I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

……

On the star ring, Is had indeed received the news.

But he was still seriously fighting against three demon kings, relentlessly suppressing and wounding them, seeking to kill his enemies as quickly as possible.

Only you yourself know your own strengths and weaknesses.

As a king who ignites the flames of his Devil Fruit, his body, and his Haki, he is no weakling. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been sent here to oversee this region. However, as a king who relies on his Devil Fruit abilities, he naturally lacks the confidence to defeat Ato.

What's the point of sending reinforcements then?

The reinforcements who are closest to East Cyosz and have lit the three lamps will arrive in at least five days!

If he loses, the planet will fall! Instead of going down to rescue him, we should kill as many demon kings as possible here first, so that our forces can gain an overall advantage, and then surround Ato!

Before that, let Ato cause trouble and try to save them, since it can't be stopped anyway. If Ato is willing to lead the demon race to destroy the various factories on East Cyos and slaughter ordinary people, and it takes more time, that would actually be a good thing!

……

Time ticked by, and inside the planet, Figo said, "A cold-blooded yet pragmatic decision."

"Compared to them, aren't we evil demons a bit more compassionate?" Yato chuckled. "I could have led them in a frontal attack, but because they were worried that if the Celestial Dragons saw me, they would execute their comrades in the prison, they sent me in advance, even if it meant more sacrifices for them."

"Evil? Justice?" His voice rose slightly: "It's nothing more than victory or defeat. Only the victor can decide everything! The Celestial Dragons currently hold an absolute advantage, and all races tend to submit to them. The demon race is evil!"

If one day, nine progenitors of the demon race emerge, and the Celestial Dragons are reduced to only three generals, the demon race will become righteous avengers, liberators of those who have suffered oppression!

Ana said, "No, in my eyes, demons will always be evil."

"Of course, you can think that way if you've experienced the massacre on Eisen, but can you imagine how many demon children are being slaughtered like pigs and sheep at the very moment we're speaking? How many demons die every year?"

Ato looked at Figo: "The Demon race is the most discriminated and ostracized child among all the races in the starry sky. Every day, he suffers the most vicious humiliation. The Demon liberation plan is the only glimmer of hope that this child has ever seen, but after that, there is an even deeper despair."

What did those races who carried out the Demon Liberation Plan want? They wanted to break free from the Celestial Dragons' oppression and rule. But what did they do after the Demon Liberation Plan? They watched the show!

They just want to see us fight the Celestial Dragons so that the Celestial Dragons won't have time to worry about them and use us as tools. But it's not that easy.

Even after all this, many demons still yearn for the light, but no one has the right to demand that we not fall into darkness!

Looking at the same thing from different angles can indeed lead to different conclusions. Figo shook his head and said, "So, it has nothing to do with anything else."

"Ah, it's just a matter of stance!"

Ato grinned, his facial features rapidly changing, and his body suddenly grew larger!

In a matter of seconds, it transformed into a 30-meter-tall, ferocious beast that seemed to reach the sky, resembling a hippopotamus with fangs, human ears, and a lion's tail. It was fierce and connected to heaven and earth!

Zoan type - Hippo bloodline - Mythical Zoan type - Behemoth, Behemoth's true form!

At the same time, Figo also tore his white clothes to shreds.

With chains wrapped around his waist, his body rapidly expanded to a gigantic size of thirty meters, revealing his true form as a giant!

The two colossal beasts clashed with a raging aura of dominance, their red and black halos reflecting two different colors in the sky, a chaotic explosion as one bullied the other.

Ana's expression changed slightly. She covered her forehead and quickly retreated, only to see two powerful figures charging towards each other, their fists colliding once again!

One punch sent ripples through the air like ocean waves! Two punches pierced the darkness with twisting power, revealing a strange, rainbow-like light!

Three punches later, the demons and prison guards, who were fighting dozens of miles apart, clutched their chests, feeling as if their oxygen had been sucked out, making it hard for them to breathe!

Four punches, purple lightning crackling, crashed down on the sea surface with a thunderous roar, evaporating the seawater as if trying to drain the ocean and destroy this world!

The two giants rose higher and higher as they collided! Their clashing fists grew heavier and heavier! Until they were close to the planet's protective membrane, the two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and simultaneously punched the sky, their fists piercing through the membrane!

It crashed to the bottom of the star ring!

Boom—

It felt like we were hit by a planet!

On the ring of stars, the flat ground suddenly erupted like a volcano.

The splashing mud and sand rushed onto the top of the star ring, almost completely overturning the land that was thousands of meters thick and hundreds of miles wide, and the pervasive mud and sand blotted out the sky and the moon!

Is and his kings, including a demon king, all stopped fighting in shock.

What happened?!

Chapter 175 The Battle of the Giants

Boom!Boom!Boom!

One loud bang after another was heard.

A heartbeat? The sound of drums? The rumble of thunder?

No, neither!

It was like a volcanic eruption that had been dormant for millions of years, or like a meteorite impact with a diameter of 100 kilometers. The entire ring of stars was trembling, and the light field at the core was completely distorted!

Hundreds of kilometers apart, the heartbeats of Is and the others gradually changed rhythm with each muffled thud, rising and falling wildly, while the ground beneath their feet seemed to be experiencing an earthquake of magnitude eight or nine, cracking and shattering.

Beneath that distorted force field and silt, the Mind Network couldn't penetrate it at all, but everyone suspended high in the air could sense that something terrifying, a monster, was about to emerge from beneath the overturned earth!

"Is that Lord Ato?!" The demon king roared with all his might, barely managing to get his voice into his companions' ears.

All eyes were focused on that direction.

Ato? Of course, it's Ato!

But why does this sound like someone is fighting? Who could possibly fight Ato like that?!

Thump! Thump! Buzz—

The deafening roar grew closer and closer, transforming into an ultrasonic hum under the distorted force field, piercing everyone's ears. A few seconds later, two enormous figures finally burst out of the dust and appeared in the world!

One of them, with a blue face and fangs, human ears and a lion's tail, and a huge body, was the Behemoth they had anticipated—Ato.

But on the other side... who is that? Or rather, what race is this guy? What is he?

The enormous figure, nearly as tall as the Behemoth, had bright yellow fur covering most of its body, black chains wrapped around its waist, and blue, fin-like organs growing on either side of its massive arms. Its face was also slightly blue.

Giants? Mink? Fishmen?

What did this guy's ancestors do?

No, more importantly, where did this powerful individual who could physically clash with Ato come from?!

Punches, elbows, knee strikes!

The two enormous bodies clashed repeatedly using the most primitive fighting methods. The air around them was almost completely sucked out, affecting the transmission of sound.

The impact of punches and kicks cannot be transmitted; it's too fast and too quick, dozens of times in a single second!

The thumping sounds were the momentary delay caused by the attacks bypassing the opponent's defenses and striking them, resulting in some fish slipping through the net!

The giant blue fist slammed into the Behemoth's chest, causing the bulging muscles to cave in slightly and countless bones to break. The Behemoth spat out a mouthful of blood, but it also slammed its knee into Figo's abdomen, causing Figo to spit out a mouthful of blood as well!

But neither punches nor kicks can force the opponent to retreat.

Blood splattered, hair flew everywhere.

And then it was quickly annihilated under the distorted force field!

The injuries they inflicted on each other were also rapidly restored and healed by their powerful physiques!

"Where...where did this guy come from?!"

A demon king murmured in horror, his body retreating backward in the gale. It wasn't that he couldn't withstand the aftershocks from hundreds of kilometers away, but rather that he was terrified of the two people's terrifying power.

One punch! No matter which one, just one punch will kill him!

The demon kings, who had lit two lamps and whose first lamp had reached the second level of brightness, fell silent. Where did such a physically imposing king come from in the Eastern Universe Sea? They couldn't withstand more than a few punches from him. What should they do? Should they go help Lord Ato?

No, what am I thinking? How could Lord Ato possibly need help? He can handle that guy who appeared out of nowhere. As for us, we must ensure that the Celestial Dragons don't get involved in the battle and interfere with Lord Ato's ability to defeat the powerful enemy!

"Lord Yis!"

For those outside the demon race, after a brief moment of shock, joy followed.

One of the merfolk kings was especially happy, finding Figo's fins incredibly endearing.

Among the approximately one hundred known kings in the starry sky who have lit four lamps, there are no merfolk. There are only four merfolk kings who have lit three lamps. So what if they are mixed-race? Does that mean they are not relatives? Even the richest man in the mountains has distant relatives!

He longed to rush forward, slide to his knees, and kowtow to claim the title of king, but his strength was limited, so he could only cast his eager gaze toward Is.

We cannot allow our fifth king of the merfolk to perish at the hands of the troll Athos!

He didn't need to say it.

Is is already preparing.

With nearly 12 inhabited planets and trillions of inhabitants in the starry sky, it's perfectly normal for some powerful individuals to remain unknown and unwilling to show their faces. Those with strong physiques who don't want to be conscripted by the Celestial Dragons' expeditionary force are even more common. Although the guy who suddenly appeared before us is incredibly strong, it's still a good thing.

Perhaps we can kill the troll Atho here without needing reinforcements!

whoosh-

He shot out amidst the whistling wind.

"Stop him!"

"Stop them!"

If the Demon King intercepted Is, then the others would naturally intercept the Demon Kings!

The battle resumed, but this time, the target of the battle changed. As Is charged forward, his figure suddenly transformed into thin threads, scattering and breaking through the battlefield before regrouping and rushing towards Figo and Ato.

"Damn it! Don't run away!"

The demon king could not catch up.

The Celestial Dragons have too many Devil Fruits to choose from; as long as they show enough talent in their youth, they can be matched with a powerful fruit.

As a king who lit three lamps and could barely be considered among the Celestial Dragons, Is is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user - Fiber Fruit!

Not only can he fibrose his body and the earth, allowing for flexible attacks and evasion, his attacks can also directly sever the opponent's muscle and nerve fibers, destroying the opponent's body from the root!

The weak, if touched by him, will become paralyzed, foam at the mouth, and turn into idiots!

Charging forward and chasing backward.

Is rushed within a kilometer of the two, the impact making his chest feel tight and his heart feel oppressed. Only then did he realize that the collision was more ferocious than expected.

His body trembled, and his Conqueror's Haki, which materialized, pushed aside the other influences. Aiming at the gap in their fight, he stretched out his hands, and solid fiber threads seemed to traverse space, drilling into Ato's body!

The behemoth's body went slightly numb as it looked down at the fibers that had pierced its armor-colored armor.