One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 238 Wishes are always impure, and their name is 'Abyss'!
"Fellow citizens, fellow viewers!"

The commentary by the top commentator, Gaz, has now come to an end.

In fact, his explanation had stalled ever since the wondrous celestial palace that appeared out of nowhere appeared before him.

And now, even as a top commentator, he's at a loss for words.

He no longer knew how to describe the scene before him.

"This this."

At this moment, within the wondrous realm of the Heavenly Palace.

"Zi!"

"Zi!"

The giant golden cudgel that Shen Hou wielded was still flashing with black and red lightning.

And where that stick passed.

There's nothing left.

The rolling sea of ​​clouds was torn apart.

The swirling celestial light was torn apart.

The enormous rift valley stretched endlessly through the sea of ​​clouds.

With a single sweep of the stick, the world is cleared.

Neither Qilingom's Swiftbird, Pierre Saint's Blood Mist, nor the flickering Fabian Saint could truly withstand this blow.

On the contrary—everyone saw it.

Their figures had already vanished into thin air by that blow!
And this time.
"Buzz!"

They did not recover.

Quite the opposite.

In the place where the three people once stood.

At this moment, only clumps of pitch-black things were constantly twisting and turning.

Within the clusters of pitch-black energy, a mark could be faintly seen emerging—the unique mark of the 'Deep Sea Contract'.

And at this moment.
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Shenhou raised his hand and withdrew the golden cudgel.

His crimson-gold eyes were now fixed on the three dark energies.

Beneath the mask, Roy raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Of course, his surprise was not because he had successfully killed the three knights of the gods.

Or to be more precise—after learning of the existence of the three God Knights from Violet, he was already prepared.

From the moment he stepped into this duel, one of his goals was to 'attempt to kill the Knight of God'.

This is the perfect opportunity—no one is more suited to kill the God Knight's clone than Shenhou.

After all, Roy knew very well.

The Monkey is a rather unique variant among the twelve constellations.

What's special is its ceiling.

Just like Roy's all-ages idol—fighting is the source of 'Shenhou's' power.

Under normal circumstances, his strength is not much different from that of his other clones.

But in the special case of Dressrosa, after gaining more than two thousand wins.

The power of the 'Battle God Stance - Great Sage Equal to Heaven' unleashed by Shenhou can be elevated to an incredible level.

With the help of Conqueror's Haki, he could easily wear down the 'Deep Sea Contract' of the God Knights to its lowest point.

With the addition of the 'Heavenly Palace Wonderland', he can ensure that the knights of the gods have no chance of escaping.

And most importantly, Roy knew very well.

Almost all of the knights of the gods have a natural lack of mental strength and willpower.

They possess immense power and immortality gained through the Deep Sea Contract, as well as generally top-tier Devil Fruit abilities.

But just as Marco had thought before—when faced with danger, they would actually choose to run away, rather than stay and fight to the death like the true strongmen of this sea, growing stronger in the battle.

And coincidentally...
【Battle God Domain - Celestial Palace Realm - Within this domain, if an enemy shows signs of cowardice or attempts to flee, the ability user's attacks will directly ignore defense and cause a 'lethal effect'】

Yes.

This weakness of the Divine Knights can trigger the 'instant death effect' of the Monkey King's Heavenly Palace.

That's why we're in this situation now.

"It's true."

At this moment, Roy thought to himself.

Although the murals revealed that a 'free soul' combined with a 'free body' could prevent the holder of the 'Deep Sea Contract' from being resurrected, everything needs to be tested to be truly certain.

And now he's certain.

"By binding with Conqueror's Haki to break the protection of the Deep Sea Contract, and then combining it with the Drum of Liberation, we can truly kill them."

The fact that the three Divine Knights before us were not reborn is enough to prove this point.

What Shenhou found even more unbelievable was the three spheres of energy that appeared in front of him at that moment.

Even though they were some distance apart, Shenhou could clearly sense that something was coming from those three energies.

"Roar!" "Ah!" "No!" "Kill!"

Greed, sorrow, despair, anger, pain, killing.

What they convey seems to be the convergence of all the malice in the world.

"Come, Shenhou—with such power, why should you submit to the Star Lord?"

"Come, join my side and I will give you even greater power!"

"You can become a Celestial Dragon, no. You deserve better—I will do it for you."

In Shenhou's ears, it seemed as if he could hear hoarse, overlapping sounds.

But that's not the key point.

Within the Heavenly Palace Wonderland, Shenhou will not be affected by negative effects, and even these obviously special bewitching things cannot affect him.

So even now, he could still clearly see the characters flashing in the Fruit Encyclopedia under his eyes.

【The source of the bloodline factor (impurity - desire - evil) has been detected】

[Analysis can be performed after approaching and touching the object, and the analysis will remove 'impurities' from the object.]

The words displayed in the Fruit Encyclopedia were what truly horrified Shenhou.

Yes.

The energy left behind by these three fallen knights of gods actually triggered his Fruit Encyclopedia.

The hints provided are even more significant.

"Is this thing the same as the 'energy' in the tree roots, both being bloodline factor source energy?"

Just like the conclusion Vegapunk reached after being advised by the Star Lord.

Recently, the power contained within the special 'roots' that Roy has been pursuing should be the source of the bloodline factor—that is, what Vegapunk called 'bloodline factor source energy'.

According to Roy's speculation, this power, combined with human desires, should produce some incredible effects.

The so-called 'Devil Fruit' is also a creation of this power.

And now, the energy left behind by the Knights of God is actually 'bloodline factor source energy'.

The difference is
"Is it due to impurities, or evil desires?"

Shenhou murmured to himself.

In that instant, he suddenly remembered many things.

Including the murals on the Abyss—Davy Jones's prayer to that giant tree gave birth to 'Im'.

“I am a sinner, the first cursed one.”

This includes Joy Boy's message above the Poneglyphs, as relayed by Vegapunk.

"The abyss is the source of the sea, the shadow of the bound world, and at the same time, it binds everything in the world."

Thus, Shenhou vaguely guessed something of utmost importance.

"If that giant tree, that 'Pillar of Creation,' is the source of all Devil Fruits, the tree that carries the world's wishes."

"The wishes people make for it in their hearts will turn into real things, even the birth of 'Devil Fruits' into the world."

"Then, what about the impurities in a wish?"

Yes.

Those who crave power are bound to cause conflict.

Those who have lost loved ones always feel sadness in their hearts.

People who crave money are, to some extent, greedy.

Those who yearn for youth all long for immortality.

Just as there is always a shadow under the light.

How can any wish made by a person be without impurities?

so.
"Kind, normal wishes were gathered and fulfilled, transforming into this 'world' and 'Devil Fruit'."

"Evil, impure desires settle at the bottom of the world, becoming its shadow, and that is it."

"abyss?"

(End of this chapter)