I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Invincible, and rarely even injured, is this the result of physical skills honed to the extreme combined with Haki? Perhaps these Calamity Warriors possess a physique similar to Kaido or Big Mom's."

"Perhaps I was overthinking it before. The Kingdom's ability users might possess Haki, it's just that Lyca and Shin are ignorant and unaware of it..." Sig pondered.

"Just like Ryusakura and Kokoro, domineering might have another name in this era."

Sieg fell into deep thought.

Just then, a curious voice rang in Sieg's ear.

"Big brother, do you think you're stronger, or are the Scourge warriors stronger?"

Sig looked in the direction of the sound and saw the bald giant boy staring at him.

Xin's voice was also of a giant's scale; as soon as he said this, all the drinkers looked around.

"Don't start a fight," Sieg whispered a reprimand.

He didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble. It didn't matter who was stronger or weaker. He hadn't returned to ancient times to cause trouble.

"Inciting conflict...does that mean starting a fight?" Xin nodded, then suddenly understood:

"I understand. Big Brother is afraid that after defeating the invincible Scourge Warrior, things will get too out of hand and it will be difficult to handle."

"That's right. If the power of dominance could defeat the kingdom's Scourge warriors, that would be a major incident!"

Faint laughter could be heard from all sides of the bar.

“You…” Sig was momentarily speechless;

"Heart, shut up, don't say anything more."

"Okay, I understand." The bald giant boy obediently stopped talking immediately, with a knowing look on his face.

Although he hadn't spoken again, Sieg understood his subtext:

"Being able to defeat the Scourge warriors is something that really shouldn't be publicized, otherwise the impact would be too great!"

"Where did this guy learn that from? This feels so familiar..." Sig rubbed his forehead, somewhat speechless.

Sometimes, when you spend a lot of time with someone, you naturally start to have some strange or unusual understandings of them.

He seemed to be surrounded by a distorted aura wherever he went, but he never expected that even after returning to ancient times, he still couldn't escape it.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on Xin's shiny forehead, and he stared blankly for a moment.

Xin is not very old; he is a giant who is not yet an adult, but he is already bald, with a shiny bald head.

Sieg initially thought this guy had traded his hair for his amazing talent, but now it seems...

"This boy has the look of someone who's going to be bald..." Sieg sighed.

"As time goes by, thousands of years later, two similar grasses will eventually appear."

"What do you mean by two similar blades of grass?" Xin asked again.

"Shut up, stop talking nonsense," Sig said irritably.

What does "Dihua" mean?

"That means you're overthinking it. Don't misinterpret my words," Sieg said, frowning.

"In other words, not very bright, overthinking things... Wait, why am I telling you this...?"

Sieg shook his head; he had gathered enough information from the bar and should leave now.

Push open the bar door.

At that moment, a scorching gust of wind swept over us.

Sig looked up.

Two people walked side by side down the street, seemingly heading into a bar.

The man on the left has a square face and a rather burly build. His brows are slightly furrowed, giving him an imposing and dignified air.

He strolled over, and a blast of hot air swept over our faces, making it almost hard to breathe.

When this person moves, he is like a walking volcano. Although he has not erupted, his fiery and violent aura is quietly lurking, making him a force to be reckoned with.

The person on the right is more ordinary, but walking alongside him with a calm and composed expression, he is probably no ordinary person either.

Behind them was a group of soldiers surrounding a female mermaid.

Sieg didn't speak; he silently withdrew his gaze and continued walking.

However, the other party seemed to sense his gaze and fixed his eyes on Sig.

"Hmm? This person?" The square-faced man frowned.

Just as they were about to pass each other, he suddenly moved, his shoulder bumping into Sieg without leaving a trace.

Sieg felt a chill run down his spine. He lowered his eyelids, slightly shifted his body to avoid the collision, and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.

Take three steps away.

"Giants? That's quite rare, especially on this island." The square-faced man crossed his arms and expressionlessly scanned the heart beside Sig.

The giants are a newly created, long-lived race designed to survive. They are few in number, and most of them are still in laboratories.

The giants who have gained freedom so far are mostly descendants of people with special abilities who work as laborers; their numbers are not large.

"A Volcano Warrior? What a coincidence, he actually appeared on this island?"

The patrons in the bar had clearly noticed this as well, and the fat man who had spoken earlier showed excitement on his face.

"More than one? Or two? Did they just happen to be on vacation?"

"Cataclysmic warriors?" Xin looked up at them, then glanced at Sig. Although she didn't speak, her eagerness was impossible to hide.

"Wait... Bring me the wanted poster." The volcano warrior suddenly ordered in a deep voice, instructing his subordinates to fetch the wanted poster.

"Tsk...it still came to this." Sig sighed softly.

He stared intently at the volcano warrior before him, while taking a pair of white gloves from his inventory and putting them on his hands.

He dared not underestimate the powerful warriors of the ancient kingdom. The guy in front of him seemed to be a user of the Magma-Magma Fruit. In that case, a fully heat-insulating combat suit and gloves were necessary.

Get everything ready, stack armor!

Armament Haki Hardening! Iron Body Hardening! Life Return!

He also wanted to see... what the difference was between the ability users of the ancient kingdom 800 years ago and those of modern ability users.

The volcano warrior before me wields the Magma-Magma Fruit of Fleet Admiral Akainu; he must be extraordinary.

"Still dare to resist? Interesting."

The volcano warrior was stunned for a while before he reacted.

"Hilarious! Wearing white gloves? You think this is a gentleman's duel?"

Instead of being angry, he laughed, his burly body emitting a dark red light. Fiery magma flowed from his body onto the ground with a hissing sound, and the air was distorted by the heat.

"Kid, this is the real battlefield."

"It's somewhat interesting, but also laughable. These powerless mortals can't even manage to hurt us."

Beside the volcano warrior, the ordinary-looking man also spoke calmly, his aura profound and imposing.

"Why waste your breath on him? On a real battlefield, the weak don't even have the right to speak."

With each word the volcano warrior uttered, more and more lava flowed from his body, his size expanded accordingly, and his aura became more and more terrifying every second. In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a lava behemoth that was four or five meters tall.

"Lava Demon Form-----"

Before he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

The man's hand suddenly expanded rapidly as if it had been inflated, and gleamed with a cold, metallic light in the sunlight.

A pair of enormous hands looked down and slapped down!

boom!

The earth shook violently, and the ground beneath our feet cracked and collapsed, creating a deep crater.

Then, all the sounds ceased, and everything fell silent.

Sieg withdrew his hand, staring blankly at the blood-stained white glove on his hand.

At his feet.

In the cracked, deep pit, only a mangled, unrecognizable skeleton could be seen.

All the lava had vanished, as if it had never existed, leaving only patches of blood.

This means that the ability user from before had either fainted or died instantly, and was immediately reduced to their original form.

"Where... is he?"

Inside the bar, the patrons who had been chatting away with Sieg just moments before suddenly froze, their minds blank.

The ordinary-looking man's expression changed drastically. He stared at the remains in the deep pit in the ground, his pupils suddenly widening.

"You're a Devil Fruit user who stole the fruit?"

"No... Impossible! After elementalization, physical attacks shouldn't be effective against Logia-type ability users at all!"

"Elementalization? Only elementalization was used?" Sig turned his head and looked at him with a look of utter disbelief.

"Are you kidding me? You're clearly so weak, yet you're putting on such a show? And you dare call yourself invincible?"

That shamelessness... that acting skill, it's almost as good as mine, isn't it?

Sieg felt a burning sensation on his face. Bluffing was usually his forte, but today he almost got fooled.

What are you saying---

The ordinary-looking man's expression changed drastically before he could finish speaking.

His figure instantly transformed into a bolt of lightning, soaring into the sky at an astonishing speed and disappearing into the distance.

At the same time.

Whoosh!

A pebble enhanced by Armament Haki pierced the sky with a sharp whooshing sound, going straight through the bolt of lightning.

"what!"