I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

The howling wind swept in and formed a huge tornado that reached into the sky, blowing away the dust and smoke.

The split sky island battlefield once again came into the sight of the Golden Lion.

"Such powerful destructive force, is it due to domineering aura? I'm quite impressed." The God King's voice rang out in a low tone, with barely concealed anger in it.

You can't lose face, and you can't admit defeat verbally.

Sieg took the initiative and suffered heavy losses in one round of attacks, with the battlefield even being cracked. This was an inauspicious start.

The golden lion looked in the direction of the sound, but only saw a giant body that was twenty or thirty meters tall. His body was covered with a protective layer that looked like stone. His left hand was a gust of wind, and his right hand was golden lightning.

With one hand holding storms and the other holding thunder, coupled with its massive, stone-like body, it truly resembled a mythical god.

As the king of gods, the god of war and power, the god-king possesses the most powerful strength and authority among all the gods.

His Devil Fruit ability is the Mythical Zoan type Titan Fruit, which is even rarer than Logia-type Devil Fruits.

The Titan King of the Old World was the true form of the God King.

In addition to its impressive physical defense and the astonishing power inherent in its gigantic body, it also possesses the Mythical Zoan ability to manipulate lightning and storms.

Several massive cracks appeared on the God King's body, and blood was visible on them.

The powerful attack just now killed many of the gods' soldiers and ability users, and even cracked the island battlefield, so it was impossible for him to be unharmed.

"The Blue Sea people, through systematic training in Armament Haki, can contend with the Devil Fruit users of the Blue Sea," the God King said in a deep voice.

"However... the ability users of the Blue Ocean are a different concept from the gods. The gods are the origin of Devil Fruit abilities, and these abilities originally belonged to us."

Behind the God-King, one deity after another rose from the ruins.

Some transformed into hundred-armed giants tens of meters tall, while others shimmered with light, each displaying their own unique abilities.

The Sky Island inhabitants have also mastered mind control, and among them are several powerful members of the divine race who have mastered Armament Haki...

But their core power is, of course, divine power... that is, Devil Fruits!

The God-King looked down at the gods below him, his gaze moving back and forth among the crowd, finally settling on an unassuming white-haired old man, where he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Having suffered losses in the previous clash, most of the weaker Protoss soldiers died in the attack.

It's a great thing that the old man didn't die in the shockwave; his abilities are powerful enough to change the course of the battle.

The God-King suddenly regained his confidence.

The anger in his voice subsided, and he returned to his previous indifference:

"Haki is indeed a powerful force. But developing Devil Fruit abilities is also a promising path."

"If a fruit's ability is developed to a higher level, it can reach the state of awakening, which is rare in the Blue Ocean."

"After hundreds of years of development, how many of the gods do you think have reached the stage of awakening?"

In the blue ocean, Devil Fruits are too rare, and the birth of a power user depends on luck.

After eating the fruit, the development of their abilities depended entirely on their own exploration, without any reference points.

But the Kingdom of God is different.

The gods have long mastered the rules of Devil Fruit rebirth, so they can pass on their abilities from generation to generation, as can their development strategies and experience.

The reborn Devil Fruits are constantly captured and generally do not leave the Sky Island. The fixed number of Devil Fruit abilities in the hands of these gods are repeatedly studied over hundreds of years.

If the World Government, Navy, and Amazon Lily in the Blue Ocean possess a systematic method for cultivating Haki, they could train Haki users in large numbers.

Thus, the Divine Kingdom mastered a systematic approach to developing Devil Fruits and accumulated a vast amount of experience over the long years.

Within the divine realm, there are also many gods who have reached the awakening stage of Devil Fruits.

At that moment, a series of loud roars pierced the sky.

Apes, hundred-armed giants, giant dogs...

Various bizarre animal-like deities rushed out and engaged the bandits in fierce battle.

These Zoan-type Devil Fruit users have strong vitality. Although they were seriously injured in the previous attacks, it is not easy to kill them completely.

But they did not attack blindly; instead, they subtly surrounded an elderly man with white hair, seemingly clearing a path for him.

The old man's face was covered with age spots, making him look quite old, which was very rare among the gods. However, his movements were swift and agile, showing no signs of old age or decline.

He charged into the battlefield, heading straight for Charlotte Owen, who was fighting a giant canine deity, and rapidly slapped his palms at Owen.

"Do you want to attack me at close range?"

Irving didn't take it to heart, and even felt a little smug.

He is a Paramecia-type Heat-Heat Fruit user, capable of rapidly heating his entire body and also heating enemies from a distance.

The people of the God Kingdom are probably unaware of his abilities. If they react in time and harden their bodies with Armament Haki before being attacked, Owen can burn any enemy who gets close to him.

Thinking this, Owen did not try to dodge the old man's slap. Instead, he covered his arm with Armament Haki and heated himself up at an astonishing speed until he was scalding hot.

Just as the old man's hands were about to touch Irving's burning hot body.

The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had realized something, and suddenly his withered hands began to flicker with a faint white flame.

His hands did not touch Irving directly, but instead, through the sudden surge of white flames, he made two consecutive contact with him from a distance.

The light resembled flames, but had no temperature whatsoever. The moment the flames touched Owen's body, he was enveloped in a ball of white light.

The light quickly faded, and Irving's once upright and strong body rapidly became hunched over, his fiery red hair quickly turned gray, his face became wrinkled, and age spots appeared on his skin.

The aging Irving stood there somewhat bewildered, not yet realizing the abnormal aging of his body.

"It seems to be effective."

The old man withdrew his hand and looked down at his already red and swollen palm.

Although I didn't touch Irving's body, my hand was burned by the heat from a distance.

However, the impact is not significant.

He is the god of aging in the divine realm, capable of fast-forwarding the enemy's time, causing steel to decay and people to age; repeated contact can directly obliterate everything.

Although it is called the God of Aging, its ability is actually a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit ability corresponding to Ain's Rewind Fruit, or perhaps it should be called the "Forward Fruit"?

Suddenly, a ball of white flame appeared in the old man's hand. With a flick of his finger, the flame transformed into hundreds of tiny white specks of light that flew forward.

The flames were numerous, spreading outwards from the old man like a swarm of white fireflies in the night sky.

Wherever it went, the bandits who came into contact with the flames aged rapidly under the power of the god of aging.

This is an incredibly powerful force of time. Here, the clock of time seems to have jumped several years in an instant. The stone walls and ruins on the battlefield are weathering, decaying and collapsing at an accelerated rate. The grass and trees are drying up and decaying rapidly, completing their entire life cycle in just a few seconds.

In just a few seconds, the surrounding area seemed to have gone through all four seasons.

At that moment, a giant hand made of glutinous rice paste suddenly appeared and grabbed at the white flames that were drifting towards Owen.

Katakuri noticed Oven's sudden aging and intervened in time to save him. However, the giant hand formed from the glutinous rice paste quickly deteriorated and dissipated after touching the white flames.

"Does it have the power to make people age?"

Katakuri stared at the troublesome white flames, his brow furrowed slightly.

Sufficiently powerful Armament Haki can transform into an invisible armor to block the effects of this flame.

At the same time, some Paramecia-type Devil Fruit users with the ability to create matter, such as Katakuri, and Logia-type Devil Fruit users, such as Crocodile, should be able to create matter as walls to block some of the attacks.

But this only provides temporary relief.

Foods like glutinous rice paste and biscuits will also spoil quickly under the influence of time.

This is a rather tricky ability; if Ain were with Sieg, it could be perfectly countered.

The bald man had been surveying the battlefield. After exchanging a few words with Katakuri using the Whisper-Whisper Fruit, he immediately relayed the message to Sigurd.

“Aging? 'Advancement Fruit'?” Sig was very familiar with Ain’s abilities and knew all too well how terrifying they were.

The God of Aging's abilities far surpassed those of Ain, and Sieg even suspected that he had reached the point of awakening. His white flames split into hundreds of flames like fireflies, a truly astonishing number that was difficult to avoid on this battlefield.

If used properly, this ability can indeed change the course of a battle. Ordinary bandits have no way to resist it and can only hide.

To prevent the bandits from dying of old age, Sig had no choice but to allow the bandits, who had just left Bege's body, to retreat. He also asked Stussy to help open an air door to help the bandits take temporary refuge.

An air door opened, and Stussy was about to step inside, trying to avoid the dense beams of light rushing towards him.

But Sugar, who was being held by one hand, suddenly raised her head, and her eyes burst with an amazing light.

"Aging? If I come into contact with this flame, can I... grow bigger?"

Chapter 1212 Creating a God with One Hand (5k)

The outer city streets of the sacred island.

As the Angelic inhabitants stood in the streets, gazing at the distant Sky Island battlefield.

"Get out of the way!"

First came a loud shout in the air, followed by a thunderous roar and the neighing of horses.

In the sky, a group of golden-armored knights riding white winged horses soared away, while on the ground, a large number of silver-winged soldiers gathered on the streets, pushing aside the residents blocking their way and rushing towards the distant sky island battlefield.

The previous battle was between the gods and the rebel army led by the god prince clown. The two sides were vastly different in strength, so the god king naturally did not send all his troops out in full force.

But things are different now.

The opponent changed from the Joker to Sig, and the troops stationed on the island of gods were urgently mobilized to support the gods.

Within this army belonging to the God-King, the core elite were naturally the cavalry regiments riding celestial horses. They had no wings on their backs and were all divine warriors without any special abilities.

Although not a superpowered individual, over the long years, they have developed considerable combat strength.

The Silverwing Infantry running on the ground were Angel soldiers, far outnumbering the Pegasus Knights in the sky, and several thousand had been urgently assembled at this moment.

In the Sky Island Kingdom, the population of the Angel race is far greater than that of the ruling class of gods.

After all, if everyone is a god, then there is no point in being a god.

..............................

Countless tiny, pale, aging flames drifted in the wind, like a swarm of fireflies in a rural night, creating a somewhat beautiful scene.

But even the slightest contact with it will instantly accelerate the aging process.

However, for Sugar, the user of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, growing up has become an obsession.