Pirates: Who is the real sun god?

One year later, Helios.

Spring went and autumn came, time passed, and Barrett stayed on Helios for a full year.

After a year, Helios is no longer the original primeval forest. More than half of the entire island has been developed, and the Iliad is slowly taking shape.

"Are you finally going?"

At this time, in the center of the island, on a broken peak, in a magnificent palace, Barrett put down the Den Den Mushi with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

During this year, he only went out once, and spent the rest of the time in Helios practicing and watching the construction of Helios.

After a year, his Armament Haki reached the critical point of the third stage, but he was still unable to break that boundary.

Because of the long-term perception, his Observation Haki has improved a lot. The coverage range has increased a lot, and the entire island can be covered. He is not much inferior to Eneel in the original work. The only regret for him is that he can only perceive emotions. He can still only read other people's hearts, but if he encounters someone with Observation Haki, he will still be noticed.

He also made little progress in other halberd techniques and physical skills. After all, both halberd techniques and physical skills were related to combat, and he had not fought at all this year, so naturally he did not make much progress.

However, what made him happy was that his fruit ability seemed to have made a breakthrough. One day, he suddenly had an idea and thought of some ideas from his previous life's novel.

Then, through meditation, imagine that you are the Golden Crow.

Unexpectedly, it really worked. Although the temperature of his flame did not increase, his control over the fruit was further improved. He felt that he was about to break this limit.

In general, after a year, his overall strength has taken a small step forward.

But he knew that with his current strength, he could only be considered decent, at best on par with the admirals, and was still a long way from being one of the Four Emperors.

After all, he has not yet mastered the world's top power.

And he waited for a year, not only to build Helios, but also to wait for news of Jhin.

A year ago, he asked Jhin to leave and search for the whereabouts of Roger and others. Jhin found them quickly, but since Helios could not be left alone, Barrett could only ask Jhin to keep a close eye on him.

Jhin simply went back to Roger's ship and sailed with them. After a year, he had no idea how much he had grown.

However, just yesterday, Roger and his crew suddenly encountered Whitebeard.

After a fierce battle, Kozuki Oden boarded Roger's ship. Jin was shocked and immediately notified Barrett.

"Well, are we there yet?"

Suddenly, Barrett's expression froze, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

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at the same time.

At the entrance of Helios, eight huge ships came out of the cave one after another.

As soon as we came out of the cave, we saw several figures standing at the bow of the first ship. They were Delia and others who came from Leah Island.

"Wow, so beautiful."

“This is such a huge change!”

“It’s only been a year…”

"..."

As soon as everyone came out of the cave and looked at the changes in the island, their eyes widened and they exclaimed one after another.

"Look, the original river channel is gone, it has all turned into lakes." Ares pointed at the river, his eyes filled with endless shock.

He remembered that when he left, the river channel was only opened. Unexpectedly, after one year, the original river channel had turned into a lake, forming an inland lake with a radius of several hundred meters. The shore of the lake was paved with black and white stones, which looked very domineering.

Looking at the river, everyone was secretly shocked and looked incredulous.

"Wow, what kind of bird is this? It's so majestic!" Achina's eyes widened and she exclaimed loudly, pointing at the two stone sculptures on the shore.

Everyone looked up in the direction Achina pointed, and saw two strange statues of mythical birds on the edge of the lake. One of them was a three-legged red-feathered bird with its wings spread high in the sky. Its feathers were like flames and looked very lifelike.

The other one has a chicken head, a snake neck, a red body, and colorful tail feathers, full of nobility.

"The red bird is called Suzaku, which is Jin's ability. The three-legged bird should be called the Three-legged Golden Crow, a mythical bird. I heard about it from Barrett." Delia observed carefully for a while and said the names of the two statues uncertainly.

"Three-legged Golden Crow and Vermillion Bird!"

Everyone thought about it carefully and felt that the name was more and more suitable.

"Look, there's someone waving a flag." Suddenly, Hibbert pointed to the edge of the lake.

Everyone looked up and saw a man standing on a high platform at the edge of the lake, waving a flag.

"That looks like a port. Direct our ship to come over there." Selina pointed to the ships docked on the lake and expressed her guess.

Everyone looked and saw that in the direction she pointed, there were indeed more than a dozen boats of various sizes docked on the lake.

"That should be a port with a shipyard on it. I remember the boss had made plans when we left, but I didn't expect it to be built so quickly."

Sai Li felt a little emotional. She didn't expect that the original prototype would be built so quickly and completed in just one year.

"Then let's go quickly! I can't wait any longer."

Delia's face was filled with joy, and her eyes kept flashing with a strange light.

Hearing this, everyone nodded and looked forward to everything on Helios even more.

"Everyone, stop according to the flag."

Ares leaped up into the sky using moon steps and loudly notified all ships.

Soon, all the ships docked and parked. After asking for Barrett's whereabouts, everyone couldn't wait to head towards the Helios Center.

"Why are there so many people here..."

"Who are they..."

"I have the impression that they seem to be Lord Barrett's subordinates."

"Oh, yes, it was Lord Sally and Ares. I worked under them before."

"Me too……"

"..."

Thousands of people entered Helios in a mighty procession, which immediately attracted the attention of the people on the island. They talked a lot, and after their identities were recognized, the people around them responded with smiles, showing that they were very welcoming.

After all, all the people on the island were former slaves. After a year, they regained their freedom and were able to settle down on the island and live an ordinary and stable life.

"Ares, is this really the original primeval forest?"

Delia came closer to Ares, looking incredulous.

"probably!"

Ares was also a little uncertain. After all, when they left, they only expanded the open space on the island a little bit, and even the roads had not been paved yet.

But now, not only are there several more wide streets, but the roads are also spacious, clean and smooth. Many buildings have been built around, including hospitals, residences, and even various shops. It looks very prosperous and has reached the scale of a city.

"ah--"

"Look there quickly."

Suddenly, Achina stopped, pointed to the center of the island, and exclaimed loudly.

This caught everyone's attention, and they all stopped and looked in the direction Achina pointed.

The peaks that once towered into the clouds have been wiped out between the mountains. On the top of the peak, there is a huge palace. From a distance, the palace on the mountain is shrouded in a thick fog, which makes it seem like a dream and extremely unreal.

"That should be where the boss is. I'll go there first."

Johnson, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke up and was about to run away. Ares was quick to grab Johnson and said, "Johnson, don't even think about running away. If you go there alone, the boss will definitely make trouble for you."

Hearing this, Johnson smiled awkwardly, and the others who were ready to make a move also gave up the idea.

However, Delia didn't care about that. Without even saying hello, she turned into a white cloud and flew towards the mountain at high speed.

The others smiled bitterly when they saw this, but they also knew Delia's position in the team, so they could only let it go and lead the team forward honestly.

Delia turned into a white cloud, and everything below was in full view: the wide streets, the exquisite buildings, and the endless stream of people. It was hard for her to imagine that this was a deserted island a year ago.

Soon, she flew to the center of the island, where a prosperous palace stood on top of a peak.

"Ling Xiao——"

As she approached the palace, she was shocked to find that it was very large, occupying half of the broken peak. On the top of the palace gate, the words "Ling Xiao" were engraved.

The palace was snow-white all over, somewhat similar to the white stones by the lake, but it was polished more smoothly, like white jade.

In front of the palace is a huge open space. The open space is very smooth and paved with black and white stones. It forms a huge yin-yang fish in the center of the open space, which looks very mysterious.

At the entrance of the palace, there are also two statues, one is the Golden Crow and the other is the Vermillion Bird.

"Don't come down yet."

Just then, a familiar voice sounded in her ears.

"Barrett——"

Looking up, it was Barrett whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

Barrett was wearing a white robe with gold edges, looking very heroic and domineering. He was walking slowly out of the palace, like a god in the world.

Delia flew towards Barrett at high speed without any hesitation and jumped onto him.