A man with blue hair stood next to Dylan.
Garp stood up in the distance.
"Xebec...you really..."
Dylan looked at the guy in front of him and studied his face.
"You know your son has been slaughtered, why won't come out at that time?"
"Buggy?..."
Rocks looked at Dylan indifferently, didn't continue to answer, and turned to look at Garp behind him.
"Although those guys are just passing by, I remember the 'agreement' between the World Government and me."
Garp also looked indifferent: "I don't know what 'agreement' you made with Roger and the World Government."
"But since you dare to plot against me, you must be prepared."
"Muahahaha!!"
Rocks laughed wildly at first, then looked at Garp with a mocking face: "Garp... you don't think you and Roger really defeated me back then, do you?"
"I know," Garp took off his gray cloak and threw it aside: "So I'm here to end all this today!"
Rocks looked back at Dylan, who was standing by indifferently, and grinned.
"You're so arrogant, I hope you won't regret it!"
After saying that, Rocks' body disappeared instantly.
Boom!
Two fists met.
The sound wasn't loud, but it sent ripples through the air.
Kaka...kaka...
As the ripples spread, the surrounding boulder stands began to disintegrate.
"Making progress, Garp."
Garp didn't answer, but his heart sank.
Neither of them seemed to want to get entangled with Dylan, and they were at the top of the stands together in an instant.
Rocks appeared.
That means he is not the previous generation holder of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
and...
If Rocks was a Dark-Dark Fruit user, Whitebeard probably wouldn't have used his ability to test Teach during the "Summit War."
Two disappearing figures flashed in the air.
Bullet and Tahir in the distance looked solemn.
"Is that the guy who needs Garp and Roger to join forces to defeat..."
Just the aftermath of the collision made the two of them feel a little bit uncomfortable.
"Still so miserable! Garp!!"
The stands collapsed, and the entire Dressrosa began to shake.
In mid-air, Garp's eyes turned red.
38 years ago.
Garp, who was at Marine Headquarters, received an emergency call.
In the "Valley of the Gods," the Rocks Pirates had hijacked several Celestial Dragons and invaded the interior of the Valley of the Gods.
For some unknown reason, when Garp was rushing to the Valley of Gods, they encountered the "Roger Pirates" who were also rushing there.
"Hey Garp! I'm not here to fight with you!"
Roger looked serious.
"Rocks cannot be allowed to get what's inside, otherwise the world will fall into great fear!"
"This is Marine's business! Roger!"
Roger shook his head: "He is the enemy of this world, and this is not just about the Marines!"
Looking at the "Roger Pirates" with all members in fighting posture and Mariejois's constant orders, Garp hesitated.
"Don't cause trouble, Roger!"
In this way, Marine's fleet and the "Oro Jackson" headed towards the Valley of the Gods.
When they arrived, Rocks Pirates men were standing by outside.
But Rocks himself was nowhere to be seen.
After several days and nights of fighting, they finally broke through the gap, and just as they were about to head into the Valley of the Gods, a figure slowly walked out.
"What a strange combination..."
In just a moment, Rocks dealt a heavy blow to Roger and Garp.
The expressions of the two changed drastically, and after looking at each other, they both showed solemn expressions.
"Have you noticed it?..."
Rocks grinned, and then flames erupted from his body.
...
Boom!
Garp's body was thrown directly from the air to the ground.
The next moment, Garp's figure appeared in front of Rocks again.
"Galaxy Impact!"
Click!
Two fists collided, and cracks appeared in the air.
"Ah!!!!!"
Garp roared and pushed his fist toward Rocks, but Rocks' body showed no signs of moving.
His body began to change, displaying various biological characteristics: scales, claws, wings, webbed palms.
"Is this why you don't age?"
Garp looked at the man in front of him who looked almost the same as he did forty years ago.
"But you have also become someone else's slave!"
As soon as the word "slave" was spoken, Rocks' expression turned cold instantly.
"You talk too much, Garp."
The fist that was intersecting with Garp changed. Rocks' palm grasped Garp's fist, and black flames emerged from his right hand.
Puff!
Rocks' entire palm pierced directly into Garp's chest.
Garp's body trembled slightly, and then he grinned: "It seems that I guessed it right. In order to pursue power, you turned yourself into a monster. But..."
"Ka..."
A stream of black blood flowed from the corner of Garp's mouth. He turned his head vigorously and looked at the arena in the distance.
"You have to... you have to do it..."
As Garp's body fell, Dylan also pulled out Shura from the ground.
Rocks turned to look at the expressionless Dylan who appeared in front of him instantly.
"It seems you know something."
Dylan glanced at him and said nonchalantly, "Originally it was just a guess, but I got the answer from you."
"How's it going?" Dylan looked at the biological characteristics of Rocks' body. "How many bloodline factors have not yet been fused?"
Dylan understood it from the moment Rocks displayed various biological characteristics.
The Valley of the Gods must have been connected to the Lunaria tribe, who conducted extensive research on the energy of the fruits on the tree, using various gene permutations.
The original failures...
They should be the "all races" in the world now.
Those ethnic groups were originally humans but became products of genetic experiments by the Lunaria tribe.
This also explains why Tahir could revert to a human through that magical potion.
That potion was probably a product of the original "Valley of Gods."
The advanced product should be the so-called Devil Fruit.
Rocks got this secret information and knew the source of those powerful powers.
But what he didn't know was that Devil Fruit was not a "real finished product" either.
He went to the Valley of the Gods to seize part of the power stored there, but unexpectedly, he was captured by the World Government...
No... it should be controlled by that dead woman!
Before the research on the Devil Fruit in the Valley of Gods was completed, the first-generation resistance war began.
Under the leadership of Nika, the "D clan" waged wars all over the world, forcing the experiment to stop.
The information and power remaining in the Valley of Gods were inherited by the twenty kings.
The Lunaria tribe probably planned to use those powers to strengthen themselves.
However, because the research was incomplete, it hadn't been put into use.
Those uncontrollable semi-finished energies continued to leak out and turned into "Devil Fruit." Over time, many people broke free from the "shackles."
They became "gods"!
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