With the God Valley War and the birth of the Demon Lord, most countries in the New World chose to submit to Totto Land. The World Government and the Marines also tacitly withdrew from the New World!
The number of pirates in the New World decreased at an incredible speed. The arson and murder that used to be commonplace basically stopped happening.
After all, the muzzles of those Gundams showed no mercy. It was as if Totto Land had planned this long ago, rapidly taking control of most of the security and territories in the New World!
During this period, there was another big piece of news: the great pirate Wang Zhi attempted to ascend to become a Demon Lord. This scene attracted everyone's attention.
However, the final result was that after withstanding the soul shock of only a few thousand people, Wang Zhi could no longer bear it and became a vegetable with no will or thought.
Some weaker pirates also wanted to try, but their Conqueror's Haki couldn't even outline the souls, so naturally, there was no talk of ascending to Demon Lord!
During this time, everyone summarized all the conditions for ascending to Demon Lord.
Possess any means to observe souls, whether it be Conqueror's Haki or other methods. As long as one can observe, one can interfere.
Absolutely extreme emotions. Individual will cannot resist the will of tens of thousands. Only by using the most extreme emotions can one resist the will of all living beings!
One must reach the peak of their life form. A Demon Lord is an evolution of life, implying a step towards becoming a non-human conceptual entity. If there is still room for improvement, there is naturally no meaning in metamorphosis.
Devil Fruits are the desires of all living beings and are also the embodiment of certain concepts. Becoming a conceptual entity is both the first and last step of evolving into a Demon Lord.
This information was said to have come from a certain pink-haired person, though no one knew exactly who that pink-haired person was.
Now, due to the disastrous consequences of failing the ascension, no strong individuals dared to try it lightly. At this stage, they could only try to increase their success rate as much as possible.
Charlotte Linlin put aside all her work and devoted herself wholeheartedly to training. She wanted to raise all aspects of herself to the current highest level so that she could ascend to Demon Lord with peace of mind.
Milim ate the Azure Dragon Fruit and seized the concept of "Dragon" contained within it. The Azure Dragon Fruit became the second Devil Fruit to disappear forever from the world of One Piece.
No matter how the world fantasized, a second Azure Dragon Fruit would never appear in this world.
Barrett ate the Mythical Zoan: Cerberus Fruit, and his overall strength rose again. However, Barrett had been a bit dispirited lately.
Because he learned that this world could only give birth to three more Demon Lords. Given his age, who knew how many years it would take to grow to his absolute peak?
By then, the Demon Lord positions would likely have long been snatched up.
It wasn't until Milim told him that the Voice of the World was interfering with an unknown Otherworld. Once the Voice of the World encompassed this Otherworld, the world's energy would naturally increase, and the number of Demon Lord positions would also increase.
Only then did Barrett once again develop an unparalleled desire to become stronger.
Vegapunk curiously asked Milim: to what extent does the immortality of a conceptual entity go?
Becoming the conceptual entity of a Demon Lord is indeed perfect immortality. No matter what method you use, even if you beat them until not even ash remains, they can resurrect immediately after a period of time.
After all, there is no way to kill a concept. But this doesn't mean a Demon Lord is truly impossible to deal with.
The best method is sealing. A conceptual entity is still an entity, and as long as it is an entity, it can be sealed, just like the Storm Dragon.
If the sealing time is long enough, that conceptual entity might have all its intelligence worn away, eventually becoming a true concept.
It is different from the Demon Lords in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. The Demon Lords there are just positions with varying strengths, while the Demon Lords here use Milim as the initial standard. Because Milim was the first to become a Demon Lord, the upper limit of a Demon Lord has been raised infinitely.
And the minimum standard for ascending to Demon Lord is one five-hundredth of Milim's energy in her normal state.
Don't think this is low. Even without activating the King of Wrath, Milim's physical energy is millions of times that of a normal person. This prerequisite alone is enough to stop 99% of the people in the One Piece world.
There was another relatively big event. The deep-sea fish-man expedition team created by Al discovered the legendary Giant Anglerfish in a certain sea area of the New World.
They also brought back two humans trapped inside the Anglerfish's belly, as well as the legendary treasure, Pure Gold.
This kind of treasure that can slow down cell division and extend lifespan is naturally invaluable.
But if one wants to become a Demon Lord, it is impossible to use such a thing. Slowing down cell division also means slowing down the rate of strength growth!
With the Demon Lord positions being limited now, anyone with hope of competing for that position wouldn't allow their rate of becoming stronger to slow down.
So the use of Pure Gold was limited to people like Gloriosa, Al, and the Giant Uncle, whose strength could no longer improve.
Totto Land's control over the New World became increasingly strong. It is estimated that in another two or three years, the entire New World will fall completely under Totto Land's control!
However, under Totto Land's control, there were still some disobedient countries, such as the isolationist Wano Country. They still didn't know about the Demon Lord information there.
They didn't even know that the New World was already under Totto Land's rule.
The personnel sent to notify Wano Country were also beaten back.
After resting for a year, Milim prepared to head to this so-called land of samurai, Wano Country.
Wano Country is a volcanic island surrounded by massive rock walls. The terrain is complex, and the weather in the nearby seas is harsh. It is a country very close to the end of the Grand Line.
In such a harsh environment, very few ships can safely reach Wano Country.
Milim swam in the sea. Her aura in the sky intimidated all the Sea Kings, making them dare not approach.
After becoming a Demon Lord, naturally, she wouldn't possess the negative side effects of eating a Devil Fruit, nor would she fear the so-called sea or Seastone!
Lying on the sea, kicking her legs and slowly moving towards her goal, she kept asking the Voice of the World for information about the Otherworld in her mind.
As the first Demon Lord and the existence that constructed the Voice of the World, Milim always had some backdoors to communicate with the Voice of the World.
No matter what she wanted to know about the world, she could get the answer just by asking the Voice of the World.
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