Faced with Eternal Night's question, Defying the Heavens lost his earlier arrogance, and a shadow fell across his face.
The gloom deep within his eyes refused to fade.
"We… failed again!"
Lowering his head, Defying the Heavens answered with unwillingness and helplessness.
"The Divine Race…"
Muttering softly, Eternal Night raised his head and gazed toward the distant sky, countless thoughts surging through his mind.
"One hundred thousand years…"
"A full one hundred thousand years!"
"Ever since Heaven rose to power… the Divine Race has suppressed our Nether Race for an entire one hundred thousand years!"
His expression gradually turned savage. Eternal Night roared toward the heavens as rings of green energy exploded from his body.
The soundwaves seed almost tangible, echoing through the air and shaking continuously.
The two green long blades in his hands were gripped tightly, their unstoppable sharpness mixed into the atmosphere, constantly tearing the air apart.
"For these one hundred thousand years… our Nether Race warriors charged forward one after another, fearless of death!"
"Our Nether Race powerhouses fought with unmatched bravery!"
"And yet we still… could never cross the barrier of the Divine Race!"
"Could it be… that Heaven truly cannot be defeated?"
Looking at Eternal Night as he roared, Defying the Heavens lowered his head. Holding his weapon tightly in his right hand, he spoke to Eternal Night in a low voice.
"I'm sorry… Eternal Night…"
"I failed to live up to your trust, and I failed to live up to the trust of the Nether Race warriors…"
"No… Defying the Heavens…"
Eternal Night waved his hand and finally cald down, the fury in his eyes fading slightly.
His violent eyes fell upon Defying the Heavens once more as he comforted him.
"This has nothing to do with you… You have already done well."
"After all, aside from you, our Nether Race has not faced Heaven directly again for an entire one hundred thousand years."
"You have already achieved an enormous breakthrough."
"Heaven's strength… I understand better than you do. This failure was only expected."
With a sigh, Eternal Night let the violent energy surging around him gradually dissipate.
Compared to Defying the Heavens, Eternal Night was far more familiar with Heaven.
After all, one hundred thousand years ago, he had been one of the five strongest beings who resisted the Divine Race.
There was no denying that Defying the Heavens was indeed powerful.
But defeating Heaven was still impossible.
The reason he had lost control like this was rely because he could not accept the truth.
That their Nether Race might never be able to defeat the Divine Race.
"The Divine Race… Heaven!"
Gritting his teeth, Defying the Heavens' green hair flew wildly, his right fingernails digging deep into his palm and leaving marks behind.
It was as if he once again saw that scene—
Heaven effortlessly defeating him.
Defeating the entire Nether Race.
Like thunder exploding from the heavens, the conversation between Defying the Heavens and Eternal Night detonated fiercely in everyone's minds.
Countless minds were left with only the contents of their words, sinking into chaos and completely shutting down.
"One hundred thousand years?"
"The Divine Race suppressed the Nether Race for one hundred thousand years?"
"That has to be fake… right? One hundred thousand years… how ancient is that?"
"Doesn't that an… the Nether Race, the Divine Race, and even more powerful races aren't existences from four thousand years ago at all… but from one hundred thousand years ago, or even further back?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! One hundred thousand years! That's too exaggerated!"
At this mont, across the entire sea, countless people were so frightened they collapsed to the ground, their faces pale as they muttered denials.
Their worldview had completely collapsed.
The values they had built over decades were also torn to pieces.
A race that had existed for one hundred thousand years?
How ancient and terrifying would that be?
One hundred thousand years.
To any of them, that was a length of ti they did not even dare imagine.
Compared to one hundred thousand years, a thousand years was nothing.
After all, the recorded history of the current sea only stretched back a little over a thousand years!
Just how many shocking truths were buried beneath the waters of this sea?
"Impossible…"
"One hundred thousand years… the Nether Race was suppressed by the Divine Race for an entire one hundred thousand years?"
"That has to be a joke…"
On the Moby Dick, the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates were once again deeply shaken.
That number was far too terrifying.
To them, it was like a fantasy, sothing impossible to believe.
"It isn't just that… Look at the strength of the Grand Marshal of the Nether Race, Defying the Heavens…"
"That attack, like the end of the world… still wasn't his peak."
Marco lowered his eyes, his expression incomparably heavy. He pointed at the image on the screen, at the section of sea that had yet to fully recover and was clearly lower than the surrounding waters, and said solemnly,
"If that attack landed on the Whitebeard Pirates… aside from Pops, all of us would probably have no chance of surviving."
"Under an attack of that level, any strategy relying on numbers is a complete joke!"
"And if the Grand Marshal of the Nether Race were at his peak, I suspect even an Admiral would have no ability to protect himself against that move."
"In other words… soone on the level of the Grand Marshal of the Nether Race, Defying the Heavens, is already beyond what Admiral-level combatants can interfere with!"
"And the ruler of the Divine Race, Heaven… if he were to make a move, even the Four Emperors would probably be nothing more than ordinary soldiers, unable to casually step onto that battlefield."
Marco's voice was not loud, yet it felt heavier than any mountain they had ever seen.
A trendous pressure pressed upon everyone's hearts, making it difficult even to breathe.
When had they ever imagined…
That the sea would one day change into sothing like this?
The Four Emperors stood at the peak of the sea, invincible powerhouses.
And yet one day, even they might not dare set foot on the battlefield.
Wasn't that level of power far too exaggerated?
"That's right… No matter how long the Nether Race and Divine Race have existed…"
"For us, the most important thing is their strength!"
"The strength of the Grand Marshal of the Nether Race, Defying the Heavens!"
"And the strength of Heaven, the ruler of the Divine Race!"
"Their power is what truly worries us most!"
Whitebeard stood up, his tiger-like eyes wide. His veined arm clenched tightly, then loosened powerlessly.
This ti, just the fragnt of strength revealed by Defying the Heavens had already filled his heart with endless despair.
Before Defying the Heavens at his peak, he might barely be able to avoid being swept away in a single move.
So how could he talk about protecting others?
The Whitebeard Pirates…
If they wanted to continue existing on the sea in the future, perhaps they would have no choice but to lower their proud heads.
They might have to choose one of the powerful races from four thousand years ago and beco its vassal.
Only then could they survive.
And becoming soone else's vassal was clearly sothing extrely difficult for Whitebeard, who had road the seas freely his entire life, to accept.
"Power! This unmatched power…"
"It would even be enough to destroy the Celestial Dragons!"
Pressed close to the screen, Doflamingo's entire body trembled continuously.
It was fanaticism, excitent, and thrill.
But also deep fear.
After a long while, he finally cald down. Turning his head, he looked toward one of the three highest officers of the Donquixote Family and spoke.
"Diamante!"
"Imdiately count all the treasures of the Donquixote Family!"
"Once this battle ends, activate the entire family's information network and find people from the Nether Race!"
"Express our submission to them!"
Unlike the Five Elders of the World Governnt, Doflamingo understood his own position very clearly.
With the strength of the Donquixote Family, survival would likely be extrely difficult once the new era arrived.
Preserving their current status would be even harder.
Rather than beg for survival later, it was better to directly express loyalty to the Nether Race now.
He did not dare hope for an alliance.
But if they brought enough sincerity and beca a subordinate force…
That would not be bad either.
Even if the Nether Race could not compare to the Divine Race, they were still one of the great races from four thousand years ago!
With the Grand Marshal of the Nether Race leading them, perhaps the Donquixote Family could instead rise against the current in the new era.
"Yes, Young Master!"
Diamante knelt on one knee and answered respectfully.
He had also guessed a little of Doflamingo's plan.
And he did not object.
Inside the highest eting room of the World Governnt—
Before the newly replaced conference table, the minds of the Five Elders also fell into deep self-doubt because of the conversation between Defying the Heavens and Eternal Night.
One hundred thousand years?
Four thousand years was not enough anymore?
Now the Nether Race had existed for one hundred thousand years?
Had they all been living in a false world all this ti?
One hundred thousand years.
How distant was that?
Could any race truly survive for one hundred thousand years?
And the Divine Race…
Were they truly as terrifying as Defying the Heavens had said?
They had suppressed the incomparably powerful Nether Race for an entire one hundred thousand years!
In fact, aside from the battle four thousand years ago, the Nether Race could not even see Heaven, the ruler of the Divine Race.
The more Defying the Heavens displayed his strength, the more shaken the Five Elders beca, and the more fear spread through their hearts.
"One hundred thousand years, huh… Captain…"
"It seems the secrets hidden beneath this sea are countless tis more terrifying than you imagined."
On the Red Force, Shanks clicked his tongue in shock.
Back then, even he had thought Roger's words were far too unbelievable.
He never expected that what Roger had said back then was still far from the terrifying truth.
Outside Impel Down—
After Eternal Night's emotions cald, his ferocious eyes locked firmly onto Garp and the others not far away. He asked in a low voice,
"Defying the Heavens… if I'm seeing correctly… these humans don't seem very strong."
Defying the Heavens' expression darkened even further as he replied in a heavy voice,
"That battle four thousand years ago… even after awakening, I can still feel my old wounds aching faintly."
Eternal Night imdiately understood, then continued asking,
"And the Divine Race?"
"They are not much better…"
"After your soul power was exhausted and you fell into slumber first, our war between the six races directly triggered a world war!"
"The Divine Race was also heavily injured by the other races and fell into slumber… There has been no news of them even now."
"All races were swept into that war."
Defying the Heavens answered.
"In that case…"
"Let's first deal with these irritating humans."
Perhaps it was because he had seen the wounds covering Ironblood Wushuang and the others.
Or perhaps it was the anger he had held back for four thousand years, even one hundred thousand years, finally being released.
At this mont, Eternal Night was like a barrel of explosives, ready to ignite at the slightest spark.
"I was thinking the sa."
Defying the Heavens nodded.
His hands slowly tightened around his weapon, and dense erald blade light surged again.
Endless soul power reinforced him from behind.
Erald power rolled across the sky behind Defying the Heavens.
In the blink of an eye, it had covered the heavens behind him.
Under the layers of green light, Eternal Night's figure gradually beca blurry.
Only that overwhelmingly powerful aura proved that he had not been affected at all.
Peerless sharpness, bone-piercing and terrifying, swept across Garp and the others' faces like a storm, making their hearts tighten.
They had no ti to dwell on their shock. Strands of black Armant Haki had already covered their bodies.
"Buzz—buzz—buzz…"
Violent power raged across every inch of space. Every second, the void was torn apart.
Holding Eternal Night tightly with both hands, the green light in Defying the Heavens' eyes shone to its limit as he stared straight at Garp and the others.
Blade light appeared.
At this mont, the power of his weapon poured down completely.
"Breaking the Limit!"
"Dark Night… Savage Shadow!!!"
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