Chapter 307: Phantasm World
After learning the full picture of this world from Rocks and learning of the existence of Star Lord.
Teach had already made up his mind.
The Dark-Dark Fruit was of course a very good fruit—according to Davy Jones and Joy Boy's plan, it was one of the keys to becoming the 'King of the World'.
But compared to the Dark-Dark Fruit, what he hoped to obtain even more was the 'Parasite-Parasite Fruit'.
The reason was exactly what he was displaying at this moment; he wanted to use this fruit to usurp the authority of 'Star Lord'.
Loki was the first step in his plan—obtaining the 'Nidhogg Fruit' could allow him to gain strength sufficient to contend with or even defeat The Zodiac.
And after defeating Uma, he could naturally extract Uma's soul, obtain his memories to learn the locations of The Zodiac and Star Lord, and ultimately complete his plan.
And now...
"The 'second step' of the plan has been completed. The soul of a Zodiac member is already in my hands... Zehahahaha!"
Teach laughed loudly, waiting for Uma's soul to be drawn into his hands by the power of the Kingdom of the Dead.
But...
"Hm?"
Just a moment later, he frowned.
Because right now, even though he had pushed his ability to the limit.
He did not feel Uma's soul being captured by him.
"Impossible, he was clearly already..."
Doubt appeared in Teach's dragon eyes.
But just a moment later, his massive dragon head raised in disbelief.
Then, sure enough, he saw.
In the center surrounded by the countless Heroic Spirits and undead of the Giants, where Uma, who had clearly been torn apart, was previously located.
A book was suspended in mid-air, continuously flipping open.
That was the 'Book of the Stars'.
And right now, from within that book.
Unprecedentedly resplendent starlight was clearly overflowing.
And...
"!!!"
Teach's hideous slit pupils abruptly shrank.
Because he had already observed the fact—along with the overflowing starlight, this world controlled by him, the 'Kingdom of the Dead' opened by his ability, actually began to show clear changes.
The blood-red soil began to be dyed by starlight, and even the apocalyptic, barren scenery around it began to become vibrant with life.
In just a moment, the entire Kingdom of the Dead had completely changed its appearance.
It was as if this world had been split in half out of thin air—starting from the middle, distinctly separated starlight and blood light each divided the world.
And within that starlight-flickering world, Teach could see massive, magnificent objects in the distance.
There was the phantom of a dreamlike island suspended in the sky.
There was a building pitch-black as ink, resembling an assassin's court.
There was a beautiful Flower Fruit Mountain blooming with flowers.
There were ancient, unadorned pyramid buildings decorated with sun motifs.
In total, there were twelve similar locations.
But right now, they only stood in the distance of that starlight world, like illusory landscapes.
"..."
This made surprise and thoughtfulness appear in Teach's expression.
But he didn't say much—because the more important thing for him right now was clearly not the scenery within this starlight world.
But those Giant undead who had previously launched attacks against Uma.
Most of them, due to having launched attacks against Uma just now, were naturally situated within the 'starlight' part of the world.
Accompanied by the surrounding starlight.
The figures of those Giant Heroic Spirits actually had blood light flowing out from around their bodies right now.
Replaced by wisps of starlight continuously falling upon them.
The next moment...
"Hm?"
Gaban blinked beneath his sunglasses, somewhat astonished.
"Freed from control?"
He subconsciously raised his hands and clenched them, seeming somewhat in disbelief.
"Only freed temporarily."
And the next moment, a voice came to his ears.
Gaban turned his head, and then saw right beside that 'Book of the Stars'.
Uma's figure, which should have already been torn apart, had re-emerged at this moment.
He looked at Gaban, his words calm: "You are an 'army' reshaped by his ability within his kingdom."
"But right now, you are not in the 'Kingdom of the Dead', but in the kingdom belonging to the 'Stars'."
"Here, you can temporarily recover your sense of self."
As he spoke, brilliance circulated on the Book of the Stars.
Yes.
Just as Uma said.
The Heroic Spirit army of the Giant race existing here was essentially created by the awakening domain of the 'Nidhogg Fruit' combined with the Source Energy of Lineage Factor within the Treasure Tree Adam that it devoured.
But interestingly...
[Human-Human Fruit, Model: Writer LV5 - Phantasm World]
[Fruit Awakening. Unleash extreme imagination to construct a world within the book. However, the world can only exist inside the book. Biological and non-biological entities can be stored within it, and the book's appearance can be altered at will.]
[Fused Fruit Trait - Recorder]
[The ability user can control everything in the 'World Within the Book' and alter the properties of the things inside at will.]
[Source Energy of Lineage Factor Enhancement - By paying a massive amount of Source Energy of Lineage Factor, the World Within the Book can be continuously manifested in the real world. The more Source Energy of Lineage Factor paid, the longer the duration, and the more completely the World Within the Book manifests.]
[After the World Within the Book manifests in reality, the effects of the 'scripts' written within it are massively enhanced.]
This was the ability Uma displayed at this moment—the awakening effect of the Writer Fruit.
Its name was...
[Phantasm World · Astral Realm]
Relying on this ability, he manifested the world within the Book of the Stars into this 'Kingdom of the Dead'.
Within the area covered by starlight, everything inside was naturally controlled by him—even Gaban and the numerous Giant Heroic Spirits were able to break free from Teach's control.
The only problem was...
The Source Energy of Lineage Factor I have on hand isn't considered a lot, at least it definitely can't compare to Teach's...
This was something Uma knew very well—Teach had devoured the vast majority of the Source Energy of Lineage Factor within the 'Treasure Tree Adam'. Although his utilization of the Source Energy of Lineage Factor was very primitive, in terms of pure quantity, Roy really couldn't compare.
A protracted battle is meaningless.
While thinking this in his heart, Uma's gaze looked at the massive black dragon in the distance, and the remaining part of the 'army' beneath the black dragon.
After a brief thought, he suddenly turned his head to look at Gaban and the Giants, who were still somewhat dazed: "Everyone—could you do me a small favor in a moment? I will give you sufficient compensation."
He said this.
"Hah?"
Hearing Uma's words, Gaban was stunned at first.
Then, he also grinned.
"Compensation? There's no need for that kind of thing."
While speaking, he had already raised his twin axes.
"If it's to deal with that guy... I can help out for free!"
(End of Chapter)
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