Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Loki, the Neck Gold Dragon

Chapter 332: Loki, the Neck Gold Dragon

Above the deep sea, Shamrock cast his gaze towards Fish-Man Island.

At this moment, the bubble shield on Fish-Man Island had clearly been reinforced—that originally translucent shield was actually emitting a brilliance similar to the Sunlight Tree Eve right now.

"I see."

Having similarly faintly realized the connection between the Fish-Men and Eve, he slowly raised the rapier in his hand again at this time.

But he didn’t rush to swing the sword.

Just like Neptune giving orders to his three Princes, having them lead the citizens of the Fish-Man race to flee Fish-Man Island and dive into the deep sea—that was to preserve the sparks of their race.

But correspondingly, Shamrock must also ensure... those sparks are completely snuffed out.

Merely swinging a sword to sever that island is meaningless—even in the deep sea, Fish-Men can survive.

So...

Ssh!

Ssh!

Black-red lightning crackled along the tip of the blade, and he raised his hand.

"[Black Transmutation Control]!"

He chanted in a low voice that title belonging uniquely to a God.

The next moment, invisible power began to spread and burst forth.

Thus on Fish-Man Island.

"Lorin, Prince Manboshi has already said, we need to leave through Exit 3, we have to... Hm!? Lorin! What’s wrong?"

A female tuna mermaid was originally fleeing with her husband, but at this moment she horrifiedly discovered—

From her husband’s body, a pitch-black, flame-like substance ignited and spread.

Subsequently, his body actually flipped and plunged into the ground.

In this instant, the ground seemed to turn into a fathomless, pitch-black swamp, and also like the soil from which trees grow.

A moment later, he re-emerged from the ground.

But his appearance had already undergone a massive change.

That once-gentle face twisted into the hideous snarl of a demon—he had pitch-black wings on his back, the mermaid tail at his waist turned into the shape of a demon’s tail, and his teeth turned into sharp canine fangs.

"Lo... Lorin?"

The female Fish-Man called out worriedly.

But the next moment...

BOOM!

Her husband threw a punch, instantly sending her flying—the massive power wrapped around the edge of that fist was clearly abnormally strong even for Fish-Men, whose bodies are naturally many times stronger than a human’s.

"Ah!"

After being sent flying, the female Fish-Man also instantly spat out blood.

Before she had time to react, she saw her husband had already let out a roar of anger.

"Roar!"

Amidst that monster-like roar, Lorin charged towards her again.

The female Fish-Man couldn’t care less about fleeing the island—she gritted her teeth, looked at her husband, and then swiftly turned around to find someone for help.

Similar incidents were not isolated cases on Fish-Man Island at this time.

Whether east, west, south, or north, no matter which area of Fish-Man Island it was, there were continuously Fish-Men letting out sorrowful wails, and then being swallowed by darkness and transforming into demon forms.

This change even included the Fish-Man soldiers in Ryugu Palace, even...

"Manboshi! Ryuboshi!"

Fukaboshi, who was originally following Neptune’s orders, leading the army to take the Fish-Men to flee Fish-Man Island, was similarly watching with eyes nearly splitting open as his two younger brothers grew demon wings and fangs at this time.

Clang!

Subsequently, the two launched an attack on their older brother.

"Damn it... snap out of it!"

Fukaboshi, who still didn’t know what had happened, barely blocked this strike relying on his physique, which was inherently stronger than his two younger brothers, but his gaze looked around in horror.

Within this short period of time, the entire Fish-Man Island had almost turned into purgatory, with nearly half of the Fish-Men transformed into a demon army.

All the Fish-Men who originally prepared to flee the island were forced to abandon the idea of fleeing at this time—whether blocked by the demon Fish-Man army, or out of the desire to save their relatives and compatriots, they couldn’t just leave directly.

"We can’t leave."

Fukaboshi naturally also understood... they couldn’t leave.

At the same time...

"..."

Above the deep sea, as the instigator of this scene.

Shamrock looked at the battles and wails occurring within Fish-Man Island and nodded in satisfaction: "As expected of that Lord’s power."

This was also his first time using this ability.

[Black Transmutation Control]—the authority unique to that Lord Imu.

In the long past, even the Five Elders bearing the Abyssal Contract didn’t have the authority to use it; that was the supreme power belonging uniquely to a God. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

But in this era, due to the emergence of ’The Zodiac’ and the berserk state of the entire sea.

Imu also seemed to have finally made up His mind and bestowed this power.

And now, Shamrock, as the first person other than Imu to use this power, naturally also knew the essence of this ability.

"World... I see."

He felt the seemingly non-existent connection between himself and those Fish-Men, nodding thoughtfully.

Yes.

The essence of Black Transmutation Control is the alteration of the ’World’s’ power.

Just as mentioned before.

Everything in this world originates from that former ’Genesis Pillar’.

All power, all races, all creatures, were molded by it.

The so-called Abyss is the dark side of the world.

He fundamentally also possesses the authority to mold all things.

Therefore, Imu’s core power is exactly to ’invert’ this essence belonging to the world.

All life can be transformed by Imu into ’demons’—whether it’s the Fish-Man race, the Giant race, or the Davy clan.

Of course, this nearly invincible power also has its limiting conditions.

For the Black Transmutation Control of creatures, the transformation must be carried out in the homeland as recognized in their hearts.

It is as if the creatures return to their mother’s womb, reborn in a twisted demon form.

For example, the transformation of the Fish-Man race must be carried out in the ’deep sea’, the transformation of the Giant race must be carried out in ’Elbaf’, and the transformation of the Davy clan must be carried out in ’God Valley’.

Secondly, to transform powerhouses who have mastered Conqueror’s Haki, a portion of the Abyss’s essence must first be injected into their bodies through attacks.

But at the same time... once subjected to ’Black Transmutation Control’.

Then no matter how powerful the existence, unless they fall into death or near death, they cannot escape the control of this power.

"No wonder that Lord is unwilling to grant this power to others."

Shamrock understood the reason in his heart.

Casually molding everything in the world—this is indeed a power belonging to a ’God’, pointing directly to the essence of Lord Imu, and even directly to the essence of the world.

For Imu, who currently only possessed one-twentieth of His original power, the bestowal of this power was an enormous strain even for Him.

So only Shamrock, who currently served as the symbol of ’God’s Military Force’, had the qualification to use it.

"This way, no one can escape."

Shamrock looked at Fish-Man Island below, which had already fallen into mass chaos.

He knew he only needed to wait quietly, and the demon Fish-Man army would inevitably slaughter most of the Fish-Men, and Fish-Man Island would naturally be destroyed.

But in order to resolve this as soon as possible...

"Let’s swing one more sword."

While muttering softly to himself, the rapier ’Seven Sins’ in his hand also buzzed again as if hearing its master’s words.

"Roar!"

The three heads of the three-headed Hellhound emerged once again.

But the difference was, this time they not only manifested their heads, but also manifested their sharp fangs and claws simultaneously—every single fang and claw blazing with tricolor Haki and Source Energy of Lineage Factor.

"Hell’s Paradise: Beast of Three Heads and Six Claws!"

Shamrock raised the rapier, and where the blade pointed was exactly Fish-Man Island below.

But immediately following, he raised an eyebrow.

Because at this time, he saw the dome of Ryugu Palace open again.

The massive figure of Neptune holding a trident had already appeared at this moment.

"How dare you do this to Fish-Man Island..."

Looking at the chaotic situation within Fish-Man Island, Neptune’s expression was full of serious anger.

His left hand holding the trident gripped it tightly, and in his right hand, within the opened Tamatebako, a pill with a crystalline blue color was already visible.

Neptune was very angry—he had originally been prepared to sacrifice his life in exchange for the escape of his fellow Fish-Man Island clansmen, but this current situation clearly exceeded Neptune’s estimations as well.

"’Great Knight’ Neptune..."

Looking at the King of the Fish-Man race in front of him, and the special Energy Steroid ’Wrath of the Sea’ in his hand, Shamrock’s expression still didn’t have the slightest ripple.

There was no need for superfluous communication—and in fact, having reached this stage, any communication would seem pale.

Not to mention, as the representative of ’God’, he had no need to speak much with an ant.

The sword in his hand was already swung down.

BOOM!

A full nine slashes converged at this moment, constructing a massive, vicious hound with three heads and six claws amidst the ocean currents of the deep sea.

That hound formed by the slashes opened its bloody maw and headed towards Fish-Man Island below, as if trying to swallow this island in one bite.

"!!!"

Seeing this scene, Neptune didn’t hesitate anymore, directly about to send the Energy Steroid into his mouth.

Just as he brought the Energy Steroid to his mouth...

BOOM!

He heard a sound.

It was the sound of thunder.

This was clearly an absurd notion—in this deep sea, where would thunder come from?

But in fact, the very next moment, Neptune truly saw a streak of lightning sweep straight up from a deeper sea area below.

Within that lightning, there were also wisps of starlight flickering along with it.

An instant later...

BOOM!

That slash in the shape of a three-headed hound, massive enough to easily swallow Fish-Man Island, collided with that massive lightning.

Rumble!

Intense light erupted abruptly.

A violent shockwave instantly swept over—and even Neptune, a warrior of immense stature, was completely unable to stand steady, and was even stirred by the ocean currents, almost being thrown back through the dome of Ryugu Palace.

His action of intending to swallow the Energy Steroid naturally stopped, and Neptune widened his eyes, looking at the place where the impact occurred.

Then he saw an unbelievable scene.

At this time, Shamrock’s terrifying slash, absolutely sufficient to easily destroy an island, had already been blocked.

The massive shockwave expanded continuously, and centered on Fish-Man Island, the ocean currents of the entire deep sea formed a brief sphere of churning water at this moment.

That crisscrossing lightning and black-red Conqueror’s Haki burst forth continuously, and everything around, including the entire Fish-Man Island, began to sway frantically—if not for relying on the Sunlight Tree Eve, the impact generated by this strike would probably have been enough to send Fish-Man Island tumbling into the abyss.

"Conqueror’s... Clash!?"

The experienced and knowledgeable Neptune also saw it at this moment, that bizarre spectacle was exactly the clash of Conqueror’s Haki.

Immediately following, he saw it.

In the center of the collision, blocking the hound... was distinctly a massive hammer.

Lightning surrounded that hammer, and below the hammer, there was something resembling a creature.

Attached to that hammer was a massive tail, which upon closer inspection was actually a squirrel’s tail.

Around the hammer, fine starlight clung to it—that starlight seemed to isolate the surrounding seawater, preventing the hammer from truly being touched by the seawater.

As Harald’s good friend, Neptune had already recognized that hammer—he had faintly heard Harald mention it in the past.

"Hm?"

And right now, a ripple appeared in Shamrock’s cold eyes for the first time.

"That is..."

"ROAR——!"

Before his low voice could fall, he heard a roar that made the entire deep sea tremble coming from below him.

Shamrock instinctively looked down, and saw at the edge of the dark abyss below, a massive figure was rapidly growing larger.

Its body coiled like a mountain range, covered in pitch-black scales.

That hideous dragon head was even larger than Ryugu Palace, and sharp dragon horns pierced through the ocean currents.

Just like ’Lightning’.

That black dragon emerging from the deep sea similarly had fine starlight clinging to its body, isolating the seawater.

"You bastard, what are you trying to do... to my friend’s homeland!?"

Amidst the low roar, that massive black dragon had already swung its massive dragon tail.

Immense power sufficient to shatter mountains and cleave seas, accompanied by lightning and fierce winds, tore through the seawater in an instant and whipped towards Shamrock!

"!!!"

Shamrock rapidly parried horizontally with his sword, and the three dog heads on the Seven Sins sword instantly expanded, attempting to bite off the giant tail.

But in the next moment, Shamrock still let out a muffled groan, and he was violently whipped away like a falling star by this tail!

He carved a long white trail through the deep sea, plummeting into the churning murky currents in the distance.

At the same time, the massive black dragon’s almost exaggerated figure had already appeared in front of Neptune—Neptune’s body, which was already extremely huge compared to ordinary Fish-Men, was no larger than one of its eyes in front of the black dragon.

It reverted to human form in front of Neptune, and that body, which was too massive even for a Giant, along with the iconic twin horns atop his head, made Neptune widen his eyes even more.

"You... you are..."

"Loki, Shirahoshi’s friend."

Loki responded in a low voice.

"It truly is you, Son of Harald."

Hearing Loki’s words, Neptune also inwardly noted it was indeed as expected—he had guessed it just now.

This bearing, coupled with the legendary national treasure of the Giant race, ’Lightning’, the other party was indeed Harald’s child.

"Why are you..."

Right now, countless questions arose in Neptune’s heart.

Why would Loki appear here? What exactly happened in Elbaf earlier?

But clearly, the person in front of him didn’t have time to wait for him to ask questions.

Because the next moment, he had already heard Loki’s words.

"Besides that, I also temporarily serve as the Zodiac ’Neck Gold Dragon’, a subordinate under the Zodiac ’Horse’."

"My superior... mm, let’s call him a superior for now, anyway that guy Uma has something he wants me to relay to you... listen carefully."

(End of Chapter)

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