Aside from the black water that had splashed onto Shayna’s body, that empty-shell-like body seemed to have turned into a spring, with eerie black water continuously gushing out from within. At the heart of this ice battlefield, even flames would freeze under the extreme cold.
Although Shayna and Saturn’s battlefield was not inside the ice dome, the influence of the low temperature was still enough to freeze ordinary liquids. However, this strange black water seemed to possess rather special properties.
Unlike the greasy, viscous liquid secreted by Mars, Saturn’s black water surged like a river. As it spread in all directions, it also seeped into the ground below, even leaving signs of corrosion.
Leaves falling, soil and rocks collapsing, cattle neighing—strange sounds of this sort also appeared in Shayna’s ears.
“In the past, your kind brought some benefit to the World Government. That is precisely why the World Government permitted your existence. But now, you have already crossed the line.
No matter who it is, no matter what force they belong to, the result will be the same.”
An eerie light flickered in Saturn’s eyes. The flame ring behind him, symbolizing awakening, burned continuously, while his body itself began to dissolve.
The Gyuki was an aquatic yokai, but Devil Fruit users in this world feared seawater. Seawater would drain their bodies of strength and prevent them from actively using their abilities.
This eerie black water, however, was the poison within Gyuki’s body. Aside from invading the local soil and water and altering the environment, the Gyuki could also submerge itself within its own venom.
The black water spread over an enormous area, and Saturn used this poisonous black water to move. There was no trace of movement whatsoever—it was effectively pure teleportation.
As Saturn appeared beside Shayna, the black water below churned into a whirlpool, restricting her movements.
At the same time, Saturn’s sharp spider legs stabbed down toward Shayna. He wanted to kill this remnant of the Lunarians as quickly as possible, then go help Mars deal with the danger before him. However, things did not develop as he expected.
The spider legs coated in Haki were stopped by a barrier that appeared out of thin air, while Shayna’s flames began burning even more vigorously.
“Is this all your abilities amount to? Petty tricks that can’t even be shown in public?”
“Impossible…”
The source of this poisonous water was Gyuki’s ability. Aside from Saturn himself, who was a Gyuki, outsiders could not survive within it at all.
This was a deadly toxin capable of permanently changing the environment. Once the poison seeped into the underground water veins, the water would remain undrinkable for a very long time. Likewise, no crops would grow in the poisoned land above.
It was already exceedingly rare for someone who fell into it to remain conscious. And besides the venom, his Evil Eye had also unleashed its full power. The strange sounds Shayna had just heard were the sign that the Evil Eye had activated.
Against anyone even slightly weaker, that Evil Eye alone would have been enough to make their head explode.
Yet Shayna was under the influence of both the Evil Eye and the poison, and not only could she still resist, she had even blocked his attack.
“There’s nothing impossible about it. Lunarians have found their final opportunity, and that opportunity will be the source of your destruction!”
The Red Chain swung once again. As it retracted, the ring-shaped chain transformed into a sharp blade.
The severed arm from earlier had already made Saturn understand how terrifying this weapon was. Using the black water that had already seeped underground, Saturn shifted his position once more, causing Shayna’s attack to miss.
However, when it returned to Shayna’s hand, it again transformed into the shape of a scepter.
“It has been a long time. Perhaps you’ve forgotten some things. Lunarians were called the Tribe of Gods, but that wasn’t because of any self-proclaimation. It was how the outside world came to understand us over the course of a long history! Mere poison, how could it possibly interfere with our movements?”
Unlike the Celestial Dragons of today, who constantly proclaimed themselves gods, the Lunarians back then had never called themselves gods. At that time, Arceus was even still in egg form, merely an object worshiped by their race.
When Lunarians went out into the world, they would not introduce themselves to everyone they met by saying they worshiped a god and therefore deserved respect.
It was simply that this race was born with wings and could freely fly through the sky, could control flames, and possessed absurd adaptability.
Lack of oxygen, extreme cold, poisoning, intense heat—environments that were enough to kill ordinary people had virtually no effect on them.
As time passed, this power that surpassed ordinary people’s understanding came to be regarded as divine power, and the Lunarian nation gradually became, through increasingly exaggerated rumors, a Kingdom of Gods.
After all, word-of-mouth is a truly ridiculous thing. In a long line of people, you never know how “the monitor wants you to come see him” at the very front will end up being twisted by the time it reaches the end.
Saturn’s poison could restrict ordinary Lunarians, but Shayna was different. The Red Chain had been unconsciously strengthening her abilities all along, and an external force like poison could not interfere with her at all.
As for the cursed power of the Evil Eye, it had long since been purified. Only the lingering sound effect beside her ears reminded Shayna of what her opponent had just done.
“You’ve spent too long bragging about yourselves. You disgusting ba*tards are the true… blasphemers!”
Saturn’s newly displayed ability was obviously related to that eerie black water. As long as the black water remained, it would be extremely difficult to injure his true body. If that was the case, then she would deal with the black water first.
The scepter likewise stabbed into the ground. Shayna’s flames traveled into the scepter formed from the Red Chain, and through this strange metal, the flames were greatly strengthened during transmission.
“Sacred Flame!”
A glow of multicolored light rippled through the blue flames, which then transformed into an extremely pure golden color.
Boom!
A tremor ran through Udon. The ground beneath Shayna’s feet cracked inch by inch, and within this land of extreme cold created by Yamato’s power, an explosive blaze burst from the earth.
A golden pillar of fire shot straight into the sky, illuminating Wano Country, which was still shrouded in night. Until now, the fighting had remained confined within a certain range, and areas far from Udon had not been affected.
However, many people had felt that the night was exceptionally cold, as though the temperature had inexplicably dropped. But now, this strange phenomenon spread across all of Wano Country. Even in Ringo, the region farthest from Udon, people were awakened by the sight.
Within the golden pillar of Sacred Flame, Shayna beat her wings. Flames filled with a sacred aura clung to her body, scattering across the surrounding ground with every flap of her wings.
“Gulp… This woman… when did she become so terrifying…?”
Queen swallowed hard off to the side. He had just discovered something horrifying: while he had been hiding away in the Reverse World, shutting himself in to avoid disaster, the world seemed to have developed in a direction completely outside his expectations.
Whether it was Yamato or Shayna, both had become stronger than before, and with that, it seemed as though a huge character for “danger” had been etched onto him once again.
According to the original pattern, it should have been that every time someone punched him, his defense +1. But as the fighting went on and his defense continued inching upward bit by bit, the people beating him suddenly started unleashing their ultimates.
Queen had never doubted the outcome of the war. He also believed that the Beasts Pirates would be the victors. But right now, there was one question that deeply worried him.
It might be a little shameless, but after the battle ended, he really wanted to ask those two whether they had ever considered using these moves on him.
Putting aside that fear, Queen decided to speed things up and finish off Ryokugyu as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, within the blazing Sacred Flame, a charred figure fell from the fire. This was not Arceus himself, after all, merely a weapon he had created. The Red Chain had provided an enhancement, but the power was still ultimately Shayna’s own.
The charcoal-like Saturn gasped heavily for breath. The black water he had released earlier had already seeped deep underground beneath Udon. Forget removing it—in ordinary circumstances, the Udon quarry would already have ceased to be habitable for humans. Only Pokémon like Muk would have been able to survive here.
But now, all of that black water had been completely purified. With nowhere left to hide, Saturn was naturally forced back out.
“It’s useless. If I don’t want you to kill me, then I won’t die by your hand…”
“You seem rather fond of hypnotizing yourself, but can you really do something like that? This world doesn’t simply become whatever you want it to be.”
Pshk!
The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh rang out. A crimson spear had already run straight through Saturn’s chest. No blood flowed from the wound, nor did the pierced hole look especially gruesome, yet Saturn’s movements came to a halt.
His body no longer regenerated. The power of his Mythical Zoan seemed to have been frozen at that moment, completely losing its effect. Looking through the outer shell of his body and into his interior, the heart in Saturn’s chest had completely vanished.
The tissues inside his body tried to repair the missing heart, but the power of the Gyuki seemed to have become lost. It did not know what it was supposed to do and could only watch as Saturn’s life force gradually drained away.
The instant the spear pierced his heart, what Saturn lost was not merely an ordinary heart, but the very concept of his heart.
The Red Spear had erased the existence of his heart. Even his Devil Fruit ability could not restore something that “did not exist.” And Saturn’s body was unable to continue surviving without a heart.
“This is not the dawn of the world. It is my dawn. I told you, you will never see the world after dawn, so it is time for you to disappear as well.
This is our sacred flame, and it is also the fire of vengeance. In the end, it will burn all of you… to ashes.”
Shayna pulled out the crimson spear and flicked it to the side. The unclean residue was reduced to ash beneath the burning Sacred Flame. The golden Sacred Flame began to fade, leaving behind only land scorched red-hot.
As the golden light disappeared, the world fell back into darkness once more, awaiting the sunrise that would soon arrive.
But Saturn’s body never stood up again. His enormous body crashed heavily to the ground, and with the gap where his heart had been as the center, Saturn’s body gradually began to disappear.
Saturn, one of the Five Elders, one of the World Government’s highest authorities, Warrior God of Science and Defense Jaygarcia Saturn, met his end here.
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