I Am Calamity!

Evolution?

Imu was momentarily taken aback.

What is this guy talking about now?

What kind of evolution?

Imu had absolutely no idea what Roa was saying.

But she could understand that Roa meant he could become even stronger!

Are you kidding me!

Having already reached this point, how could it possibly become even stronger?

"Roa!! Don't even think about doing anything you want!!"

Although he couldn't understand what Roa was trying to do, Imu knew that he absolutely couldn't let him succeed now!

The enormous demon flapped its wings and came crashing down, its jet-black trident slashing down like lightning.

"That's a pity, Imu,"

Roa took a deep breath. "It's not me that's evolving, it's this world!"

"It is because this world has evolved to a new stage that I am able to display an even more advanced attitude!"

He no longer suppressed the surging power deep within his body, and so, thump, thump!

Roa felt a strange rhythm.

Just like I felt when I first traveled to this world more than two years ago, evolution began.

Moreover, this time is different from the last; this evolution will be much faster.

Because the world is just so wonderful now.

The dark energy in this world has become so dense that not only can Roa complete its evolution, but it can also complete its evolution very quickly.

All of this is thanks to Princess Shirahoshi.

Let's go back a little earlier.

East Blue, Kingdom of Goa.

Although it's clear to everyone that the world situation is on the verge of exploding, and a war that will sweep the entire world will break out between the World Government and the Pirate Alliance sooner or later.

But despite the worries, life still goes on as usual.

Whether it's the World Government or the Pirate Alliance, they are still too far removed from the lives of ordinary people living in this country.

People just quietly went about their lives.

Until this day.

At first, it was just an unusually deep black patch on the sea surface, gleaming with an ominous, oily sheen in the sunlight.

The dockworkers carrying goods, the fishmongers hawking their wares, and the old man mending fishing nets all instinctively stopped what they were doing and looked in bewilderment at the rapidly expanding shadow.

"What is that?" someone murmured to themselves.

The answer will soon be revealed.

That wasn't a shadow; it was the back of some living thing, so enormous that it defied common sense.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribably enormous head broke through the sea surface, sending up a spray of water that rose into the sky, slowly rising like a small mountain.

Its serpentine body is covered in dark, scale-like skin, and a pair of huge, cold, cruel, and emotionless eyes, like two deep pools, indifferently overlook the entire harbor.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

"Sea---- Sea Beast -!!!"

A piercing, distorted scream shattered the brief silence, igniting the deepest fear within everyone.

Panic erupted instantly, spreading like a plague to every corner of the port.

People dropped everything they were holding and fled, crying and shouting like headless flies.

The cries of children, the screams of women, and the roars of men mingled together, creating a symphony of despair.

Completely ignoring the cries and despair of the people, this Sea Beast, resembling a giant serpent, suddenly raised its long neck and, with immense force, slammed into the harbor.

This Sea Beast is considered enormous among all deep-sea behemoths, measuring over a thousand meters in length.

So simply crashing its body onto the port caused utter destruction.

The port was smashed to pieces in an instant, and the shockwaves even reached the nearby city.

It wasn't over yet; one after another, Sea Beast emerged from the seas surrounding the country.

These monsters seemed to have gone mad, crashing one after another into the island's bedrock.

In an instant, the entire Kingdom of Goa began to tremble violently.

Whether commoners or nobles, everyone was terrified and ran away in panic.

"What on earth is going on?! Have all these Sea Beast gone mad?!"

"It's Roa! It's that monster! Only he can control the Sea Beast, that monster wants to destroy this country!!"

Despair began to spread across the entire island.

The Kingdom of Goa was not an exception.

All inhabited islands around the world have been attacked by Sea Beast.

Even in the Red Line half of the world, where similar events had occurred, the people living in the West Blue, the North Blue, and the New World were equally terrified.

This time, the Sea Beast were truly attacking the island they lived on.

It should be said that the whole world has fallen into despair.

Those with even a little knowledge screamed in terror, "Roa! That monster is going to destroy the world!"

Therefore, amidst everyone's despair and fear, the concentration of black gas worldwide is increasing at an astonishing rate.

Before the battle even officially began, Roa was already capable of evolving.

But in order to make things more interesting, he forcibly suppressed this evolutionary impulse.

Only after confirming that Imu was indeed dead did Roa decide to begin his second evolution, thus settling all grudges with the World Government.

And now, the second evolution is underway!

A little earlier, before Roa began to evolve.

Inside the Uranus.

"Hahaha! Those two guys are amazing!"

Luffy, carrying Lilith, raced through the twisted tunnel, laughing heartily, a triumphant smile on his face. "If we don't eat that fruit, we really can't beat them!"

The woman he was carrying on his shoulder looked at the boy's profile with some surprise. "Luffy, where did you get that fruit?! It's not listed in any Devil Fruit Encyclopedia I've ever seen!"

"Found it!"

The boy answered with a grin, a smug look on his face.

"Found it??"

Lilith, one of Vegapunk's alter egos and a symbol of evil, couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

Was such a powerful Devil Fruit simply found somewhere?

But never mind, now's not the time to worry about these things!

"Luffy! The pursuers will keep coming! It's too dangerous to stay here any longer!"

Lilith shouted, "We need to get out of here right now!"

"Are we going to run away?"

Luffy shocked, then immediately refused, "No way! I'm going to help Uncle Zephyr and Grandpa and the others!"

"Don't talk nonsense! This is not a war we can interfere in! The final outcome can only be decided by Imu and Roa!"

Lilith raised her hand and gave the boy a hard knock on the head. "Besides, we're not leaving immediately, we're just temporarily withdrawing!"

"If the World Government wins in the end, we can come back!"

"I don't want to!"

The boy refused without hesitation, "I'm not a deserter!"

They actually called him a deserter!

Lilith was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth.

However, she doesn't have a better option right now.

Besides her, the main body and her other clones were all captured by that bastard Judge.

She must escape!

But it wasn't enough for her to escape on her own; if Imu was defeated, she would need someone to protect her.

Given the current situation, it can only be this brat in front of me.

"I see."

Lilith's eyes suddenly lit up. "I understand. Then I'll take you to the elevator to the top deck!"

"Really? You're so great, Lilith!!"

Young Luffy was overjoyed.

"Alright! From now on, you'll follow my orders!"

"Yes!"

So, the boy, carrying Lilith, began to run wildly inside the twisted ship.

Lilith guided him to a certain area.

However, the current situation here immediately made Lilith frown. "It's been severely corrupted by the power of the Combination Fruit!"

But, could it be said that fate was on their side?

Lilith spotted a perfectly intact spherical device in the corner.

"That's it! Luffy! Let's go in!"

"Oh! Is that the elevator? I understand!"

The boy rushed to the device like a gust of wind, pulled open the door, and ran inside.

Then, Lilith jumped off his shoulder and slammed her hand heavily on the control panel next to her.

Click.

That's the sound of the door closing.

Then, a sudden feeling of weightlessness came over me.

"!!"

Amidst the boy's screams, the spherical device suddenly plummeted into the large hole that had suddenly opened below.

Then, it fell directly down from the passage below the Uranus.

Let's go back to the present.

High above in the sky.

Imu crashed down with a deafening roar, the trident seemingly tearing the heavens and earth apart, and was already inches away from Roa's body.

Roa tilted his head back.

Whether dodging or retaliating, it was all easy for him.

While Imu in his full form is powerful, he is only on par with him.

Of course, this refers to him before this evolution.

Now, Roa raised the corners of his mouth.

Laugh!!

The massive trident cleaved Roa's body in two.

Just like how Roa had cleaved Imu's body in two with a single strike, Imu is now Roa in kind.

"Hahaha! And you're talking about evolution!"

The great demon laughed wildly, "Roa, your future is only death!"

No matter how powerful Roa is, he's not immortal like me!

Die, Roa! Just die like this!!

Roa's two halves of his body shot off in two different directions.

Imu raised his hands, and two more jet-black beams of light followed, obliterating both halves of Roa's body.

Roa had just blasted her body into a pile of minced meat, and now she was returning the favor.

Only.

Call-

A gust of wind blew from high above, and in that instant, Roa's shattered body turned to ashes.

No!

It didn't turn to ash, it turned into black air currents!

The two streams of air mixed together, forming a cloud of black smoke.

"What?"

Imu's eyes widened suddenly.

What happened?

Elementalization?

"That's amazing!"

A faint voice came from all directions, "I seem to be omnipotent now."

"Roa! Get out here, Mu!!"

Imu slashed horizontally with his trident in a fit of rage.

The trident, wreathed in powerful, two-colored Haki, tore a sharp crescent-shaped arc through the air, unleashing a massive slash that ripped the sky apart.

However, the attack hit nothing.

Even though the massive trident had already swept through the black mist, it still hadn't touched anything.

Imu's pupils suddenly contracted, and he slashed several more times, but he couldn't even touch a hair on Roa's head.

Isn't it supposed to be elemental transformation? Why is my Haki not working?

"It's no use."

From within the black smoke came Roa's cheerful voice, "My evolution is complete. For me, there will be no more obstacles in this world."

Imu remained silent, simply unleashing a variety of attacks on his own.

She summoned all sorts of weapons and bombarded the smoke cloud that Roa had transformed into.

If the weapons were ineffective, then the pentagram magic circle would bloom, and various light waves would bombard the area repeatedly.

But, not only did it manage to blast out Roa's true form, the black smoke wasn't even disturbed in the slightest!

It was as if the two sides existed in two completely different spaces, and any attack was utterly ineffective!

"How is this possible?!"

Imu was practically gritting his teeth.

None of my moves work on this guy!!!

How could this be?!

What exactly is this guy's ability?

Have you had enough fun?

Black smoke began to slowly gather, condensing into the shape of Roa.

This time it was neither beast form nor orc form, but simply Roa's original appearance.

He did nothing, yet he floated calmly in the sky, completely disregarding the laws of physics.

"Roa! You're finally out!!"

The trident pierced the sky once more.

Roa's body was cleaved in two once again.

Then, his lower body transformed back into black smoke, coalescing once more into a solid form within Imu's bloodshot eyes. Roa smiled and spread his hands, "Nothing in this world can hurt me anymore, just as people can't erase the concept of calamity."

"What are you?!"

Imu almost screamed.

All attacks were completely ineffective against Roa!

How can someone be so shameless?!

Me?

Roa smiled. "I am the calamity."

Disaster?

Before Imu could react, he suddenly saw the air behind Roa begin to distort.

Something unseen is converging on Roa!

Near Roa, something intangible and formless began to coalesce, Imu finally saw it clearly.

It was a cloud of black gas!

An endless stream of black energy was continuously pouring into Roa's body!

What?

What is that?

What are those black streams of energy? Where did they come from? And why did they enter Roa's body?

"Whoa!"

Roa let out a comfortable sigh, "Now, I'm invincible! Hmm, will an enemy appear from the sky?"

"Roa! Stop playing tricks!"

Imu's tone carried a strange, manic glint, "You can't beat Im! Im is the ruler of this world!"

"I think you don't understand at all."

Roa raised the corners of his mouth. "Fine, I just showed you the mechanics, now let me show you the numerical differences."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Buzz!!!

A dense, jet-black aura surged from Roa's body, transforming into a jet-black pillar of light that pierced through the sky in an instant!

The jet-black beam of light shot all the way to the deepest part of the sky, even breaking through the atmosphere and plunging into the deep space of the universe!

The entire sky began to shake violently.

It was as if Teach was unleashing the full power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit; crisp, glass-like sounds echoed throughout the sky, and the air over much of the sky began to shatter, spreading out spiderweb-like cracks.

Below, the massive Uranus began to tremble continuously. Its hull, which was so sturdy that even top-tier experts could hardly damage it, was now on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

Further down, the violently churning sea even began to boil, with large plumes of white smoke rising up, and the creatures in the sea were instantly crushed into pieces of minced meat.

"Forehead!!"

Suddenly, streaks of jet-black Inazuma burst forth from all over Imu's body, and his hideous and twisted demonic form began to tremble violently.

Imu felt as if she had been struck hard by a sledgehammer; her head throbbed with pain and she was so dizzy that she could barely think.

At that moment, she had only one thought.

Is this... Conqueror's Haki?

This Conqueror's Haki?!