The atmosphere at the summit was frozen solid. The gale and thunder seemed to be suppressed by the two invisible yet powerful forces, becoming completely silent. The Straw Hat Pirates held their breath, watching the two figures facing off in the center of the arena with tense expressions.
Gal Testa's "power" is like Rogrim Island itself—heavy, sharp, and unchanging, carrying an indomitable will forged through countless battles, seemingly capable of suppressing everything and severing all things. This power has transformed into a force field that is almost a domain, enveloping the entire summit, where even nine times the gravity seems docile.
Allen, however, remained calm in the face of this terrifying aura that could shatter the minds of ordinary experts. He did not exude any aggressive aura, as if he were just an ordinary bystander.
But Gal Testa's gaze grew increasingly solemn. In his perception, Allen was not without "power," but rather his "power" had been contained to the extreme, merging into every inch of the surrounding space, breathing in sync with heaven and earth, as if he himself were a complete and self-consistent world of rules! When his own Unyielding Domain approached the other, it was like a stream flowing into the sea, silently embraced and dissolved, barely causing a ripple!
"A remarkable stillness," Gal Testa said slowly, his admiration undisguised. "But the trial requires movement."
He waited no longer, and the " Unyielding Might " that had been condensed to its extreme suddenly erupted! It was no longer a simple defense, but transformed into an invisible giant blade, carrying the will to sever stars and destroy all laws, and slashed down at Allen's head! This strike was not a physical attack, but a strike that directly affected the spirit, will, and even the conceptual level of existence!
Faced with this invisible slash, Allen finally moved.
He didn't dodge or block; he simply raised his right hand slowly, palm up, as if supporting something.
On his palm, a point of ultimate "light" was born. It was not a light to illuminate the darkness, but Light of Creation that Definition "existence" and divided "order"! At the same time, a force that reversed cause and effect and solidified all things spread out from him!
The Power of Zhulong —controlling light, darkness, and time!
When that invisible, unyielding giant blade came into contact with this domain composed of "light" and "stillness," its will to cut through everything seemed to have collided with an unshakable cornerstone of the universe. Its sharpness was Definition and disintegrated by "light," and its speed was frozen and slowed down by "spacetime"!
It's not about head-on destruction, but a higher level of dissolution and pacification!
Gal Testa's pupils contracted sharply! He felt his invincible "momentum," imbued with his lifelong beliefs, being covered and reconstructed by a grander, more fundamental force of rules! It was as if his proud edge was merely one of countless "possibilities" in the universe, easily adjusted and smoothed over in the eyes of his opponent!
"What... what kind of power is this?!" Even with Gal Testa's composure, he felt an unprecedented shock at this moment. His "momentum" originated from the ultimate condensation of his own will and rules, while the opponent's "momentum" seemed to originate directly from the source of the rules!
Allen did not answer. He held up the palm of that "light" and gently pushed it forward.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no surging tide of energy collision.
But the " Unyielding Domain " that enveloped the summit of Galtegetana began to melt silently, like ice and snow warmed by the sun! The invisible giant blade broke and dissipated inch by inch, the heavy oppressive feeling quickly faded away, and even the nine times gravity at the summit seemed to return to its original, relatively "mild" state.
Gal Testa groaned, his body swaying slightly backward uncontrollably, finally unable to maintain his immovable posture any longer!
step!
He stepped back!
Although it was just a small, insignificant step, it was perhaps the first time in the career of this " Unyielding Blade " that he had been forced to retreat in a direct clash between will and rules!
The summit was completely silent.
The Straw Hat Pirates crew stared wide-eyed. Although they didn't fully understand the level of the battle they had just witnessed, the fact that the arrogant peak master had been forced back by Allen was enough to excite them!
Gal Testa steadied himself, his face showing no anger at his defeat, but rather a relieved, even... relieved, smile.
"I see... So this is... a higher level of power..." He let out a long sigh of relief, as if a tremendous burden had been lifted, and looked at Allen with a complex expression. "You... passed."
The final trial concluded in a way that exceeded everyone's expectations.