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"But your reactions tell me that I am getting closer to the truth!"

"I said with certainty."

"You probably didn't expect that the tides of time would one day gather the vast majority of the strongest beings on this ocean together, and then launch an unprecedented rebellion against the World Government, did you?"

"Even if a group of ants gather together, they are still just a group of ants that can be crushed at any time?"

The ram-headed, human-bodied creator said disdainfully and arrogantly.

"You will eventually be completely wiped out here, and then we will erase the history of this sea, recreate the blank era, and sever the boring inheritance of your human will."

A slight smile appeared on Yann's lips as he suddenly uttered a strange question. "Gentlemen, what are your thoughts on such boastful words?"

Suddenly, an extreme chill emanated from a mirror, and as the mirror surface rippled, the cold-faced General Kuzan suddenly stepped out of it.

"As far as my stance is concerned, my sense of justice will naturally only stand on the side of humanity!"

Following closely behind were the Marine Headquarters, including Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Vice Admiral Garp, Chief Instructor Zephyr, Admiral Borsalino, Vice Admiral Gion, and Vice Admiral Chaton, as well as the entire Red-Haired Pirates and Mihawk, who also kept emerging from the mirrors.

"Hahaha, little brat Yann... hiccup... hiccup hiccup... I misunderstood you before, I apologize... hiccup... But you better remember about the senbei... Eh? Dragon, you idiot, you're here too?"

"Ya'en, you unfilial son, how dare you betray your father?"

"If their intention is to exterminate humanity, then I cannot turn a blind eye..."

“Lord Yarrow, you really… you really haven’t changed at all…”

“I say, Yann, if you had told me from the beginning that your goal was to end the World Government, there would have been no need to ambush and tie me and Mihawk up.”

"Shut up, Shanks, you idiot!"

……

In an instant, as one after another the strongest beings in the ocean appeared, the creators who had once controlled the direction of the ocean as the Five Elders all looked extremely ugly.

How could this be?

Given that humanity has been constantly depleting its internal strength, and the various top experts are rife with conflicts, how could they possibly appear in Marineford in this form?

Not only those top-tier, renowned powerhouses of the sea, but also groups of special legions covered in exoskeletons and equipped with numerous weapons appeared in the air gates where Revolutionary Army powerhouses continuously appeared.

"Gentlemen..."

Ya'en closed his eyes slightly, then spoke loudly.

"This is a war from which there is no retreat. Behind us lies not wealth, not glory, not status, but the entire ocean!"

"If we do not fight, then our descendants, our remaining compatriots, our relatives and partners, everything we love and everything that loves us will be drawn into this endless war..."

"So whether it's to defend human freedom, to overthrow the world government that has oppressed the seas for countless years, or so that everything I love and everything that loves me can once again enjoy the warm and bright sunshine..."

"No matter the cost, I am determined to fight until complete victory!"

As those impassioned and resolute words resounded throughout Marineford, almost all of humanity felt an unprecedented sense of resonance.

"Fight until complete victory!!!"

Suddenly, almost everyone roared in unison, launching a fierce attack on the nineteen World Government Creators, each one of them exceptionally terrifying!

[Chapter 826. The True Face of Im]

war!!!

"Boom!!"

At this very moment, a human group that has gathered more than 90% of the top powerhouses on the sea is waging a desperate war against the World Government's creators!

Furthermore, the technological forces of this era are unleashing their strongest power, with countless "pacifists" constantly firing "laser beams," while the special mechanized exoskeleton armor created by Baby-5, compatible with Enel's lightning, is continuously releasing "lightning strikes."

Amidst countless flashes of light and lightning, the Creators, experiencing a heart-pounding sensation for the first time in thousands of years, unleashed their full power!

Nearly half of the creators grew rapidly in size, displaying a world-destroying power, much like mythical beasts in legends.

A gigantic golden ape capable of overturning islands, a colossal serpent coiling around the sky, and a great tengu whose wingspan unleashes a world-destroying storm…

No, or rather, the countless legends of mythical beasts circulating in the ocean may very well have originated from these former creators.

However, the powerful humans who had fully made up their minds at this moment did not back down in the slightest, and launched an attack on the creators almost to the death.

The gale tore through the sky, ice blocks collided with black soil on the sea surface, black flames burned in the air, the shockwaves tore everything apart, and countless terrifying bodies engaged in the most primitive and violent battle!

Almost every moment, powerful figures renowned throughout the sea are perishing, with "pacifists" and the Revolutionary Army's exoskeleton armor regiment falling in droves.

However, more and more revolutionary army troops continued to join through the air door that had been maintained.

Just as Yann declared, no matter the cost, they will fight until complete victory.

Therefore, after Dragon initially stabilized the situation on the sea, it almost completely mobilized the power of the entire massive organization, with large amounts of resources being continuously produced and then poured into the battlefield.

The revolutionary army, having accumulated decades of technological strength, has completely transformed it into a variety of weapons that appear on the battlefield, emitting a roar that cannot be ignored.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

Almost instantly, Marineford, which once represented "the justice of the sea," completely collapsed. Then, under the influence of Kuzan and Fumoru's manipulation of the power of ice and land, a super-large battlefield spanning almost a hundred miles was created.

……

However, instead of joining the battlefield in Marineford directly, Yann quietly appeared at the summit of the Red Earth.

The power of those nineteen World Government creators was terrifying; each of them possessed enough power to destroy the ocean, comparable to or even suppressing Whitebeard, who was hailed as the "strongest man on the sea."

However, Yann's true gaze was never on the nineteen creators of the World Government, but was always focused on that one... Lord Im!

Im... is the one truly hidden behind the Creators!

As Yann arrived at the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, the once pristine white city of Pangaea was almost completely stained with blood, with countless remains and severed limbs scattered about, resembling a living hell.

Even though Arn had already witnessed this scene through Lucci's eyes, the strong smell of blood still made him furrow his brow.

Immediately afterwards, Yann's gaze shifted and he easily found the only area in the entire Pangu City that was not stained by blood, and then strode into it.

After walking through the long passage, a beautiful garden, as if it only existed in a fairy tale, appeared before Yann.

"Is this the 'Flower Garden'?"

Yann spoke calmly, but his Observation Haki and physical body remained on high alert at all times.

Suddenly, a clear, goddess-like voice, devoid of any emotion, rang out. At the end of the flower garden, a figure dressed in clothing similar to that of the Celestial Dragons, but simpler in style, appeared in Arn's sight.

female?

Yann's gaze sharpened slightly as he stared at the woman in front of him, who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. She had long, flowing blonde hair, wore a crown, and her features and figure were like those of a masterpiece crafted by a master artist.

Perfect, noble...

Even with Arn's discerning eye, he still couldn't find the slightest flaw or imperfection in the woman before him.

"You're Tefimo Yann?"

Im's voice remained completely unwavering. "Your presence here means you've already killed my nineteen servants, haven't you?"

Yann replied calmly, "Not yet, but it'll be soon."

Immediately, Im looked at Arn with her red-rimmed eyes and slowly spoke.

"As a human being, you are the most outstanding being I have ever seen, not only in terms of the weak strength of humankind, but more importantly in your mind, which far surpasses that of this era. I am not surprised that those servants will be defeated by you."

“If that’s the case, how about giving up control over humanity?” Yann asked directly.

"no!"

With her impeccable appearance, Im rejected Yaen almost without hesitation, and instead said...

"As expected, humans are all arrogant. Do they think they have the same status as me just because they defeated a few servants? You have no right to make any requests or demands of me."

After a pause, Im continued.

"The greatest respect I can give you as a human being is to make you my new servant, to carry out my will and control this world. What do you say?"

"As expected, things are never that simple. If it could be resolved simply through verbal communication, then we would have just taken it..."

Yaen sighed helplessly, and then unleashed both "Bankai: Zanka no Tachi" and "Bankai: Daiguren Hyōrinmaru" without hesitation.

This... is also the strongest combat power that Aon can currently unleash when he has gathered all the Zanpakuto that can be Bankai, such as Senbonzakura, Suzumebachi, and Seimushi, into his spiritual pressure, accumulating it to nearly eighty cartloads of spiritual pressure.

The sudden bursts of extreme cold and heat caused almost instantly all the plants in the flower garden to wither.

The next moment, Aon, holding the "Zanka Katana" and the "Daiguren Hyōrinmaru" in his hands, flashed in front of Im and unleashed his ultimate power at Im without the slightest hesitation.

However, what greeted Yann were two pairs of small hands with skin that looked as delicate as if they could be broken with a touch.

"boom!"

In the collision, the power of "Daiguren Hyōrinmaru" and "Zanka Tachi" was fully released. The aftershocks instantly burned all the buildings in the holy land of Mary Geoise on the Red Line, and the Red Line itself was strangely covered with a thick layer of frost.

[Chapter 827. Nika's Apology]

however……

Arn's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze filled with shock as he watched Im easily grasp the fingers of "Zanka Katana" and "Daiguren Hyōrinmaru".

The extreme high temperature of 15 million degrees and the absolute cold of zero degrees were completely unaffected.

"Your expression... seems quite surprised?"

"You haven't been to the 'Final Island,' Laugh Tale, have you?" Im said calmly.

Upon hearing the name "Laugh Tale," the "final island," again, Yann's expression hardened.

"If you've been to Ravdru, you shouldn't be surprised by this result."

……

Meanwhile, in front of the stone tablet in Laugh Tale inscribed with a large amount of text, as Sora deciphered and read aloud the contents, the Straw Hat crew's expressions revealed an unprecedented astonishment.

"Many, many years ago, I and another giant tree took root in this ocean, and were named 'Adam the Precious Tree' and 'Eve the Sun Tree' by the world, respectively, to stabilize the two continents and provide habitat for countless creatures..."

"Until one day, I met Eve on the other side of this sea, deep underground. As if by fate, my meeting with Eve caused both of us to become conscious, and the Devil Fruit Tree was born in the place where we met."

“From then on, Eve and I took on different human forms. My name was ‘Nika,’ and Adam’s name was ‘Im.’ We told each other stories about the other side of the sea…”

"Finally, one day I was born with the earliest heart in this world that yearned for freedom, and I was no longer content to remain rooted in the soil forever..."

"In order to change all this, I absorbed the Devil Fruit known as 'Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit Mythical Zoan-type Sun God Form', and then ended my life as 'Adam the Tree' through the fruit's power."

"Besides leaving behind a large number of tree branches to stabilize that continent, he completely entrusted all his consciousness to the Devil Fruit of 'Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Apollo God Form,' and then began the most wonderful free adventure since his birth."

"Because every new user of the 'Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Apollo Mode' is influenced by my consciousness, instinctively developing a yearning for freedom, and also influencing more humans to develop the same free will, striving to pursue their own lives and dreams..."