Chapter 276: The Lion's Might

Boom!

The vast, boundless sea trembled suddenly, as if pulled by a huge force from below. Countless waves scattered and converged, slowly forming several massive, sky-covering sea-blue lion heads, which roared silently toward the heavens!

"Flying ability! Brat, you're also a Devil Fruit user." The Golden Lion stared at Adrian from a distance, confidence in his voice.

From their previous swordsmanship clash, the Golden Lion had discerned that his opponent, like him, could move freely in the air. But it was clear he wasn't using the clumsy and energy-consuming technique known as Moonwalk.

It had to be the special power of a Devil Fruit!

The Golden Lion burst into wild laughter.

"Jihahahaha! As a Devil Fruit user, how will you contend with these monstrous sea lions?"

Adrian gazed at the colossal, sky-roaring blue lion heads on the sea below, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.

Undoubtedly, when it came to visual spectacle and special effects, the Float-Float Fruit was in a league of its own!

Among the many Paramecia-type Devil Fruits, purely in terms of spectacle, perhaps only the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit could compare.

The Float-Float Fruit allows the user or other objects to break free from gravity and float in the air, and they can freely manipulate and control those floating inanimate objects. Its upper limit remained unknown.

This is indeed a very powerful Paramecia Devil Fruit!

But the real strength of the Float-Float Fruit lay more in its strategic value!

After all, no one can stand having a ruthless person who floats above their head all day long and can drop an island at any time!

However, when one's own strength reaches a certain level, the effect of the Float-Float Fruit is not that great anymore.

In other words, the Float-Float Fruit was a team battle strategic tool, a mobility enhancer.

But it wasn't a single-target attack weapon!

In high-level battles, the Float-Float Fruit's role was more auxiliary.

It adjusted the user's position, enhancing mobility and maneuverability during combat. Combined with the unrivaled dual swordsmanship and unparalleled mastery of the three types of Haki, this was the true source of Flying Pirate Golden Lion Shiki's strength!

For most abilities, the threat of the Golden Lion was beyond imagination!

Because the power of the Float-Float Fruit could also affect the seawater! {It like the water body surrounding an island.}

But...

Who can say that there is only one Devil Fruit that can control and affect seawater?

Shiki reached out and grabbed towards the sea, ready to summon those pale lion heads out of the sea, bite towards the kid opposite, and completely suppress and defeat this Devil Fruit user.

However, at that moment...

Shiki suddenly found that his control over those sea currents was decreasing at an extremely exaggerated speed!

"What?!"

Shiki's pupils shrank slightly, and he suddenly lowered his head to look at the sea below.

He saw that within the colossal sea-blue lion heads, countless white ghosts had appeared out of nowhere. These ghosts gathered, twisting and turned like giant pale water snakes, weaving through the lion heads.

They forcibly anchored the lion heads, preventing them from rising out of the sea!

Ocean Ghost: Furious Tides!

Adrian raised his right index finger, wagging it dismissively at the Golden Lion, his demeanor contemptuous.

"If you want to control the sea, your power is still not enough, Golden Lion."

"You are… White Ghost?!"

Golden Lion immediately recognized Adrian's true identity through this signature ghost ability.

It was only then that he realized that the stranger he had taken a liking to was already a super rookie who had made a big name for himself on the sea

In terms of bounty, he was not far behind this veteran pirate who had been around for many years!

"Jihahahaha! No wonder Newgate gave you such a rare compliment. Your strength has already reached this level!"

The Golden Lion burst into laughter, disregarding the situation, and extended another invitation to Adrian. "White Ghost! Are you interested in joining the Flying Pirates? You can choose any position except for captain!"

"So this is your final offer?" Adrian's eyes narrowed, and a vast, ocean-like pale spiritual pressure surged from his body, indicating that he too was going all out. "But in my view, this offer still doesn't match the value of that Float-Float Fruit!"

Ignoring the delusional, legless lion, Adrian raised his left palm. A dark blue particle of light floated above his palm, quickly transforming into a dazzling dark blue beam that shot towards the Golden Lion with terrifying momentum!

Since he had used the power of the Float-Float Fruit to start the battle, it was time to end it with the power of the Ghost-Ghost Fruit!

"Slash Wave!"

The Golden Lion kicked out, sending a golden flying slash from his famous sword, Oto, which collided mid-air with the ghostly energy beam.

Boom!!

The clash of the two forces erupted into a chaotic shockwave.

White Ghost: Misty Theater.

Adrian's mind moved, and white ghosts gathered from the void behind him and jumped out to form a wide and huge white circular theater under his feet.

Countless ghostly energy beams shot out from the Misty Theater, bombarding the Golden Lion Shiki.

Facing such a dense attack that seemed to cover the sky, even the Golden Lion Shiki didn't dare underestimate it.

A brilliant red light flashed in his eyes as he twisted his body in mid-air. The two famous swords, Oto and Kogarashi, attached to his feet, unleashed multiple giant golden flying slashes capable of splitting mountains and seas, meeting the star-like ghostly energy beams.

"Lion's Thousand Slice Valley!" {獅子・千切谷, Shishi: Senjindani}

The dazzling sword aura fell like a golden brilliance all over the sky, colliding with thousands of cyan lights, everything in the world above and below the sky seemed to be eclipsed at this moment!

Boom boom!!

With the place where the two forces collided as the center, a terrifying wave spread, the white clouds in the sky suddenly tore apart, and several terrifying abysses stretching for thousands of meters suddenly appeared on the sea below, and the waves surged and rolled.

The lion heads that were originally fixed on the sea also instantly disintegrated.

"Lion Menace: Sea Current Cutter!"

Recognizing the opponent's identity and ability, and being in the vast sea, how could the Golden Lion Shiki miss the chance to manipulate seawater?

Without the interference of the Ocean Ghost, a huge wave suddenly rose above the sea area, separated from the sea surface, turned into several floating seawater lion heads, and bit towards Adrian.

"Don't embarrass yourself with this level of ability, Golden Lion."

Adrian's mind moved slightly, and dozens of Ghost Energy Cannons shot out from the Misty Theater, neatly and decisively completely dispersing and evaporating those lion heads in the air, without leaving a drop of water vapor.

"The one-on-one capability of the Float-Float Fruit isn't as great as you imagine!"

"Is that so?"

Accompanying the Golden Lion's retort, another massive island descended from the sky, crashing straight towards Adrian!