One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

He tried to calm himself down. He didn't know what had happened to Pangu City. Judging from the current situation, this incredibly sturdy fortress was probably not just destroyed into ruins, but was as if it had been crushed under a huge mountain!

As Ziringom Saint began to use his Devil Fruit power, a large black hole appeared beside him, from which a giant Nightmare Mole crawled out and swallowed him whole.

As a Mythical Zoan type Devil Fruit, the Kirin form has extremely high versatility.

It can not only hypnotize others and summon nightmare monsters from their dreams, but also store certain functional nightmares in its own nightmare cave, which can be summoned at any time to become an aid to the Holy Knight of Zilingom.

This Nightmare Mole is one of Zilingom Saint's collections. Now that he is trapped in the ruins, he needs a functional monster like this that can dig holes.

Instead of digging upwards, the Nightmare Mole used its keen underground sense of vibrations to head towards the weakest point in the rock layer, and soon brought Zilingom Saint back to the light of day.

Qilingom Saint leaped out of the Nightmare Mole's mouth, floating in mid-air on auspicious clouds, but when he saw what was in front of him, he was instantly petrified.

The red earth continent that once stood between heaven and earth, blocking the entire world, has now collapsed, creating a gaping hole several kilometers wide!

The place where he was buried was entirely composed of broken stone fragments, and as for the Pangu City, there was not a trace of it among the rubble.

Qilingom was so shocked that he didn't even notice someone coming up to him.

"So there are still some who slipped through the net? Judging by the bubbles in your hair, you must be a Celestial Dragon too, right?"

Qilingom Saint suddenly turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a grid tattoo on his face smiling at him.

Qilingom Saint gritted his teeth and said, "Dragons! What have you all done!"

The revolutionary leader, Dragon, who was lifted into the air by a gentle breeze, said calmly: "Although destroying Mary Geoise has always been my dream, unfortunately, this is not our doing."

"According to our intelligence, the Celestial Dragons will go to great lengths to avoid eating Devil Fruits. Only members of an organization called the Knights of God will willingly embrace Devil Fruits. So, are you a member of the Knights of God?"

When Zilingom heard the dragon say it would destroy Mary Geoise, his anger began to surge, and white smoke, symbolizing the awakening of the fruit, appeared:

"Remember this: the Knights of God—the Holy Knights of Ziringom!"

Long calmly nodded: "I heard from Robert that all the members of the Knights of God should have signed the so-called Deep Sea Pact with Im. As long as you are killed, you can severely damage Im."

"As an ally, it's really a bit embarrassing to always sit back and reap the benefits."

"Then let's kill you, and do our part to weaken Im!"

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Im felt dizzy; the last time he had been injured so badly was hundreds of years ago.

He forced open his eyes despite the pain, and the familiar scenery among the flowers made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the place looked like it had been through an earthquake, with everything from the flowers and plants to his own throne tilting to one side, thankfully the worst-case scenario didn't happen.

What Im fears most is that as soon as the teleportation ends, he will be surrounded and attacked by a large number of Thunder Department experts.

His current condition is really bad. Although he is still confident that he can break through the encirclement, there is something among the flowers that he absolutely cannot give up.

Im tentatively offered to switch maids with him, but received no response.

It was too quiet around us; the silence was somewhat unnatural.

Before Im went to Elbaf, Mary Geoise had already been engulfed in war for half a month. The revolutionary army attacked the holy city relentlessly, moving from place to place with every shot. Even amidst the flowers, Im could hear the explosions and shouts of music.

But when he was driven back from Elbaf, the place was so quiet that it seemed like there was no one for miles around.

Im would never forget that Loki and Luffy were almost recklessly conveying certain instructions, specifically to make that robot, which should have been destroyed long ago, unleash the Haki of Joy Boy, which had disappeared hundreds of years ago.

There must be a reason why the enemy did this. I was in such poor condition at the time, and the two of us weren't driven to the brink of disaster. Why would they send me back to Mary Geoise? It couldn't just be that they didn't want me to continue causing trouble in Elbaf, could it?

It took Im a good ten minutes to finally suppress the tearing pain deep in his soul.

He forced himself to stand up, moved to the door of the flower room, and pushed it open.

The moment the door opened, Im's pupils dilated in shock!

Outside, instead of the familiar stone corridors of Pangu City, there was a huge open space!

Countless clouds adorned a vast plaza. With Im's knowledge, he instantly realized that although he had returned to the Flower Realm, the Flower Realm was no longer in Pangu City!

In the center of the square stood a comfortable throne made of white clouds. Robert D. Neru, one of the newly crowned Four Emperors, sat on the throne, looking at Im who had just walked out of the door with a half-smile.

"Welcome to the place I've carefully chosen for you—"

"A burial ground!"

Chapter 64 Just Like Me

As the saying goes, enemies meeting are bound to be extremely hostile. Im didn't even bother to engage in a verbal battle with Robert; instead, he swung his strange, spear-like dagger straight at Robert's face.

The fact that Hua Jianjian appeared outside of Mary Geoise can only mean one thing: in the short time he was away from Pangaea, the entire Holy Land had been captured, to the point that no one stopped Pangaea from being dismantled at will.

Robert had already prepared for a battle with Im. The fact that he dared to wait for Im to be sent back by Loki and Luffy at the entrance of the Flower Room meant that he had naturally adjusted himself to his best condition.

Gungnir remained hovering beside Robert. Although Im's attack came quickly, Gungnir, having waited patiently, instantly blocked Robert's path.

The clash of swords produced a deafening roar. Although Im was enraged by this attack, he was merely testing Robert's strength.

Robert dared not hold back in the slightest when facing the world king who had suppressed the world for nearly a thousand years with his own strength. Gungnir was filled with both Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, which actually sent the seriously injured Im flying backward.

Robert was prepared to withstand the pressure in the top lane and let the other lanes regain the advantage. Unexpectedly, in the first wave of blood exchange, Im, the world's number one top laner, was not able to beat him because he was not in good condition.

"It seems that losing your contractors has really hurt you a lot. Let me guess, if all your contractors died, you wouldn't have died on the spot from the backlash, would you?"

Im was trembling all over. His injury occurred at the soul level, and this kind of pain could not be cured by any medical means. It could only be relieved by replenishing the energy of the soul.

The reason for sending three of the Five Elders and all the Knights of God to hunt at such a critical moment was to fill the huge spiritual energy gap caused by the sudden killing of Saint Satan.

Im's Devil Fruit is likely similar in principle to Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit, both directly involving the bestowal of power at the soul level.

Charlotte Linlin, however, transforms herself into Homies who can talk, laugh, and think by extracting the souls of ordinary people and then extracting their souls to fill in lifeless objects.

Im, on the other hand, collects all kinds of extreme negative energy to satisfy the demonic power within his body, and then shares the demonic power that the demon feeds back to him because of the satisfaction of his desires with his other contractors, so that they can also share a part of his Devil Fruit power.

This sharing comes at a price. Each contractor is like a summoned creature of Im, and while Im enjoys their absolute loyalty, it also provides them with an endless energy expenditure.

Once these contractors die, the part of their soul bound by the contract will be torn apart and taken away from Im's soul in an instant.

Although the devil's seduction is all lies and scheming, in all the legends about the devil, the devil values ​​the fairness of contracts and never engages in contract fraud.

Im has ruled the world for hundreds of years, and the demonic power within him has been steadily increasing.

His growing strength had numbed his vigilance. Eight hundred years was too long. He had forgotten what it felt like to be injured, forgotten that he too could die, and had even come to regard himself as a god.

It wasn't until Harald's death twenty years ago that Im was reminded of the fear of being torn apart by his soul, and that his Devil Fruit power also had negative effects.

The great battle at God Valley reminded Im of the thing he least wanted to face—

He wasn't born to be high and mighty; at one time, he was a rebel!

Robert stood tall and straight, a confident smile on his face. This confidence did not come from his own strength, but rather from his stance.

It seems he firmly believes that he is on the side of justice, and that justice will ultimately prevail over evil.

In that instant, Im even experienced a slight mental lapse due to the injury to his soul, and Robert's image actually overlapped with an image from his own memory.

This figure is neither the liberating warrior Joy Boy nor the former world ruler David's family.

As Robert began to unleash Conqueror's Haki and wielded Gungnir to attack Im, Im suddenly had a sudden realization:

Ah, isn't this me from hundreds of years ago?

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Saints Galin, Valcioli, and Pitt were extremely anxious. When the underwater currents became completely turbulent and their ship began to tumble wildly like a ball in a washing machine, they were not worried about their own safety at all. Instead, they instantly realized that something must have happened in Mary Geoise!

Fishman Island and Mary Geoise are practically mirror images of each other, separated only by the sea: one is at the highest point of the Red Line, and the other is at the very bottom.

Judging from the amount of boulders constantly falling from the ship, it's likely that the red earth continent thousands of meters above the sea has completely collapsed!

The members of the Knights of God displayed their unique abilities, unleashing a variety of strange fruit powers to firmly protect the ship they were aboard.

Shamrock stood calmly beside his father and asked, "Should we try to return?"

Before Garin could respond, Ochiri had already spoken out:

"We're almost at Fishman Island, but it'll probably take us another half a day to get back to the sea."

"Besides, the ocean currents are very turbulent right now, and it's uncertain whether we can even get back. By the time we get back, what was going to happen will have already been over!"

"Instead of wasting time traveling back and forth like a headless fly, I should continue to Fishman Island to collect negative emotions."

"Remember, Lord Im is our foundation. As long as we can complete his mission, even if Mary Geoise is completely destroyed, we can rebuild it ten thousand times over!"

Piet Saint also said with a gloomy face: "The Lord's orders are above all else. He is currently fighting a powerful enemy. This hunt may be the key to victory or defeat. We absolutely cannot afford to lose!"

Garin nodded in agreement: "Give the order to use every means possible to get to Fishman Island at full speed. Once the signal is no longer affected by the turbulence, contact the CP agents on Fishman Island directly. If the ritual for collecting negative emotions has been set up, they can start the hunt ahead of schedule!"

The ship carrying the Five Elders represented the pinnacle of scientific research in Egerhead. It quickly regained its balance amidst the chaotic ocean currents and even accelerated suddenly with the help of some kind of jet propulsion device, charging towards Fishman Island at full speed.

As soon as the ship broke through the bubble membrane surrounding Fishman Island, Garin Sei, who was already standing on the deck, immediately noticed the anomaly.

"Don't wait for the ship to dock! There's a problem on the island!"

"The Knights of God!"

"Freedom to land!"

Chapter 65 is about how you all want to outnumber each other.

Garin was just quicker to react; in fact, even if he hadn't reminded them, the others would have realized sooner that there was a big problem on Fishman Island.

Just like when Im had just teleported back to the Flower Realm, this Fishman Island was far too quiet.

Even though this place is thousands of meters below sea level, it is still a superpower with an incredibly large area and millions of people.

Even though they had already let Stussy take away the valuable merfolk to sell, the merfolk were still the majority of the population of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, so the island could not possibly be so quiet at this moment.

So many vicious CP agents received clear orders to come here, responsible for arresting all the civilians on the island, classifying them, marking them with different scores, confiscating their weapons and equipment, and some of the young and strong ones were even specially made to wear shackles.

Such a task could never be carried out quietly. Before each hunting competition, the number of civilians who died in the preparation stage was several times that of those who would actually be killed as prey in the hunting competition.

Some civilians who dared to resist and were capable of resisting were eliminated as potential threats long before the hunt even began.

Especially after the God Valley incident, the prizes of the Hunting Tournament nurtured so many powerful rebels who dominated the seas, so the World Government made even more meticulous preparations for the Hunting Tournament.

The island was now so quiet it was as if no one was alive, which made it impossible for them not to notice something amiss.

In the distance, one or two sounds of fighting could be faintly heard, but one had to strain their ears to make them out.

Pittor closed his eyes, his Observation Haki extended to its maximum, and frowned as he said, "The battle site is about ten kilometers away from us."