Before the crimson figure was fully revealed, the oppressive aura it exuded was like a mountain of immense weight, pressing down on everyone's hearts. The chaotic energy currents obediently parted before it, like subjects welcoming a king. The whispers and howls inherent in the Spacetime Crevice and space seemed to be swallowed up by this absolute will to destroy, leaving only a deathly silence that made one's soul tremble.
Its form differed from what had been glimpsed from the outside world, seemingly altered to adapt to this Spacetime Crevice. Its main body remained a massive, dragon-like form, covered in dark red scales that appeared to be composed of congealed blood and shattered stars. Each scale was inscribed with twisted runes, constantly absorbing and releasing the surrounding Chaos energy. Its wings were not physical, but composed of pure dark red destructive energy, which, when unfurled, almost completely obscured the space within their field of vision. On its head, three pairs of eyes burning with dark flames, like six entrances to hell, mercilessly locked onto Allen and his companions. Most chillingly, a naturally formed "destructive force field" surrounded it, slowly and steadily disintegrating and annihilating any matter or energy that approached.
This is merely a "projection" it casts across the Spacetime Closed Loop! But the energy level it emits has already firmly reached the level of the Four Emperors, and even appears more destructive due to its pure destructive attribute.
"Here it comes..." Sabo's voice was hoarse, and his fingers, gripping the steel pipe tightly, turned white from excessive force.
"Wow... so strong!" Luffy's eyes widened, and his rubber body instinctively tensed up, a mixture of excitement and seriousness at the prospect of facing an unprecedentedly powerful enemy.
Ace, Sanji, Jinbe, and Law all paled, sensing a deadly threat.
Allen took a deep breath, stepped forward, and shielded everyone behind him. The silver-purple aura around him suddenly brightened, forcefully resisting the destructive force field that swept in. At the boundary between the aura and the force field, space emitted a faint cracking sound as it could not bear the pressure.
"Proceed according to plan!" Allen shouted, jolting everyone out of their shock. "I'll hold them off head-on; you look for an opening! Remember, this isn't its true form; it must have weaknesses or a connection to the main body!"
"Understood!" the crowd responded in unison, quickly spreading out in a fan shape to occupy advantageous positions. Their powerful auras erupted without reservation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the oppressive force of the world-destroying projection.
"Roar--!!!"
The Doomsday Projection let out its first roar after entering the Spacetime Crevice. There was no sound, but a destructive mental shockwave, mixed with spacetime-distorting vibrations, swept forward in a fan shape! Wherever it passed, floating spatial fragments vanished like bubbles, and the turbulent energy currents were completely stirred up and evaporated!
" Space-Time Barrier!" Allen pressed his hands forward, his eyes swirling with a frenzy of light and darkness. A semi-transparent wall, flowing with silver-purple runes, instantly materialized, blocking the team's path.
boom!!!
The silent collision erupted into a deafening roar more deafening than thunder! The Space-Time Barrier twisted violently, instantly becoming covered in cracks, but ultimately it did not shatter, firmly blocking the terrifying impact. Allen's body trembled slightly, and his face paled even more. Just one roar from the projection had made him feel immense pressure.
"Now!" A glint flashed in Sabo's eyes.
" Gum-Gum - Fire Fist- Pistol!" Luffy roared, unleashing the full power of his Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki Coating, and his massive flaming fist slammed into one of the projected eyes like a meteor.
"Purification Secret Technique - Flame Emperor - Piercing the Sun!" Ace concentrated all his power into a single point, releasing an extremely refined beam of platinum-gold flame, aimed directly at his other eye.
Sanji transformed into a golden Inazuma, circled around to the side, and unleashed a powerful kick, " Purifying Flame Diable Jambe: Hell Memories!" His legs, filled with the determination to incinerate everything, struck the base of the projected energy wings.
Jinbe lowered his waist and stood on his horse, unleashing a massive shockwave with both palms, " Fish-Man Karate Oni Gawara Seiken!" The enormous shockwave, like an invisible giant hammer, slammed into the projection's jaw.
Luo's ROOM instantly expanded to its limit. Although the area was not large, it precisely covered the head area of the projection. "Injection Shot!" He directly "injected" several highly unstable spatial fragments into the projection's head!
Faced with this combined attack from all directions, powerful enough to easily destroy an island, a hint of anthropomorphic rage and... disdain flashed in the three pairs of eyes of the World Destroyer Projection?
It didn't even make a big dodge move, it just suddenly flapped its giant wings made of energy!
Buzz--!
A dark red ripple of destruction suddenly spread out from its center! The moment Luffy's giant fiery fist touched the ripple, the Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki on it were rapidly eroded and disintegrated, greatly reducing its power, ultimately leaving only a shallow crater on the scales; Ace's Sun-Piercing Flame Emperor was like hitting an invisible wall, exploding with a bang several meters away from his eyes, failing to achieve its full effect; Sanji's kick was blocked by the dark red stream that automatically surged from the base of the energy wings, the pure flames and the destructive energy clashing fiercely, but unable to break through; Jinbe's shockwave was like a mud ox entering the sea, only causing the projected head to tilt slightly; and the spatial fragments injected by Law were quickly annihilated under the sweeping force of the vast destructive energy within the projected body, causing only extremely minor internal disturbances.
A combined attack yielded very little result!
"How is this possible?!" Ace exclaimed incredulously.
"Its energy level is too high! Our attacks will have a hard time penetrating its defenses!" Luo analyzed calmly, but his tone also carried a hint of horror.
The projection was clearly enraged by the provocation of these "ants." It raised a giant claw, and dark red energy gathered wildly on it, condensing into a dark sphere that was constantly collapsing and radiating gravity—a highly concentrated destructive energy, enough to devour and annihilate everything!
"Not good! Scatter!" Allen's pupils shrank sharply; he could sense the terrifying power contained within the dark sphere.
The giant claw swung down, and the dark sphere hurtled towards the most densely packed area of the group like a meteor! Even before the sphere arrived, its powerful gravity had already begun to distort the surrounding space, pulling at everyone's bodies and making it difficult to move!
"ROOM: Shambles!" Luo gritted his teeth, trying to move everyone away, but found that the gravitational field of the dark sphere severely interfered with his ability, making the transfer speed as slow as a tortoise!
"It's too late!" Sanji roared, preparing to take the hit head-on.
At the critical moment!
"Time dilation and Space: Folding!"
Allen's eyes burst forth with an unprecedented light, the light in his left eye and the darkness in his right eye almost flowing out! He unleashed the power of the Torch Dragon with all his might at the flying dark sphere and the world-destroying projection behind it!
In an instant, the flow of time in the area in front of everyone was forcibly reduced by dozens of times! The terrifying dark sphere seemed to be stuck in an invisible quagmire, its speed plummeting! At the same time, the space between the sphere and everyone was folded layer by layer, seemingly close at hand, but in reality, the distance was infinitely stretched!
"Now! Attack that sphere! It's unstable right now!" Allen roared, a trickle of golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. Forcibly distorting spacetime to such an extent was an immense burden on him.
" Gum-Gum: Hakai!" Luffy had a sudden inspiration, Conqueror's Haki Coating with Gear Fourth to unleash a strike that Transcendence King Kong Gun.
" World-Purifying Flame - Twin Lotuses in Full Bloom!" Ace condensed a small Purifying Lotus in each hand, combined them into one, and blasted it towards the sphere.
" Diable Jambe - Ifrit Jambe!" Sanji channeled all his power into one leg, unleashing a spiraling storm of pure fire.
" Fish-Man Karate - Five Thousand Tile Spinning Kick!" Jinbe leaped into the air, and a huge water tornado slammed into the sphere with his kick.
" Tact - Frequency Resonance!" Luo then attempted to use his ROOM ability to find the sphere's energy frequency and trigger internal disturbances.
Concentrate your fire! Almost simultaneously, all the attacks bombarded the dark sphere that was bound by the power of spacetime and whose speed had been greatly reduced!
Rumble rumble rumble--!!!!
An indescribable explosion occurred! Darkness and light, destruction and purification—multiple extreme forces clashed and annihilated within the confined space, forming a briefly existing Chaos singularity that then suddenly expanded! The terrifying shockwave completely cleared away the surrounding energy turbulence, even smoothing out some small spatial rifts in the distance!
The aftershocks of the explosion slammed into the Space-Time Barrier maintained by Allen, causing it to crack with a piercing sound before finally collapsing, but at least it absorbed most of the impact.
As the light and chaos subsided, everyone hurriedly looked over. They saw obvious charring and damage on the giant claw of the world-destroying projection, and the dark sphere had been successfully detonated, failing to cause the expected destruction.
However, the rage in the projected three pairs of eyes had transformed into tangible dark red flames. It stared intently at Allen, whose aura was disordered and who was clearly exhausted, and emitted even more violent waves of will.
It realized that this "ant" capable of manipulating time and space was the biggest obstacle to its arrival!
In the first round of the royal-level battle, the allied forces, thanks to Allen's explosive performance and the combined efforts of everyone, barely managed to hold off and launch an effective counterattack. However, the true strength of the world-destroying projection is far more than that. An even more brutal battle is about to begin. Allen has already become the projection's priority target for elimination.