Chapter 378: God's Knights, Starlight Giant Hand
After obtaining the Time-Time Fruit and successfully combining it with the "Return-Return Fruit" and "Age-Age Fruit".
Roy actually already understood that his path to the "past" had been opened.
The unique effect of the Reverse Fruit is to allow the user to go to the closest "anchor point" in the past that had the greatest impact on the world. So in the past, where was the place closest to this concept?
There is only one answer—God's Valley thirty years ago.
Here, the "D Clan", once the sworn enemy of the World Government, was almost completely wiped out.
Here, a full three of the Four Emperors who would rule the sea in the future witnessed the truth of the world.
Here, the Pirate King determined his future course, and the Marine Hero saw the other side of justice.
Here, the leader of the Revolutionary Army ignited the spark of revolution.
To put it bluntly.
In the next thirty years, the vast majority of changes and major events on the sea originated from here.
And now, Roy has returned here.
Without superfluous words, he slowly closed his eyes.
Activating the power of the Gale-Gale Fruit, the surrounding fierce wind became his eyes.
He began to ascertain the situation of the entire island.
There were corpses and blood-stained dirt everywhere.
Among the corpses were commoners and slaves, soldiers who were clearly from the World Government's escort army, and some ferocious-looking pirates. Roy knew—those were the evidence of the events that happened here not long ago.
According to the original story, the reason for the God's Valley incident was that the World Government held a "Hunting Competition" here, using the residents of God's Valley and some special slaves of the Government as "prey" for the Celestial Dragons to hunt.
But in the process, Rocks, whose hometown was "God's Valley", led the Rocks Pirates to launch an attack for the sake of his wife and daughter. At the same time, due to the betrayal of a member within the Rocks Pirates, Shakky, hailed as the "Most Beautiful Woman in the World" and "Flower of Pirate Island" at the time, unexpectedly also became one of the prey, which in turn attracted the Roger Pirates.
Of course, this is all in the past now.
"Most of the fighting is already over..."
Through sensing, Roy could confirm this.
He could feel that at the edge of the God's Valley island, quite a few life signatures were gathering there, and then disappearing one by one, "flying far away".
"Kuma..."
Roy knew that was the still immature "Bartholomew Kuma" right now, using the Paw-Paw Fruit ability he had just obtained to send away the surviving slaves and commoners on this island.
Besides that.
"Old Man Garp's aura, but very young... Not far from him should be the Pirate King Roger..."
"Looking at it this way, the current point in time should be right after the battle of God's Valley ended—Whitebeard and the others have already found a way to flee God's Valley, and Roger and Garp have just defeated Rocks who was under 'Black Turn Domination', and are preparing to evacuate?"
Roy muttered in his heart like this.
Reaching this point in his analysis, his steps didn't hesitate at all—he didn't have much time, and he knew very well what he had to do.
VMMM!
The next moment, Roy leaped into the air.
But a moment later,
His figure paused slightly.
Because he saw three corpses under a tree not far away.
It was a man and a woman—they were clustered together, protecting a little girl in the center.
The despair and determination from when they were alive still lingered on their faces.
But the bodies of all three had been pierced by sharp thorns.
No need for words—their actions themselves were enough to construct a complete story.
Roy didn't speak, just after a brief pause, he continued to speed towards the center of the island, towards that crumbling massive peak.
At the same time.
"Heh... Heh..."
Under the bisected peak in the center of God's Valley.
Rocks, bathed in blood, was panting heavily.
From his back, ferocious demonic wings were slowly fading away.
Draining away along with them was Rocks's vitality.
He was heading towards death—Rocks knew this.
But this was his choice.
Not long ago, he had the "Black Turn Domination" completed on him by Imu—and not an ordinary Black Turn Domination, but a "Black Turn Domination" personally bestowed by Imu through His tentacle arms after He "descended".
And as a "D", he of course knew what that represented.
It meant his "will", which he was so proud of, would be destroyed, and the "freedom" he pursued would become a minion of the Abyss.
But fortunately, there were two other people left at the scene at that time.
Roger and Garp.
So he begged Garp and Roger to help him, to give him a release.
And the latter two indeed did it—the Conqueror's Haki they burst out with all their might successfully defeated him.
Subsequently, Roger and Garp chose to leave.
Rocks of course wouldn't blame them—Roger wasn't a member of the Rocks Pirates, and was even his enemy, and Garp was a Marine. They had no stance to help Rocks.
The path of a pirate ultimately has to be walked by oneself.
"Cough cough... If I can survive this time... I'll bring out those few jugs of wine I've hidden for many years and drink them."
Right now, barely using his chin to prop up his body and move forward, Rocks actually had the leeway to think about such things.
But exactly at this time.
Step! Step! Step!
He heard continuous footsteps.
Rocks forced his eyes open and looked not far away.
He saw that right now, at the edge of the ferocious traces caused by the previous battle, a group of knights wearing armor was walking towards him.
They were all dressed differently.
"Hey, Garling—your son has already been snatched back for you, a Marine even tried to stop me."
A woman with long black and white hair and two horns on her head was saying this right now—she was [Saint Figarland Maffie].
"Hah? Marines, that kind of trash... did you kill him?"
And another man wearing sunglasses, speaking loudly, said this—he was [Saint Shepherd Ju Peter].
"No, that guy ran away in the blink of an eye... we'll go to Marine Headquarters to demand him later. A guy who dares to resist us must be tortured to death."
"Gugagagagaga! How about letting my pets share him as a meal? My doggies..."
And while they were talking, a robust man who looked like a yeti chimed in like this—he was [Saint Limosif Snow].
"Hey, stay away from me, you yeti!"
And amidst their laughing and joking.
At the very back of their group, was Saint Garling, holding a child and with a crescent moon hairstyle, and a young girl with bandages wrapped around her face standing beside him.
Rocks of course recognized them.
They were exactly the participants of this "Hunt", and also the blades under the Abyss—the "God's Knights" and "God's Retainers".
"Oh, found him—hey hey, there he is."
And right now, Saint Ju Peter also noticed Rocks.
While speaking, segments of sharp thorns also grew out of thin air under the feet of this God's Knight with a nasty personality.
The thorns formed into a snake out of thin air, carrying him and quickly arriving in front of Rocks.
Then...
Squelch!
The snake of thorns instantly wrapped around and bound Rocks tightly, forcefully "dragging" his body up from the ground.
The sharp thorns pierced Rocks's body, and blood instantly spilled down.
Rocks also naturally let out a muffled groan of pain.
"Heh."
Seeing this scene, Saint Ju Peter also grinned.
"The D of this generation, the guy who calls himself the 'King of the World' in the lower realm... hey, look at your ugly state!"
He reached out his hand, controlling the thorns to continuously pierce deeper: "If you don't want to suffer, bow to me and beg for mercy, trash."
He sneered, and the many God's Knights who followed close behind him also let out piercing, arrogant bursts of laughter together.
Just like every time in the past.
No matter who it was, no matter what achievements they obtained in the lower realm, in front of them, they had to bow down and grovel on the ground.
No matter what kind of enemy, anyway, in the end, it would be them who obtained victory.
"What King of the World, the only ones who will forever rule this sea are us Celestial Dragons!"
"Hey, how about cutting off his flesh and letting him bleed to death bit by bit?"
"Of course Garling has to be the one to kill him. After all, it was Garling who discovered this 'God's Valley'."
The God's Knights conversed like this.
But quickly, their voices gradually paused and became low.
Because facing their mockery and threats, Rocks seemed as if he didn't hear them at all.
After a brief moment of pain, the look in his eyes towards the God's Knights had become indifferent.
Yes.
Just like a king looking at a bug beneath his feet—there was no fear or disdain in those eyes, not even the slightest hint of hostility.
Even the slowest person to react could understand upon seeing this look.
He wasn't angered by the words of the God's Knights, nor had he ever regarded the God's Knights as "enemies".
From the very beginning, they were not qualified to appear in his eyes.
"You bug, what kind of look is that!?"
But clearly—facing such contempt from Rocks, the God's Knights were enraged.
Ju Peter gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his face, and then raised his hand.
VMMM!
The giant snake covered in thorns wrapped even tighter, and from the tail of the giant snake, a massive sword of thorns grew out of thin air.
And it wasn't just Ju Peter.
Right now, Saint Garling similarly had an ugly expression—he remembered the experience of being ordered to capture Rocks not long ago, only to have his entire knight unit slaughtered by the other party alone.
If it weren't for the contract of that Lord Imu on him, making Rocks unable to kill him, he definitely would have been killed by Rocks together with them at that time.
So right now, Saint Garling also gritted his teeth, placed his hand on his sword, and was about to step forward.
The guy who made him suffer such humiliation was unforgivable—he also had to personally torture the guy before killing him.
But...
"..."
Right at this moment, a slender, petite hand reached out from the side, abruptly stopping Garling's movement.
"Hm?"
Garling looked surprised, his footsteps paused, and his gaze looked at the woman beside him who stopped him.
"Gloriosa, you..."
If anyone else dared to stop his actions, even other God's Knights, Garling would definitely be furious.
But towards this woman, Garling appeared relatively polite when speaking.
After all, he knew very well—even though the other party's identity was merely a "God's Retainer", and not even a true Celestial Dragon, but an "Outsider Celestial Dragon" who joined the Holy Land from the lower realm.
However, the special treatment the other party received from Lord Imu was enough to make Garling treat her with respect.
But right now, facing Garling's words.
Gloriosa didn't answer, only seeming to be silently sensing something.
Then, she finally uttered a single word in a solemn voice: "Someone."
Someone?
Garling still hadn't reacted.
The next moment...
BOOM!
His Observation Haki had already told him the answer.
He had already felt it—that unbelievable "pressure" descending from the sky above.
VMMM!
The starlight of the stars sprinkled down from the sky above.
And falling together with the starlight... was a massive hand.
That giant hand formed of starlight didn't hesitate, crashing down heavily.
And accompanying it was...
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"
The booming Drums of Liberation, just like a heartbeat.
"Eh!? What the hell is that thing!"
And right now, Ju Peter, who was closest to Rocks, almost popped his eyes out from his sunglasses.
He exclaimed, but the movements of his hands were not slow in the slightest, raising his hand and pointing fiercely at that starlight giant hand.
The next moment, countless thorns rose from beneath the ground again, forming a massive sword, meeting the giant hand above.
And it wasn't just him. Right now, the God's Knights who were similarly within the enveloping range of that starlight giant hand like him, also chose to strike back at this time.
The yeti-like God's Knight transformed into a massive monster, radiating freezing air all over as he threw a punch at that giant hand.
[Zoan; Mythical Type; Yeti Fruit]
The God's Knight wearing a white hat and holding a musket chose to fire, but what shot out from the flintlock in her hand were not bullets, but massive laser beams, and even her own body similarly transformed into lasers and continuously moved.
[Logia; Glint-Glint Fruit]
But...
It was meaningless.
Whether it was the originally supposedly indestructible thorns brought by Ju Peter's "Thorn-Thorn Fruit", the frosty freezing strike from the Yeti, the highly penetrating and destructive laser attack, or other slashes or any attacks.
In front of that giant hand, they were like fragile withered grass, collapsing at the first touch.
That vast, beautiful starlight was as if it was a creation constructed by a God—let alone destroying it, they couldn't even damage it.
"Wha—"
And seeing this scene, the expressions of the God's Knights finally showed panic.
"Flee first!"
"Leave first and talk later!"
They immediately turned around and ran wildly, wanting to escape.
But clearly... it was already too late.
BOOM!
The next instant, the giant hand formed of starlight... had already crushed down.
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