The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

"Don't you have inexhaustible energy, John?!"

"You've reminded me."

Sky Dragon chuckled awkwardly, stopped teasing the bull demon, and hovered in mid-air.

Just when everyone thought the monster had finally run out of energy and could no longer wreak havoc...

Rumble

Thunder rumbled and endless lightning poured down from the dark clouds above, drenching the massive, majestic body of the sky dragon.

Exhausted, Karp was immediately jolted by the electric shock, but he ignored the pain and looked down in horror at the direction where John's breath was coming from.

"He's a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, and he's already awakened his Devil Fruit! He can absorb elements to restore his stamina, damn it!"

As Garp roared in frustration, everyone on the battlefield clearly felt the monster's aura rapidly increasing in their Observation Haki.

After a thunderstorm, it was lively and energetic again!

"Come on, let's continue!"

John steered the Sky Dragon forward with a sudden lunge, its three-toed claws gleaming with a ghastly white light slamming down and smashing the fleeing bull demon into the Tengshan mountainside.

At this moment, the bull demon Satan Saint was not flattened by the "power of imagination" while being held in Nika's hands; he was truly pounded into a meat pie.

This casual strike caused the Tengshan Mountain to tremble, and once again it cracked open with countless fissures, revealing bottomless ravines.

"MoMo Hundredfold Slash!"

Wald seized the opportunity, using Moonwalk to fly above the majestic dragon's body. Under the influence of the Momo-Momo Fruit, his greatsword transformed into a hundred-meter-long blade, covered in Armament Haki, and fiercely slashed down at the neck behind the ferocious dragon's head.

Clang

As the hundred-meter-long blade struck the dragon's neck, sparks flew and the deafening clang of metal clashing echoed through the sky.

Before it could even observe the extent of the damage to the dragon's body, the hundred-meter-long giant blade shattered with a "clang," its surface cracking like a mirror breaking, and it exploded into countless pieces of iron.

The dragon's body was incredibly tough!

In comparison, the hundred-meter-long giant blade is like paper, a complete futile attempt to break a rock!

call out

As Wald was filled with horror and despair, a piercing sound cut through the air, accompanied by howling wind, and a long, sharp snake tail lashed out, sending him flying and spraying large amounts of crimson blood through the air.

"what!"

Clang

Immediately afterwards, spurred on by Garin, the Golden Buddha and Rayleigh took turns attacking, combining a pale gold shockwave with a magnificent slash to form a combo attack, which heavily struck the neck of the dragon's body that the hundred-meter-long giant blade had previously slashed.

This precise strike, like a hot knife through butter, easily pierced the dragon's neck, severing its massive, ferocious head from its body.

"success……"

Before everyone could cheer with joy, the ferocious dragon head suspended in mid-air quickly merged back with the body, completely fusing together in the blink of an eye, as if nothing had ever happened.

The Sky Dragon stood upright, turned its head to sweep across the faces that were filled with despair and blankness, and grinned:

"Just kidding, is it fun?"

Chapter 185 All Devil Fruits Have Their Uses

"Damn it, if only someone with the Op-Op Fruit were here."

Having regained his original form through his immortality, Maz Saint gazed at the serpentine dragon-like monster that overwhelmed all others and proposed a hypothetical scenario that did not exist.

Upon hearing this, Saint Satan, who had just dug himself out of the mountain's rock strata, nodded in agreement with a somber face, then shook his head regretfully:

"Unfortunately, we haven't found the results of the surgery since last time."

If one possessed the Op-Op Fruit, one could use its power to slice through the serpentine dragon-like monster's alloy body without needing to consider the hardness of the material.

Even when covered by Armament Haki, the Op-Op Fruit can still cut through.

That's the charm of Paramecia-type Devil Fruits!

"Oh, right."

Upon hearing the mention of the Op-Op Fruit, Massahi immediately thought of the several Paramecia-type Devil Fruit users present.

The Momo-Mo Fruit had no effect on that monster, but what about the Float-Float Fruit and the Soul-Soul Fruit?

The Float Fruit can manipulate objects it touches, and the Soul Fruit can give life to non-living things. Both can compete with John for control of the alloy dragon body in different ways!

"Hey! Big Mom!"

Maz Sheng turned to Lingling, who was watching the show in the corner, and gently coaxed her.

"Don't you want such powerful combat strength? Just split your soul and turn that alloy monster into your Homie!"

"Huh?"

Upon hearing Maz Sheng's words, Lingling raised an eyebrow and realized that it was possible to do so.

That makes sense. Having gone through countless battles, she never considered giving life to her opponent's weapon, thereby indirectly reducing the opponent's combat power.

Reminded by Mazsun, Lingling was tempted.

But soon, Lingling scoffed and said disdainfully:

"The world of pirates also values ​​honor and righteousness. I would never attack my former comrades at a crucial moment. Even if we were to fight, it would have to wait until there are no external enemies like you before we can have a one-on-one battle."

"World Government, put away your pathetic little schemes!"

Seeing that he couldn't reason with Big Mom, Mazsanto quickly changed his target and turned his attention to Shiki:

"Golden Lion, don't you have ambitions to dominate the sea? Now, all you need to do is use the Float-Float Fruit's power to control that alloy monster, and you can gain immense fighting power!"

"whispering sound!"

Shiki took the cigarette from his mouth and spat on the ground.

"Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

"But what you just said reminds me of your World Government's Gate of Justice. Once I leave Wano Country, I'll go and take the Gate of Justice with me."

"It would be quite a sight to see the gates of justice smashed down on Mary Geoise!"

"You dare!" Maz Saint immediately became agitated.

"Shall we summon Lord Im?" Satan suggested, his eyes gleaming.

But before he could finish speaking, he was met with a stern refusal from Mazsan:

"No way! Knowing John as we do, there's no way he wouldn't know that Lord Im can teleport here."

"Perhaps this is a trap set by John for Lord Im, to lure Lord Im here and then incite all the pirates present to attack Lord Im."

"Absolutely not!"

Im is the source of life for the Five Elders; as long as Im lives, their immortality will continue.

Even the Conqueror's Haki of powerful figures like Roger and Garp could only kill those who had formed the "Shallow Sea Contract," and could not cause any real harm to the Five Elders who had formed the "Abyss Contract."

At best, it can only suppress the speed at which the Five Elders recover from their injuries; it is far from enough to kill them.

Therefore, as long as Im lives, the World Government will have countless chances to start over. This is a bottom line that cannot be risked!

"What should we do then? Just let that John guy keep being arrogant!" Satan Saint was still unwilling to give up.

Maz Saint's face was grim as he stared intently at Shiki, who was beaming with pride at having come up with such a brilliant idea. He murmured to himself within the "Abyss Contract":

"Let's forget about John and turn our attention to killing those pirates like Shiki and Big Mom!"

"As for the ancient weapon 'Pluto,' we cannot obtain it, and we absolutely cannot let John obtain it!"

These words immediately opened up new avenues of thought for the other four stars, who all agreed.

I second that!

"..."

Suddenly, John discovered that the forces surrounding him had been reduced by more than half, leaving only Roger, Rayleigh, Garp, and Sengoku—a few hotheads.

The Five Elders and the Knights of God have all vanished!

Immediately, John broke his previous boast of not using Haki and unleashed "Heart Net" to cover the entire Wano Country.

Suddenly, a series of voices rang out...

"Hahaha, I'm not playing with you anymore, I'm leaving!"

"MAMAMA~ Shiki, let's go and seize the Gate of Justice now!"

"You bastard! Stop right there!"

"Damn pirates!"

It turns out that Shiki and Linlin wanted to leave Wano Country, but the Five Elders and the Knights of God were unwilling to let them leave and were relentlessly pursuing them.

"Seize the Gate of Justice?" Inside the Sky Dragon, John couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

To put it in perspective, even the largest warships in the navy appear as insignificant as cockroaches before the Gates of Justice. These are colossal behemoths, nearly ten thousand meters high and hundreds of meters thick!

Furthermore, the materials used to build the Gate of Justice are the same alloy as those used in the Navy's Crescent Bay defensive barrier, making it resistant to seawater corrosion and incredibly tough.

Although scientists in John's hometown conducted an experiment, impacting a hypothetical target with a 140-kilogram tungsten rod at 4 kilometers per second (approximately Mach 12), which is also the actual landing speed of a weapon after passing through the atmosphere, the result was that the tungsten rod only left a shallow crater about 3 meters deep and 4.6 meters in diameter. This impact effect was not significantly different from that of a 203mm heavy artillery shell.

But this is just a 140-kilogram tungsten rod, which is worlds apart from the billions of tons of the Gate of Justice!

If Shiki were to use the Float-Float Fruit to levitate the Gate of Justice and use it as a celestial weapon, it's likely that only a very few people, such as Fujitora, the user of the Gravity Fruit, would be able to stop it.

Even powerful figures like Garp, Whitebeard, and Roger, despite their best efforts, could not destroy the falling Gate of Justice and would only be crushed to death.

Even if Loki, Nika, or even Joy Boy and other gods came, there would be no exception.

"Hiss! How come Shiki suddenly got it?"

John had actually been thinking about the Float-Float Fruit for a long time, but he didn't dare to bring it up to remind Shiki.

The Float Fruit doesn't care about the weight of the substance; it only requires touching it to levitate and manipulate it, and it doesn't consume much physical strength.

In comparison, the ancient weapons that consume a lot of energy with each attack are utterly worthless compared to the space-based weapons controlled by the Float-Float Fruit!

"Fuck you, which idiot reminded Shiki? How could Shiki possibly be down on his luck and face the harsh reality now?"