One Piece: Start as a mythical beast, practice to become stronger

A young noblewoman, holding her child, leaned against a crumbling stone pillar, praying softly with tears on her face:

"God, please save us... please save us..."

Her voice was trembling, her eyes were closed, and the child in her arms was almost out of breath from being held so tightly in her arms, but she didn't notice it at all.

On the other side, a young guard knelt on the ground, his armor was full of cracks from the previous impact, and his face was covered with dust and blood.

His hands were weakly supported on the ground, and he kept muttering:

"It's over... Everything is over... Pangu City will actually... will actually be split apart..."

More people began to make similar noises, and fear spread rapidly in Pangu City like a plague.

Those once omnipotent dignitaries, those celestial dragons who thought they were high and mighty, now all became as helpless and insignificant as frightened birds.

They fled in all directions, some even fell to the ground, unable to get up again, and could only watch helplessly as everything around them collapsed completely.

"Is this... the end of the world?"

An old celestial dragon held onto a broken pillar, muttering to himself.

His gaze pierced through the dusty air and looked toward the distant sky, where the top of Pangu City had completely collapsed. Light shone on the ruins, like a scene of the end of the world.

However, in the deepest part of Pangu City, there is a completely different scene.

Compared with the chaos and wailing outside, the room where Im was seemed exceptionally quiet, as if all the sounds were swallowed up by the darkness.

In the twisted building and the hall filled with bright red light, Im still sat on the high throne.

Her fingers gently stroked the armrests of the throne, her expression cold and calm, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with her at all.

Through the huge mirror, she clearly saw the destruction of Pangu City and the wailing in the city, but she did not show any emotion.

"What a fragile bunch of creatures."

Her voice was low and cold, with a hint of disdain.

"Are you so scared just because a city was split apart?"

She slowly stood up, her steps light but full of oppression, each step echoing as if she was stepping on the shattered dignity of those powerful people.

She walked to the mirror and stared at Jin An who was holding a long sword in front of the ruins again, with a cold smile on her lips.

"Jin'an, you really didn't let me down."

She whispered, with a hint of inexplicable meaning in her voice.

"But... do you think that just by splitting a city, you can shake my authority?"

Her eyes swept coldly across the scene in the mirror, finally stopping at the crack in the ruins of Pangu City.

The crack was like a huge wound, dividing the entire Pangu City into two, symbolizing that the inviolability of her rule had been severely trampled upon.

"good, very good."

Yimu chuckled, with a dangerous chill in his voice.

"You've got me a little interested.

But you will pay the price for your hubris."

She waved her hand gently, and the scene in the mirror blurred instantly and turned into a deep darkness.

Then she turned around and walked deeper into the hall, her footsteps echoing in the empty space like a prelude to death.

"Since you are here, don't leave."

Her voice gradually dissipated into the darkness, but the cold murderous intent made the air in Pangu City even more suffocating.

Above the ruins of Pangu City, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and a pungent fishy odor.

The knife in Jinan's hand was still trembling slightly, which was the residual power of the shocking sword just now.

On the ground, a deep crack extended into the distance, leading directly to the core area of ​​Pangu City.

Some of the Five Elder Stars who fell around had completely lost their ability to move, but more of them were still able to stand up.

However, at that moment, Jin An noticed a subtle change.

The eyes of the Five Elder Stars, which were originally filled with tyranny and madness, suddenly became clear for a brief moment.

A hint of struggle flashed in their blood-red pupils, as if a deeper consciousness was trying to break free from some shackles.

Jin'an's eyes narrowed slightly, his fingers holding the knife tightened, and he watched the changes of these enemies coldly.

The clarity at that moment allowed him to catch a hint of something unusual - these Five Elders might not be as completely crazy as they appeared.

"Just now...the look in their eyes?"

Jin An whispered to himself, with a hint of thought in his tone.

"At that moment, it seemed to have its own will."

Loki also noticed this. He swung his war hammer, stood beside Jin An, frowned and asked:

"What happened to these guys just now? For a moment...it felt like they regained some sanity."

Whitebeard snorted coldly, pointed his long sword forward, and looked at him with a sharp gaze:

"So what if you regain your sanity? Anyone who dares to get in my way will be smashed to pieces!"

But Jinan's eyes were always on these enemies.

His intuition told him that the status of these Five Elder Stars was not entirely voluntary, and that their distorted appearance and crazy behavior might be due to the control of some external force.

The knife just now seemed to have triggered a hidden switch, allowing their eyes to regain a bit of clarity.

"They...are being manipulated."

This thought flashed through Jin An's mind, but before he had time to think about it, the Five Elder Stars had already started moving again.

The Five Elder Stars' bodies trembled slightly, and that brief moment of clarity was gone like lightning.

Then, their eyes were once again filled with blood-red light, and their original struggle disappeared completely, replaced by an even more crazy and brutal murderous intent.

Their bodies tensed up again, like a fully drawn bowstring, and the next moment, they collectively rushed towards Jinan and the others.

"coming!"

Loki roared, raised his war hammer high, and smashed it down hard at the Five Elders who were rushing over.

His movements were extremely swift and with a thunderous momentum, knocking one of the Five Elder Stars who was rushing in front of him flying backwards.

But even so, the offensive of the other five elder stars did not stop at all, but became even more crazy.

"It's really a fight to the death."

Whitebeard chuckled, a ferocious smile appearing on his face.

He shook his sword and shock waves erupted again, shattering several of the Five Elders who were rushing over.

However, the remaining Five Elders seemed to feel no pain at all. Even though their bodies were covered with scars, they still rushed towards Whitebeard desperately.

Jin An took a deep breath, raised the blade slightly, and looked at these crazy enemies calmly.

He did not act rashly, but quickly observed the movements and aura of these Five Elder Stars, trying to find the reason for that moment of clarity.

"These guys' bodies' reactions are even more intense than before."

Jin An analyzed secretly in his mind, his eyes fixed on one of the Five Elder Stars who was rushing in the front. That guy moved extremely fast, his sharp claws were directly at Jin An's chest.

Jin An moved his feet and his body retreated like lightning. At the same time, he swung his long sword. The sword energy swept through like a gust of wind, directly forcing the Five Elders to retreat.

But at the moment when the blade touched the opponent's body, Jin An clearly saw that a glimmer of struggle flashed in the eyes of the Five Elder Star again.

"really……"

Jin An frowned and whispered,

“Their sanity has not been completely wiped out.”

However, that glimmer of clarity disappeared again, and the opponent's attack became even more fierce.

Jin An quickly adjusted his pace and swung his sword to block the incoming attack, while his mind was racing:

“If their sanity still exists, it means that these Five Elders are not completely voluntary.

The question is...why does Yim control them so much?

Or how do you control them?"

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