Bang!
Crash!
The Azure Sky's Eye, floating in what could already be defined as outer space, suddenly exploded and vanished. On its own, it had been too much of a stretch for it to withstand the attack of the Vampire Fruit's shadow.
At the same time, Imu's face flushed even more deeply. Wrinkles gradually surfaced across his skin, and then, with a "pfft," he spat out a mouthful of congested blood.
Hiss... hiss...
The stench of charred flesh filled the air. These solid shadows rapidly twisted and shrank under the scorching lightning, like silkworm chrysalises tossed into a frying pan, bubbling and crackling.
Heaven-Shaking Strike!
Frost, flames, deadly poison!
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit shadow and the Yamata no Orochi shadow, both possessing ranged attack abilities, unleashed their attacks at the same time. Terrifying energy swept away all falsehood and blasted the lightning pillar apart at the middle.
Pfft!
Ron likewise couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of congested blood before being sent flying by the heavy blow.
Imu looked at the black figure curled up into a ball. Enduring his discomfort, he raised his palm and pressed it against its shoulder.
Buzz!
A dark vortex spun continuously. The shadow's body, as if it had been deep-fried, rapidly healed. Almost at the same moment that the skin on Ron's back finished repairing itself, the Dream Fruit shadow recovered as well.
"It can do that?!"
Ron widened his eyes, then shook his head. "Right. These shadows are one with Imu. The healing ability of the Dark-Dark Fruit's non-Elementalization body can naturally be used on them as well."
"But how long can you keep this up?"
Slowly rising to his feet, Ron tore open his suit, revealing sturdy, knotted muscles that looked as though they had been cast from molten steel.
"You're