One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me

Chapter 377 Ancient Weapons, Lifting Up the World!

To date, although Roy has long recognized the irreconcilable differences between himself and Im.

However, he had never actually met Im in person—they had only confronted each other through bloodline factors in Dressrosa, and in Doflamingo's memory, they had only exchanged a distant glance across the barrier of memory.

Until this moment.

Roy finally witnessed firsthand the demeanor of this king of the world.

Although at this point, Im was still clearly just a phantom.

However, one can still vaguely make out the appearance of this world king, the god of the abyss.

As mentioned before, its appearance is similar to that of a demon—its body is surrounded by black flames, and it has wings and a long tail on its back.

Those golden eyes, layered like the Rinnegan in "Ninja Village Clashes," were now coldly staring at him.

"I've got you, enemy of God."

Chi said this.

This statement is not unfounded.

Because at this point, Roy had already noticed it as well.

His abilities were being rapidly suppressed—he wanted to leave using the Door-Door Fruit, but he couldn't find that feeling of being able to freely open up space like before.

Even the Drum of Liberation of the Nika Fruit seemed unable to be struck by him at this moment.

Or to be more precise—Roy could sense that the essence of those abilities, those "desires," still existed within him. But

"The bloodline factor energy cannot be mobilized—no... it is 'suppressed'."

He keenly grasped the facts.

With Im's appearance, the bloodline factor energy that he could originally draw upon would inexplicably "disappear" the moment he did so. Of course, it wasn't a true disappearance, but rather because all the bloodline factor energy permeating the surroundings belonged to Im's "Abyssal Power".

When Roy's bloodline factor energy is activated, it's like a transparent drop of water appearing in a black glass; it will naturally be immediately stained black—it seems to disappear on the surface, but in reality, it's just suppressed by darkness.

"They are the Five Elders."

At this moment, Roy felt an unprecedented sense of awe.

He had realized what had happened.

This is a conspiracy. When the Five Elders descended, they clearly carried a higher than normal amount of bloodline factor energy. Their purpose wasn't for Im to incite the Five Elders to fight the Star Lord, but simply for this very moment.

"Sacrificing the Five Elders to release the 'Abyssal Power' within them... using those powers that symbolize the essence of Im to create this formation?"

And that's not all.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, the huge magic circle centered on Roy and Im's phantoms was visible.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the entire Ghost Island began to undergo a sudden and dramatic change.

The ground began to rise, and huge pillars began to emerge from beneath the ground, dragging the small part of "Ghost Island" where Roy was located into the sky, like an "execution".

A pitch-black light enveloped the enormous execution site.

Harald, Yamato, and Ace were all blasted away the instant the execution was raised.

"Hey, who are you?!"

Although Ace was unaware of the situation, he could naturally tell that the current situation was clearly not good.

So he gritted his teeth and transformed into a ball of flame, flying backward.

But

"Buzz!"

Just as he approached the dark light barrier, he was horrified to discover that his figure, which had already completed its elemental transformation, had instantly reverted to a flesh and blood body the moment he got close to the dark light barrier.

"What?!"

Ace frowned instantly, but the powerful recoil sent him flying, crashing heavily to the ground below. Although he managed to stand up a moment later despite the pain, his expression as he looked at the "executioner" rising higher and higher in the sky was one of utter horror.

"What the hell is this, Star Lord! Can't we try to escape!?"

He growled like that.

There's no way to escape.

Meanwhile, Roy, who was watching this scene, had already made a simple but clear judgment.

Since his bloodline factor energy is unusable, he cannot escape from within.

At the same time, a sufficient number of Pillars of the Abyss ensured that rescue efforts from the outside world could not be completed.

"I see... Not only did they sacrifice the bloodline energy within the Five Elders, but they also exploited their cooperation with Kaido—was everything for this moment?"

He nodded thoughtfully, looking at Im in front of him: "How ruthless."

Yes.

At this point, he had already realized it.

Everything happening in Wano Country right now is a conspiracy.

A conspiracy to make the Star Lord appear and trap him.

They collaborated with one of the Four Emperors among the pirates, using the guise of cooperation to send the "Pillar of the Abyss" to Onigashima, and then instigated Kaido to attack Totto Land, along with Harald.

"To die for Mother in exchange for the chance to kill another god—this is their honor."

Im looked coldly at the Star Lord below.

"And you... once you learn that Harald's soul still exists, you will surely go to save him."

Chi seems to know quite a bit about Luo Yi.

Whether it's due to the alliance between the Zodiac and the Giants, the appreciation for Harald in the original work, or Harald's power itself... Roy would indeed go to save him.

"You even temporarily left your divine kingdom for that lower realm called 'Totland'."

"That's where you fall short."

Im looked calmly at Roy.

Over the long years, Chi has rarely spoken so much to the same person, let alone in such an equal manner.

However, unlike Chi, who acknowledged that Roy was indeed qualified to be called "God" just like Chi.

So in the past, Chi had been waiting for an opportunity.

Chi could tell at a glance the bloodline factor energy within the "Ester" ship. He could tell that it was the Star Lord's divine kingdom. Therefore, Chi never attacked the Ester ship. In Chi's current state, even if he sent out his troops, he would not be able to kill the Star Lord within his divine kingdom.

But Chi Shen knew the Star Lord's greatest "weakness".

"As a 'god,' you are too weak and young—confined to some boring and useless things."

"That's precisely why you failed."

Having said that, Im's cold gaze seemed to have secured his victory.

Meanwhile...

Roy could also see it.

The red light slowly rose from the sky.

Or to be more precise...

"Buzz!"

At this point, it wasn't just Roy.

Throughout Onigashima, Wano Country, and even the surrounding seas, one could see the endless energy gathering in the sky.

"What...what is that!?"

At this moment, Ace and Yamato stared wide-eyed.

Their Observation Haki was frantically telling them that what was in the sky was extremely dangerous.

That was definitely not lightning or any other natural phenomenon.

Rather, it is some kind of irresistible, incredible...powerful weapon!

And at this moment, beneath the mask surrounded by the radiance of stars.

Looking at the crimson glow in the sky, Roy recognized what it was.

That was a weapon that appeared in the original work, which instantly obliterated the "Lulusia Kingdom" with a single blow, causing the sea level of the entire world to rise.

Even Roy wasn't entirely sure what that thing was—he only knew that it seemed to be some kind of ancient technological creation that required a "mother fire" as an energy source to activate.

However, Vegapunk had already betrayed the World Government and joined the Zodiac before inventing the Mother Spark.

Therefore, Roy originally thought that this terrifying weapon might be unusable by Im.

But now it seems...

"Im still possesses the Mother Flame... no, it should be called the 'Eternal Flame'?"

Roy's mind raced: "But if that's the case, why didn't he use this to deal with the Twelve Constellations before—whether it was Egghead Island or Dressrosa, he clearly had a chance."

Before he could even process what was happening, he had already realized what was going on.

The answer is obvious—there are only two reasons why an extremely powerful weapon is used with utmost caution.

First, it would cause a huge catastrophe for the whole world—but this is obviously not the reason for Im, who is the "Abyss" and intended to let the sea submerge the world.

Therefore, there is only one answer.

"This weapon, or the 'Eternal Flame' in Im's hands, can only be used once."

"Therefore, he must be cautious—he must be certain that the star lord who appears is truly the 'original body,' and he must be certain that he can completely kill the opponent before he can use it."

That's why it's worth it even if we lose the bloodline factor energy from Kaido and the Five Elders.

And it was at the very moment that Roy thought of this.

He then saw it with a start.

Above the sky, the enormous red light that had illuminated the entire sky and was large enough to completely envelop the entire Oni Island and half of Wano Country was rapidly shrinking.

Or to be more precise—that power is being compressed.

It gets smaller and smaller.

However, at the same time, the sense of threat it brings is getting stronger and stronger.

And finally.

When the red light was compressed to just cover the area of ​​"execution," its terrifying power even caused the surrounding space to distort continuously.

Looking at that distorted red light, everyone present had no doubt that the power contained within it could destroy everything in the world.

"In the distant past, the Moon People planted the seeds of creation in the world, creating the world and enslaving everything in it."

"When the beings of the world begin to rebel, they will reshape everything, including the Pillars of Creation, with the 'Rainbow of Judgment.' Until in the distant past, the liberation warriors known as 'Nika' led the overthrow of everything—the First World, the era ruled by the 'Moon' came to an end, and the Rainbow Light was extinguished forever."

"He destroyed the world, and he also reshaped it."

Seeing that the kind of creature that had troubled him for decades was about to meet its end, Im seemed quite interested in talking about it.

He spoke softly of the secrets from the past, though almost no one in the world could understand him.

"And now, the rainbow shines once more."

"It will proclaim that the era after 11 belongs to Mu."

"The era that belongs to the 'Abyss'"

The words fell.

From the top of his head.

The red light, representing destruction, suddenly fell!

"ⅠⅠ"

The red light was very fine, but it gave Roy an unprecedented feeling of "coldness".

"Bloodline Factor Source Energy!!"

He instantly grasped the essence of that red light—it was some kind of manipulated, extremely concentrated bloodline factor energy. And as it fell, Roy even clearly saw the darkness symbolizing Im's power being easily sliced ​​apart.

"People of the Moon"

Im's words of victory just now shocked Roy even more.

Because if he hadn't misunderstood what Im meant.

"This world was once ruled by the Moon People—they brought the 'Pillars of Creation' from beyond the heavens, creating and enslaving everything in the world."

"Whenever a civilization in the world grows to a certain level, they destroy the Pillars of Creation for that generation, annihilate all living beings, and then plant new Pillars of Creation?"

Roy could almost imagine the despair of that era.

The world is like a petri dish, or a bonsai—everything is arbitrarily shaped, destroyed, and then shaped again.

"It wasn't until Nika led all the races in the world to rebel against them that the long, unrecorded era finally came to an end." "And the shadow born from the last remaining pillar of creation that was never destroyed by the Moon People, is that 'Im'?" He seemed to have finally glimpsed the oldest source of this world.

But clearly, that's not the key point.

The key point is...

According to Im, this "Rainbow of Judgment" was the weapon used by the ancient people to destroy everything in the world, including the Pillars of Creation. And the ability to destroy the Pillars of Creation meant that anything in this world would be absolutely destroyed by it.

Any Devil Fruit ability, any bloodline factor, source energy, or desire may be "nullified" under this power!

"No matter what, we must not be hit!"

Roy had already realized this.

This moment is perhaps the most dangerous he has ever been since he came into this world.

But the more dangerous the situation, the calmer Roy seemed to become.

With their abilities unusable and no outside help available, everything seemed to be in dire straits.

But

"It's not a dead end."

The words fell.

"boom!"

From beneath the distant sea, a deafening roar could be heard—the sound came from below Wano Country.

And it came along with a huge sound.

"Boom!"

It was an extremely powerful tremor.

"Im".

At the same time, Roy's gaze fell on Im.

He called upon God's name without any fear.

"You won't drag this world into the abyss."

"I will lift it up."