One Piece: At the start, defeat Momonosuke and take Yamato to sea.

Chapter 405 Stripping the Serpent of Karmic Fire of its Power

On Zou Island.

A huge magical teleportation circle lit up; this was the teleportation circle that Vegapunk himself had activated.

"Luo Ji, you've arrived."

Vegapunk looked apologetically at Luo Ji, who was in the teleportation array.

He studied many historical texts and ancient documents, but found little information about the three ancient gods.

However, information about the sun god Nika appears in many scattered legends and records.

To this end, Vegapunk went to the ancient country of Elbaf to study the history of the giant race, which has been preserved in greater detail.

He even saw robots in Elbaf that were older than the steel giant Emmett.

According to the legends of the giants, those ancient robots are at least three thousand years old.

However, little information about the three ancient gods has been found.

It was only briefly mentioned in the ancient murals of Elbaf.

"Oh!"

Luo Ji left Blackbeard Teach and Whitebeard Jr. aside.

"Add the Seraph's fighting spirit to Whitebeard Jr., and then, together with Pudding, completely remodel his memories to make him a Peace Seraph."

"By the way, Pudding is a user of the Memory Fruit, which should be a great help."

Luo Ji pointed at the unconscious Whitebeard II and gave instructions to Vegapunk.

"Also, Blackbeard Teach's abilities are very important to me. You should study Teach's alien body immediately."

His body can accommodate the abilities of three Devil Fruits, which is very special.

"You speed up the cloning of his body; I'm going to strip him of his Devil Fruit abilities in three days."

Without any hesitation, Luo Ji issued the second order.

The three ancient gods are now like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head.

No one knows when these ancient gods will suddenly turn against Luo Ji.

"...,good."

Vegapunk couldn't even report on the research of the three ancient gods because he was interrupted by a series of tasks from Luo Ji.

"By the way, after I strip Blackbeard of his abilities, let's choose a time to land on the final island, Laugh Tale."

"There should be more historical truths there, and perhaps more information about the ancient gods."

"The specific time will be discussed later."

Luo Ji reiterated that the decision to land on Laugh Tale had caught Vegapunk's eye and filled him with interest.

He had long wanted to thoroughly investigate the century-long gap in the history of the Great Kingdom.

Perhaps Laugh Tale possesses even more ancient technology.

This made Vegapunk even more eager, wishing he could land on Laugh Tale as soon as possible.

"Okay, go to work."

Luo Ji followed to check on his Seraphim; after so much time, they should have developed quite well.

However, these war machines have already missed the war to overthrow the Celestial Dragons, and even the war to pacify the New World.

It was a real waste of these war machines.

However, they might be useful for landing on the moon, building the moon, and searching for space pirates.

Moreover, Luo Ji is preparing to search for the giant anglerfish, the lanternfish that swallowed the pure gold, from all angles.

While achieving immortality through pure gold may have significant drawbacks, it is still a viable method.

Luo Ji estimated that most of the women and powerful individuals under his command would not be able to reach the god level.

Even if Luo Ji could grant immortality to some people, the number would be limited.

Therefore, pure gold remains essential.

To reach godhood, one needs more time and a longer lifespan.

So many brilliant geniuses in history have died because of their short lifespans.

Without the intervention of the three ancient gods, these geniuses had already died of old age and turned into dust.

Luo Ji has already given the mermaids and fishmen of Fishman Island the task of finding the giant lanternfish, and has offered a huge bounty of 10 billion.

This caused an uproar throughout Fishman Island, with large numbers of fishmen entering the New World every day in search of the giant lanternfish.

He wanted to become a billionaire overnight.

Luo Ji even asked Bai Xing for help, urging more sea kings to help find the lanternfish.

With the help of the entire world, we are searching for the lanternfish.

This is the benefit of becoming the master of the world.

Luo Ji's words were enough to make his men run themselves ragged.

Meanwhile, the World Government of Luo Ji is also making every effort to find the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Magma-Magma Fruit, Buddha Fruit, Soul-Soul Fruit... these Devil Fruits whose whereabouts are unknown.

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Inside the Seraph Training Institute.

Luo Ji looked at these younger versions of powerful figures, especially the younger version of the white-bearded Newgate, and smiled slightly.

"Marco and Ace will be utterly shocked to see this Seraph!"

"Hey, I wonder if they'd be willing to call this Seraphim 'Dad'."

Luo Ji's lips curled slightly, and in his hand he still collected the genetic lineage of people like Diamond Joz.

If there are spare resources, it's not impossible to clone these second-tier powerhouses so that Ace and Marco can experience the joy of reunion again.

At this moment, those whose blood Luo Ji collected were actually considered lucky.

To give relatives and friends a glimmer of hope.

If you don't want your clone to be controlled by Luo Ji, the Flower of Life and Death, which Luo Ji has subdued, can allow those who have lost relatives and friends to see their former friends one last time.

Luo Ji plans to transplant Carnation Lily to one side of the alleyway in the Red Earth Continent to create a time-travel amusement park, which will definitely be very profitable.

The Golden Casino is parked on the other side.

They exploited every means to extract money from passing travelers.

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three days later.

With Vegapunk having completed his research and cloning of Blackbeard Teach, and even creating an artificial Devil Fruit with the Infernal Serpent ability, Vegapunk has now completed his research and cloning of Blackbeard Teach.

Luo Ji formally stripped Teach of the power of the Fiery Serpent, merging the authority and power of this world-destroying serpent into his own body.

Curses and conflicts of wills do not exist.

As Blackbeard Teach's life force completely disappeared, a ball of world-destroying karmic fire, different from the fire of the sun, appeared in Luo Ji's hand.

"World Destruction - Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame!"

"Dawn - Sunfire!"

Luo Ji held a crimson lotus fire in his left hand and an orange-gold sun god fire in his right, looking like a god of darkness transformed into a god of fire.

'How about we learn from Xiao Huohuo and make a Buddha's Wrath Lotus for fun?'

Luo Ji laughed heartily, and two blazing divine flames appeared on his left and right, making even the space around him seem illusory.

However, the next moment, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and the Sun God Fire disappeared, replaced by endless darkness and shadows.

Luo Ji instantly transformed from a fiery sun god into a cold, dark god, his aura completely changed, making him seem like a completely different person.

"Divine might is as vast as the sea! Divine might is as deep as a prison!"

"The sun and darkness coexist!"

Luo Ji shed all his powers and abilities, returning to his normal form, a satisfied smile appearing on his lips.

"Nikka, the Sun God?"

"I am the Sun God Luo Ji, the Dark God Luo Ji, and also the divine beasts World-Destroying Black Dragon and Karmic Fire Serpent!"

Boundless power resided within his body, and Luo Ji's eyes were filled with confidence.

"Tap tap tap..."

"Lord Luo, we have news about the lanternfish!!!"

A series of rapid footsteps approached, followed by an excited shout...

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