Chapter 198 Chapter 198 Black Domination
While Sengoku, Tsuru, and other marines, as well as Rayleigh and other pirates, were deeply worried about what was happening inside God Valley, the valley itself had already become a terrifying demonic realm under the influence of those demonic hands.
People without a game panel cannot see their constantly decreasing sanity, but dizziness, headaches, and nausea keep coming. Some younger children or slaves who were already in bad condition have their sanity dropped to the point where they start to attract the swarms of shadow monsters.
"Damn it!" Lingling, who was almost thrown off the sky by Zeus, rolled to the ground in a sorry state. She grabbed Zeus, whose eyes had turned into mosquito coils, and shook him hard. Zeus immediately opened his mouth weakly and spat out a mixture of small dark clouds and small lightning bolts.
Lingling clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Those monsters are gathering in other places."
Kaido, still able to fly, shared what he had seen with Violet and Linlin. As the shadow creatures fell from the sky nearby, Kaido and Linlin attempted to attack them. However, they quickly realized that these creatures had no physical form; any attack would simply pass through their bodies without causing any harm.
Fortunately, Linlin and Kaido's base sanity values far exceeded those of ordinary people, and Violet had various dishes to replenish their sanity in time. The three of them were not attractive to those shadow monsters, and they quickly got rid of the shadow creatures' entanglement.
"Damn it, today was so frustrating!"
Aside from the initial rush to God Valley to seize the Devil Fruits and treasure, Linlin and Kaido haven't had a single satisfying battle. First, there were the Five Elders who could revert to their original state the next second no matter how they were attacked, and then there were monsters that were impossible to hit...
"On the bright side, at least there are other things on the island that are more attractive to them."
"This is not good news."
Violet suddenly slammed on the brakes, then frowned as she listened to the screams coming from not far away.
"Hey kid, you wouldn't be thinking of..."
Lingling and Kaido stared in disbelief at Violet's figure, which was half-hidden in the darkness.
When did the Rocks Pirates produce such a righteous and courageous saint?
"Yes, I'm going to go take a look."
Although most of the ordinary people in God Valley have evacuated with the help of elk geese and desert antlions, many are still hiding in various corners.
Even disregarding the question of whether the mission can be completed, just for their own sake, they must find a way to save as many people as possible.
"Before dying, ordinary people besieged by shadow creatures will have their sanity drop to a critical point and create more shadow creatures."
This means that if they allow those people to be attacked, they will face an exponential increase in shadow creatures over time.
As for killing those people before their sanity drops to a critical point?
Violet strongly suspected that in this eerie environment, if those guys died a violent death, they might very well become like the inhabitants of the island where Lox had settled his wife and children, turning into ghosts filled with hatred and attacking indiscriminately.
Violet shrugged: "Believe me, shadow creatures are cuter than enraged ghosts."
Seeing that Vera was walking faster and faster and was about to disappear into the distance, Lingling hurriedly followed. Her long, straight legs took a few quick steps and she soon arrived at Vera's side.
"But what do you plan to do, take them all with you one by one?"
But that was simply impossible; there were only three of them, and it was impossible for them to save everyone on the entire island.
Violet paused, then looked up at Lingling: "You're right."
"We need to find out who is behind all of this."
As the screams in the distance gradually faded, Violet took out the [Starcaller's Staff] from her pocket. A dazzling, scorching [Dwarf Star] appeared out of thin air as she waved the staff, gradually rising and dispelling the surrounding darkness.
Linlin and Kaido felt the warm light emanating from them, as well as a sense of spiritual comfort.
With a blank expression, Violet continued to wave her staff until four dwarf stars rose into the sky and the Starcaller's Staff ran out of durability and disappeared.
"It's so hot." Kaido curiously circled one of the dwarf stars, tentatively reaching out his dragon claw to grab it, but flinched at the scorching heat emanating from the star. "How amazing."
Flying in the sky, Kaido had a clearer view and could see that as the four small, sun-like dwarf stars rose into the air, the activity of the shadow creatures was significantly suppressed. Not far away, the group of people who had been besieged had regained some of their senses from their dazed state of screaming and were now shakily supporting each other as they fled into the distance.
The light emitted by [Dwarf Stars] can provide a significant and continuous increase in sanity, and this increase will stack as the number of [Dwarf Stars] increases.
Vera pressed her aching chest: "In this way, at least most people can barely maintain their normal thinking ability."
The shadow creatures are not fast, and even ordinary people can find ways to evade their attacks once they know how to run and dodge.
"Um?"
Kaido, who was flying in the sky, seemed to have seen something. The huge blue dragon swooped down, grabbed something, and then quickly flew towards them.
With a thud, Kaido mercilessly threw the Celestial Dragon he had just captured in front of Violet and Linlin.
Lingling took a step back in disgust, as if she had seen something filthy: "Kaido, don't throw all sorts of things in front of us!"
That was a Celestial Dragon wearing a bubble hood. Judging from how he was so frightened by the three great pirates that he couldn't even stand up, this guy was just an ordinary Celestial Dragon who was content to live a life of leisure.
Why did Kaido capture him? What's so special about him...?
Violet leaned closer for a closer look, then said uncertainly, "He doesn't seem to be affected by those ghostly hands and shadow creatures?"
"What?" Lingling took a step forward in disbelief, stepping on the Celestial Dragon to prevent him from escaping. "Could it be because of his hood?"
"Ah, you, you... don't come any closer! I'm warning you, I am a Celestial Dragon! If you lowly commoners dare to harm me, you can expect to be beheaded!"
Lingling's strength control wasn't quite right; that kick seemed to have broken several of the Celestial Dragon's ribs, startling him from his trembling state and reminding him of the idea of threatening them with his identity.
However, no one paid any attention to it. Lingling simply used Napoleon to cut off the Celestial Dragon's hood by pressing it against his scalp.
He immediately covered his mouth and nose in terror, holding his breath as if there was some deadly virus in the air outside the hood, but soon his eyes rolled back because he couldn't stand the pain of lack of oxygen.
"It's not a problem with the hoods. These Celestial Dragons really don't seem to be affected by those creatures."
Is this what makes the Celestial Dragons special? Like seasonal bosses, they only have health bars and no sanity, so they are not affected or attacked by shadow creatures?
"Rocks!"
Just as the three were about to throw the unfortunate Celestial Dragon next to the shadow creature to see what would happen, a roar suddenly drew everyone's attention.
"That's... Roger's voice?"
Lingling asked uncertainly, while a bead of cold sweat dripped down her cheek.
Roger and Rocks did have some disagreements, but in this situation, they weren't so foolish as to fight amongst themselves first.
Something must have happened.
Lingling hugged Violet tightly, while Kaido took off again, and the three of them sped off toward the direction from which the sound came.
"Lox, damn it!"
Seeing Rocks locked in battle with Roger and Garp, Lingling threw Wilt aside without a word, grabbed Napoleon, and joined the fray.
"Lingling!"
Garp's eyes widened as Lingling blocked his fist. The next second, a tremendous force struck from behind Lingling, knocking the two of them over in a sorry state.
"Well!"
The intense pain from her back made Lingling wince in agony. She struggled to get up from the ground and touched her back in disbelief, finding it covered in blood.
Why did Rocks attack her?
Before Lingling could even question him, Karp, who had also been knocked over, widened his eyes, grabbed Lingling's wrist, and rolled away with her, narrowly dodging Rocks' second attack.
Kaido and Violet, who landed a step too late, both looked at Rocks and noticed that something was wrong with him.
At this moment, Rocks's body was several times larger than normal, with black demonic wings growing from his back. His expression was ferocious and full of killing intent, and his four sharp fangs grew and extended, piercing his mouth.
"Vell!"
The shadow instantly enveloped Violet, and Kaido instinctively raised his Eight Precepts to block Rocks' attack.
Shanks rushed to Violet as soon as he saw her, first checking on her safety and then breathing a sigh of relief when he saw that she was still full of energy.
"Lox has been controlled by [Dark Domination]."
Black turns to Domination?
Violet glanced at the tall, slender black figure to the side, who seemed to be silently watching them like a building.
“David Jones…” Sensing Vera’s gaze, the slender figure suddenly turned around and stared intently at Vera. “He must be killed.”
"Today, the David family... goes out." Her voice was broken, but it firmly wrote an unchangeable ending for Lox and the David family.
"hateful!"
Seeing Rocks, who had almost completely lost consciousness, even Garp, his enemy and old rival, felt a pang of heartache for him.
Rocks was not invincible or indestructible, but he should have died as an indomitable rebel and warrior on a battlefield worthy of his status as King of the World, not as he is now, having lost himself and been dominated by others.
This kind of ending is unacceptable not only to Roger and other pirates, but even to Garp.
"Mistakes should be eliminated... Struggling is useless." The dark figure continued, "Today's extinguisher... Lox."
"Im plans to use the manipulated Rocks to wipe out the David family." Shanks' face was grim. "The Black Domination seems impossible to break free from through personal will."
When it comes to the determination not to be controlled, probably few people present could match Rocks's. But even so, all Rocks could do in resistance was to fight them here instead of chasing after his wife and children who had been taken away by the elk and goose.
Is struggling useless?
Compared to the anger of others when facing Rocks, who had become their enemy, Violet surprisingly remained rational.
Having already obtained a great deal of information about the Celestial Dragons from Shanks, Violet was now certain that the tall, slender figure was none other than Im, the true master of the Empty Throne, the pinnacle of Celestial Dragon power.
At the same time, he is also the owner of [Fragile Rose].
She had always remained behind the scenes, granting the Five Elders and the Knights of God powerful abilities to exercise her will and control the world on their behalf.
This was undoubtedly a good idea, because she had only been on stage for less than five minutes when Vera keenly noticed her weakness.
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