One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me

Chapter 380 Junzi, a special vessel!

Garin was trembling.

This was ridiculous to him.

After all, he is a Celestial Dragon, and the head of the great "Figarand Family".

After becoming the captain of the Knights of God, the strongest knight of God, he took pride in his power—fear? That kind of thing had nothing to do with him.

But now.

He was indeed trembling with fear, his teeth chattering.

Because it was right in front of him.

"Buzz!"

Scattered starlight fell.

On the earth, everything seemed exactly the same as before.

The cracks in the ground, the shattered peaks in the center of the island, the passing sea breeze—everything remained unchanged.

However, the thorns on Lox, who was in the center of the battlefield, had disappeared.

Along with them disappeared, so too did all the God Knights who had been closest to Rocks.

By this time, they had vanished without a trace.

But Garin saw it clearly—right in front of him, he witnessed all the God Knights being annihilated by the giant hand of starlight falling from the sky.

Their bodies were blasted to smithereens, their blood evaporated before it could even flow out, and the "Deep Sea Contract" belonging to Lord Im within them was completely unable to protect their lives as usual.

In the blink of an eye, they vanished into the starlight.

Silent and still, as if it were dust casually wiped away by a large hand.

More importantly, Garin Seiichi knew very well that he had almost become part of the dust.

He looked tremblingly to his side and saw a dark arrow appear beside him.

That was the ability of the woman beside him, "Kunko," the "pointing arrow" of the Arrow-Arrow Fruit.

And Garin Seiya naturally knew that it was because Junzi used this ability at the crucial moment that they were able to move a distance in an instant.

Otherwise, he would have ended up like his colleagues, reduced to the most insignificant dust among the countless stars. The so-called knight of gods was as fragile as an insect under that sudden power.

"So what... what is it?"

Garin's voice was hoarse, and he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

But the next moment

"above."

Then he heard Junzi's calm voice.

"above?"

Garin subconsciously raised his head and looked up.

Then, he saw the figure slowly descending from the sky, surrounded by starlight.

"Buzz!"

An intense pressure swept over them instantly, and Garin couldn't even straighten his body.

But at the same time,

"Karin Seiyo"

The Star Lord, who had annihilated the Knights of God with a single blow, slowly turned his gaze toward Saint Garin below.

"So that's how it is—I've always been curious about where the Knights of God's fear of me comes from, and it turns out it's more direct than I expected," he muttered to himself.

From the first time I met the Knight of God, also known as "Saint Qilingom".

Roy knew that the Knights of God and he must have had some connection in the Valley of Gods—at least almost all the Knights of God he had encountered had a clear, natural fear of him.

Now, the source of this fear is quite clear.

but,

"According to the original timeline, Saint Garin lived to the present day, thirty years later. What if I were to try to kill him here?" The Star Lord wondered.

And he did just that.

He slowly raised his hand and gently shook hands with Garin Saint!

The next moment.

"Boom!"

The enormous hand formed from starlight reappeared beside Garin Saint, clenching its fist directly at him.

Meanwhile, Karin Sei, whose body was still trembling uncontrollably, also shuddered like a leaf in that instant.

He didn't even have time to react before instinctively closing his eyes.

But

"Buzz!"

From beside Garin, the dark power of the abyss roared forth.

In that instant, Junzi, who originally looked like a young girl, seemed to undergo subtle changes—a pair of demonic wings grew from her back, and dark power transformed into flames that spread.

Roy was no stranger to this—it was a sign that Im was coming.

"Bloodline Factor Source Energy... Absorb!"

Therefore, Roy did not hesitate and decisively activated the effect of the Fruit Encyclopedia.

The next instant, the slowly burning black flames on Junzi's body began to be absorbed by the giant starlight hands surrounding her. Luo Yi, who had done this before, was naturally not surprised.

Back in Dressrosa, he had repeatedly confirmed that he could deplete the power of Im by confronting and absorbing the source energy of bloodline factors in things like the "Deep Sea Contract" or the "Abyss Contract," which are manifestations of Im's power.

Especially when Im himself is bound, and the amount of his bloodline factor source energy is quite limited.

Unless, like on Onigashima, Im had a premeditated plan to set up an abyss array in advance, he could have absorbed all of Im's abyss power before Im's arrival, thus interrupting the arrival.

But

"Um?"

Just moments later, Roy realized something was wrong.

Because at this time, the bloodline factor source energy within the Fruit Encyclopedia did indeed begin to grow rapidly.

However, as the person whose bloodline factor energy was absorbed, Junzi's flames only dimmed and weakened briefly before reigniting.

As a result, Junzi's power grew stronger and stronger.

even

"boom!"

Her wings instinctively unfurled, and the overwhelming bloodline energy even darkened the entire sky above God Valley.

At this moment, Luo Yi, beneath the Star Lord's mask, also frowned.

"What's going on...? The amount of bloodline factor source energy at this level has already surpassed the Abyss Sea Contract... no, it might not even be comparable to Shamlock's unique 'Abyss Servant' Contract?"

He had already noticed something was wrong.

He continuously absorbed the abyssal power emanating from Junzi's body, but the power within the other's body was like a vast ocean, almost inexhaustible. This level of abyssal power was far superior to even a God's Blade, let alone the Five Elders or even Shamrock, who would become Im's representative thirty years later.

"What's going on? Is Im from thirty years ago really that much stronger than he is now?"

Roy subconsciously thought so.

But just moments later, he realized something was wrong.

"No, judging from the strength of the Deep Sea Contract on the God Knights, the power bestowed upon them by Im has not changed much—so Im's own power will not be much different from what it is thirty years later."

"So what's truly special isn't Im, but..."

His gaze involuntarily fell upon Im's current "vessel".

That special girl, whose name he had heard of more than once.

"Junzi?"