Chapter 140: Conqueror's Infusion! Let Me See Your True Spirit!
Merveille, Highest Palace.
"H-He was defeated!"
"Boss Shiki lost just like that?"
"So much for a legendary pirate, he's completely useless!"
The pirates who witnessed Shiki falling into the island below were in chaos.
Looking at the monster in Marine uniform hovering in the sky, they panicked, cursing or blaming the Golden Lion who led them here.
But right now...
"..."
Roy stood in the air, with no intention of attacking these pirates immediately.
Because he noticed.
The Floating Island showed no signs of falling yet.
And at this moment, even without the 'Five Senses Enhancement' fruit, he felt an instinct.
Something—
"Is coming."
BOOM!
As his words fell.
He felt the berserk Haki erupting from the island below!
VMMM!
The sky above the entire island seemed to darken instantly.
ZZZT!
Black-red lightning surged, pressing down all vegetation below.
VMMM!
The panicked pirates couldn't even finish their sentences before collapsing to the ground simultaneously.
ROAR!
Faintly.
Roy seemed to feel the terrifying spirit rising into the sky, roaring at him like a lion.
The next moment...
BOOM!
A figure shot up from below.
Before the figure landed, another object appeared first.
CLANG!
It was a Steering Wheel.
Shaped like a wheel, its tip blackened by blood, showing how many years it had been soaked in it.
Roy recognized it naturally.
So...
"Looks like it's not over yet."
He said softly.
"Jihahahaha!"
Responding to him was hearty laughter floating up with the steering wheel, and the familiar yet unfamiliar figure.
"Sorry, Marine kid—letting you see such an unsightly state, this old man is truly ashamed."
Golden long hair fluttered like a lion's mane, driven by Haki.
Shiki, laughing heartily, was completely different from a few minutes ago.
His self-reference changed from 'I' to 'This Old Man'.
His words lost the arrogance and conceit of calling himself a legend.
Blood spurted uncontrollably from the top of his head—there were several holes piercing directly into his skull.
For anyone, these were fatal wounds, and he was no exception.
Roy could feel Shiki's aura weakening with the spurting blood.
But...
"If you know it's unsightly, why not just stay down?"
Roy felt unprecedented solemnity in his heart.
Because this spirit, this posture, and this terrifying sense of danger all indicated one thing.
Standing before him was no longer the pirate Shiki.
It was 'Golden Lion'!
Of course, he was no longer at his peak.
Even with severed legs and heavy injuries, Golden Lion was still Golden Lion.
Roy dared not, and could not, underestimate him now.
"Jihahahaha!"
Hearing this, Shiki laughed even louder. "That won't do—"
As his words fell.
Shiki's berserk gaze locked onto Roy.
Like an old lion king on the prairie looking at a young lion.
He admitted his age and decline.
But...
The transition and inheritance of the era couldn't end so hastily.
"This old man won't accept such a mediocre exit."
He laughed.
"If this old man's era is destined to end here, then at least..."
He would let out the last—Roar!
"Come!"
As he spoke, the bloodstained steering wheel floated up, disassembled, and reassembled.
In an instant, he held two sharp, bloodstained 'Wooden Swords' in his hands.
On these two wooden swords and the two blade-legs beneath him...
Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki were wrapped impressively.
Facing the old lion king's final roar.
Roy simply raised his hand.
Waves surged, Ryou circulated.
"Come."
As the words fell, both figures vanished instantly.
BOOM!
The next moment, they collided.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
In an instant, sword and fist clashed countless times.
Golden waves and slashes erupted, collided, and annihilated each other!
Each collision shattered a nearby peak or the remaining earth.
[Fruit Combo · Strength Enhancement]
Until a certain moment, Roy's powerful punch blasted Shiki away again.
But this time, Shiki wasn't sent flying far.
Instead, while flying backward with blood streaming from his head, the ground below shattered instantly.
Countless massive, sharp rock pillars were pulled from the island and hurled at Roy!
"Wave Boxing · Frostfire!"
Roy punched with both hands, frost and heat shattering and melting the rock pillars instantly. But Shiki was already above him.
Roy didn't hesitate, punching upward.
[Equipped - Gust-Gust Fruit]
"Wind Wave Boxing · Wild Storm!"
Intense gales swept again, enveloping Shiki directly.
But...
"!!!"
In Roy's constricted pupils, Shiki was laughing heartily.
Even affected by the wind...
His floating body remained steady as a mountain.
ZZZT! ZZZT!
Black-red lightning erupted from the blade edges.
Using both hands and feet, his four swords slashed simultaneously!
"Lion King's Majesty · Heaven Devourer!"
At this moment, Roy activated his protective wave glow instantly.
[Fruit Combo · Defense Enhancement]
[Wave Boxing · Immovable Wisdom King Body]
[Iron Body · Indestructible Vajra]
But...
"!!!"
The intense sense of danger didn't fade. Roy's heart skipped a beat; he covered his body with Ryou and fully activated Black Body Style.
Then...
The slash hit!
SQUELCH!
The terrifying slash blasted Roy away instantly.
Roy was horrified to find that even with full defense from fruits, Iron Body, Ryou, and Black Body Style—his body was still cut open instantly.
A long-forgotten stinging pain and blood burst forth. Roy fell downward.
But...
VMMM!
[Fruit Combo - Recovery Enhancement]
In an instant, the hideous wound on Roy's body scabbed and healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Shiki raised an eyebrow.
But then, he launched even more intense attacks without hesitation—attacks like the four claws of a lion poured down like a storm.
"So strong..."
Even Roy had to sigh internally.
Yes—strong, not just a little.
The current 'Golden Lion' was many times stronger than before.
No, they weren't even in the same league.
"Strength, speed, and physique haven't fundamentally changed."
Roy knew this well.
In terms of pure strength, speed, physique, and vitality, he had the advantage.
But in actual combat, Shiki became many times stronger.
The reason was only one...
"This spirit..."
Roy could feel it clearly. No... he could even see it.
He saw the waves around the island fluctuating and wailing.
He saw the clouds around the Floating Archipelago churning constantly.
He even saw the black-red arcs erupting continuously from Shiki.
That was the spirit looking down on the world, enough to suppress the howling wind and surging waves.
Before, he had only glimpsip it on Garp.
Now, he truly witnessed it.
That was—'Conqueror's Infusion' (Advanced Conqueror's Haki), only possible with top-tier Conqueror's Haki.
It was only natural.
The legendary pirate 'Golden Lion', who once pressured an era and suppressed Roger and Whitebeard, naturally had top-tier Conqueror's Haki.
"My ability is weakened, his combat power is comprehensively enhanced, both offense and defense—even if physical stats didn't change, everything else became stronger."
Roy muttered, but wasn't truly terrified.
He always knew.
Among the three types of Haki, 'Conqueror's Haki' was special.
It couldn't be obtained through training, nor strengthened by normal means, only related to the user's 'Spirit'—a very 'idealistic' power.
But its effect was terrifying.
In the original story, only powerful Conqueror's Haki could break the invincibility granted by the World King's mark on the 'God's Knights' and truly harm them.
Also, strong Conqueror's Infusion was arguably the strongest killing move of top powerhouses.
"I can use 'Ancient Aura' to clash and offset part of his Conqueror's Haki, but it's still not enough..."
While fighting Shiki, Roy frowned.
Just then...
CLANG!
BOOM!
Wave punch and slash collided again, blasting Roy away.
He stabilized with Moonwalk immediately, preparing to defend against Shiki's next attack.
But just then...
He found Shiki didn't attack.
"Hey, Black Judge kid."
Shiki's hearty voice came.
Roy looked at him instinctively, and then...
Roy paused.
Shiki's eyes were still burning with Haki.
But his body wasn't.
Blood flowed continuously from the wound on his head.
Roy suspected Shiki was running out of blood.
The previous injuries couldn't be ignored either—so now, although his Haki and will were still strong, his body's aura was clearly weakening.
"This old man doesn't have much time—no time to waste with you."
Shiki said.
The steering wheel in his head came from the 'Battle of Edd War'.
In that final duel with Roger, he lost miserably, and the wheel lodged in his head.
All doctors told him pulling it out would kill him—besides, since it was close to his brain, he couldn't fight with full power.
In other words...
From the moment he chose to pull out the wheel.
'Golden Lion' Shiki was already stepping into 'Death'.
He chose his way to exit—not dying of old age in a nameless corner, but...
Dying in a legendary deathmatch.
A lion shouldn't die of old age, but in slaughter.
"The papers say you'll be the future legend of the Marines."
His voice grew louder. "But to take this old man's head and truly become a legend of this era, show your real skills first!"
"Let this old man see your true 'Spirit'!"
As he spoke, his Conqueror's Haki surged again.
"Hah?"
Roy frowned.
He didn't quite understand what the old lion was talking about, but he understood from Shiki's momentum.
The next strike would be the last.
So...
"Legend or not, I don't care."
"But I am indeed happy to send you off—'Golden Lion'!"
As they spoke, both moved simultaneously.
ZZZT! ZZZT!
Black-red arcs erupted from Shiki's hands. He arched his wooden swords and legs.
WHOOSH!
In this instant, his Conqueror's Infusion was so solid it seemed to burn like fire.
Correspondingly—blood flowed faster from his head.
His aura became weaker.
But the smile on his lips grew more hearty.
"Secret Technique · Lion King · Heaven Fall!"
The next moment...
He turned into a golden meteor tearing the sky, diving toward Roy with a black-red tail flame.
At the same time...
VMMM!
Roy took a deep breath.
Power surged and gathered within him.
VMMM!
Frost, fire, wind, lightning, slashes... everything gathered within the wave of this punch.
It was the punch that once pierced the Red Line, but slightly different in appearance and aura.
Compared to the limit-breaking 'Star Piercer' used by Star Lord which caused immediate exhaustion...
The punch Roy threw now was the strongest strike within his controllable range.
"Wave Boxing Secret Technique · Universal Wave!"
Roy punched.
In the sky, the roaring fist met the falling meteor.
The next moment...
BOOM!
With the eruption of terrifying power.
The legendary battle entered its finale.
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