One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

Chapter 124 The End

Time goes back slightly to one minute ago.

“…Hey, do you have any cards up your sleeve that you haven’t used yet?” The gigantic beast in front of him with a body that was over a thousand meters long completely overturned Garp’s usual perception. He swallowed his saliva involuntarily, and asked in a low voice while nudging the guy next to him who was also shocked by the scene with his elbow.

"The trump card..."

Roger recovered from his brief daze after hearing his comrade's reminder. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at his beloved sword. His deep eyes were reflected on the clear blade, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking at the moment. "The problem is not whether or not we have it, but we have to ensure that we can strike the decisive blow at the most appropriate time."

"If you have expectations for someone like me, maybe I can be of some help?"

At this moment, a voice that was completely unrelated to confidence and quite troubling to Garp reached his ears, causing him to shout out its owner's name almost as a conditioned reflex: "Rubaiel?! How could you——"

"Please don't shout so loudly, it will cause headaches. I am somewhere else. I just used some special means to communicate with you directly..."

The voice paused for a moment, then spoke again. "I need both of you to cooperate with me. Hey, don't interrupt me when I'm talking about serious matters! You shouldn't choose such a critical moment to express your condolences, okay?!"

The two familiar voices mixed in made Roger feel a little more at ease. However, thinking of the extremely serious situation at present, he temporarily suppressed his concern for his companions and said to Rubair, "There is no time to lose. Tell us your plan and let everything end as soon as possible."

"Captain, you are a very reassuring person. So please listen carefully. I am too lazy to repeat myself a second time..."

——This ability...I seem to have seen it somewhere before...

What appeared in the giant beast's turbid and dim pupils was a crystal wall that was formed by a group of crystals that were rapidly converging like stars in the sky. It covered almost everything in the sight, and even above the inky sky, it was flashing a scarlet light as dazzling as a ruby.

The moment the thick crystal wall that stretched across half the sky was built, Rocks' eyes widened in disbelief as fragments of memory flashed through his mind. However, this emotion was fleeting, replaced by the arrogance and contempt that a strong man exudes towards the defeated. "It's ridiculous! It's the same no matter how much garbage comes! What can I do with the thing that I just crushed so easily before?!"

Amidst wild laughter, a huge black ball of energy instantly shot out from his mouth and slammed into the crystal wall in front with a devastating force. The terrifying energy fluctuations even tore several long cracks in the space wherever it passed, as if everything that stood in the way would vanish in an instant.

However, just as the energy ball was about to touch the crystal wall, the ball's forward trajectory suddenly made a strange deviation, and it rushed to the side at twice the speed than when it came, drawing a long parabola in the air, and then fell squarely into the sea ten kilometers away.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

The next second, there was a loud bang, and an extremely bright black light ball bloomed above the sea, like a giant beast opening its bloody mouth and spreading wildly in all directions.

The sea water was rolling, the air was shaking, and everything in the world seemed to be shrouded in a shadow, losing its original colors and falling into a world of black and white.

The explosion was so large that several small islands hundreds of miles away were inevitably affected. In just a moment, they were engulfed in the raging flames and eventually disappeared without leaving any trace of their existence.

"It looks scary. If it were allowed to fall onto the island, I'd get a chill down my spine just thinking about it."

At the same time as the violent explosion occurred on the sea surface, dense crystals rustled and swirled on the top of the crystal wall, gathering and gradually forming the shape of Rubair. Even though he had always remained calm in the face of most crises in the past, he could not help but sweat profusely. His body was swayed by the strong wind, but he still maintained a determined smile on his face, "Fortunately, the overall situation was not beyond expectations."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surface of the crystal wall that had been motionless began to ripple like a lake. Before the dragon could react, a suffocatingly powerful energy wave gushed out from the wall, forming a white beam of light nearly 100 meters thick in the air. It hit Rocks' abdomen without any hindrance like a laser, and immediately pierced through his huge body.

"Ah, I forgot to tell you, the crystal shield I created has more than just the function of rebounding external attacks."

Without being dazzled by the advantage in front of him, Rubair thrust his palms downwards into the ground, and the crystals embedded in the crystal wall beneath his feet began to move rapidly as if being pulled by something. "By changing the internal structure of the crystal to adjust the refractive index of the prism, or even increasing the feedback damage several times and transmitting it to other locations, this little thing can be done with some effort. Well, although there will be a side effect of increasing the consumption of physical strength."

He spoke very slowly, but his movements were not vague at all. In less than three seconds, a nearly 600-meter-tall crystal giant stood on the sea, raised its huge fist and smashed it towards the injured abdomen of the dragon. The air wave alone raised more than ten layers of huge waves on the sea surface along the way. "But if it is to solve a big headache, no matter how reluctant it is, it is worth it!"

At the same time, two figures suddenly rushed out from behind the giant, one on the left and one on the right, and ran forward rapidly along the giant's arms. When they reached the back of the hands, they both leaped up and turned into two gorgeous streams of light that went straight for the dragon's head.

As they flew, the crystal fragments covering their bodies fell off one after another, gradually revealing their true appearance.

“Hahaha! I’m still a little uneasy pretending to be the captain, but that guy never expected us to do this!”

"Stop talking nonsense. If you get caught because of your carelessness, it's none of my business, okay?"

Rayleigh, who was in mid-air, poured his domineering energy into the blade he held tightly in both hands, and at the same time reminded his old partner who always gave people a sense of unseriousness, "No matter what, the opponent is the most powerful pirate in the world. With our strength, there is no other way but to use this move successfully..."

The sound of their conversation was like the buzzing of mosquitoes and flies to Rocks at this moment, but it still reached his ears clearly, allowing him to react to the current situation almost instantly.

"Wouldn't it be better for everyone to just stay on the island and wait to die?"

The hole that seemed like a huge tunnel was visibly filled up as the black fog spread. The billowing black gas gushing out of the dragon's eyes, mouth and nose looked like the figures of countless evil spirits with bared fangs and claws.

One after another, unbearable images kept pouring in, repeatedly impacting the most vulnerable part of the man's soul, making his already extremely irritable mood even more chaotic.

"Why did you choose to die in such a tragic way, being crushed into minced meat?"

Amid roars, countless pitch-black arrows burst out from the wings, instantly covering the sky, as if a world-destroying disaster had descended upon this world, pouring down towards the three people in front, and about to engulf them completely.

Naturally, some people would not just sit there and wait to die, and they took action when the dragon roared.

"I won't let you succeed! Fist Bone Meteor Swarm!"

As a domineering voice exploded in the air, the crystal giant, who was originally on the offensive, suddenly shot out from his arm with his fist like a missile, and was blown into pieces by the surging force erupting from within. It turned into thousands of pink starlights that rushed over, and collided with the surging rain of arrows in mid-air, causing a series of violent explosions. The strong wind pressure generated by the explosion turned into a turbulent airflow that quickly flowed through the space.

"Did you think you could catch us off guard by hiding there? It seems that I had too high expectations of you..."

Looking down at the sturdy figure falling from the shattered crystal, Rocks' face inadvertently flashed a dull color, "You can't even feel a moment of pain, just turn into powder in the darkness."

Just as he opened his mouth wide and was about to fire another energy ball that was several times larger than the previous one, his entire body suddenly seemed to be restrained by something and could not move at all. The energy body that was about to condense into shape in his mouth instantly dissipated without a trace.

At this moment, Rayleigh and Jabba, who were originally moving straight forward, suddenly changed direction at an unexpected angle when they were about to touch the dragon's head, and dived straight down along the dragon's body, swinging their weapons at the target below.

"Furinkazan!"

The emerald sword wave and the pale blue slashing wave merged together like a spiral, transforming into an unprecedented bright beam of light that directly hit the position where the dragon's abdomen was pierced before.

"As expected, judging people by their appearance often results in being slapped in the face." Seeing that they had succeeded in their attack, Rubair showed a rare expression of emotion on his face, as if he was recalling something worth reminiscing about in the past.

However, he did not have time to reflect on the past. As the man raised his right hand high, the crystal giant under his control suddenly turned into a crystal tide that swept towards the giant beast like a rolling river. "Although I am not the type who likes to play tricks, your actions will be temporarily restricted, right?"

"Uh--"

Even someone as powerful as Rocks groaned uncontrollably under such a violent impact. He could clearly feel the black mist that filled his abdomen expand into a big hole the moment he was hit by the beam of light, and dissipated around his body bit by bit. This indescribable strange feeling made him feel strongly uncomfortable, "What on earth did you do?!"

"Hey, am I seeing right? The so-called meaningless trick seems to have had a big impact on you."

Jabba quickly grabbed Rayleigh, who was about to fall because of losing his balance, and landed with him on a crystal disc that had been suspended in the air for an unknown period of time. Seeing the giant beast's movements become obviously stiff, a smug smile appeared on his pale face. "Releasing two streams of armed color at the same time and concentrating them on one point, although it is not as effective as seastone, it can more or less weaken the ability of the fruit, and even directly penetrate into the human body to cause huge damage. In other words, this is a secret weapon specifically targeting people with special abilities—"

"Alright, alright, I've heard you emphasize these words hundreds of times before coming to the Valley of the Gods."

Rayleigh waved his hand with resentment on his face, interrupting what he was about to say, "In the end, aren't you just trying to show off your romantic past with those female giants?"

"Please don't pour cold water on my high spirits! Besides, didn't you go to the Land of Women a few months ago... Come... here..."

"It seems that this move consumes much more domineering energy than expected."

Seeing his old friend finally collapse on the platform, Rayleigh felt a wave of exhaustion all over his body. He collapsed beside Jabba as if he had fainted. "He can't even do a simple action like holding a sword..."