One Piece: SSS-Rank Haki at Age Seventeen

The fury erupting within Golden Lion Shiki's chest surged like molten magma, finally shattering the restraints of reason completely.

As a legend of the old era, his first half of life had been the loudest war song upon these seas.

After the fall of the Rocks Pirates, he had dominated the New World with near invincibility.

There were only a handful of people truly capable of clashing with him.

As for those capable of taking his life—

They were nearly nonexistent.

And yet, ever since arriving in Alabasta and encountering this so-called new Yonko crew—

The tides of fate had suddenly reversed.

First, the grand empire he had spent twenty years building was reduced to ashes in a single day.

Then, he had been forced into such a miserable state by a group of upstart rookies.

Even outnumbered—

To Golden Lion Shiki, a man who had spent his entire life crushing all opposition—

This humiliation was absolutely unforgivable.

The rage he had suppressed for so long finally found its outlet, erupting like subterranean lava bursting through the earth with enough violence to destroy everything.

"Even if I must pay a terrible price…"

"Today, I'll bury every one of you arrogant brats!!!"

Shiki roared and spread his arms wide.

The legendary blades Oto and Kogarashi let out dragon-like cries simultaneously.

The two swords rose into the air before landing firmly within his aged yet powerful hands.

The motion reopened old wounds.

Fresh blood immediately poured from his ruined trouser legs where his feet had once been.

But he paid it no attention whatsoever.

And at that exact instant—

A beast-like figure tore through the air with murderous intent.

The swordsman's blade was wrapped in black-purple Haki and terrifying demonic aura, transforming into an arc capable of splitting heaven and earth itself.

"Come on!!"

"Let me see with my own eyes… the swordsmanship of a true legend!!"

Zoro threw back his head and laughed wildly.

He could clearly feel it—

The ultimate sword intent erupting from Shiki was standing on the same summit as Dracule Mihawk's.

The kind of overwhelming sword aura capable of making all blades in the world tremble.

"Then die—!!!"

Shiki's eyes widened furiously.

His golden hair whipped wildly like a lion's mane.

CRACKLE—!!!

The sound of the heavens tearing apart exploded outward.

Boiling black-red lightning spread around him like a massive spiderweb, distorting and scorching the surrounding space itself.

He swung both blades simultaneously.

No fancy technique.

Only two world-cleaving slashes condensed from his lifetime of swordsmanship and monstrous Haki.

The two attacks crossed into a gigantic X-shaped wave of destruction and collided head-on with Zoro's strike.

BOOOOOOM—!!!!

The blades met with an earth-shattering metallic explosion.

But the deadlock lasted only a single instant.

Oto and Kogarashi crushed through Zoro's sword force with unstoppable power—

And plunged deeply into his chest.

SHLK—!!

Blood exploded through the air like blooming crimson thorns.

Zoro's eyes widened violently.

A mouthful of burning blood sprayed from his lips as his body was blasted backward like he'd been struck head-on by an ancient beast.

His figure transformed into a blur as he smashed through wall after wall before disappearing into collapsing ruins and smoke.

"You haven't even discovered your own 'path' yet…"

"And you dare raise a blade against me?"

Shiki slowly lowered his bloodstained swords and looked down disdainfully at the dust cloud below.

Blood dripped slowly from the tips of his blades.

At that moment—

A streak of blazing lightning suddenly tore through the battlefield.

It skimmed across the devastated earth with terrifying speed.

The scorched ground exploded apart beneath it.

The air itself screamed.

Within one-thousandth of a second—

The lightning had already reached Shiki.

Sanji's figure materialized from within the thunder.

His right leg rose high into the air, wrapped in overwhelming lightning like a divine spear of judgment descending from the heavens.

Then he brought it crashing down toward Shiki's skull.

At that instant—

Time itself seemed to slow.

Yet the arrogant curve on Shiki's lips only became clearer within the frozen world.

A low chuckle escaped his throat.

Then—

A massive wave of Conqueror's Haki exploded outward.

Countless crimson-gold lightning bolts wrapped themselves around both swords like living creatures.

Oto and Kogarashi vibrated violently like awakened beasts.

Without the slightest hesitation—

Shiki's muscles bulged as he swung both swords upward in a devastating reverse slash capable of splitting mountains and seas apart.

CLANG—BOOOOOM!!!

Lightning and Haki annihilated one another violently.

Then—

A faint but unmistakable sound echoed through the chaos.

CRACK.

The sound of bone breaking.

"GAAAH—!!"

The lightning around Sanji shattered instantly.

His body transformed into a streak of unstable electricity and was blasted backward even faster than he had arrived.

The wind whipped through Shiki's golden mane as he looked down arrogantly toward Sanji's retreating figure.

Then—

His left hand casually released Oto.

Yet the sword did not fall.

It floated steadily in the air.

"Jihahahahaha…"

"I believe I already said this."

His voice wasn't loud.

But empowered by Haki, it thundered across the entire battlefield.

"Your speed…"

"…is too slow!!"

Before his words even finished—

The floating Oto suddenly spun violently.

Pitch-black Armament Haki and crimson Conqueror's Haki lightning wrapped around the blade together.

Under the perfect control of the Float-Float Fruit—

The sword vibrated sharply.

Then transformed into a black-red beam that ripped through space itself as it shot toward Sanji.

"What?!"

Sanji's pupils shrank to pinpoints.

The black-red streak curved unnaturally through the air.

Death crawled up his spine.

"Damn it!!"

The curse escaped his mouth as his body transformed into blue lightning, zigzagging desperately across the battlefield.

But Oto chased him relentlessly as though alive.

One blue streak.

One black-red streak.

The two lights raced through shattered skies, collapsing forests, and floating islands in a desperate pursuit.

Everywhere they passed, sonic explosions and collapsing terrain followed.

"Jihahahaha!!"

"The way you run…"

"…you look just like a frightened antelope!"

Shiki spread his arms wide in the sky like the director of a grotesque stage play.

"But did you really think…"

"…this hunt would be so simple?"

The next moment—

The entire floating island trembled violently.

The earth rolled and surged like ocean waves.

Countless layers of rock, soil, and buried minerals erupted upward into the sky.

Like an inverted sea, they gathered and reshaped themselves into hundreds of gigantic stone lions towering over the battlefield.

The lions roared silently.

Their hollow eyes locked onto the fleeing blue lightning.

From the heavens above—

It resembled divine apocalypse.

An endless army of stone lions charged from every direction—

From the skies.

From the earth.

From all sides—

Attempting to devour the tiny streak of blue lightning completely.

"So you can control the entire island to this extent too?! Golden Lion!!"

Sanji roared while blasting apart incoming stone lions with lightning kicks.

Fragments exploded everywhere.

But the shattered rock instantly reformed into new beasts under invisible control.

This entire battlefield had become—

Golden Lion Shiki's absolute domain.

Without Law's spatial abilities suppressing him—

The true terrifying power of the Float-Float Fruit was finally revealed completely.

"When fighting against MY island…"

"…you still dare divide your attention elsewhere?"

"How laughably naïve, brat."

Shiki's icy voice echoed directly within Sanji's soul.

Then—

His left hand clenched violently.

The Float-Float Fruit power surrounding Oto erupted instantly.

The black-red sword paused for the briefest moment—

Then accelerated a second time.

Its speed shattered layer after layer of sonic barriers within an instant.

Massive white shockwave clouds exploded behind it as the curved trajectory became a perfectly straight line of death.

"What?!"

Sanji's Observation Haki screamed wildly.

The bells of death rang through his mind.

He turned around in horror.

The world around him seemed to slow down completely—

Except for the rapidly enlarging black-red blade rushing directly toward him.

His face instantly turned pale.

His pupils contracted to their absolute limit.

SHLK.

The horrifying sound of steel piercing flesh echoed clearly.

The black blade wrapped in lingering Conqueror's Haki lightning erupted directly through Sanji's right chest.

Before the pain could even fully register—

The destructive Armament Haki exploded violently inside his body, tearing through his organs and nervous system.

"UGHH—!!"

Blood erupted from his mouth like a waterfall.

The lightning around him vanished instantly.

His body lost all control and plummeted downward like a broken kite.

BOOOOOOM—!!!!

Several gigantic stone lions waiting below instantly surged together like collapsing mountains and swallowed him whole.

Rock piled endlessly atop rock.

Only a few fading sparks of electricity flickered weakly between the cracks before disappearing completely.

"JIHAHAHAHAHAHA—!!!"

Shiki's wild laughter shook the heavens.

He raised one hand casually.

Oto returned obediently to his grasp after piercing through his enemy.

Warm blood slowly dripped from the gleaming blade.

Shiki stood atop the floating island like a demon king.

Beneath him surged endless stone lions.

Above him raged black storm clouds and violent winds responding to his emotions.

Black-red Conqueror's lightning exploded around his body continuously, illuminating him like a monster crawling out of hell itself.

At this moment—

It was as though he had returned to the era where he stood shoulder-to-shoulder against Roger and Whitebeard.

An era where the power in his hands was still enough to shake the entire world.

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