Codex Sword

At the summit of the sky.

The gale howled.

Imu steadied his retreating form.

He looked down, his left hand trembling uncontrollably.

Eight hundred years.

He had never felt such numbness before.

The white flames of Sun God Nika had burned through his defenses and shaken his flesh.

But he did not fly into a rage.

He merely stared coldly at the empty space ahead.

He did not condense another barrier.

His right hand rose.

His five fingers suddenly clenched.

The floating, shattered barrier collapsed in an instant.

The ancient sealing characters transformed into countless streams of dark-red light.

Imu opened his mouth.

He inhaled all the shattered sigils through his mouth and nose.

A vortex split open in his palm, devouring the remnants of that power.

The dark-red demonic aura around him changed.

His calm defensive stance instantly transformed into a surging black tide.

The demonic aura dragged countless clawing shadows out behind him.

A colossal abyssal beast awakening.

Imu had completely abandoned defense.

He intended to attack.

Below, Luffy's massive body crashed down heavily.

His enormous foot stomped onto the shattered ice field.

Boom!

The thick ice let out a mournful groan and sank over a wide area once more.

Countless ice spikes snapped under the pressure and flew into the air.

Luffy paid no attention to the commotion beneath his feet.

He raised his right arm and vigorously shook his enormous fist, which was trailing white smoke.

The white flames on his knuckles still burned fiercely, incinerating the remnants of the demonic aura clinging to them.

Yet his brows furrowed.

His arm was numb.

The numbness stretched from his knuckles all the way to his shoulder.

A dull ache pulsed from deep within his bones.

The recoil had been immense.

That Giant Revolving Bullet had shattered the