Between the flapping of massive wings, Teach's dragon eyes looked at Uma.
Especially at the Phantasm World manifested around Uma, and those Heroic Spirits who had broken free from his control.
"It truly is a power not recorded in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia — an ability similar to mine?"
"What a pity. This way, the Divine Power used to resurrect this batch of undead has been wasted."
A hint of gloom finally crept into his heart.
Undoubtedly, he hadn't expected such a situation to occur.
In his understanding, as long as an enemy was dragged into his Kingdom of the Dead, they should logically be dead without a doubt — even the right arm of the Pirate King, Gaban, couldn't escape unscathed when facing the top-tier warriors in the history of the world's strongest nation.
But now, an accident had occurred.
And Teach disliked accidents.
"No — it doesn't matter anyway."
But quickly, Teach restrained the gloom in his heart. "Zehahahaha, as expected of a subordinate chosen by Star Lord. Truly remarkable."
"However... the power I have obtained is not just this little bit."
As he spoke, an even more intense Source Energy of Lineage Factor began to flow and manifest on his body out of thin air.
His gaze stared fixedly at Uma amidst the starlight in the distance. "Since you are unwilling to go to your death just like this, then I will personally take your life."
Before his words even finished, an aura majestic to the extreme erupted from within the black dragon.
Pitch-black energy spilled out like ink, instantly dyeing the blood-red sky of the Kingdom of the Dead into black-red.
"Roar!"
The next moment, the black dragon let out a roar.
And accompanied by this roar, the entire Kingdom of the Dead — no, the entire Underworld, and even Elbaf outside the Underworld — seemed to tremble.
"The earthquake!?"
This familiar tremor made the eyes of the three Giants inside the barrier nearly split open in rage.
Yes — right in front of them, Teach seemed to have once again triggered the earthquake that had recently caused massive destruction throughout Elbaf.
"No..."
But Uma, who had just finished instructing Gaban on certain matters, similarly cast his gaze towards Teach.
"It's not just a tremor."
His eyes looked at that giant dragon whose size had expanded once again, resembling an evil god beneath the black-red sky.
Through the Fruit Encyclopedia, he could clearly observe the massive, tide-like Source Energy of Lineage Factor coursing through Teach.
"Sure enough... this guy devoured the vast majority of the Source Energy of Lineage Factor from Treasure Tree Adam. The quantity is simply too much — even if I snatch this portion of Heroic Spirits from his hands, it's still not enough to severely injure him."
Uma thought to himself.
"Moreover, I've been wanting to ask since earlier — what exactly is the deal with this guy's ability?"
Through the Phantasm World descended here, he could clearly feel the change sweeping across all of Elbaf in this instant.
What was trembling in the surroundings — or rather, what was changing due to Teach's ability — was not just the apparent earthquakes.
But...
Teach moved.
He flapped his wings, and Lightning landed atop his head, seemingly turning into a third horn.
He swung a claw directly towards Uma within the Phantasm World.
Thus—
Rumble...!!
In the sky above, thunderclouds covering the limits of their vision instantly appeared out of thin air.
Those were not natural lightning bolts — every single one flickered with black-red Conqueror's Haki and some indescribable power.
"Roar!"
They were roaring.
"Roar!"
They were bellowing.
And besides the lightning—
Woo!
Ear-piercing whistling sounds followed closely behind, and a massive hurricane that blotted out the sky rose from the ground.
They converged with the lightning, forming massive tornadoes connecting heaven and earth, surrounding Teach's dragon body.
And simultaneously—
Crack!
Bone-piercing chill descended. Solid ice instantly covered the earth and spread towards the starlight world at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Wind, rain, thunder, lightning, ice, snow.
Everything in the world seemed to become disordered in an instant.
Coupled with the remaining portion of the Heroic Spirit Army already charging towards the Phantasm World — set against them, the black dragon surrounded by disasters and undead seemed like the incarnation of the apocalypse.
"Hey, Zodiac — can you really withstand this? These natural disasters don't look ordinary."
Gaban, standing beside Uma, asked in a deep voice while sharpening the axes in his hands.
As a former crew member of the Pirate King, he could naturally tell.
"Do you really only need us to help you deal with the other controlled undead? By the way, can't you help them recover to normal like you did with us?"
"I don't have that much power to waste."
Uma answered softly, while his gaze also turned toward the apocalyptic scene. "However, Mr. Mountain — you are right."
"This is indeed no ordinary natural disaster."
He could perceive that what was changing along with the thunderclouds, wind, and fire was not only the heaven and earth where Teach stood.
Even within the Phantasm World — logically completely under his control — the astronomical phenomena within the world seemed to have come alive, attempting to let out roars.
And every kind of astronomical phenomenon around Teach contained extremely terrifying Source Energy of Lineage Factor, as if Elbaf, and even the astronomical phenomena of this world, were responding to him.
At this point, Uma could naturally confirm a guess he had formed long ago.
He believed in the contents of the Fruit Encyclopedia — his cheat had never deceived him.
And within the Fruit Encyclopedia's introductions, whether it was Loki's Nidhogg Fruit, Teach's Parasite-Parasite Fruit, or Lightning's Ratatoskr Fruit — none of the three possessed the ability to control astronomical phenomena.
Earlier, the fact that Teach could use Primordial World to create that special ice called Primordial Ice out of thin air had already surprised him.
And now, Uma was even more certain.
"Teach... no, it's Loki — he indeed is the 'King of the Earth' corresponding to Poseidon Princess Shirahoshi, spoken of by the Sea Kings."
"Or to put it in terms of human cognition, he is..."
While Uma thought this, Teach's arrogant, maniacal laughter arrived.
"Do you see it, Uma?"
"This is this guy's talent. He is a natural-born, destined monster."
"The King that appears in the Giant race every few hundred years, equally famous as the Fish-Man race's Mermaid Princess."
"So only he can tame Lightning, only he can master the power safeguarded by the Giant race for generations — what you are facing now... is the Ancient Weapon, 'Uranus'!"
(End of Chapter)
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