"Take this move from me again!"
"Final Flash!!!"
Just as Takuro was about to unleash this world-destroying blow, and Imu seemed ready to counter with true power, a clear shout rang out from the battlefield below.
"Lucci! Now! The third secret passage on the east side!" Robin yelled.
Lucci had been lurking in the shadows like a leopard, waiting for his moment. His eyes flashed with a keen light. He had been waiting for the exact second when the two strongest fighters were fully engaged and unable to look away from each other. His figure transformed into a black streak that was almost impossible for the naked eye to see. Using his knowledge of Mary Geoise's layout, he avoided the chaotic fights and charged like a phantom toward a secret entrance on the east side of Pangaea Castle. The entrance was half-hidden by rubble.
His target was the Flower Chamber. The Poneglyph and the Dragon Ball that Takuro wanted were hidden right there!
At the same time, Dragon and the other elites of the Revolutionary Army followed Lucci's intelligence. They used a forceful breakthrough on another route, heading straight for the Empty Throne's grand hall. They wanted to uncover the ultimate secret of the Void Century.
Meanwhile, the Five Elders—the Gorosei—were completely stuck. They were being attacked by a furious Kaido, a battle-hungry Whitebeard, and the terrifying Charlotte Linlin. They couldn't escape the fight. Members of the God's Knights also appeared, clashing with the other top-tier fighters of the allied forces. The entire city of Mary Geoise had turned into a giant meat grinder of a battlefield.
At the center of this war, still hovering in mid-air, was Takuro. He was about to have a second, even more brutal collision with Imu, the ruler of the world. The golden light of Takuro and the deep, all-consuming Aura of Imu crashed together once again above the shattered sky. The fate of the planet, the truth of history, and the future of the entire world would be decided right here.
Facing Takuro's Final Flash, which had condensed $20$ times his normal energy, the hazy Aura around Imu fluctuated violently for the first time. It wasn't fear; it was the shock of a supreme being. Imu felt a furious anger at being provoked by a "lower" life form.
Imu stopped using the law-level "erasure" and instead raised both hands. As Imu moved, the entire city and even the massive Red Line below seemed to vibrate in response. A dull roar came from deep within the earth, and the clouds in the sky were torn apart by an invisible force.
"In my name, I summon the might of the Ancient Weapon Uranus," Imu said.
Imu's voice seemed to merge with the very laws of heaven and earth. It echoed with a cold, grand sound. Suddenly, the sky above Mary Geoise went through a terrifying change. It wasn't a natural storm. It was as if the "concept" of the sky was being twisted and squeezed. It turned into countless pale lightning bolts that could tear souls apart and distort matter. Like billions of roaring snakes, the lightning crashed down toward Takuro.
At the same time, the air became thick like glue. It pressed down on Takuro from every direction with a weight that could crush him and the energy he was holding. This was the power of the world itself, pulled forward by the authority of the Ancient Weapon.
"Bring it on!!" Takuro roared.
Facing this god-like punishment, he didn't back down. Instead, the golden Ki flames burning around him rose even higher. The silver-white lightning and the Ki flames wrapped around each other more tightly. Under the immense pressure, his Aura broke through another limit!
"Haaah!!!"
With a roar that could shatter eardrums, his golden hair became even more dazzling and stood even straighter. Within his surging Ki flames, the silver-white lightning became the main force, covering him like a suit of thunder armor. His energy level soared several times higher than a regular Super Saiyan at full power!
"Twenty times—Final Flash!! Fire!!"
The bright beam of light, squeezed to the extreme and wrapped in golden Ki and wild silver lightning, met the pale lightning falling from the sky. It slammed into the invisible pressure of heaven and earth!
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
This time, the collision wasn't silent. It was a true, planet-level explosion of energy. Gold, pale, and silver-white lights clashed and exploded. At the center, space shattered like glass, showing a strange, multi-dimensional world behind it. A terrifying energy storm swept out like a tsunami. Large parts of Pangaea Castle collapsed and turned to dust like sandcastles in the wind.
The fighters below stopped and looked up in horror. It looked like a war between gods. The power of the Ancient Weapon Uranus was actually being held back by Takuro's Final Flash! The pale lightning bolts broke apart when they touched the lightning-infused beam. The invisible pressure of the world was forced away by the raging energy.
"How is this possible?!" Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, one of the Gorosei, shouted in shock. They knew the power of Uranus could wipe the surface of the planet clean.
Imu's blurry figure swayed slightly in the storm. Takuro's surge of power had gone beyond Imu's expectations. The growth of this "anomaly" was impossible to believe.
"It's not over yet!" Takuro laughed loudly. He kept the Final Flash going with one hand, but with the other, he suddenly punched the air toward Imu!
"Bursting Sky Cannon!!!"
A fast, condensed shockwave of energy shot through the storm like a golden meteor. It blasted straight toward Imu's true form. Imu didn't expect Takuro could launch a second attack while still firing the first. The protective Aura around Imu flickered, and Imu hastily raised a hand to block.
Bang!!
The golden energy exploded. Imu's figure was blasted backward. The surrounding Aura dimmed, and for a moment, one could see a slender silhouette beneath the light. The ruler of the World Government had been pushed back for the first time in a direct fight!
At the same time, Lucci was moving fast. Using the speed of his Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Leopard, he moved through the secret passages like a shadow. He was getting closer to the Flower Chamber.
However, as he reached the end of the passage near a large stone door, a cold and malicious Aura locked onto him. It felt like a venomous snake. A tall figure in a white suit, a mask, and a cape stepped out of the shadows, blocking his path. It was a high-ranking officer of CP0—the same person who had tried to silence CP9 years ago.
"Rob Lucci..." a cold, mocking voice said from behind the mask. "Running from the mines like a rat. Instead of hiding in a corner to stay alive, you dare to return here? You even side with rebels?"
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