Regardless, let’s finish the fight first.
Dar’s fighting spirit had long been boiling; previously, Bullet and Mihawk had provided him with 8,000 and 7,000 Armament Haki points respectively.
He wondered how much Armament Haki he could extract from this legendary Golden Lion Shiki before him.
He stood motionless, the Armament Haki within his body surging outward wildly like boiling magma.
“Armament Haki Domain!”
With a low shout, the black-grey domain instantly spread out.
The towering waves previously whipped up by Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki were forcibly enveloped by this thick layer of Armament Haki, frozen mid-air so completely that not a single drop of water could fall.
Even Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki, which was enough to intimidate the entire ocean, was firmly suppressed by Dar’s Armament Haki Domain, compressed down to within ten meters of his body.
Looking from afar, it appeared as if a massive grey ring had appeared on the surface of the sea, with a faint red circle encased in the center, delivering quite a visual impact.
Golden Lion Shiki, originally arrogant and unyielding, froze on the spot, his face full of shock.
“Is this…
black Conqueror’s Haki?”
But the next second, he shook his head violently, overturning his own judgment, his voice even trembling slightly:
“No!
This is Armament Haki!!!”
He had lived for more than half his life and traversed the New World, yet he had never seen, nor even heard of, Armament Haki being able to expand into a domain!
Could this be a higher stage of Armament Haki?
“Slash Wave!”
Golden Lion, in the air, slashed his right foot sharply, sending out a tentative crescent-shaped flying slash aimed directly at Dar’s chest.
Dar remained standing where he was, arms raised and slightly bent back, chest held straight, intending to take the blow head-on.
“Clang—!”
A piercing sound of metal clashing rang out; the slash, which was strong enough to split a massive warship, struck Dar’s chest and was instantly shattered, failing to leave even a white mark.
“Golden Lion Shiki, there’s no need to embarrass yourself with such probing attacks.”
Dar’s eyes widened, his gaze suddenly turning sharp.
Within a ten-meter radius around Golden Lion, his Armament Haki detonated with a roar!
Relying on his top-tier Observation Haki for pre-judgment, Golden Lion easily dodged the center of the explosion and landed not far away.
Instead of being angry, he laughed loudly:
“Hahaha!!
So you’re a user of the Explosion-Explosion Fruit.
It seems that detestable Gan has already sunk into the ocean.”
“This fruit paired with your Armament Haki Domain is actually quite interesting.”
“However, this level is far from enough!”
As he finished speaking, Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki surged wildly, wrapping tightly around the famous blade ‘Oto’ on his right foot.
He transformed into a stream of light and charged straight toward Dar.
“Conqueror’s Coating: Slash!”
A corner of Dar’s mouth curled into an excited arc:
“That’s more like it!
Bring out all your strength!”
He raised his right hand, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and instead of retreating, he advanced, slamming his fist hard against the incoming blade.
“Boom—!!!”
The terrifying power of the explosion erupted along his fist, directly blasting Golden Lion, along with his blade, into the sky.
Dar bent his legs and exerted force, the air beneath his feet exploding.
He shot into the sky like a cannonball, relentlessly chasing after the retreating Golden Lion.
The two collided instantly high in the air; fist wind, sword light, explosions, and Haki intertwined, with booming roars echoing endlessly.
On the deck, Mihawk and Bullet each found a lounge chair, watching the fierce battle in the sky leisurely.
Both of their gazes were fixed on Golden Lion Shiki.
Bullet was focused on the details of Golden Lion’s high-level application of Conqueror’s Haki—Conqueror’s Coating.
Mihawk was scrutinizing the foundations of Golden Lion’s swordsmanship and the movement of his blade intent.
As for Dar?
In their eyes, a guy who knew almost nothing besides Armament Haki and brute force wasn’t worth a second glance.
In the high-altitude battle, Dar seized a momentary opening and unleashed the move he had once used to clash with Garp at his peak.
“Explosion Impact!”
A blinding white light accompanied by a destructive shockwave swept out.
Golden Lion had nowhere to dodge and was smashed heavily onto the deck of the xuanjin ark.
The strength was so great that a circle of azure energy ripples lit up on the surface of the entire mystic gold ship.
Fortunately, the mystic gold material itself could absorb impact, shedding most of the force, so Golden Lion did not suffer severe injuries.
He slowly stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Dar, who had landed on the deck, speaking in a deep voice:
“Not a bad punch, kid!”
In reality, Golden Lion was fighting quite frustratingly, just like Bullet had been before.
Dar’s Armament Haki Domain was simply too restrictive for him; within the domain, he couldn’t control seawater or debris to launch attacks against Dar.
He couldn’t control objects while simultaneously blocking the Armament Haki impact, causing his powerful Float-Float Fruit to be almost entirely useless, leaving him only able to use it to strengthen himself for close-quarters combat.
A dignified battle mage forced into close-quarters combat with a tank.
Just then, Hawkeye Mihawk, who was watching the show from the side, slowly drew the black blade yoru from his back, flicked his wrist, and threw the sword directly toward Golden Lion.
“Borrow this.
A dignified Great Swordsman shouldn’t be without a sword in his hand.”
Golden Lion reached out and steadily caught the black blade yoru, his fingertips brushing over the cold blade, a flash of admiration in his eyes:
“Good sword!
Hahaha!!!
Thanks, kid!”
Dar immediately put on a pitiful expression and looked at Mihawk:
“Hawkeye, whose side are you on anyway?”
Mihawk snorted coldly, his tone still aloof:
“I just don’t like watching a Great Swordsman fight with vulgar fists.”
Good grief, with one sentence, he had offended all the physical cultivators in the world.
“Hahaha!!!”
Golden Lion laughed loudly, “Well said!
Pure physical cultivators are beneath notice, vulgar to the extreme; how can they compare to the dashing and handsome style of us swordsmen!”
Dar was so angry that his face turned black on the spot, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists.
These days, is there even a hierarchy of contempt in fighting?
He stared fixedly at Golden Lion in front of him, gritting his teeth as he spoke:
“Today, I’ll let you see what a battle mage of the physical cultivation world looks like!”
As he finished speaking, he shaped his hands into guns and held them at his waist, and a massive amount of Armament Haki surged into his fingertips like a tidal wave.
“Namu Gatling, Explosion Finger Pistol!”
“Da-da-da-da-da-da————!!!”
It was as if Dar was holding two heavy Gatling guns; countless transparent air Bullets, imbued with explosive power, poured out wildly from his fingertips, densely enveloping Golden Lion.
“Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom————!!!”
Golden Lion was instantly swallowed by the dense explosions.
Within Dar’s Armament Haki Domain, his position was locked tight; no matter how he dodged, the explosions followed him like a shadow.
Finally, Golden Lion was completely enraged by the explosions.
He gripped the black blade yoru in his hand tightly, and his Haki erupted throughout his body.
“Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley!”
Countless fine and sharp slash waves erupted from the blade, meeting Dar’s Explosion Finger Pistol.
The two were clashing from a distance; sword light and explosions collided constantly, forming a brief stalemate.
A cold sneer curled at the corner of Dar’s mouth.
Since ancient times, the one on the right wins in a beam struggle, and it’s the same for clashing—he was standing on the right!
“Fist Cannon!”
A giant vacuum bomb, dozens of times larger than the previous Finger Pistol, condensed on his right fist.
It was so fast that it was almost invisible to the naked eye, carrying a terrifying aura that tore through space as it blasted straight toward Golden Lion.
This was also a new killer move he had developed based on the Finger Pistol—
Compressing Armament Haki and the power of the Explosion-Explosion Fruit to the extreme in the palm of his fist, then releasing it all in an instant.
The speed was too fast; Golden Lion had no time to dodge and could only take it head-on.