I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 709 Cannot Fly

"Water breaks the waves!"

One of the Sea Kingdom's beings opened his mouth and spat out a straight, high-pressure stream of water, which suddenly slashed towards the giant sea turtle.

"Dance with me, Azure!"

The human superhuman wielding the water-flowing longsword moves with water flowing around his entire body, making it both offensive and defensive.
They were locked in a fierce battle with a swarm of wildly flying four-winged bats.

"Tide, I have returned—"

Because of that 'giant whale', the ocean began to reject sea kings and sea creatures;

However, with so many water-attribute beings present, the water flow they created was still considerable; the massive, high-speed rotating water flow swept across the battlefield, knocking over a group of rare and exotic beasts.

The Sea Kingdom's attributes are singular, and their numbers are fewer than the rare beasts under the command of the Eight Heroes; however, through mutual cooperation and united will, they are evenly matched.

Those who dare to step into this battlefield are all at least Wolf-level, and only Tiger-level can be considered Captain-level. The fighting is quite impressive in terms of both sound and light effects and power impact.

"Hahaha, this is even better than back then?!"

At the summit of the thousand-meter-high mountain, Teach, who had caused all of this, watched it all with a maniacal laugh.
Before he could finish speaking, a sudden sense of danger from beside him caused black mud to instinctively emerge from half of his body!
crackling and popping

bang————

The kick, wrapped in black lightning, slammed heavily onto Teach's raised, muddy arm.

Tap tap tap,

Suddenly attacked, the tall, mud-covered body staggered and moved sideways a few steps; a figure suddenly appeared where Teach had just been, kicking out horizontally.

Cervantes Romain!

His "Water Instantaneous Movement" technique allows him to teleport to places with water, which is also the reason why he dared to say that he would save Ah Long.

As for the question of where the water came from...
"Roman?"

With tears and snot streaming down his face, Ah Long looked up and saw the face he had looked down on, as well as the hand that had slapped him down.

If Roman touches him, he can immediately teleport away with Aaron—

"Hello,"

? !
Just as his five fingers were about to touch Ah Long,
The sound from behind made Roman's hair stand on end.

"If you want to save people, you—"

boom----! ! !
The next moment, a figure flew down from the mountaintop and crashed into the mountainside like a cannonball.

Damn, that dragon-shaped monster in the lava is so fast?
brush,

Amidst the exploding earth and rocks, Roman suddenly rolled over and sat up, ignoring the sharp pain in his back, and looked up at the mountain peak:

However, whether it was Teach, who had just regained his footing, Arlong, who hadn't reacted yet, or the Red Dragon 'Grodora', who was calmly waiting in the crater next to them, they were all exactly the same as before!

that--

"Where are you looking?"

The voice rang out behind him again, and just as Roman tensed his muscles, preparing to take the hit before he could turn around.

Bang! ! !
A dull thud came from behind, along with:
"Roman, I'm here to help you!"

KYG?

Roman took a step forward and quickly turned around. What came into Roman's view was News King, who was wearing half black and half green 'Kamen Rider' armor.

What he blocked was a humanoid rare beast.

To be precise, it should be a hybrid of humanoid and feline.

The creature stands upright like a human, with a silvery-white body, purple eyes, a long tail, and an abdomen; external nerve bundles extend from the center of its back to the back of its neck, and its fingers are composed of three spherical bodies.

"News King?"

This rather handsome rare beast floated in the air, with an energy ball suspended in front of its palm.

"They say you're the fastest human?"

In terms of straight-line speed, Luffy in his burst state can easily overtake KYG; but when it comes to agile turning and maintaining super-high-speed movement for a long time, that is the strength of News King.

“Great, I’m also good at speed.”

The rare beast floating in the air spread its arms and introduced itself:
"I am Mewtwo, representing speed, from among the Eight Elite Fighters. Let me face you—"

The next moment, the rare beast appeared behind KYG, moving at a speed that was as fast as teleportation.

"Let's play!"

Bang! ! ! !

With a flick of his wrist, he sent KYG flying.

However, it is not fatal.

"Leave this to me,"

KYG, who was in a blocking stance with his arms crossed, loudly reminded Roman.

"Go save people!"

Needless to say,

With a stomp of his foot, Roman charged toward the mountaintop once more.

But it's not that simple.
"Hehehe, the grand celebration has only just begun!"

A cloud of purplish-black mist suddenly drifted over and blocked Roman's path.

"It can't end so soon! I, 'Gengar,' will be your opponent!"

As it spoke, the purplish-black mist transformed into a round, rare beast with short legs, short arms, and a short, pointed tail. Its eyes were red, and it had some spiky protrusions on the back of its head. The corners of its mouth curved up, revealing a set of big white teeth—a classic mischievous face.

crackling and popping

His response was a fist covered in 'black flash'.

Thump,

"Ouch—"

Roman unleashed a punch, his unique 'black flash' tearing his opponent to pieces.

"I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"

Roman frowned as he looked at the shattered purple cloud that was making a racket in front of him.

Just kidding~~

The next second, the purple cloud closed in and stretched out a huge tongue to lick Roman!
brush,

With a flash, Roman appeared on the other side of the mountainside: there was a puddle of water formed by an attack from a certain sea kingdom.

With his 'Water Instantaneous Movement Technique,' it's difficult for any attack to hit him: the reason he was hit by that self-proclaimed 'Mewtwo' was because he wanted to rescue Arlong.
His figure staggered, and Roman's pupils contracted behind his sunglasses.

"poison?"

His hand was covered in a purplish-black color!
"Hehehe, I am the one who represents 'poison' among the Eight Heroes."

A purple, cloud-like 'Gengar' hurtled over, its entire body suddenly expanding into a gigantic maw tens of meters long!
"Watch me swallow you whole—"

Thump,

The next second, a hole was kicked out of the giant 'Gengar's' mouth.

"It's useless, your attacks can't hurt me at all!"

At the same time, a purplish-black mist began to billow out;

This made Roman frown.

My attacks can't hurt the opponent. Instead, the poison that almost knocks the opponent down keeps spreading out. How can I fight like this?
Roman could not kill Gengar, because the so-called "Eight Heroes" of this generation are essentially:
Tailed beast!

That's right. As someone created various things by hand every day, his skills became more and more exquisite, and he was able to create tailed beasts by hand. Although these tailed beasts did not have the 'endless' chakra of the nine tailed beasts in the Naruto world, they relied on the God Tree for energy, so it was difficult for them to have 'insufficient spiritual power'.

"Luffy, Roman, and KYG are all tied up."

On Mount Suzuka, Pegasus, adorned with the Yasakani no Magatama on his chest, surveyed the entire battlefield.

On the vast sea below, although the Sea Kingdom's forces were united in their charge, they were outnumbered. Only under the leadership of Kyūjīra and Kani-hime were they able to put up a fight.

The opposing team also had a powerful ghost-level leader, a large, gray, dragon-like rare beast with a golden semi-circle encircling its neck from its back; black and red stripes were horizontally distributed on the front of its neck; its lower body had six legs and two large, ghostly wings.

It was neither as talkative as the other "Eight Heroes" nor did it seem to make any moves.
However, those who died on both sides quickly rose from the shadows and joined the siege of the Sea Kingdom. It seems they possess some kind of ability to manipulate 'death,' so this must be the one among the Eight Heroes who represents 'death.'

Halfway up the mountain and in the sky, the three members of the "Eight Elite Group"—Mach, Mewtwo, and Gengar—along with the three Ghost-level powerhouses from the Refugee Sea, were exchanging blows, currently in a phase of testing and adaptation; it was impossible to determine a winner in the short term.

"Do you need me to take action?"

The opposing forces also include a flying dragon in the sky, a whale in the sea, and a wingless 'Grodora' in the lava.

These three enormous 'Eight Heroes' were clearly all at the Dragon level; the only ones capable of dealing with them were the Ōtakemaru siblings and Pegasus himself.

Extraordinary battles: soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king!

It's not that generals can't be allowed to bully lower-ranking soldiers.

Such a waste of combat power only occurs when one side has an overwhelming advantage.

Clearly, neither side currently has a sufficient number of high-level combatants. Therefore, the following...

"Miss Pegasus,"

A tall figure slowly stepped forward, wearing a Heian period hunting robe with a white top and red bottom, and a black eboshi hat.

"How can a guest go first?"

"Please stay on the island and observe the battle for now. I will go and meet them."

Holding the twin divine swords 'Great Tonglian' and 'Small Tonglian', the spirited Suzuka Gozen took a step forward into the void, her gaze falling upon the mountain peaks surrounded by the sea opposite her.

“Teach, I don’t know you.”

A cold and beautiful woman appeared gracefully, raising a divine sword in her hand.
"But whatever your reasons, traitor."

Damn!

brush--------

With a swing of his divine sword, a white arc shot out, instantly expanding into a wind blade a thousand meters long, threatening to cleave Teach in two, mountain and all.

Splitting mountains and breaking seas is just an adjective for other extraordinary beings, but for dragon-level extraordinary beings, it is an absolute description!
"Hmph, in front of me, Grodora—"

The red-armored dragon, submerged in magma, swung its claws, and two new peaks suddenly emerged from the left and right sides of the mountain range, converging towards the center to block the thousand-meter-long wind blade.

"Don't be presumptuous!"

Mountain and Soil Techniques
This Earth Release technique is only B-rank, and it allows you to control the earth to restrain your enemy.

It may seem like a low-level ninjutsu, but in the hands of a strong person, it can be transformed into something extraordinary: Onoki's son, Kouta, once used this move to suppress the Ten-Tails.

Tear

Boom boom boom boom!!!!!!
The wind blades flashed and disappeared; the two enormous mountains crumbled and crumbled into countless giant rocks that fell down! This caused the sea kingdom's people and rare beasts, who were fighting fiercely at the foot of the mountains, to either fly away to avoid the attack or attack the giant rocks above with all their might, shattering them and scattering them.

As for the few powerful figures engaged in fierce combat on the mountainside, this aftershock was just a minor problem for them.

However, it would be good as a barrier to catch one's breath.

He leaped into the gap between the fallen boulders, KYG's chest heaving violently.

He was originally a 'fake' Demon-level character. If he were facing a Demon-level character like the 'Espada' who was also a fake, he could put up a fight.

Facing a true Ghost-level Pokémon like Mewtwo, let alone winning, even stalling for time would be extremely difficult.

"What? Is that not enough?"

The next moment, the giant rock he was hiding in was suddenly pierced by a huge energy ball.

Ugh, this is troublesome.

'Or... forget it, pretend I didn't say anything.'

Gui Gui's voice came from inside the helmet. She had originally wanted to persuade KYG to retreat, but:

'You're probably going to say something about men's promises again.'

Ha, ha ha ha~~

"My lord, news is a moment of miracle."

As he dodged the falling rocks and recovered his strength, KYG chuckled under his helmet.

"How will we know if a miracle will happen if we don't fight to the very last moment?"

In the past, he used his camera to record other people's struggles and desperate battles. Now, it's his turn to break through his own limitations and fight against a formidable opponent.

"Don't underestimate me, 'News King'!!!"

"Gudora, are you going to stick with this guy?"

Facing the first 'King' from the Sea Kingdom, Suzuka Gozen, Godora, resembling a miniature 'Godzilla', rose from the magma.

“We, the ‘Eight Heroes,’ have our own plans, and we don’t need to explain them to you guys.”

After speaking, the divine beast representing the earth raised its paw.

She waved to Suzuka Gozen in the sky.

"Get down, you arrogant woman!"

"Let me show you the power of the earth!"

In response, Suzuka Gozen, who was floating in the air, did not land, but instead pointed her divine sword.

"You're the arrogant one,"

"You're still soaking in lava while facing me?"

This is utterly disrespectful.
"Come up and fight me."

?

After a few seconds,

Suzuka Gozen, maintaining her sword-wielding stance, had her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

What does that mean? Does it mean you think you can withstand all attacks by remaining still? Or—

Suddenly, an absurd idea popped into Suzuka Gozen's mind.

"you,"

The dragon girl in the sky, known as "Standing Crow Hat," hesitated for a moment before revealing her guess.

"Can't it fly?"

???

This statement resonated with countless people following the battle:

Regardless of their level, everyone showed obvious signs of being stunned.

What a joke! For a Ghost-level expert, flying is at least as normal as eating and drinking: just like on this battlefield.

Not to mention the cat-like 'Mewtwo', which floats in the air and moves at high speeds, 'Gengar' is also a floating purple poison mist, 'Machunk' walks on the air as if it were flat ground, and the six-legged dragon below that commands the shadow corpse also has wings.

Not to mention the flying dragon in the clouds, and even the giant whale, which was swimming in the air with a light flap of its wings.

Now there's suddenly a dragon-level powerhouse who can't fly?

is that a lie
Countless gazes fell upon the lava pool in the thousand-meter-high mountain, while the red dragon named 'Gudora' remained silent.

However, its silence was deafening.

"Roar! Ro ...

The next second, thunder roared and rolled out! The sky, the sea, and everyone's eyes saw the whole world tremble violently, as if a planet was enraged.

"So what if you can't fly?!"

"I am the overlord of the earth, the embodiment of the planet's will, and an existence that is forever grounded!"

With a furious roar, the entire battlefield—not just the entire area within sight—was suddenly 'pushed' into the sky!

One after another, the mountains pierce through the sea with domineering force, pushing aside everything and stabbing towards the sky.

"The Sword of the Cliffside—!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: I recommend a reader's Tokyo behind-the-scenes story, *Tokyo: Infinite Superpowers*. It's newly started, so if you're interested, add it to your favorites and follow along. —A heads-up before reading: This is absolutely not a dark sacrifice! (I'm certain!)

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