Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 644 Im, Die!

"Hey Franky!"

Luffy kept his head down, his face hidden in the shadow of his straw hat, making it impossible to see his expression.

But all the crew members on the Sunny unconsciously straightened up and looked at their captain.

Although Luffy is usually carefree and jovial, once he puts on his straw hat and speaks with a serious expression, it means it's the captain's order.

"I want to get to Sabaody Archipelago as soon as possible, is there any way to do that?"

"If that's the case, it must be a super continuous whirlwind attack!"

Franky raised a hand and pointed to the cannon barrel at the rear:
"As long as you continuously use the Wind Cannon and switch to gliding mode, you can sprint at the fastest speed."

but"

Franky pressed his nose, switching to his afro hairstyle:

"This will cause very serious damage to the Sunny!"

"Then let's get started!"

Luffy abruptly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Im on the other side of the screen, his eyes burning with rage and unprecedented disgust, and he clenched his fists tightly.

"I've never had such a strong urge to knock him away!"

"Yes! Captain!"

Franky, too, did not hesitate at all:

"Usopp, Chopper! Go to the power room and refill my cola bottles!"

The entire Straw Hat crew sprang into action immediately. Luffy clenched his trembling fist, determined to deliver a devastating and thorough blow to Im once they reached Mary Geoise!
On the warship, Smoker picked up the Justice Coat from the back of his chair and walked out without looking back. Tashigi quickly stood up.
“Mr. Smoker, you are going to—”

Smoker put on his coat, a sense of justice emanating from him. He turned his head, his weathered face revealing an unprecedented murderous intent:
"Tashigi, stay here and keep an eye on those bastards. I'm going to pursue my justice!"

On another, much larger warship, Kizaru stood with his hands in his pockets, looking up at the sky. The scorching sun, shining through his sunglasses, seemed to have been stained black.

Images suddenly flashed through his mind: the time he spent stationed on Egghead Island, the bear who brought Bonney for treatment, Vegapunk, and Sentomaru.
It was clearly the World Government's fault. It was clearly the Celestial Dragons who treated people as slaves and then discarded them at will, treating them like garbage. It was clearly the Celestial Dragons who caused Bonney's illness.

However, the treatment required Kuma to voluntarily become a slave, and the time spent on Egghead Island was Kizaru's happiest memory.

They ate meat together, sang together, and danced the Nika dance together.
What am I doing?
Kizaru's body suddenly dissipated into beams of light, flying towards the sky at an incredible speed.

"Xia, so you mean to do everything possible to harm the Five Elders and the Knights of God, and not to use your domineering aura to slow down their recovery."

Instead, are they being forced to constantly repair their bodies?

Long took a deep breath and asked softly:
"Yes, Im's accumulated life force is terrifying. If you want to count, killing him a thousand times would be enough."

Li Xia also spoke softly.

A thousand times!

Everyone present couldn't help but gasp. This was a terrifying number. At their level, it wouldn't be easy to determine a winner.

Just like how Aokiji and Akainu fought a duel on a small island for ten days and ten nights to compete for the position of Fleet Admiral, completely changing the island's celestial phenomena before a winner was finally decided.

Therefore, killing Im a thousand times is almost a fantasy.

"a thousand times"

Shanks, Rayleigh, and Jabba exchanged a glance, all noticing the bitterness in each other's eyes.

The good news is that they have found a way to kill Im.

The bad news is that even if they worked themselves to death, it would be difficult to complete.

"Excuse my bluntness, Xia."

Shanks shook his head and said with some difficulty:
"It will be very difficult for us, even if we try our best."

They were already outnumbered, and while they could manage a war of attrition, it would be much harder for them.

"Then how about this: since Im's Dark Domination has no effect on me, I'll be the one to fight Im. Out of these thousand fights, I'll take on 600, and the rest of you will take on the remaining 400."

Four hundred times? Even forty times would be difficult!
Although Li Xia was surprised, even shocked, by his confidence that he could kill Im six hundred times over.

However, for the rebels who were outnumbered, even holding on was extremely difficult.

The opposing team now boasts a lineup of five elders, eight knights of the gods, and nineteen former kings. What about our side?
There aren't even ten people!

"Xia, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid this isn't something we can achieve by risking our lives. Even if we die here, it will be difficult to complete four hundred kills."

Pain and helplessness appeared on Shanks' face. The opportunity was right in front of him, an unprecedented opportunity, but he was unable to seize it because of his lack of strength.

"Unless we receive reinforcements"

援军
Everyone sighed in unison. Where would reinforcements come from? The bravest warriors on the entire sea were already here. Daring to draw their swords against Im was not something that could be done with simple courage.

Li Xia frowned; he was also having a headache. Killing Im once wasn't difficult, killing him twice wasn't difficult, and even killing him a hundred times wasn't difficult.

But he really couldn't kill a thousand times; his stamina might not last that long, and Im isn't a pig; he would fight back.

Wait a minute, I've already assembled such a powerful lineup, so why is it still so difficult to defeat Im? How did the previous apostles manage to get past Im?
Even with a team, ten members could wear down Im's thousand attacks.
It's not that Li Xia looks down on the team, but his current strength is definitely greater than that of a ten-person team!
Or is there something I haven't discovered?
Little did he know that those so-called teams that killed Im were merely following behind Luffy and participating in the final battle. They only needed to kill Im once or twice to claim that they had defeated Im.

This led to many teams claiming to have killed Im and actually offering rewards for their kills.

In reality, even the top teams might only kill Im a hundred times, accounting for more than one-tenth of the damage output and obtaining Im's weakening treasure chest. Most of the time, they just brute force their way in a few dozen times.

“How terrible!”

A drawn-out, wistful voice rang in everyone's ears. They all looked up sharply and saw Kizaru, hands in his pockets, speaking:

"I heard you need reinforcements?"

"As expected, Kizaru, you're faster!"

In the distance, Sengoku, with his full head of white hair, had somehow put on a black suit again. Garp's pupils contracted sharply. That black suit was the one Sengoku wore most often when fighting alongside him.

Crane was wearing the marine uniform she most often wore in battle when she was young.

“Sakazuki is still behind. He is a marshal and needs to deploy troops to besiege the Sabaody Archipelago.”

Sengoku walked up to Garp and, just like when they were young, handed him a senbei (rice cracker).
"You can't even hit it after a thousand tries?"

Garp popped a senbei into his mouth, and a smile gradually appeared on his face:
“It’s so easy!”

"Stop talking nonsense."

Crane walked between the two, glancing at them both:
"Let's take down one first!" People all over the world watched in shock as Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru naturally formed a triangle, and some elderly people even trembled.

This is it, this is it!
The strongest trio of the Navy, who once fought against the Rocks Pirates, the Roger Pirates, and countless other pirate crews during Roger's era!

"Ahhhhhhhh! Luffy!! What are you doing?!"

High in the sky, a group of figures descended from the heavens, making people's eyelids twitch. But as they approached the ground, one of them suddenly transformed into a giant balloon and caught them.

Luffy's laughter echoed through the ruins of Mary Geoise:
"Hahahaha, sorry, sorry!"

The navy personnel present were momentarily stunned, but then realized they weren't there to capture pirates, while the world was plunged into shock once again.

"The Four Emperors! Monkey D. Luffy!"

Dust swirled in the distance, dragging a giant kite as it flew in from the horizon. Only when it got closer did we realize that this huge red kite actually had hands and feet growing from its four corners.

Shanks' eyes widened:
"Bucky?!"

Using the Chop-Chop Fruit to stretch the cloth open, Buggy, riding the sandstorm into the sky, held the Den Den Mushi in his hand and shouted through tears and sobs:

"Hey! Pirates! I'm asking you, what dream makes you set sail?"

You could die in the next instant. Don't your lives scream out?
Do cowards who are content with the status quo not even have the courage to draw their weapons and point them at the enemy?
You still have me!

Don't treat the pirate business as a cold, impersonal business; we are pirates!

This is our OnePiece!

After the newly crowned Yonko Buggy, who was defeated by Kaido, made his declaration of "Thousand Ryos to Destroy Buggy," the whole world entered a completely different state.

Countless pirates, drawn by Buggy's 'powerful charisma' and 'brilliance,' turned their ships around and headed towards the Sabaody Archipelago. Even ordinary citizens took up their weapons and, filled with immense anger, took to the streets.

"Sorry, Shanks."

Hawkeye gripped the black sword Night on his back, stood beside Shanks, and looked at Buggy with confusion and bewilderment in his eyes.

He was crying and unwilling when he came, and was forced to come by him and Crocodile, but when he was in the air above Mary Geoise, he gave a powerful speech.

“There’s nothing to apologize for, Mihawk!”

Shanks's pain vanished as more and more people joined him, and an unprecedented sense of confidence returned to his body.

This is what Im fears most, and what he has always tried to hide!

"Crazy, all crazy!"

Im's eyes were filled with horror and panic. More and more people were arriving in Mary Geoise, and it seemed as if the whole world was against him.

Revolutionary Army, Four Emperors, the three new and old Admirals of the Navy, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea
Looking out, the entire sea seemed to be burning with raging flames.

Extreme panic gave rise to an almost distorted anger.

These lowly people! Ants!
If it weren't for him, these people would have long been living under the control of a vast kingdom, where would they have any freedom! Where would there be any powerful person who could have such unbridled power as they do now? No matter who it is, even the once unapproachable nobles would have to obediently follow the kingdom's laws, without the slightest privilege.

Isn't such a world a world full of despair and hell?
I brought you a new world of freedom and the oppression of the weak, but this is how you repay me?
He stood up, with demonic tails swishing behind him, and a pentagram rapidly expanding beneath his feet until it enveloped all his men.

A sinister, dark power clung to their bodies, and the Five Elders and the Knights of God groaned in pain. Their bodies grew larger and larger, with two curved horns emerging from their heads and sharp fangs growing from their mouths.

A terrifying aura and domineering presence emanated from the demonized Five Elders and the Knights of God.

Im's cold gaze fixed on the crowd opposite him:
"Kill them!"

boom!
The battle reached an unprecedented level of intensity in an instant, with the strongest beings in the entire ocean engaging in a life-or-death struggle on the ruins of what was once Mary Geoise.

The scattered force of the fist blasted large holes in the ground, and the snowflakes that had just fallen were immediately dispersed by the magma fists falling from the sky.

Hawkeye's world-class slashes crisscrossed, and Shanks unleashed a near-mad dash to dodge them.

Luffy's Liberation Drum once caused Im to have a mental breakdown, and Li Xia easily defeated him more than ten times.

But the whole world knows that no matter how fiercely the strong players fight, they are still just supporting roles.

The only ones who could decide the outcome were Li Xia and Im, who were far away and had entered a frenzied state.

The thick demonic tail was wrapped in domineering energy, and with each lash, the ground cracked and rocks flew everywhere.

The magic book flipped its pages in mid-air, materializing weapons from the era of a great kingdom, weapons with immense power that modern weapons lack.

Li Xia's spear was equally deadly; each swing left a deep, bottomless slash on the ground, and even a simple stomp on the ground could cause huge cracks.

Mountain peaks were leveled and collapsed, and the red earth continent was shaking. Conqueror's Haki tore apart the clouds in the sky. Under the watchful eyes of the whole world, the red earth continent where the holy city of Mary Geoise is located was actually sheared off a layer, and it was even collapsing!

Night Silence's repeated swings left one fatal wound after another on Im's body; possessing divine power, Night Silence inflicted immense damage on Im with almost every shot.

The vitality that I once thought was almost indestructible is rapidly diminishing.

Eight million

Seven million

Six million

Three million

Two million

one million
As his life force dwindled, Im became increasingly frenzied. In addition to his reckless attacks, he made countless promises, even offering to relinquish the title of King of the World to Li Xia and proposing to become the vice-king.

But Im discovered in despair that even such a suggestion did not sway the man in front of him in the slightest.

Li Xia's eyes were filled with nothing but vitality; he had even entered a peculiar state.

At this level, he even figured out how to stab Im to cause more damage.

Finally, in the end, the silence of the night pierced Im's throat once again.

This mastermind, who had dominated the world for eight hundred years, didn't even utter his last words; he simply stared at Li Xia with his unwilling eyes.

[Executioner, you have slain the King of the World: Im!]

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

I'll finish this story tomorrow. Actually, the reason it's been dragging on for so long is because as I was writing, it turned into an ending for the One Piece series that I've been following for so long. This should be the ending I envision.

(End of this chapter)