Wood's God-level magic could have been unleashed directly, but if he chose to do that, then everyone in the holy land of Mary Geoise, including Aokiji and the others, would most likely perish.
So before unleashing his true strength, Wood was using this display to remind them to evacuate as quickly as possible.
Dragons had extremely high resistance to all kinds of elemental magic, but even Imu, standing on the ground, could feel the earth beneath her feet growing red-hot and beginning to burn.
As creatures at the top of the food chain, they had an instinctive sense of danger. Sensing that something was wrong with the ground, Imu immediately beat her wings and prepared to take to the sky.
"Don't rush off! We've only just met, and you already dragged me along the ground and rubbed my face in it.
"They say courtesy demands reciprocity. No matter what, you have to accept my gift in return, or it'd be rude, right?"
Imu flapped her Dragon Wings, trying to take flight, but halfway up, she realized she couldn't get off the ground.
The reason was simple: one of her claws was being held tightly by a figure in the crater.
After being dragged along the ground, the other person's shirt was now little more than rags, but the silver light shining from the unknown writing on his chest remained dazzling.
Blazing flames suddenly enveloped Wood's body. His already tattered shirt was burned to ash in an instant.
At the same time, a gigantic red magic circle, at least several kilometers across, appeared beneath Wood and the dragon. It rapidly expanded, and soon its reach encompassed the entire holy land of Mary Geoise.
Seeing the enormous magic circle spread across the ground, Imu, who had been as calm as could be