I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Shinra Tensei".

An invisible force of telekinesis slammed outwards like a tsunami, completely scattering the Titan King's hands, which he couldn't fully close. His fists shattered into countless fragments, scattering along with the mottled blood, while his chest was left wide open.

Sig stood in the air, his legs slightly bent, as if he were walking on flat ground.

"Moonwalk".

With a slam of his feet into the air, creating a cloud of mist, Sieg charged like a cannonball into the chest of the Titan King amidst a sharp whistling sound.

boom!

Fists rained down, a dense barrage of blows striking the God-King's chest, followed by a deafening cracking sound, revealing spiderweb-like patterns.

Sig's figure flew upwards rapidly, floating along the chest of the God King, his fists continuously striking out!

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!

The roar of the Emperor's engine and the dense rumble of engines complemented each other, and in the blink of an eye, Sig had ascended all the way to the top of the Titan King's head.

He raised his fist and looked down at the god-king beneath him.

“In the new world, there is no need for a god,” he said.

boom!

The final punch landed squarely on the God King's forehead.

The Titan King's body shattered and collapsed into large and small pieces from his chest to his head in an instant, which fell into the air.

Before it even hit the ground, all the rubble had already disappeared.

Only the bloodstained remains of the God-King fell from the sky, landing heavily on the ground with a thud.

Sig floated silently in the air, looking down at the remaining gods on this devastated sky island battlefield.

The last rays of the setting sun disappeared, plunging the world into darkness.

Dusk has passed, and night has fallen.

In Elbaf, beneath the World Tree, the bandit king aided the land of giants, fighting through the long night until dawn, when the sun was reborn.

In the divine realm atop the World Tree, the Great Demon, an enemy of the gods, slays the God-King at twilight, and night falls.

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

As the remains of the God-King returned to human form and fell from the sky, Sig's figure also slowly descended.

The Sky Island battlefield fell into a deathly silence.

They suddenly remembered what Sieg had said a few minutes earlier.

Have you ever seen me at my peak?

Only then did the bald man realize what was happening.

This statement is not meant to evoke their memories or make them think about when the bandit king was at his strongest and most powerful.

Rather, it's an implication...

This is his current state; this is his most powerful and prime time!

"Sigurd was second to none in his life, fought countless battles, and has been the subject of countless legends. His past is known to everyone from the time of Lox to the present."

"However, he is not a senile old generation; a glorious past does not mean he is past his prime!"

"The current Boss Sig is at his peak!" the bald man exclaimed.

"So that's what it means?" The golden lion in the sky nodded thoughtfully after hearing the bald man's analysis, and he understood.

In fact, the Golden Lion had regressed 12 years by drinking a bottle of Siegfried 11 years ago, but now his body has entered old age again.

Humans are just that fragile.

Sometimes, a healthy and energetic elderly person suddenly grows old one day.

Whether it's the Golden Lion or the Whitebeard, they're the same.

Aging sometimes comes suddenly, sometimes from a fall, sometimes from an illness, sometimes from a devastating blow... and sometimes nothing happens at all, and you just grow old for no reason.

The Golden Lion now possesses the abilities of two Devil Fruits, and he is confident that he is stronger now than he was ten years ago, but aging is something he cannot escape...

"and many more..."

The golden lion was suddenly startled. Coming to his senses, he accelerated and maneuvered the sky island in the sky, flying away in a distant direction until it disappeared from sight.

The God-King is dead. If Sieg suddenly turns against him like he did during the Marineford War, the aging Sieg won't be able to stop him.

At this moment, Hale was the first to react and jump out from the crowd.

"I, the cockroach bully, will single out Sieg for life!"

He glared fiercely at the gods before him, his face filled with an arrogant and ferocious smile:

"The God-King is dead!"

"You self-proclaimed gods, do you also want to die along with the God-King?"

The gods looked at each other, their faces ashen, their eyes filled with strange light.

The angelic residents who witnessed this scene were completely blank, their minds turned to mush.

For the inhabitants of the Sky Island, they witnessed the power of the gods.

Whether it was the endless array of divine abilities, the unknowable power of the aging god, or the Titan king's towering, mountain-like body thousands of meters high in the final moments...

All of this was as if mythology had come to life, and the power displayed by the gods was, in their eyes, worthy of the name of gods.

But now, everything has collapsed with the death of the God-King!

The God-King is undoubtedly the strongest among all the gods, and for hundreds of years no one has been able to challenge his majesty.

But now, he was beaten to a pulp by someone as powerful as a true god, and died on the spot, his blood splattering across the sky.

The remaining gods had different thoughts.

Some put up a desperate resistance, some used their strange abilities to try to escape, and some simply gave up and surrendered on the spot...

The maximum time it takes to put on matching earrings is as long as half an hour.

With the momentum of slaying the God-King, suppressing the remaining gods went very smoothly.

The various tragic states of the gods, and their apparent surrender, greatly shocked the angelic inhabitants, opening their eyes to a whole new world...

"Is it over? But there's still a lot to do."

Looking at the group of gods who surrendered without resistance after the battle, and further away, at the ruins of the outer city of the divine island, the scarred land, and the broken branches of the World Tree, the bald man felt a pang of emotion.

Ah Ling also benefited greatly from this battle.

In order to contend with the God of Aging, she used her vast soul power to create a large number of intangible Homies.

There are gamma rays, cold air, the golden lightning of the Titan King, and howling winds...

"mom!"

"Mother..."

"Mother."

The battle was over, and Ah Ling was surrounded by many Homies, calling out "Mama, Mama" incessantly.

These Homies are named after Greek gods, and many of them were taken from the powers of the gods.

But for now, they are all like newborn children. And Ah Ling is the mother who created these Homies...

Just when everything was about to settle down.

A long wind howled across the sky, casting a massive shadow over the earth.

The Golden Lion had already left, but the Black Flame Dragon remained.

The enormous creature landed steadily at that moment, its wings spread wide, casting a huge shadow.

"Black Flame Dragon?"

The inhabitants of the Sky Island and the remaining gods paled in shock.

Over the years, the Black Flame Dragon has been roaming the Elbaf Sea. It feeds on the World Tree, and both the Giant Kingdom of Elbaf and the Sky Island Kingdom at the top of the World Tree have suffered greatly from it.

And now.....

With its black wings spread, the Black Flame Dragon landed steadily, and wisps of dark flames emerged from its mouth and nostrils. Its vertical pupils seemed to burn with raging golden flames as it stared at Sig in front of it.

"Black Flame Dragon?" Sig looked up.

The era of the combined earrings was not over yet, and Sieg was still in his prime.

Although he didn't quite understand the Black Flame Dragon's true strength, Sig was mentally prepared to fight it during this time.

Just before he made his move, a thought struck him, and he reached out his hand.

Wisps of jet-black flames emerged from his hands, burning fiercely in the air.

This is exactly the same as the pitch-black flames surrounding the Black Flame Dragon; they look no different.

Witnessing this, the cold flames burning fiercely in Black Flame Dragon's eyes seemed to have a slightly indescribable light, with emotional fluctuations that Sig couldn't quite decipher.

"Bald guy, try communicating with it using your Whisper Fruit," Sig said to the bald man in his mind.

To be precise, the most basic use of the Whisper Fruit is actually for animal communication.

The voice of the person with the ability can be transmitted into the minds of other people and animals, enabling dialogue between them.

The man and the dragon stared at each other silently for a few minutes.

Then, Black Flame Dragon tilted his head and glanced in Ah Ling's direction.

There, Ah Ling was surrounded by Homies, newborn children who possessed a part of Ah Ling's soul power. They were calling out "Mama, Mama!" everywhere, making it seem quite lively.

Then, the Black Flame Dragon turned its head, its golden vertical pupils fixed on Sig.

An unfamiliar voice echoed in Sieg's mind:

"Mother?"

Sig: ?