In the center of the town, Captain John spread his arms wide and laughed maniacally.
"Gather to me, my treasures!"
The full power of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit was unleashed!
All metal—be it treasure or weapons—was drawn in, revolving around him like planets orbiting a star.
Mountains of gold and silver treasures, along with thousands of swords, sabers, and cannons, fell around John amidst his laughter.
"That bastard John..." Gan Quan emerged from a corner, a murderous glint in his eyes.
"Sky Serpent Red Cannon—"
He flicked a booger.
The seemingly ridiculous object flew through the air at high speed, its surface glowing with an eerie red light.
John sensed the danger, but it was too late.
The booger bomb exploded in front of him.
It wasn't an ordinary explosion—it was the instantaneous release of Haki compressed to its absolute limit!
Gan Quan was a user of the Paramecia Type Bomb-Bomb Fruit!
The explosive shockwave spread out in a sphere, pulverizing buildings as if they were made of paper wherever it passed!
Nearly half the town was reduced to rubble by this single blow!
They both have the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, so why is the difference so vast? Right, Mr. 5?
"Captain John!" John's subordinates cried out in terror.
As the smoke and dust cleared, John lay in a pool of blood, covered in wounds.
The power of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit was instantly dispelled.
The rain of metal in the sky came crashing down!
Dragon plummeted downwards, immediately using his body as a cushion to protect Shanks.
After landing, he found himself lying amidst countless treasures.
Gold, jewels, antiques... priceless treasures were now scattered on the ground like trash.
"Cough... cough..." Dragon staggered to his feet, but noticed the weight in his arms was wrong.
He looked down and gasped.
Wood.
He was holding a piece of wood wrapped in clothes!
Dragon immediately began to frantically search through the ruins.
Meanwhile, in a nearby corner, Little Shanks was clumsily climbing into an open treasure chest.
He was captivated by the sparkling jewels inside and reached out his small hand to grab them.
The lid of the chest slowly closed behind him, sealing him off from the outside world.
...
Shiki walked over the rubble, his twin swords pointed at Gan Quan. "Hey, Gan Quan, why did you attack John?"
Gan Quan wiped his fingers and sneered, "Did you really think that guy would split the treasure evenly with us? A single chest worth a billion is not to be underestimated. I really want to take it all for myself."
After speaking, he flicked another booger bomb.
Shiki was already on guard. He crossed his swords and slashed, the Sword Qi cleaving the bomb in mid-air.
The force of the explosion knocked both of them back several meters.
"So you want to take it all for yourself too?" A greedy look flashed in Shiki's eyes. "Then why don't you let me take over!"
"You think you're worthy?"
The two instantly clashed!
Flashes of sword light and explosions intertwined, sending the surrounding treasures flying once again.
...
At the center of the battlefield, Garp was charging toward Imu.
"Vice Admiral Garp! That's the highest authority of the World Government!" several Marines desperately tried to hold him back.
"You mean that pest?" Garp shook them off, his right fist wreathed in dark red Haki.
"Watch me beat this disgusting thing back to its original form!"
Just then, a dragon's roar echoed from the sky.
Kaido, in his Azure Dragon form, spiraled down. "Let me join the fight too, Rocks!"
"Hold on! Kaido, you bastard! I'm going to kill you!"
Linlin, riding on Thundercloud Zeus, pursued him from behind, Emperor Sword Napoleon burning with flames in her hand.
It turned out that before Imu appeared, she and Kaido had been fighting fiercely in the first warehouse—over that Fish-Fish Fruit.
Linlin had been chasing Kaido ever since he transformed into an Azure Dragon and fled.
"Linlin, you're jealous, aren't you?" Kaido laughed heartily. "Watch closely and see just how powerful this Devil Fruit really is!"
Roger also charged in. "Garp! That's my prey!"
Seven great powerhouses—Rocks, Raiver, Whitebeard, Linlin, Kaido, Roger, and Garp—assaulted Imu from different directions!
The survivors present would remember that moment for the rest of their lives.
The charging Garp leaped into the air, his right fist coated in Conqueror's Haki and Advanced Armament Haki. The air before his fist compressed, twisted, and burned!
"Galaxy Impact—!"
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared in space along the trajectory of his descending fist!
Roger followed close behind. He drew his Famous Sword Ace, coating the blade with Conqueror's Haki. What he slashed out was not Sword Qi, but a bloody light that tore reality asunder!
"Divine Departure—!"
It was a strike that even the gods would have to evade!
Rocks, who was in the middle of a fierce battle with Imu, leaped back to create distance. Supreme Conqueror Haki burned like black flames on the Black Blade in his hand.
He gripped the sword with both hands, and the moment he slashed, it was as if even light itself was devoured!
"Abyssal Curse—!"
Wherever the blade's light passed, all things withered!
Whitebeard attacked from the side, bringing down Cloud Cutter imbued with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
Before the blade even arrived, the space before it shattered like glass!
"Space Rupture—!"
Linlin, standing on Zeus, gripped Emperor Sword Napoleon with both hands. The lightning of Thundercloud Zeus and the flames of Sun Prometheus poured into the blade!
"Heavenly Fire Thunder · Might Country—!"
Kaido coiled in the air, the mouth of the Azure Dragon opened, and destructive energy gathered deep in his throat, then—
"Dragon's Breath—!"
The fiery breath transformed into a pillar of fire tens of meters in diameter, descending from the sky like divine punishment!
Last was Raiver.
He teleported into mid-air. The moment he unsheathed the Black Dragon Blade, his Supreme Conqueror Haki erupted like a volcano!
The Sword Qi transformed into a giant black dragon, wreathed in Haki flames, roaring as it tore apart everything in its path!
"Sky-Burning Black Dragon Slash—!"
Seven attacks, from seven directions, struck Imu at the exact same moment!
In that instant, time seemed to stand still.
First came the light—a white light so blinding it caused temporary blindness.
Then came the shockwave.
With Imu at the center, a spherical shockwave expanded with a deafening boom!
Wherever it passed, the earth was torn up, rocks were pulverized, and the air was ignited!
The nearest Marines and pirates were vaporized before they could even scream!
Smoke and dust shot into the sky, forming a mushroom cloud hundreds of meters high.
When everything settled, a massive crater several hundred meters in diameter had appeared at the center of the former battlefield.
Imu had vanished.
Not even ashes remained.
A dead silence fell over the battlefield.
After a long while, Garp scratched his head. "My attack should have been enough."
Roger sheathed his sword. "It was my attack, alright!"
"Bullshit! It was clearly my fist that hit first!"
Linlin roared, "Kaido! You stole my fruit, you'd better give me an explanation today!"
Kaido, in his Azure Dragon form, replied, "I can't spit out what I've already eaten, Linlin!"
"Then pay up, you bastard!"
Whitebeard walked to the edge of the giant crater and planted Cloud Cutter in the ground. "With the seven of us combining our attacks this time, this monster should be completely dead."
Linlin looked at the empty crater and nodded with rare seriousness.
"If it can revive even after this, then it's an invincible monster. No one would be a match for it."