Primordial Darkness: A Preview of Order's Collapse and the Return of All Things to Oblivion
Imu's rage was no longer concealed, sweeping across the entire " Chamber of the False Throne " like a tangible chill. The pure white space began to distort and change color violently, as if splashed with thick ink, quickly turning an ominous, chilling dark red. The light emitted by the previously bound " Primordial Light " also became dim and unstable, as if it had been polluted by some deeper darkness.
"You... forced me to use this power..." Imu's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, carrying a chilling coldness and... fervor that could freeze one's soul. "Fine... let you, and those ants outside, witness firsthand... the ultimate form of 'Absolute Order'..."
He spread his arms, and the core of the " Primordial Light " that was bound by chains trembled violently. But this time, what surged out was not just the power of order, but a more primal and terrifying Chaos energy! This energy presented a murky color of dark red and pitch black, filled with destruction, devouring, and the will to forcibly pull all things into a deathly balance!
"That's not the ' Primordial Light '..." Robin stared in horror at the corrupted energy, "That's... the ' Primordial Darkness '?! He twisted light into darkness?!"
"Is order taken to its extreme... absolute silence and Void?" Sabo felt a chill run down his spine.
Allen's Power of Zhulong generated an extremely strong repulsion and warning against this dark red energy! The essence of this power is the denial of life, the denial of change, the denial of all possibilities; it is the end of spacetime, the grave of all things!
" The End order, Return of All Things to the Void."
Imu coldly declared. He no longer used specific techniques, but simply guided the dark red Chaos energy, engulfing the three like a tsunami! Wherever it passed, space itself decayed, collapsed, turned into the most basic particles, and then annihilated! Even the flow of time was frozen by this power and then shattered!
This is no longer a battle, but a purification! It is the ultimate process to completely erase everything that does not conform to the "absolute order" from the universe!
"Retreat!" Allen roared. He could feel that once touched by this dark red energy, it would not only be death, but the very foundation of existence would be denied, and even the Power of Zhulong might be completely devoured and assimilated!
The three of them desperately tried to retreat, but the crimson energy was too fast and too wide, leaving them with almost nowhere to escape!
"There's no other way!" A resolute glint flashed in Sabo's eyes as he prepared to burn his life force to forcefully resist.
Just then, another unexpected event occurred!
The roots of the broken chains of order, which had been attacked by Sabo, became extremely unstable due to Imu's forceful extraction of the power of " Primordial Darkness," and at this moment, a violent energy reversal suddenly occurred!
Rumble! A series of explosions occurred within the cluster of chains! Although they failed to completely sever more chains, they severely disrupted Imu's energy channeling!
The surging crimson energy tsunami suddenly halted, and even showed signs of collapsing in a small area!
"A golden opportunity!" Robin keenly noticed that near those explosion points, due to the energy reversal and the brief loosening of the chains, a small area of Order Force Field had developed a huge vulnerability! He could even vaguely see the uncontaminated, pure " Primordial Light " itself behind it!
" Allen! Sabo! There!" Robin pointed to the hole!
Without needing to say a word, the three people in their desperate situation instantly understood what this meant!
This is the only chance! Not to defeat Imu, but... to destroy or liberate the core of the " Primordial Light "! To fundamentally dismantle the source of Imu's power!
But how could Imu let them succeed? He immediately forced the energy to stabilize, and the dark red tide condensed again, with a portion of it splitting off like a venomous python to devour the leak that had appeared, trying to plug it again!
"Don't even think about it!" Sabo and Robin rushed towards the incoming dark red energy, determined to use their bodies to buy Allen that precious moment!
"Will of the Dragon - Unbreakable Barrier!" Sabo transforms all his Haki and revolutionary will into a solid barrier! "Shield of Knowledge - History Endures!" Robin, though lacking Devil Fruit powers, condenses all the Poneglyph and spiritual power she has learned throughout her life into an invisible shield!
Bang! Crack! Their defenses shattered in an instant against the dark red energy! They both coughed up blood and were sent flying backward, critically injured and on the verge of death! But they had successfully blocked the energy for a fleeting moment!
In that instant, Allen burned away the last bit of Power of Zhulong within him, along with all his will, all his promises to his comrades, and all his hopes for the future!
Instead of rushing towards the breach, he plunged his hands into the space beneath his feet—the "ground" formed by the energy of the " Primordial Light "!
" Torch Dragon's Ultimate Secret Technique: Traversing Time, Severing Karmic Bonds!"
He didn't intend to go back to the past, but rather to use the Power of Zhulong to forcibly sense and lock onto the original 'point in time' and 'causal node' of the " Primordial Light " that was corrupted and distorted by the Imu Chains! Then, he would transform all his power into a causal blade that transcends time, slashing towards the past along that invisible causal line!
This was an extremely risky, almost suicidal act! The backlash from interfering with time would be enough to destroy him completely!
A crisp, cracking sound, seemingly coming from the end of time, rang out!
On a practical level, the core of the " Primordial Light," which had been heavily bound by chains, suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly pure light! Although it lasted only for a brief moment, the light was pure, warm, and full of infinite vitality and potential, as if it had returned to its state before it was stolen and corrupted!
The chains of order binding it groaned under the strain, countless cracks spreading instantly! Imu's connection with the " Primordial Light " was briefly, yet extremely severely, disrupted by this slash that transcended time!
"Pfft--!" Imu suddenly spat out a mouthful of strangely colored blood (if it could even be called blood), and the dark red energy around his body fluctuated violently, even partially dissipating! He let out his first painful groan in eight hundred years!
As for Allen, after unleashing that strike, his body was covered in cracks like shattered porcelain, blood seeping from every pore. The flames of the Torch Dragon were completely extinguished, his eyes dimmed, and he fell straight backward, his fate unknown.
The price was enormous! Sabo and Robin were critically injured and on the verge of death, Allen paid an unknown price to fall, all in exchange for this brief opportunity to severely injure Imu and shake the foundation of his power!
" Allen!!!" Sabo and Robin cried out in despair.
Im slowly wiped the "blood" from the corner of his mouth, looked at the fallen Eren and the heavily injured Sabo Robin, then at the "Primordial Light" whose light was gradually being suppressed by the dark red again, but whose chains were now covered in cracks. For the first time, his cold expression twisted violently, revealing an extreme anger and... fear?
"You... you... damn... variables!!!"
The entire Chamber of the False Throne began to tremble violently, and dark red energy raged out of control! Imu's power became extremely unstable due to the shaking of its foundation, but it also became more dangerous and unpredictable!
Outside, in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, the sky also changed color, with dark red energy Inazuma tearing through the sky, as if the end of the world had arrived!
The raiding squad was almost completely wiped out, but they successfully shook the throne of the gods in a desperate situation, buying a slim... or rather, a more dangerous opportunity for their comrades fighting on the outside?
The outcome of the final battle remains undecided.