The One Piece World from Wendy

A star with a diameter of more than a thousand meters slowly fell from the sky above Malinfando.

Such a huge sky star, aside from the terrifying rock element contained in it, if a meteorite of such size were to hit it directly without blocking it, the consequences would be disastrous.

On the ground, Garp was breaking out in cold sweat as he watched Tianxing falling towards the ground, but he had already said what he wanted to do, and he couldn't stop now, so he could only rush forward.

His legs suddenly exerted force, and Garp shot straight towards the stars from the ground.

Seeing the three generals following up on moon steps, Garp said nothing, but his fists slowly turned bright black.

"Ice Cubes, Pheasant Mouth!"

"Ming dog!"

"Bachi Qionggou Yu!"

"Iron Fist!"

All four of them used their full strength moves.

"boom!"

The moves of both sides collided, and a huge explosion produced blazing flames that could cover the sun's rays.

The flame cloud covered the entire Malinfando. People on the ground could not look directly at the exploding fire cloud in the sky. Just staring at it would cause their eyes to be burned and painful.

The flame cloud shone on Malinfando for a long time, directly raising the temperature in Malinfando by several degrees.

When the flame cloud dissipated, the figures of Garp and others also appeared in the eyes of everyone on the ground.

At this time, the four Garps were all a little embarrassed, and their clothes and faces all had burn marks left over from the violent explosion.

Moreover, all four of them looked at their hands wordlessly, with a faint tendency to turn into stone, but then quickly disappeared.

After the four of them returned to the ground, Warring States glanced at the three generals who had returned to their original positions and did not rush to ask.

Garp walked up to Zhongli, who had not moved his body position, and said solemnly: "Mr. Zhongli is so powerful, I lost!"

After Garp finished speaking, he half-bent down and bowed to Zhongli like a loser.

"Lieutenant General Garp doesn't need to be so serious. This time it's just a discussion." Zhongli stretched out his hand to stop Garp from bowing and said.

"My intention in proposing this competition is not to win or lose, but to understand the strength of the strongest people in the world today." Zhong Li said with rare seriousness.

Garp was stunned when he heard this, and understood what Zhongli meant. He immediately turned around and looked at the swarming crowd surrounding the martial arts arena.

"Look at what!"

"You dare to see me embarrassed. Be careful, I will beat you to death!" Garp threatened with his fists, which were even covered in black armor.

The crowd suddenly recovered from their sluggish state and scattered like fish and birds.

The navy, which had just returned to the sea of ​​people, broke out with its usual high order and disappeared in the martial arts field in an instant.

The martial arts arena suddenly became empty, with only Warring States and others on the high platform still staying in place with solemn expressions.

"Since we all have free time now, Mr. Zhongli, why not find a quiet place to talk." Qing Pheasant came out and said to Zhongli.

"That's what I meant." Zhongli nodded and agreed.

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They found a quiet and relaxing courtyard in the Malinfando residence area. Warring States and others sat opposite Zhongli, waiting for the waiter to serve tea.

This was Qing Pheasant's special order based on Zhongli's temperament. The tea must be of good quality, otherwise Mr. Zhongli will not like it, Qing Pheasant ordered.

While waiting for the tea to be served, no one spoke, not even the normally irritable Akainu.

Ao Pheasant, Kizaru, and Garp, the three usual veterans, did not sit around, but sat upright, which made Sengoku and He He very happy.

After the waiter, who was so nervous that he was sweating like rain, served the tea to all the big guys and left, Warring States watched Zhongli slowly take a sip of tea.

"I wonder what you, sir, have to say about the strength of our powerful navy?" Sengoku asked.

"In today's world where divine power is lacking, all of you who can reach the current Human Emperor level are qualified enough to be proud of the world." Zhongli put down his tea cup and said slowly.

When everyone heard this, they did not show happy expressions of being praised, but continued to wait for Zhongli's next words.

"Do you know what the strength of the Human Emperor level represents?" Zhongli continued.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They all now knew that the Human Emperor level mentioned by Zhong Li was a strong man who had reached the level of general or four emperors.

But what does this strength mean?Everyone even heard about the level of strength from others, so how could they know it clearly?

Seeing the doubts on everyone's faces, Zhongli did not continue to talk about it and started to explain.

"The reason why it is called the Human Emperor level is because once you reach this level, you are qualified to become an emperor and rule an area."

Everyone nodded. Isn't this what the four sea emperors who now rule the new world are like?

"However, what the world today doesn't know is that thousands of years ago, someone broke through to the human emperor level. It more means that he has the qualifications to enter the realm of gods."

Zhongli picked up the tea cup and spoke softly, as if he was just chatting with Warring States and others.

Everyone looked at each other and could see the shock in each other's eyes.

"Mr. Zhongli, do you mean becoming a god?" Zhan Guo asked with a suppressed tremor in his voice.

"It's almost the same, but a lot different." Zhongli took a sip of tea slowly.

"Please ask Mr. Zhongli to clarify my doubts."

"The gods in the world can be roughly divided into two categories from a historical perspective. One category is like Kyogre and I, who are innate gods born in heaven and earth."

"It is born with the power of gods and represents the rules of heaven and earth."

"And the other kind..."

Zhongli spoke slowly and leisurely.

"Everything in the world was born in this world, and is inherently qualified to become a god."

"When a living being grows to a certain level, it can break through the shackles in one fell swoop, step into the realm of gods, and become a being with the same status as the innate gods."

"We call these gods the gods of the day after tomorrow."

"The strength of acquired gods is generally slightly weaker than that of innate gods, because both innate gods can mobilize the rules of heaven and earth, while acquired gods generally cannot."

"But the acquired gods already have divine status, and their strength and lifespan have reached the level of gods, so it is not an exaggeration to call them gods."

After Zhongli finished speaking, he stopped and gave everyone time to digest.

After pondering for a long time, Warring States asked: "If it is true as Mr. said, having human emperor level strength is equivalent to having the qualifications to enter the realm of gods."

"Although there are not many people with human emperor level strength over the years, there are still many names listed. Why is it that no one has sensed the so-called realm of gods?"

Everyone nodded when they heard this. After all, they were all at this level of strength and knew that it was difficult for them to improve.

Even strong men like Garp and Roger, although strong, do not overwhelm themselves too much in terms of strength, and they are not completely powerless against them.

But combined with the moves Zhongli had used before, they could rarely feel the gap, a whole gap in strength level.

Zhongli also nodded when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"This problem, judging from what I have seen and heard so far, should be the lack of the world's original power."