One Piece: We already have the Four Gods, so my Six Paths Sage is reasonable, right?

Im slowly rose and walked steadily to the window. He raised his gaze slightly upwards and looked out the window. After a moment, he spoke in a low voice: "Joey Boy, do you know that the new 'David' has found an assistant who 'doesn't belong here'?"

He paused briefly, then continued, "The information I gleaned from those insects is that about a year ago, this person descended upon a village in the Maka Mountains, dressed in strange clothes and covered in wounds... The insects said he was laughing maniacally at the time, as if he had finally broken free from something?"

"Tap, tap, tap..."

A mysterious woman in a cloak walked to within three steps of Im, knelt on one knee, bowed her head, and said, "Lord Im, please give your orders."

Im didn't turn around, but his gaze shifted slightly downwards, landing on the edge of the shadow on the window frame. His tone was calm: "No news from Elubaf yet?"

"Reporting to Lord Im, there is still no news."

Silence washed over the room like a tide.

After a long silence, Im spoke again, "Order the Five Elders: keep a close watch on those with the 'Gum-Gum Fruit' ability at sea. Capture them alive as the primary objective; do not take their lives unless absolutely necessary."

Yes, even if the current user is killed, the Devil Fruit will eventually be reborn, then deliberately avoid the World Government, be eaten by others, and then a new cycle will begin again.

"Yes, Lord Im," the cloaked woman replied softly, then silently withdrew.

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Elubaf, the underworld.

Harald wasn't stupid. The moment Ron said "there are still 99 Tailed Beast Balls left," he realized he had been tricked, so he wouldn't bite the bullet and accept the remaining ninety-nine Tailed Beast Balls.

Lox remained silent, neither exposing the numbers game nor even giving a "stop it" look.

That would mean that Rocks tacitly accepted this explanation and acknowledged that this move truly had a hundred variations.

"Pirates are so cunning," Harald muttered under his breath, his voice sounding as if it were being crushed by the howling wind. Then, with a self-deprecating twitch at the corner of his mouth, he continued, "I was so naive... to actually believe the pirates' lies."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes changed, and he readjusted the angle of the greatsword in his hand, no longer waiting or probing.

He slowly tightened his grip on the sword hilt, then suddenly exerted his strength, stepping on the shattered ground like a rocky mountain being pushed off its peak, and ran at full speed towards the direction of the golden nine-tailed fox demon.

Its massive body left a trail of afterimages in the dust, a sight that startled the four people inside the golden nine-tailed fox demon.

"What's this guy trying to do? He hasn't even finished three moves yet!" Silver Axe spoke first.

"Hey, hey, hey, this guy's cheating!" Kaido's voice immediately boomed out. He pointed at Harald, who was charging towards them, and said to the Whitebeard crew, "Where's the referee? If this isn't a foul, I'll change my surname to his."

Whitebeard's gaze darkened slightly: "Kaido, do you still think this is a game on a ship? Where did this referee come from?"

"Let's not discuss this now," Silver Axe's tone quickened slightly, carrying a rare urgency, "Ron, why don't you just get this big guy out of here!"

"Don't rush, let me launch a bombardment first," Ron said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden nine-tailed fox demon's chakra arms opened simultaneously, and the Tailed Beast Balls that had been condensed long ago were like bombs that had been lit, flying out one after another from countless palms.

The dark red light left scorching trails in the grayish-white smoke, like a painting of flames being rapidly drawn.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"

Countless Tailed Beast Balls rained down like a torrential downpour, weaving a dense, impenetrable net of firepower across the skies above the Underworld.

Harald braked suddenly, his foot carving two deep furrows in the broken ground, the rubble surging to either side like a wave being torn apart.

His massive body suddenly turned to the side, frantically dodging the dark red dots of light falling from the sky.

"Boom~~~"

"Boom~~~"

Behind Harald, explosions continued to occur.

The earth was struck by Tailed Beast Balls one after another, as if it were being hammered by countless giant iron hammers at the same time.

Thick plumes of smoke and dust shot into the sky from the explosion site, like a series of erupting gray volcanoes, making the already chaotic sky even darker and heavier.

Harald weaved through the smoke and dust, each dodge narrowly missing the edge of an explosion, the scorching blast waves chasing after him from behind.

He was waiting for an opportunity. He guessed that Ron wouldn't be able to withstand such a high-density energy attack for long.

He only needs to counterattack the moment his opponent's rhythm falters!

One minute.

Two minutes.

five minutes.

ten minutes.

Ron's attacks showed no signs of stopping. Tailed Beast Balls, Ice Release, and Lava Balls—energy bodies of various shapes appeared alternately on the battlefield, drawing scorching or icy trails in the sky above the Underworld, intertwining to form a continuously burning net.

Looking around, the smoke and dust were so thick that they almost covered half of the golden nine-tailed fox demon's body.

Most of the ground has collapsed, and seawater has rushed in through the cracks, cutting the remaining rock layers into isolated islands.

Rocks and Loki had already retreated to below the golden nine-tailed fox demon, standing on a high ground that had not yet crumbled.

Harald: "???"

Whitebeard: "???"

Silver Axe: "???"

Kaido: "???"

Locus: "???"

Honestly, Harald was a little flustered at this moment. He had previously guessed that Ron wouldn't be able to withstand such a high-density energy attack for long.

Unexpectedly, his power seemed inexhaustible; if one wanted to get close, one had to endure a barrage of attacks to even get within range.

Whitebeard thought he had a good understanding of Ron's power, but now it seemed that the guy's power was simply beyond imagination.

Silver Axe was completely dumbfounded. Those who knew him recognized him as Ron, while those who didn't thought he was some kind of mobile artillery turret, and a tireless one at that, one that didn't need to be reloaded.

Kaido, on the other hand, had a different mindset. The more he looked, the more excited he became, his eyes almost gleaming. Nothing was as practical as finding a Devil Fruit like this, whether it was Haki or physical skills.

He would bombard anyone he didn't like; that was the path to becoming a powerful figure he had always dreamed of.

Something is wrong!

Something is extremely wrong.

Lox thought Ron was still hiding. This kid couldn't be described as a monster anymore; he was practically a weapon of war. He thought he could take Ron to Mary Geoise and bombard it, then run away. After all, Ron's escape skills were top-notch.

The idea of ​​repeating the process after the Holy Land of Mary Geoise is half-rebuilt seems more and more feasible the more I think about it.

Just then, the figure of the Golden Lion appeared in the smoke and dust at the edge of the battlefield.

His gaze pierced through the thick smoke and landed on the golden nine-tailed fox demon that was bombarding everything, and then his smile slowly froze.

"Did they steal the national treasure of the Giant Kingdom? Why are they fighting so desperately?"

But soon the Golden Lion laughed again. Although he didn't know exactly what it was, it was definitely valuable to be able to beat Harald like that.

This trip was worthwhile.

"Yes, yes, yes," Lingling's voice quickly came from behind him, "I think so too."

The Golden Lion's brows furrowed sharply. He turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came. Lingling was sitting on her thundercloud, drifting quickly towards him.

Golden Lion realized he couldn't be slow. He had to get into the fray faster than Lingling, then pretend to be casual, otherwise he'd definitely be refused when he asked for a share later.