Ten years.
How many ten-year periods can an ordinary person have?
But for an immortal, ten years is but a flick of a finger.
Abyss's Eternal Heavenly Kingdom has undergone earth-shattering changes in these ten years.
At Lord Lantern's esophageal opening.
A formidable pass, built with massive rocks and special corrosion-resistant materials, was wedged in the vital choke point, looking utterly despairing.
Below the pass,
A sea of stomach acid churned, forming a natural moat.
A large pirate ship was desperately attacking.
"Charge! Break through this damn checkpoint! Get to higher ground! That's the only way to survive!"
The pirates howled. Already desperadoes, they went completely insane after being swallowed by the Lord Lantern.
And then they were taught a lesson.
On the pass, arrows and javelins were symbolically and sparsely thrown down.
Their lethality was average, but their Insulting was extreme.
The true killing moves came from the two flanks.
"Lizard Knight Order! Charge!"
A team of knights riding water lizards charged out across the sea of stomach acid as if on flat ground.
Their specialized long spears were designed to pierce the bottom of ships!
Accelerating the rate at which the pirate ship was corroded by stomach acid.
"Pterodactyl Knight Order! Aerial strike!"
Another team of knights riding Pterodactyls swooped down from the shadows of the fleshy dome, throwing explosives to damage the ship's hull.
Before they even got close to the pass, the ship was already sinking... Gulp~
Especially in this situation, Lord Lantern was still swallowing, his throat rolling, accelerating the decomposition of the pirate ship.
The pirates: "???"
What kind of fight is this!
It's a dimension reduction strike!
Blocked in the throat, the geographical advantage was completely mastered by Abyss.
In this Stomach World, he was the rule!
The pirates immediately disintegrated, crying out for their parents.
But there were also ruthless individuals.
A dark figure suddenly shot up from the deck, a pair of huge black wings unfurling behind him!
He seemed to be the Captain of this pirate ship.
"A bunch of good-for-nothings! Watch me!"
Bird-Bird Fruit, Bald Eagle Form ability user—Hawk Taker!
He transformed into his Animal-System human-beast form.
His speed was like a flash of lightning, ignoring the lizard knights on the ground and the Pterodactyl harassment in the air, heading straight for the pass wall!
Air superiority, terrifyingly so!
"Stop him!"
A counterattack horn immediately sounded on the city wall.
Arrows shot over were easily deflected by the hawk-man's hard wings, covered in Armament Haki.
Several Pterodactyl Knights tried to surround him but were easily shaken off.
"Bang!"
Taker landed heavily on the pass, his sharp claws tearing apart two rushing guards.
However,
When he saw Stomach No. 1 island behind the pass, brightly lit and even featuring farmland and a small town,
He was instantly stunned... "Damn, this cursed place actually has a town?"
In the second he was dazed.
An indescribable, terrifying pressure descended with a crash!
As if the weight of the entire world was pressing down on him!
"Suppress!"
The icy Chinese character exploded above his head like a divine oracle.
A giant black character "Suppress" appeared out of thin air, like three mountains and five sacred peaks, pressing down with a rumble!
Taker didn't even let out a grunt, directly flattened to the ground, unable to move, his internal organs almost squeezed out, his eyes filled with terror and shock.
What's going on?!
Flap, flap—
A magnificent Pterodactyl flapped its wings, slowly descending.
A man jumped off it.
Black ponytail, handsome face, tall and muscular, nearly four meters in height, bringing a terrifying sense of oppression.
It was Abyss.
Ten years of arduous cultivation had caused his psychic power to surge.
Before, using a "Fix" character would make his vision go black; now, using a "Suppress" character to smash people was effortless.
"Good ability."
Abyss looked down at Taker, who was flattened like a pancake.
"Now you have two choices."
"One, I throw you down right now."
"Two, swear allegiance to me, and I'll show you a true 'Heavenly Kingdom'."
Taker, however, was tough, gritting his teeth and not saying a word.
Abyss smiled.
"If you don't make a decision soon, your crew will turn into fish food."
"Wait! I surrender!"
Taker immediately shouted loudly, but whether he truly submitted or not, only he knew.
Abyss squatted down, looking into Taker's eyes, his voice echoing strangely.
"Swear allegiance to me."
"I swear allegiance to you, and if I break my oath, I will die a terrible death!"
Taker immediately said.
Anyway, it was just a verbal promise, and for pirates like them, its binding force was almost zero.
"Word-Word Fruit, Oath—"
Abyss snapped his fingers.
"Remember your oath!"
A peculiar sound wave, accompanying his words, directly drilled into the depths of Taker's head and heart, imprinting an invisible mark.
This was the result of Abyss's 10 years of cultivation: the Oath!
As long as the other party swore an oath to him, he could deploy different degrees of sonic bombs on the other party, depending on the intensity of the oath.
He could decide their life or death with a single thought.
Through the Oath, and by casting pure gold to fish outside when Lord Lantern vomited,
In recent years, Abyss had subdued many capable subordinates.
"Yes, yes..."
Taker trembled all over.
He clearly felt that if he dared to violate the oath he had just made, that sound wave would immediately shatter his heart and brain!
What kind of evil ability is this?!
Only the wise submit to circumstances; he could only surrender.
"Go save your crew."
Abyss nodded slightly, canceling the "Suppress" character's restraint.
He ordered Taker to command the pirates to stop resisting,
Then, they came up one by one to swear the Oath of allegiance.
Mission accomplished.
Next, Abyss personally explained to Taker and his new "country bumpkins" what Lord Lantern was, what the Eternal Heavenly Kingdom was, and what the Pure Gold Light was.
Everyone listened, stunned,
Their worldviews shattered, then reassembled, leaving only endless shock and... ecstasy!
Immortality?! Such a good thing exists?!!!
You should have said so earlier! We would have surrendered ages ago!
"Lord, this is pure gold, offered to you."
Taker quickly pulled out a pure gold coin from his in arms and carefully offered it to Abyss.
Now that he was immortal, this precious pure gold coin was useless, so he might as well offer it to the other party.
Seeing the pure gold,
Abyss's eye twitched almost imperceptibly.
Wasn't this the bait he had thrown out?
Lord Lantern's efficiency in devouring ships was very low; often, it would accidentally swallow one only after many years.
Therefore,
After achieving pure gold freedom, Abyss proactively threw out drift bottles containing pure gold coins when Lord Lantern vomited,
As bait,
Once someone picked it up and opened it, the glow of the pure gold would attract Lord Lantern to devour it.
"You're thoughtful, keep it for yourself."
Abyss would not stoop to embezzling a single gold coin from his subordinate.
Taker would soon realize that this precious pure gold coin only had the purchasing power of about 1000 Berries in the Stomach World.
He assigned Taker and his men to the frontline garrison of the Esophageal Pass, and also sent them to Stomach No. 1 island to familiarize themselves with the environment and arrange their living quarters.
Abyss turned and went to Stomach No. 2 Research Institute.
The scientists were already waiting.
"Great King! The latest measurement data is out!"
Dr. Buck handed over a report.
"Stomach No. 1 is 2000 meters long, 800 meters wide, and 300 meters high..."
"Stomach No. 2 is 3000 meters long, 1000 meters wide, and 500 meters high..."
"Stomach No. 3 is 1500 meters long, 500 meters wide, and 200 meters high..."
"Lord Lantern is 9000 meters long, 5000 meters at its widest point, and 4000 meters at its highest point..."
"The average temperature in the Stomach World is 28-32 degrees Celsius..."
Abyss listened to the string of numbers, precise to several decimal places, and nodded in satisfaction.
This was what he wanted.
To conquer this giant beast with science!