One Piece: Kaido's adopted son, starts with the Eight Gates Formation.

The time-space portal closed quietly behind me, and a familiar sea breeze, carrying a faint salty smell, rushed towards me.

came back.

One Piece world.

Lynn's figure reappeared above the ruins of the God-Slaying Island. He calmly glanced at the ravaged land beneath his feet, his face expressionless.

Beside him, a flash of white light appeared, and Vegeta's figure staggered away, his legs buckling and he fell to one knee with a thud, his hands gripping the ground tightly. His muscles trembled uncontrollably as he gasped for breath, his tattered battle suit instantly soaked with sweat.

The immense power brought about by the fusion almost completely drained his body and will.

But on his face was the most arrogant and satisfied smile he had ever worn.

He exhausted his last bit of strength, looked up, his gaze piercing through space, and locked onto Sun Wukong, who was equally disheveled but whose spirit had been even more shaken, and issued a victory declaration that risked his life's dignity.

"Kakarot...did you see that?...This is the true power of us Saiyans! From this day forward, you...have completely lost even the right to look up at my back, Vegeta!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the pride that had sustained him finally burned out. Vegeta's eyelids rolled back, his body fell backward, and he completely lost consciousness.

Lynn casually tossed him toward Whitebeard and the others, as if discarding a used tool.

In the distance, Goku's body was stiff. Vegeta's hoarse yet incredibly clear declaration was like the sharpest dagger, piercing his pure heart of martial arts.

Powerless.

bitter.

And, for the first time, an emotion called "despair" began to frantically grow in the heart of this eternally optimistic Saiyan.

Future Trunks and Xiao Wu rushed over and kowtowed repeatedly to Lynn, expressing their gratitude incoherently.

Lynn simply watched them calmly.

"I'm not here to save anyone."

"It's simply because that guy happens to be my prey."

The cold words froze Trunks' gratitude on his face, replacing it with a deeper sense of awe.

It was at this moment that...

The system's exciting notification sounded in Lynn's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have completed the epic hunting mission—[Fall of Gods]! Mission completion: SSS! Perfect!]

[Rewards calculated! Due to the host's achievement of "god-slaying," the rewards have been significantly increased!]

[Congratulations, host! You have obtained a legendary item—[The Omniscient and Omnipotent Eyeball (Imitation)]!]

As Lynn looked at the description of the ability that appeared before him, which was practically a bug, even his usually calm and collected mind was stirred.

The future will be rewritten.

Capability invalidation.

This is a kind of dimensional reduction attack from the perspective of the combat "dimension".

"interesting……"

A genuinely satisfied smile finally appeared on Lynn's face.

"Integration".

With a thought, a cool, strange energy silently entered his eyes and became completely bound to his soul.

The world before my eyes instantly changed.

The colors of all things, the folds of space, and even... the faint lines of fate that extend from each person, representing countless possibilities.

He can "see" everything clearly.

Everything is under control.

however.

Just as Lynn finished the fusion and was preparing to fully experience this new power, the next second arrived.

The change occurred without warning.

Om-!

An aura of supreme power, indescribable in any language, swept across the entire world like an invisible tide in an instant.

This aura contained no killing intent, no energy fluctuations whatsoever; it simply descended abruptly, as if it had existed here from the very beginning, the most fundamental law of this universe.

The air froze.

The wind has stopped.

Even the surging waves on the sea surface seemed to be paused at this moment, eerily still.

The angel Weiss, who had been lazily standing to the side, watching all this with utter boredom, froze completely for the first time.

His purple eyes, which always held a hint of mockery, suddenly widened, filled with disbelief and horror.

"This aura... no... impossible!"

Beside him, Beerus, who had just maintained the majesty of a God of Destruction and had a look of amusement on his face, suddenly bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on!

His body began to tremble uncontrollably, and large beads of cold sweat poured from his forehead and slid down his cheeks.

"Big...big...great priest...sir?!"

Beerus's voice became sharp and distorted with extreme fear, losing all trace of the majesty of a god of destruction; it was more pathetic than a house cat seeing a mouse.

"And...and...the Omni-King?!"

What?!

Hearing Beerus's terrified scream, all the powerful figures present, whether Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard, or Akainu, felt their hearts skip a beat.

What kind of being could terrify Beerus, the God of Destruction, to this extent?

What kind of terrifying monster was that?!

Everyone looked up in shock.

Above them, the sky rippled like water.

A figure with a gentle smile slowly walked out from there.

He was not tall, with long, white hair that reached the sky. He wore a simple yet incredibly noble blue priest's robe and held a scepter with a halo on the back.

He simply stood there quietly, as if he had become the center of the entire universe.

Behind him followed two identical short men.

They have bluish-purple skin, oval heads, small bodies, wear clothes printed with the character "全" (quan, meaning whole/complete), and have expressionless faces with empty eyes that seem to contain the birth and death of the entire universe.

It is none other than the supreme ruler of Universe Seven, the Grand Priest!

And, standing at the pinnacle of the twelve universes, the supreme god who holds the power of life and death over everything—the Omni-King!

The Grand Priest ignored Beerus, who was trembling in fear, the powerful pirates who were on high alert, and even Goku, the Super Saiyan.

His gaze, gentle yet focused, was fixed directly on the two-year-old black-haired child who had remained calm throughout.

"Hello, interesting being from another world."

The High Priest spoke, his voice gentle and soothing, like a spring breeze, yet his words carried an unquestionable supreme authority that even the God of Destruction had to obey.

Lynn raised his head and met the High Priest's gaze, his face still bearing that listless expression.

In his eyes, the newly merged power of "omniscience and omnipotence" was rapidly circulating.

Countless possibilities for the future flashed before his eyes like film reels.

"I see……"

The high priest's smile widened, seemingly finding it quite amusing that Lynn could calmly meet his gaze.

He continued in that gentle tone, "Your recent actions across time and space, as well as the unique nature of the universe you inhabit, have successfully attracted the attention of the Omni-King."

The High Priest turned slightly to the side, revealing the two expressionless Omni-Kings behind him.

"The Omni-King thinks... you, and your universe, are very interesting."

"Therefore, the Omni-King has decided to make an exception and invite your universe to participate in a grand game that will be jointly hosted by the twelve universes of us."

The High Priest's lips curled slightly upward as he uttered four words that terrified Beerus.

"—The Grand Tournament of Power".

A grand gathering of... power?!

boom!

These four words, like a bolt of divine lightning, struck Beerus squarely on the head, leaving him charred and utterly terrified.

"No...no! High Priest!"

Beerus no longer cared about the dignity of a god of destruction. He scrambled to the high priest's feet, practically clinging to his legs and wailing.

But the high priest simply smiled at him without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, Beerus felt a chill in his heart. He knew that no one could change the Omni-King's decision.

He could only turn around abruptly and, facing Lynn and the others who were still completely bewildered, frantically and incoherently explain in a tearful voice.

"The Tournament of Power! That's no game! It's a terrifying ritual that decides the life and death of the universe!"

"The rules of the tournament are that each universe selects ten of its strongest warriors to engage in a massive free-for-all! The losing universe..."

Beerus's voice trembled violently with fear, and he made a gesture of running his hand across his neck, his face filled with despair.

"The defeated universe will be completely... utterly... wiped out by Lord Zeno in a flash!!!"

Clear it?

The entire universe?

Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and other top-tier pirates were stunned for a moment upon hearing these words. Then, an uncontrollable, overwhelming rage erupted from each of them!

Are you kidding me!

Who are they?

They are the emperors who reign over this vast ocean! They stand at the pinnacle, above billions of living beings!

Their entire lives were spent fighting, conquering, and imposing their will on the world!

Now, suddenly a few comically-looking dwarfs and a cryptic priest appear, and they dare to pronounce their life or death? Decide the fate of their entire universe?

What arrogance!

What an insult!

"Gurala la la la..."

The white-bearded man stood ramrod straight, his Murakumogiri sword slamming heavily on the ground, an invisible force causing the ruins of the entire God-Slaying Island to tremble.

"Clear the universe? What an outrageous claim! I've traversed the oceans my entire life, and I've never heard such arrogant words!"

"Mmm... It sounds like this is a hundred times more interesting than the battle for supremacy among the Four Emperors!" Big Mom's eyes gleamed with greed and excitement.

Among them, the one who reacted most fiercely was undoubtedly Kaido of the Beasts!

He threw his head back and let out a deafening burst of maniacal laughter, a laugh filled with utter contempt for the strong and an extreme excitement that seemed to be seeking death!

"Oh, hehehehehe!"

"Eliminate the universe?!"

On Kaido's massive body, crimson steam and deep red Kaioken aura erupted, the two destructive forces intertwining to form a terrifying storm powerful enough to distort space itself.

He stared intently at the two expressionless Omni-Kings with his dragon eyes, which were filled with savagery and madness, a ferocious grin spreading across his lips.

"Perfect! I've been tired of living for ages!"

"Before you wipe out my world..."

"I'll wipe you out completely, you little dwarf!!!"

Before he finished speaking, Kaido's massive body had already transformed into a crimson meteor of destruction, carrying his strongest power of his life, a powerful attack that combined the Eight Gates' Death Gate and the Kaioken, and violently blasted towards the Omni-King in the sky!

This strike is enough to shatter a planet, along with the very concept of its existence!

however.

Faced with this devastating blow.

The High Priest's gentle smile remained unchanged.

He didn't even lift his eyelids; he simply slowly extended a slender, white finger.

Then, tap it gently.

There were no earth-shattering explosions.

There is no collision of laws and energy.

Kaido's all-out attack, which was capable of destroying everything and risked all his dignity as the "strongest creature," vanished into thin air just a meter away from the Grand Priest's fingertips.

Yes.

Disappeared.

It was as if an invisible hand had completely erased them from this world.

It was as if it had never existed.

Kaido's frantically charging body suddenly froze in mid-air.

The madness and brutality in his eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by an absolute bewilderment and fear that came from the depths of his soul and was incomprehensible.

He felt that he was not attacking a "person".

Instead, it's colliding with an entire "dimensionality".

It is a kind of absolute dimensional wall that you can never touch or shake, no matter how hard you try or how much power you unleash.

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

The faces of all the powerful pirates were frozen in horror and disbelief.

Kaido's strongest attack... just like that... it's over?

Just when the atmosphere was at its most oppressive.

A slightly lazy, childlike voice broke the deathly silence.

Lynn yawned widely and walked out of the crowd at a leisurely pace.

He looked up at the high priest in the sky, who still maintained a smile, and spoke crisply and clearly in the childish voice unique to two-year-old children.

"OK."

"We'll participate."

After a pause, a wicked smile, completely out of character for his age, appeared on Lynn's youthful face.

"However, the people in our universe are generally not very good-tempered."

"What if, during the tournament, I accidentally kill a contestant from another universe..."

"You guys are not allowed to get angry."

These words shocked everyone present!

Beerus was so frightened he almost fainted on the spot!

And in the sky, the High Priest's gentle smile froze for the first time.