Pirate: I, Buggy, am the Emperor, the Emperor of the Clown King!

Chapter 178 Bucky: That's right, I planned it all!

Garin drew his sword, and Conqueror's Haki exploded on the blade as he charged forward and unleashed a powerful slash.

The sword light cut into the black mist, leaving a visible crack, which was then filled with new black mist.

"Damn it." Garin Sei's expression was grim.

Although he possesses Conqueror's Haki, it is not strong enough.

If it weren't for their immortality, the Five Elders' fighting strength would be roughly on par with Green Bull's.

Maz-sei took flight in his Itsumade form, spewing forth flames mixed with Conqueror's Haki that burned through a patch of black mist on the shoulder of the Song Demon King.

Saint Nasujuro stood on the half-collapsed roof, his horse-bone-shaped forelegs raised high, and his demon sword Muramasa slashed out diagonally, the Conqueror's Haki-infused strike tearing a narrow gash in the black mist.

Peter Saint emerged from the ground in the form of a sandworm, his fangs coated with Conqueror's Haki. He bit down on the Demon King, tearing off a small piece of black mist.

"Let me do it!" Barrett grinned and released the power of the Fusion Fruit.

Rocks, ruins, metal, and broken wood flew towards his body from all directions, piling and combining layer upon layer on his surface.

Curing.

In just a few breaths, a gigantic combined giant rose from the ground, its fists wreathed in black and red Conqueror's Haki.

electricity.

"Get out of my way!"

He punched the Demon King of Songs in the chest with all his might.

boom!

This punch finally forced the Demon King to retreat.

The Devil's Heir, Douglas Barrett, is still strong!

Or perhaps he simply enjoys dealing with these oversized, clumsy guys!

Only when fighting each other among these large monsters can he fully unleash his brute strength, unlike when he fought Bucky where he could barely hit him.

The Demon King of Songs slid backward dozens of meters, dragging deep trenches into the ground.

The black mist was smashed into a huge hole, but the depths of the hole were quickly filled again.

Shanks charged ahead, his sword Griffin unsheathed, black and red lightning coalescing into fluid on the blade.

"Gods avoid."

With a flash of the blade, the Demon King of Song's chest was cleanly sliced ​​open, the gash extending from his shoulder to his abdomen, like layers of...

The gaping maw was so wide that even the churning black mist inside stopped surging.

Ben Beckman stood on the ruins behind Shanks, holding a gun with a red and black sheen at the muzzle.

"Bang!" A bullet pierced the sky and exploded in the Demon King's abdomen, creating a deep crater.

Hawkeye leaped from the other side, drawing his Black Blade Night, the blade flashing to draw a cross in mid-air.

"Slay the Night Cross".

The cross-shaped light blade was deeply embedded in the Demon King's shoulder, almost severing the entire arm.

Yamato lunged forward in his Great Mouth True God Beastman form, his spiked club wrapped with ice lightning.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams - Ice Fang!"

The spiked club struck the Demon King, causing frost and lightning to explode simultaneously, but only creating a small ripple on the black mist.

"How could this be—" Yamato's face was extremely ugly.

While Conqueror's Haki can injure a Demon King, the extent of the damage depends on the user's strength.

It's obvious that Hawkeye, Shanks, and Barrett are significantly stronger than the others.

Yamato's strength is not as great as that of the Five Elders.

Boa Hancock appeared from behind and delivered a powerful, fragrant kick to the Demon King.

Her heel collided with the black mist with a muffled thud, and she was thrown into the air, rolling several times on the ground before barely managing to regain her balance.

"This concubine—how despicable!" The Empress wanted to say something, but then she realized that the monster in front of her had no self-awareness, and saying anything would only make her more embarrassed.

"We can't handle this thing." Yamato gritted his teeth, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield.

Then she saw that huge, silvery-white figure.

After the True Infinite Cannon was fired, the mechanical dragon Wapol lay motionless on the open ground to the south, its four supporting arms still deeply embedded in the ground, its body covered with a lot of gravel and mud, like a scrapped machine that had been drained of all its energy.

But is that even possible?

impossible!

Wapol may look like a machine, but he's not a pure machine; he's a Devil Fruit user.

If you really die, then the Devil Fruit power will be nullified.

Wapol himself, as the target of the Gluttony Fruit's power, is constantly in a state of power activation, not physically affected.

Devil Fruit creations from outside.

In other words, if Wapol dies, the Wapol alloys and similar materials he created will not disappear, but Wapol himself will disintegrate.

Because Wapol's body contained too many discordant and forcibly pieced-together elements, only the power of the Gluttony-Gluttony Fruit kept it stable at 0.

It is not a machine that can operate stably in the normal sense, but a mysterious machine that is stabilized by the power of a Devil Fruit.

Yamato transformed back into human form from his werewolf form and sprinted toward Wapol.

"Hello!"

She ran up to Walpo and looked up at his scarlet mechanical eyes.

"Hey! Are you still alive?"

"Do you still recognize me like this?"

"Is that cannon you're carrying still usable?"

Wahlbo did not respond.

"Fire one more shot! Fire one more at that monster!"

Yamato gritted her teeth and decided to abandon all restraint: "I'm Buggy's woman, so you'd better listen to me!"

No response.

Wapol only obeys Bucky's orders; he ignores the orders of others.

Boa Hancock caught up and landed beside Yamato: "What are you going to do?"

"That Infinite Cannon should be able to destroy the Demon King of Song," Yamato said, pointing at Wapol.

The claim that the Demon King of Songs can only be harmed by Conqueror's Haki is relative.

In conventional combat, only Conqueror's Haki can cause effective damage.

But if it was that True Infinity Cannon that Wapol fired earlier—even if it only dealt 1% or 1% effective damage, it should have been enough to kill this Song Demon King with his rainbow-like scum.

Ultimately, the so-called mechanism must be based on numerical values. If it is really hit by the pure brute force of the super-flat idea, then it will also be a miracle caused by the great force.

Boa Hancock looked at the silent mechanical dragon and slowly shook her head: "We can't control Wapol."

Yamato gritted his teeth, turned around, and shouted at Wapol's massive metal head, "We were trying to save Buggy! Didn't you see that monster eat Buggy?"

Wahlbo's eyes flickered.

It finally moved.

Although it is mentioned that Bucky cannot directly command Wapol to use his mechanical abilities, he can still get Wapol to give a certain level of response.

"This is not the captain's order." Wapol's huge, drooping head slowly rose.

"You—!" Yamato was so angry that his hair almost stood on end. "You blockhead! Are you really a mechanical brain?"

Your captain is almost gone!

Walpo stopped moving again.

"This guy only obeys Buggy's orders." Boa Hancock's gaze had already turned towards the Demon King of Songs.

Just then, the Demon King of Songs' body changed once again.

Because Uta's singing rose again:

Uta: "That unrestrained weeping!"

Uta: "Forget about unintentional sorrows!"

Third Movement: The Demon King of Song - Full Awakening!

The black cloak vanished completely.

All the dreamlike phantoms and translucent parts disappeared, replaced by a fully solidified torso.

The black mist receded from its surface, revealing a body beneath that looked as if sculpted from the darkness itself, its muscles etched with the texture of charred tree roots, intertwined and gnarled.

A pair of enormous, jet-black wings grew from its back.

Its wings spread out, covering half the sky, each feather like a hanging knife.

It grew a second pair of arms.

Four hands slowly opened at the sides, each palm holding a mouth filled with fangs.

The twisted top hat transformed into a crown.

The crown is shaped like an open crocodile mouth, inlaid with huge rubies, and red light shines through the gems, like congealed blood.

The sneer on its face vanished, replaced by a furious expression, its mouth splitting downwards, as if it had lost all emotion, leaving only endless rage.

It's like this face was born to be angry.

The world of folk songs and the real world have begun to merge.

Uta: "This marks the end of an era of chaos!"

Uta: "Come on! Be free! Be completely free!"

Everyone could see the illusions in Uta's song overlapping with the ruins of reality.

Giant musical note flowers grow in the sea, faceless musical note angels float in the sky, and glowing musical staves twist and crawl on the broken streets.

The entire Sabaody Archipelago and the surrounding seas were plunged into darkness.

The dark clouds in the sky opened up, like countless silent screaming mouths.

They lay one layer on top of the other, completely blocking out the sunlight.

The entire battlefield was illuminated only by firelight and embers of energy, like an isolated island dragged into the deep sea.

Redhead charged ahead, and Griffin's blade flashed like a meteor toward the face of the Demon King of Song.

Hawkeye followed closely behind, unleashing countless crisscrossing slashes with his Black Blade Night.

The Joker stood in their way.

The black knife and the red heart sword unfolded simultaneously in S Joker's hands, and four flying swords emerged from his back, spinning rapidly beside him like a tornado made of blades.

That's right, the Joker has started using his trump card directly—Bucky is practically telling everyone that he's the one causing trouble.

"Get out of my way!" Shanks roared.

"That won't do." S Joker's voice carried Bucky's habitual tone; he was too lazy to even pretend anymore.

The power within the Demon King of Songs is almost completely depleted, with only a few scattered remnants remaining.

At this point, Bucky needs to be selective; he doesn't intend to devour all the souls.

Bucky would still spare the lives of his men who followed him.

Once the world is cleaned up, his subordinates will become the elite of the world.

Buggy intends to usurp the Celestial Dragons' former rule.

Bucky: From this day forward, Bucky, I am the King of the World, reigning supreme above all others.

Buggy: And those who follow me will be the Celestial Dragons of the New World!

S-Eagle and S-Dragon attacked from both sides, while S-Snake, S-Bear, and S-Shark blocked Yamato and Boa Hancock from behind.

S Lingling's enormous size blocked everyone's path.

Redhead and Hawkeye were blocked by Joker.

The two of them, working together, were unable to break through the Seraph's defenses in a short time.

Even if the S Joker, which Buggy personally controls, is not as powerful as the original, it is still among the strongest of the Four Emperors.

Especially since S Joker ate the Vampire Fruit, he is completely unafraid of getting hurt—after all, under these circumstances, there is no way to directly blast S Joker to smithereens.

"Get out of my way!" Hawkeye slashed at S Joker's shoulder with his blade, but the blade only struck an afterimage.

The Joker had already appeared behind Hawkeye and kicked him to the ground.

Red-haired seized the opportunity and cleaved S-Eagle away with a single slash.

S Long and S Lingling pounced at the same time, taking two blows with their bodies and blocking the way.

Apart from the Joker, no other Seraph is qualified to directly confront Hawkeye and Red Hair.

S Eagle, S Dragon, and S Lingling could only stall for time by risking their lives.

S-Bear's movements are too slow, making it suitable to use the Paw-Paw Fruit ability to interfere with Barrett.

S Snake and S Shark didn't even have the luxury of stalling for time; they didn't even get close to Hawkeye and Red Hair.

So it's actually harassing other people.

"So annoying." Barrett broke through S Bear, rushed in from the side, and punched S Lingling, sending her flying.

"Let's go!" Shanks shouted to Hawkeye.

Hawkeye tried to charge again, but was swept back by Joker's sword.

The two fought and retreated, but were never able to close the distance to a point where they could pose a threat to Uta.

After all, these two were being closely monitored.

Just then, a golden light swept over everyone's heads.

Kizaru lacks Conqueror's Haki and is unable to inflict effective damage on the Demon King of Song's true form.

But the Demon King of Songs was not his target either.

His target was the mouth of the Demon King of Songs—the woman standing inside the Demon King's mouth.

Kizaru possesses the world's fastest speed.

What he wanted to do was assassinate Uta.

Now that seven Seraphim have been transferred, this is the time for his attack.

Kizaru accelerated several times in mid-air, and his golden lightsaber pierced into the black mist at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

Kizaru's pupils contracted sharply, and his body instantly transformed into elemental form, but it was still a step too late.

He was sent flying backwards as if he had been hit by something.

"No, Kizaru."

It's Pakistan.

Bucky the Clown, now just a shell of a man, was devoured by the Demon King of Song.

He appeared there without anyone noticing.

No one saw how he made his move.

When everyone could see clearly again, Kizaru had already crashed into a pile of ruins. The golden light flickered a few times among the broken stone slabs before slowly fading away.

The battlefield fell silent for a moment, and even the Demon King of Songs stopped moving.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that although Buggy seemed to have been devoured by the Demon King of Song, it did not mean that Buggy's body was unable to move.

wrong.

This is not the point.

The key point is that Bucky spoke.

"Hoo—" The redhead took a deep breath, then shouted, "Did you orchestrate all of this?!"

It was said to be a question, but the tone was one of certainty.

"Oh? You mean everything?" Buggy walked up to Uta through the Demon King's words and put his arm around her.

"It was from the very beginning—"

—Everything, everything, was my plan~

"Including deliberately letting Lu Fei go when we set off from the East China Sea—"

"Including releasing Loki from the Giant Kingdom and using Loki and Luffy to lure Im away."

Everything is me.

"Oh~ even Rayleigh's death was because of me~"

"Shanks, do you know?"

"Uta has always wanted to rebel against me~"

"They were simply forcibly controlled by me using hypnosis and body modification."

"My lovely niece is so wonderful!"

"It wasn't for nothing that I gave her so much poison to damage her brain and drive her insane~"

Bucky casually kissed Uta on the cheek, finding Shanks' fiery gaze quite amusing.

"I'll ask you one last time, what do you take all of this for?" Shanks had completely given up on considering the person in front of him as his former friend.

My friend shouldn't be such a monster.

Such a demon should not exist in this world.

Compared to Buggy's character, the Celestial Dragons are all extremely kind, and Im is a great benefactor.

I initially thought Uta had gone mad and was going to slaughter the whole world, but it turns out it was all orchestrated and directed by Bucky.

"Huh?" Bucky scratched his head. "This is really troublesome, my friend."

How many people die in an earthquake, a typhoon, or a tsunami?

"Do you hate them?" Bucky's gaze swept over the crowd in the distance, and he saw that many of them also harbored hatred for him, especially the remaining four of the Five Elders.

The Five Elders were absolutely furious.

Their hometown was destroyed, and that was before Im even returned—if Im were to return, they felt they were doomed.

"You actually compare yourself to a natural disaster? You've really gone mad." Shanks had given up on communicating with Bucky.

"I really don't like hearing that~" Bucky's right hand touched Uta's head, a strange purplish-black light appearing in his eyes. "Let's end this."

Then Uta's hysterical voice rose even higher.

Uta: "Unconditional passion, just keep singing!"

Uta: "Forget all the insults and gossip, just keep singing!"

Uta: "All things in the universe, at the beginning of time, possessed profound benevolence!"

Uta: "Cheer!"

Uta: "The Clown King who reigns supreme over the world!"