newbobooks Chapter 224: We'll meet again
Chapter 224: We'll meet again
Under the watchful eyes of Rocks and Roger, a mixture of horror and fervor, the rapidly converging golden ripples finally completed their final formation.
A door.
It's over ten meters tall!
The entire door is made of pure, flowing golden energy.
Countless strange runes flickered on the door frame, each flash exuding an ancient and majestic aura.
There is no solid object inside the door.
It was a deep, slowly rotating nebula vortex.
The vortex emitted a faint blue and purple light, as if connecting to another end of time and space. Just one glance at it made one feel as if their soul was about to be swallowed by its boundless depth.
This is the Gate of Time and Space!
Locke stared intently at the door.
I forcibly suppressed the shock that surged from the deepest part of my soul.
The Conqueror's Haki within him, wild and unrestrained, was now being suppressed, rendering him unable to move.
He forcibly suppressed the throbbing in his heart, replacing it with an extreme fervor born from witnessing a higher power.
"Thief! Hahahaha! Thief! Hahahahahaha!"
The familiar, maniacal laughter tore through the night sky once more, but the laughter carried a hint of hoarseness that even he himself was unaware of.
Lox opened his arms, wanting to touch the incomprehensible portal to space and time before him.
He felt no fear, but reason told him that without Chen Ye's permission, entering this portal into time and space would likely result in him getting lost in the spacetime continuum.
Thief! Hahahaha!
"Although I don't know how this door was created, I can sense that the energy emanating from it is extraordinary!"
His voice was filled with shock.
"This power... it's fucking fascinating."
Roger didn't laugh.
He nodded with a serious expression, but his eyes were fixed on the door, as if he were being sucked in.
"really."
His voice was a little dry.
"Just standing here, I feel like I could be pulled in at any moment. It's truly an incredible thing."
He had been on adventures all his life and had seen countless wonders, but none could compare to what was before him.
This is the true power to explore the unknown!
Just as the two were stunned by the power emanating from the portal, a calm yet clear voice broke through.
"The two of you."
Chen Ye opened his eyes.
His eyes remained calm and unwavering, showing no change whatsoever after opening this portal to another time and space.
It seems like I only did something insignificant.
His gaze swept calmly over Lockes, lingering for a moment on those ambitious eyes.
He turned to Roger, meeting those curious and longing eyes.
Chen Ye's eyes held a hint of amusement, but deeper still, they revealed absolute confidence in his complete control.
"You two, remember what I said."
"We will meet again in the future."
After saying that, he raised his right hand towards the two of them.
Bring your index and middle fingers together.
Point gently at the void ahead.
A peculiar gesture they had never seen before.
The movements were simple, without any fluctuation of power, yet they were filled with a sense of agreement.
That was too fast.
It happened so fast that Rocks and Roger had no time to react or ask questions.
The next second, Chen Ye had already turned around.
He took a step.
Without looking back, he walked towards the portal that emanated terrifying energy.
There was no lingering attachment whatsoever.
It even carried a hint of nonchalance.
That feeling wasn't like stepping into an unknown, dangerous passage.
It's more like the end of a party, and they're getting ready to visit their neighbors.
Relaxed and carefree.
This scene was deeply imprinted in the eyes of Rocks and Roger.
They considered countless possibilities.
Perhaps Chen Ye will leave behind some earth-shattering parting words, or perhaps he will once again warn them of future taboos.
But they never imagined that the parting would be so abrupt.
So...cool.
Under their blank stares, Chen Ye's body approached the portal step by step.
His body was halfway into the doorway, without causing any ripples.
A drop of water merges into the ocean.
Immediately afterwards, his entire figure completely disappeared into that deep blue and purple light.
Chenye's body was swallowed by the vortex.
In that very instant.
hum!
That magnificent portal to time and space seemed to have been drained of all its energy, and it suddenly collapsed inward.
The golden runes flowing on the door frame vanished instantly.
The massive gate, which was over ten meters tall, was compressed into a blinding point of light during a violent spatial distortion.
"Pop".
A soft sound.
Like a bubble bursting.
That point of light, along with all the mystery and majesty it embodied, vanished completely.
A night breeze blew by.
On the empty, black rocky ground, only Rocks and Roger remained, their clothes fluttering in the wind.
Everything returned to normal.
That door, that man, it's as if they never existed.
If it weren't for the lingering, chilling aura in the air, they would have almost thought that everything they had just experienced was an illusion.
Two men standing at the pinnacle of their era, two overlords destined to become sworn enemies, are now frozen in place.
He stared blankly in the direction where Chen Ye had disappeared.
for a long time.
Lockes then uttered a sentence in a dry voice that even he himself was unfamiliar with.
"What a mysterious and powerful man."
Throughout his life, he was arrogant and never truly took anyone seriously; even Roger was merely an opponent worth fighting.
But today, facing Chen Ye, for the first time, a stone called respect weighed on his heart.
That composure, that immense power that disregards time and space, that confidence in controlling everything, repeatedly shocked him.
Roger remained silent.
He simply stared at the void where Chen Ye had disappeared, his eyes burning with excitement.
That was the purest desire of adventurers after discovering a new continent.
At the same time, deep within that longing lay a trace of the same awe as that of Lox.
That night, the secret conversation on Beehive Island went unnoticed.
All the world knows is that a few days later, news that shook the entire world arrived.
The Rocks Pirates, once the absolute rulers of the seas, suddenly announced their disbandment.
This vast pirate empire collapsed without any warning.
Those great pirates who would later stir up storms on the ship—Edward Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Shiki the Golden Lion—went their separate ways and began their own eras.
The sea thus entered an even more chaotic and turbulent era of warring states.
After some time, Rocks D. Giebeck, the sea tyrant who once made the world government and countless kingdoms tremble, also quietly disappeared on the sea.
Taking advantage of the situation, the World Government announced that Rocks had been defeated and killed by the combined forces of Marine hero Garp and pirate Roger in the Battle of God Valley.
Some people believe it, while others doubt it.
Whether he was dead or alive remains a mystery, with many different opinions.
Some say he's dead, while others say he's just temporarily disappeared, waiting for the day he can make a comeback.
But only the man who would later ascend to the throne of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, knew the true whereabouts of this former overlord.