One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 304 The Dragon That Devours the World
Inside Udaburg.

The battle continues.

Meanwhile, the three giants guarding the hut—Dongli, Brogy, and Saul—stood within the starlight barrier set up by Wu Ma.

They were watching the incredible battle unfold before them.

"Dragon Horn Strike!"

At this moment, Teach, who now resembled a completely black dragon, had the two horns on Loki's head swirling with a jet-black luster.

That's the 'Nidhogg' poison.

His sharp horns suddenly lashed out at Wu Ma, while the gale-force winds generated by his flapping wings seemed capable of annihilating everything.

"The Primal Wind!"

But at this moment, Wu Ma still neither dodged nor avoided.

Countless starlight words coalesced on the book in his hands as he continued to write.

[The gale stopped, and the venom evaporated.]

As he wrote, the raging wind that Teach was stirring suddenly stopped, and the venom vanished in an instant.

Followed by
"Utopia·Giant Fist!"

Wu Ma wrote again, and then a gigantic fist formed from starlight collided instantly with Teach.

The next moment, a shockwave mixed with starlight and darkness spread wildly in all directions!

The massive pillars of Udaburg, and everything inside the castle, were instantly vaporized by the shockwave—and it should be noted that, given Udaburg's size, which is considered 'huge' even by the standards of giants, this attack would have been enough to annihilate an island if it had been launched on the sea.

But for the two currently engaged in battle, this can only be described as a 'casual strike'.

"What power this is!"

Saul's voice was hoarse as he watched this scene.

Even though he himself was once a vice admiral, even though he and the current admiral were once close friends, even though he was a giant warrior from Elbaf.

He had never seen or even heard of a battle of this level.

However, unlike him, Dorry and Brogy, although they had never seen a battle of this level, had at least heard of it.

"It is said that His Majesty Harald once fought against that Locke D. Giebeck. Perhaps their battle was just like this?"

The two soldiers clenched their fists, their words filled with obvious excitement.

Even though he knew that the guy who had taken over Loki's body was an absolute enemy.

But witnessing a battle of this caliber still makes it hard for them to contain themselves.

"Unfortunately, Lord Wu Ma's judgment was correct. We cannot participate in a battle of this level."

However, at the same time, Donley and Brogy felt it was a pity.

They are powerful fighters who pride themselves on their identity as warriors, but they also know very well that they cannot participate in battles of this level.

They had encountered powerful ability users before, but those two were clearly different from ordinary ability users.

"Their abilities seem to have been enhanced by some kind of force?"

"I originally thought that Lord Loki's ability was unique to his Devil Fruit."

"Clatter, clatter, clatter! How remarkable! This guy, who clearly wants to destroy Elbaf, needs to rely on guests to fight—if the god of Elbaf knew, he would be furious, wouldn't he?"

"Hehehe, there's nothing we can do about it. I'll treat him to a drink later!"

"Whom should we invite? The god of Elbaf or Wu Ma?"

Seeing the two laughing heartily and appearing extremely optimistic, Saul could only shake his head helplessly.

As he shook his head, he also glanced at Wu Ma's figure.

He was well aware of the significance of this battle.

Judging from the power Teach has displayed since taking over Loki's body, there is currently no one in Elbaf who can stand against him—the outcome of the battle between Wu Ma and Teach will indeed directly determine the survival of Elbaf.

However, as a 'giant scholar' who had studied in Ohara, Saul's wisdom naturally led him to another question.

That is.
Since Teach has clearly taken over Loki's power and possesses a fighting force that is almost unmatched in the entire Elbaf,

He could then use Loki's identity to forcibly seize Elbaf, and obtaining everything in Elbaf would not be difficult.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he chose to hide here and cause the earthquake. Why was that?
“Even without Mr. Wu Ma’s presence, Regent Hairdine would have investigated this place sooner or later—Mr. Shan is the evidence.”

"It won't do him any good to do this."

As Sauro murmured to himself, a sense of foreboding crept into his heart.

Meanwhile, Wu Ma shared the same idea as Saulo.

The trajectory of the attack was deflected.

As Teach wrote, his dragon breath grazed past Wu Ma's body and instantly swept into the ruined castle grounds, corroding large, deep pits into the ground.

But at this moment, Wu Ma, who had withstood the attack, frowned as he looked at Teach, who had transformed into a half-dragon.

At that moment, the scales on the latter's body were also torn apart by the giant fist.

However, at the same time, his body recovered in an instant. Wu Ma naturally knew that his attack just now contained bloodline factor energy and Conqueror's Haki, and even a Mythical Beast's regenerative ability shouldn't be able to recover instantly.

The only possibility is that Teach also used the bloodline factor to enhance the fruit's effect.

In fact, this is precisely the core of their battle.

In terms of abilities—one is an ancient giant with the abilities of two mythical beasts, and the other is a member of the twelve constellations who possess the Fusion Fruit.

In terms of the effectiveness of the abilities themselves, it's hard to say which is better.

Therefore, the core of their battle actually lies in the use of 'bloodline factor energy'.

The mutual attrition and the enhancement of their abilities caused their Devil Fruit powers to unleash incredible power, resulting in an effect where each strike almost shook Mount Jotun and even the Underworld.

But that's precisely the problem.
"My bloodline factor energy comes from exchanging information from the Fruit Encyclopedia and from previous collections. So what's with this guy Teach?"

Wu Ma had already made a guess about this issue—but without a doubt, if that guess was true, then...
"Something big has happened."

As Wu Ma muttered to himself, accompanied by a maniacal laugh of "Zehahaha," Teach swung his iron thunderbolt and smashed down the lightning once again.

"Buzz!"

With a wave of his hand, Wu Ma sent countless starlight from the Book of Stars to form a barrier.

"boom!"

The two collided again, and the raging impact instantly caused huge waves to rise throughout the entire Netherworld Spring, and also instantly added huge cracks to the earth.

But the difference lies in
"Crack!"

Following this collision.

Everyone present could hear the unsettling, crisp sound emanating from the entire Udaburg at that moment.

"It's the Sacred Well!?"

The three giants immediately noticed the source of the sound—the huge deep well located in the center of Udaburg.

However, at this moment, cracks were clearly beginning to spread along the edge of the deep well.

then
"Boom!"

The well's body shattered completely in the next instant!

"Boom!"

The collapse of that deep well seemed to be a signal of the collapse of everything.

At that moment, the entire Udaburg, as well as the permafrost and rocks around Udaburg and the foundation of the castle, all collapsed like sand dunes and suddenly fell downwards.

Smoke and snow filled the air as the three giants quickly steadied the small house that was collapsing along with its foundation.

Their gazes fell incredulously on the spot where the 'Holy Well' once stood.

At this moment, the original location of the huge well had become an even larger, bottomless pit.

Beneath that enormous pit, the scene deep within the Hevigelma spring is clearly visible.

It is surrounded by countless springs, but there is a huge hole in the center.

Within that hollow were enormous roots, radiating an ancient life force!

Those are the roots of the 'Adam the Tree'.

Just like the legend of the giants—'Hivegelmar, the Spring of the Underworld' is the extension of the roots of the World Tree.

And this deep well inside Udaburg is the gateway to that root system.

But at this moment, the tree roots, which should have been full of life, were filled with a shocking sense of death and decay.

The enormous tree roots, which should have been thick and glistening, were now mostly withered and shriveled.

Their surfaces were covered with huge bite marks, and golden sap flowed from the broken tree roots, like the blood vessels of a creature that had been bitten open.

It is clearly visible that the entire root system of the tree seems to be shrinking and even dying due to dryness.

"This is..."

Sauro was the first to gasp in surprise.

His enormous body trembled violently with fear and rage.

The appearance of that huge bite mark was naturally not unfamiliar to him.

That was none other than the dragon tooth from the 'Nidhogg Fruit' that Loki had consumed.

Thus, the truth naturally came to the fore – it instantly made Saul understand the answer to the question that had been lingering in his mind.

Why does Teach, who has taken over Loki's body, choose to remain in the Underworld?

The reason is as we can see now.

He lurks here, silently devouring the world!

　One update today, taking a day off.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)