Grand Line’s Lord Of Shadows

Two days later.

The Thriller Bark crosses the Calm Belt again, officially leaving the East Blue and preparing to return.

 The target, the first half of the Grand Line… the Florian Triangle.

On the second training ground, Luke was wearing Sea Prism Stone handcuffs while striking the iron wall crazily.

With a determined look, he kept punching, swinging his legs, elbows, and knees… Even the head, shoulders, back…

He simply transformed into a humanoid weapon that did not hesitate to use his other parts of the body to continuously hit the thick alloy iron without caring if it bled, hurt, or turned numb…

At this moment, he was sweating profusely, but his eyes were firm, and he didn't even frown.

Every part of his body must be turned into the most indestructible weapon that no one can defend against.

Although he don't mind relaxing once in a while, having in-depth discussions and communication with Robin, Perona, Desire or other women, and enjoying a wonderful life, but he would not get overly immersed in it.

Because he has been very clear from beginning to end that the fundamental reason why he wants to have all this for a long time, and enjoy more good things is strength!

Not to mention, his heart was burning with a blazing flame called ambition.

He has always had the ambition to become the strongest in the world.

This is also the reason why Luke has been able to work hard several times more than people for more than ten years, working day and night to practice unremittingly.

Everything stems from his ambition to surpass, dominate, and trample everyone in the sea under his feet!

At this time, a zombie hurried over and reported anxiously to Luke, who was sweating profusely on the training ground: "We have received news through the Den Den Mushi."

"A large number of floating islands were discovered at two o'clock ahead, one hundred nautical miles away!"

"Bang!"

Luke, whose forehead was already extremely red, turned around in surprise: "Floating islands?"

The current Netherworld Pirate, except for the pterosaur flight unit, who is responsible for patrolling and guarding the airspace near the Thriller Bark.

There is also a special scout force composed of zombies created by Luke using the corpses of various birds, such as seagulls and News Coo.

Although it has little combat power, it flies extremely fast and does not attract attention easily.

In all directions of the Thriller Bark, they patrol the conditions of the sea area ahead, with a radius of one hundred nautical miles.

And with human shadows implanted in them, they are able to speak like normal humans.

Moreover, they are specially equipped with Den Den Mushi to report any abnormalities as soon as possible.

Creating a timely feedback.

"Yes, I have confirmed it again and again..."

The zombie braced himself and responded cautiously: "According to the scouts, the islands are all floating in the sky!"

At first, he couldn't believe it when he heard such exaggerated news.

But the zombie responsible for patrolling the sea area ahead repeatedly assured him on the Den Den Mushi.

So, he didn't dare to delay and rushed over to report.

"The Golden Lion Pirates?"

Luke's eyes narrowed, and then he took the towel from another zombie and couldn't help but smile: "It's interesting..."

Hearing the words floating islands, and it's also in the Calm Belt where the East Blue intersects with the Grand Line.

He immediately confirmed that it should be Shiki's lair.

Since the other party cut off his legs and escaped from the Impel Down more than ten years ago, he seems to have disappeared, keeping a low profile and never showing up again.

But Luke naturally knew.

Shiki is planning something.

Initially, during the Battle of Edd War, the powerful Golden Lion Pirates, led by Shiki, forced the Roger Pirates into dire straits, but a sudden powerful storm saved the Roger Pirates, who were at the end of their rope.

It also destroyed Shiki's ambition.

All the elite members of the Golden Lion Pirates were lost.

There were only two or three kittens left, and even the Golden Lion had a rudder stuck in its head.

It cannot be taken off easily; otherwise, it will endanger his life.

No one know whether it was because of the influence of the rudder, but Shiki, who had a brain problem, began to admire Gol D. Roger, who could be said to have climbed to the top of the mountain with Golden Lion Pirates as stepping stone, broke into the legendary final island, Laugh Tale, and became the Pirate King.

Moreover, after learning that Roger was arrested by the Marines and was going to be publicly executed by East Blue, which is recognized as the weakest in the world and has always been the most despised, this result is unacceptable to Shiki.

He actually went crazy and rushed into Marine Headquarters alone, asking the Marine to hand over Roger to him.

As a result, Sengoku, who was still the Admiral at that time, and Garp jointly suppressed and imprisoned him in Impel Down.

.........

After Roger was executed and two years of silence in Impel Down, Shiki, the Float-Float Fruit user, resolutely cut off his legs to get rid of the Sea Prism Stone shackles and escaped out of Impel Down.

As a result, he accidentally came to an island called Merveille.

He discovered that not only were there a large number of huge and extremely violent beasts on it but also that this mutation was caused by a plant called IQ.

As soon as his head twitched, he began to retire and devote himself to studying IQ plants.

He prepares to cultivate a large number of giant beasts and release them directly into the East Blue to retaliate against the World Government and Marine in an attempt to use this method to force the World Government to compromise with him.

In fact, in Luke's opinion, he was completely out of his mind.

But it is undeniable that as a legendary pirate who once stood on par with Roger and Whitebeard,  Shiki's strength is real.

Even if it was because of the influence of the rudder and the loss of both legs.

He is still the unbelievably powerful lion that roars all over the world.

"Hey, Golden Lion..."

For a while, Luke clenched his fists tightly.

The glistening sweat kept dripping down.

Those perfect muscle lines couldn't help but bulge and tighten.

Staring at the sea in front of him, Luke's eyes became fiery, revealing a vast fighting spirit: "Let me verify for myself how much power the Golden Lion, who was once famous in the sea, still has left!"

He wants to become stronger quickly.

He absolutely cannot hide in a corner all day long and practice step by step.

He can only continue to fight against the strong, engage in the fiercest battles, and risk his life…

This is the catalyst to make himself stronger quickly, and it is also the best shortcut.

But the price of failure may be death.

"Give the order to stop advancing!"

After making a decision, Luke did not hesitate to give the order directly.

He's a man of great skill and thinks that he can protect himself with the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.

Even facing such a legendary and famous pirate in the past, he was not afraid.

But considering Shiki's Devil Fruit ability is too exaggerated.

If the time comes, and he goes crazy, several islands fall down from high altitude, or he directly uses his devil fruit ability to make the giant ship float into the sky… That would be a huge loss.