Imu gripped the Black Blade tightly, black flames churning on its surface, his black, swirling eyes devoid of any warmth.
"How long are you going to keep playing this game? I've seen through your tricks."
Roy's smile remained unchanged, "You've seen through it all? Are you sure?"
Imu didn't waste any more words.
His black wings flapped, and his figure vanished again, reappearing close to Roy as he slashed horizontally with his Black Blade.
"Bang!"
Roy's Black Blade once again blocked Imu's longsword.
But just then, a blue dragon shadow crashed in from the side.
Kaido's dragon body, crackling with lightning, slammed into Imu's side like a runaway train, sending Imu flying.
Kaido abruptly stopped in mid-air, his dragon head raised high, his blue scales gleaming coldly in the lightning.
" Roy! This guy's too strong! I'll help you!"
As he spoke, the dragon's tail swept across Imu, attempting to send him flying, but Imu grabbed the dragon's tail and spun it around before throwing it away.
Kaido's massive body crashed into a distant mountainside, causing half of the mountain to collapse and dust to billow up. Kaido crawled out of the ruins, shook his dragon head, and actually laughed out loud:
"Happy!"
Bullet followed closely behind.
In his White Tiger: Human-Beast Form was even larger than usual, his muscles bulging to a terrifying degree.
The Combine-Combine Fruit absorbed all the scattered rocks and metal around it, forming a majestic white tiger armor.
Their fists clashed, a mixture of purple Demonic Aura and black-red Conqueror's Haki, charging towards Imu like a maddened beast.
" Momo - Ten Times the Punch!"
"Boom!"
The two exchanged a punch, the shockwave blasting away all the rubble within a hundred-meter radius. Bullet's feet sank several meters into the ground, but instead of retreating, he grinned.
"Is that all the strength you have? Not even enough to tickle me!"
Imu's eyes turned cold as he swept his left arm across. Bullet took the blow with his shoulder, and was thrown several meters to the side by the impact. But he immediately pounced on Imu again, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
Kaido, who had been flung away in the distance, dusted himself off and charged forward again.
The dragon-shaped tail swept towards Imu with Lightning, and the vibration waves from the Tremor-Tremor Fruit condensed on the Hassaikai, slamming towards the top of Imu's head.
"Duang~!"
Space shattered.
The two worked together more and more seamlessly, one above the other, forcing Imu to activate full defensive mode.
Roy landed on a solitary peak in the distance, holding Shusui in his arms, watching this scene with a subtle expression on his face, a mixture of amusement and helplessness.
He could tell, of course, that these two guys were just taking the opportunity to vent their anger; they claimed to be helping him, but actually, they wanted to fight themselves.
"Fine, fight if you want."
Roy sighed softly, then simply sat cross-legged on the summit, positioning himself as a spectator.
Shusui lay across her knees, but her Telekinesis was secretly spreading out, enveloping the entire battlefield with even greater detail than before.
Be ready at any time to re-enter the battlefield.
The sounds of battle on the ground grew louder and louder.
Kaido's roar, Bullet's furious howl, and Imu's cold whisper blended together.
Just as the three were locked in a fierce battle, Roy's gaze suddenly froze.
While Imu was fighting Kaido and Bullet, his left arm remained subtly tucked in, regardless of the direction of the attack.
His body would instinctively turn half an inch to the side, exposing his right side to the attack, while his left arm would always be tightly guarded in front of his chest, slightly above.
This movement is extremely small, more like an instinctive reaction.
"What's there?" Roy murmured.
Kaido and Bullet's unrestrained all-out attack had already made the people on the ground unable to hold back any longer.
The blood-red light at the Red Count's fingertips flickered on and off. Ace frowned deeply, wanting to rush forward several times, but Marco held him back firmly.
Jin's flaming blade was stuck in the ground, and the flames on the blade were three times stronger than usual.
Yamato took the spiked club off his shoulder, twirled it twice in his hand, and his eyes were practically brimming with fighting spirit.
Tesoro was even more extravagant; his entire body was wrapped in gold, with only half his face visible. His eyes, hidden behind gold-rimmed glasses, were fixed on the sky, as if he were calculating something.
Crocodile, with a half-smoked cigar dangling from his lips, swirling dust between his fingers, his expression shifting between light and shadow.
Only Hawk Eyes remained relatively calm.
He stood on the periphery of the crowd, his Black Blade Yoru stuck in the ground beside him, leaning against a boulder as if watching a performance that had nothing to do with him.
But he never loosened his grip on the knife hilt.
"What on earth is this bastard's body made of?"
Bullet grew increasingly frustrated as the fight progressed. After throwing a punch, he was knocked back several steps by Imu's Black Blade and shook his numb wrist.
He fought Kaido's attack for nearly ten minutes. Although it seemed fierce, it only caused Imu a few shallow wounds, which healed in the blink of an eye.
Kaido to human form, while the Hassaikai, leaning on the ground panting, had two bloody gashes on his forehead and several blue dragon scales were missing. He grinned at Bullet:
"This old man is much stronger than Whitebeard."
"Nonsense."
Bullet cursed and looked back at the distant mountain peak.
Roy just sat there, acting like nothing was wrong, but his anger was simmering.
" Roy was just watching the show!"
"Isn't he letting you have your fun first?"
Kaido glanced back, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"But it's about time I got serious!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kaido let out a dragon roar, his body soaring into the air. His dragon form expanded wildly in mid-air, instantly entering a fully transformed beast state.
A colossal azure dragon stretched across the night sky, a full size larger than before. Dark red lightning flowed across its scales, and a massive ball of lightning condensed in its mouth before hurtling towards Imu.
" Bolo Breath - Lightning Annihilation!"
The ball of lightning exploded, illuminating the sky so brightly that even soldiers far out at sea felt a chill run down their spines.
Imu was engulfed by lightning, and the patterns on his black wings flickered wildly with electricity.
His figure emerged from the lightning, a wisp of black smoke rising from his left wing, and burn marks on his chest, but there was no pain in his black vortex eyes.
Bullet followed closely behind, Momo activated his full power, his right arm muscles swelled to their limit, and fragments of the combined armor reassembled on his fist, forming a sharp ramming horn.
He punched Imu in the lower back, and Imu groaned as he fell downwards.
Bullet himself was also numb on half of his body due to the recoil from the punch.
"It's not over yet!" Bullet roared, diving after Imu.
Just as Imu was about to crash into the ground, a red light shot out from the side.
The Red Count's claws slashed towards Imu's right shoulder like crescent moons.
Imu dodged to the side, but Hawk Eyes's Black Blade was already waiting there.
A white slash rose from the ground, Imu blocked it with his Black Blade, causing him to fall even faster.
"Boom!"