Luffy and Loki are positioned directly in front of Imu.
Both were simultaneously struck by this Conqueror's Haki, but neither of them retreated a single step.
Luffy's Straw Hat was blown off by the strong wind.
Chopper pounced from a distance and pinned the Straw Hat to the ground with his body to prevent it from flying away.
Luffy's face was expressionless.
This wasn't out of fear, but because all his attention was focused on the enemy before him.
White steam rose from his body, and black and red Inazuma collided with Imu's Conqueror's Haki in mid-air, producing a crackling sound.
Loki's pupils contracted amidst the lightning.
His shoulder wound has healed by about 80%.
That's more like it.
Loki slammed his Iron Thunder into the ground, and Lightning poured from the hammerhead into the earth, spreading underground like countless tree roots.
Luffy readjusted his posture, his left fist tucked into his waist, his right fist extended forward, and his legs slightly bent.
"You to the left, I'll to the right," Luffy said.
"Why should you order me around?" Loki, displeased.
"Because you're big, if we're going to fight, let's fight together!" Luffy matter-of-factly.
Loki's lips twitched, but he didn't refute.
"Whee."
Luffy smiled.
Imu looked at the two "mortals" chatting and laughing in front of him, a deep killing intent finally surfaced in his cold eyes.
"You ignorant fool," Imu said.
His body moved.
Black flames trailed a long tail behind him, rushing towards Luffy and Loki like a black Inazuma bolt.
Luffy made the first move.
His leg created a sonic boom in the air, and his body, like a stone shot from a slingshot, crashed straight into Imu.
Loki moved at the same time.
He held his Iron Thunder high above his head, Lightning poured down from the sky like a torrential downpour, turning half the sky dark red.
The forces of the three clashed in the center of the battlefield.
"Boom--!"
The shockwave carved a huge circular crater into the ground.
The giant crater continues to expand, with the soil and rock layers at its edges churning outwards like waves.
From the sea, the center of Elbaf looked like a mushroom cloud composed of black flames and Inazuma.
On the Ark Maxim, Roy squinted.
"See that?" he said.
"What?" Tesoro asked.
"Two suns," Roy said.
Kaido's dragon roar came from the sky, accompanied by flames and a raging wind:
" Roy! I can't wait any longer!"
"No rush," Roy said. "Once these three monsters are exhausted from fighting, we'll go and stomp on the rest of the Nezumi."
Bullet clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking like firecrackers. "How long will that take?"
"It won't be long."
Roy said,
" Luffy's Gear Fifth limit is almost reached."
Loki also needs time to recover.
Once Imu gets serious, they can't hold out for long.
But it's precisely at times like these that they can extract even more from Imu.
"Are you using Straw Hat Boy as a pawn?" Crocodile asked, a cigar dangling from his lips, half mocking and half curious.
"It's a mutual exploitation," Roy said frankly. "He wants to defeat Imu, and I want to see Imu's trump card. Neither of us loses out."
Hawk Eyes stood up from the side of the ship.
" Imu's knife is related to me," Hawk Eyes said in a low voice.
Roy glanced at him but didn't reply.
On the battlefield of Elbaf, the battle between the three had reached a fever pitch.
Luffy's speed, Loki's power, and Imu's unpredictability—three completely different fighting styles mingled together, like a chaotic storm.
Luffy's rubber body is stretched, twisted, and folded in the air, throwing punches from all sorts of unbelievable angles.
His attacks weaved between Imu's Conqueror's Haki and black flames, like a silver fish swimming in lightning.
Loki's Iron Thunder was powerful and sweeping, each strike carrying the force of world destruction.
His clash with Imu was like two mountains colliding, a deafening event.
But Imu is too strong.
Even when facing two top-tier Awakening combatants at the same time, he remained completely at ease.
The various divine weapons seemed to come alive in his hands, and each swing was precisely timed to coincide with the point where Luffy and Loki's attacks intersected.
"You've slowed down." Imu's voice came from the black flames, carrying a chilling indifference.
"This guy is wearing us down." Loki and Luffy back to back, their voices low.
"I see," Luffy said, "But I still have a trump card to play."
"You have a trump card too?" Loki raised an eyebrow.
"Hehe, it's not really a trump card, but it can catch him off guard!" Luffy laughed.
Imu's knife has arrived again.
Luffy did not dodge.
His body suddenly sank, and he lay flat on the ground like a flattened ball.
The Black Blade swept across his head, shaving off a few strands of white hair.
Then Luffy's body sprang up.
This time he didn't use his fists.
He used his head.
His forehead was covered in black and red Conqueror's Haki Inazuma, like he was wearing a Inazuma crown. Luffy's head slammed into Imu's chin.
"Bang!"
Imu leaned back slightly, taking only three steps back.
But Luffy didn't give him a chance to catch his breath, immediately unleashing a series of punches—
Each punch was wrapped in Conqueror's Haki Inazuma, striking Imu like a series of muffled thunderclaps.
"You brat--!" Imu roared, and the black flames retaliated.
Luffy was forced to retreat.
Loki's Iron Thunder came crashing down from the side.
Imu was knocked away again.
His body tumbled through the air several times before crashing into the burning trunk of the Treasure Tree Adam with a tremendous thud.
"I hit it!" Luffy shouted excitedly.
But Loki's face darkened. "It's not that simple."
Sure enough, black flames erupted from the tree trunk, and the entire burning ancient tree turned to ashes in an instant.
Imu emerged from the ashes, a gash on his shoulder inflicted by Iron Thunder, black blood oozing from it, but the wound healed in the blink of an eye.
"Two mortals, daring to slay a god?" Imu raised his head, black flames surging wildly around him, and the light on his Black Blade shone even brighter than before.
Luffy and Loki exchanged a glance.
"Continue?" Luffy asked.
"Nonsense," Loki replied.
The two rushed forward at the same time.
At that moment, Roy finally spoke.
"Enter."
Kaido the first to charge out.
A dragon's roar shook the heavens, and its azure body shot towards the battlefield of the Five Elders of Elbaf like a Inazuma.
Behind him, three Pluton Battleship fired their Seastone cannons in unison, blasting the CP remnant fleet to smithereens.
Bullet leaped into the air, activating his White Tiger: Human-Beast Form at full power. Purple Demonic Aura enveloped his combined armor as he charged towards the Five Elders.
Tesoro, Crocodile, and the Red Count followed closely behind.
After a long and arduous battle, Zoro and Sanji finally received reinforcements on the battlefield.
"What are you doing here!" Sanji shouted at Bullet.
Bullet sent Saint Warcury flying with a single punch:
"Enough with the nonsense! Let's deal with these old geezers first!"
Hawk Eyes followed at the back of the group, his eyes fixed on the Black Blade in Imu's hand in the distance.
That knife, and the night on his back, were so similar.
The sea breeze swept across Elbaf, carrying smoke and flames into the sky.
At the heart of the battlefield, the black flames still burned, Imu still stood in the center of the earth.
But Luffy and Loki, standing before him, were like two suns rising from the sea, rushing towards him from the left and right.
Laughter and shouts erupted simultaneously.
The entirety of Elbaf, the entire ocean, will witness this final battle.
Roy, meanwhile, was flying towards the two suns, bathed in moonlight.