After achieving God-Level Haki, the original Three Types of Haki disappeared, but their abilities remained. They could still do what the Three Types of Haki could do, and were even more powerful.
According to Joy Boy, breaking through to the level of God-Level Haki is extremely difficult, and in his era, he was the only one who succeeded!
The most crucial factor in breaking through to God-Level Haki is having extremely powerful Conqueror's Haki, but the problem is that improving Conqueror's Haki is much more difficult than improving the other two types of Haki.
Very few people can cultivate Conqueror's Haki to the Peak King Level!
Of course, Joy Boy's manual does explain how to break through to God-Level Haki.
With this manual, Xia Chen felt that breaking through to the God-Level Haki would be much easier, since there is a big difference between having someone to teach you and not having someone to teach you.
As for breaking through to the God-Level Haki being difficult? Sorry, that's not within his consideration!
He was quite confident in his talent. Even if he couldn't directly unlock the God-Level Haki from the system, he believed he could break through that barrier!
In addition, Xia Chen also learned a saying:
All those below the God Level are mere ants!
This is a sentence Joy Boy wrote at the end of the manual. According to Joy Boy, those who possess God-Level Haki God-Level Haki completely at a disadvantage compared to those who do not.
Because God-Level Haki has broken through to another level, storing Haki, using Haki to suppress enemies, and achieving a sealing-like effect are all things that only God-Level Haki can do.
Thinking of this, Xia Chen recalled the gun that stored Imu's Haki in Water 7, which had given him quite a beating back then!
Therefore, it seems certain that Imu possesses God-Level Haki.
But that's normal. It would be strange if someone who's lived for over 800 years didn't have any!
Lost in thought, Xia Chen casually waved his hand, and a chill swept towards Jörmungandr, completely obliterating the God-Level Haki on its wounds.
Even though Joy Boy's God-Level Haki was extremely powerful, more than eight hundred years had passed, and it had been worn down considerably.
Otherwise, Jörmungandr wouldn't have caused such a stir in recent years.
Therefore, it would be a piece of cake for Xia Chen to erase the remaining Haki. In fact, even if it were Joy Boy at his peak, Xia Chen would want to go head-to-head with him now.
After all, his strongest ability has always been his Devil Fruit power; in comparison, his King-Level Haki is almost insignificant.
There's nothing we can do; Brother Monkey is just too awesome!
Even possessing only a fraction of his power would be akin to a dimensional reduction attack in this world!
After Xia Chen dispelled that Haki, Jörmungandr didn't react at all, until several minutes had passed...
!!
Two small blue suns suddenly appeared from the void, illuminating the surrounding environment.
These two small blue suns were none other than Jörmungandr's snake eyes, each eye being many times larger than Xia Chen's size.
Xia Chen raised an eyebrow as he looked at the two little suns. It was only because he had good eyesight that he was blinded by the sudden light.
And also... why are the snake's eyes glowing? That's kind of interesting!
After Jörmungandr opened its eyes, its enormous body began to writhe. The surrounding seawater churned and surged with its movements.
Of course, this had no impact on Xia Chen.
Meanwhile, Jörmungandr's wounds began to heal at an extremely rapid pace after the influence of Joy Boy's Haki was removed.
This shows that God-Level Haki is specifically designed to counter individuals with strong regenerative abilities, which may explain why Imu was so wary of Joy Boy.
Although Imu's abilities are currently unclear, judging from the fact that he gave each of his Five Elders a Mythical Zoan with extremely strong regenerative abilities, his abilities should also possess extremely powerful regenerative capabilities.
That would be completely countered by God-Level Haki. No wonder Imu reacted like Nezumi to a cat whenever he heard anything related to Joy Boy in the original work.
However, the current Imu in this world has also absorbed some of the power of Zeus and Athena, making him much stronger than in the original story.
This made Xia Chen even more eager to try, because if even Imu was too weak, then there wouldn't be any fun at all!
After a short while, Jörmungandr wriggling, raised its enormous head and looked at Xia Chen. The two stared at each other.
After a while...
A deep, resonant sound rang in Xia Chen's ears.
"Did this human liberate me? Should I eat him to repay him? This is such a dilemma..."
"Hey! I'm saying this! Is it really okay for you to say this so blatantly in my ear?" Xia Chen's speechless voice rang out.
"What does it matter if it's good or bad? You wouldn't understand anyway..." Jörmungandr replied instinctively, but then suddenly realized something seemed off.
(#°Д°)!
"How can you, a human, understand what I'm saying?! Just like that bastard from eight hundred years ago!" Jörmungandr yelled.
"Is it strange that I can understand what you're saying?" Xia Chen asked with a faint smile.
It's simply about Voice of All Things; what's so difficult about mastering that ability?
"..."
Jörmungandr silent, looking at Xia Chen, who was incredibly small compared to it, and felt a strange sense of fear.
For a fleeting moment, the person before it overlapped with the figure of the person it had feared eight hundred years ago!
"So... do you want to eat me?" Xia Chen asked again with a smile.
"This..."
Jörmungandr hesitated, his gaze fixed on Xia Chen. After a long pause, he said, "Considering you freed me, I'll let you go! After all, I'm not the kind of wicked snake who repays kindness with ingratitude!"
In the end, Jörmungandr decided to play it safe; eating this person would be the same to him as not eating him at all!
Originally, it only wanted to eat him to vent its dissatisfaction at being trapped for eight hundred years, but now that it can't see through Xia Chen's strength, it might as well be a little sneaky!
Eight hundred years ago, it was because of its lawlessness that it was eventually defeated and sealed away by that human. So now it's better for it to keep a low profile and be a snake.
"Oh ho, you little snake cub, you can even use idioms? Impressive!"
"However... the decision isn't in your hands right now. I'm giving you two choices!"
"First, submit to me! I will spare your life, you snake!"
"Secondly, if you refuse to yield even unto death, I'll make snake soup when I get home tonight!"
So, which one are you going to choose?
???
(•́へ•́╬)!
Jörmungandr was stunned for a moment, then instantly flew into a rage, looking at Xia Chen and saying in a deep voice:
"You want me to submit to you? Human, how dare you!"
"I was originally thinking of sparing your life, but since you're so ungrateful, then I have no choice but to... devour you!"
After saying this, Jörmungandr's enormous body began to writhe, churning the surrounding seawater into countless turbulent currents.
"Looks like he won't behave unless he gets a beating!" Xia Chen shook his head helplessly, then a smile appeared on his lips.
"Then let me show you the amazing stuff I just found!"
"Don't blink! I'm showing you my precious treasure!!!"