"Die!!"
"You brats!!"
Accompanied by series of explosive roars, five hideous, fully transformed figures instantly lunged toward Aoki and his group in the sky. The current Five Elder Stars were all Devil Fruit Users, and every single one of them was an Animal Series Mythical Zoan.
One must know that Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits are incredibly rare in the great sea, even more so than Logia Types. From the beginning of the Pirate King serialization until now, only a handful of Mythical Zoans had appeared. Initially, there were only Chopper, Sengoku, and Marco. It wasn't until the Wano Country arc that more Mythical Zoans began to emerge—Kaido, Yamato, Orochi, and others were all revealed to be Mythical Zoans. Most importantly, the protagonist Luffy's Rubber Fruit was officially confirmed in that arc to be the Mythical Zoan Nika Fruit.
As it turned out, the Five Elder Stars standing before Aoki and his group were also all Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Users.
Facing the transformed Five Elder Stars, Aoki and the others simply glanced at each other. Madara Uchiha and the rest stepped forward.
"Let me show you the power of Susanoo!"
As soon as Madara spoke, a Perfect Susanoo instantly materialized above Pangaea Castle. Beside him, Hashirama, Tobirama, Sasuke, and Obito all activated their Susanoos as well. The five great Susanoos made their appearance once more, exuding a terrifying pressure that was not in the least bit inferior to the pressure brought by the Five Elder Stars' Mythical Zoan transformations.
The battle between the two sides was triggered instantly. However, this time, the Five Elder Stars were facing Perfect Susanoos, which were far more powerful than the second-stage Susanoos Aoki and his group had shown during their first appearance at the Sabaody Archipelago.
The moment they clashed, the expressions of the Five Elder Stars shifted, their faces filled with disbelief.
"This power!!"
"How is this possible?!"
"How can you all be this strong?!"
The answer to the Five Elder Stars' incredulous questions was the dozens-of-meters-long Susanoo blades wielded by Madara and the others.
In an instant, the Five Elder Stars were beaten so badly they had no chance to fight back. The Five Elder Stars, who had just confidently guaranteed to Imu that they would resolve the Shiraha Group, were now being rubbed into the ground.
This scene left the Celestial Dragons hiding inside Pangaea Castle dumbfounded. They had originally hoped the Five Elder Stars would protect them, but now, even the Five Elder Stars were no match for these monsters.
Boom—!
As the two sides continued to clash, the five massive figures were soon slammed heavily from the sky into the ground. Once the smoke cleared, the miserable forms of the Five Elder Stars were revealed within the deep craters.
"This is impossible!!"
"There cannot be such terrifying existences on this sea!"
"Who exactly are you people?!"
By now, the Five Elder Stars were completely dazed by the beating from Madara and the others. The powerful Susanoo and the strange Eye Techniques... such power simply didn't seem like abilities belonging to this sea.
However, the answer the Five Elder Stars received was a sudden eruption of pitch-black flames.
"Amaterasu!!"
The flames that would never extinguish instantly landed on the Five Elder Stars. The Amaterasu Flame, which could never seem to kill anyone in the Naruto World, proved its lethality here in the Pirate World. The scorching black flames instantly engulfed the Five Elder Stars. No matter how they struggled, the Amaterasu continued to rage across their bodies. Even though the Five Elder Stars were Mythical Zoan users, no amount of recovery power could withstand the burning of Amaterasu.
The Five Elder Stars, who had initially thought they could rely on their Armament Haki and Mythical Zoan physiques to resist, were swallowed by the Amaterasu in an instant.
"AAAAAHHHH!!"
"Damn it!!"
"It won't go out!!"
"What kind of fire is this?!"
Accompanied by a series of shrill screams, Obito also activated his Eye Technique. Now possessing dual Kamui, Obito was naturally not simple. Looking at the Five Elder Stars struggling frantically, Obito directly activated Kamui, sucking the five of them into the Kamui Dimension, along with the Amaterasu Flame.
After all, watching five old geezers writhe under the flames was quite unappetizing.
Having dealt with the Five Elder Stars, Aoki's gaze fell upon Pangaea Castle. Now, he only needed to deal with the true ruler of the World Government, Imu, to complete the third mission.
Without further delay, the group prepared to enter Pangaea Castle to finish the task.
At that moment, the sky suddenly darkened. The previously clear sky was instantly covered with dense black clouds, and streaks of lightning could be seen snaking through the cloud layer.
This abrupt change caused Aoki and the others to pause in surprise. Just a moment ago, it had been a cloudless sky, and in an instant, the weather had changed completely.
This eerie scene caused Aoki and the others to look up toward the sky. Amidst the dense black clouds, a point of light slowly appeared. It was only a small speck of light, yet it was exceptionally eye-catching against the ink-black clouds.
"Be careful!"
"Something's not right!!"
Seeing this strange occurrence, Aoki's eyes narrowed. After giving a low warning to Madara and the others beside him, he stared intently at the light in the sky.
Meanwhile, inside Pangaea Castle, a massive Light Screen displayed the figures of Aoki and his group. Imu, the true ruler of the World Government, sat before the screen. Their face remained expressionless; even seeing Aoki's group kill the Five Elder Stars on the screen didn't cause any emotional fluctuation in Imu. Those eyes looked as if they were staring at dead men.
"Vanish under the power of Uranus~"
"Those who dare to challenge authority shall all dissipate from this world!"
As Imu finished murmuring, they pressed a button.
The moment it was pressed, the small speck of light in the sky suddenly began to expand. It grew from a fist-sized point of light until it was large enough to envelop Aoki and everyone else.
At this point, Aoki had more or less guessed what this thing in the sky was.
The Pirate World had the Three Ancient Weapons: Poseidon, Pluto, and Uranus. The power of Poseidon resided in the Fish-Man Island Princess Shirahoshi, and the Pluto warship was mentioned on the Alabasta stone tablet. As for the power of Uranus, although it hadn't been fully explained, fans speculated it was held by the World Government.
This bizarre phenomenon in the sky was likely Imu activating the power of Uranus.
"The power of Uranus, huh~"
"So, to what level has my current strength reached?"
Facing the imminent descent of Uranus's attack, Aoki showed no trace of panic. Several small Truth-Seeking Balls began to rotate around his wrist. Seeing this, Madara and the others stepped back without hesitation, yielding the stage to him.
At that moment, a pillar of light suddenly broke through the clouds and blasted down toward Aoki and the others. Anything touched by the pillar of light vanished instantly.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!!"
Facing the attack from Uranus, Aoki did not hesitate to activate the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at full power. A dazzling beam of light surged upward to meet the falling pillar of light.
Boom—!
The two energies collided, instantly erupting into a terrifying Shockwave. The clouds in the sky were instantly blown away, revealing the true face of Uranus. It turned out to be nothing more than a sophisticated weapon.
As Aoki pushed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to its limit, the pillar of light fired by Uranus gradually fell into a disadvantage. No matter how much Imu increased the output, it was still no match for Aoki. Under the full force of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, the beam pushed directly through the pillar and sliced into Uranus in the sky.
"Boom!!"
A violent explosion instantly painted the entire sky fiery red.
Inside Pangaea Castle, seeing the destroyed Uranus, Imu froze in place, unable to recover for a long time. At this moment, Imu could never have imagined that Uranus would be destroyed. Just like that, destroyed so easily?!
"Damn it!!! Damn it!!"
"You damned outsiders!!"
"Why have you come to destroy my rule?!"
Accompanied by a series of roars, a terrifying figure suddenly smashed through the walls of Pangaea Castle and charged out. The terrifying aura emanating from the body, along with that massive frame, allowed Aoki and the others to witness the strength of this world's strongest individual for the first time.
However, hearing Imu's roar, Aoki was quite surprised. He hadn't expected Imu to know they weren't from this world.
Imu stared at Aoki with a face full of rage.
"Why have you come to this world?!"
"Your power doesn't belong here!"
"You despicable outsiders!!"
As Imu finished speaking in a frenzy, a black shadow instantly struck toward Aoki at the front. The speed was so fast that it caught everyone off guard.
"Die!!"