Kill Them and They Still Won't Die?!

"Um?"

"What happened?"

Sitting on a rock, Saint Gilm looked into the distance with a puzzled expression and said, "Why can't my Nightmare Creatures be resurrected directly?"

Under normal circumstances, his Nightmare Creatures can be resurrected, which is what makes his Devil Fruit ability so powerful.

So now you can't directly revive?

"Is it because of the Blood-Eyed Ninja's special ability?" Saint Gilm muttered.

That ability, which can even suppress Elementalization, might actually be able to suppress his ability.

Well, even their immortality might be restricted!

While thinking, Saint Gilm activated his Devil Fruit ability, scattering the Nightmare Creatures that had been killed on the other side, turning them into dissipated nightmare energy.

Then, Saint Gilm retrieved a large amount of Nightmare Energy from the Nightmare Nest and used his ability to manipulate it, sending it hurtling towards the distant battlefield.

After doing this, Saint Gilm sneered, "Although your ability can counter immortality, if you give up that portion of nightmare energy, your ability will become ineffective!"

Blood-Eyed Ninja... Hmph, let's see what you do this time!

After a cold laugh, Saint Gilm turned his gaze to the distant battlefield, intending to see what else his opponent would do.

"It actually disappeared?"

Xi Yan, who was just about to attack Gunko, looked in surprise at the spot where the black giant and the dragon had disappeared and said, "Did they dispel their abilities?"

Knowing that thing was useless to him, he dispelled the power?

It's not impossible that this possibility cannot be ruled out.

"Looks like we were right," Gunko muttered. "This guy's abilities are indeed a bit strange."

The ability to deprive the Nightmare Creatures of the Saint Gilm of their resurrection... means that the opponent's power can counter their immortality!

With that in mind, Gunko distanced himself from Xi Yan.

At that very moment, Xi Yan below launched an attack on Gunko.

"Whoosh~"

He hurled the enormous, pale gold spear, which flew straight towards Gunko in the air!

Upon witnessing this scene, Gunko activated his Devil Fruit ability without hesitation.

The next moment, an arrow appeared beside Gunko and then slammed into Xi Yan's Kido Time Piercing Spear!

Then, something strange happened.

The enormous, pale golden spear seemed to be affected by some special force, instantly changing its attack direction.

Xi Yan:???

Watching the spear flying to the side along the Kido Time Piercing Spear, several question marks appeared above Xi Yan's head.

"What happened? Did it miss?" Xi Yan asked, puzzled.

No... that's not right!

With his control, it's impossible for him to miss!

So... was it that strange arrow that caused the problem?

Thinking of this, Xi Yan turned his gaze to the strange arrows floating around Gunko.

'What kind of ability is this?' Xi Yan wondered to himself.

It looks like an arrow made of bandages... Bandage Fruit?

Or is it the Arrow Fruit?

After pondering for a moment, Xi Yan asked, "What kind of Devil Fruit User are you?"

"I have no reason to tell you," Gunko said calmly.

Upon hearing Gunko's words, a look of surprise appeared in Xi Yan's eyes.

'Why is this guy different from the other ability users?' Xi Yan muttered to himself.

The other ability users he'd encountered before usually revealed their abilities before a fight, but this person...

This person seems to be a cautious fellow.

Since the other party did not intend to answer, Xi Yan did not ask any further questions.

Then he muttered to himself, 'That thing looks like an arrowhead made of bandages...'

If that's the case, the other person must be a user of the Bandage Fruit or Arrow Fruit, or something similar.

However, Xi Yan felt that the latter was more likely, after all... the opponent had just changed the direction of his Kido Time Piercing Spear attack!

Thinking about it this way, the probability of it being an arrow-like ability increases even more.

Seeing that Xi Yan did not continue to attack, Gunko turned his attention to the other Nightmare Creatures and Xi Yan's Shadow Clone.

'To create so many clones at once... no wonder he's Blood-Eyed Ninja.'

It seems unlikely that relying on the Nightmare Creatures of Saint Gilm will defeat him.

Just then, Xi Yan threw the Kido Time Piercing Spear at Gunko again, attempting to pierce the man's body.

But this time, he still missed Gunko.

"It's useless," Gunko said calmly. "Your attack can't possibly hit me."

Once she detects an attack, she can use the power of the Arrow Arrow Fruit to change the direction of the enemy's attack!

"It seems I was right," Xi Yan said, staring at Gunko. "You must be Devil Fruit User, right?"

Gunko paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said calmly, "Sorry, you guessed wrong."

"Even if it's not quite right, it's pretty close," Xi Yan said.

Perhaps the terminology is different, but the ability should be roughly as he expected.

Just then, Xi Yan's Mangekyō Sharingan noticed the strange energy appearing on the ground.

"Um?"

Glancing at the rapidly approaching Black energy, Xi Yan frowned and asked, "What the hell is this?"

Why are the Celestial Dragons' bodyguards all so strange?

With this thought in mind, Xi Yan reconstituted a Kido Time Piercing Spear and then swung it down!

"Clang!"

"Boom!!"

With a single blow, it created a massive, deep crater in the ground!

"Boom!"

The surrounding buildings were shaken violently by Xi Yan's attack, eventually cracking and collapsing!

"Boom!"

"Quick!"

"Get out of the way!"

The guards, feeling the earth tremble, fled in terror, fearing they would be struck by falling debris from the sky.

As for whether running away will be punished...

This is not a problem they should be considering right now!

After all... that level of battle is simply beyond their ability to intervene!

Upon witnessing this scene, the slaves immediately roared in fury.

"Quickly! These guards have panicked! Kill them!"

"Kill!"

"Let's fight our way out with the God!"

"Profound!!"

With their morale rising, the slaves began howling and charging at the guards, intending to kill them and escape.

As for why these people insist on referring to Xi Yan as a deity...

The hero who was willing to save them from hell summoned a holy golden giant, and with the giant's power, defeated the evil dark creatures...

Can't this be called a divine being?!

"Kill!!"

"They're insane! These guys are insane!"

Seeing the crowd rushing towards them, a look of fear appeared in the guards' eyes, and they instinctively wanted to retreat.

But after considering the consequences of letting the slaves go, these men gritted their teeth and attacked again.

"The Five Elders have ordered that all escaped slaves be killed, without exception!"

"We can't let these slaves escape! Kill them!"

"Profound!!"

Upon learning that this was an order from those Five Elders, these men turned on the slaves with bloodshot eyes.

Soon, the two groups clashed again, engaging in a brutal battle!

Just then, a slave looked into the distance in shock and exclaimed, "What the hell is that?!"

From his perspective, a strange Black energy entity rose from the ground and was constantly twisting and contorting!

Then, the ball of energy released a portion of its energy and swallowed the portion of Black energy that had risen from the ground.

After doing this, the ball of black energy began to vibrate violently.

"What is this thing again?" Xi Yan frowned as he looked at the strange energy and said, "A new Black Creature?!"

Under Xi Yan's gaze, the black energy mass began to vibrate violently, gradually coalescing into a physical form, eventually transforming into the giant it had appeared before!

Xi Yan:!!!

Looking at the black giant who had been resurrected, a look of shock flashed in Xi Yan's eyes.

"They didn't kill him?!"

His Sharinggan clearly told him that this guy was the one he had just killed!

But the question is... why did he come back to life?

Not only that, but even the head wound has completely disappeared... How did this happen?

"To be able to revive after being hit by my ' Yomitsu Toki ' ability..." Xi Yan murmured, "This is indeed somewhat beyond my expectations."

Just then, Xi Yan remembered the ball of black energy that the other party had 'spit out' earlier.

'If I'm not mistaken, that portion of energy is from the skull I pierced,' Xi Yan thought to himself.

So, the other party revived this thing by replacing that portion of its energy.

Although it seems a bit far-fetched, Xi Yan finds it reasonable after considering the unique nature of Devil Fruit abilities.

'It seems that completely defeating these guys won't be an easy task,' Xi Yan muttered to himself.

Should we go find that Devil Fruit User?

Thinking of this, Xi Yan looked around, intending to find the Devil Fruit User hiding in the shadows.

But Xi Yan was soon disappointed, because he didn't see any enemies who appeared to be Devil Fruit User.

'That makes sense; someone with this ability must be quite vulnerable,' Xi Yan thought to himself. ' Izo.'

If that's the case... then we'll have to eliminate these guys first!

This way, he can force the other party to transfer energy, and he can also follow the clues to find that guy!

Thinking of this, Xi Yan nodded firmly.

At that moment, the black giant's body stabilized completely, and then it charged towards Xi Yan, wielding its Giant Sword.

"Roar!"

The resurrected dragon in the distance roared in defiance, then flapped its wings and charged towards Xi Yan, opening its blood-red maw to bite!

"Well done!" Xi Yan shouted.

As he spoke, Xi Yan manipulated Susanoo to Kido Time Piercing Spear, which slammed fiercely into the Giant Sword in the black giant's hand.

Then, he delivered a backhand punch to the black dragon's tooth!

"Clang!"

"Bump!"

The Giant Sword and the pale gold spear collided, immediately generating a terrifying shockwave that blew away the surrounding debris.

The dragon had its front tooth knocked out by Xi Yan's punch and then flew to the side!

"Whoosh~"

"Boom!!"

It smashed a huge crater into the ground!

After finishing this task, Xi Yan turned his gaze to the black giant and said, "Let me..."

"Have you forgotten about me?!" Gunko shouted from mid-air.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of arrows imbued with Haki appeared in mid-air, then crashed to the ground like meteors!

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

The relentless attacks bombarded everything on the ground below without mercy!

Slaves, guards, clones, and Nightmare Creatures are all within Gunko's attack range!

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

"Ah!!"

"My lord, we are Mary Geoise's guards! Why are you killing us too?!"

"Damn it, I don't want to die..."

"Help me, help me!!"

In an instant, a cacophony of screams echoed across the battlefield, sending chills down the spines of those who heard them.

"What a terrible woman."

Observing the situation through the Nightmare Creatures, Saint Gilm's lips twitched as he said, "He has absolutely no humanity..."

While those slaves certainly deserved to die, the guards did not.

Those guards are like their dogs; killing too many would be a real hassle!

In the end, Gunko still showed no mercy and struck. She really is... an extremely cold-blooded woman.

After shaking his head, Saint Gilm turned his gaze to the Nightmare Nest, then muttered, "To avoid that guy discovering my location, I'd better send out the Nightmare Energy beforehand."

With that in mind, Saint Gilm activated his Devil Fruit ability, sending out a significant amount of nightmare energy.

After finishing this task, Saint Gilm turned his gaze to the distance.

"Hmph~"

"Blood-Eyed Ninja, then have a good experience of the methods of our God's Knights!" Saint Gilm grinned.

As long as the nightmares of those sleeping on the ground are not interrupted, his ability can continue indefinitely!

"Hahahaha!"

"Aha..."

"Huff... huff..."

Saint Gilm's laughter suddenly stopped, then his head lolled to the side and he fell asleep.

Clearly, this is a side effect of the Devil Fruit's power activating.

The Five Elders, who witnessed this scene, immediately wore a speechless expression.

"Why is he asleep again?" Saint Nusjuro, frowning.

"This is the side effect of this Devil Fruit," Saint Saturn said, rubbing his temples.

This is also why this guy isn't suited for frontline combat, because he might fall asleep at any moment!

"Isn't there a way to overcome the side effects?!" Saint Mars exclaimed.

If they could overcome the side effects of Devil Fruit powers, even these old guys could...

"At least not at the moment," Saint Saturn said.

He has been researching this for many years, but the conclusion he has reached is that he cannot control himself, so there is nothing he can do.

The other four fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, then sighed quietly.

It seems they'll have no choice but to continue enduring these damn side effects.