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Chapter 127: The Paramount War is the Decisive Battle (7) — God's Knights
Seeing the Five Elders being systematically held back by his subordinates, Yumesaki didn't stop. He walked directly toward the deepest parts of Pangea Castle.
He was going to see Imu.
Medea, Medusa, Cu Chulainn, Heracles, King Hassan, EMIYA, Nero, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Yamato, and the others followed closely behind.
Nico Robin held the Den Den Mushi steady, broadcasting Yumesaki's actions to the entire world.
Across the globe, everyone watched Yumesaki without blinking, wanting to see what else he would do.
Meanwhile, inside the Room of Flowers.
Imu saw the Five Elders being stalled and couldn't help but snort coldly. A bunch of trash.
But at the same time, Imu was very curious. Where did this man actually come from? Not only could he gather such a large following, but he could even lead an assault on the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
This was an event that hadn't happened in eight hundred years.
However, this group currently didn't have the qualifications to meet with Imu.
Imu raised a hand, and a magic book appeared out of thin air. Upon opening it, a pentagram magic circle appeared in the sky above Mary Geoise.
Immediately following that, the members of the God's Knights—who had been sent by the Five Elders to assist Marineford—were summoned back.
The group teleported instantly in front of Yumesaki's party, blocking their path.
"Kill them."
Imu's voice echoed in the minds of every member of the God's Knights.
The Supreme Commander of the God's Knights, Saint Figarland Garling, stared at Yumesaki's group with a cold gaze.
"You bunch of rebels, you deserve death!!!"
As soon as those words were finished, the man was pinned to the ground by a spear.
The one who did it was Cu Chulainn.
Ever since stepping foot in Mary Geoise and watching great fighters get picked off one by one by others, Cu Chulainn had become incredibly impatient. So, upon seeing Saint Garling, he acted without hesitation.
First a teleportation, then the spear launch.
The speed was so great that even Saint Garling didn't have time to react; his heart was pierced by Cu Chulainn's spear as he was pinned to the earth.
However, Cu Chulainn knew the man wasn't dead.
Not just the Five Elders—every member of the God's Knights also possessed an immortal body.
So that spear strike wouldn't take Garling's life.
But this was exactly what Cu Chulainn wanted. He wanted a fierce battle with someone.
"You talk too much, you bastards! Fight me, you cowards!"
On the other side, Saint Figarland Shamrock saw his father pinned to the ground and couldn't contain his rage.
Even though he knew his father wouldn't die, being wounded in such a manner was profoundly humiliating.
The person in front of him was literally treading on the pride of the Celestial Dragons, and that was something he could not tolerate.
"You lowly fool, die!"
Saint Shamrock suddenly drew his sword, but before he could swing it, a human silhouette appeared in front of him.
A red flash streaked across.
Saint Shamrock realized he had been decapitated.
His head hit the ground with a thud.
"Umu, I truly am the best."
The one who acted was Nero. She had also eaten the Warp-Warp Fruit, and her speed was not inferior to Cu Chulainn's at all.
Aestus Estus in her hand was a famous demonic blade; using the enemy's momentary lapse in judgment to take their head was not difficult for her.
Unfortunately, the God's Knights all had immortal bodies, so this kind of wound couldn't defeat Shamrock yet.
It only served to make him angrier.
"Lesser ants, you think you can kill me like this? How naive."
Saint Shamrock pushed Nero back with a sword slash, picked up his own head, and reattached it to his neck. A wild killing intent filled every inch of the surrounding space.
Just as angry as Shamrock, the other knights felt the same way.
The Holy Land had been destroyed to this extent; how could they, as the God's Knights, just stand by?
Saint Rimoshifu Killingham raised both hands high and shouted: "Lowborn trash, your nightmare has arrived."
This man was a user of the Dragon-Dragon Fruit: Mythical Zoan: Kirin Model.
This fruit's ability allowed the user to transform into a Kirin, fire beams of light that forced targets into a state of sleep, and manifest things from within dreams—spawned from the dream clouds above his head—into reality.
This ability could hypnotize many people at once and turn hypnotized opponents into puppets.
Additionally, he could summon a large number of nightmare monsters from the dream world.
These monsters wouldn't die; even if defeated, they could rise again from the dream cavern.
Of course, Yumesaki's group wouldn't be hypnotized by Saint Killingham, let alone feel fear toward a member of the God's Knights.
However, Mary Geoise was now a massive battlefield.
The sound of explosions, fighting, and destruction echoed constantly.
The Celestial Dragons, who once stood at the top, were now like frightened quails, hiding in corners and trembling with fear at the sights before them.
For Saint Killingham, these people were the best raw materials.
By exploiting the nightmares of the Celestial Dragons, Saint Killingham used his ability to summon a vast number of nightmare monsters from the dream world into reality.
One by one, strange monsters emerged continuously from the ground.
They charged at Yumesaki's group in waves.
At that moment, King Hassan slowly raised his greatsword, pointing it toward Saint Killingham.
A heavy voice, saturated with killing intent, echoed through the air.
"The evening bell has tolled. Thy fate is revealed."
"Sinner, hand over thy soul."
A second later, the Grand Assassin appeared in front of Saint Killingham. Before the opponent could even process what was happening, he was cleaved into two pieces with a single swing of the greatsword.
Saint Killingham, dead!
Initially, the other God's Knights didn't care, because they all had immortal bodies. No matter if they were decapitated, bisected at the waist, or cut in two, there was no way to kill them.
But one minute passed, then two.
Saint Killingham showed absolutely no signs of recovery.
This left many of the God's Knights in shock.
Saint Shepherd Sommers shouted: "Oi, oi, oi! What are you doing? Get up already, Killingham!"
But no matter how hard he urged, Killingham remained still.
"Stop shouting. That man is completely dead."
Yumesaki said with a calm expression.
Who was King Hassan? He was a Grand Assassin, a monster who, even after relinquishing his Saint Graph, could grant the concept of death to the creation goddess Tiamat.
How could an ordinary member of the God's Knights withstand a strike from King Hassan's greatsword?
Besides, King Hassan had previously consumed both the Warp-Warp Fruit and the Soul-Soul Fruit.
That sword stroke cut through the body and the soul simultaneously.
What did an immortal body matter then?
Immortality of the flesh is not immortality of the soul.
After King Hassan's strike, not only was Killingham's body split, but his soul was also cleaved in two. How could he possibly rise again?
Even as great as Imu might be, it was impossible to resurrect a dead soul.
Although the God's Knights didn't want to believe Yumesaki's words, the cold, hard facts were right in front of them.
Killingham was truly dead and would never return.
This caused the members of the God's Knights, who had previously relied on their immortality, to panic instantly.
Since King Hassan had chosen to act, he would certainly not be merciful. After killing Killingham, he targeted another member, Saint Shepherd Sommers.
This man was a spike-human who had eaten the Spike-Spike Fruit; he could create numerous thorns to form maces, whips, and more.
But these flashy moves, in the face of King Hassan, were no different from child's play.
King Hassan teleported to the man's left side and launched a slash.
Even though Saint Shepherd Sommers reacted quickly by using his spikes to form a shield to block the attack...
The truth proved he was incapable of stopping it.
Though his spikes were coated in Armament Haki, they were still sliced through by King Hassan's blade.
Not just the shield, but the man himself was cut.
"Monster..." Saint Shepherd Sommers stared at King Hassan with a look of utter disbelief.
Those words were his last.
With two members of the God's Knights dead in quick succession, panic spread like wildfire among their ranks.
"Everyone, attack! Kill them!"
"We must kill him!"
The God's Knights rose together, exerting all their strength to attack King Hassan, intending to eliminate the one person who could bypass their immortality first.
But at that moment, Medusa raised her head and looked at the group calmly.
Mystic Eyes of Petrification, activated!
With just that single gaze, everyone besides King Hassan who fell under her sight was instantly turned to stone.
Without exception.
Medusa's Mystic Eyes of Petrification could only be resisted by someone with Magic Resistance at Rank A.
As for the God's Knights, never mind Rank A Magic Resistance—they didn't possess a single drop of magical energy.
They were completely unable to withstand her gaze.
No matter how great an immortal body is, it is merely a passive ability; it can still be turned to stone, and it can still be sealed.
Therefore, when Medusa unleashed her Mystic Eyes, no one escaped. Including Commander Garling, they all became statues.
Haki was completely useless against the Mystic Eyes of Petrification.
While Haki and magical energy might very well be manifestations of life energy, not everyone was Yumesaki, capable of converting Haki into magic or vice versa.
Being petrified was the natural outcome.
This was a literal higher-dimensional attack from magic against the world of One Piece.
Seeing the God's Knights turned to stone, the entire world went silent.
Garp, Sengoku, Shanks, Whitebeard, Doflamingo, Boa Hancock... everyone, without exception, felt a chill run down their spines.
The more one understood the God's Knights, the more nonsensical this whole situation felt.
Because they knew exactly how terrifying the God's Knights were supposed to be.
Yet now, those terrifying knights were almost entirely wiped out.
Only Saint Garling and Saint Shamrock, the father and son pair, remained to make their final stand.
But everyone knew their defeat was only a matter of time.
Could it be that the World Government, which had ruled for eight hundred years, and the Celestial Dragons who once sat at the peak...
Were truly about to be annihilated?
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