Chapter 377: Backwards Flowing Time, God's Valley!
In the outer sea of Wano Country, there is a considerable number of "reefs".
These massive reefs were originally huge dangers for overseas ships entering Wano Country—each of them is as tall as a small mountain, and once a ship touches them, it ends in the ship being destroyed and people dying.
But now, these "reefs" had vanished from the sea surface.
They were all covered by "waves"—massive waves that blotted out the sky and were huge to the extreme.
And if someone were outside the sea area of Wano Country at this time, they would see even more clearly.
At this time, the iconic "Great Waterfall" of Wano Country located in the outer sea... was crumbling!
And from within that crumbling waterfall.
Shattered, massive rocks were like the curtain opening for a grand play.
BOOM!
Ever since Wano Country "closed its borders", the rainwater that had been continuously accumulating inside Wano Country began to rush outwards violently—that was exactly the source of the giant waves sweeping through Wano Country.
BOOM!
That overly massive water flow caused the sea surface in the sea area near Wano Country to begin an inevitable "rise".
And exactly beneath that rising sea surface.
A massive warship was slowly sailing out from the ancient deep sea.
Riding the massive tide that altered the surrounding landscape, it easily sailed upstream along the waterfall.
Clang!
Clang!
Piercing metallic sounds and engine roars boomed, deafening while also declaring its existence and return to the world.
Ancient Weapon, the worst warship in history—the "Pluton".
And at this time, on the deck of Pluton.
"Rabbit's" figure was sailing upstream along with Pluton, until he saw from afar the dazzling red "execution platform" above Onigashima. "Pluton!?"
And clearly—Imu of course recognized this Ancient Weapon.
Or to be more precise, this strongest warship in history was exactly the power Joy Boy and Davy Jones relied on to oppose Him eight hundred years ago. In the past years, He had of course also tried to find it.
"To think it was hidden here... the Kozuki Clan?"
Disgust flashed in Imu's eyes.
And at this time, without waiting for Imu to make any other reactions.
Click!
That giant ship that came from overseas riding the giant waves had already slowly turned the direction of the main cannon on the bow.
That massive main cannon, taking up almost a third of the entire hull, aimed in the direction of the "execution platform".
Then...
Rumble!
Without hesitation, the cannon fired.
Dazzling red light shot out from the main cannon—that overly powerful destructiveness and destruction-level power caused the giant waves Pluton was sailing on to instantly cave in, forming a deep "sea canyon".
BOOM!
The next moment, it bombarded the massive protective dome formed by the countless "Pillars of the Abyss" on Onigashima.
Distinct cracks began to crack and spread on the pitch-black protective dome, and then...
Crash!
Amidst a sound like glass shattering, but even more piercing, the dome crumbled.
"The power of 'Destruction'..."
And seeing this scene, Imu's expression became even gloomier.
At this moment, the power displayed by Pluton didn't surprise Him.
Because He knew very well the essence of Pluton—the strongest weapon constructed from the "Wish: Destruction".
As the name suggests, the wish represented by "Destruction" is to destroy everything.
This worst warship in history possessed the power to destroy everything, almost ignoring any defensive measures.
Whether it was fruit abilities or Haki... no matter what kind of iron wall defense, it would be instantly destroyed in front of it. And even Imu's "Pillars of the Abyss" were the same.
But...
"It's meaningless!"
Imu right now still hadn't panicked.
So what if the protective dome formed by the Pillars of the Abyss was broken?
Star Lord had already been locked on by the "Rainbow Light"—and that Rainbow Light that destroys everything had the effect of destroying and eliminating all Source Energy of Lineage Factor. Even the bombardment of Pluton couldn't possibly stop that red light...
"!!!"
But a moment later, Imu's expression abruptly changed drastically—even though He was merely a shadow suspended above the execution formation at this time, it was difficult to conceal that change in expression.
Because as Pluton's bombardment approached, He had clearly noticed.
The direction of that bombardment was not the "red light" falling above the execution platform, but... Star Lord himself, who was above the execution platform!
"You..."
Imu's pupils contracted abruptly, seemingly realizing something.
But before He had time to speak.
That roaring main cannon blast had already clearly hit the execution platform along with Star Lord on it.
Rumble!
The massive light formed by the energy explosion made the pitch-black sky of Wano Country at this moment seem to rise a sun out of thin air!
And in the center of the sun.
Star Lord's figure instantly crumbled and disintegrated under Pluton's cannon fire.
At the same time.
VMMM!
The red light falling from the sky also penetrated that sun.
"..."
And watching this scene, clear confusion also flashed in Imu's expression.
He didn't understand.
He saw clearly what Star Lord did just now—before the red light fell, Star Lord first destroyed himself through Pluton.
Why did he do this? Did he surrender?
Imu of course understood, this wouldn't be the answer—the look in that man's eyes just now didn't have the slightest despair.
But just a moment later, Imu's expression changed.
Just as mentioned before—that "Rainbow Light of Judgment" was a weapon left by the People of the Moon in ancient times that destroys everything.
Even Source Energy of Lineage Factor would be destroyed by this weapon.
So right now, the Abyssal environment Imu created around utilizing the "Abyssal Power" was also sliced apart by that red light—even the massive energy exploding from Pluton's cannon fire was cut in half.
And this was where the problem lay...
"Is he trying to..."
At the same time Imu's thoughts reached this point, He already saw it.
In the place where Star Lord was bombarded into ash earlier.
VMMM!
Accompanied by flickering starlight.
That faint figure had already begun to reappear anew.
[Underworld Fruit - Grants oneself one perfect resurrection chance for the soul to return from the Yellow Springs to the present world]
[Perfect Resurrection - After resurrection, all negative effects on the body are purged, stamina and injuries are completely restored, and will not be affected by the outside world for a short time]
From within the falling red light, Star Lord's figure reappeared.
His gaze looked at the gloomy-faced Imu, and at the "Abyssal environment" being torn open all around.
Yes.
Upon witnessing that falling red light slice open Imu's Abyssal power, Roy had already realized it.
What he was facing this time was indeed an unprecedented predicament—in the "Abyssal environment" completely locked down by Imu, having lost all abilities for a short time, once directly hit by that red light, it would be certain death in the truest sense.
But all of this was not without a chance.
"As long as I 'destroy' myself in advance before being hit by the red light."
"Wait for the red light to slice open the nearby Abyssal environment, and then the use of my abilities can naturally be restored."
"The window of opportunity in between is very short—once dead for too long, my soul will completely belong to the Underworld and I won't be able to use abilities; if too fast, it will result in the surrounding Abyssal environment not being completely broken through."
But clearly, Roy's mastery of timing was very clever.
Just like right now, through the perfect resurrection of the Underworld Fruit, he dodged that initial wave of impact from the red light.
But this was still not all.
VMMM!
Right now, that red light was still falling.
Roy could feel that the power belonging to the Underworld Fruit around his body was rapidly being eliminated and destroyed—in at most a few breaths' time, the red light would completely decompose it, and then kill Roy.
But to Roy... these few breaths' time was already enough.
"Door-Door Fruit? Even a different dimension might not guarantee safety under the power of this red light."
"Phoenix Fruit? Impossible, no matter how strong the vitality, it's impossible to survive this strike."
In these few breaths' time, Roy already had an answer in his heart.
"Is it today?"
He muttered to himself in his heart.
Then, he raised his head and looked at Imu.
His eyes calm, yet sharp.
"You failed, Imu."
"See you later."
The words fell.
Within the Fruit Encyclopedia, the fruit slot also instantly switched.
["Combine-Combine Fruit: Reverse Fruit" loaded]
[Fusion Materials: Return-Return Fruit + Time-Time Fruit + Age-Age Fruit]
[Fruit Effect: Can obtain the fruit abilities of all three fusion materials simultaneously]
[...]
[Unique Fruit Effect: Can perform one time reversal, reversing time back to the most recent "key node of an era's turning point"]
[During the reversal process, the user's body will be fixed at their current age]
[The reversal effect lasts for 5 hours, and cannot be stopped by any means]
On the Fruit Encyclopedia, after such text was displayed.
The torrent of time swallowed Roy's body.
And right now, Roy's expression was calm.
He knew what was about to happen, and he also knew where he was about to go.
Since a long time ago, after seeing Rocks's message on the Sky Island, he knew this day would come sooner or later.
"The Time-Time Fruit can achieve 'time travel' and go to key nodes in history."
"The Return-Return Fruit can reverse time in a certain area."
"The Age-Age Fruit can ensure I survive in the backward-flowing time."
Just as he thought.
Normal fruit abilities couldn't help him escape the "red light's" lock-on under this situation.
But time could.
"'Time'? Star Lord, you..."
Imu's shocked and angry expression gradually became illusory and faded away, and Roy felt everything around him flowing backward.
Until a certain moment...
VMMM!
Roy felt that the backward-flowing time had stopped running—like sand continuously slipping away from the palm of his hand, he felt the passage of time anew. And then...
What invaded his nasal cavity was a pungent, fishy smell in the air.
Was that the fishy smell of the sea breeze?
"No."
Roy opened his eyes.
"It's the smell of blood and death."
He raised his eyes and looked forward.
He seemed to be right now on a massive island.
Rumble!
It seemed to have experienced some extremely exaggerated battle, and was already devastated right now—a massive high mountain in the center of the island had actually been broken into two halves from the middle at this moment.
But even so, Roy still recognized this island.
In the era he was in, this island had long vanished into the dust of history, becoming a "legend" known only to a small number of people. But now, it truly existed in front of him.
This is...
"God's Valley."
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