"What's going on? Does Imu have a backup plan? Does she really have accomplices or subordinates from the God Realm?"
Looking at the lit pentagram array, Vic had a bad feeling; Imu was going to cause trouble again!
However, those array diagrams did not give him a sense of extreme danger, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. If Imu really had companions from the God Realm, then he would have no choice but to take his family and friends and leave this planet by opening up space!
If dealing with Imu is already this difficult, what's the point of fighting if she has help from the God Realm? We should just turn around and leave, and give this planet to Imu!
Just as Vic sensed, when the black light on the array receded like a tide, the figure that slowly walked out was not a powerful being at the God Realm.
The murky and violent aura said it all—it was a group of tall demons with skin cracked like old tree bark, looking exactly like the Primordial Demons that had ravaged the area before, and their strength was roughly between the Five Elders and the God's Knights.
But their scarlet eyes held only the desire to kill, devoid of any wisdom. In terms of how difficult they were to deal with, they were far less troublesome than the wise Five Elders and the God's Knights.
"Are these all demons you transformed? You're really good at hiding them. Can you tell me which missing powerful figures were their original forms?"
Although Imu's power increases to some extent after transforming humans into demons, this increase is limited. It's impossible to directly turn ordinary people into powerful monsters like Primordial Demons, otherwise Imu would truly be invincible!
Ordinary people are everywhere; there are billions of ordinary people on this planet. Therefore, Imu's demonization can only strengthen him by about half a level on the original basis. The most troublesome thing is that he gains immortality after demonization.
Therefore, these forty or fifty demons that reappeared were also formidable powerhouses before they transformed into demons!
Such powerful figures are few and far between in an era. Even Imu would need many years to collect so many. The true forms of these demons are very likely some powerful figures who have left their mark on history!
"Transformation? No, they are all Lord Demons from the Demon World, the World's Strongest. Once you master the Law of Space, you will also be able to sense that world, but you won't have the chance!"
Imu's words once again confirmed Vic's previous guess: the mastery of the Laws of Demons not only gave Imu the ability to transform into a demon to enhance himself, but also the perverse ability to demonize others and use them for his own purposes!
It even connects to the Demon World, can use the Demon World as a transit point for teleportation, and can even summon powerful demons from the Demon World to fight for her!
If that's the case, then it makes sense that Imu doesn't care about the lives of the Five Elders and the God's Knights; she can summon many more powerful beings like them!
"Really? Then I'll go see that world before I die!"
Imu hadn't comprehended the Law of Space and didn't fully understand their Laws, but Vic was well aware of them. Since Imu said he had no chance, he really wanted to see for himself. These pentagram arrays everywhere—weren't they the perfect spatial coordinates?
Before he finished speaking, Vic stomped his foot on the ground, and the space around him burst open with dense patterns like shattered glass. His figure twisted into a blur in place, and in the next instant, he appeared precisely in the center of one of the magic circles.
He closed his eyes and focused his mind, sensing the cold runes on the array diagram, and the coordinates of the space surged into his mind like a tide.
In the blink of an eye, his figure vanished again, only to reappear at the center of another magic array. With spatial coordinates, it was that precise and swift.
"So that's where it was. It's a hidden, hellish world!"
Because of Imu's menacing gaze, Vic did not linger in the Demon World. Even though the old man was still on the battlefield, he dared not gamble on whether Imu would take the opportunity to kill his relatives and friends.
In just this short time, he had already gained a basic understanding of the Demon World, which was a world dominated by demons, just like this world dominated by humans!
That world looked extremely desolate and barren, with a pungent smell of sulfur in the air, not a trace of green in sight, the earth cracked, and magma churning and boiling in the ravines, like a world that had just experienced a meteorite impact, though this "short time" was measured in tens of thousands of years!
With just a slight expansion of his Observation Haki, Vic was back, and he had already memorized the spatial coordinates of that world!
When Vic returned, he found that the demons had already started moving, killing anyone they saw, starting with the person closest to them!
Whether it's the Thunder God Pirates, the Straw Hat Pirates, the Cross Guild, the Revolutionary Army, the Marines who chose to side with the World Government, or the few remaining God's Knights Trainee who haven't been killed, they're all targets of the attack, plunging the valley into chaos and a major battle once again.
"I thought you really controlled everything in that world, talking so powerfully and Haki, but this is all? You want as many as you want, but they don't listen to you at all!"
After just a few glances, Vic understood what was going on!
Imu can indeed summon creatures from the Demon World, but these otherworldly visitors are unruly and completely beyond her control. They only follow their instincts to slaughter any species that are not of their own kind—this is entirely different from the demons she transforms using the Power of Law.
Vic guessed that this was why she waited until the Five Elders and the Holy Knights were completely wiped out before summoning them, to prevent her own powers from killing each other!
They speak in high-sounding terms, but in the end, it's all about saving face. They keep calling themselves gods, but they can't even let go of this basic sense of dignity. How can they possibly be gods without desires?
"So noisy!"
Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the Grade Swords. Vic's words made Imu somewhat embarrassed and angry!
She wouldn't be so angry if someone else had said that, but she acknowledged Vic's strength. After all, it was a fact that he hadn't been defeated in such a long battle, and he was qualified to talk to her. That naturally made her lose face!
Little did she know that Vic would find the coordinates to the Demon World so quickly, and that she was the one who provided those coordinates—it was quite embarrassing!
Enraged, Imu launched another attack on Vic. The Conqueror's Conqueror's Haki Devil Trident far surpassed that of before, and in an instant, he pierced through thousands of meters to strike Vic!
The spatial ripples seemed to be pierced, and even the crimson Inazuma surrounding the Devil Trident seemed to be chasing after it, which shows how fast this strike was!