The cloud ground where he stood was not empty; it held a magnificent, grand Golden Bell.
This Golden Bell was the most precious treasure of the Golden City and the source of what the residents of Angel Island believed to be the voice of God.
He looked down.
Embedded in the base of the Golden Bell was a massive stone slab.
"A Poneglyph... Too bad my eye hasn't awakened yet."
The stone block at the base of the Golden Bell was indeed a Poneglyph.
Gazing at the ancient script carved into it, Zane instinctively touched the third eye on his forehead.
Legend had it that the third eye of the Three-Eye Tribe concealed a mysterious power.
For example, the ability to decipher Poneglyphs.
Zane wasn't entirely sure what kind of mysterious power lay hidden within his third eye.
But his third eye...
'Ever since I opened my Aura Nodes, this eye has been like a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing my Nen aura,' Zane thought thoughtfully.
Indeed.
His third eye was constantly absorbing Nen aura.
Zane had noticed this from the very beginning.
Similarly, out of anticipation, he never tried to stop it.
Hypothetically, if the third eye's consumption of Nen aura was like a person eating, it would be impossible for there to be no change after constant nourishnt.
Just as an infant grows into an adult.
There was a high probability that the third eye would mature through the cultivation of Nen aura.
Of course, there had not been any significant changes yet.
The only thing Zane could perceive was that his third eye's insight had improved slightly through the nourishnt of Nen.
However, he had yet to discover the legendary mysterious power that could decipher the Poneglyphs.
'I can only wait. If absorbing Nen really helps with awakening, then it is likely just a matter of ti,' Zane maintained a calm mindset.
He gave a small smile and temporarily set aside the matter of the third eye.
He looked back at the Poneglyph.
Though he could not read the ancient text, he knew the contents recorded upon it.
Aside from information regarding the Ancient Weapon Poseidon, it also contained a ssage Roger had instructed that idiot Oden to engrave.
This information was irrelevant to him.
So Zane's gaze soon returned to the Golden Bell.
"Are you ready? This is a special benefit sent to you newcors by your great captain!"
With a chuckle, Zane raised his fist and struck a shockwave toward the Golden Bell from a distance.
"Dong!"
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The clear and bright tolling of the bell instantly echoed throughout the sky as the Golden Bell swayed.
"This is..."
"There is no mistake; this is the voice of God."
"After four hundred years, the sound of the Golden Bell has finally rung out again. I can die with no regrets."
"This ringing is so wonderful; it feels as if my very soul has been cleansed."
"....."
The echoing toll of the Golden Bell drifted down from above, reaching the ears of everyone on Ancient Jaya Island and the neighboring Angel Island.
Instantly, everyone was captivated by the pure ringing.
Especially the Shandia and the Sky People.
Many fell to their knees and wept bitterly.
But these tears were born from uncontrollable joy.
"Is it the Boss? It must be that the Boss found the Golden Bell Cricket spoke of. With such a long-lasting ring, surely even Cricket down below can hear it!"
Manlong and the giant serpent Master of the Sky, who were in the middle of a battle, also stopped fighting because of the Golden Bell's ring.
The once ferocious Master of the Sky listened blankly to the tolling, losing itself in the long-awaited sound.
Manlong could not help but look up at the sky where the sound originated. He looked at the dazed giant snake and suddenly laughed.
Mock Town.
Just as Manlong had said, the long-lasting tolling traveled all the way down from the Sky Island.
"My ancestor, did you hear that? You weren't a liar! The Golden City really exists! You can finally rest in peace..."
In front of the house that was only half-standing, Cricket covered his face with his right hand, his face already drenched in tears.
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The appearance of the Golden Bell's ring undoubtedly injected new vitality into both the residents of Angel Island and the Shandia.
Especially when Zane appeared carrying the Golden Bell, it allowed him to completely solidify his rule.
In the days that followed.
Aside from the Angel Island residents and Shandia competing to catch a glimpse of the Golden Bell, everything else proceeded very smoothly.
The construction of the new ship was in full swing.
The search for gold was also yielding a bountiful harvest.
The physical struggle between Manlong and the Master of the Sky gradually shifted from Manlong being at a disadvantage to becoming evenly matched.
Then there was Baby 5 and the mbers of the Hunting Team who had finished gathering gold.
Before setting sail again, everyone was engaged in their respective training.
Zane was no different.
The White-White Sea was not a continuous body of water.
There were gaps in many areas.
These gaps were actually passages that allowed people to return to the Blue Sea from the White-White Sea.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning descended, instantly passing through a gap in the White-White Sea, then crossing ten thousand ters in height to strike the surface of the Blue Sea.
"Crackle!"
The lightning coursed through.
The spreading lightning traveled dozens of ters before quickly vanishing.
But the lightning that struck the sea's surface did not truly disappear; it had entered the deep sea through the conduction of the seawater.
The electricity gathered, forming a humanoid shape.
Looking closely, this humanoid bolt of lightning was none other than Zane.
The Imprint Entries allowed Zane to gain Devil Fruit abilities while being exempt from the inherent weaknesses attached to them.
In other words, he was unaffected by seawater.
This was precisely the case now.
Turning into lightning and entering the ocean, Zane felt no discomfort whatsoever.
In his elental state, he was equivalent to a mass of lightning with its own consciousness.
As long as his physical stamina wasn't depleted, he wouldn't face the threat of water pressure, nor would he need to breathe.
He released his Observation Haki.
Upon entering the deep sea, Zane's Observation Haki imdiately sensed his surroundings.
But unlike before, his Observation Haki had now undergone a radical transformation.
Under the developnt inherited from Enel, he could also combine the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, using electrical waves to significantly enhance his Observation Haki.
Under this heightened perception, Zane's Observation Haki easily covered an area the size of an island.
More than that, Observation Haki combined with electrical waves not only allowed Zane to sense all life force within the range...
...but it even enabled him to capture every move and every sound those life forms made.
'So the so-called ten-thousand-ter depth is just a vague figure, or perhaps it is only the depth of the waters where Fishman Island is located...'
His perception extended in all directions, naturally including the seabed below.
A distance of ten thousand ters seed long, but under Zane's current Observation Haki, it was practically right before his eyes.
Sensing the depth of the seabed below, he could not help but sigh inwardly.
Just like his goal for this trip: to hunt Sea Kings.
The size of Sea Kings varied trendously.
Small ones were only dozens of ters long, but the large ones could even reach ten thousand ters in size.
Therefore, if the depth of the ocean were truly only ten thousand ters like near Fishman Island, those super-sized Sea Kings would not be able to survive at all.
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