Chapter 27

Dongli also explained what he was doing staying here for a hundred years — or rather, they themselves no longer remembered.

A hundred years ago,

The two had each caught a Sea King, and because of a little girl's question about whose catch was bigger, they agreed to duel on Little Garden, with only the survivor allowed to return home.

But because the duel remained too close to call, the Giant Warrior Pirates waited a long time with no result and consequently disbanded, with the warriors returning to Elbaf Village to await news.

Nowadays,

The two had long forgotten the original reason for their duel, only remembering it was for the glory of being warriors, and believing the god of Elbaf would favor the victorious side.

In Sima Di's view......

What a childish reason — that so-called "glory of warriors" has probably been twisted out of context.

"What the heck, fighting without even knowing why, for a hundred years?" Luffy pouted.

Isn't this way too childish?

"What right do you have to talk about others?" Sima Di rolled his eyes. "If my combat power weren't stronger than yours, that previous battle might've dragged on just as long."

"Eh? Hahahaha—" Luffy awkwardly scratched his head.

Just at this moment,

The volcano at the island's center suddenly erupted, making Dongli tense as he stood up, grabbed his giant sword, and hurried down toward the volcano.

The volcano erupted,

It was the very signal they had agreed upon to start their battle!

Sima Di immediately followed with great interest — he had never seen giants fight before.

It must be spectacular!

"I wonder......"

"Will they use Haki to fight?"

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25. Hidden Map! The Famous Scene Beneath the Volcano Crater!

When Dongli arrived at the foot of the volcano, the other giant, "Red Ogre Brogy," also appeared.

The moment the two met,

Without any preamble or warm-up, they grabbed sword and axe and went straight at it!

A giant's fight isn't all that different from an ordinary person's — it's just that the size difference makes the commotion the giant race causes "bigger."

Roughly something like "mountains collapsing and the earth splitting."

One stomp of the foot and a deep pit appears,

A weapon falling on open ground leaves a ravine,

The scattered slashes directly leveled large swathes of jungle,

The shockwave from the full-force clash's aftershocks swept the surroundings like a storm,

The ground kept trembling continuously, as if an earthquake had descended.

Tsk!

No wonder this island is called "Little Garden" — these dinosaurs and the like really are just pets in a backyard garden in the eyes of the two giants.

Until the volcanic eruption ended,

Neither giant could get the better of the other; a hundred years of fighting had long made them familiar with each other, and they simply couldn't break through each other's moves.

"Dongli, some guests brought me some liquor." Brogy said.

"That's not bad at all, it's been a long time since I've had a drink."

So,

Brogy tossed a few barrels of liquor to Dongli, shouldered his giant axe, and turned to leave.

Sima Di felt a bit of regret.

Although the two seemed to be fighting to the death, they didn't even use "Haki" — they were clearly going easy on each other.

Without outside influence,

Even another hundred years probably wouldn't decide a victor.

Then his gaze fell on the liquor barrel Brogy had given him — a barrel that ordinary people would consider eco-friendly was, in the palm of his hand, as tiny as a cola can.

"Mr. 5 was taken out at Whisky Peak, I wonder if Mr. 3 still planted explosives inside?"

"But this is fine too — it can let their battle decide a winner, and then they'll realize that all this fighting is actually meaningless."

Sima Di planned to let things take their course, then turned his gaze toward the volcano that had stopped erupting.

A volcano — he had never seen one in person either!

Let's go take a look!

Sima Di flew toward the volcano crater, and the moment he got close, a wave of heat came rushing at him.

【Ice!】

Ice blossoms drifted around Sima Di, turning to water vapor while also carrying away the heat.

Allowing Sima Di to comfortably gaze at the churning lava inside the crater — an active volcano crater would normally be suicide, but there's no way to see it in person otherwise.

On a whim,

Sima Di wondered what was beneath this lava.

【X-Ray Vision!】

The scorching lava was pierced by Sima Di's gaze, and he unexpectedly discovered — a hundred meters beneath the lava, there was actually a platform, and even the outlines of houses and buildings!

Oh ho?

There's actually a hidden map?

Wouldn't I have to go see what's going on?

As for the barrier of lava...

【Mera Mera no Mi!】

Sima Di directly transformed into lava, activated his elemental form and merged into it, burrowing toward the depths of the lava to make for that platform.

As he was drawing near,

he had the illusion of passing through a thin membrane, and then the flowing lava around him vanished. He abruptly appeared in midair, plummeting downward under gravity.

Sima Di hurriedly used telekinesis to steady himself.

Looking up,

He saw a hemispherical transparent barrier that kept all the lava and heat outside, and beneath his feet was the cluster of buildings he had just seen through his x-ray vision.

Most eye-catching of all,

at the center of the platform stood a stone stele, looking like...

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in to the famous scene "Historical Poneglyph —?????????????????????????????????

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《Uchiha Madara's Susanoo》: The divine power contained within the Mangekyō Sharingan can materialize chakra into a colossal chakra giant — a Kekkei Genkai-type Ninjutsu that excels at both offense and defense!;

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After digesting the ability,

Sima Di was quite pleasantly surprised, because the Susanoo the system gave him was undiminished in power, but the consumption had been switched to "stamina." Although he no longer had chakra to drive it, it likewise no longer carried the flaw of leaving aftereffects from overuse.

It could be used as a permanent power.

After the pleasant surprise,

Sima Di looked at the stone stele. Who would have thought that beneath the lava of an active volcano, a Historical Poneglyph was hidden?

And who would have thought a Historical Poneglyph could also count as a famous scene!

Looking at the suffix "Birth of the Giant Race," it must record information about the giants — and there's a very high chance that each different Historical Poneglyph can be signed in to once for a famous scene and yield a reward!

There are 30 Historical Poneglyphs in total — doesn't that mean 30 rewards?

Among them, 4 are Road Poneglyphs — won't those rewards level up?

That's quite good news.

However,

Sima Di couldn't read this thing; he'd have to find outside help to translate it.

Without using his Word Spirit ability again to simulate the Mera Mera no Mi, Sima Di prepared to try out his newly acquired ability.