At the same time, black-and-red lightning fell from the sky, engulfing Mountain Ancestor beneath a thunderbolt.
Roar!!
The colossal Mountain Ancestor thrashed wildly under the current, yet could not move from the spot. The paralyzing effect of this evolved lightning was terrifying. Mountain Ancestor could only watch as its shell rapidly dissolved in the glare, its death throes sounding like a beast's final wail.
Crack!
Muffled thunder rolled across the sky. A dangerous aura swept over the sea, and Imu frowned as he looked up.
"What is that?"
"A kind of... lightning of extinction, born when the Rumble-Rumble Fruit fused with my power."
Lightning wrapped around Ron as he stood in midair, gripping the Thunder Dragon Halberd in one hand.
Then he asked,
"And what was that of yours?"
"Heh!"
Imu bared his teeth in a sneer. "Just the instinct to reclaim power I scattered."
"But I only saw seven kinds."
"Seven... are enough!"
Killing intent flared in his eyes. As he spoke, Imu tore off his cumbersome robe, revealing muscles as powerfully knotted as any young man's.
Boom!
A shockwave burst beneath his feet, propelling him toward Ron at tremendous speed.
If I could reclaim them all, would this day ever have come?
The mockery in Ron's words could hardly have been clearer.
Facing the oncoming Imu, Ron smiled faintly. "As I thought. From the moment you began making Devil Fruit seeds to consume this planet, you bound yourself to it."
Only by merging with the world's source could a seed give birth to a Devil Fruit. If Imu could reclaim every seed, it would mean he had already seized this world.
Clearly, he had not.
So he could only choose a handful to reclaim.
Azure Sky's Eye!
Imu's path shifted unpredictably. Neither sight nor Observation Haki could track