One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert had already discussed this with Luffy and Loki. If they didn't defeat Im's true form, they would simply wait for Im's true form to appear, and then use his inexplicable severe injury as a signal to force him to leave Elbaf.

Now everything has come true as Robert's prophecy has come true. Im has indeed descended upon Elbaf in his true form, and just as Robert said, he has suffered a terrible blow for some unknown reason.

Now, both Loki and Luffy are well aware that it is impossible to defeat Im in their current state, so they have decided to trust Robert!

Robert had already told them how to send Im back: all they had to do was activate that giant ancient robot!

Franky stood on the shoulders of giants and activated the backup power source that Robert had Vegapunk had installed inside him.

Emmett's eyes lit up again: "Is it time?"

Franky pointed at Im and said, "Luffy and his crew are fighting your old enemy. Now he needs your power, he needs Joy Boy's power!"

Upon hearing the name Joy Boy, Emmett felt a surge of power. He slowly rose from the ground and walked toward the battlefield.

Back in Egerhardt, Pepperpitk had activated Emmett, but at that time Emmett was still a little dazed because he had been asleep for too long, and even mistook Luffy for Joy Boy.

Robert then took over the battle, and before Emmett could even activate Joy Boy's Haki Knot, the Five Elders had already found a step and teleported away.

Then, only Luffy and the Giant Warrior Pirates remained on the island. Kizaru, grieving the loss of his best friend, relentlessly pursued the pirates who had come to rescue Vegapunk, quickly letting them jump onto his ship and escape.

On the Giant Warrior Pirates' ship, Emmett and Luffy had a good talk, and it was from that time that Emmett learned about the mission Robert had given him.

Others may not know that Emmett possesses the formidable weapon of the Haki Knot, but Robert certainly won't forget it.

In fact, since the manga hadn't progressed to how Luffy defeated Im before Robert traveled through time, Robert didn't dare to bet on Luffy and instead used Emmett as his trump card from beginning to end.

Now, as Emmet listens to the familiar Drum of Liberation, the scene of Luffy fighting Im overlaps with the scene of Joy Boy's battle against Im back then.

His pace quickened, and he finally charged into the battlefield like a heavily armored tank.

How could Im not recognize the robot that stormed into Mary Geoise 200 years ago to avenge Joy Boy? But in his memory, he had given a clear order to destroy it!

The fact that this robot has reappeared only proves that my orders have not been carried out.

Im was seething with hatred, but the culprit, Satan Saint, was long dead, and he no longer had the chance to grind him to dust.

His soul is severely damaged. The reason he is able to overpower Luffy is because he has activated a secret technique that temporarily suppresses his injuries. Once the technique wears off, all his injuries will erupt exponentially, so he must finish the fight quickly.

Moreover, the so-called quick victory is not simply about winning the battle at hand; he must also return to the Flower Garden safely.

With this thought in mind, Im dared not waste a single moment. Using his superior mobility, he quickly dodged the robot Emmet's charge and continued his attack on Luffy.

In Im's eyes, this clumsy robot was no threat at all. Im's most feared opponent was Nika, the legendary sun god destined to liberate the world.

Now that he has used his true form and even activated his powerful move to suppress his injuries, he must take down Luffy, the modern-day Nika, in one fell swoop.

Without even glancing at the robot behind him, Im plunged his long-handled dagger toward Luffy's heart.

Luffy's body twisted into a bizarre shape as he barely dodged the fatal blow, enduring the gruesome wound the blade slashed across his body, and gripping the top of the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands.

Without hesitation, Im immediately pulled back his sword, but Luffy did not let go even when his arm was stretched to an unbelievable length.

Im's demonic energy surged, transforming into terrifying heads with sharp teeth that lunged at Luffy's arms. Luffy, enduring the pain, cried out:

"Emmette! It's up to you now!"

A bad feeling welled up inside Im, and he couldn't help but turn around and take a look.

At this moment, the enormous ancient robot Emmett stood quietly behind him, holding a huge knot in its hand.

Im's Observation Haki is undeniably strong, but Emmett is a robot and doesn't possess any aura that Observation Haki can detect. Im was completely unaware of what Emmett was doing!

Emmett pulled the knot open with force, and Im trembled all over. He was too familiar with this power. Even though hundreds of years had passed, when this familiar domineering aura appeared again, it still stirred up the most terrifying nightmare in the depths of his heart!

A powerful red and black aura swept across the entire Elbaf. The few nightmare monsters that Loki hadn't eliminated, as well as the giants who had been transformed into demons by the black version of Conqueror's Haki, all lost their source of power under the impact of this Conqueror's Haki.

The most desperate of all was Im, who found that all the demonic energy he was emitting was forced back into his body, and his injuries could no longer be suppressed. The immense pain of his soul being torn apart swept over his entire body once again.

Even more terrifying, his body began to turn into black demonic energy and was pulled back into the demonic magic circle!

Chapter 62 Each Has Their Own Choice

The Indian man was not subjected to any severe torture; a huge bedroom in the royal city of Dressrosa was specially converted into his prison.

Luo Li, who once claimed to control more than half of the wealth in the New World, sat leisurely on the sofa, opposite Xiao Luo, who had taken over all his work with the support of the Navy.

"Why are you looking for me at this hour?"

The Indian man spoke calmly, and Xiao Luo smiled as he handed him a cup of Kung Fu tea that he had just brewed: "Judging by the time, Rob Lucci should have already arrived at Fishman Island with all the CP0 agents. What else do we have to act for?"

Ah San frowned, then suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh: "That's right, what else is there to act out? If the adults lose, neither of us will survive. If the adults win, naturally no one will dare to stop us from leaving."

Xiao Luo chuckled: "Besides, we're not putting on a show for the navy. We're just giving them an excuse not to go back."

Zhan Guo cleared his throat: "You two, that's enough. I'm still sitting here."

Ah San picked up the teacup that Xiao Luo handed him: "Have a cup too, the results will be out soon."

"If you win, sir, your navy will be very busy soon, and you probably won't have so much time to leisurely drink tea."

Sengoku, annoyed, picked up a cup of tea as well: "What if that little brat Robert loses? Haven't you thought about the outcome?"

Ah San shrugged: "Losing means death, right? There's something I really like that the lord once said: 'After I die, who cares about the deluge?'"

"If you lose this battle, I can't guarantee what will happen to the rest of the Raibu. But my brother and I won't run away. We can't let the Navy fail us."

Zhan Guo sighed: "What kind of spell did Robert cast on you? You two are now incredibly wealthy and successful people, yet you're willing to go all in with this gambler?"

Xiao Luo seemed to have a completely new understanding of the Warring States period: "You, a veteran admiral of the navy, actually gamble? And you even know about all-in poker?"

Zhan Guo retorted irritably, "Marshal Zhan Guo isn't illiterate. Even if I don't gamble, surely I've heard of Texas Hold'em?"

Ah San took a sip of tea and said slowly, "You have no idea what kind of life we ​​brothers lived before. If it weren't for the master bringing us out, I might have been a slave in the tavern on Jaya Island for the rest of my life."

"Now it's the adults who are showing us a wider world and helping us enjoy a better life."

"Even living like this for just one day is more meaningful than being a slave for a lifetime."

Sengoku squinted, his tone like that of a devil tempting people to fall.

"Precisely because you already have this kind of life, are you willing to let it all go to waste because of Robert's gamble?"

The Indian's thinking was exceptionally clear, and he was not swayed in the slightest by the misleading information from the Warring States period:

"The reason we are so rich now is largely because we robbed Tesoro's Golden City. Without such a large influx of working capital, we wouldn't have been able to snowball our business to such a size in just one year."

"Tezzolo is rich enough, isn't he? But what happened to him?"

Sengoku smiled and said, "You ask me what happened to him? We in the navy don't even know if he's alive or dead. I'd like to ask you what happened to him."

Ah San shrugged: "He's already dead. Karina's scheme and calculations, combined with the superior's overwhelming strength, meant he didn't even have a chance to put up a decent fight before he died."

Sengoku had long anticipated Tesoro's fate, so he didn't show any emotional fluctuations. This was mainly because, based on the intelligence the Navy had already gathered and the feedback from the employees who were later released from the Golden City, the conclusion was that Tesoro was a bastard who deserved to die.

Countless families were ruined and people died because of his gambling scams, and even their sons and daughters were sold to the City of Gold, where they could only be slaves to Tezzolo for the rest of their lives.

Although Robert killed him as a double agent, everyone who was released from the City of Gold owed Robert a favor.

“No matter how successful we brothers are in business, we won’t be more successful than Tezzolo. Even he couldn’t protect his wealth, so why should we be able to keep our current fortune after leaving the adults?”

"So you don't need to test us anymore. Everything we have now is given to us by the adults. If we leave the adults, all the wealth they brought us will also leave us. So our lives have long been inextricably linked with the adults."

“If the master wants to gamble, we’ll risk our lives to gamble with him. If the master wins, we’ll eat meat with him; if the master loses, we’ll die with him.”

Sengoku stood up and walked towards the door: "I'll go see if any orders have come from headquarters. As long as Aokiji gives the order, I will definitely kill you two reactionaries on the spot."

Ah San stood up, bowed, and said, "Then thank you very much, old marshal, for giving us brothers a quick death."

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Im was able to use a teleportation array to travel thousands of miles, directly from Mary Geoise to Elbaf, which ultimately relied on the power of the Devil Fruit.

However, any power derived from a Devil Fruit can always be countered by Haki.

The domineering aura that Joy Boy possessed in the knot back then was the crystallization of his peak strength. Even Im at his peak would have to avoid his sharp edge, let alone Im who had already suffered a severe soul injury due to the successive killing of several contractors.

When the domineering energy within the knot was released, the entire Elbaf underwent an indiscriminate attack.

All the nightmare monsters summoned by the Holy Gathering of Qilingom collapsed instantly, and the giants dominated by Im's Black Transformation also returned to normal.

Everyone except the Straw Hat Pirates' executives, several top members of the Giant Warrior Pirates, Jabba, and Loki fell into a coma in an instant.

Im was forced to retreat back into the demon magic circle, and Zilingom Saint and Junzi were no exception. These two members of the Divine Knights who had been teleported to Elbaf through the demon magic circle were even scattered into a cloud of mist before Im.

Strangely, both Qilingom Saint and Im drifted towards a newly carved array in the forest, while Junzi, who had transformed into black smoke, drifted towards the sea at an extremely fast speed, seemingly summoned to some unknown place.

Loki, struggling with his exhaustion, arrived at the spot where Im had disappeared. He swung his Iron Thunder to destroy the demonic magic circle on the ground before collapsing to the ground, panting heavily.

Luffy deactivated his Nikka form and, weakened, was held in the palm of the ancient robot Emmett, and came to Loki's side.

Loki smiled and looked at Luffy: "Hey, Straw Hat, I'm going to help Robert take down that bastard Im. Are you coming?"

Luffy shook his head: "I'm not going!"

"I'm going to find the Great Treasure!"

Chapter 63: My little brother's here?

Qilingom Saint felt a blur before his eyes, and then he vanished completely into nothingness.

He had just been hit head-on by that powerful Conqueror's Haki, and his body and mind suffered a heavy blow. It took him a long time to recover.

Immediately afterward, Qilingom Saint was completely confused. Although he had not been notified in advance to prepare before being summoned, he was still in Pangaea City.

But now, even though the reverse teleportation of the demon array has ended, he is still in complete darkness. What's even more terrifying is that he finds his body trapped between countless boulders, only able to move a few small steps.

Qilingom Saint's mind worked quickly. As a senior member of the Order of the Gods, he naturally knew the principle of the demon teleportation array.

If they suffer an excessive attack from Conqueror's Haki, their bodies, which were summoned by the magic circle, will quickly return to their original positions, which can be considered a way to save their lives.

Therefore, no matter how unwilling he was to believe it, the place he was in now must be Pangaea above Mary Geoise!

Upon realizing this, Qilingom Saint felt even more panicked. If he was currently in Pangu City, wouldn't that mean that Pangu City had already become a ruin?

From the moment he was summoned to Elbaf to carry out a mission, to the sudden appearance of Lord Im in his true form, and then to the giant robot pulling out a tattered rope and reverting himself to his original form, less than a day had passed!

Even if the Five Elders and Lord Im all left in one day, and all the members of the Knights of God were dead, it would be impossible for the Revolutionary Army to demolish the place so thoroughly.

Qilingom Saint was an awakened Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, whose physical abilities far surpassed those of ordinary people. He re-formed his human-beast form, amplified his power to the limit, and desperately pushed against the boulder pressing on him, trying to crawl out of the ruins first.

What made him even more desperate happened: with his superhuman strength, he couldn't budge the rubble pressing down on him even a fraction!

Moreover, with his rapid breathing, it seemed as if the oxygen he could draw from the cracks in the rocks was being sucked dry, and Qilingom felt a tightness in his chest.