Zero-Frame Opening

"Brothers! We have to take down a few of those immortal monsters before the main Navy force arrives!"

"And they may have called in powerful fighters from the West Blue's Affiliated Nations!"

"But don't worry! We've got an army of our own!"

"Show them everything you've got!"

Houka saw that Gunko had summoned the other contractors and shouted to everyone.

A vast force of blood servants and Homies soldiers was hidden in his Lost World and inside the Castle-Castle Fruit user he had borrowed from Ganzi.

"Bahahaha! Sambel, you'd better be ready!"

"I'm going to knock that arrogant bastard into the sea!"

The Flame Titan Babel was itching to kill Saint Sommers.

Ever since Brogy of the Giants and the Fish-Man Race had "killed" the snow monster Saint Topman Snowbuster,

everyone had grown confident they could bring down these immortal monsters.

If they captured them, they might even get their hands on their Devil Fruit powers!

Of course, that would take luck.

After all, Imu could erase those contractors at any moment.

They would have to defeat the immortal monsters and quickly hide their captives in Boss Houka's Lost World, or hand them to Captain Rocks so he could use the Dark-Dark Fruit to strip away their powers.

Only then would they have a real chance of claiming those powers for themselves.

But just as everyone sized up their opponents, eager for a fight,

Imu struck without warning, summoning his sun and unleashing a devastating attack on Assyria Island.

"!!!"

Houka immediately used his Gravity Ability to force the solar flames back.

Rocks openly revealed his Dark-Dark Fruit power, sending endless darkness crashing against the sun's power.

Loki hurled a massive bolt of white lightning at Imu's demonic body.

But Imu had struck in haste, and the attack was