The End and the Journey Ahead

Imu's killing intent had reached its peak.

A torrent of darkness erupted from Leviathan's maw.

Its hatred for Nika poured forth with the force of a law of nature.

Black light swallowed everything.

Space groaned on the verge of shattering.

Chen Ye threw himself in front of Luffy, shielding him with his body.

The darkness of Erebus became a bottomless maw and slammed into the torrent head-on.

The two forces tore into each other.

The darkness swallowed the thickest part of the torrent, reducing it to nothing.

Chen Ye thrust out his left palm.

The Crimson-Gold Divine Flame became a line of fire, burning a path straight through the darkness.

Roar!

With its attack blocked, Leviathan put its enormous body behind its next strike.

A scale-covered claw shrieked through the air toward Chen Ye's back.

He couldn't dodge.

Slash!

The claws tore through his divine body.

Several wounds deep enough to expose bone opened across his back.

Golden divine blood sprayed out, burning glaring craters into the ice.

Agony struck.

Chen Ye's expression did not change.

Rather than retreat, he used the impact to whip himself around.

Both hands clamped onto one end of a chain.

"Get over here!"

Chen Ye growled.

His arms strained, gold-and-black muscles bulging.

A tremendous pulling force traveled down the chain.

Leviathan, about to withdraw its claw, was dragged off balance.

Chen Ye hauled its massive head toward the torn wound in its throat.

The mortal threat made even Imu's origin tremble.

Dark blood mist surged wildly, trying to fill the gap.

If the wound closed, Leviathan's immortality would take effect again.

"Too late."

Chen Ye's voice was cold.

He raised his right hand and pressed his index and middle fingers together.

Crimson-Gold Divine Flame compressed furiously at his fingertips.

He condensed the vast blaze