Roger laughed heartily: "Newgate, what are you talking about? Resurrection? Don't tell me this monster can come back from death?"
Garp picked his nose: "My Observation Haki hasn't detected that monster's presence at all. It must be dead. No one could withstand such powerful attacks from us."
The atmosphere seemed to lighten somewhat.
But Rocks and Raiver remained tense.
Rocks frowned deeply, calculating in his mind:
Last time at Mary Geoise, how long did it take for Imu to resurrect? One minute?
If we follow that timeline, it should be—
Raiver was thinking more deeply.
He didn't believe Imu could be eliminated so easily.
If the purest, most powerful Haki alone could kill Imu, then what would be the purpose of Sun God Nika and Dark God Nika?
Eight hundred years ago, even Joy Boy and Davy Jones working together couldn't eliminate her.
He didn't think the combined Haki of the seven people present could surpass those two legends.
"Hey, Roger," Garp turned around, "now it's time to settle our accounts."
Roger grinned: "Right here?"
"Anywhere is fine!"
"Damn Kaido! You owe me an explanation today!"
Just as everyone thought the battle was over and prepared for a new confrontation—
Hum.
A faint sound, like a plucked string.
Then another.
Hum.
Garp's smile froze.
Roger's hand went to his sword hilt.
Whitebeard's pupils suddenly contracted.
Hum—!!!
That wasn't a sound—it was a tremor that directly affected the soul!
An unprecedented Conqueror's Haki erupted from the depths of the massive crater!
This wasn't human Haki, this was... Divine Might!
Black energy seeped from the void, coalescing, swirling, and taking shape at the bottom of the crater!
Like living creatures, they intertwined with each other, outlining a humanoid form, then the monster's body, and finally that inhuman face.
Imu, resurrected from death.
Following this, God-Tier Conqueror's Haki swept across the entire island like a tsunami!
This wasn't an attack—it was a declaration, proclaiming the insurmountable gap between mortals and gods!
At the island's periphery, the retreating Roger Pirates were also affected.
Rayleigh held Shakky, shouting to the staggering crew members nearby:
"Look! Treasure is rolling on the ground! Quick, pick it up! We can't forget our pirate nature!"
Shakky laughed in his arms: "Hahaha! You're so thrifty, Rayleigh!"
But there was no laughter in her eyes—only deep concern.
She too could feel that presence, something that shouldn't exist in this world.
...
At the battlefield center, the seven powerful figures faced their formidable enemy.
Imu's new body fully manifested.
She looked at Rocks, her voice like eternal ice:
"You... cannot kill Imu."
Then, her third eye began to glow with an eerie light.
"I see... your wife and child running through the forest. They're desperately, desperately trying to survive."
Rocks' expression changed.
"I will not spare a single member of the Davy Family," Imu's voice carried a cruel smile, "especially... your bloodline."
"Stop! What do you think you're doing, you bastard!"
Rocks lunged forward!
His Black Blade struck faster and fiercer than before!
The blade light instantly sliced Imu's newly formed body into three segments!
Yet Imu didn't evade, nor did she defend.
She was laughing.
Just as Rocks' blade passed through her body, two barbed tentacles shot out from the shadows, piercing through Rocks' chest!
But strangely, there was no blood.
Rocks didn't even feel any pain.
He looked down at the tentacles impaling his body, confusion flashing in his eyes.
"What kind of attack is this? It doesn't hurt at all!"
Imu's severed upper body floated in the air, her three eyes calmly fixed on Rocks:
"You yourself will be the one to exterminate the Davy Family."
"Go slaughter your wife and child."
Imu softly uttered the forbidden name:
"Domi Reverse —"
Instantly, dark energy surged like a living entity through the tentacles into Rocks' body, attempting to transform him into a demonic monster that knew only slaughter.
Rocks groaned in agony, gradually revealing demonic fangs.
Darkness erupted within him!
His eyes were slowly consumed by darkness, his rationality being replaced by a primal, violent instinct!
The other six of the seven powerhouses tried to rescue him, but the remaining parts of Imu's body simultaneously unleashed God-Tier Conqueror's Haki, repelling them all!
"Rocks!" Whitebeard roared.
"Hold on!" Roger attempted to charge forward but was forced back by the tentacles.
Garp shattered several tentacles with a single punch, but more surged from the ground.
Raiver slashed out a Sword Qi, but Imu took the hit with her body, solely to complete the final ritual.
Imu withdrew the tentacles, and Rocks fell from mid-air.
Rocks knelt on the ground, clutching his face.
His low growls gradually turned into inhuman roars, his body began to swell, his skin turned dark red, and massive tumors bulged from his back—
He was turning into a monster.
Becoming Imu's most loyal hound, one that knew only killing.
And his first targets would be his own wife and child.
Imu hovered in the air, watching it all, her pupils reflecting Rocks' gradually twisting form.
"The Davy bloodline should end like this."
Then, her gaze locked onto Raiver.
"After Rocks, it's your turn, Raiver—"
Before she could finish, the sky suddenly darkened!
Countless tentacles entwined with pitch-black Haki shot out from the void!
Raiver's eyes sharpened, and his figure vanished instantly.
The next moment, he appeared three hundred meters away in the air, but the tentacles seemed to possess foresight, changing direction almost simultaneously and sealing off all his escape angles.
Imu's figure blurred for an instant, reappearing clearly within a hundred meters of Raiver.
Her third eye was fully open, its pupil reflecting countless shattered fragments of time and space—she was reading Raiver's possible future trajectories.
"You cannot escape." Imu raised her hand, more tentacles surging from the shadows behind her:
"I will eliminate you today!"
Raiver swung his Black Dragon Blade left and right, releasing dark red blade arcs.
Each arc severed dozens of tentacles, but the severed tentacles turned into black sludge upon hitting the ground.
From them, new, thicker tentacles immediately sprouted.
They were endless, impossible to eradicate.
Raiver remained silent, only swinging his blade relentlessly.
Dozens of tentacles surged from below in a surprise attack. He dodged swiftly and severed them with a backhand slash.
But from both sides, hundreds of tentacles closed in simultaneously, forming an impenetrable black cage that stabbed toward the center!
No room to retreat.
Raiver raised his right hand, palm facing forward.
"Almighty Push—"
Hum!
An invisible repulsive force barrier erupted from him, expanding in a perfect spherical burst!
The air was compressed and torn apart, releasing a deafening roar.
The tentacles were instantly pulverized upon contact with the barrier. Everything within a three-hundred-meter radius was crushed and pushed away by the repulsive force field!
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