Imu's voice pierced through the entire battlefield, landing clearly in Roy's ears.
Roy did not answer.
His hands were in his trench coat pockets, the black hem fluttering in the storm.
He was suspended in mid-air, like a black moon that did not belong to this world.
Imu will not wait any longer.
His body suddenly sank, and nineteen eye ribbons opened like flower petals, while black flames and black mist gathered around him to a suffocating degree.
Then, the dozen or so floating divine artifacts simultaneously turned around and faced Luffy and Loki.
Loki was the first to realize something was wrong.
The target of those magical artifacts has changed.
The attack turned into pinpoint shooting.
"Get out of the way!" Loki shouted, Iron Thunder stood in front of him.
But it was too late.
More than a dozen divine weapons rained down on the two of them, Imu's Conqueror's Haki erupted in full force at the same time, suppressing Luffy and Loki to the point that they were almost unable to move.
Loki's Iron Thunder was struck by both artifacts simultaneously, sending him flying backward with his front end wide open.
In that instant, the seven divine weapons, like sharks that have smelled blood, pierced Loki's body from different directions.
Shoulders, abdomen, legs, ribs, waist, chest, back.
The seven artifacts pierced Loki's body, pinning him to the trunk of the Treasure Tree Adam behind him.
The Iron Thunder slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, creating a deep crater.
Luffy was also pierced at almost the same time.
Five divine weapons pierced his limbs and abdomen, the last black spear piercing through his left chest and pinning him to the scorched ground.
Black flames surged from their wounds and spread wildly throughout their bodies.
Luffy's Gear Fifth form completely collapsed in that instant.
His body returned to its original size, his silver hair turned back to black, and then was roasted by the black flames until it was curly and charred.
Neither of them could stand up anymore.
Imu stood still, his gaze sweeping over Luffy and Loki.
"This farce ends here."
He floated up slowly, his figure becoming increasingly blurry as he rose.
The black robe was engulfed by black flames, then reformed along its ascending path.
Imu rose to the same height as Roy.
The two were less than thirty meters apart as the crow flies.
One is heading east, the other west.
One stood atop black flames, the other sat firmly in the void.
Everyone on the battlefield stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.
Imu looked at Roy, his gaze as cold as two knives.
"Mortals should not stand above gods."
Roy smiled.
Laughter fell from mid-air, carrying a hint of mockery and ridicule, but without a trace of fear.
"God?"
"You're doing a really pathetic job as a god."
"To be beaten like this by two greenhorns, if you were truly gods, the five Five Elders wouldn't be chained to the ground."
Roy drew his Black Blade Shusui.
The blade gleamed with a cold green light in the sea breeze, and the patterns on the hilt pulsated slowly like living veins.
He ran his left hand along the blade.
A pale blue light clung to the blade, as thin as a cicada's wing, yet possessing a sharpness capable of tearing everything apart.
The immense spiritual power generated by the Devil Fruit Awakening, along with Roy's ultimate sword intent as Great Swordsman, were all concentrated in this single strike.
He sheathed the knife behind his back, the blade pointing diagonally at the ground, his whole body resembling a fully drawn bow.
"With your strength, you dare call yourself a god?"
The moment he finished speaking, Roy swung his sword.
The air in the whole world seemed to fall silent for a moment.
A massive slash flew from the tip of the blade, entirely black, yet enveloped in a captivating blue light.
The slash traveled towards Imu at incredible speed, tearing a fine crack in the space it passed through.
" Great Swordsman's slash?" Imu's tone was clearly disdainful. "Child's play—"
Imu raised his Black Blade, preparing to parry.
But in that instant, the massive slash suddenly vanished.
There was no warning.
There is no track.
It simply vanished into thin air.
Imu's fingers paused on the hilt of the knife for a moment, his pupils contracting slightly.
Immediately afterwards, the vanished slash reappeared in front of him.
The dark blade, shrouded in blue light, cleaved Imu's body from his right shoulder to his left abdomen, like a bowstring that had been fully drawn and then suddenly released, with a "thud" as it sliced through his body.
Black blood splattered.
Imu's body swayed slightly; the wound stretched from his shoulder all the way to his waist and abdomen, so deep that the bone was visible.
Black flames and black mist surged wildly toward the wound, attempting to repair it, but the blue light remaining on the surface of the wound clung to the edge of the wound like some kind of living thing, constantly preventing the black mist from healing.
Imu looked down at the wound on his chest and fell silent.
Roy pointed the Black Blade Shusui diagonally at the ground, and with a flick of his wrist, the black blood on the tip of the blade was wiped clean.
He looked at Imu.
He spoke with a half-smile.
"God?"
"Your god isn't all that great, is he?"
"If you're injured, you'll still bleed, won't you?"
Roy's words were like a needle, piercing Imu's nerves precisely.
"You damned ant! You've successfully angered me!"
Imu's voice turned cold, and a very subtle hint of anger finally surfaced on his perpetually expressionless face.
"Oh! Is that so?! What can you do then!" Roy said with a smile, "The advantage is on my side now."
"Snort!"
"Ants, no matter how many there are, are still ants. How dare they challenge God!"
As Imu finished speaking, black flames erupted from his body like a volcano, instantly igniting the air within a hundred meters radius and even burning the clouds in the sky to ashes.
The wound on his chest was slowly healing under the black flames, and the blue light was gradually forced out of the wound.
After doing these,
Imu's body transformed into a streak of black light in mid-air, shooting straight towards Roy.
Roy stood in mid-air, put away his Shusui, clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and activated his full Telekinesis Domain.
A transparent Telekinesis wave emanated from his body, colliding head-on with Imu's black flames.
boom!
The sky looked as if it had been torn in two.
On one side is a raging flame as black as ink, on the other is Telekinesis as clear as water.
The two forces were locked in a stalemate in mid-air, eroding and strangling each other, emitting a series of piercing shrieks.
The air around the battlefield seemed to freeze.
The people on the ground looked up at this scene, holding their breath.
Kaido unconsciously tightened his grip on the Hassaikai, and Bullet's eyes turned red, his fighting spirit burning like oil.
"That Roy guy... when did he become so outrageous?" Bullet muttered under his breath.
Hawk Eyes stood beside him, saying nothing, simply watching the two figures in the sky.
That was a battle on a different level.
At this point, Imu never imagined that one day someone would be able to directly resist his power.
Moreover, Roy's abilities are too bizarre.
The Telekinesis Domain covers everything, capable of pressing down, releasing, and changing direction at any time.
Imu clearly felt that he had the upper hand in terms of strength.
Yet I always felt like I was trapped in some invisible net, completely unable to break free.