"Primordial will?"
Caesar couldn't help but frown.
He had already learned some information about the demonic will contained within Devil Fruits from Blackbeard's memories.
The three types of Devil Fruits:
Logia types are the most aligned with the natural world.
Paramecia types are bizarre and varied but contain the Power of Rules.
Even if these two types contain demonic will, it is relatively pure, akin to a programmed consciousness.
Only Zoan-type Devil Fruits contain the most chaotic demonic will.
Bloodthirsty, frenzied, desire-filled, and all sorts of negative wills emerge endlessly.
Therefore, Zoan-type users often become more paranoid after awakening.
A very few possess positive demonic wills, such as the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, or the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Daibutsu.
These rare types, once awakened, often grant the user immensely powerful rules of power.
Where do Devil Fruits come from?
How is the original will within them generated?Of course, Caesar had no knowledge of these matters.
But he knew one person who absolutely held all the answers.
Imu.
That elusive King of the Celestial Dragons, the mastermind controlling the world from behind the scenes!
Caesar shook his head, dismissing those thoughts.
He continued asking, "So why have you come here now?"
The ethereal voices of the sea kings replied, "We wish to merge with the great sovereign and fulfill our mission."
Caesar was surprised. "Mission? Isn't your mission to await the Poseidon's return? Shouldn't Shirahoshi be the one you're waiting for?"
"That should be the case. But Shirahoshi is different from the first Poseidon. The first Poseidon was a perfect Fish-Man who consumed the Kunpeng Fruit and fused with the progenitor's consciousness. His mission was to reclaim all progenitor bloodlines and awaken the Kunpeng's ultimate form. But in the end, Joy Boy persuaded him to abandon the final step."
"As for Shirahoshi, being a Fish-Man, she cannot devour all sea kings to make us converge into one and become part of the progenitor. She can only command and control us. But you are different—you are the Kunpeng, capable of achieving this."
"We few have waited over eight hundred years. The time has been too long, and we are nearing the end of our lifespans. If no host of the Kunpeng Fruit had appeared, we would have perished with regret."
Caesar saw the anticipation and relief in the sea kings' enormous, lake-like pupils.
Their vast, ethereal voices echoed simultaneously in the minds of Caesar and Shirahoshi.
"So, great Kunpeng sovereign, please merge with us! Let us witness that moment arrive with you! When the progenitor consciousness in the Sea King's mind fully awakens, she can transmit her thoughts to all sea kings across the world."
"At that time, throughout the entire world, every descendant of the sea kings who has consumed progenitor flesh will come to merge with you!"
"Before that, what you must do is break through the barrier of the Red Line and unite the four seas."
"This, too, was part of Joy Boy's scheme. This way, even if the Sea King of eight hundred years later wished to evolve into a god, she would first have to help Joy Boy overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule."
"But Joy Boy from eight hundred years ago probably never anticipated that today's Sea King and the possessor of the Kunpeng Fruit would not be the same person."
"Enough. Sovereign, please devour us! Let us become one! We have waited eight hundred years and no longer wish to endure this endless waiting!"
The seawater churned violently as several ancient, colossal creatures twisted their massive, elongated bodies, drawing close to Caesar.
Their enormous pupils were filled with expectation and joy.
Caesar couldn't comprehend it.
They were clearly facing death, yet the look in their eyes was as if they were welcoming rebirth!
"I understand."
Caesar released Shirahoshi, leaving a message in her mind.
'Stay here and don't move. I'm going to grab a quick meal.'
Then he left Shirahoshi behind, his body parting the seawater as he carved a massive watery path and swiftly vanished from her sight.
Several giant sea kings followed joyfully after him.
In the pitch-black depths, a colossal Kunpeng—stretching across the horizon like a black city wall—floated above the Noah.
He opened its abyssal maw toward the ancient sea kings!
"Then, come!"
Before Caesar's Kunpeng could swallow them, several giant beasts rushed into his belly as if racing toward rebirth.
Buzz!
Inside the Kunpeng, an immensely powerful devouring force activated, rapidly decomposing them into surging streams of life energy that impacted every part of his body!
"This feeling? It's no less intense than the evolutionary pleasure Zunesha brought!"
Caesar only felt waves of power crashing through his entire being.
This was the rhythm of continued evolution!
The ocean currents raged violently.
Even hundreds of miles away at Fish-Man Island, the currents stirred by Caesar's colossal form plunged the island into turbulent swaying.
The Ryugu Palace shook, countless tiles clattering down as fish-men watched with terrified expressions while the island swayed endlessly in the seawater.
"Those giant Sea Kings disappeared—what happened? Why is Shirahoshi still staying up there instead of coming down? Where did Caesar go?"
Neptune anxiously looked upward.
Now, he didn't want anything to happen to Caesar.
First, because Caesar and Shirahoshi were deeply connected—the moment Caesar arrived, Shirahoshi's illness had completely healed.
Second, Caesar's promise held an almost irresistible temptation for him, the king of the fish-men.
Caesar's twenty-kilometer-long Kunpeng form began to expand and enlarge!
Crack, crunch.
The towering Ark Noah beneath him was instantly crushed by his expanding fish body, reduced to splinters without a trace.
Twenty-one kilometers, twenty-two kilometers, twenty-three...
...
At the Marines' G1 Base in the New World.
Soldiers monitoring sea levels let out exclamations of shock.
They saw the sea level beneath the artillery platforms fluctuating abnormally.
No, it was more than that.
Looking out, the endless sea surrounding the entire G1 Base island was tilting and shaking!
"Tsunami! Tsunami!! Sound the tsunami alarm!!"
The soldiers screamed in panic.
At the top of the fortress, Ryokugyu had her long, black-stockinged legs propped on a table, boredly painting her nails with pink polish.
Suddenly, the massive Fortress of Justice shook violently.
Crash!
The table and chairs tipped over, and caught off guard, Ryokugyu fell flat on her back.
"What's happening? Did the Beast God Pirates attack?"
Ryokugyu exclaimed in alarm, not bothering to straighten her clothes as she sprang up.
Without time to open the door, she smashed through it, vaulted over the railing, and plummeted toward the plaza below.
Her heart raced with panic.
Just a day ago, Fujitora had taken Akainu and others to Hachinosu to negotiate terms with Blackbeard.
If the Beast God Pirates attacked now, the remaining high-ranking combat forces alone wouldn't be enough to hold them off!
Ryokugyu landed with a thud and looked up, only to freeze in astonishment.
Before the G1 Base, the sea surface had arched into a black ridge stretching countless miles, towering hundreds to thousands of meters above sea level!
For a moment, she felt disoriented, almost as if she were standing at the foot of the Red Line.
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