Houka's expression did change slightly after he heard Imu's words.
Imu wanted to tie himself to those ancient gods?
"You cannot stop me!"
"Unless you can kill me and the other ancient gods all at once!"
"Kozuki Houka, don't leave me with no way out!"
Imu wanted nothing more than to kill Houka. He could never understand why Houka had grown so much stronger in such a short time.
Houka's strength now even surpassed his own!
That damned Kozuki Houka must have become a lapdog for the world will and fate to grow stronger so quickly.
Sooner or later, he would die even more horribly than that short-lived bastard Joy Boy.
Every child of destiny and Sun God Nika was doomed to a short life!
Houka said nothing. He suddenly unleashed all his power, forcibly severing this stretch of the Devil Shadow Zone to cut off Imu's route to the Red Line, then charged at him at top speed.
"You treacherous villain! I was ready for a despicable scoundrel like you!"
Imu burst into wild laughter. In truth, the Imu who had explained matters and sent Lili away was merely a clone.
This was a trick he had learned from Kozuki Houka.
Back when Kozuki Houka traded Devil Fruits and a Road Poneglyph with the Five Elders, he had used numerous clones.
Meanwhile, his real body had remained hidden beneath the sea.
His caution had been extreme.
The moment Houka demonstrated his ability to devour the devil shadow power over there...
Imu had immediately made a strategic retreat, racing back to Mary Geoise.
That region was where the Red Line met the Calm Belt. He intended to drag the Earth God and the Ocean God into this.
Houka blasted apart the clone whose aura was ninety-eight percent identical to