Chapter 92 - Rocks Dies, An Era Ends, Heroes Rise!
The blade of Susanoo directly severed space itself.
What immense power was this? Was it the power of a god?
Such power should be wielded by them, the Celestial Dragons. How could these mere trash possess such power?
Even at this moment, they were not worried about their own lives; instead, they thought that such power should not be held by lowly trash.
"Prepare to retreat."
A cold voice faintly sounded in Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's ear, and upon hearing it, Saint Jeygarsia Saturn understood that Imu's move was about to appear.
"Block this attack with all your might!"
Saint Jeygarsia Saturn shouted, and the few of them unleashed their strongest attacks. The God's Knights, who had been observing the battle via live broadcast, also rushed over. Except for Saint Figarland Garling and three others, all eight members of the God's Knights were present.
The strongest blows from nine individuals.
Haki blazed brilliantly in the air, and strange, powerful Devil Fruit abilities emerged endlessly.
This couldn't help but make people feel shocked by the World Government's true strength.
For the past eight hundred years, the World Government had not only relied on the Marine. The Marine was merely one of many violent organizations under the World Government, and they had many such organizations!
A magic circle unfolded above Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's head, then rapidly spread across the entire island.
"Tch, looks like they're leaving!"
Saint Figarland Garling looked at Whitebeard unhappily. This exhilarating battle was actually ending just like this.
"This fellow..."
Whitebeard gazed at Saint Figarland Garling with a grim expression, the wound on his chest throbbing faintly.
During the recent battle, although he was injured, Saint Figarland Garling hadn't had an easy time either. However, the other party seemed to have no intention of continuing the fight, turning instead to look at the magic circle in the sky. What kind of ability was that?
"Rocks, your era is over!!!"
Karp and Roger took advantage of Rocks dealing with the other God's Knights, striking Rocks's head from left and right.
At this point, Rocks was already at the end of his rope. He was powerless to dodge Karp and Roger's attacks, watching helplessly as two Haki-clad fists smashed towards him. His Haki had already been completely depleted.
As those fists heavily struck Rocks's head, he suddenly felt a sense of loss. He had failed just like that; his ambitions had yet to be realized, and he hadn't even seen how far that fellow could go.
In the image, Bai Ye's spirited appearance was now imprinted in Rocks's mind.
Rocks thought back to when he first set sail; he seemed to be just like Bai Ye. At that time, he also believed that the era belonged to them, the newcomers, and that the old-timers should return to their coffins, as this no longer belonged to them.
With such conviction and extraordinary talent, Rocks gradually became a powerhouse of the era and began to dominate it.
At that time, he seemed as spirited as Bai Ye, but he never expected that not many years had passed, and the words he had spoken many years ago, the bullet he had fired many years ago, seemed to have struck him today.
Although the opponent's victory was not glorious, a loss was a loss. In Rocks's view, if you lost, anything you said was just an excuse.
"Rocks is dealt with..."
Looking at the lifeless Rocks, Roger felt an unexplainable sadness for a moment, but he had no time to dwell on it. He saw that Karp and the others were also looking at him.
He didn't want to be the second target to be surrounded. With that thought, he immediately turned and ran.
His mission here was complete; it was time to find his crew, then see if there was any treasure before leaving.
However, the towering Susanoo in the distance and the magic circle in the sky also made Roger feel a chill. He decided to leave quickly; God Valley had something dirty!
"Captain, we found two treasure chests! According to the intel, aren't there Devil Fruit inside?"
"Really?!"
The Roger Pirates were currently gathered around two treasure chests, and upon seeing Roger arrive, everyone made way for him.
Then they told Roger about the two treasure chests they had just found.
"Oh? Let me open them and see!"
They actually found them?
According to the previous intel, there were supposed to be six treasure chests, with one Devil Fruit in each, right?
If so, he would have obtained two Devil Fruit. He was still very curious about what treasures the Celestial Dragons' prizes would contain.
He opened both treasure chests with his left and right hands, but when he saw that the contents were not the Devil Fruit he had hoped for, but two infants, Roger's face immediately fell.
"What is this? Where are the Devil Fruit? Why are there two babies?!"
A red-haired and a blue-haired infant lay in the treasure chests. The moment the chests were opened, the children inside began to cry "wah wah wah."
"What should we do, Roger?"
Rayleigh and the others also hadn't expected the treasure chests to contain not Devil Fruit, but two infants.
But now that they were opened, they couldn't just abandon them, could they? Or leave them in God Valley?
"Let's take them. These are our spoils of war! The red-haired one will be Shanks, and the blue-haired one will be Buggy. From today on, they are our Roger Pirates' apprentices!"
Roger looked at the two infants, a grin spreading across his lips. He suddenly felt that having two little ones on the pirate crew seemed pretty good.
Moreover, abandoning these two infants in God Valley now would undoubtedly be leaving them to die.
As a pirate, it wouldn't make sense for him to come to a place and not even get any spoils of war. So, he would take these two children as his spoils.
"Two infant apprentices, huh!"
Gaban looked at the two infants in Roger's arms, feeling like it might be quite fun.
"Let's go. We shouldn't stay in God Valley. I have a bad feeling something bad is about to happen."
Roger looked at the sky. He had a bad premonition.
After speaking, Roger led all the members of the pirate crew away in the opposite direction of the complete Susanoo.
On the island, as the news of Rocks's demise spread, the Rocks Pirates' morale crumbled, and many were already preparing to leave.
"Gahahahaha, that fellow Rocks is dead, huh? It seems my era is coming."
Golden Lion glanced below, then swept away everyone blocking his path with a single sword strike, flying towards the outskirts of God Valley.
"My lads, follow me back to Hachinosu!"
Wang Zhi looked at the pirates behind him. Since Rocks was already dead, there was no longer any point in staying here.
He planned to go back and occupy Hachinosu. Staying here now held no meaning for him.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Where's the treasure? How come I didn't even find any treasure!!!"
Although Captain John had already heard the news of Rocks's death, he hadn't obtained any treasure in this operation, which left John somewhat unwilling.
Although he knew it was time to retreat, if he didn't find some treasure, how could he just leave so easily?
"Saint Jeygarsia Saturn, you truly are in a sorry state. Your recovery ability seems somewhat fragile against my slashes!"
Bai Ye looked down at Saint Jeygarsia Saturn, who had been bisected by him, his upper and lower body separated. Saint Jeygarsia Saturn was now on the verge of death.
The battlefield was already a mess. Saint Jeygarsia Saturn was the most severely injured, and the other God's Knights members were also more or less significantly wounded.
At this moment, they were staring intently at Bai Ye. If Bai Ye intended to continue fighting, they would sacrifice themselves to hold Bai Ye here, waiting for that ultimate move to kill everyone here!
Just as Bai Ye was about to deliver the finishing blow, a dazzling white light rapidly descended from the sky towards the island. Seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. Had Imu made a move?!
He looked at Saint Jeygarsia Saturn. At this moment, he was basically half-dead. His body, severed by space, could not be reattached; a part of it had been swallowed by space. His Mythical Zoan form was merely sustaining his life now.
Just as Bai Ye was preparing to deliver the finishing blow for safety, Bai Ye saw Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's body continuously repairing itself. Even when severed by space, it could still repair. This recovery ability...
Bai Ye's eyes lit up. He controlled the bow and arrow in Susanoo's hand, then shot an arrow directly into Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's heart. Saint Jeygarsia Saturn seemed to sense something, but because his mind had been somewhat scattered by Bai Ye's previous slash, he didn't pay attention.
He instinctively tried to resist, but at this moment, he no longer had the ability to resist. Then, two talismans appeared in Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's heart and brain.
After the marking was complete, a smile flashed across Bai Ye's lips. Saint Jeygarsia Saturn, with such powerful recovery ability, would be his blood bag from now on.
As long as he lacked stamina, he would draw stamina from Saint Jeygarsia Saturn. As long as he lacked life force, he could also draw from Saint Jeygarsia Saturn.
If Saint Jeygarsia Saturn tried to turn against him and kill him, he would instantly drain Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's life force.
Looking at it this way...
He could only obediently become his puppet.
Then, Bai Ye looked at the rapidly falling light from the sky.
He had no time to linger; he had more important things to do. He closed the live broadcast, dispelled Susanoo, and went to Rocks's battlefield.
At this moment, everyone had retreated, only Rocks remained standing in the very center of the battlefield, but he had also lost his life.
He placed Rocks's body into a coffin and put it into Kamui Space.
Then he quickly found Old John: "Let's go, idiot! Staying here will kill you!!!"
This guy really didn't care about his life!
He was still looking for treasure here.
"Bai Ye?!"
"Hurry up, this island is about to be completely destroyed! Don't worry about your treasures anymore. If you don't leave, I'll inherit your future treasures!"
"You bastard!!! I treat you like a brother, and you're playing mind games with your brother?"
Old John was originally reluctant to leave, but upon hearing Bai Ye say that if he died, all his previous treasures would be inherited by Bai Ye, he couldn't stand for it.
These were treasures he had collected for most of his life; would Bai Ye just reap them?
This wouldn't do!
"Let's go!"
Saying that, Bai Ye put his arm around Captain John's shoulder, and the two instantly teleported to Kaido and the others' location.
"God Valley is about to be destroyed. Let's go."
"Mm."
Kaido had originally wanted to leave earlier, but he wanted to see if Bai Ye could still make it here. If he couldn't, then he would naturally become the Captain.
Unfortunately, Bai Ye had arrived, so now he could only obediently follow Bai Ye and leave.
[Ding! Changed Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's fate, rewarded with one gacha chance!]
[Ding! Changed Kaido's fate, rewarded with one gacha chance!]
[Ding! Changed Kuma's fate, rewarded with one gacha chance!]
Three gacha chances?
Bai Ye was a bit surprised. He had originally thought Captain John would also provide him with a gacha chance.
However, thinking about it, he felt it was quite normal. John was not a very important character in the original work, only appearing in anime legends, so naturally, this wouldn't count as changing the trajectory of an important character.
A total of three times, which seemed pretty good for him.
Within the magic circle, Saint Jeygarsia Saturn gradually regained consciousness. Although he felt something was different about himself, he had no time to think much about it. He transferred all their people within the magic circle away.
With Imu's destructive blow, God Valley instantly vanished as if it had never existed. Immediately after, a massive underwater whirlpool began to flow towards the area below the struck God Valley, and this island completely became history.
Looking from afar, Bai Ye gazed at the vanished island with some emotion. Sensing the continuously recovering stamina within his body, Bai Ye suddenly felt a little fortunate that he hadn't killed Saint Jeygarsia Saturn but had marked him instead.
What would he gain by killing Saint Jeygarsia Saturn?
It seemed he would gain nothing!
But if he marked him, wouldn't he be his blood bag? As expected of a Zoan type skilled in recovery, he felt incredibly good when drawing Saint Jeygarsia Saturn's life force and stamina.
Meanwhile, Saint Jeygarsia Saturn, who had returned to the Holy Land, was frowning, sensing the constantly draining stamina from his body. He felt a hint of strangeness.
Using this magic circle's ability before never seemed to consume so much stamina!
Was it because he had consumed too much when he was bisected earlier?
"Gacha."
Bai Ye silently chanted in his mind, and then the gacha wheel began to spin rapidly.
[Ding! Gacha complete. Congratulations on obtaining: Voice of All Things, Devil Fruit Side Effect Elimination Scroll, Top-tier Armament Haki.]
These three things?!
For Bai Ye at the moment, they all seemed quite good.
His Armament Haki directly entered the ranks of the strong, the side effects of the Devil Fruit were eliminated at this moment, and he also gained the Voice of All Things, a standard for Roger and Luffy!
This ability doesn't belong to the Haki category; it seems to be innate. That's even rarer than Conqueror's Haki!