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"Linlin, jealous, huh? Then watch closely!"
Facing Big Mom's thunderous rage and the slash from Napoleon's giant sword, Kaido showed no fear at all. Instead, a near-mocking, ferocious grin appeared on the dragon's face.
The power of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon surged and roared within him, like a dormant volcano fully awakened.
He could feel his strength climbing to an unprecedented level.
This sensation of power filling every inch of his body nearly made Kaido want to throw his head back and roar at the sky.
At that moment, two figures shot in from the left and right sides of the battlefield like cannonballs!
"Garp! That's my prey!" Roger's voice carried excitement mixed with dissatisfaction.
"Shut up!" Garp's reply was blunt and rough.
The two old rivals didn't stop bickering even as they charged toward the monster, but their movements were astonishingly synchronized!
Almost in the same instant, both adjusted their trajectories, fully locking their attacks onto the monster that Imu was controlling—Saint Saturn's transformed body!
No discussion, no tactical planning—just the near-instinctive rapport between top-tier powerhouses.
Garp charged from the right, his fists wrapped in Armament Haki as solid as obsidian; every step he took cracked the ground beneath him.
Roger flanked from the left, drawing his long sword "Ace," with Conqueror's Haki manifesting as red-black lightning dancing along the blade.
Straight ahead, Rocks prepared to unleash another surge of dark-red sword energy!
Above, Kaido hovered, coiling power as a devastating breath brewed deep in his dragon maw.
On the flank, Whitebeard gripped Murakumogiri, a vibration sphere condensing in his hand!
And Big Mom—who had just been chasing Kaido down—abruptly halted her pursuit in this moment.
She was furious, but she wasn't stupid.
The threat posed by the monster right in front of them was clearly far more urgent than a Devil Fruit that had already been eaten.
"Mam-ma-ma-ma…"
Big Mom grinned widely, dangerous glints flashing in her eyes: "If we're going to fight… then let's tear this thing apart together first!"
Napoleon's giant sword shifted direction, its blade beginning to gather terrifying monstrous strength and Haki.
Six figures.
Six powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of this era.
Six legends who would each carve out their own age in the future.
At this moment, for different reasons, they reached a startling consensus—
To destroy the monster before them: a blasphemer of life, a twisted existence, the embodiment of the World Government's deepest darkness!
No slogans, no declarations.
Only the upheaval of heaven and earth triggered when power was instantly pushed to its absolute limit.
The clouds in the sky began to swirl, forming a massive vortex.
Rubble and dust on the ground rose slowly against gravity.
The air itself grew thick and heavy with Haki, making even breathing difficult.
At the edges of the battlefield, the Marines and pirates all froze, staring in horror toward the center.
They could sense something indescribably terrifying about to erupt.
And then…
"Pandemonium of the Abyss!!!"
Rocks struck first! The dark-red sword energy was no longer a simple slash—it transformed into countless twisted curse runes seemingly drawn from the abyss itself!
They crawled toward the monster like living things, decaying and crumbling everything in their path!
"Galaxy · Impact—!!!"
Garp's right fist exploded forward at the same time!
This was no ordinary punch—it was all his cultivated Armament Haki compressed, condensed, and unleashed!
The air ahead of his fist was completely crushed, forming two visible vacuum shockwaves!
"Divine Departure—!!!"
Roger's long sword came down! The strike looked plain and unadorned, yet it carried the will and Haki that could make even gods retreat!
Where the blade passed, there was no sound, no light or shadow—only a rift that seemed to slice reality itself apart!
"Shattering Void—!!!"
Whitebeard's vibration sphere detonated in his right fist, triggering a chain collapse of space!
This time it wasn't vibrating the air—it was vibrating space itself! Web-like spatial cracks spread wildly outward from him!
"Ikoko Sovereignty—!!!"
Big Mom's Napoleon giant sword came crashing down!
Her strength rivaling that of the Giant Tribe, combined with the full force of her Armament Haki!
Even before the blade reached, the terrifying pressure had already sunk the ground!
"Dragon—!!!"
Kaido's dragon maw opened wide!
Though the name was somewhat hasty, this attack compressed and converted the full power of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon before unleashing it!
Six utterly different yet all "extreme" powers.
From six directions, at the exact same instant, they bombarded the monster controlled by Imu!
The eruption of power and the terror of its aftermath—
Time seemed to freeze in that moment.
BOOM!!!
An indescribable roar.
It didn't enter through the ears—it exploded directly from the depths of the soul!
Centered on the collision point of the six attacks, a pure white energy aftershock—seemingly capable of dispelling everything—suddenly expanded!
Wherever the aftershock passed, dozens of meters of earth were torn up, exposing the hard bedrock below.
Ruins, trees, wreckage—all turned to the finest dust the instant they touched the ring of light.
Marines and pirates closer to the blast didn't even have time to scream before being hurled away by the terrifying energy!
Those farther out were swept up like leaves in a gale and thrown flying!
"Retreat! Everyone retreat!!"
Marine officers and pirates roared as they backed away, but their voices were like mosquito buzzes amid the roar of destruction.
The entire God Valley trembled violently under this single strike!
No—not just God Valley.
Every island and kingdom watching through the light screen could clearly see the image shaking intensely.
At the God Valley site, the onlookers all held their breath.
Even seasoned veterans like Rayleigh, Scopper Gaban, Sengoku, and Tsuru had contracted pupils and faces full of shock.
"The power of these six…"
Rayleigh murmured to himself: "It's already… beyond the realm of 'humanity.'"
Scopper Gaban wiped cold sweat from his brow: "Six monsters… no, six 'kings of monsters' combining their strength in one strike…"
Though confident in his own power, these six were undeniably the true powerhouses!
Sengoku stared fixedly at the light screen, waves of shock surging in his heart.
He finally understood why the future world would enter the "Yonko Era."
Because individuals possessing this level of power…
could no longer be fully suppressed by any single force—and territorial control was a crucial part of it!
Garp, watching the light screen with arms crossed, had blazing eyes: "The me of the future… damn well done!"
Roger grinned widely: "Hahahaha! Now that's adventure! Now that's a fight!"
Rocks remained expressionless, but his slightly trembling fingers betrayed the turmoil within.
It was the resonance of power, the craving for a peak confrontation.
As the aftershock and dust gradually cleared and the light screen image sharpened again, everyone saw a sight they would never forget…
The monster controlled by Imu still stood there, but its condition was utterly miserable.
All three left-side limbs were severed, viscous black liquid pouring from the stumps.
Four of the five right-side tentacles had been blasted apart; the remaining one was mangled and incomplete.
Most horrifying was its "head"—
Now blown open with a massive gap, revealing an internal honeycomb-like structure.
Yet standing atop the monster's head was that blurry humanoid figure…
Imu still stood there.
But "her" figure seemed… slightly more transparent?
"Did… did we do it?" a pirate muttered.
"The monster isn't dead! But it's injured! Badly injured!" a Marine officer shouted excitedly.
However, before anyone could cheer, the monster's mangled body suddenly began convulsing violently!
The severed limbs, shattered bone spikes, even the black liquid spilled on the ground!
All of it began wriggling like living things, gathering and retracting back into the monster's body!
It was… regenerating itself?!
The crowds watching the light screen broadcast were now completely stunned. They could tell how terrifying that earlier attack had been…
Yet this monster could still recover—and from the looks of it, seemingly without taking any real lasting damage!
"Kuma… what the hell is that thing!"
Ginny stared at Imu slowly returning to its original form, her eyes filled with pure terror.
She didn't know why, but just looking at this monster made her whole body tremble with dread, as if she'd fallen into an icy abyss…
"Don't… don't be scared, Ginny! Kuma and I will protect you!"
"That's right! Ivankov and I will protect you!"
Ivankov's own voice was already trembling, but to keep Ginny from panicking, he forced himself to sound strong and began cheering her up.
Kuma echoed from nearby, inching a little closer to the two in an attempt to dispel their fear—even though he himself was terrified right now…
"World Government… just what the hell are you?!"
Dragon stared at Imu's figure, imprinting it deeply into his mind. The anger in his eyes from before had vanished—replaced only by cold composure and a trace of wariness!
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