Purple-black arcs flashed in the air!
Conqueror Haki, the qualification of a king that only one among millions of people has. Even in the new world, it is an ability that is rarely seen. It is an ability that only the overlords of the sea have. Although the known Conqueror Haki does not increase the strength. It's not that big, but it undoubtedly shows that he has faith, courage, and a mind. Only those who have strong courage and cannot be inferior to others can have the qualifications to have the Haki of a king.
There is no doubt that the Golden Lion was the top pirate on the sea twenty years ago, the well-deserved tyrant of the sea, and a strong man revered by the world. It would be ridiculous if such a guy didn't look like a king.
As for Vlad, it would not be surprising for this guy who has always set his sights on becoming the Pirate King and never looks back to have Conqueror Haki, even though he has not done so before.
This is also normal. If you didn't awaken when you were in the Big Mom Pirates, it doesn't mean you won't be able to awaken after you leave. Isn't this natural? After there is no one who can suppress him, it is not strange for Vlad to be able to do whatever he wants with his leaps and bounds, and to be able to awaken his overlord color.
Today, under the impact of the golden lion's Haki, Vlad finally awakened his own, instead of pretending to be a dragon like before, but the real Conqueror Hai.
"Jiehahahaha!!!"
"So beautiful! Boy!"
The golden lion laughed loudly, "Are you actually awakening at this time? You are so domineering!!"
The already extremely sharp sword, covered by the more powerful armament Haki of the golden lion, struck Vlad with a gust of wind.
"Swoosh!!!"
Vlad punched directly on the blade of Golden Lion's sword, Kogarashi. The moment the hard fist came into contact with the blade, terrifying heat erupted. Even though it was wrapped in Haki, the blade of Kogarashi was a little twisted.
"I have to thank you for this, senior!"
Vlad smiled and hit the golden lion's ribs with a whip kick.
"Jiehahahaha!! Is this how you thank me?"
The golden lion suddenly twisted around, dodged Vlad's whip leg, and thrust his sword straight, hitting Vlad in the stomach.
"pfft!!!"
Blood splatters everywhere!
"Curses!!"
The Golden Lion had no joy at all after succeeding, because his sword was tightly held by a big hand and could not be drawn out at all.
"Uhahahaha!"
Vlad didn't care at all that there was a knife stuck shallowly in his stomach. He held the blade tightly with his left hand and a white light flashed on his right hand.
"boom!"
The powerful and heavy straight punch hit the golden lion's hastily, which had already covered his chest with Armament Haki.
"Pffft!!!!"
A large mouthful of blood spurted out from the golden lion's mouth, and the body flew backwards with a blood-red trajectory. It was really difficult for this old man, who was already seventy years old, to be beaten by a young and powerful person like Vlad. The strong young man beat him up, and the blood alone was already beyond the reach of an old man. Even with the monster physique of people in this world, he still couldn't bear it.
"Gah--"
Vlad did not pursue, but stayed where he was and breathed out slowly, "The time is almost up, right?"
As mentioned before, the platinum color is a very stamina-consuming flame. Even now Vlad use this kind of flame as a normal attack, and tricks like Zhu Rong easily consumes an astonishing amount of Haki energy and physical strength.
Continuously using fire and Haki to strengthen muscles and increase strength means that fire and Haki energy are consumed all the time. Even for Vlad, such consumption is somewhat unbearable. As far as he is concerned, the time limit that the Vulcan form can be used is estimated to be about half an hour!
He's been fighting the Golden Lion for so long. A long time has passed. Now it is very close to Vlad's limit. If the battle does not end, he will not have the strength to fight next.
"Well, anyway, Senior Golden Lion has almost demonstrated his power, right?"
Vlad murmured to himself and smiled: "I wonder if I can continue to improve? Speaking of being able to fight me back and forth with the Vulcan form, Senior Golden Lion is already amazing!"
As mentioned before, Vlad in Vulcan mode already has the strength to fight head-on with the Yonko, but the old and broken body of the Golden Lion is still able to fight Vlad to such an extent, which is indeed worthy of his reputation. The Golden Lion, one of the three great pirates at that time.
"Hey, senior!"
Vlad said loudly, "I don't have much time! Zhu Rong's time is almost up!"
"Cough cough cough!!"
The golden lion coughed heavily, blood gushed out from his mouth, and the hand holding the blade was weak, but there was a smile on his face, "Jiehahahaha! Boy, you actually said your own weakness! What are you thinking about?"
"Well, because there isn't much time left!"
Vlad smiled, "So I decided to defeat you with one move!"
"..."
The golden lion looks a little surprised
"Jie hahaha! Boy, do you know what you are talking about?"
The golden lion laughed loudly, "Who do you think I am!!
"Huh-how do you say it!"
"Hephaestus!!"
Vlad waved gently, and the white ring that had been floating behind him floated in front of him, "The so-called Zhu Rong does not just refer to Vulcan Mode!"
"Huh?"
The golden lion frowned. He had never heard of the name Zhu Rong. Of course, this was the name of a god in Vlad's previous life.
"Senior, of course you don't know the name Hephaestus!"
The platinum ring was suspended in Vlad's hand, and it began to transform. "So of course you don't know, senior. The so-called Hephaestus is the god of fire and craftsmanship!"
"What's the meaning!"
The golden lion struggled to hold the sword tightly, and his trembling hands finally stopped.
"Well, what do you mean? I'd better let you, senior, experience it properly?"
The ring in Vlad's hand kept changing, sometimes turning into a long sword, sometimes turning into a spear, and even turning into the shape of a golden lion. Finally, it turned into a small ball, and its size continued to shrink. "This move,"
Vlad gently held the ball that had shrunk to the size of his palm, spread his palm, and the ball was gently placed on his hand. It was white and clean, and there was no danger at all.
"Hephaestus-Transformation,"
"Apollo!!!"
Vlad spoke softly.
The white ball suddenly changed, a small mouth appeared on it, flames spurted out, and then,
"Poof!!!!!"
The ball disappeared instantly.
"--Varied--"
When Golden Lion noticed it, the little ball was already in front of him, and it was so fast that he didn't have the slightest chance to react.
"Poof!!!"
With a soft sound, the ball expanded and swallowed up the golden lion in an instant. The golden lion didn't even have a chance to react, leaving only a huge white ball suspended in the air, where endless light and heat dyed his hair!
Just like, the sun! ! !
"Hephaestus, who can continuously collect the flames that escape when I fight and continuously increase his strength, how many seconds can you survive such a move when you are seriously injured? Senior?"
Vlad chuckled.