Chapter 621: The Battle 8 Years Ago

Even though it had been more than 800 years, Lily's memory of that time was still clear in her mind. She continued to tell Jiger the story calmly.

"The time Casillas had to acquire the Devil Fruit was ultimately too short. Even though he had finally grasped the secret of the Devil Fruit's origin, it was too late for him to delve deeper."

At this point, Lily sighed and said,

"The power contained in the Dark-Dark Fruit indeed confirmed Casillas's speculation, but at the time, none of us considered the issue of the fruit splitting due to the excessive nutrients. During the Dark-Dark Fruit's fruiting process, a portion of its essence had already split off and formed another Devil Fruit in advance. On the other hand, the Rubber Fruit eaten by Joyboy didn't suffer from the problem of essence loss because it fruited earlier."

Upon hearing this, Jiger couldn't help but feel sorry for his ancestor Casillas. It was obvious that his talent was better than Joyboy's, and the quality of his fruits was better, but he failed because of time.

In fact, Casillas was too arrogant after all. Perhaps he thought at that time that even if Joyboy completed the breakthrough of the devil fruit, he and Lily and the other 19 people could also win. As a result, when they fought, they found that Joyboy was much more difficult to deal with than expected. Although their side won, he was seriously injured and dying.

In desperation, Casillas could only entrust his obsession with the Dark-Dark Fruit to future generations. As for the other 19 kings, excluding Lily, who was originally in the same camp with Joyboy, the other 18 were moderates among the moon people. They really loved this planet and hoped that it could develop better, but they were also dying because of that battle. At that time, the world had become extremely chaotic due to Joyboy's tossing, and a strong existence was needed to suppress it. So they used their last strength to restrain Lily, who they were most worried about but was the least injured, and let Lily use the power of the king to suppress the chaos.

Casillas had no interest in this regard. After all, he was originally a member of another faction among the Moon People, pursuing endless power, so he was the only one who left his weapons to future generations.

If he used his power to restrain Lily like those eighteen people did, then Lily would have difficulty even moving from her position on the Sky Throne. She would be truly imprisoned.

However, the eighteen people had never expected that they would directly restrain Lily for more than eight hundred years, because they did not know that after the Ope Ope no Mi was developed to the extreme, it would have the power to give people immortality. As a result, Lily's personality became more and more distorted after being detained for a long time, allowing most of the Celestial Dragons to become the cancer of the world.

Lily looked at Jiger and said with emotion,

"The facts prove that Casillas's bloodline is indeed powerful. Finally, a descendant like you appeared. Now you can be said to have fulfilled his phoenix wish. The true power of the Dark Dark Fruit has been most perfectly demonstrated in you."

Jiger smiled faintly and said,

"I am standing on the shoulders of giants. If it weren't for the guidance of my ancestors in the dark space, I might not know the origin of devil fruits."

"Not only that, but your own talent is the strongest in the history of the Figalando family. Moreover, your body combines the talents of two of the strongest races on this planet. Even Casillas back then couldn't match you."

"Haha... I guess this is a blessing in disguise. The fact that I was able to wake up in the Valley of the Gods was a miracle that can't be replicated. I often think that if parallel universes exist, perhaps the me in most of them doesn't exist."

"Parallel universe? Hmm...it's a rather novel term, but I think I understand what you mean. Maybe. Anyway, no matter what, your existence has completely changed the entire world."

Jiger shook his head and laughed.

"Then think about it: if I really died in the Valley of Gods, what would the world be like now?"

Lily was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then frowned and said,

"Then Joyboy will probably wake up more smoothly, and then continue his antics, and finally..."

Lily stopped talking at this point, she raised her head and looked at Jiger with a complicated expression, and said,

"Perhaps I will seal him again, but I still won't be able to kill him. This cycle will continue over and over again."

Jiger shook his head and said with certainty,

"No, you won't be able to seal him this time. You might even be defeated by him."

Lily felt a little dissatisfied and pouted.

"Then you underestimate me too much. I haven't done nothing in the past eight hundred years. Although I don't have the help of the original nineteen people, the power of the World Government is not necessarily weaker than that of those nineteen people. With me, how could they be defeated so easily by Joy Boy?"

"Tsk, you thought Joyboy would be alone? Did you forget Roger's Age of Exploration while I was asleep? I'm telling you, that was because of Roger's death, so its effectiveness was greatly reduced."

"...How could those pirates cause such a big stir? And with such a ragtag bunch of them, it would be hard for them to unite, right?"

"Have you forgotten what Joy Boy is best at? A large number of ants can kill an elephant. What's more, his abilities will be enhanced by this. I'm sure that if a situation like that really happened, you would definitely not be able to handle it."

Lily was silent for a while after hearing what Jiger said, then she suddenly laughed and said,

"After saying so much, why do I feel like you're trying to take credit for it? Oh no, I'm not qualified to reward you now. Um... you want me to thank you?"

Jig rolled his eyes and said,

"I just want you to know, don't always think that handing the Sky Throne to me is a huge loss. From now on, just be my woman and stop getting so angry!"

"Do you think I'm a cat? My fur is standing on end!"

"Heh, who dares to say that Lord Im, who once controlled the world, is a cat? I think the term tigress is more appropriate!"

"Jig!!"

"Huh? What did you call me? You've only been behaving yourself for a short while, and you already have the nerve to call your man by his first name? I think you deserve a beating!"

"Hey! Wait a minute...oh..."

Lily said to wait a moment, but her arms were tightly wrapped around Jig's body. She endured the attack from Jig with blurred eyes and said in a muffled voice,

"Ming, I'll go with you tomorrow to the moon to see that teleportation device..."

"Well, if it doesn't work, destroy it."