The auras he'd detected made Creed wary—but he didn't really care.
Because he was already a demigod-tier existence now. Even if Laugh Tale truly held two SSSS+ tier beings, they still wouldn't pose much of a threat to him.
If Ain and Robin weren't with him, he might've drawn his sword immediately and charged in, fighting to his heart's content.
After stepping into the demigod tier, this world no longer had opponents that could truly excite him. Two SSSS+ tier beings were… barely qualified.
Once they reached the edge region of the colossal island, Creed stored the Ark Maxim into the system space. He didn't want this divine ship getting damaged in the battles to come.
At that moment—
"Ying ying ying!"
Falkor grew even more violent and restless.
"Go."
Creed "looked" at the question mark behind Falkor's SSSS-tier overall strength in the system, and approved its request to enter battle.
It was time to let it face things alone—and surpass him.
He believed that this time, Falkor would definitely win the contest for the Heavenly King seat!
"Ain, protect Robin. If anything happens, notify me—crush this ice flower."
Creed took a deep breath, then drew Hyorinmaru and flicked it in a sword flourish.
A small ice flower fell out of the sword-light and landed in her hand.
Ain nodded.
Then Creed shot forward like lightning.
There were plenty of supreme existences on the island, but from the moment he drew Hyorinmaru, Creed decided he would—wipe them out!
"ROAR!"
A howl that seemed to split the clouds came from deep within the island—a dying, desperate scream.
Not just one. A second came, then a third!
Ain tightened her grip on the crimson in her hand, growing alert.
…
Deep in the island, shattered corpses and splashing flesh were everywhere.
But as Creed stood there, sword in hand, staring at the monster before him, he hesitated—astonished.
What kind of monster was this?!
If he had to describe it…
It was a gigantic demonic tree!
The patterns in its bark resembled all kinds of Devil Fruits. Its swinging branches were like peerless supreme-grade blades, slashing out terrifying sword qi that made it impossible for Creed to close the distance.
Not only that, it could manipulate countless dreadful powers—
Metal, wood, water, earth, fire, ice, lightning, wind…
It could even use the abilities of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Space-Space Fruit.
Creed had already roughly guessed what it was, but he still used the system scan in secret to confirm it.
As expected—it was the Devil Fruit Tree.
As for why it was here, Creed didn't have time to care.
If he wanted to obtain the complete History Poneglyph that Roger had organized, he had to defeat it!
But Creed also worried that destroying the Devil Fruit Tree might harm the world's origin.
After all, every Devil Fruit involved the laws of this world. The connection between Devil Fruits and this world's foundation had to be extremely tight.
With a thought, Creed released Hyorinmaru's Shikai!
With the boost of Ice Erosion Sword Intent, he easily froze the Devil Fruit Tree in place.
He came to Laugh Tale with zero interest in Roger's treasure. He only wanted Roger's History Poneglyph to complete the world treasure chest mission.
As for the Void Century…
He had no interest in knowing it at all.
His perception quickly spread across the entire island. He began searching at high speed, and at the same time notified Ain and Robin to come over…
"RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!"
On the other side of the island, Falkor's battle with the Heavenly King had reached a critical point—it was about to be decided!
"RUMBLE RUMBLE!"
Lightning and fire intertwined, monstrous force surged, and the two nearly tore apart half the island before the victor was decided.
Falkor fulfilled its wish and killed that Heavenly King, becoming the new Heavenly King!
"ROAR!"
It planted its claws on the Heavenly King's head and roared at the sky, as if proclaiming its victory.
Creed smiled—then, in the next instant, his expression turned sharp.
He had found Roger's treasure hiding place!
As a demigod, his perception had already reached a near "heaven-and-man" level. Searching every inch of the island wasn't difficult at all.
Inside a massive cave, Creed, Ain, and Robin stared at the treasure piled up like small mountains, all of them feeling a bit emotional.
Roger really hadn't lied—his life's wealth was all hidden here.
And Creed found the complete History Poneglyph immediately, completing the mission.
As for what it said…
He couldn't be bothered to read it. He directly tossed it to a trembling-with-excitement Robin.
His attention, instead, settled on the system's reward—
The world treasure chest.
(End of Chapter)
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