Reincarnated as Kaido, married Big Mom, and formed a dual-Emperor pirate crew.

Chapter 265 Imaginary Manifestation, Lox

Klein could understand the power of Kaido, Roger, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, and Shiki.

Because most of them were remnants of the Rocks era. Back in the God Valley period, it was this group of guys who, along with Rocks, wiped out the Navy's old generation of strong warriors.

But Barrett...

How can a nobody, supposedly from the same background as Kaido, possess such power?!

Klein was furious.

It's one thing to be unable to beat Roger, but to be unable to beat a Barrett?!

However, Barrett's powerful defense was too tough; he couldn't cut through it.

After a brief moment of thought, he turned and ran toward the large bird that had landed and was waiting in the same spot.

I got up, jumped, and rode on the back of the big bird.

With a flap of its wings, the large bird launched itself into the air in a reverse motion before Barrett's iron fist could strike it.

"Trying to run away?!"

The giant robot controlled by Barrett looked at Klein riding a large bird.

The robot's massive right arm began to deform, and under Barrett's control, the arm began to transform into a giant hand cannon.

Seeing Barrett's actions, Klein, riding on the giant bird, did not actually order the bird to flee the battlefield. Instead, he took out a Devil Fruit from a package on the bird's back.

"I was originally planning to wait for a Mythical Beast, but now... I have no choice!!"

Klein hesitated for a moment, then took a bite of the Devil Fruit he had just pulled out.

puff!

A nauseating taste filled his mouth, and after taking a bite and swallowing it with difficulty, Klein threw away the rest of the fruit.

"Let me show you the true power of the God Knights!!"

As he finished speaking, a gigantic Grim Reaper with a scythe appeared behind him.

Barrett was slightly taken aback when he saw this, and then without hesitation, he aimed the transformed giant hand cannon at Klein and the Grim Reaper behind him.

The gunpowder inside the cannon was ignited, and a huge iron cannonball was ejected.

Klein patted the back of the large bird beneath him, and the bird flapped its wings quickly, dodging the artillery trajectory before Barrett could pull the trigger.

boom!!

The shell successfully hit Death, blasting a huge hole in his body, but Death did not disappear as a result.

The Grim Reaper, whose face resembled a skeletal mummy, didn't even glance at the hole in his stomach. He raised his scythe and slashed it across Barrett's steel giant.

Dang!

Despite the loud clang of metal, the steel giant was not seriously damaged.

Barrett glanced at the spot where the giant had been struck; it was just a shallow cut.

"You talked so big, and this is all you got?!"

A dull thud emanated from the steel giant, its tone filled with disdain.

Klein, who was riding on the giant bird, let out a cold laugh upon hearing this.

"What's the rush? I just ate the fruit, so my skill level isn't high enough yet. You'll soon experience what despair truly is!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a second Grim Reaper wielding a scythe appeared behind the Iron Giant.

While Barrett's attention was focused on Klein, it slashed at the Iron Giant's head with its blade.

The massive tremor startled Barrett, who was controlling the steel giant from within his body.

"They appeared later too?!"

Barrett frowned slightly.

"What kind of Devil Fruit power is this? It looks similar to mine, but it also seems completely different."

Seeing Barrett stunned by the blow, Klein's smile grew even wider.

Paramecia-type Devil Fruit: the Imagination Fruit. This is the Devil Fruit he just ate.

Abilities can be directly manifested in the real world based on the host's imagination.

Aside from other Devil Fruits that cannot be truly materialized, items like food can also be materialized, but they do not provide any feeling of fullness after being eaten.

Therefore, the main advantage of this fruit lies in imagining tools for daily life and in imagining strange and wonderful things to aid in combat.

"If we're talking about the true number one person in the world, it's neither Kaido nor Roger, but—"

After successfully using two imaginary death gods to hold off Barrett, Klein, riding on the back of the giant bird, began to concentrate on his imagination.

Their immense physical strength began to be drained away like a tidal wave in that instant.

The moment Klein reopened his eyes, the glint in them was fleeting, quickly turning into a listless glaze.

"Come out! The strongest man in the world!!"

Klein shouted out a name that had already been listed as taboo.

"Rocks D. Giebeck!!"

The magical light transformed into threads, rapidly outlining the earth.

In the blink of an eye, a man with wildly long hair appeared on the earth.

Although his eyes were closed, he exuded an aura of arrogance and domineering power, as if he were the only one worthy of respect in the world.

Barrett, who was entangled with two imaginary Grim Reapers, felt his hair stand on end after this man appeared.

"Lox D. Gibeck? That name is... Could it be (Masaka)?!"

Before Barrett could fully confirm his suspicions, the man manifested by Klein opened his eyes.

boom!!!

A tremendous roar.

No.

This is not the roar of the material world, but the roar within Barrett's heart.

A murderous aura, seemingly visible to the naked eye, transformed into a sea of ​​blood and suddenly erupted from the man's body.

In just a moment, the two imagined Grim Reapers were struck by the killing intent and turned into specks of light, dissipating into nothingness.

Even the steel giant that Barrett conjured could not withstand the onslaught of this murderous aura.

The Armament Haki wrapped around the giant's surface was rapidly reduced and thinned, just as water washes away ice.

Then, the steel shattered and turned into chunks of raw iron ore, which were peeled off the giant's body.

Barrett was forced to fall from the steel giant, his arms crossed, struggling against the onslaught of murderous intent.

"Such terrifying killing intent... It feels almost as strong as Captain Kaido's..."

"Where...where am I? This doesn't seem to be God Valley?"

The materialized man spoke, his eyes filled with confusion as he surveyed his surroundings.

Upon hearing his whisper, Barrett's pupils instantly contracted.

"What's going on?! Is this Rocks the real thing?! How is that possible?!"

At this moment, the arrogant and conceited Klein believed that victory was assured and could not contain his pride, so he began to show off his Devil Fruit ability.

"The Devil Fruit I just ate! It's called the Paramecia-type Imaginarium Fruit!!"

"My ability is to materialize anything I can imagine!!"

"The two scythe-wielding Grim Reapers I just saw were figments of my imagination, and the current Rocks is also something I imagined!!"

"Moreover, this manifestation of imagination is different from those illusions!"

"The manifested person, although not the original body, possesses almost the same memories as the original body!"

"Therefore, there is no problem in saying that this man, whom I have imagined and manifested, is the real Lox!"

"How about it! Can you feel the profound power of us descendants of the Creator?!"

"Now, prepare to face the wrath of Lox!!"