One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 373 What Heavenly King? The Fall of a God
"..."

Im's face was extremely gloomy.

His two trump cards, "Black Turn Domination" and "Chessboard World", were both countered by his opponent.

I found myself in this endless vacuum, struggling to breathe.

While it won't be as difficult as for ordinary people to survive, in high-intensity battles, durability will undoubtedly decrease significantly.

Even more frightening is...

On the other hand, Xia Nuo seemed completely unaffected, her breathing remaining steady and normal even in this vacuum environment.

What on earth is this guy's body made of?!

"I sense a hint of cowardice in you. Judging from your appearance, you don't seem to have anything worth mentioning."

Xia Nuo spoke indifferently, extending her right hand, "Since that's the case, let's end it here."

Although sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

But somehow, Im heard the other person's voice clearly in his mind, and unsurprisingly, the other person should also be able to hear him clearly when he spoke.

She squinted, staring at Xia Nuo's slowly raised right hand, and suddenly threw her head back and burst into wild laughter.

"Foolish mortal!"

She laughed more and more heartily, her laughter becoming increasingly ferocious. "You think you're guaranteed to win just because I gave you a little taste of victory? You think that by taking me off the chessboard, I'll be helpless against you?"

"Don't get too cocky! Mother has ruled this world for eight hundred years, and the number of cards she holds is beyond your imagination!"

The next instant!
Im suddenly raised his index finger, pointing it towards the direction behind Shano, and roared sharply, "Show yourself, Uranus!"

Ouranos?

Isn't this the name of "Heavenly King," the foremost of the three ultimate weapons?
Xia Nuo raised an eyebrow and glanced behind her, but saw nothing unusual. The universe was still the same universe, the planets were still the same planets, and the moon was still the same...

Ok?
wrong.!
Xia Nuo's pupils suddenly contracted.

Almost the instant his gaze focused, the surface of the moon, which seemed to have been silent for millions of years, suddenly trembled violently!
Click!Click!
A massive crack suddenly appeared, tearing from the lunar south pole to the north pole within seconds. Countless craters collapsed along the way, and the deafening roar of the earthquake was deafening even in the vacuum of space.

Immediately afterwards...

Rumble!
A loud clanging of mechanical gears turning could be heard coming from beneath the moon's surface!

Like a lurking cosmic beast, it finally opened its blood-red maw.

Within the rift that runs through the North and South Poles, within the deep black curtain, a colossal steel cannon, seemingly endless, slowly emerged, its muzzle aimed at Xia Nuo in the starry sky.

"..."

Xia Nuo was stunned for a moment.

He raised his head in a daze, gazing up at the colossal planet-destroying cannon whose muzzle alone could hold hundreds of thousands of people. For a long time, he remained in a daze.

Until Im spoke coldly:
"What, so you finally know fear?"

"Hmph, we should have used it directly from the beginning, but that piece of trash Vegapunk gave him so many years and he still hasn't been able to develop the Mother Flame. We can only use Uranus's own primordial energy. Although the cost is huge, it's worth it if it can annihilate a monster like you."

Xia Nuo finally turned around and nodded seriously:

"It is indeed a very interesting thing. Even I could not have guessed it. It seems that the lost hundred years and the secrets you have are more than I imagined."

At this point, he smiled slightly at Im:
"Alright, enough of the small talk. Let's get down to business. It's time to see you off on your way."

What's the reaction?
Im was taken aback.

Now that Xia Nuo had turned around and seen the other person's expression, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have been completely wrong.

She had thought that after summoning Uranus, Shano would show fear and apprehension, or at least be somewhat wary.

however.

The other party showed absolutely no fear.

The reason he remained silent for so long was simply because he was examining the planet-destroying cannon with great interest, like a child who had discovered a new and interesting toy.

"Insanity!"

Im shouted sternly, "What do you think this is? This is the Heavenly King! It's the ultimate weapon that can destroy a country with a single strike! After using its primal energy, its power increases several times over!"

"Even if one shot can't completely kill you, it's enough to destroy half a planet! Can someone like you, bound by worldly morality, bear that kind of price...?"

"What Heavenly King?"

Xia Nuo gave her a strange look. "Does such a thing exist?"

What does that mean?
Im gritted his teeth and was about to speak when he saw that Shano, who was opposite him, had raised his hand at some point and casually threw a punch towards the moon.

boom!
This punch, seemingly simple and unadorned.

But in an instant, the entire starry sky seemed to tremble!
To Im's disbelief, the fist force tore through the void, pierced through the galaxy like lightning, and instantly struck the moon.

Silently, the colossal planet-destroying cannon, which had just begun to reveal its power, along with the entire moon—

Exploded!

Countless fragments of stone and dust scattered and flew everywhere, only to be quickly annihilated into ashes under the violent energy impact.

Stardust scattered.

The enormous moon was thus completely erased from the universe, leaving only a void of dark matter.

Xia Nuo withdrew his fist, his expression calm, as if he had merely crushed an orange.

"you you……"

Im's pupils trembled violently, his mouth opened as if he wanted to say something, but his throat felt as if it were being choked by an invisible hand, and even his breath stopped for a moment.

This, how is this possible!
Putting aside his identity as "Uranus," the outer shell he wears is the real moon!
He was actually knocked out with just one punch...

Vanished into thin air?!
Xia Nuo, however, ignored her.

After glancing at the distance, his body suddenly swelled up, his muscles bulged like mountains, and in the blink of an eye he transformed into a giant a hundred meters tall!
His muscles were bulging, and his veins swayed like dragons and snakes. Just by standing there, the terrifying pressure emanating from his body even caused the surrounding space to distort slightly.

Swish!
The next moment, the giant vanished from its spot, bursting forth with a terrifying speed that was infinitely close to the speed of light. In the blink of an eye, it had arrived near the distant orbit of Saturn.

The gas giant planet was surrounded by dozens of moons, one of which was an icy, rocky planet about the same size as the former moon.

The 100-meter giant grinned maliciously, extended his right hand, spread his five fingers, and made a half-clenching motion towards the satellite—

Rumble!
In the next instant, he forcibly pulled this celestial body, which was more than 3,000 kilometers in diameter, out of Saturn's gravitational pull, leaving a long trail of ice chips as it sped toward the pirate planet!

Finally, it hovered steadily above Im's head, its enormous shadow completely enveloping her.

The whole thing took only a few seconds.

The ocean in the world of One Piece had just begun to show some signs of reaction due to the disappearance of the moon, but it immediately returned to calm.

"..."

Im stiffly raised his head, staring blankly at Shano, who had transformed back into human form and was now standing with his hands in his pockets.

this moment.

She finally realized just how terrifying the existence she was facing truly was.

All the pride accumulated over eight hundred years crumbled in this moment. All the trump cards they were so proud of, all the meticulously planned strategies, were rendered useless in the face of such overwhelming power...

How ridiculous!

"you."

She gave a bitter laugh and said in a hoarse voice, "What... exactly are you?"

"What kind of question is that?"

Xia Nuo frowned. "I'm a person, of course I'm a person. What, can't you tell?"

That old man has no manners.

I'm 1.85 meters tall, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, handsome and refreshing—the most standard handsome guy template. So what's wrong with me?

"..."

Im hesitated, pursed his lips, then suddenly took a deep breath and knelt down in front of Shano with a thud.

Of course, there is no ground in space, but that didn't stop her from making this gesture. "Um...no, I give up."

Im lowered his head and spoke in a trembling voice, "From this day forward, I will serve you as my master, my slave, and my servant, at your beck and call."

Now that pride has been shattered, and now that the power to decide life and death is no longer in their own hands in the face of such absolute overwhelming force,

Her pride was shattered. Faced with absolute power, the initiative of life and death was no longer in her own hands.

"Oh?"

Xia Nuo raised an eyebrow. "The King of the World, would you really be willing to be someone else's servant? That's not like you."

King of the world?
Im's gaze wavered for a moment. If someone as weak as himself was worthy of being called a king, then what was the other party? The King of the Galaxy?

"In the face of death, dignity is meaningless."

Im said bitterly, "Besides... it might be my honor to serve someone like you."

Seeing Xia Nuo's noncommittal and indifferent reaction, fear and unease surged within her again. She hurriedly raised her head and pleaded:
"You're unwilling? If you're willing to spare my life, I can tell you everything! About the Void Century, about the Ancient Weapons, about Joy Boy and my past, about the secrets of the D. Clan! You...you must also want to know these secrets, right? I can tell you everything..."

puff!

Before she could finish speaking, her head flew high into the air.

An expression of disbelief froze on that delicate face.

"None of my business."

Sheathing his katana, Shano glanced at the head floating in the air. "What D clan? What Joy Boy? Who told you I was interested in these things?"

Something is wrong.

When the chessboard was replaced, the sight of those orange trees in his hometown, whether they were ripe or not, was more appealing to him.

"..."

Im's lips twitched, as if she wanted to say something, but ultimately, her consciousness faded into complete darkness.

The Celestial Dragons, who have ruled the world from behind the scenes for eight hundred years, are gods and masters of the Empty Throne—

Narona Imsael has perished!
Shano stared at it quietly for a moment. He had originally thought of taking the head back to Mary Geoise, but then he thought that it was, after all, the body of Queen Lily, and it had just been stolen.

In the end, he gave up and flicked his finger, unleashing a torrent of Conqueror's Haki that turned the headless corpse drifting in space, along with its head, into ashes.

He then activated his Observation Haki to its fullest extent, confirming that there were no remnant souls or anything like that.

Only then can everything be considered properly handled.

Xia Nuo turned around and looked at the slowly rotating blue planet beneath his feet. This was the first time he had seriously appreciated the scenery of this planet from space.

Although there is indeed less land, it is still quite similar to Earth, and it is breathtakingly beautiful.

Such a beautiful planet, the people on it should also be living a wonderful life.

"It's time to go back."

He smiled, muttered to himself, and then vanished into the universe in a flash.

…………

The battle in space ended so quickly.

Even when Im's head had already turned to ashes, the sounds of battle within the Holy Land of Mary Geoise had not yet ceased.

The afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the ruins of Pangu City, gilding this once magnificent palace of power with a blood-red hue.

All around, smoke and fire filled the air, and shouts of battle shook the heavens.

The Fallen Ones' executives are still locked in fierce battle with the remaining forces of the World Government.

However, the situation has already become one-sided.

Especially after Marco and Dragon, leading the main force of the Revolutionary Army, successfully broke into the Holy Land, they completely overwhelmed the enemy in terms of military strength. The remnants of the World Government began to retreat like headless flies.

Da da da!
Chopper, in his beast form, was rapidly traversing the ruins, carrying a package full of medical supplies on his back.

"Here, this needs treatment, Dr. Chopper!"

Upon seeing this, the members of the Fallen Ones who were guarding the area hurriedly stood on tiptoe and waved. Behind them were more than a dozen slaves who had just been rescued from the cage, most of whom were seriously injured.

"Come on, come on!"

Chopper rushed to the injured person's side, transformed back into his original form, and was about to open the medical kit when he suddenly felt a chill.

Looking back, he saw three CP0 agents covered in blood, who had been hiding there. They suddenly emerged from the shadows, their sharp finger guns aimed straight at his back!
"Dr. Chopper!"

The Fallen Ones members nearby were shocked to see this and drew their swords to try to intercept them, but the CP-0s were faster than they had imagined, and it seemed they were about to run out of time.

At this critical moment, a slender and graceful figure appeared like a ghost.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
After three muffled thuds, all the CP0 agents were sent flying backward, crashing heavily onto the ruins more than ten meters away. Their necks lolled to the side, and they were motionless.

"Tsk, your medical skills are indeed quite good, but your fighting skills don't seem to have improved much."

This voice is...

Chopper turned around blankly and saw Dr. Kureha standing with her legs drawn up, smiling at him, with a bottle of liquor in her right hand.

"Doctor!" Chopper's tears welled up instantly.

It suddenly lunged at Kureha, hugged her legs tightly, and burst into tears, crying, "Doctor! How did you get here! Waaah, I... I missed you so much!"

"Hey! Don't do that, you brat, you've got your snot all over my skirt."

Kureha shook her leg in disgust, but after a few unsuccessful attempts, she finally couldn't keep up the act any longer. She squatted down, ruffled Chopper's hair, and said gently:

"Alright, stop crying. You little rascal, I really didn't misjudge you. You've only been following that kid Xia Nuo for a year, and you've already made such a big name for yourself. I remember your bounty has already reached over 300 million Berries, right?"

“But your strength doesn’t match such a high bounty, and you’ve gone to the Celestial Dragons’ lair. If you’re targeted by a powerful guy, I can’t rest easy.”

"But that would be dangerous for you too!"

Chopper looked up, sobbing, his eyes brimming with tears, and said to Kureha, "Doctor, you're over 130 years old! What if you get hurt?"

"You brat, you're underestimating me again!"

Kureha slapped Chopper on the head. "Who told you that you can't fight at 130? I'm a witch who stays young forever! My fighting power is just as good as when I was young!"

She took a swig of wine and grinned: "Don't even mention these few little CP-0s, even if it were... never mind, there's no point in talking about this with you, you little idiot. If your Xia Nuo boss were here, I'd be interested in bragging to him about the old days."

That little guy who came to my door seeking medical help in the snow with a pretty girl, that brat who grimaced and convulsed in pain the moment she pricked him with the needle...

just now.

Not only did he become the most dangerous wanted criminal in the history of the Sea Era, but he also led his subordinates to attack Mary Geoise.

And judging from this, it seems to be very close to success?

Tsk tsk, that kid has only been at sea for a little over two years. I've lived for over 130 years, and I've never seen such a talent before.

"Alright, enough chit-chat, let's get started on saving them, Chopper. I'll come help you after I finish this drink."

"Okay, Doctor!"

Chopper wiped away his tears. He had cried so sadly because he missed and worried about Dr. Jenny so much. In reality, he could switch back to his doctor's battle mode at any time.

It's no longer the crybaby it used to be!
"This is truly fine wine..."

Kureha leaned against the wall, slowly finished the last sip of her drink, swayed slightly intoxicated, and then tossed the empty bottle aside.

Just as he was about to go over to help Chopper, he suddenly let out a soft "hmm," as if he had sensed something, and squinted as he looked up.

It's not just her.

Throughout the vast city of Mary Geoise, from south to north and from east to west, all those who possessed Observation Haki reacted in the same way.

Seeing this, the others around also looked up at the sky in confusion—

Swish!
At the edge of the sunset, a familiar figure stood in mid-air, his black cloak fluttering in the wind, his handsome face edged with gold in the afterglow, like a god descending to earth.

That is……

Kureha let out a hiccup, swayed as she straightened up, and chuckled:
"Why did I say something so foolish as to be almost there... So, it turns out, it's already a success?"

(End of this chapter)