The rage of the doomsday projection made the entire Spacetime Crevice tremble. Its six dark eyes locked onto Allen, and the surrounding destructive force field suddenly contracted and condensed, as if gathering momentum for the next thunderous strike. Everyone could feel that the behemoth had shifted most of its attention from the entire team to Allen alone.
" Allen! It's got its eye on you!" Sabo shouted urgently, trying to disrupt the projection with a long-range impact from his Dragon Claw Fist, but the crimson force field was like the most resilient barrier, and his attack was like a stone sinking into the sea.
"We must share the burden with Allen!" Jinbe roared, as a massive surge of water gathered around him, preparing to unleash an even more powerful technique.
"ROOM's range is suppressed by its force field!" Cold sweat beaded on Law's forehead Op-Op Fruit seemed somewhat powerless in the face of an absolute energy difference.
Allen took a deep breath, suppressing the surging blood and dizziness from overusing his powers. He knew he couldn't retreat now. If his defensive system collapsed, the entire team would be exposed to the dual threats of the projection's devastating attack and the spacetime turbulence.
"It's alright." Allen's voice was unusually calm, carrying an undeniable resolve. "You continue to look for opportunities; I'll handle its attacks!"
Before the words were even finished, the Doomsday Projection moved! It no longer used energy for ranged attacks, but instead its massive body charged forward. Its giant claw, which had just condensed into a dark sphere and was now covered with an even denser dark red energy, tore through the chaotic space, bringing with it the purest physical destructive force and energy annihilation properties, and slammed down towards Allen's head! Wherever the giant claw passed, space shattered like glass, leaving behind black trails that could not heal for a long time.
This claw strike, seemingly simple and brutal, contained the law of destruction, sealing off all of Allen's space to dodge and forcing him to take the hit head-on!
" Allen!!" Luffy's eyes widened in fury as he tried to rush forward, but he was violently pushed away by the spatial ripples created by the claw-like wind.
Facing this overwhelming attack that seemed capable of shattering stars, Allen showed no fear. The light in his left eye and the darkness in his right eye spun and merged at an unprecedented speed. He clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and the silver-purple Power of Zhulong surged forth from his body like boiling water!
" The Torch Dragon's Secret Ritual: Spacetime Fault!"
Buzz--!
A strange, seemingly nonexistent "fault" appeared before Allen. It was neither an energy shield nor a physical barrier, but a combination of a "spatial interlayer" and a "time slow-flow zone" that had been forcibly twisted and folded countless times! The moment the giant claw slammed into this fault, its terrifying power and energy were dispersed, guided, and weakened by the layers of space, and its speed also decreased sharply under the effect of the time slow flow! From the outside, the destructive giant claw seemed to be stuck in an invisible quagmire, its movements becoming slow and difficult.
However, the power of the projection was simply too strong! The Spacetime Fault trembled violently, emitting a piercing shriek as if glass was about to shatter. Allen's body trembled violently, and golden blood once again spilled from his seven orifices. Maintaining the rift was taking a terrifying toll on him, burning his very essence every second.
"Now! Attack its joints and energy core!" Allen roared through gritted teeth, his voice hoarse.
Without further ado, the group, who had been waiting for this opportunity, immediately seized it!
" Gum-Gum -Hydra!" Luffy pushed the power of Gear Fourth to a new level, his fist slamming into the wrist joint of the projected giant claw from an uncanny angle, like a multi-headed hydra!
" World-Purifying Flame - 108 Pound Phoenix!" Ace transformed into a fiery meteor, and countless platinum-gold fiery birds, as if possessing life, precisely struck the energy node where the giant claw connected to his body, attempting to block its energy transmission!
" Diable Jambe - Finishing Touch - Rapid Fire!" Sanji pushed his speed to the limit, leaving countless afterimages in the air. A series of condensed beams of pure fire, like precise Scalpel, continuously bombarded the same damaged spot on the giant claw!
" Fish-Man Karate - Secret Technique - Ocean Current Shoulder Throw!" Jinbe roared, his arm muscles bulging, using immense strength to forcefully pry open the surrounding energy turbulence, forming a huge Chaos Tide that slammed into the side of the projection, disrupting its balance!
" Tact - Internal Detonation!" Luo's ROOM expanded to its limit once again. This time, he did not inject any external objects, but directly mobilized the already violent destructive energy within the projection body, creating a small-scale secondary explosion in the energy circuit of its giant claw!
Focus fire! Focus fire with all your might!
Under the weakening effect of the Spacetime Fault and the relentless attacks of the group, the giant claw that the World Destroyer Projection had struck finally suffered substantial damage! The scales at the wrist joint shattered, exposing the dark red flesh and energy tissue, which was constantly being scorched by the World-Purifying Flame; the energy nodes were flickering unpredictably; and especially the point that Sanji was relentlessly attacking, which was forcibly ripped open with a hole!
"Roar--!!!"
The projection let out a painful roar, the rage in its voice almost tearing the soul apart! It abruptly retracted its wounded giant claws, and the dark flames in its six eyes instantly turned blood red! It held nothing back; the dark red runes on its massive body flickered wildly as if they had come alive, and the Chaos energy from the entire Spacetime Crevice began to converge on it frantically!
"Oh no! It's about to unleash its true power!" Sabo's expression changed drastically.
The projection opened its Maw, large enough to devour mountains. Deep within its throat, an extreme darkness began to condense. This darkness was not Void, but a "singularity" that devoured everything, from which even light and time could not escape! A despairing suction force emanated from it, as if trying to pull everyone's souls into it.
Allen's pupils contracted; he could sense that this attack was something the Spacetime Fault could not withstand!
He abruptly dispelled the fault, his hands forming hand seals at a speed Transcendence human perception, and a burst of silver-purple light erupted from his body, even forming a tangible phantom of the Torch Dragon scales on his skin.
"We can't let it finish! We have to take a gamble!"
" Torch Dragon's Profound Technique: Light and Darkness Separate, Time and Space Return to Nothingness!"
Allen transformed himself into a guiding coordinate, his left eye releasing an ultimate light that illuminated eternity, while his right eye drew forth an eternal darkness that buried everything! Light and darkness did not clash, but rather intertwined and swirled before him, forming a massive, ever-collapsed, silver-purple vortex! At the center of the vortex lay Void, but unlike the pure destructive darkness of the projection, this Void contained the true meaning of "end" and "reincarnation" in spacetime!
The dark singularity mentioned in the projection and the spacetime vortex triggered by Allen, like two doomed stars destined to collide, met fiercely in the center of the Chaos battlefield!
There was no sound, no explosion.
Only an absolute, all-consuming Void, centered on the point of collision, suddenly spread outwards!
Light, sound, energy, matter, space, time... everything loses its meaning in that area, returning to the most primordial "nothingness"!
The allied forces were violently thrown back by the indescribable shockwave. Even with the residual protection from Allen's previous aura, they all coughed up blood and suffered serious internal injuries.
That absolute Void lasted for several seconds before it slowly began to calm down and be filled again by chaotic energy flows.
In the center of the battlefield, large areas of darkness and damage appeared on the massive body of the World Destroyer Projection, especially its head, where scales had peeled off, revealing the writhing dark red tissue beneath. For the first time, its terrifying aura had noticeably diminished. Clearly, it had suffered a significant loss in that clash.
Allen, meanwhile, knelt on one knee in the Void, barely supporting his body with one hand. The illusory image of the Torch Dragon around him had dimmed to the point of being almost transparent, the illusory image of the silver-purple scales was shattered, and golden blood gushed from all over his body like streams. His aura was extremely weak. Forcibly activating a profound technique Transcendence his own capacity to clash with the projection of the Four Emperors had almost drained all of his power.
" Allen!" Luffy and the others, despite their injuries, tried to rush over.
Although the Doomsday Projection was damaged, its ferocity was even greater! It stared intently at Allen, who was almost out of breath, and its remaining destructive energy gathered again, clearly determined to eliminate this greatest threat at all costs!
At this extremely critical moment—
" Pluton locked on! Ultra-Ultimate Purification Nova - Launch!!!"
Nami's voice, delivered through enhanced communication (relying on the weak connection established when Allen had previously stabilized the channel), carried a resolute tone and pierced through the barriers of time and space!
The next instant, a pure white beam of light, indescribably brilliant and containing almost all of Pluton's energy reserves, seemed to pierce through from the distant real world, forcibly tearing apart the barrier of the Spacetime Crevice. Like a divine spear of judgment, it struck the most severely damaged head of the projection of the world's destruction with unparalleled precision!
"Roar--!!!"
The projection emitted an unprecedented, earth-shattering roar, filled with pain and disbelief! Pure white Light of Purification clashed violently with dark red destructive energy, annihilating it and completely engulfing its massive body!
This timely, fatal blow from the real world became the final straw that broke the camel's back!
The expeditionary force gained a respite. However, Allen's condition and whether the projection had been truly severely damaged remained unknown. The battle had entered a more delicate and dangerous phase.