Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 620 The Allied Forces Are Born!

"Did the dragon tell you this?"

After a long silence, Shanks finally spoke in a low voice. When he learned that he was a Celestial Dragon, he hugged Roger and cried for a long time. In order to find out the truth of the world, he did not hesitate to return to the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

He became 'Saint Figarando Shanks' and even voluntarily joined the Blade of God, accepting the 'Shallow Sea Mark'.

But in reality, he secretly helped the fishman hero Fisher Tiger to free a large number of slaves and also helped Fisher escape.

After infiltrating the organization for a long time and gathering a wealth of intelligence, Shanks finally seized the opportunity after leaving God's Blade, attacked CP9's transport ship, and obtained the crucial 'Gum-Gum Fruit,' also known as Joy Boy's legendary fruit: Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nikka Mode.

He even deliberately let the Lord of the Coast bite off his left arm, which was marked with the 'Shallow Sea Mark', under the guise of saving Luffy.

"Of course it's Mr. Dragon, because he was fully involved in the entire God Valley Incident. It was in God Valley that Mr. Dragon, who was still a Marine, witnessed the Celestial Dragons treating the people like livestock and hunting them at will. This made him think constantly and eventually leave the Navy to found the Revolutionary Army."

Li Xia, without batting an eye, made up a story and shifted the blame onto Long.

What, can the dragon say it wasn't it that it said?
What's the boss for? Isn't the boss just there to take the blame?

"Ok."

Shanks closed his eyes, as if sinking into a deep weariness:

"So besides the structure and members of the Knights of God, what else is there?"

Li Xia looked at him and said meaningfully:
"I want to know how to sever the immortality of the Knights of God. I know it's related to Haki, but I don't understand the specifics of how to do it!"

Shanks was stunned for a moment, then almost jumped up. He wanted to roar, but in the end he leaned forward, his face flushed, and even the veins on his neck bulged with anger.

"You don't even know this, yet you want to go to war with Im and the World Government???"

"I have killed members of the Knights of God."

Li Xia stared into those angry eyes and said calmly.

These words stunned Shanks, who stood there in disbelief and said:

"You...you killed someone?"

"Yes! I've killed them."

Although this only happened during the last visit to the pirate world, and was corrected and removed by the Hall of Light.

But Li Xia said he had killed them and there was no problem with it.

"But how is this possible?"

Shanks staggered back a step, looking somewhat bewildered.

He did know a way to sever immortality, but this method only suppressed regeneration and did not actually sever immortality.

And the conditions were extremely harsh. It was precisely because of this that Shanks had been patiently waiting, waiting for the future where he would stake everything.

He's waiting for Nika!
Waiting for this liberated warrior, the true warrior who can break through Im's power!
"My abilities can kill members of the Knights of God, truly severing the undead, and I am certain that Im will also die if the conditions are met."

Ursa used the unlucky Old Gods to accomplish the feat of god-slaying, thus upholding the value of his "shattering fate" title.

Im? It's no god what!
"you sure?"

Shanks abruptly raised his head and stared intently at Li Xia:

"This is not an experiment, nor a feeling; it is a war that could overturn the world! There can be no room for error!"

Li Xia didn't speak. After a moment of thought, he touched the cold barrel of the gun with his left hand.

He pulled out the weapon and pointed it at Shanks.

In an instant, Shanks' hair stood on end, his body shuddered as if he had been electrocuted, and he felt as if he had fallen into a cold ice cave, where icy water engulfed him.

I heard piercing screams, desperate cries, and shrill laughter.

Behind Li Xia, who was holding a gun, an endless darkness spread out. Several figures gathered in the darkness, including a huge winged monster, a figure holding a long knife, and even an indescribable shadow.

A dark red light flashed in Shanks' eyes, and beads of cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He seemed to see the 'future,' and he saw a silver bullet spitting out of the muzzle of a gun.

He was hit by a bullet and stood frozen in place, as if in a daze. Xia then walked forward easily and slashed his own throat with a knife.

"Wow"

Misfortune spun nimbly in Li Xia's hands before being holstered back into the gun.

The suffocating sense of terror vanished instantly.

Shanks took a long breath, then gasped for air as if he had been pulled out of the water.

Ace and Marco stared blankly at Shanks, who was drenched in sweat, completely bewildered as to what had happened.

Even if you're being held at gunpoint, you shouldn't behave like this, right?
It's just a gun, even Armament Haki can make it —

"Do you believe me now? This is my method."

Li Xia watched with great interest. Without being touched by misfortune, one cannot feel that terrifying pressure. When facing a strong opponent, Li Xia would not even draw his gun easily.

Because once a powerful person touches this gun, they can immediately sense the terror of this deadly weapon, so Li Xia will never draw the gun unless he creates an opportunity that guarantees a hit.

"What are those? And what did I just see and hear?"

"You should know that weapons can also be fused with Devil Fruits, right?"

Li Xia was spouting nonsense again with a straight face, his expression as serious as could be.

Shanks nodded subconsciously. This was perfectly normal; his brother Shanks' weapon was a Devil Fruit that allowed him to transform into Cerberus.

"And what it ate was—the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Death God form!"

Li Xia patted the misfortune away, ignoring its dissatisfaction and grumbling about not getting a big meal after being pulled out and waking up.

To be honest, since there is a Nika (Sun God) form, it wouldn't be unreasonable to have a Death God form as well, right?

Ace and Marco, standing nearby, couldn't stop their mouths from agape. Wait, another Mythical Zoan? Another Human-Human Fruit?

Is this Zoan-type Devil Fruit really that powerful?
Wasn't it supposed to be the strongest Logia-type?
Then what about my Flame-Flame Fruit?
Marco's smile is as hard to suppress as an AK. I'm also a Mythical Zoan type, but my Phoenix form hasn't awakened yet. If it had...
Are there any restrictions?

It can only be said that Shanks is indeed Shanks; after a brief moment of distraction, he immediately figured out the key to the possible restraint.

"Yes, only one object can be affected at a time, and it takes time to recover."

Li Xia nodded frankly, "Actually, I was just kidding! As long as Im can keep bringing me death crises, causing my luck to skyrocket, and turning bad luck into a revolver or a Glock 17, it's not impossible for me to fire a rapid-fire shot."

"I see."

Shanks nodded. If such a ferocious weapon was truly as Xia said, then such constraints were to be expected.

The greater the constraint, the greater the power!
"So your second objective is to form an alliance with us?"

Li Xia nodded again: "That's right, this is not a battle of one person, or even one side, but a battle of everyone, a life-or-death battle to overthrow the World Government and defeat Im."

I need someone to hold off the Knights of God, to hold off the Five Elders, so I can face Im directly!

By keeping the most dangerous enemy to himself, no one could say a word.

"I understand!"

Shanks breathed a sigh of relief and completely relaxed. He simply plopped down on the beach and picked up a long, thin stone to write and draw in front of him.

"Actually, severing immortality is just a way to delay recovery."

Li Xia, Ace, and Marco all gathered around to look at Shanks' drawings on the beach.

"There are several ways to use Haki. For example, Armament Haki has the most basic form of covering, followed by Armament Haki hardening, Armament Haki wrapping and flowing, and finally Armament Haki being released outwards!"
The key to severing immortality lies in Conqueror's Haki!

Shanks once again wrote "Conqueror's Haki" next to the text:

"Similar to Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki is also divided into three stages, the most basic being unconscious release."

Ace nodded; his first display of Conqueror's Haki was unconscious.

"The intermediate stage is when you can skillfully control and intimidate others."

The advanced stage is about overwhelming power; one can unleash Conqueror's Haki at any time, even engaging in clashes and concentrations of it, which even ordinary powerhouses cannot withstand.

Among the people present, Shanks, Ace, and Li Xia could all achieve a clash of Conqueror's Haki, and even Luffy can do it now.

Therefore, it is completely stress-free to understand.

"Besides the advanced stage of Conqueror's Haki clash, there are even higher-level ways to use it!"

One method is the application of Conqueror's Haki, which greatly enhances attack power and maximizes destructive force, easily penetrating Armament Haki defenses and acting internally.

Li Xia nodded again. Whether it was Roger's Divine Evasion or Garp's Fist Bone, Li Xia knew both and was familiar with both.

"And above that, there is the condensation of Conqueror's Haki!"

Shanks' expression was unusually serious, and he held up one finger:
"This method doesn't actually bring any enhancement; at best, it's just the ultimate control over Conqueror's Haki after mastering it to the extreme."

It refers to the ability to concentrate Conqueror's Haki, and even to temporarily remove it from the body.

Li Xia's expression shifted, and he briefly left his body.

Knot?

He also remembered that in the comics, Joy Boy had stored his domineering aura in a knot for eight hundred years. That knot seemed to be a special thing used to store 'wind' on a small floating island.

Is this how it's stored?
Shanks' voice continued:
"So cutting off immortality is actually covering the weapon with the condensed Conqueror's Haki. After cutting through immortality, the Conqueror's Haki forms a membrane-like substance that covers the wounds you created, thus blocking immortality!"
But the domineering aura will eventually dissipate, so this only delays immortality, rather than truly severing it.

And there's a prerequisite: your domineering aura must be stronger than your opponent's!

Li Xia nodded slowly, quickly trying to understand what Shanks meant.

Basically, people resurrected through Edo Tensei will regenerate no matter how you attack them with normal attacks; you must use Yin-Yang Release chakra to attack them, and once attacked by Yin-Yang Release, they cannot regenerate.
Ok? ? ?
Li Xia's eyebrows suddenly shot up. Wait a minute!
Im = Otsutsuki

Knights of God = Impure World Reincarnation
A powerful force from outer space
They were all unremarkable teenagers in the early stages, but the latter one was the son of the Hokage and the princess of the Land of Whirlpools.

One was the son of a naval hero and a leader of the revolutionary army.

It has nine tails inside its body that can transform into the Kurama mode, which shines with golden light, and even the Sage of Six Paths mode.

It contains Nika, which can transform into a Nika mode that emits white light, or even the Nika mode of the sun god.

If we follow the original story, defeating Im would require Nika Luffy (the Sun God) and Marshall Teach (the Dark-Dark Fruit user).
To defeat the Otsutsuki clan, we need Naruto's Yang power and Sasuke's Yin power.
The bond between the two stems from their ancestors from a thousand years ago—Asura and Indra.

The relationship between Luffy and Blackbeard also originates from D: Joy Boy and Davy Jones a thousand years ago.

No!

Li Xia sighed. Why is it always the same old routine?

With the Ten-Tails under his control, the Otsutsuki are invincible.

Im, having mastered the Heavenly King, is invincible.

Forget it, let it be. We'll all be fleeced in the end anyway, so it's all the same.

"what happened?"

Shanks noticed Li Xia's somewhat strange expression and assumed he had thought of something.

"It's nothing, I was just spacing out."

Li Xia banished those distracting thoughts and turned her attention back to the present:

"So, Shanks, do you know how to condense this kind of domineering aura? If so, teach me."

"Yes, but I'm not very proficient yet. If you want to learn, no problem!"

Although it's not a true severing of immortality, learning how to reduce this ability to regenerate infinitely would be quite useful in combat.

If we had known how to do it last time, we wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble to beat that madwoman Kate. We could have just chopped her into a human stick and killed her. There would have been no need to fight her at all costs.

"Then only one question remains."

Li Xia's gaze fell on Ace, Marco, and Shanks:
"Are you willing to join us in forming a coalition and facing the darkness of this world together after the general offensive begins?"

The entire beach fell silent once again.

Finally, Ace said, his voice trembling slightly:
"If...if all of this is true, if all the tragedy stems from the dark clouds overhead!"
My two younger brothers are going to break through this darkness, so how could I, as the older brother, possibly run away?!
"I'm willing to go!"

Marco looked at Ace and sighed deeply:
“I’m willing to go, but I don’t want the Whitebeard Pirates to get involved. I’ll go with Ace, but as for the others, I don’t know.”

Shanks nodded and said in a low voice:
"Killing Im is also my wish, and if that day ever comes, I will fight alongside you."

However, for the Five Elders and the Eight Divine Knights, you need 13 powerful individuals capable of using Condensed Aura.

otherwise"

"no problem!"

"what?"

A smile returned to Li Xia's face:

I said, no problem.

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