I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

A few seconds later, the burning sensation gradually subsided.

The scorching heat did not disappear, nor was it completely isolated by the skin. Instead, after being transformed by the return of life, it adapted to the changes in the boiling water environment at an astonishing speed and transformed into the corresponding form.

"Returning to Life is a miraculous skill; it actually allows one to alter the physical body through conscious will..."

"Life Return - Paper-Painted Martial Body" is a high-consumption combat stance developed based on the Emperor Engine, combining speed and power.

The current approach involves altering the skin to transform it into a more heat-resistant form.

"If one reaches the highest level of life return as described by General Zephyr, a perfect body where the spirit perfectly controls the body... one can rapidly change into the most suitable form according to different needs in different situations."

"In hot conditions, it modifies its skin to be heat-resistant; in cold conditions, it becomes cold-resistant... Its combat stance combines speed and strength into a three-meter-tall paper-drawn martial body..."

Zephyr once described Life Return: Paper-Painted Body as imitating the three-stage transformation of the Zoan type.

Chopper's Zoan-type ability was developed through the drug "Rumble Ball," allowing him to transform into as many as seven different forms, constantly switching between them to select the most suitable fighting stance for different battle situations.

From this perspective, the highest level of life return is similar to Chopper's multi-stage transformation, which allows the body to maintain the most suitable fighting form under different circumstances.

Does the mind have perfect control over the body?

Sig was completely immersed in boiling water, but a feeling of surprise flashed through his mind.

This was the first time Sig had used Life Return, but the process was smooth and effortless, just like a veteran, even faster than Sun Bear's previous use in terms of the form change of Life Return.

Sig suddenly recalled Vegapunk's definition of telekinesis from a parallel universe.

According to him, telekinesis is the ability to interfere with reality through the activation of mental power. At the same time, the best way to enhance telekinesis is to combine mental and physical abilities, with the two complementing each other.

From this perspective, the power of psychokinesis may mean the power of mental consciousness.

The powerful telekinesis combined with Life Return can produce a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts, allowing Sigurd to advance his Life Return realm to the next level. At the same time, his powerful physical body can also feed back into his telekinesis, causing it to rise even further.

"As long as we continue to strengthen our telekinetic abilities, one day we may be able to reach the highest level of life return that General Zephyr spoke of."

Sig muttered to himself.

He suddenly felt a sense of relief.

The fact that Shadow Clone Higuma couldn't master Armament Haki and instead focused his attention on the development of the Six Powers, Life Return, and Emperor Engine is perhaps a kind of luck.

Authentic Shadow Clones are physical clones created from chakra energy. After they disappear, they return with the remaining chakra energy and memories.

The modified shadow clone is a physical clone created by consuming stamina. After it is dispelled, it is only equivalent to a temporary stamina recharger to replenish stamina energy. Sigur's body does not become stronger in the slightest in essence.

However, Sieg did truly master the skills in physical combat and the ability to return to life.

If Higuma were just an ordinary user of Armament Haki, the outcome might not be so good—the training of Armament Haki might be similar to Higuma's physical conditioning, and Sigurd doesn't know if he could inherit the results of his Armament Haki training.

"I can already smell the scent of the Invincible Flowing Bucket..."

Sig muttered to himself.

"Disinfection time is up, you can come up now." A shout came from afar.

Feeling the pull of the sea stone chains binding him, Sieg rose from the boiling water pool.

At this moment, his skin was completely red from being soaked, but that was all; there were no signs of burns on his body.

Garp and the others were not surprised by this.

If Sieg really got burned, that would be news.

After being sterilized by boiling water, they were escorted to prison.

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after a while.

At the very bottom of Impel Down, at the entrance to the Infinite Hell, the footsteps of Magellan and his companions echoed through the empty Infinite Hell, their sounds carrying far and wide.

The prisoners of the Infinite Hell all escaped within ten years, leaving the entire level empty.

Ten years have passed. Some of the fifty-six emperors have been recaptured by the Navy, including Higuma, while others are newly imprisoned great pirates. In total, there are only about a dozen of them.

This endless hell still appears empty, with many cells remaining unused.

"Is someone coming? Could it be that old geezer Garp again?"

"That guy comes every day, it's so annoying."

"No way, I remember that old geezer Garp already came today, didn't he?"

In the dimly lit cell, several prisoners were talking in hushed tones.

"Are you thinking about me?" Garp's large face suddenly appeared outside the prison fence, startling them all.

"Why is it Garp again? Isn't that annoying...."

The pirates grumbled a couple of times, then peered intently through the fence.

Behind Karp, they saw many people.

Commissioner Magellan, Admiral Akainu, Admiral Higuma who re-arrested them and imprisoned them... and a new prisoner in shackles.

"Oh? Another newcomer?" one prisoner scoffed.

"Newcomers need to know the rules for newcomers; these are all your seniors here..."

"Why aren't you greeting the seniors?" The prisoners began to make a ruckus without restraint.

Through the bars, the prisoners could see the new inmate in shackles.

Then, the commotion suddenly stopped.

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PS: Some people are concerned about the settings of Seastone and the inventory in the previous chapter, and some even said that I secretly changed the settings. Here is an explanation.

I had actually thought about these issues hundreds of chapters ago. It's just that you didn't remember the previous text clearly, not that I changed the setting or suddenly weakened it.

1. In the previous text, the slave explosion collar could be obtained from the inventory, but now the Seastone shackles cannot be obtained. Has the author secretly changed the setting?

First of all, the slave collar wasn't made of seastone; I checked that when I was writing the Batman storyline.

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It's quite obvious in the Wano Country arc that the explosive collar and the sea stone shackles are two different things.

After Luffy was imprisoned in Wano Country, he was unable to use his powers due to the Seastone shackles, but after Queen replaced them with an explosive collar, he learned advanced Armament Haki and crushed it.

2. Secondly, the question of whether shackles can be placed in the inventory...

As I mentioned in the previous Bat King storyline, Sieg first used black flames to burn through the collar to forcibly destroy it, and then quickly put it into his inventory before the collar exploded.

Chapter 1097 Newbie Seeking Protection

The prisoners' jeers stopped abruptly when they saw Sieg's face clearly.

This new prisoner, in their eyes, was actually...

At this moment, Sieg, who was being escorted by the jailers, turned his face.

"So this is the rule of Impel Down?"

His gaze swept across the cells on both sides, his expression remaining impassive as he calmly spoke:

"Hi everyone, I'm a newbie who just joined, please take care of me."

Prisoners:.........

They remained silent, no one spoke, they just stared at the man with wide eyes.

Cover up Sig? How?

A commotion broke out in both cells, and the prisoners couldn't help but get up and go to the bars, trying to stick their heads out to look at the man.

"First mate..." someone blurted out instinctively, followed by a look of resentment.

Of the fifty-six emperors, all of them had been beaten by Siegfried once decades ago, and some had even been beaten a second time during the Water Seven incident.

They were initially imprisoned in Impel Down by King Siegfried, and then released by him. In the ten years since, some have been captured by Admiral Higuma, while others were defeated in the Water 7 incident and subsequently captured by the Navy.

They harbored deep resentment towards Sieg.

But the sudden sight of Sieg in prison was so overwhelming that he couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh.

Of course, there were also newly imprisoned people who did not recognize Sieg, who had been missing for many years.

"Oh? Looks like this newbie's pretty quick on the uptake." A sinister, deep voice rang out as a thin man with long, disheveled hair spoke from inside the cell:

"If you get bullied in the future, you can mention my name, [Ghost Sword Traitor] Rheinglong."

"Young man, don't let my current appearance fool you. I'm a notorious pirate with a bounty of 500 million."

The prisoners fell silent again for a while. Some of the older prisoners looked at the pirate who had just announced his name with a strange gaze, making him feel a little uneasy.

“He’s right…” one of the older prisoners broke the silence:

"Since Sig is here, it means he has been captured by the Navy."

The old prisoner glanced at Sig and the sun bear beside him, then suddenly burst into laughter:

"What kind of bandit king is he... In the end, didn't he end up like me, captured by a newly promoted general?"

"What makes you different from us?"

“That’s true…once you’re in Impel Down, your reputation outside doesn’t matter anymore.”

"So you're the bandit king?"

Amidst the laughter, a burly man with white hair glanced sideways at Sig outside, then looked at the other prisoners, a thoughtful expression on his face.

He then scoffed and sneered:

"A bunch of forgetful good-for-nothings."

Even when imprisoned in the same prison, people are still different.

"Golden Lion, who escaped from prison alone back then, and Barrett, the only one in prison who persisted in exercising, are far superior to you all."

"You're all just like me, losers who've been defeated by him more than once. What's there to argue about?"