Kurumi felt Golden Lion's aura, and her fighting spirit gradually erupted. She laughed loudly: "Shiki, your ship was destroyed by me, your plan was ruined by me, and your old rival Garp is rushing this way."
"Is there any need for you to hold back? Bring out everything you have and let me see the spirit of a legendary powerhouse."
Golden Lion also laughed wildly: "Jiehahahaha, do you even need to say that, brat? I hope your strength is as tough as your mouth. Don't let me get bored."
The steering wheel on Golden Lion's head slowly floated out. The plan he had prepared for twenty years was smashed by Kurumi, his beloved ship was destroyed by her until not even the bones remained, and even his strength was mocked by her.
For the proud Golden Lion, this kind of humiliation was simply unbearable. To him, only an all-out battle could wash away the humiliation brought by Kurumi.
The clouds in the sky gradually shifted, and the weather seemed to be affected by the auras of both sides, turning dark and gloomy.
As the steering wheel left Golden Lion's head, the long-absent aura returned to him. His Conqueror's Haki surged back into his body at this moment, and the golden aura belonging to a lion pressed toward Kurumi.
Kurumi's expression changed. The City of Devouring Time seemed overwhelmed by this aura and wanted to shrink back into Kurumi's body.
Seeing this, Golden Lion laughed and said: "Is this all you've got, brat? Is your spirit only at this level?"
Kurumi withdrew the City of Devouring Time: "In that case, let's try this move: 'Shadow Gathering: City of Devouring Time'."
Kurumi's shadow flowed into her body.
Under the enhancement of the City of Devouring Time, Kurumi's height of about 150cm was stretched to 180cm. Black shadows flashed across her fair skin, and her golden eyes turned pure black when using her ability.
Having fused with the City of Devouring Time, Kurumi felt her status was more powerful than ever. With a single thought, Haki and spatial power were already wrapped around saikū.
The black shadows on her body flashed, and she added the acceleration effect of the 'First Bullet' to herself. She flashed in front of Golden Lion and slashed at his face, wanting to cut him in two.
"Jiehahahaha, now this is more like it! However, it's still not enough. Where is your spirit? Show me your spirit of becoming a king!" Golden Lion's blade was similarly coated in Haki, and Withered Wood blocked Kurumi's rapid strike.
The other blade, 'cherry ten', wrapped in Haki, slashed toward Kurumi. Kurumi blocked this strike with her arm wrapped in Armament Haki. After blocking, Kurumi's expression changed, and she retreated several steps, with 'saikū' slashing at her own blocking arm.
The black patterns on Kurumi's body lit up, and the 'Fourth Bullet', which can reverse time, acted on her. The arm she had just severed grew back, and Kurumi swung her new arm, feeling no discomfort.
The moment her Armament Haki touched 'cherry ten', Golden Lion's Armament Haki flowed into Kurumi's arm, trying to enter her body through the place he had struck.
Fortunately, Kurumi noticed in time, and the severed arm exploded in the air. Otherwise, she would have suffered more than just this little injury.
Golden Lion looked at Kurumi's regrown arm: "What tenacious vitality. Even Marco's Phoenix devil fruit doesn't restore as quickly as you. I wonder if your head can grow back if I cut it off? 'Lion's Majesty: Earth Roll'."
Under Golden Lion's control, everything on the ground was lifted, and dusty lion heads surged toward Kurumi.
Kurumi's regenerated hand gripped 'Forging Sky': "Lions Bullet." The white and black bullets transformed into running lions, biting toward the dusty lion heads. The path the bullets took tore through space, swallowing the dust and smoke raised by Golden Lion.
Although Golden Lion had no legs, his Float-Float Fruit, developed to the extreme, meant his speed did not fall behind in the slightest. While Kurumi was firing to deal with 'Lion's Majesty: Earth Roll', he had already arrived in front of her.
'cherry ten' and Withered Wood crossed each other, aiming directly for Kurumi's heart and head, but this killing move had already been foreseen by Kurumi's Observation Haki.
Having devoured the City of Devouring Time, she maintained the future-seeing 'Fifth Shot' at every moment. Combined with Observation Haki, it gave her Observation Haki abilities not inferior to Katakuri.
At the moment of firing, 'saikū' was already slashing behind her. Following the opponent's momentum, she fell into the crack cut by the 'Taurus Sword'. In the next second, Kurumi had left her original position.
Golden Lion was also very experienced: "Oh, Observation Haki that can see the future? How rare. Then what about this move?"
Golden Lion's Conqueror's Haki erupted fully. Regardless of the blood still spraying from the wound on his head, his aura pressed down on Kurumi, who had just emerged from the crack.
Blood appeared at the corner of Kurumi's mouth. Golden Lion's aura caused her some damage, but under the continuous healing of the 'Aquarius Bullet', she could still hold out.
But the suppression of Golden Lion's aura made the portal cut by the 'Taurus Sword' unsustainable, and the crack was overwhelmed in an instant.
"Jiehahahaha, brat, you can't hide now! If you can't block this strike, then die." Golden Lion laughed wildly, and while suppressing Kurumi, Haoshoku was wrapped around his twin swords.
Covered in blood, Golden Lion charged at Kurumi with a death-defying aura. The aura on 'cherry ten' and Withered Wood locked onto Kurumi, and the floating dust on the ground wrapped around Golden Lion's body.
Like a male lion charging toward Kurumi, his twin blades turned into the lion's claws: "Brat, take this! 'Lion's Majesty: Lion Slash'!"
At this moment, the locked-on Kurumi felt the sharpness coming from the blades. She even saw the scene of her heart being pierced and her head being cut off in her Observation Haki. She raised 'saikū' with both hands, facing Golden Lion, and roared.
"My journey won't end here! Haoshoku, I command you, come out of my body for me!"
With Kurumi's roar, an aura emerged from her body and clashed with Golden Lion's. Without time to think, Kurumi's Haoshoku wrapped around 'saikū', and she swung her sword to clash with Golden Lion's 'cherry ten' and Withered Wood.
The auras of both sides frantically tore through this continent. Even Garp, who was rushing over, felt the collision, and his face turned solemn: "Does Golden Lion still have this kind of strength? Don't be impulsive, Kurumi."
After saying that, he aimed at the direction of the aura explosion, picked up a cannonball, aimed it, wrapped Armament Haki around his hand, and threw the cannonball fiercely, while he himself stood on top of it.
The power of Kurumi and Golden Lion clashed frantically. Kurumi, who had just comprehended Haoshoku, and Golden Lion, whose Haoshoku had returned to his body, were actually evenly matched for a time.
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