Chapter 182

There's nothing to be done—Golden Lion doesn't want to yield, but now it's not a matter of whether he yields or not.

It's that no matter what, he has to serve this kid.

Even death can't escape being enslaved by him—what choice is there?

Golden Lion is indeed unruly, but that depends on the situation; in this case, his unruliness leads to this outcome.

Namely, getting killed and having his fruit extracted, then teaming up with the Lone Crimson and Whitebeard to become the Death Trio.

Anyway, whether horizontally or vertically, he's serving this kid, so he might as well be comfortable, preserve his personality, and stay alive—wouldn't that be better? Besides, the opponent's strength is indeed formidable, and Golden Lion admits it; at least surrendering doesn't lose face! "Hahaha! I knew Old Lion, you'd definitely make the right choice—look, isn't this good?" Luode patted Golden Lion's shoulder, signaling Kaido to put him down.

"Hahaha! Captain, please guide me in the future—I'll entrust this old bone to you." Golden Lion laughed heartily.

I can't help it—I'm also helpless!

"Following me brings great benefits—you're old, but that doesn't matter; I'll restore your twenty-year-old youth." Luode mobilized the life energy within his body.

He directly gave Golden Lion a major transformation, turning this seventy-plus-year-old old lion into a twenty-something-year-old young blond handsome guy.

This benefit Kaido and Charlotte Lingling Kaido both have—becoming young is basic welfare, after all, our life energy is sufficient now!

"This! I, I actually became young again, I regained the strength of my youth—no! Stronger than when I was young." Golden Lion stared at his body, speaking in disbelief.

In his youth, it felt like he could never exhaust his strength, full of vigor—he felt it again, and because of the desperation potion, Golden Lion's strength now surpasses his youthful prime.

What devil fruit ability is this? What devil fruit ability is this? Isn't this too powerful?

With this strength, gathering them together—this kid's ambition, even the Pirate King would pale in comparison! "Golden Lion, follow me, and you'll definitely be glad you made today's decision.

Don't say making you young—living a few hundred more years isn't a problem." Luode patted Golden Lion's shoulder.

"Hahaha! Looks like I picked the right person, Captain—you have more guts than that Roxas guy!" Golden Lion laughed loudly.

"Kaido! Take Golden Lion first to drink a cup of fel blood, then bring him over—we'll sign a demon contract, then send him to Azeroth to learn how to use rage." Luode spoke.

Fel power and such are standard issue for Luode's subordinates now; rage, however, needs to be learned. Golden Lion also belongs to that type of open-and-shut combat style—rage suits over 90% of strongers in the pirate world.

"Thanks, boss—by the way, I recommend a few old-timers to you; these old-timers are very suitable to join your death knight ranks." Golden Lion revealed a smirk.

"Oh! Who do you want to recommend? If they're too weak, I won't take them—at least they need Whitebeard Red Count's level of strength." Luode looked at Golden Lion with interest.

"Fleet Admiral Buddha Sengoku, or Naval Hero Garp, or Steel Bone Kong, Black Wrist Zepha—Captain, don't just stare at pirates; the navy also has top-tier masters."

"Hahaha! You old lion are quite sly—those you mentioned are all your old rivals.

If Pirate King Roger weren't already dead, you'd probably count him too, huh?" Kaido laughed loudly from the side.

The reason this old lion was locked in Impel Down back then was because he lost to Garp and Sengoku working together—so now this old lion wants to frame those two.

By the way, take a look at the World Government and other navies.

"Hmm! Your suggestion isn't bad, but the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse also need to be swordsmanship experts—these two guys are just fist-and-foot masters.

In terms of swordsmanship, they're still lacking." Luode spoke.

In the navy, those slightly stronger in swordsmanship are just that one admiral candidate Peach Rabbit—her swordsmanship should have reached Grand Sword Master level.

Besides that, it's the future navy admiral Fujitora One Smile—this old blind man is also a swordsmanship expert.

Frankly, to build the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, if there's no female knight to take on the looks duty, it's hard to justify—originally, the looks duty was held by Big Mom.

Cough cough! No! No! Big Mom didn't become young, so she can't take the looks duty—she'd be more suited for the ugliness duty.

"Tsk, among the younger generation, there aren't any masters—just a bunch of pirates playing house, you know? Cough cough! Of course, Captain, you're the exception." Golden Lion said disdainfully, but after seeing Luode's smiling eyes, he immediately corrected himself.

Just kidding—he wouldn't dare offend this Captain.

"Old Lion, face reality! This era's young strongers have risen—they're not weaklings, for example, a certain world's number one Grand Sword Master." Kaido glanced at Golden Lion.

Old Lion still refuses to acknowledge the younger generation's masters—a certain world's number one Grand Sword Master, a certain red-haired Four Emperor—their swordsmanship, which one is worse than yours?

"As for Hawk-Eye, he might actually be willing to join us." Kaido said. "That's worth considering." Luode nodded—Hawk-Eye indeed might.

The remaining two death knight candidates are still plenty—pirate world swordsmanship masters, or not swordsmanship masters, they can still be death knights!

"Do you know any female Grand Sword Masters? The strong-willed type—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse consist of three men and one woman." Luode asked.

"The strongest is Charlotte Lingling—among female Grand Sword Masters, she's first; next is that navy's, the sister of Admiral Crane, Peach Rabbit—but her strength can only be said to be barely passable." Golden Lion spoke.

What nonsense—if strength is enough, why must we find a woman?

"I know, alright—you go first! We'll consider this slowly—anyway, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren't rushing to fill all spots at once." Luode waved his hand, signaling Kaido to take Golden Lion away—first drink a can of fel blood, then talk.

Kaido nodded, took Golden Lion, and left.

"Come on, Old Lion—I'll take you to drink some green energizing good stuff."

"Tch! I always feel you little bastard want to harm me."

"Absolutely not—after drinking it, you'll become much stronger.

Just now, Captain defeated you with that kind of green energy—you should still remember it vividly, right?" Kaido said, then looked at Golden Lion.

Old fogey, I just don't believe you won't take the bait—when Luode uses fel power, he educates you so thoroughly you can't stand it.

In terms of attack power and destructive power, plus the life-destroying attribute—fel is second to none, absolutely no force dares claim first.

"Oh! That kind of green weird ability? That's not a devil fruit ability—it can actually be learned." Golden Lion instantly perked up.

"Exactly, exactly—it's drinking a kind of miraculous blood—come on! I'll take you to drink."

Kaido brought Golden Lion to Ghost Island, then had someone fetch a large barrel of pre-stored fel blood, and thoughtfully heated it up.

"Come drink! Old Lion—after drinking it, you'll gain a demon transformation ability, similar to a Zoan fruit ability.

This way, you'll be equivalent to having three devil fruit abilities—if developed well, your strength will definitely be formidable." Kaido handed the large barrel of fel blood to Golden Lion.

"Hmph! Since I've already boarded your son-in-law's ship, Old Man won't regret it." Golden Lion coldly snorted, took the fel blood from Kaido's Empire, and gulped it all down in one go.

Gloop, gloop, gloop.

Golden Lion wasted not a drop—he drank the entire barrel of fel blood, and after the fel blood entered his belly.

Golden Lion's body immediately began to change—his body started trembling nonstop, a stream of green energy began flowing through his entire body, even his eyes began emitting green light.

Golden Lion's body began to change—a pair of demon horns grew on his head, his hands turned into demon claws, and strange fel runes lit up across his body.

A pair of massive fel wings sprouted from Golden Lion's back, and his height increased noticeably.

"This power, this power, it's really not bad, you kid actually didn't lie to me, so strong, so violent."

The golden lion, transformed into demon form, was overjoyed; in this moment, the golden lion even felt he could do it again, as if he could challenge a certain captain.

"Give up your foolish thoughts! Old lion, since Luode gave you these things, he must be confident he can absolutely suppress you, so don't think too much." Kaido coldly snorted, erupted with an even fiercer aura, and then completed the demon dragon transformation.

"Hmph! Brat, you think the captain can suppress me, you can too? If you've got the guts, come one-on-one."

The golden lion looked at Kaido, quite impolite, his strength suddenly surged considerably; he really wanted to find someone to duel.

"Old lion, I just happen to be itching for a fight, come on! Let's go to the sky with me." Kaido's body directly turned into a giant dragon and flew up into the sky.

The golden lion didn't want to be outdone, flew up into the sky together; after a while, fierce collision sounds and fighting noises came from above Ghost Island.

"Oh dear, ah! Woo woo! Oh!"

Kaido once again made the golden lion know what is meant by there being heavens beyond heaven and people beyond people.

In just over ten minutes, he grabbed the bruised and swollen old lion and came down; at this moment, the golden lion had begun to doubt life.

Could it be, could it be that I am a good-for-nothing? (End of chapter)