Dark-purple demonic energy seeped through the crack, swirled once through the air, then was forcibly dragged back by an invisible force.
Madara narrowed his Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan slightly and poured more ocular power into the sealing patterns. The cracks across the rocky sphere began to close, but Imu's surges of demonic energy were fiercer than ever.
The fissure repeatedly closed and split open, each struggle making the entire sky tremble and throwing even the high-altitude air currents into chaos.
On the battlefield below, a fighting member of the Night Owl Guard suddenly felt the pressure overhead intensify. He looked up. Although the demonic energy seeping from the rocky sphere had been dragged back inside, the lingering pressure made his breath catch.
He lowered his gaze and tightened his grip on his blade.
In the distance, a CP0 agent watching the battle turned deathly pale, his fingers trembling.
A young CP0 member clenched the Den Den Mushi in his hand, unsure whom he should report to-the Five Elders' fate was unknown, Lord Imu was trapped inside the rocky sphere, and God's Knights were being overwhelmed.
He opened his mouth but could not get a word out. He only gripped the Den Den Mushi tighter.
Killing Hall glanced up at the sky, then lowered his gaze.
He turned to look at Taki, who was looking back at him.
Neither spoke, but both saw the same conclusion in the other's eyes-Saint Green's resurrection was slowing down.
The faces of God's Knights grew uglier each time, a sign that the Deep-Sea Contract's resurrections were being depleted.
They would not last many more rounds.
Killing Hall sheathed his blade and turned toward Saint Green and Shamrock.
Thirteen pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan lit up together beneath the dim sky.
High above, the enormous rocky sphere of