Chapter 480: Crossing the Space-Time Rift, Fighting the Temple to Protect the World

"Looks like that's where we're going," Luffy said as he looked at the image in the crystal ball.

They tied up the black-robed man and prepared to leave the palace. Before leaving, they found some valuable information about this mysterious space and ancient civilization in the palace.

When they walked out of the palace, they found that the entire floating island began to show signs of instability.

"We have to get out of here quickly," Kuina said.

They quickly ran towards the edge of the island along the way they came. After leaving the island, they took a boat and headed towards the light wall. After they passed the light wall, they found themselves back in the original sea area.

"Next, we have to look for the island hidden in the cracks in time and space." Zoro said to everyone.

Luffy jumped up excitedly: "Great, there's a new adventure!"

In the process of searching for the island of time and space rift, they encountered various difficulties. Once, they were attacked by a huge sea monster. This sea monster was as big as a mountain, with sharp thorns all over its body, and its attack set off huge waves.

Luffy looked at the sea monster and said with a smile, "This guy looks very strong, let me fight him!" He started the fourth gear and rushed towards the sea monster. Zoro, Kuina and the Nine Snakes also took action and started a fierce battle with the sea monster.

After a hard fight, they finally defeated the sea monster, but the ship was also damaged and they had to stop to repair it.

In the process of repairing the ship, they studied the information obtained from the mysterious space and learned more about the power of time travel. They knew that once this power was abused, it could cause time and space chaos in the entire world, so they had to stop the black robe man.

Finally, after a long voyage and exploration, they found signs of a space-time rift. The space around the space-time rift was distorted and the light became abnormal.

"That's a space-time crack. We have to go in carefully." Ling Tian looked at the space-time crack with a serious expression.

They drove the ship slowly towards the space-time crack. When the ship entered the space-time crack, they felt as if they had entered a world full of chaos. Everything around them was changing rapidly, and time and space had lost their original meaning.

"Everyone hold on tight and don't get separated!" Luffy shouted.

Sailing in the space-time rift is an extremely dangerous thing, and their ship is constantly hit by the space-time turbulence. Solon and other crew members work hard to control the ship to ensure that it will not be destroyed by the space-time turbulence.

After a difficult voyage, they finally passed through the cracks in time and space and arrived at the mysterious island. The island was shrouded in a layer of mysterious power, and the scene on the island was like a dream.

"This is the place we are looking for." Kuina said, looking at the island.

They moored the boat at the shore and stepped onto the island. The air on the island seemed to contain a mysterious power, making it difficult to breathe. They walked along a winding path and found some ancient ruins and buildings. These ruins and buildings were engraved with runes and patterns related to time travel.

During their exploration, they encountered some strange phenomena. Sometimes, they saw phantoms of their past or future selves, who would communicate with them but said things that were incomprehensible.

"What's going on?" Luffy looked at the phantom in front of him, a little confused.

Ling Tian explained: "The space-time power here is very chaotic. These phantoms may be caused by the disorder of space-time. We cannot be affected by them and must continue to search for the traces of the man in black robe."

They continued to go deeper into the island, and in front of an ancient temple, they found the figure of a man in black robes. The man in black robes was performing some kind of ritual in front of the temple, seemingly trying to open a passage to the core of the power of traveling through time and space.

"We can't let them succeed!" Luffy shouted and rushed towards the man in black robes.

Zoro, Kuina, Hancock and the Nine Snakes followed closely and launched the final battle with the black-robed man. The battle was extremely fierce, because the black-robed man knew that this was their last chance, and they desperately cast all kinds of powerful magic and attacks.

Luffy and the leader of the black robes had a one-on-one duel. Luffy activated the fourth gear "snake man" form, his attack speed was extremely fast, and he kept attacking the black robe leader. The black robe leader used his dark magic to defend and counterattack. His magic attack was so powerful that every time he attacked, he could leave deep marks on the ground.

In the process of fighting with other black-robed men, Zoro constantly comprehended new sword techniques. "Three sword styles? Secret? All things are renewed!" His sword light was like a new sun, covering the surrounding black-robed men and dealing them a heavy blow.

Kuina and the Nine Snakes warriors cooperated well. They used their flexible movements and powerful attacks to deal with the black-robed man. Kuina used the "Tianyuan Sword Technique - Dance of Time and Space". Her sword shuttled through time and space, and every swing could hit the enemy's vital points.

Hancock used her "Haowang Haki? Space-Time Suppression" and the powerful Haki suppressed the power of some of the black-robed men, making their movements slow down.

In the fierce battle, people on both sides were injured. But Luffy and others were more determined, because they knew that once the black-robed man gained the power to travel through time and space, the world would be doomed.

After a long battle, Luffy finally found the weakness of the black-robed leader. "Rubber rubber? Great Ape King Spear? Space-time crushing!" His fist with great force blasted towards the black-robed leader. This punch contained Luffy's anger and determination, and hit the black-robed leader's chest directly.

The black-robed leader was knocked flying by Luffy's attack and fell heavily to the ground. The other black-robed men were thrown into disarray when they saw their leader was injured. Zoro, Kuina, Hancock and the Nine Snakes warriors took the opportunity to launch a more violent attack and defeated the black-robed men one by one.

"We won!" Luffy shouted excitedly as he looked at the defeated man in black robe.

But before they had time to celebrate, the ceremony in front of the temple had already started, and a huge door of time and space slowly opened, from which a powerful force surged out.

"Oh no, we have to close the door of time and space!" Ling Tian shouted.

They ran towards the time-space gate, trying to find a way to close it. Around the time-space gate, there were some huge rune stone pillars, and the runes on these stone pillars were constantly flashing.

"These stone pillars must be the key." Kuina said.

They began to study the runes on the stone pillars and found that they needed to destroy the stone pillars in a specific order to close the door of time and space. So they worked together to attack the stone pillars in the correct order.

With their efforts, cracks began to appear in the stone pillars, and the door of time and space gradually closed. But just when the door of time and space was about to close completely, a strong suction force came from inside the door, trying to suck them in.

"Everyone hold on tight!" Zoro shouted.

They held on to the objects around them tightly, resisting the suction. Luffy reached out and grabbed Hancock who was about to be sucked in: "I won't let anyone get sucked in!"

After some struggle, they finally succeeded in closing the space-time gate and preventing the leakage of the power of traveling through time and space.

After the battle, they were all exhausted, but their hearts were filled with a sense of accomplishment. They successfully stopped the conspiracy of the black-robed man and protected the peace and order of the world.

"This was really thrilling." Luffy lay on the ground, gasping for breath.