Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 136 The Secret Realm Ends! The Golden Legend!
"That's... the end!"

Standing on the ravaged moon, gazing at Im whose body had been completely annihilated and would never be reborn, Sabo breathed a long sigh of relief.

In preparation for this day, he underwent a year of rigorous training in Wano Country, constantly improving his strength and deeply enhancing his mastery of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

All for this final blow, to prevent Im from escaping! Being able to help in the battle to completely end the World Government's eight-hundred-year rule is the greatest honor for Sabo, who has regained his memories. He finally avenged the humiliation of being bombarded by the Celestial Dragons back then!

“Mr. Ian, we are now…”

He looked at Guan Yi, but was taken aback.

Guan Yi stood there with his eyes closed, surrounded by a faint white light. Even though he was only a few steps away, the sense of distance between them made it seem as if they were in two different worlds.

"Mr. Ian?!"

It seems that we don't need to wait until the pirate world is 'connected' to kill Im to signify the completion of the secret realm and the end of the secret realm.

This feeling was very similar to the prelude to leaving the Kengan world. Guan Yi tossed the 'artificial sun' to Sabo and said, "I have something to do and need to leave for a while. It may be a long time before we meet again. Keep this safe. As for how to use it, you can refer to Vegapunk's advice."

"If anyone tries to take it away," Guan Yi gestured towards Enel in the distance, implying, "Don't hold back, just kill them!"

His words remained calm and powerful, but his figure grew fainter and fainter until the last word fell, at which point he disappeared from Sabo's sight!
Swah——

With a flash of lightning, Enel appeared beside Sabo. He had already used his mind control to its fullest extent, but he couldn't sense how Guan Yi had disappeared.

"what happened?"

Where did it go? Why did it seem to vanish into thin air? There was no trace of its movement at all.
The two looked at each other, puzzled.

……

"So it's really over? Success!"

At the same time, Guo Yan on the warship also felt the will of the secret realm descend upon her. She was shocked: she had almost won by default. The power of this secret realm was so high. She wondered if she had a chance to get a white secret rune.

She looked at the adjutant, who was panicked and confused by her fading figure, and said, "The rest is up to you. Discuss it with Lieutenant Colonel Burke and the others, and do your best to ensure everyone's safety!"

At the Revolutionary Army headquarters, Long Qi, who was in charge of disaster relief, shook his head and sighed, "We've really cleared the game..."

In Wano Country, Ye Huohuo silently gazed at her daughter's innocent face: 'Will we ever have a chance to meet again? If I live long enough for the stable passage to open... I will definitely come back to see you all!'

On General He's ship, He stared in shock at Jiang Xue, whose figure faded and disappeared.

"Xue, what's wrong with you...?"

Seeing this expression on the face of the senior colleague who was always so resourceful and whose wisdom she could never outsmart, Jiang Xue felt not much pleasure, but rather a complex mix of emotions.

Is it over? He really...

"Lieutenant General Tsuru, I am grateful for your care all this time! Although I know you used me against Ian, I don't blame you. You have taught me a lot, and I will always remember you!"

"..."

Tsuru opened her mouth, as if to say something, but Jiang Xue had already vanished into thin air. Her Observation Haki failed to detect her disappearance at all. The next moment, Tsuru quickly picked up her Den Den Mushi: "Sturot, this is Tsuru! Your branch has a Major Locke… What? He's disappeared too?!"

Stunned, Tsuru hung up the Den Den Mushi, feeling as if her long-held worldview had been shattered.

What's going on with these people?

Why did they disappear at the same time?

And... what about Flame Tiger Ian?!
……

Without exception, the will of the Pirate Realm descended upon all the volunteers exploring the realm at the moment of Im's death!

No matter where they are in the world, no matter what they are doing, this force of nature is pushing them out of the world.

Everyone first arrived in a pure white space, bathed in an unusual glow, and underwent some subtle but profound changes!
The vibrant, lifelike world of One Piece is like an oil painting soaked in water, beginning to blur, fade, and dissolve. There are no earth-shattering explosions, nor soul-wrenching pain, only an extreme sense of detachment.

Guan Yi felt as if she were waking up from an incredibly real and incredibly long dream.

Those years of relentless, arduous training, the earth-shattering shouts, the blood-pumping battles, the fists that tore through the starry sky… all of it, its weight and texture, are rapidly fading away, turning into pale, lifeless written records or video footage, sealed away in a locked room deep within his consciousness. He knows those things happened, but he can no longer feel those specific emotions.

The ultimate power within him was stripped away.

The energy of the Flaming Fruit is purified.

The changes brought about by the six years in the world of One Piece are gradually being revealed, including his age!

At 24, he regained the pure and innocent look of an 18-year-old. The muscles and physique that had grown exaggeratedly in the world of One Piece gradually returned to the clean and capable appearance he had at 18.

Everything is fading away, transforming into energy and empowering the secret lines on your wrist!
The scene changes, and the white light dissipates.

Guan Yi's feet landed on solid ground again.

What lies before us is no longer the desolate desert of the moon, but the yellow earth at the entrance to the secret realm.

He looked down at his hands.

His fingers were long and clean, possessing a youthful, unpolished delicacy. His fists lacked the calluses of years of practice, and his body bore no sword marks left by Rayleigh, nor the flowing flame patterns of his elemental transformation. These hands belonged to an ordinary young man who had just come of age.

But when he clenched his fist, he felt a power similar to that of the Kengan world!
'The boost from the secret runes isn't even fully digested yet? This should be at least the power of a level two, or close to level three, martial artist, right?'

"This, here is..."

"Mist Star?!"

"We've left the secret realm?!"

"Didn't the data say it wouldn't be finished until 1524 of the Sea Calendar? There are still two and a half years left, right?!"

The noise gradually rose from the surroundings, and many of the explorers who had left the secret realm were still looking bewildered and confused about the situation.

"What exactly is going on? The information about the secret realm is completely different from what the military provided!"

"Yeah, you guys were experiencing the tsunami too, right? It's so good that you left early!"

"Hey, hey, look! Isn't this a secret pattern on my wrist? It's a white pattern!"

"...Really?! I'm so envious! What did you do? Wait, I think I have one too?!"

Successfully completing a secret realm will slightly increase the contribution points of all participants. After completing a secret realm of this difficulty, most of the surviving participants should be able to obtain a white secret rune, right?

Long Qi murmured to himself, glancing around and counting the number of people: '59 people? Of the 99 who entered the secret realm, 40 have perished. Not bad... If it weren't for Guan Yi among the explorers, leading the way and treating this level of difficulty as a purple-hard challenge, I'm afraid at least another twenty or thirty people would have been lost?'

He looked at his wrist. "I did manage to get a light blue secret pattern, but what about Guan Yi?"
Secret runes! Secret runes! Blue secret runes! Jiang Xue looked at the light blue secret runes on her wrist and almost jumped up. Thank you so much, little brother Guan Yi!
No, Brother Guan Yi!
Her gaze also turned to Guan Yi, searching for Guan Yi's wrist, and then, in the next moment, her pupils and Long Qi's pupils dilated almost at the same time.

Subsequently, Zhou Yingxiong and Guo Yan both took similar actions.

A small area of ​​silence would trigger a larger area of ​​silence. The explorers gradually quieted down and looked in the direction of the crowd with a puzzled expression.

"...So bright?"

"Why does that person's secret mark look a little different?"

"Golden? What color is gold?"

"White is easy, blue is normal, purple is difficult, red is hell, gold... is legendary?"

"It's probably sunlight reflecting off..."

"...Hey, hey, speaking of which, doesn't he look a bit like the strongest man in the world from the secret realm, the 'Flame Tiger Ian' who became the Pirate King?!"

"……grass?!"

　The next chapter will be a little later, around 2 or 3 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)