I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Vegapunk laughed. The great scientist's laugh resembled that of a mastermind who suddenly appeared in the final episode, causing the bearded Five Elders and others to instinctively feel a jolt.

Even Im was distracted by his words, and his movements slowed down a bit due to the distraction.

But the next moment.

Im's figure smashed through several Pacifistas, enduring more than a dozen laser attacks on his back, and forcefully broke through the Pacifistas' blockade, appearing in front of Vegapunk.

She grabbed Vegapunk by the neck and lifted him off the ground.

"Hmm?" Im was slightly surprised.

Vegapunk, who was thought to be the mastermind, turned out to be weak and had little power to resist.

What surprised her even more was that before she pinched Vegapunk, there was already a dark bruise on his neck, which was exactly the size of her palm.

Vegapunk did not resist.

He simply sighed inwardly and closed his eyes.

This was the last method he hadn't tried.

Even time travelers cannot truly change the course of history.

However, Vegapunk, as the chief scientist of the World Government, is also a figure on the stage.

When he relinquishes his Devil Fruit powers and becomes an involved player, the death of Vegapunk, the chief scientist, might open up a new breakthrough.

He reloaded the save file countless times, but he could never reach the happy ending he envisioned.

As for this final gamble, it might be a variable... but he won't live to see the final outcome.

"I...I won't die." He twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing an ugly smile, using a learned phrase to maintain the airs of the mastermind.

Vegapunk will not die; only his body will die.

His abilities and will will be inherited by the next Vegapunk in the world.

Consciousness sank into darkness.

With a soft click.

Vegapunk's neck was snapped, and he was casually tossed to the ground by Im, already lifeless.

And at the very same second that Vegapunk breathed his last.

The remaining two hundred or so pacifists around the area suddenly emitted golden lasers.

This is self-destruction!

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

More than two hundred consecutive explosions occurred simultaneously within a second, and intense flames engulfed the entire ground.

The city had already been partially damaged in the previous battles and the sword light that cleaved the Red Earth continent, and now this explosion has made the entire spaceship tremble.

The ceiling was ripped off by the shockwave of the explosion, and intense flames engulfed everything.

The piercing alarm sounded again. This time, a massive explosion occurred near the control room, causing considerable damage to the spaceship. Error messages flooded the display screens.

Im's face was grim. She waved her hand, creating a strong gust of wind to blow away the smoke from the explosion, and then a green light flashed around her.

Using her Life Fruit ability, she partially transformed the spaceship into a living doll, repairing the damaged parts with the absorbed life force and forcibly regaining control...

But it was too late.

call out....

A sharp whooshing sound came from afar, and a huge black shadow appeared between the clouds. The giant ship Dushan had arrived.

Boom!

The Dushan giant ship showed no intention of braking or slowing down, and crashed directly into the Kronos spaceship, causing the entire ship to shake violently.

"Combined!"

Barrett stood on the Wahlbo alloy wall of the Dushan, and the power of the Fusion Fruit was quietly activated. Armament Haki covered the entire ship like a tsunami, and also transformed the left and right towers of the entire Dushan giant ship into the arms of a giant.

The two arms, covered in Armament Haki, grabbed the gap in the ceiling of the Chronos spaceship, and with a forceful tug, tore open the outer armor as easily as if it were dry leaves.

And then...

call out!

A figure approached from afar and landed with a thud.

Sig glanced down at the devastated ground that had just been hit by a massive explosion, then turned his head and saw a pair of calm, still eyes.

It's Im.

From the moment Sig infiltrated the Holy Land, Im had been avoiding direct confrontation between the two sides.

until now.

Chapter 1286 Seven Black Shadows 5k

Intense flames roared inside the Kronos spaceship's cabin, billowing thick black smoke. The area was a scene of ruins, with shattered metal fragments scattered across the ground.

Vegapunk and his more than two hundred pacifists' self-destruction was aimed at destroying the ship's hull, which was already damaged in the previous battle, and this obviously worked.

After the billowing dust settled, a few coughs were heard.

Phoenix Palace rose from the ruins and looked around.

The other Celestial Dragons were in similar condition; their fully enclosed protective suits were torn, they had suffered some minor injuries, and they looked disheveled, but their lives were not in immediate danger.

Phoenix Palace's gaze fell on the few pacifists kneeling before them, already battered and broken.

The last few pacifists did not participate in the self-destruction, but instead formed a human wall with their massive bodies, which were over six meters tall, to block the shockwave of the explosion.

The explosion was intended to prevent Im from getting close, while also precisely detonating several vulnerable and damaged structures around the ship, still far from the Celestial Dragons such as Phoenix Palace.

"Was even this self-destruction meticulously calculated by Vegapunk? Just how skilled is he...?"

Phoenix Palace felt a slight sinking feeling in her heart. She looked down and took out a small black box from her clothes and glanced at it.

This was a keepsake that Vegapunk entrusted to her before the Five Elders arrived with their followers, expressing his hope that she would pass it on to Sigurd in the future.

Considering the obvious bruises and marks on Vegapunk's neck, this series of explosions seemed almost like a pre-arranged, perfectly timed event...

"Was his own funeral already arranged?"

Phoenix Palace was the instigator of this rebellion, while Vegapunk was an indispensable technician. Although their positions were vastly different, they had a decent personal relationship because they planned the rebellion together.

This made Phoenix Palace feel a little sad, as if it were a case of kinship.

Vegapunk's body, located at the epicenter of the explosion, had long been shattered by the blast and was no longer recognizable as a human.

Im stood rooted to the spot, seemingly unharmed, her gaze still cold and sharp, while facing her on the other side was...

Sig.

"Has this day finally come? I tried to fish with a coffin back then but failed, and I never expected to see him again until today." Phoenix Palace's eyes were somewhat unfocused.

At that moment, a series of hurried and chaotic footsteps approached from afar.

The series of explosions alarmed many people, prompting the World Government forces, who were still receiving treatment, to arrive one after another.

"The world government needs to end!"

"Today we shall act on behalf of Heaven!"

At this moment, an allied force composed of mountain bandits, sea pirates, and revolutionaries also entered the battlefield, only to be met by the Five Elders and CP0's aces.

The air was filled with shouts of battle.

The Kronos spaceship, heading towards the New World volcano, will be their final battlefield.

At this moment, a small-scale explosion and collapse occurred in the ceiling of the upper cabin, accompanied by strange noises.

Another dark shadow descended from the sky, falling right between Sig and Im, making a muffled thud.

Neither of them moved, but their gazes shifted from their confrontation to the object falling from the ceiling.

This is a coffin.

The coffin was made of some kind of metal, with a bluish-green color and an ancient shape, giving it a sense of age. At this time, the entire coffin was soaked in liquid and covered with wet marks.

After the Dragon King unleashed a great flood in the Holy Land, the coffin was carried by the water into Mary Geoise.

Later, when the floodwaters receded, the coffin was retrieved by the World Government and placed in Pangaea.

At that moment, due to the collapse of the ceiling, the coffin landed right in the middle of the battlefield.

At this moment, Im, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke.

“I knew all along that you were different.” Im’s lips curled into a slight smile.

"Mountain, you and I are both anomalies who have lived for eight hundred years without dying."

“But now…” The slight smile at the corner of his mouth widened, and the smile gradually became exaggerated.

"Your coffin has arrived."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Im moved.

She raised her foot, her long leg disappearing in a blur, and kicked the coffin on the ground like a whip.

when!

The crisp sound was like the ringing of a bell. The coffin was kicked and sent flying horizontally, hurtling through the air like a cannonball.

next second.

A wave of scorching heat swept in all directions.

A large, thick hand suddenly grabbed out from the air and caught the flying coffin in one gulp.

Sig's body swelled to over three meters tall. He braced one hand against the coffin, his face as indifferent as before, without any extra expression.

"This is indeed my coffin."

The two sides were locked in a struggle, separated by a coffin, and fine cracks kept appearing on the metal floor beneath their feet.

"However, perhaps because it's been so long, you've probably forgotten about this coffin," Sieg whispered.

"The name of this coffin is the Rebirth Coffin."