One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

"roar!!!"

A terrifying roar rose from the sea, and to everyone's horror, a black dragon head the size of a mountain emerged from beneath Roger's feet.

From Roger's perspective, the dragon's mouth contained a rapidly spinning dark vortex, radiating an extremely dense dark power.

Roger, wielding Ace, unleashed wave after wave of domineering sword energy, yet it did not hinder the dragon in the slightest.

The next second, Roger's body was bitten by the dragon and held in its mouth.

Roger felt his body being constantly torn and squeezed. This dark power had undergone a qualitative change. Even his tough Nika body was being torn apart by this dark power, and dense, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its surface.

He gritted his teeth, endured the excruciating pain, and desperately channeled the power of Nika, causing his body to swell once more. Just as he was about to be completely dragged into the Black Sea, he finally broke free from the dragon's jaws.

Roger was covered in blood and his breath was extremely weak.

That wasn't the end of it. Soon, Roger's skin began to dry out rapidly, making him look decades older, like an old man on his deathbed.

Although Roger was still enormous, anyone could tell that he was now like a deflated balloon, with only his last breath left inside.

Roger trembled as he raised the hand that was holding Ace's sword. Faint arcs of Conqueror's Haki flickered on and off along Ace's blade. He roared and swung the sword forcefully at Gigg.

"God...beware!!"

A crimson, domineering sword aura slashed out, but Gigg made no attempt to dodge, allowing the sword aura to pass right through his body.

The awakened dark power was able to break through the space affected by Nika, so Gigg could naturally use Kamui again.

Seeing his final blow miss, a look of despair flashed in Roger's eyes. He roared to the sky in resentment, and suddenly began to pound his heart with his other hand.

Roger was pounding very hard; you could see a horrifying dent in his chest from the blows, but he seemed oblivious and continued pounding.

Under his relentless beating, large mouthfuls of blood gushed from his mouth.

Suddenly, a dull drumbeat began to resound from his chest.

"Thump...thump...thump thump...thump! thump! thump!"

The drumbeats grew faster and louder until they resounded throughout the entire sky and sea.

A vast aura emanated from Roger, rippling through the space.

Giger frowned. In his view, Roger's situation was nothing more than triggering the so-called "Drum of Liberation" of the Nika Fruit. When the drum sounded, the Nika Fruit user would be "fully revived" and perform a series of "sit-ups".

Roger's Liberation Drum is clearly very different from Luffy's.

First of all, Luffy's Liberation Drum, which is his heartbeat, can be seen as his passive ability, which is automatically triggered. Roger, on the other hand, had to beat himself to death to trigger it. The two seem to be the difference between "automatic" and "manual" transmissions.

Another point is that Luffy's Liberation Drum has almost no side effects; at least it seems to work quite normally.

But looking at Roger again, besides his enhanced aura, his appearance was even more miserable. His already withered skin was now almost stuck to his bones, and his body size had shrunk to the same size as usual. He looked like a dried-up corpse.

Moreover, judging from the behavior of those around them, apart from being frightened by Roger's appearance, they did not show any unusual emotions.

From the very beginning, when Roger revealed his Nika form, the black flames that were the exact opposite color to Luffy's made Giggs feel that something was wrong.

Roger doesn't seem to have truly gained the approval of the Nika Fruit. The abilities he displayed were like a castrated version, and the side effects were even more severe. Now, he's practically dying from taking it.

A putrid stench emanated from Roger's mouth. He slowly raised his head to look at Giggs, and spoke in a hoarse voice,

"Black Dragon..."

Chapter 245 The Great Dark Heaven

Giger looked at Roger, the desiccated corpse standing there. If the drumming hadn't continued, Giger would have thought he had already deactivated his Nika form.

Roger, dragging his longsword Ace, roared and temporarily broke through the darkness's blockade, charging towards Gigg.

However, before he could get very far, he was pulled back to the original spot by the darkness, and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not break free from its grasp.

Roger roared like a mad beast.

"Black Dragon!!!"

Giger gazed calmly at Roger and said in a low voice,

"Is this what the so-called sun god Nika looks like? How ugly!"

Roger's body trembled upon hearing this. He raised his hand, his fingers shaking, to touch the dry skin on his face, and then cried out in terror,

"No! I'm not Nika! I don't deserve it!!"

As he spoke, he began to violently pound his chest again.

Giger had had enough of this kind of performance. He raised the Muramasa high, and a jet-black beam of light shot out from it, soaring straight into the sky.

"King's Command: Darkness Descends!"

The next moment, the entire space instantly became dark and gloomy, as if night had fallen.

A sense of fear arose in the hearts of everyone present.

At this moment, all people around the world watching the live broadcast see is black.

Just when they thought the screen was broken, countless gray vortexes suddenly appeared on the screen, which were particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

Countless gray vortexes suddenly appeared, standing out conspicuously in the darkness.

These vortexes, resembling gray eyes, emitted a faint light, revealing Roger as he was enveloped by these "eyes."

Roger seemed to realize something and muttered,

"Space... has been torn apart!"

That's right, these so-called "eyes" are actually cracks formed by spatial distortion caused by the powerful effect of dark gravity!

They resemble menacing gashes, blooming in the endless darkness, like the eyes of demons hidden deep within the universe, exuding a chilling aura.

In this darkness, Gigg's figure could no longer be seen, or rather, he had become one with the darkness. Even Roger's Observation Haki, which could "hear the voice of all things," could not detect Gigg's location in the darkness.

Even Roger felt this way, let alone the others present.

The navy was alright; at least they knew it was Gigg's ability, and that Gigg certainly wouldn't harm them.

Kizaru also tried to use his ability to illuminate Akainu and the others, but his light could not spread at all, and the surroundings remained dark.

Compared to the navy, the pirates were in a state of panic, wandering aimlessly in the darkness like a swarm of headless flies.

Until Gigg's voice rang out from all directions,

"The Great Dark Heaven".

Click!

A blinding white light burst forth from the spatial rift above Roger, and then the dark space where Roger was located shattered like a mirror.

The darkness completely dissipated, and Roger's limbs were all shredded in the spatial turbulence, leaving only his head and torso floating on the sea.

The remaining pirates stared blankly at Roger, unable to believe that the Pirate King had come to such an end.

"call……"

Giger stepped onto a piece of black ice, his body swayed, and then he knelt down on one knee.

"Little Lord!"

"Gig (elder brother)!"

Akainu and the others rushed to Gigg's side, and Lucia knelt down to help him up.

Gigg's face was ashen. He draped an arm over Lucia's shoulder, looked at Akainu and the others surrounding him, and laughed.

"What are you all doing surrounding me? Sakazuki, hurry up and clean up the rest of that sea garbage."

Akainu showed no intention of leaving. He shook his head and said in a deep voice,

"Let them go, I'll stay and protect you."

The fact that Giggs could make Akainu give up chasing pirates shows just how important Giggs is to Akainu.

Jiger chuckled and said,

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I just feel a little sleepy..."

The bear stepped forward and used its ability to expel the pain and fatigue from Giger's body. Giger felt much better, but he still felt a strong sense of drowsiness.

He mustered his strength and slowly got up.

Seeing Gigg stand up again, the remaining pirates were terrified and lost all will to fight. Except for a few core members of the original Roger Pirates, the others threw down their weapons and scattered toward the few pirate ships that were still relatively intact.

Among them, the sturdy Jackson remained the primary target for these stray dogs.

The remaining naval officers and soldiers were chasing after them, and the situation had become completely one-sided.

Only a few core members of Roger's pirate crew are still putting up a stubborn resistance.

Giger was so tired that he couldn't even muster the strength to move a finger.

He took a deep breath, parted his lips slightly, and spoke in a lower voice than before to Akainu and the others.

"Lucia can stay here. You all go and wipe out the bandits."

After saying that, Giger added,

"This is an order!"

Upon hearing this, Akainu finally stopped hesitating and immediately turned around and rushed to the battlefield, seeking out the remaining members of Roger's pirate crew.