XX-level Hokage

Mashiro thought to herself, "As expected, Vegapunk's technique is not to be underestimated." She formed hand seals again, and even more complex fluctuations filled the air.

"Amaterasu - Universal Guidance!"

An even more intense gravitational force erupted from her palm, canceling out the clone's gravity. At the same time, Amaterasu's flames surged from her eyes, engulfing the clone.

The clone's gaze sharpened, and it vanished from its spot in an instant, reappearing behind Mashiro. It conjured an ice sword in its hand and slashed down fiercely.

Mashiro was prepared. She swayed slightly, dodging the clone's attack, and simultaneously unleashed a powerful backhand strike, gathering immense lightning power in her palm. "Raikiri!"

The power of lightning erupted instantly, transforming into a bolt of lightning that struck the clone.

The clone reacted extremely quickly, instantly conjuring an ice wall to block Mashiro's attack. "Boom!"

The ice wall shattered, and the power of lightning scattered, blasting a huge crater in the hall floor. At the same time, the seraphim launched an even more ferocious attack.

Their attacks were infused with the power of black flames, forcing Shinji to be distracted in his defense.

The Seraphim unleashed the power of their Lunaria bloodline, with fire, lightning, ice... all sorts of powerful elemental forces coalescing in their hands into powerful attacks that hurtled towards Mashiro.

Mashiro's gaze sharpened, and her hands rapidly formed hand seals, a strange fluctuation filling the air. "Yasakani no Magatama!"

Countless light projectiles shot out from her palms, colliding with the Seraphim's attacks in mid-air and erupting into violent explosions. "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Explosions were deafening, the entire hall was engulfed in flames and smoke, and the ground was riddled with holes.

Mashiro knew this couldn't go on. She had to find the Seraphim's weakness, otherwise she wouldn't be able to defeat them. Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck her, and she came up with a daring plan.

"Since you possess the power of immortality, then I will seal you away completely!" Mashiro thought to himself.

Her hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals, and an unprecedented energy surged through the air. "Sealing Technique: Four Symbols Sealing!"

A massive sealing formation appeared in the air, enveloping all the Seraphim.

However, the power of the black flames destabilized the sealing formation. The seraphim launched attacks, attempting to break the seal.

Mashiro gritted her teeth and poured all her power into the sealing formation. "It must succeed!"

The sealing formation trembled violently under the combined power of Mashiro and the Seraphim. In the end, the sealing formation successfully sealed the Seraphim.

But Mashiro paid a heavy price; her body became extremely weak.

Just then, Im slowly walked up to Mashiro, his face expressionless. "You were indeed strong, but in the end, you still lost." Im's voice was deep and authoritative. Mashiro raised her head, looking at Im with unwavering determination.

"You think you can defeat me like this? How naive," Mashiro sneered. Im didn't speak, but simply raised his hand slightly.

Suddenly, the entire Pangu City began to tremble violently. Huge stone pillars collapsed, and huge cracks appeared in the ground. "What's going on?" Mashiro was shocked.

“It’s all over.” Im’s voice echoed in Mashiro’s ears.

The entire Pangu City began to collapse amidst violent tremors; the sky and earth changed color, and a fierce wind howled. Zhenbai was struck by falling rocks and collapsed to the ground.

Im stood there silently, watching the collapsing Pangaea Castle, his face expressionless. In the end, Mashiro was defeated.

Pangu City was also completely destroyed in this fierce battle.

Just as Im was about to turn and leave, suddenly...

The world has undergone tremendous changes.

Everything started to go awry.

"How was it? Are you satisfied with my defeat in the illusionary world?"

A clear, melodious female voice reached my ears. It was as if I were waking from a dream.

Im found that everything around her had been restored, and she was now sitting in the hall where the withered old man had been sealed away.

The seraphim all stood behind Mashiro.

Chapter 202: Im Saint

Mary Geoise, deep within Pangaea

Im stood amidst the collapsed ruins, his gaze coldly fixed on Mashiro lying on the ground.

A fierce wind howled, and debris flew everywhere. The entire city of Pangu gradually turned into ruins amidst the violent tremors. "It's all over," Im's deep voice echoed through the ruins.

However, just as Im turned to leave, a strange fluctuation suddenly filled the air. "How about it? Are you satisfied with my defeat in the illusionary world?"

A clear female voice rang in Im's ears. As if waking from a dream, Im turned around abruptly and found that everything around him had returned to normal.

Pangu City remained intact. The withered old man still stood behind Im, while Mashiro stood in the center of the hall with a theatrical smile on his face. "What is this?" Im's gaze sharpened, and he instantly understood.

"Illusion." "Illusion?"

“That’s right, everything that just happened was an illusion.” Mashiro smiled slightly. “From the moment you saw me, you were already trapped in my illusion.”

A flicker of surprise crossed Im's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

“What, you don’t believe me? Well, that’s true. To people in your world, this might be considered a kind of sorcery. Besides, for people without chakra, genjutsu is basically impossible to use.” Mashiro said softly, “So, I made some preparations in advance.”

“Chakra? What are you talking about?” Im said in an extremely low voice.

"It wouldn't hurt to explain some things to you. In a sense, I am no different from you Celestial Dragons. We are not natives of this world. In the world I live in, everyone uses a power called chakra."

Through these chakra, people can unleash various special abilities and powers. Genjutsu, on the other hand, uses chakra to interfere with the opponent's five senses, causing them to fall into illusions.

Generally speaking, genjutsu cannot work on people who do not have chakra reserves. "Looking at this former 'King of the World'," Mashiro said softly.

"So, what you mean by preparing in advance?" Im seemed to understand something.

As soon as she finished speaking, the Blazing Envoys suddenly appeared behind Im, surrounding him completely. "These Blazing Envoys..." Im sensed something amiss the moment his gaze sharpened.

“That’s right. When they came into contact with you, they emitted Wood Release spores,” Mashiro explained. “These spores contain chakra. When you inhale them, they will temporarily give you some chakra, thus making you susceptible to genjutsu control.”

Im was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "So that's how it is. You planned all of this from the very beginning."

That's right. "Mashiro frankly admitted, "I started planning this the moment I gave Vegapunk that drop of blood." Let's go back to the moment Mashiro met Vegapunk.

After learning about Vegapunk's plans regarding Seraphs, Mashiro realized that this power was inextricably linked to the World Government, and so she came up with an interesting idea.

He made up a random excuse and traded a drop of his blood to Vegapunk.

"Dr. Vegapunk, this drop of blood is for you. I hope you can research something interesting." Just as Mashiro had predicted.

After Mashiro left, Vegapunk stood in the laboratory and began to conduct in-depth research on the drop of blood.

After several days of research, Vegapunk excitedly held a test tube containing a liquid that emitted a faint green glow.

"Indeed, this drop of blood contains a mysterious power." Vegapunk's eyes gleamed with excitement. "If we can decipher it, perhaps we can create even more powerful weapons."

However, he did not know that Mashiro had left a special memory symbol in that drop of blood—a wedge.

Through Vegapunk's continuous analysis and research, he discovered that the drop of blood not only contained several powerful and unique forces, but also possessed unparalleled strength.

Unable to resist, Vegapunk began his new research on Seraph using that drop of blood, which was to create a clone of Mashiro. Through Karma, Mashiro could sense everything that happened to the Seraph born from that drop of blood.

Just as Mashiro had predicted, after Vegapunk sensed the special power of this drop of blood, he couldn't help but transplant that power into other Seraphim.

And this is also part of the True Self Project.

“Through Karma, I can sense everything that happens to the Seraphim,” Mashiro continued to explain. “After seeing them, I can directly control them. After all, as homogeneous chakra and influenced by Karma, they have no way to resist me.”

Im's gaze grew even colder. "You really are a dangerous person."

“Thank you for the compliment.” Mashiro smiled slightly. “However, I don’t want to be your enemy. I just want to change this world.” “Change the world?” Im sneered. “Who do you think you are? Keeping Iboi around?”

Mashiro shook her head. "I'm not Joy Boy, but I believe I can do better than him." Im was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "So, what do you plan to do?"

"I will find that so-called One Piece, then reveal the truth of the Void Century, and I will also solve the flood problem, thus creating a completely new world," Mashiro said earnestly.

"You? You're too naive." Im sneered.

“How will you know it won’t work if you don’t try?” Mashiro smiled slightly. “Besides, I’ve already found the key to changing the world, haven’t I?” “Oh? What key?” Im asked.

“The three Ancient Weapons,” Mashiro replied, “Pluto, Poseidon, and Uranus.” Im’s self-illumination sharpened. “You?”

“The blueprints for Hades are in my hands, Poseidon is mine, and Uranus is about to fall into my hands as well,” Mashiro said softly. Im was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, “Even if you find the three ancient weapons, you may not be able to change this world.”

“I know.” Mashiro nodded. “However, I have no intention of relying on it. I have other ways to solve this.” Im gave Mashiro a deep look and said nothing more.

“So, you can make your choice now, Im: die here or become a prisoner.” Mashiro walked towards Im and said. Im remained silent; she had lost the ability to resist.

Her own combat strength is not particularly strong; she merely possesses the power of the Heavenly King and the "Demon."

In this situation, let alone the fact that the Heavenly King has no way to inflict fatal damage on Mashiro, even if he could, she wouldn't be able to use it unless she wanted to die together with him.

As for the power of the "demon," it goes without saying that there was no suitable vessel for it beside her at the moment. The seraphim stood behind Mashiro, quietly awaiting orders.

"You all stay here," Mashiro ordered. All the Blazing Gatekeepers froze instantly.

Mashiro reached out to Im, and Im's black robe instantly shattered, along with the black smoke that vanished.

Beneath all the secrets lay a tall, voluptuous, and aloof woman. "Indeed, quite beautiful," Mashiro chuckled, lightly lifting Im's chin.

Chapter 203: The Illusion House and the Devil Fruit Tree

Mashiro stood before Im, looking down at the former "King of the World." Her eyes gleamed with curiosity and inquiry.

"Im, as the leader of the Celestial Dragons, you must know many secrets, right?" Mashiro asked softly, her tone slightly teasing. Im gave Mashiro a cold look and remained silent.

For example, the origins of you Celestial Dragons. "Mashiro continued, "You're not native to this world, are you?" Im paused for a moment, then finally spoke: "How did you know that?"

Mashiro smiled slightly: "It's not hard to guess. You Celestial Dragons possess superhuman strength and technology, which is unique in this world. Moreover, your fear of One Piece and the three Ancient Weapons is obviously because you know their true purpose."

Im scoffed, "You are indeed a clever person. That's right, we are not native to this world; our ancestors came from the moon."

"The moon?" Mashiro paused for a moment, then showed interest. "Tell me more about it." She suddenly thought of Kaguya.

Im took a deep breath and slowly said, "Our ancestors originally lived on the moon, a world with highly advanced technology. However, as time went by, the moon's environment gradually deteriorated and became uninhabitable. In order to survive, our ancestors had to find a new home."

"So, they came to this ocean planet," Mashiro interjected.

"That's right." Im nodded. "To adapt to the environment of this planet, our ancestors created a vast island called the Kingdom of the Gods. We lived here for hundreds of years, gradually adapting to the planet's environment."

“Then, you turned your attention to the ocean,” Mashiro said.

Im did not deny it: "Yes, the ocean is the richest resource on this planet, and we will naturally not let it go."

"And so, with the power of the Heavenly King, you destroyed a kingdom on the ocean established by the Lunaria race and took its place," Mashiro continued.

A flicker of surprise crossed Im's eyes: "You even know this?"

Mashiro smiled slightly: "Not only do I know, I also know that you discovered a national treasure among the kings of the Lunaria tribe—the Illusion House."

Im was silent for a moment before finally speaking: "That's right, the Illusion House is an extremely powerful artifact. It can bring infinite power and reverse time."

Reversing time? Mashiro was slightly taken aback. Although she had already guessed, she was still incredibly alarmed.