Superman series is led by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which can easily cause tsunamis.

When it comes to comprehensiveness and practicality, Piaopiao Fruit should rank first.

The ability of the Float-Float Fruit is extremely simple. It makes objects it touches float and can be controlled freely by the user.

Once this ability is developed to the extreme, it will be the doomsday-like scene before Gawain's eyes.

The next moment, a sky full of lion heads rushed towards Gawain to bite him!

"Hey Hey hey……"

From Gawain's perspective, he could even see the pitch-black Armament Haki on his head.

Can a Golden Lion of this age still have this level of Armament Haki?

abnormal!
Gao Wen cursed inwardly, but his body had already taken action to respond before his brain could.

He raised his hand and swung Guanshi Zhengzong, and a series of flying slashes flew out of his hand, cutting off the attacking lion's head.

But the lion heads regrouped in the next moment, baring their fangs and claws and biting at Gawain again!

"trouble!"

The corner of Gao Wen's mouth twitched. Relying on the super defense of the Red Dragon Battle Armor, he simply gave up defense and disappeared from the encirclement in a flash.

With Guanshizhengzong in his hand, he went straight for the head of the golden lion!

"Well done!"

The golden lion's eyes were as bright as torches, and he did not retreat at all.

Logically speaking, with the power of the Float-Float Fruit, the best choice at this moment would naturally be to fight guerrilla warfare by relying on its own super flexibility.

But such a style of play is undoubtedly an admission of failure for Golden Lion!
As a legend and a conqueror of the world, how could he possibly admit this?
He didn't think much about it.

The two swords were wrapped in domineering aura and slashed out fiercely, colliding head-on with Gawain's Guanze Masamune!
Zizzi——!
boom!
Red lightning flashed like a snake in the night sky.

Gawain's attack was instantly defeated, and he flew backwards, hitting the ground heavily, leaving a huge pit with a diameter of tens of meters.

The attack was enough to make an ordinary person lose consciousness, but when it landed on Gawain, he only felt a slight soreness in his muscles.

He raised his head to look at the golden lion in the sky, swung the long sword in his hand, and attacked again!
If you don't worry about escaping, then fight to the limit!
Let’s see how much my domineering color can grow!
under the night sky.

A different kind of battle broke out at this moment.

boom!
boom!
boom!
There were bursts of roars coming from the Rapeseed Harbor.

The earth cracked and the mountains collapsed.

The surrounding seawater was surging due to the terrifying force pouring into it, causing huge waves to surge one after another.

Relying on his own incredible speed, his ability to predict the future, and his super defensive power, Gawain was able to withstand the power of the Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit and launch round after round of attacks.

However, they were all directly repelled by the domineering slash of the golden lion. In just a few minutes, many wounds were left on Gawain's body.

Crocodile retreated outside the Rapeseed Harbor and watched this scene, stunned on the spot:

"madman!"

"A complete lunatic!"

At this moment.

Both he and Dazbonis beside him could see that Gawain was no match for the Golden Lion.

But after being beaten back countless times, the man stood up again.

Even though the wounds on his body were increasing and healing was getting slower and slower, his movements did not slow down at all, and even became faster and faster in such a battle!

Especially those eyes, which were burning like flames, making Crocodile feel extremely dazzling at this moment!
That's right!

Dazzling!

"What's the point of fighting a battle that is doomed to fail?!"

Crocodile let out a roar, and even the golden lion in the fierce battle in the distance was momentarily distracted.

laugh!
The Guanshi Zhengzong in Gao Wen's hand swept across the side of the golden lion's face, leaving a bloody mark, but was repelled by the golden lion in the next moment.

This time.

Gawain did not move again, but instead used Flash Step to nimbly move around among the attacks of the Floating Fruit to restore his strength.

"That's what makes you different from us!"

The Golden Lion spoke indifferently, and even during the intervals between attacks, he turned his head to look at Crocodile in the distance.

The contempt in his eyes was barely concealed, and was displayed so nakedly:

"No matter how many times the knight Gawain is defeated, he will not stop until he draws his last breath or achieves his goal."

"And you..."

"How can a person who is filled with fear ascend to the throne of Pirate King?!"

Crocodile was stunned for a moment, and the backbone that was originally supported by the existence of Gawain, a fellow warrior, was broken again at this moment.

He couldn't even stand steadily, and in the end he could only keep his body steady with the help of Dazbonis.

"Qi!"

Say it.

The Golden Lion no longer paid attention to Crocodile and turned around to start another round of fighting with Gawain.

He is not as relaxed as he appears.

This body has not experienced a proper battle in twenty years. No matter how reluctant he is to admit it, he has to face a cruel reality.

He is old.

If he was at his peak, that sword strike would have killed Gawain!

But now he can't do it anymore.

Moreover.

As the battle became more intense, the clash of dominance and will became more violent, and he began to feel waves of piercing pain on the top of his head.

The wound on the rudder was even oozing with blood.

It’s just this extent... can’t this body bear it anymore?
Looking at Gawain below who was attacking again and again like a tireless beast, the Golden Lion felt indescribable unwillingness in his heart.

If I were a few years younger...

If I could just take this damn rudder off...

How many people in this era can be my rival? !
"Damn it!"

Gawain's attack came again. The golden lion swung his feet, enduring the severe pain on his head, activating the domineering color in his body, and at this moment, burst out with the strongest attack of the night...

"Lion Power - Chopping Wave!"

The extremely domineering slash landed on Gawain, and in an instant the Red Dragon Battle Armor on his body unfolded, followed by the bones in his chest and even the flesh and blood in his chest cavity.

It's going to happen!

Gawain's face turned pale, but he had no time to react before he was chopped down to the ground by the golden lion's sword.

boom!
There was a roar from the port, the ground collapsed, cracks spread to the sea surface, and dust and smoke filled the air, obscuring everyone's vision.

A cut spread from the port to the sea in the distance.

The surroundings became quiet for a moment.

Only the golden lion standing high in the sky kept making panting sounds.

The severe pain in his head almost drove him crazy, so much so that his face was shaking constantly, but what really tortured him was the unwillingness in his heart.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"If you can't even handle this, how are you going to fight Whitebeard?"

between words.

He recalled the judgment he had once heard from the ship's doctor.

The rudder had penetrated deep into his skull and even grown together with the flesh and blood of his brain. If it was forcibly removed, his life would probably be in danger.

But at this moment.

The Golden Lion, who had witnessed his own decline, had already made up his mind to take it down, even if the stakes were his life.

Although my gambling luck has never been very good, but this time...

Will you help me?

The golden lion looked up at the sky, then lowered his eyes to look downward, only to find that Gawain's breath had disappeared long ago.

"Escaped?"

"but……"

The Golden Lion raised his hand and touched the rudder above his head, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up:

"You won't have that luck next time!"

Say it.

The golden lion flew up and disappeared into the clouds with its fleet.

From beginning to end, he never looked back at Crocodile, who was watching the entire battle from a distance.

He originally thought that after witnessing this battle, Crocodile would have some enlightenment in his heart, and even break free from his shackles and regain his faith.

That would be useful, but it is not necessary now.

As the Rapeseed Port calmed down, the battle between Gawain and the Golden Lion also came to an end at this moment.

……

Half an hour later.

When everyone has left.

A figure jumped out of the sea and landed steadily on the ground.

It was Gawain who had just dived into the water.

He had just been hit by the fatal blow from the Golden Lion and had been severely injured. Even after exhausting the earth vein energy in his body, he could only barely heal his internal organs and bones.

As a last resort.

The only choice is to dive into the deep sea to avoid this disaster.

"The battlefield tonight is not in my favor."

"Plus, there is still a clear gap between my current domineering cultivation and that of the Golden Lion, so it's not unfair that I lost."

Gawain looked at the scar on his chest, but there was no fear in his eyes, only unspeakable excitement:
"But ah..."

"How much has the experience gained from Domineering Haki increased?!"

It was past midnight, and the system calculated today's experience again. A string of numbers that Gao Wen couldn't understand appeared in front of him:
"Conqueror Haki experience +6403!"

Gao Wen rubbed his eyes and made sure that he was not mistaken. He had only one thought in his mind:
"loss!"

"Where can I find such good leeks next time?"

(End of this chapter)