Chapter 375: Finally Caught You, Enemy of God
Onigashima.
VMMM!
The giant sword in Harald's hand was still trying its best to push forward.
But just as mentioned before—within the vast flowing starlight, the cleaving of that giant sword couldn't advance a single bit.
And at the same time, the Star Lord who stepped out from the starlight merely slowly raised his hand.
He pointed his finger downwards and pressed slightly.
Rumble!
The next moment, intense gravity instantly invaded.
Harald's massive body also abruptly plummeted at this moment, his figure becoming completely immobilized in an instant.
And this scene also caused Ace and Yamato beside them to look horrified, full of disbelief.
Having fought Harald for so long, no one knew better than them how strong Harald was.
Whether it was Haki or physical strength, that was absolutely top-tier strength on the sea.
Yamato didn't even think her father Kaido could defeat Harald.
And their joint attack just now, taking advantage of Harald's abnormal state, only barely managed to knock Harald down, without even causing effective injuries in the true sense.
But what about now?
In front of the Star Lord, Harald's power actually couldn't even break through a single finger of the other party—even the other party merely lightly pointing a finger actually restricted Harald's movements.
"What kind of ability is this?"
The doubts in Ace and Yamato's hearts at this moment were also understandable.
But right now, Roy's expression beneath the Star Lord's mask showed no sign of surprise.
Is Harald strong?
Of course.
As the previous generation's Giant King, Harald possessed power sufficient to rival Rocks—the two of them actually became good friends during battle exactly because it was hard to determine a victor between them.
Even looking at the history of the sea, Harald was absolutely the kind of powerhouse whose name could be counted among the top.
But, just as mentioned before.
The domain Roy was in right now was actually already another realm.
Having mastered the perfect method of utilizing the Source Energy of Lineage Factor, although he was limited by the amount of Source Energy of Lineage Factor and the "wishes" used to operate it, he was also sufficiently qualified to be called a "God".
By continuously switching abilities, he could almost do anything.
So right now, he merely calmly looked at Harald in front of him.
"Very chaotic Source Energy of Lineage Factor..."
He could keenly capture the Source Energy of Lineage Factor circulating within Harald's body, and could also perceive the other party's physical condition.
Just like Admiral Doman whom Rabbit encountered not long ago, Harald had indeed already died, and then seemed to have resurrected again through the thing named the "Ancient Coffin".
Even their bodies were essentially still maintaining the state of "death", it was only because of the existence of the Source Energy of Lineage Factor that they could move.
But different from Doman.
Right now, Roy could clearly see through the "Underworld" fruit—Harald's soul seemed to be split into two parts.
One part emanated intense and chaotic Source Energy of Lineage Factor, which was the power belonging to the "Abyss".
The other part seemed relatively weak, but was firm and intense.
"The larger part of the soul is the soul of absolute loyalty implanted by Imu after he was resurrected through the Ancient Coffin."
"The other part is Harald's own soul?"
Roy could roughly guess this—after all, that abnormal state Harald had during battle, even a blind person could clearly see it.
But what puzzled him was...
"Why did this situation occur with Harald, but not with Doman?"
"Could it be because Harald is stronger?"
This was the only thing Roy couldn't quite figure out.
But clearly, now was not the time to think about these things.
Because...
VMMM!
He lightly raised his finger and pointed again, touching Harald's instinctively lowered forehead.
Intense Source Energy of Lineage Factor burst forth once again—and the source of that countless Source Energy of Lineage Factor was exactly the "Abyssal Magic Circle" originally belonging to the Government located below Onigashima.
Thus, Harald, who was still struggling violently originally, had a dull expression once again.
"Ugh... Ahhh!"
He knelt on one knee, his hands fiercely covering his head, letting out a muffled low roar.
And at the same time, Roy could also see—within Harald's soul, the part belonging to the Abyss was rapidly being erased.
In its place, the soul originally belonging to Harald himself, after being freed from suppression, began to expand rapidly.
Yes.
In fact, Roy originally didn't intend to come to Onigashima in person—according to his original plan, he should have taken the Aster to Totto Land to suppress Kaido.
As for Onigashima, he thought the slice clone Rabbit, plus Ace, Yamato, and the samurai of Wano Country, would be enough to handle it.
And Rabbit's original plan was also very simple—he would deal with the Abyssal Magic Circle on this island to cut off the World Government's support, while Ace and Yamato would be responsible for dealing with the Death Disaster.
But after encountering the former Marine Admiral "Doman" as one of the Death Disasters underground, he realized things were not that simple, and even faintly guessed the identity of the second "Death Disaster" on Onigashima.
After all, "giant-like physique", "powerful strength", and the "thick fog" accompanying the Death Disaster's every move that Yamato mentioned—those were all hallmarks of Harald.
And after Yamato and Ace officially engaged in battle with Harald, and faintly confirmed Harald's state, Roy decisively made a choice—he chose to have his main body personally come to Onigashima.
The reason was of course very simple.
For the current Roy, as long as a creature's soul still exists, then even if the body has died, he can resurrect it—although this requires a considerable amount of Source Energy of Lineage Factor.
But without a doubt, Harald was worth this value.
Not only because of his identity as Loki's father and the most powerful king in the history of the Giant race.
Nor was it just because of the power Harald possessed.
Most importantly, Roy knew very well—at the end of his life, Harald chose to go to Mary Geoise.
And Roy could casually think and know that he must definitely be able to learn many secrets of the World Government from Harald—other things aside, at least the matter of the "Ancient Coffin" could definitely be learned from Harald's mouth.
It was exactly because of this, that Roy chose to personally appear on Onigashima after pondering for a moment.
After all, if the other party was Harald, just a slice clone whose abilities were locked would not be enough.
And right now, Harald's expression also began to undergo distinct changes starting from being cold.
His face gradually became pained, then slowly turned into exhaustion, and then... visible struggle.
"...Flee... far..."
He struggled to raise his eyes, as if fighting with all his might against the power within his body.
"Stay far away from me, Star Lord—this is a conspiracy!"
"!!!"
As he said these words, Star Lord's movements also seemed to pause for a moment.
Conspiracy!?
However, Star Lord hadn't even made a move yet.
He strikingly saw that the layers upon layers of bandages wrapped under Harald's armor were distinctly beginning to fall off at this moment.
And from within those falling bandages, the part of the pattern previously blasted out by Ace and Yamato clearly revealed its full picture at this moment.
That was a bizarre pentagram magic circle extremely similar to the "Abyssal Magic Circle".
VMMM! *5
And right now, from the five corners of the pentagram.
Accompanied by intense Source Energy of Lineage Factor, five monster-like figures also clearly flew out from one after another pitch-black flames.
Skeletal horse, sandworm, Itsumade, Fengxi, and Gyuki—the postures of the Five Elders were exactly the same as seen in the past.
If one had to point out the only difference, it would be that the appearance of the Gyuki at this moment was no longer Saturn, but an old man with a hairstyle resembling a crescent moon.
That was strikingly exactly Saint Figarland Garling.
The figures of the Five Elders quickly surrounded Star Lord in the center, and intense Conqueror's Haki and power were already circulating on each of their bodies.
VMMM!
The power of the Abyssal Sea Contract was pushed to the limit by them, and the intense Source Energy of Lineage Factor even made the sky seem to tremble.
Then...
"..."
Roy breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, exactly—just breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, when he just heard Harald mention the word "conspiracy", he was actually somewhat astonished and even apprehensive at first.
But after seeing the Five Elders, this apprehension naturally vanished instantly—having fought the Five Elders before, Roy knew very well their power was only so-so.
At least they wouldn't be more troublesome enemies than Harald.
And right now, the atmosphere at the scene seemed to also prove this point.
Right now, although the Five Elders had already surrounded Star Lord tightly in the middle.
But the expressions of these five individuals with the highest authority didn't show the slightest bit of joy.
Especially Saint Garling—after this newly appointed Five Elder descended, he looked in Star Lord's direction almost immediately.
And while seeing Star Lord, Garling's body even trembled very visibly.
As if he had seen something extremely terrifying in his memory, something that even seeped into his bones.
And the fact was indeed so.
He would always remember what happened in God's Valley back then—after that battle, out of the God's Knights who participated in that "hunt", ultimately only he and Gloriosa survived.
Those God's Knights, without exception, died like ants at the hands of this monster in front of him.
And now, after such a long time... he finally saw the other party again, and stood in front of the other party again.
"No... I have already obtained the power of that Lord, I have also become much stronger over these years."
"This is the last chance, I... cannot retreat!"
But then, Saint Garling secretly said to himself in his heart.
And in fact, his thoughts right now were also shared by the other four Five Elders.
This was their last chance.
In the many previous incidents, they had already lost the trust of that Lord, lost their position of highest authority in the world, and only managed the world in name.
And now, the reason they accepted the summons and appeared here was... Lord Imu told them, this was their "last chance" to serve Him.
To this end, that Lord even unprecedentedly bestowed upon them a massive amount of "divine power" again—the intensity of that power even far exceeded before!
"Lord Imu successfully lured Star Lord out of his 'divine kingdom' through the 'bait' set by Harald. We only need to kill him to return to our past positions... no, we can even obtain higher authority!"
"Don't hesitate, kill him!"
"Even Star Lord, who is a 'God' like Lord Imu, cannot exhaust our divine power in a short time... Do it!"
The Five Elders communicated with each other telepathically, their auras becoming increasingly intense.
And right now, Star Lord had also slowly raised his hand, preparing to make a move.
But...
"!!!" *5
Just in an instant, Star Lord captured the Five Elders' eyes shifting from "firm" to "astonished" and ultimately to "horrified".
Then, he saw...
Whoosh!
The pitch-black flames that originally only surrounded the Five Elders distinctly deflagrated the next moment.
The raging flames instantly engulfed the bodies of the five people, making them let out roars of pain.
"Ahhhhh!" *5
And from Star Lord's perspective, it could even be seen—the bodies, power, Haki, and even souls of the Five Elders... were all burning.
"Lord Imu... why... why!?"
"We... no..."
"Forgive us, we will definitely..."
"My Lord, didn't you say... Star Lord has already... taken the bait..."
And right now, the Five Elders completely couldn't understand.
Haven't we already trapped Star Lord? Why is that Lord "erasing" them at this kind of time?
But immediately after, they heard that calm yet cold voice from the bottom of their hearts.
"Mu told you, this is your 'last' chance."
"Mu has also granted you the chance as promised—the chance to be loyal to Mu, the chance to die for Mu."
The cold voice silently stated that fact.
The Five Elders who came menacingly, filled with fighting intent and battle spirit.
From the very beginning, they were discarded pieces in Imu's plan.
They thought they came here to conduct the "final wrap-up" after Star Lord took the bait.
But in fact, they themselves... were also part of the bait.
BOOM!
And right now, as the bodies of the Five Elders were swallowed by the pitch-black flames.
Changes began to happen to their corpses.
Just as mentioned before—before coming here, Imu had bestowed upon the Five Elders an extremely massive, astonishing amount of "Source Energy of Lineage Factor".
And right now...
That massive amount of Source Energy of Lineage Factor was undergoing some kind of change along with the deaths of the Five Elders.
Invisibly, Star Lord could perceive it.
Centered on the Five Elders, an invisible pentagram magic circle formed once again.
But the difference was—right now in the center of the magic circle, the phantom of a pitch-black demon whose entire body was burning with flames and growing two horns could be seen.
He was lowering those overlapping eyes, casting his gaze... upon Star Lord.
"Mu... finally caught you, enemy of God."
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