“Are you a two-sword-style swordsman too?”
Looking at the two swords in Morin’s hands, a trace of surprise appeared in Golden Lion’s eyes.
He could tell that Morin had some attainment in swordsmanship, but not much.
“To actually use two-sword style in front of me…
I don’t know whether I should praise you for your courage or your ignorance.”
Looking at Morin before him, Golden Lion felt as if he had been insulted.
“Come on, Golden Lion.
Let me see how much strength you still have!”
Morin raised both swords upward, and a cross-shaped slash flew toward Golden Lion.
“Brat, you actually dare to look down on me?
I’m Golden Lion!”
Golden Lion kicked out, and the slash drawn by his left foot shattered the slash Morin had swung out.
They were both flying slashes, but Morin’s current swordsmanship cultivation was still far behind Golden Lion’s.
Morin was not surprised by this result at all.
After his flying slash was shattered, Morin had already arrived in front of Golden Lion.
Clang!
The longswords in Morin’s hands collided with the famous swords tied to Golden Lion’s legs.
Immediately after, the two began exchanging blows at high speed.
“Are you a beast?
You actually have this kind of physique!”
Golden Lion’s legs were numbed by the force of Morin’s twin swords.
As a powerhouse who stood at the peak of the sea, Golden Lion’s physique was also extremely strong.
But now, in terms of strength, he was actually at a disadvantage.
During all his years on the sea, only that monster Big Mom had ever been able to crush him with raw physique.
However, Big Mom only knew the battle techniques of the giant race.
She had not achieved much in swordsmanship.
The Morin before him was different.
Not only was his physique absurdly powerful, but his swordsmanship was also becoming more and more refined.
“Hm?
How is your swordsmanship improving so quickly?”
Golden Lion finally noticed that something was wrong.
The way he looked at Morin was like he was looking at a monster.
Morin’s swordsmanship had clearly been crude just now.
He had relied entirely on his monster-like physique to forcefully withstand Golden Lion.
Yet how much time had passed?
Morin’s swordsmanship was already almost able to contend with Golden Lion’s, and there were already traces of Golden Lion’s own style in his techniques.
If Golden Lion were not certain that his swordsmanship teacher had long since died, he would have suspected that Morin was a fellow disciple from the same school.
To learn his swordsmanship to this extent in such a short period of time, Golden Lion had never encountered a monster like Morin before.
“Come on, then.
Let me see just how far you can learn!”
Golden Lion looked at Morin as if he were looking at a precious treasure.
Then, without holding anything back, he displayed all of his swordsmanship before Morin.
Under Golden Lion’s deliberate feeding, Morin’s swordsmanship began advancing by leaps and bounds.
“Sister, don’t you think this duel looks a lot like the one between Lord Morin and Strawberry?”
As the three Boa sisters watched the battle, Boa Sandersonia suddenly turned to Boa Hancock and spoke.
Back when Morin had dueled Strawberry, Morin had been an outsider at the start who could not even hold a sword properly.
By the end of the battle, it had been as if two Strawberries were fighting each other.
That battle was so similar to the one before them now.
In the eyes of the three Boa sisters, it no longer looked like Morin and Golden Lion were fighting.
It looked like two Golden Lions were engaged in a swordsmanship duel.
The swordsmanship Morin was using now had become completely identical to Golden Lion’s.
If one ignored the difference in their physiques, the two of them looked almost like the same person.
“Morin, to think you can actually reach this level.
If only you had been born thirty years earlier!”
Golden Lion laughed loudly.
He had never encountered anyone as terrifying as Morin.
Golden Lion only had to use a sword technique once, and Morin could immediately use it as well.
He could even correct the small flaws within that move.
In Golden Lion’s prime, he had been the strongest great swordsman on the sea.
If he had encountered Morin back then, perhaps his swordsmanship could have advanced even further than it had now.
“Is this all you can do, Golden Lion?”
“If that’s the case, then hand Merveille over to me.”
Morin forced Golden Lion back with a single sword strike and asked him.
The current Golden Lion felt far inferior to Borsalino in Morin’s eyes.
Golden Lion had clearly once been a fierce man who stormed Marineford alone and could fight Sengoku and Garp, two admiral-level combatants, for three days and three nights at the same time.
Had the current Golden Lion really fallen this far?
“Am I being underestimated?”
Golden Lion took a deep drag of his cigar, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Then, he used both hands to remove his two famous swords from his legs.
Although he no longer had both legs, because of the Float-Float Fruit, Golden Lion could still hover in the sky.
“Merveille is connected to my future grand plan.
I can’t give it to you now!”
Golden Lion’s twin swords were coated in Armament Haki.
With the enhancement of the Float-Float Fruit, his speed was not any slower than Borsalino’s.
“Do you know what it means to be a two-sword-style swordsman?”
“Whether in sword-swinging speed or the frequency of releasing slashes, two-sword-style swordsmen are twice as fast as ordinary swordsmen!”
With the famous swords Oto and Kogarashi in his hands, Golden Lion’s sword-swinging speed became far faster than when he had used his feet.
Perhaps this swordsmanship was Golden Lion’s strongest state.
But it was useless.
Morin had already learned eighty percent of Golden Lion’s swordsmanship.
Even now that Golden Lion was using Armament Haki on his swords, he still could not defeat Morin.
“What a pity.
The current you still can’t defeat me!”
Morin rapidly swung his swords while speaking to Golden Lion.
With the support of his powerful physique, Morin’s one-handed sword-swinging speed had already caught up to Golden Lion’s.
Bloodshot veins began spreading through Golden Lion’s pupils.
“Since I can’t take you down with swordsmanship, then let me show you the power of my Float-Float Fruit!”
As Golden Lion roared furiously, the surrounding soil and stones slowly began to float.
“Lion Majesty: Earth Bind!”
The entire ground was lifted up by Golden Lion.
The soil and stone transformed into multiple lion heads nearly a hundred meters tall, crushing toward Morin.
“Then let me show you my fruit ability too!”
Morin transformed into the Ant King Meruem form once more, and his strength rose along with his physique.
As those stone lion heads roared and charged toward Morin, Morin’s fist also swung fiercely toward them.
Under Morin’s fist wrapped in Armament Haki, those lion heads were smashed into dust that filled the sky.
“Use Conqueror’s Coating.
Ordinary attacks can’t injure my physique.”
Morin calmly walked out from the smoke and dust, speaking to Golden Lion, who held swords in both hands.
“You actually know about Conqueror’s Coating.
You really aren’t an ordinary person!”
Golden Lion raised both swords, and his Conqueror’s Haki began wrapping around them.
“Is it finally coming?
Conqueror’s Coating!”
Morin’s eyes locked tightly onto Golden Lion.
He would soon be able to learn Conqueror’s Coating.
Under Morin’s expectant gaze, Golden Lion’s body began to tremble, and cold sweat appeared on his face.
Then, Golden Lion’s twin swords fell to the ground.
He clutched his head in pain and began rolling across the ground.
“Can you even do it, weakling?”
Looking at Golden Lion suddenly dropping the ball, Morin could not help roasting him.