I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Due to the effects of Seastone, he lost the ability to actively control zombies, and Lox was no longer under his control.

"Rocks, take all my shadows!" Moria roared.

"You must be feeling regretful when you see Sieg again!"

"You didn't kill him in the duel, but spared his life and lied to the outside world, saying he died at your hands..."

"You died in the Valley of the Gods, while your former defeated foe has survived to this day!"

"Now you can make up for this regret!"

"So noisy!"

Rocks turned around and gave Moria a cold glance.

Despite being a zombie body devoid of its domineering aura and whose power was controlled by others, Moria felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his blood almost freezing in his veins.

Even Sieg, who was about to take the opportunity to attack, was taken aback and paused slightly.

He kept telling himself... the zombie in front of him was just wearing Rocks's clothes, but now...

“My power is fading…” Zombie Rocks glanced at his hands and shook his head.

"No amount of shadows can fill the empty body of the dead."

The ability user himself was already exhausted, and the zombie was also gradually losing his power.

Zombie Rocks takes a step.

"Regret? Remorse? Resentment?"

Those cold eyes stared at Sieg, then she walked towards him step by step.

"When our great cause was not yet accomplished, and I was killed by you, perhaps that was true."

A cold smile curled at the corners of the zombie Locus's pale face.

"You agree, don't you, my first mate?"

These words, spoken by the zombie Rocks, were like a thunderclap, shocking the entire audience!

Even Moria and Crocus, who had heard of the events of the Rocks era, were so shocked that they could not contain themselves.

"what happened?"

Crocus, a witness to the old era, also changed color and began to doubt his own memories:

"Did I remember it wrong, or did he say something wrong?"

Inside the green alternate dimension, Dol, who had just arrived again, was shocked and looked at Sig in disbelief.

"This... doesn't make sense. If Rocks died long ago, then who... is it that appeared in God Valley?"

"Impossible!" Moria became even more agitated, his face changing as he shrieked:

"I heard that during the Battle of God Valley, it was the Navy hero Garp who defeated you..."

"What Valley of the Gods?"

Without turning his head, Locke continued walking step by step toward Sieg.

"this......"

Everyone present was utterly shocked by the news and couldn't help but turn their gaze to the man wearing sunglasses in front of Rocks.

After a brief moment of shock, Sieg felt surrounded by astonished gazes, and his mind raced.

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!" A cold smile, similar to that of Lox, appeared on Sieg's face.

clap clap clap!

As he spoke, he clapped his hands repeatedly.

While everyone was still confused, Sieg looked at Moria with a cold smile:

"Moria, you are indeed cunning and treacherous."

"Even now, you still have your zombie subordinates frame me."

"Unfortunately, your knowledge of the old era is based on hearsay. These lies are full of loopholes in the eyes of those of us who experienced the old era firsthand!"

Sig's righteous words made Crocus and Dol in the other dimension nod in agreement, finding them quite reasonable.

"You—" Moria looked bewildered. He was still pinned to the chest by the Seastone sword. How could he control a zombie?

Lox scoffed and said no more.

His five fingers were slightly bent, as if he were trying to clench something, his whole body tensed up, and his five fingers were clenched into a fist.

"Dark water!"

This punch gathered all the power of Zombie Rocks, and the fierce punch wind howled and raged, like a storm rising from the ground.

But there was no surging darkness from the fist, not even Armament Haki.

Sieg took a deep breath, and a raging black flame ignited on his indigo-blue arm.

"Dark Flame!"

He gathered his energy, took a step forward, and unleashed a punch engulfed in jet-black flames!

A deafening roar!

The ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed, cracking and spreading at a terrifying speed.

The pitch-black flames raged in all directions with the fierce force of the punches, carving out shocking craters in the ground.

At that moment, a wine bottle appeared in Sieg's left hand, its surface shimmering with an almost imperceptible, extremely faint light.

[The Mountain Bandit King's Bottle - "The more you know, the more desperate you become." When attacking with a bottle, the damage dealt is boosted by fame/legendary status. It is particularly effective against those who know more about his deeds or are filled with fear; it has no effect on those who are unaware. The bottle also has a random additional effect. Once per week.]

The bottle flashed by, and Sieg swiftly swung it, smashing it against Rocks' head, where it exploded with a bang.

From the bottle, boundless darkness spread, clinging to Lox's entire body like a malignant tumor, billowing like thick black smoke.

The zombie Locus rose from the deep pit in the ground.

"Ah... the familiar darkness."

Zombie Rocks stared at the black flames and thick black smoke swirling around his body.

Neither the pitch-black flames nor the thick black smoke seemed to be mere special effects devoid of heat, failing to damage his body.

But that's where his story ends.

The shadows on Sig and the zombie Lox were flowing outwards, returning to their original masters.

"Rocks...lost?" Moria stared blankly at the scene, unable to accept this fact.

At this moment, the zombie Rocks stood still, looking at his hands, his whole body bathed in darkness, yet it seemed as if he had returned to the old era deep in his memory.

"At a time like this, are you still going to wear that ridiculous disguise, Wang Xige?"

Zombie Rocks raised his head and said calmly.

Sig paused for a moment, then raised his hand and removed the sunglasses from his nose, revealing his true face.

However, no one was surprised anymore; everyone already knew his identity.

"Any last words?" he asked.

Zombie Rocks raised his head and stared at him silently.

“Wang Xige, how many years has it been?” he asked softly.

"Thirty-six years."

“Thirty-six years... Wang Sig, how come you haven’t aged at all?” Locke glanced at his own corpse, then at Sig, and remained silent.

"I am naturally beautiful."

Lox smirked and asked again:

"Is the Rocks Pirates still around?"

"It disbanded a long time ago."

"...That's only right. Does the world still remember my name, Rocks D. Giebeck?"

Sieg paused for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"Your infamy is unparalleled and still resonates across the seas. Rocks, the younger generation of our time... Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and the others are already renowned Emperors of the Sea."

"Time flies, but they still occasionally mention you, the former overlord."

Lox chuckled to himself.

His body was already swaying precariously, so he simply gave up and sat down on the ground.

"You're still the same as before, full of lies, and you can't hear a single word of the truth."

"Well, it's all good." The legendary pirate from the old era's eyes gradually brightened, and at the last moment, he let out a long laugh:

"Stop acting, Wang Xige! A man like you should tear those useless Celestial Dragons off their thrones!"

"Sea Emperor? What's that?" Lox scoffed.

"Only a true pirate like you, with your deep scheming, thick skin, ruthless heart, ambition, and unscrupulous methods, can surpass me and achieve feats that I cannot accomplish!"

His voice gradually faded away until he fell silent.

Looking at Lox's body, Sieg whispered:

“I’ve said it before… I don’t have that kind of ambition.”

The last wisp of shadow on Rocks floated out of his body and flew toward Moria.

At this moment, Moria finally managed to pull out the seastone sword that was embedded in his chest, and he quietly watched his shadow return to him.

Rocks' body was not severely damaged, and his abilities were restored.

However, his fighting spirit had completely vanished, and the hope that had once filled his eyes had disappeared.

Regardless of whether what the zombie Rocks and Sig said was true or false... the outcome has already been decided.

He had devoted ten years to honing his skills and painstakingly stole the corpse of the overlord Lox, but in the end, he still lost completely.