" Divine Departure!"
With a deep shout that shattered the air, Shanks's hand holding the sword was as steady as a rock, and the Conqueror's Haki around him had reached a state of perfection. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the greatest master of his time. Looking Four Blues, perhaps only Iron Fist Garp could suppress him.
In just a few breaths, the black flames and crimson Inazuma swirling around the Gryphon Blade became terrifyingly violent!
That was an aura powerful enough to terrify ordinary pirates and leave them paralyzed on the ground. Even the surrounding air seemed to freeze under its pressure, rippling with visible waves.
Garling's pupils contracted sharply, and a metallic taste rose in his throat. He hadn't even seen Shanks ' movements!
The Red-Hair figure vanished from sight like a ghost. The next instant, excruciating pain swept over his entire body like a tidal wave, and the crisp sound of bones shattering was ear-piercing and terrifying.
Consciousness, like a flickering candle in the wind, rapidly dissipates and fades, eventually plunging into boundless darkness.
Shanks slowly dissipated the Conqueror's Haki that clung to his blade, his fierce aura receding like a receding tide.
He sheathed Gryphon with a soft clang, then turned his neck and glanced indifferently at Garling lying in a pool of blood behind him.
His angular face, with its sparse stubble, remained completely expressionless, showing neither the satisfaction of a successful revenge nor the indifference of slaying an enemy; only a calm as still as a deep well.
"Cause and effect... are severed!"
Shanks uttered those words in a low voice, and the pent-up emotions that had been building up in his chest for years finally dissipated.
Shamrock's presence was gone. From this moment on, he severed all ties with the past, broke free from the shackles of his birth, and his soul was completely freed from its constraints, reaching the unfettered freedom that Captain Roger had attained.
Hahahaha!
A burst of hearty laughter echoed across the battlefield, completely clashing with the desolate atmosphere of Amane Dachi and wailing cries all around.
Anyone familiar with the Straw Hat Pirates could immediately recognize the source of that laughter without even looking up—who else could it be but Monkey D. Luffy?
That laughter was full of vibrant life force, the unique spiritedness he Devil Fruit Awakening and transformed into the Sun God Nika.
This is the battlefield where Luffy is. Smoke fills the air, and debris flies everywhere. He has quite a few enemies and is constantly being besieged.
It's not that Luffy hasn't achieved anything yet; it's just that his enemy is Saint Mars, one of the Five Elders Five Elders active and the only surviving member. Naturally, Masjid has many allies.
Moreover, after one of his helpers was killed, a new one immediately joined in, like a piecemeal attack. And his helpers were all Primordial Demons with immortal bodies. At this moment, there were five Primordial Demons attacking Luffy together with Mars!
Is this never going to end?
Luffy entirely in white, Luffy's legs moved like tires as he ran through the air.
He felt quite tired from fighting and his whole body seemed to have aged, so he ran into the air to rest for a bit and also wanted to check on the situation on other battlefields!
As he looked around, there was hardly any fighting left, and the Primordial Demons were no longer idle. This Luffy, and his heart began to pound again, accompanied by a peculiar drumbeat!
Hahaha! Finally, it's all gone!
As the special drumbeats sounded, Luffy was once again full of energy and enthusiasm. He rounded a bend and ran back to the battlefield with Mars.
Mars can actually fly after transforming, but he doesn't dare to fly alone because he's no match for Straw Hat Boy Luffy!
Although the Primordial Demons also had bat wings, it couldn't actually fly; it could only glide. So Mars could only watch helplessly as the Straw Hat Boy took to the sky!
As soon as his toes touched the ground, Luffy began pounding his chest like a drum, and then his body began to inflate as if it were filled with air, growing to over fifty meters in size before finally stopping!
Although not as large as Loki, who has the bloodline of Ancient Giant, it is still much larger than the average Giant Race and looks quite frightening!
However, this is not Luffy's ultimate form. He can actually continue to grow bigger, but there's no need for it right now!
"This?... He's recovered again? Is this Nika's ability? It's almost like being immortal!"
Mars's face was grim. The battle had turned completely one-sided. If Imu also lost in the end, the Celestial Dragons would truly face the greatest crisis in their history, and might even face extinction!
As for Nika's regenerative ability, it was actually something that Imu learned from Joy Boy's Devil Fruit ability. However, she wanted to achieve it in one step. Simply recovering wasn't enough; immortality was the true goal, which is the origin of the Law of Immortality!
"They've all finished, I can't let them down!"
Luffy grinned, revealing a set of neat white teeth. His giant body moved with lightning speed, and he reached out and grabbed a Primordial Demons. Although the Primordial Demons was also several meters tall, in his hands it was about the size of a large figurine.
Caught in someone's grasp, the Primordial Demons struggled violently, but showed no sign of breaking free.
Before the other demons and Mars could come to help, Luffy's hand was already surging with a large amount of Conqueror's Haki. Amidst the crackling of crimson Inazuma, Luffy had already crushed the Primordial Demons in his hand!
He loosened his grip, letting the fragments slide off his palm, Luffy shook off the unpleasant liquid from his hand.
"Hehe! Another one!"
Luffy chuckled, slapped Itsumade, who had flown close to launch a surprise attack, Itsumade sent him flying. He didn't stop there either, kicking several Primordial Demons into the ground with a few high kicks, their blood staining the soles of his slippers.
If you're not strong enough, transforming into a giant makes you a sitting duck, but if you're strong enough, becoming gigantic is very advantageous, just like Luffy right now and Loki before!
Luffy was beating the Five Elders and the God's Knights like it was nothing. He hadn't even used any of his newly developed techniques, yet he was already showing signs of a complete rout. If he were to unleash his ultimate move, the Bajrang Gun, Mars would probably be reduced to ashes!
However, such powerful moves are indeed difficult to execute when facing a siege, since powerful moves require accumulating Haki; will the enemy give you that time?
Moreover, the Bajrang Gun can destroy a small island with a single punch; the time it would take to accumulate Conqueror's Haki would be even longer.
When facing enemies of the Five Elders and the Primordial Demons, there's really no time to build up Haki; the simplest and most direct moves are far more effective!
Just like Luffy grabbed the Primordial Demons to prevent its escape and then used Conqueror's Haki to crush it to death. Even if it was a little slower, he could still achieve his goal!
Mars, who was sent flying by a slap, quickly Luffy back. Luffy's simple slap, apart from being extremely insulting, had almost no effect on the Five Elders who possessed immortality.
So as long as you break free from the force that sends you flying, you can quickly return to the battlefield.
Itsumade is a combination of bird and beast. It has the form of a bird, but its body is made up of a beast. It has sharp teeth, claws and a tail, which is somewhat similar to the intermediate state of dinosaurs evolving into birds. In other words, it is a creature that has not fully evolved!
Of course, that's in the ordinary world. In the world of Pirate King, these strangely-looking creatures actually exist as mythical beasts!
Flames burned on parts of its body, and Flame Clouds swirled around its head and neck, giving it a somewhat imposing appearance. Coupled with its immortality, its potential was quite high.