Dante stared at the Doom Slayer, thoroughly exasperated.
"I've been comboing for ages, finally charged up my ultimate, and you just straight up steal the kill?!"
On the other side, Kratos remained silent, but the Blades of Chaos in his hands suddenly flared with raging hellfire.
An internal conflict between the "specialists" was ready to ignite at any moment.
A muffled grunt of disdain came from beneath the Doom Slayer's visor.
"Fight me if you're mad!"
"Alright! There will be plenty of monsters for you to kill later!" Seeing that they were about to brawl, Yang Yi quickly spoke up to stop them.
At the same time, the moment Imu completely perished, some ancient rule imposed upon the entire world shattered in response.
The ocean seemed to let out a lighthearted cheer.
...
Aboard the flying fleet, the group that had just finished a massive battle was leaning against the ship's rails, catching their breath.
"Waaaaahhhhh—!"
With a miserable scream, Buggy slipped and plunged headfirst into the turbulent sea.
"Buggy!"
"Red-nosed brat!"
The Straw Hat Crew, Ace, and the others cried out in alarm.
However, the expected powerlessness and sinking of an Ability User falling into the water did not happen.
*Splash!*
The seawater submerged Buggy, but the next second, he popped his head back up with a splash, flailing his arms and legs.
"Waaaaahhhhh—Help!!"
"It's over! My grand ambitions! My treasure!"
Buggy waited despairingly for death, but after a few seconds passed, he realized with shock that he hadn't lost his strength!
"Huh?"
He tentatively paddled his limbs and actually started swimming in the water.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, wild ecstasy surged in his heart.
"I can swim in the sea?!"
"I've actually overcome the curse of the Devil Fruit!!"
"Hahahahahahahaha!!"
Buggy once again concluded that he was indeed the chosen one! A unique existence standing above all Ability Users!
"Hahahahahaha! Do you see this?! This sea can no longer bind me!!"
Floating on the undulating surface of the sea, Buggy spread his arms and let out an unbridled, maniacal laugh.
At this moment, all the Ability Users on the ship felt a certain change.
Kaido looked down at his hands, then reached out to feel the aura of the sea. He realized that his feeling of aversion towards the ocean had vanished.
"Gurararara..." Whitebeard also felt the disappearance of that suppression. Feeling the blowing sea breeze, he only felt an unprecedented sense of comfort.
The curse of the Devil Fruits had been lifted!
All the Ability Users felt their bodies lighten at this moment, as if an invisible shackle had disappeared.
The sea was no longer a curse to Devil Fruits, but had once again become the cradle that embraced all things and nurtured life.
...
Above the ruins of Mary Geoise, Yang Yi looked at the battered Red Line beneath him.
The Red Line of the One Piece world was undoubtedly an artificial creation. This continent that severed the seas hindered the world's communication. Next, he needed to let the world be 'chopped apart' once more.
Yang Yi took out the Chop-Chop Fruit that had dropped earlier.
"Rocks."
Yang Yi turned around and handed the fruit to a confused Rocks.
"Isn't this the Chop-Chop Fruit? I've already eaten it before." Rocks didn't understand why Yang Yi was giving him another Devil Fruit.
"Mine is different from the Devil Fruits of your world. Eat it, don't worry."
Rocks paused for a moment, but still chose to trust Yang Yi.
He took the fruit and took a bite.
In an instant, a terrifying power that far exceeded the limits of his understanding blossomed within his body. He felt that he could split himself into even more microscopic forms.
He could even split himself into elementary particles.
On a macroscopic scale, it felt as though he could split the world!
Rocks raised his hand. In his eyes, the Red Line turned into blocks that could be pieced together at will.
He could easily split it apart.
"Go," Yang Yi's voice rang in his ears. "Let this twisted world return to its natural state."
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Rocks shot into the sky, flying straight up to an altitude of ten thousand meters above the Red Line.
The eyes of the entire world, through the broadcast Transponder Snails, focused on this tiny figure.
Rocks looked down at the Red Line below, which divided the world like a giant ring, and suddenly spread his arms wide.
"Chop-Chop: Genesis!!"
"Red Line! Split apart for me!!"
*Rumble—!!!*
Under the watchful eyes of the entire world, the incomparably massive Red Line began to tremble violently, and then split apart.
The sea was smoothed out by this mighty power, the chaotic sea routes were forcibly reshaped, and the Four Blues were completely connected with the Grand Line.
The fragments of the Red Line turned into brand-new continents and islands, while those four polluted lands were separated, turning into four giant islands floating in the four corners of the New World, forming dangerous and unique ecosystems.
Just as the world was being reshaped, in the distant horizon, a massive fleet came crashing through the waves.
The Supreme Commander of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon, led all his main forces to the Holy Land to provide support, but they arrived too late.
By the time he arrived, everyone had long since finished fighting.
The revolutionaries stared dumbfounded at the sight of mountains being moved and continents being reshaped, their hearts filled with shock.
Weren't they just about to have a decisive battle with the Celestial Dragons? How come the next second they're dismantling the Red Line?
Is this the kind of war they could even participate in? Everyone couldn't help but look at the equally stunned Dragon.
Dragon thought for a long time and decided to go investigate by himself first.
Dragon arrived on the flying fleet and learned what had just happened from Garp.
After hearing Garp's description, while excited, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Dragon's gaze swept past the crowd and finally landed on Yang Yi.
He walked up to Yang Yi and said straightforwardly:
"Thank you for overthrowing the World Government."
"But what happens after overthrowing the World Government?"
"Are you going to become the new god? And then let your descendants become the new Celestial Dragons?"
Hearing this, Yang Yi chuckled lightly and turned his head to look at Dragon.
"What kind of god is a self-proclaimed god?"
"If I did that, what difference would there be between me and those swine I just cleaned up with my own hands?"
He didn't answer directly; those deep eyes made it impossible for Dragon to see through him.
Seeing that Dragon wanted to continue asking, Yang Yi interrupted him.
"Monkey D. Dragon, don't listen to what I say, watch what I do."