Darkness Rose from the Ground

Chen Ye and Luffy realized it wasn't over yet.

The very next moment!

Something stirred in the deep pit.

A powerful Jet Black Energy Pillar suddenly shot into the sky.

Its crushing force pierced the cloud of smoke and dust.

A shockwave followed, spreading outward in an instant.

Dozens of Giant warriors nearby didn't even have time to cry out.

They were hurled away in an instant.

Everyone saw it!

The cheers stopped dead.

Every gaze snapped toward the pillar of Dark Energy that had just appeared!

A moment ago, they had all been smiling.

The next, their smiles froze.

Their faces went blank with disbelief.

Chen Ye hovered in the air.

His eyes stayed fixed on the pit!

It looked like Imu's Demonization was coming!

Dark Energy surged outward from the center of the pit.

The dark power was slowly repairing Imu's body.

The very next moment!

The ice collapsed.

Whole sections caved in.

Powerful Dark Energy pushed up from beneath the ground.

It shaped itself into part of an enormous skeleton.

A skeleton.

The spine emerged first.

Each vertebra was as large as a Giant warrior.

Ribs extended from either side of the spine.

They curved outward to the left and right.

They pushed aside the remaining ice and rubble.

The forelimb bones, shoulder blades, and neck vertebrae broke through the ground in succession.

A complete, enormous skeleton rose above the surface.

It was already taller than Loki.

Taller than any creature the Giants knew.

Something began to grow over the skeleton.

Scales.

They sprouted across the bones, one after another.

Black frost spread rapidly, covering the entire body.

Hexagonal scales locked together in overlapping layers.

Their edges gleamed with a dull metallic sheen.

Dark-gold patterns followed.

They spread from the center of the spine toward both sides.