Falling from the Sky
Long was trying to resist the tearing force of the spacetime torrent with the Qi Refining Method... The moment he threw himself into the spacetime rift, the life core in his Tanaka began to rotate at high speed, which at the same time activated the 'Qi Vortex' in his body meridians, stimulating the life force of his flesh and blood to the maximum.
He didn't just want his soul to travel... he wanted his physical body to go to the next world as well.
However... the power of spacetime is too terrifying.
His body was almost instantly reduced to a skeleton, and it continued to dissolve.
Even if the method is used to its fullest extent, the speed of recovery seems to be slower than the speed at which it is destroyed by the torrent of time and space.
"Is that not allowed?"
Long frowned slightly and muttered to himself.
He found himself in a bizarre and fantastical space-time gap, where he could see colorful bands of light flowing like rivers.
The glow of the sunset illuminated his pupils.
Long's pupils contracted as he observed carefully.
These 'light bands' are actually composed of countless 'world spaces', each light spot representing a world... There are also parallel spaces with relatively dim luster, evolved from various 'main worlds', just like tributaries extending from a river.
His body couldn't hold on much longer. A thought popped into his head, and he looked around, trying to find the location of 'Earth'.
However... the quantity of space can no longer be described as dense; it is an endless ocean.
"Um?"
However, although he didn't find Earth, his perspective narrowed and focused on a distant, dust-like source of light. This world gave him a very familiar and welcoming feeling, as if it were calling to him.
Hunter x Hunter!
Long suddenly understood and his expression brightened with joy.
I took a step forward instinctively.
But this very step abruptly intensified the impact and damage of the surrounding spatial currents on his body.
The constantly growing and intertwining flesh, along with the entire lower body, 'evaporated' in an instant, without even feeling the pain.
"Tsk."
Long immediately realized that with his current strength, he probably wouldn't be able to 'walk' across and reach his destination.
For ten years in the new era of the One Piece world, he had been diligently cultivating, consolidating his post-Core Formation realm... He thought he could achieve the goal of traversing the world in his complete form, but alas... he still couldn't. This indicated that his Qi Refining technique was still insufficient. In the worlds he was familiar with, especially those higher-level worlds such as Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, and even Bleach, there were settings and powers involving time travel, and many characters could do it... However, their kind of travel was fundamentally different from Oboro's. Even in worlds that touched upon the concept of the multiverse, the characters' traversal of time and space was limited to small tributaries, unable to transcend the immeasurable spacetime bands and rise above countless worlds like he could.
Oboro was simply inspired by them, thinking that he could bring his physical body along with him.
However, because his level of existence is too authentic, the damage he suffers and the pressure from time and space are naturally the greatest.
"Well..."
Seeing that she was about to collapse, Long sighed.
The Qi cultivation method he practiced was a transcendent existence, even in all the worlds he remembered... mainly because the core of this power originated from 'Earth'.
However... at his current level, which is after forming the Golden Core, it would be extremely difficult for him to break through to the next level.
Because he still needs to proceed cautiously, just like he did in Demon Slayer, involving the fusion of powers from other worlds to create a cultivation method for the next realm. However, with the power of Demon Slayer combined with his previous foundation, he can only deduce this method up to the Core Formation level.
Demon Slayer allowed him to touch upon the 'Core Formation'. The Soul-Soul Fruit in One Piece, which was Big Mom's gift, made him realize that the soul that matched the 'Core' could be combined into a whole, which is the 'essence, energy, and spirit' of the self.
Essence is flesh and blood, spirit is soul, and qi represents 'life'... that is, the source of one's own energy.
"Alright, let's leave it at that for now."
Having made up her mind, Oboro instantly unleashed her sprinting power and sped off towards Hunter x Hunter.
With each movement, his flesh and blood rapidly disintegrated, unable to regenerate normally.
A moment later, seeing that less than one-fifth of his torso remained, Oboro raised his hand just in time, his fingertips touching a 'light source'.
Then, they pulled open the spacetime Barrier and went inside.
The terrifying torrent of time and space suddenly vanished.
Long felt a lightness all over his body.
The missing parts below the skull regenerate flesh and bone at an astonishing speed, building up a new body.
His body was losing weight and falling from a great height.
The reason why Oboro didn't want to just have a soul transmigration, but wanted to have a physical body as well, was because she still had some purpose and ideas.
Firstly, a complete physical body would save him the trouble of refining his flesh and blood in the next world, which would be a waste of time. Secondly, he wanted to see if the Qi Refining Method could resist the 'Time-Space Torrent'. Furthermore, he wanted to comprehend the power of 'Time-Space'.
These are all things he couldn't do before.
After trying it, the conclusion was that... his Qi cultivation method was more 'powerful' than the concept of space and time.
But his current level of understanding is insufficient to support his 'imagination'.
That's why he said that his method was only at a minor level.
"However... the biggest gain... is that I seem to have sensed a bit of the power source of spacetime." Long smiled.
Then, before he could even examine the earth from the air and observe this brand new world, ripples suddenly appeared in his 'sea of consciousness'.
Longwei closed her eyes slightly.
Within the inner landscape of his consciousness, he... saw the Will Tree of the New World.
Unlike the Demon Slayer Will Tree, which is weak, and the One Piece Will Tree is filled with strong expulsion and killing intent... the 'sky-high tree' in front of him showed no hostility. It only had two words to describe its attitude towards his arrival: 'ignore'.
They seemed unconcerned that he, a visitor from another world, might cause any trouble here.
"No wonder... This kind of world isn't something ordinary people can destroy or change..."
Long suppressed her shock and smiled gently.
He realized... he had entered a world that was truly categorized as 'top dimension'.
It's not higher education.
Although it was somewhat dismissive, the Will Tree had already locked onto him and even contacted him the moment he arrived.
Long felt as if this big tree was showing off.
It had a slightly smug tone.
Just as you should not be stingy and fully appreciate its 'beauty and power'.
Welcome to its 'territory'.
"It really is... scary."
Long sighed again.
Look, he was standing in the midst of the cosmos, and the canopy of the great tree, like a canopy, covered a large part of the space above his head. The intersecting branches and leaves also reached into the depths of the universe, and the entire trunk was glowing.
As for the gnarled roots at the base of the tree, countless stars hang there, as if absorbing 'nutrients' from these celestial bodies.
This is undoubtedly a cosmic tree; in comparison, even the stars appear as insignificant as grains of sand, let alone this one.
After the 'exchange', Oboro severed the connection between their consciousnesses.
The spirit returns to its original essence.
With a loud bang, it crashed onto a city street.
The bustling crowd around them was startled.
Some women screamed and fled in panic.
"What is that?"
"Is he a weirdo?"
"It looks like a person... fell from the sky."