Im Remained Silent, Only Launching Attacks

Red veiled the sky.

For a brief time, the entire world was shrouded in a dim crimson glow.

Not everyone was well-informed. Many still had no idea what was happening, and the anomaly in the sky filled them with intense unease.

Yet Dunn, who had caused all this, did not continue expanding the area of coverage.

Though he had considered it before, actually doing it consumed far more than he had expected.

But this was enough for now.

As his consciousness fully entered the heatless cloud of fire, Dunn's perception was strengthened to its limit.

It was as though he had truly activated a god's-eye view, taking in the entire world beneath the red clouds.

"Enough."

Clearing out the transformed monsters was merely incidental. What Dunn truly wanted was to intimidate Im.

He was proving to Im that he truly possessed the ability to eliminate him in a short time.

The Hollows in which he had planted fire seeds had already moved away. Dunn could sense it clearly.

Only Im was indeed still in Mary Geoise.

That powerful Conqueror's Haki was being released from Mary Geoise, and it could be clearly sensed even from far away.

"Did we have the same idea?"

With that thought, the red clouds that had stopped spreading began to contract.

They were extremely slow at first, but their speed grew faster and faster.

When the red clouds reached the skies above Mary Geoise, the crimson curtain covering the heavens abruptly shrank, converging upon the floating figure above Mary Geoise.

The flames floated behind Dunn like a tangible long coat, billowing back and forth in the high-altitude winds.

Below him, profound darkness flowed out from the remaining palace ruins, churning as though it possessed life.

Before long, the darkness condensed into a massive black shadow resembling