A black shadow moving at extreme speed suddenly swept out of the Flower Room. In just a few breaths, he crossed most of Mary Geoise and arrived before Black Maria, who was clutching Saint Killingham's head.
Moving at ultra-high speed, Imu raised the strangely shaped curved-blade naginata in his hand and slashed at Black Maria's slender fingers.
"[Abyssal Echo]!"
Dawn flashed into Imu's path of attack as if teleporting. Kikoku swept horizontally, unleashing a sword technique like a heavy cannon blast.
An immensely muffled boom erupted from the curved-blade naginata. Violent shockwaves swept outward, instantly flattening every building within a hundred meters.
A white-haired, brown-skinned man with two horns on his head and black wings on his back appeared before Dawn.
"So this is your true form? Picking on the weak—what a fitting ruler for a pack of pigs. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is carved into your bones."
Facing the King of the World in his true form, Dawn mocked him without mercy, his eyes filled with disdain.
"What distinction is there between strength and weakness on a battlefield? Once you step onto it, you must be prepared to die."
Imu's voice was ethereal and cold, as though it came from another world. "You are far too naive, Davy Jones."
He reversed his weapon. Thick black flames suddenly surged from the bottom of the curved-blade naginata's shaft. The flames rapidly condensed, finally forming a monster remarkably similar to the Pac-Man Dawn remembered. It opened its gaping maw full of sharp teeth and lunged at Dawn.
"[Demonic Energy]!"
Rumble—
The pitch-black horned monster exploded violently. Rolling shockwaves laced with black-red Conqueror's Haki lightning swallowed Dawn's figure like a tsunami. Wherever the shockwaves passed, the earth caved in and the rocks melted.
"An ability construct infused with Conqueror's Haki?