Piercing the Holy Land!

Tsugikuni Yoriichi's figure transformed into a streak of golden light and shot into the sky, bursting through the earth and appearing high above.

The few remaining puppets on the ground seemed to sense something and raised their heads to look upward. But at that moment, a slash descended from the sky without warning, striking the earth in an instant.

The terrifying blade light that bloomed instantly engulfed all the puppets, then sank into the ground and vanished without a trace.

"Boom—"

A muffled rumble sounded through the night sky like thunder in spring. The slash Tsugikuni Yoriichi had unleashed caused the entire Red Line to shake violently. Even the people living in the Sabaody Archipelago could clearly feel the tremors.

After breaking free of the underground palace, Tsugikuni Yoriichi hovered in midair. The warning that had arisen within him vanished without a trace at that moment.

Once he had left the underground palace, that sense of danger and oppression disappeared as well, causing Tsugikuni Yoriichi to quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

Though he did not know what method Imu had used, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had indeed sensed an intense feeling of crisis inside the underground palace earlier.

He could not remember how many years it had been since he had last felt such a threat. Even when facing the powerful fragment of Joy Boy, Yoriichi had never felt this way.

Was that ability her Devil Fruit power?

That gray bodily fluid reeks of the sea. Getting that stuff on me probably wouldn't feel good.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi silently speculated about Imu's ability. There were all kinds of Devil Fruit powers in this world. There was even the Dark-Dark Fruit, which could render other Devil Fruit abilities ineffective.

The smell emanating from the gray fluid flowing from Imu's worm-like body was extremely