Heavenly King
Imu's eyes were unpredictable, his expression shifting between light and shadow.
He had lived for hundreds of years and thought he had seen all possibilities, but the man before him named "Uchiha Yoru" made him feel a sense of oppression and fear he had never felt before.
"... Since that's the case..."
Imu murmured, his voice seeming to come from the depths of an abyss.
The next moment--
He began to transform; the sound of his bones twisting was deafening, his muscles violently expanded, cracked, and reshaped. His flesh and blood, like a prison breaking free from the shackles of a god, completely disintegrated into another form the instant his black wings tore through the sky—
A black dragon, capable of blotting out the sky, descended upon the world.
That was a colossal beast that could be considered the end of mythology:
Its entire body was covered in obsidian scales that seemed to have been forged from the abyss, each scale reflecting the echoes of destruction and annihilation;
Six Red Eye appeared on the ferocious dragon's head, layered upon each other, as if they could see through to the end of time;
It has enormous bat wings on its back, and with each tremor it stirs up a storm of gales, thunder, and chaos, tearing apart the sky and the sea.
--Zoan type, Mythical Zoan, Black Dragon, Nidhogg.
"You are a variable I've never analyzed before, Uchiha Yoru..."
Imu's voice was low and hoarse, like the tolling of a judgment bell.
"Things that are not recorded by fate—must be burned to ashes."
Before the words were even finished, the black dragon's massive tail swept out!
The world lost its color, the void was torn apart, and the entire Red Line was like a fragile piece of cloth, mercilessly ripped open with a thousand-meter-long crack that went straight into the depths of the earth!
But Uchiha Yoru simply watched quietly, a cold, playful smile playing on his lips.
"The leader of the Celestial Dragons really is a dragon."
However...
He smiled faintly, his black hair moving without wind, a hint of disdain appearing in his eyes.
"This ugly Western dragon is not even as good as the dragon-style Ninjutsu in the Ninja World!"
"You bastard reptile—you dare to talk about burning me to ashes?"
Before he could finish speaking, Uchiha Yoru took a step forward.
His figure twisted in mid-air and vanished instantly!
"Boom!!!!"
The next second, a deafening roar tore through the air.
Uchiha Yoru reached out with one hand and, as casually as if crushing dust, struck the black dragon's tail with a palm strike!
Just one strike--
The colossal dragon that blotted out the sky was blasted away!
Its enormous body, like an out-of-control celestial body, swept across the sky and crashed into the Marineford, stirring up clouds of dust and ripples of collapse. The entire land cracked like a spider web, its depths unfathomable!
Imu roared and struggled to his feet, his dragon eyes filled with shock and rage.
"This guy's physical strength... is off!"
"He clearly looks like an ordinary person, how could he...?"
Six crimson eyes locked onto Uchiha Yoru's figure. He took a deep breath and raised his dragon head to the sky, letting out a long roar!
The next moment, a soul-shaking low-frequency dragon roar echoed between heaven and earth; it was the sound of the myth's end, powerful enough to destroy thought and cognition.
--"Dragon's Breath - Black Flame."
Boom!!!
The dragon opened its mouth, and jet-black flames erupted forth, covering the sky and sweeping down like a tidal wave of doomsday!
That's not fire.
That's "erasure" --
Where the black flames swept, the physical structure of everything was instantly erased; even wind, light, sound, and time itself were dissolved into nothingness.
It was as if this space never existed in the world, leaving only an unbearable emptiness.
Uchiha Yoru, however, merely gazed at the sea of black flames, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
"Oh--"
He gently raised his hand.
There were no techniques, no Cursed Seal, and no Chakra fluctuations.
With just that one gesture, the world seemed to be rewritten.
The endless black flames vanished instantly before touching the palm of the night, as if wiped off from the "concept of the world".
"This thing... is called fire?"
"It has the same problem as Amaterasu —it can't burn people to death."
"For me..."
He slightly turned his head, his voice as cold as a verdict:
"'Destruction'? That's just... my toy."
Uchiha Yoru spoke in a flat tone, as if commenting on a boring experiment.
The black flames were completely wiped out, leaving not even a trace of warmth or aura.
Imu stared intently at him, his enormous dragon eyes contracting violently, yet a strong sense of unease welled up within him.
This man doesn't belong to this world at all...
"Hateful...!"
He roared and soared into the sky, his black wings tearing through the air as he flew towards the highest point of the heavens!
"You think that's all I have?"
Imu roared to the sky, the sound echoing between the atmosphere and the storm, like the final chapter of some ancient prophecy.
The wind has stopped.
It was getting dark.
Just as he ascended to the highest point in the sky—
"Boom..."
A heavy, distant echo came from the depths of the sky.
Uchiha Yoru raised his head, a disdainful smile appearing on his lips.
That wasn't a cloud, nor was it the moon.
Instead...
A giant satellite is slowly sinking!
It has a six-sided cut structure, and its surface is covered with ancient inscriptions and metallic nerve veins. It is surrounded by twelve floating golden prisms, like a star altar that is suspended in the air and rotates, swallowing the light of the sky.
It was a forbidden creation forgotten by the world, the "true trump card of the Celestial Dragons".
--Heavenly Uranus.
Uranus, the Uranus.
"You should feel honored, Uchiha Yoru."
Imu hovered beneath the Uranus, his six crimson eyes overlapping and blooming, his voice deep and resonant like a divine oracle from the other side of the stars.
"Because of you, it's worth me using it."
Boom!!!
As the Uranus activated, the twelve prisms unfolded like the eyes of a deity, releasing a net of judgment light that enveloped heaven and earth.
The entire sky was stained with the boundary between gold and black, and an inexplicable "observation interference" permeated the air. Even space itself began to show signs of collapse and data corruption.
A transcendent power, far surpassing ancient weapons, exceeding even the greatest generals, crushing the Four Emperors, and suppressing the entire planet's ecosystem, is slowly gathering strength.
Uchiha Yoru simply looked up.
He looked at Uranus that could be described as the "representative of the world's will," with no surprise in his expression, only interest.
"Oh?"
Uchiha Yoru raised his eyes, his gaze like a blade sweeping across the sky, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"So... this was your trump card?"
His tone was indifferent, yet it sounded like the tolling of a judgment bell.
"Toys have been upgraded to collectibles, undeniably... quite exquisite."
A casual remark is more powerful than the cold mockery of a thousand armies.
"Imu, you dare to summon something you can't even control yourself?"
He stood with his hands behind his back in the air, his long hair moving without wind, like a god scrutinizing the dust.
"Let me guess—is the so-called 'Uranus' also a relic of some long-lost ancient civilization?"
"And you, at best, are just a pathetic scavenger, a fire-stealer who maintains his disguise by relying on the fruit."
He took a step.
The world seemed to freeze for a moment; the wind stopped, the clouds condensed, and the light dimmed, as if the "operation" of the world had been abruptly shut down.
"Fine."
He spoke calmly, as if everything was under his control.
"I'll play with you."
"By the way--"
His gaze sharpened, as if he could see through cause and effect.
"Remove this 'planetary ulcer' along with your most precious 'divine toy'."