Chapter 529 God Valley: Unleashing Dark Domination on Arthur
With her beliefs shattered and no relatives left in the world, Gion had lost all desire to remain in this world.
She closed her eyes, reminiscing about the past, and curled up in a corner, motionless. In fact, she had long since let go of her prejudice against Arthur's identity.
Who would choose to accept a pirate after their family has been murdered by one?
She's still just a hot-blooded young woman, not yet having begun to accept the world, so it's difficult for her to overcome this psychological hurdle.
"I...I'm going home," Gion said softly. "This place isn't right for me. I need to leave...to see my family..."
Arthur frowned upon hearing this. "Your family? Where is your family?!"
"Under the netherworld." Gion's eyes closed and opened rapidly, gradually filling with tears.
Upon hearing these words, Arthur finally understood why his daughter had committed suicide!
Even if things get really tough, they'll only think about changing things; how could they possibly end their own lives?
So that's where the problem lies—in Gion's childhood experiences!
"You and your daughter are trying to pull this on me?!" Arthur was almost in a rage. He got up, walked into the cell, dragged her up from the ground, and grabbed her wrist tightly.
"In my previous life, I almost succeeded! I almost controlled this world! And you died without saying a word! Yana even committed suicide because I was too cruel!"
"Let me tell you, don't drive me crazy again!"
Gion sensed Arthur's unusual rage and was pulled by a terrifying force toward the cell door.
"What are you doing?! Let go of me!" she struggled and shouted. "Are you trying to tell me what those stories you told me were about your own experiences?! That someone from the future could travel back to the present is utter nonsense!"
Arthur remained silent, only pulling her towards the outside.
It's really too difficult to explain now.
Just as I left the house, a huge spider leg pierced through the roof.
It broke through the eaves and stabbed at Arthur's head.
"You bastard, what have you done?!" Saint Satan roared at Arthur, furious. "Why do you possess such power?!"
Not daring to be careless, he used his Conqueror's Haki to stab Arthur in his beast form.
Arthur gritted his teeth, looked up, and forcefully swung his sword at the attacker, yelling, "Get out of my way!"
A massive shockwave, mixed with countless ice blades and fragments, was released from the blade.
The shockwave was like hundreds of frost beasts charging and roaring, rushing straight towards Satan Saint's massive human-beast body, bombarding him relentlessly.
Frost quickly formed on the part of him that was struck, and Satan was knocked back by the shock and the biting cold, his massive body falling backward.
An icy mist filled the entire room.
Satan Saint stared at Arthur in disbelief. After swinging his sword, he opened his mouth to explain something to the second-level treasure behind him, his eyes suddenly revealing a fierce glint.
Boom—! The instant his body collapsed, the blast from the fierce eye burst forth, instantly tearing through the air and striking the left side of Arthur's head.
"Ugh...!" As he was explaining to Gion, his body suddenly tilted to the side, and blood instantly flowed from his left forehead. The pain caused his throat to emit a beastly buzzing sound.
He nearly collapsed to the ground, kneeling on one knee and clutching his left head in excruciating pain.
“Conqueror's Haki…” Arthur rubbed his left forehead, thick blood streaming down his brow, temple, and down to his jaw.
The fierce-looking attack contained Conqueror's Haki, causing him to be hit squarely.
"Saint Somaz!" Saint Satan shouted into the air as soon as he saw the guy in front of him fall for the attack.
In an instant, countless thorny vines attacked from all directions.
An arrow was hidden within, piercing Arthur's chest in a split second and lifting him into the air.
"..." Gion's eyes widened. It had all happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that she didn't even have time to react.
Her body was tightly wrapped in thorny vines.
As the icy mist dissipated, the entire Knights of God were shocked, surrounding the room containing the most important prizes of the competition from all sides.
The walls of the house collapsed, and there was smoke and dust everywhere.
Arthur stood suspended in mid-air by the thorn, under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"He killed Garin Saint with a single blow! How is that possible!"
“His immortality has been broken…” Somaz was covered in sweat as he stared at Arthur, who was suspended in mid-air with an arrow piercing his body. “It seems he wants to rescue this woman.”
"Ah!" Arthur roared in agony, his roar growing louder and louder, "I've already let you go with me!"
The extreme icy power emanating from his body froze the arrow that pierced his body into an icicle.
Upon seeing this, Junzi quickly cut the bandage that had turned into an arrow to prevent the aura from spreading to his body.
Garin's death put all members of the Knights of God on high alert.
This guy can instantly kill a terrifying Conqueror's Haki user who possesses an immortal body.
The instant Arthur landed on the ground from mid-air, he ignored the pain in his body and immediately assumed a stance for charging up his sword move.
With both hands gripping the Frostbite tightly, the body lowers, the blade positioned behind the body, rapidly mobilizing and accumulating power for the attack.
Seeing the crimson flames emanating from his body spreading like steam, and the terrifying Conqueror's Haki overflowing from his sword, everyone immediately launched attacks against him.
In the cell where Xia Qi was imprisoned, she suddenly looked up at the ground.
The earth suddenly trembled violently, as if something was about to burst out of its shell.
"The portrait I gave you is of me, and of you, and of the daughter you raised." Arthur's eyes flashed with icy power as he said, "From the moment I saw you again, I have never told you a single lie."
Gion, trapped by the 'Thorns of Love' of Saint Somaz, was listening blankly to Arthur's words.
"Reputation? It's worthless, I don't care at all."
A dazzling ice dragon bloomed in the center of the canyon, and Arthur, surrounded, was forced to fight back.
Shortly after--
Overseas, the warships that were blockading God Valley were bombarded and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The Rocks Pirates, the Roger Pirates, and Marine support arrived one after another.
On the west coast, the Garp warships boarded.
The Rocks Pirates fleet landed on the North Coast.
On the east coast, the Roger Pirates landed to rescue Shakky.
All eyes turned to the center of the distant canyon, where a terrifying aura of dominance emanated.
"Iris! Teach!" Lox looked at the desolate Valley of the Gods, where unconscious people were scattered everywhere, and rushed towards the place where his family was located with all his might, sword in hand.
"Shakky! We're here to save you!" The entire Roger Pirates cheered, treating this as an adventure of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress, and rushed to the central area of God Valley where the Haki was most abundant.
Garp and his crew, who were the last to land, rushed to the center.
"All the navy personnel have fainted! What on earth happened here?!"
The left and right peaks of God's Canyon have broken off and collapsed in the southeastern part of the island.
Some came for their wives and children.
Some came for love and friendship.
Some came out of a sense of duty.
When they joined the conflict…
In the center of the Valley of Gods, Satan, possessed by Im, used his dark tentacles to lift the blood-soaked Arthur high into the air.
“I think I had a dream…” Arthur stared at the shadow above Satan’s head, where Im had become. “A long dream…!”
When everyone arrived at the center, they witnessed this scene firsthand.
A newcomer whom no one could have imagined would actually face the pinnacle of the world alone?
Blood dripped from the tattered tip of the Frostbite Blade, falling to the ground from mid-air.
The ground was littered with the traces of the God Knights' defeat, and the remains of two naval admirals who had been killed.
When the stored power was exhausted, the blade shattered.
"Hmm?" Im listened to Arthur's words, glanced around at the Deadly Pirates and Marine reinforcements who had arrived at the scene, thought for a moment, and then looked back at Arthur.
"I will turn you into the sharpest blade! Dark Domination!"
