Those enormous tentacles, like living city walls, possessed the power and speed to crush everything, instantly blocking all possible escape routes for the Thousand Sunny! The scarlet suckers on the tentacles opened and closed, revealing serrated bone spikes inside, emitting a nauseating stench. That primal hunger-filled will was like a heavy hammer, slamming into everyone's spirits.
"Oh no! We're surrounded!" Nami exclaimed.
"It's a super-sized octopus!" Franky shouted excitedly and nervously as he maneuvered the boat to avoid it.
Usopp and Chopper were already hugging each other, terrified out of their wits.
Zoro and Sanji instantly entered battle mode, but their strength was greatly limited in the deep sea.
Jinbe's expression turned grave. "This guy... is the overlord of this Abyss! It's made the Sunken City its lair!"
" Gum-Gum Giant Elephant Gun!" Luffy didn't care about anything else and went straight into Gear Fourth, his huge fist, wrapped in Haki, slamming into a tentacle across the sea! However, the water pressure and resistance of the deep sea greatly weakened his speed and power. His fist created a huge eddy in the water, but only left a shallow dent on the tentacle's tough skin, which only enraged the beast!
More tentacles lashed out like whips, causing the ship to shake violently and the protective shield to emit a piercing alarm!
"The ship won't hold up if this continues!" Nami anxiously, looking at the flashing red light on the dashboard.
Brook's Soul Departure his body in an attempt to interfere, but the behemoth's will was like Chaos Abyss, and his soul's wails had little effect.
Robin's flower-shaped arms struggled to maintain their form under water pressure.
Ace's flames are almost impossible to use underwater.
At this critical moment, Allen's calm voice rang in everyone's minds. "Its core consciousness is chaotic; it's not a pure beast, but more like... a creature corrupted and alienated by the remnants of this city's obsessions."
He took a step forward, and his figure passed directly through the ship's protective shield, appearing in the deep sea! The spacetime power that flowed naturally around him pushed aside the seawater, forming an invisible domain.
Faced with the enormous tentacles sweeping towards them, Allen simply raised his hand.
"This place should be a tranquil domain."
An invisible law of "silence" spread out from him. The violently lashing tentacles slowed down abruptly the moment they entered this domain, as if they had sunk into an invisible quagmire, their movements becoming sluggish and heavy. Even the chaotic impact of the behemoth's will was greatly weakened by this "silent domain".
The behemoth seemed to sense the threat, letting out a silent roar (transmitted through the vibrations of the water). More tentacles emerged from the darkness, and at the same time, its main body, hidden in the shadows of the city—a hideous head as large as a small mountain, covered with countless eyes and mouthparts—slowly appeared. The largest mouthpart opened, aimed at Allen, and a highly compressed, high-pressure water cannon, capable of tearing through alloy, was gathering!
"Watch out!" The crew members on board were on tenterhooks.
Allen's eyes turned slightly cold. He was no longer just on the defensive; the phantom of the Torch Dragon flashed in his eyes.
"Noisy."
He gently pressed down on the head of the giant beast from a distance.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, but a force of law containing the meaning of "ending" and " Return to Nothingness " crossed the sea and directly acted on the chaotic core consciousness of the behemoth!
The giant beast's movement of conjuring high-pressure water cannons abruptly froze. The madness and chaos in its countless scarlet eyes receded like a tide, replaced by a sense of bewilderment, and a trace of... an extremely ancient weariness and sorrow, as if it had finally awakened after countless years of slumber.
Its massive body trembled violently, emitting a low, painful groan. Then, to everyone's astonishment, this once-mighty Abyss Behemoth slowly released its entwining tentacles, its enormous body retreating back into the darkness until it vanished completely, leaving only the rippling water behind.
It didn't die, but it seems... it was "purified" of some negative influence, regained some of its original nature, and chose to retreat.
The deep sea has returned to (relative) calm.
A hush fell over the Thousand Sunny, everyone stunned by Allen's seemingly effortless yet unbelievable actions.
"Is... it over?" Usopp asked, trembling.
" Allen... what did you do to it?" Luffy peered through the observation window, looking on with curiosity.
Allen returned to the ship, completely dry. "It was originally a creature of this place, but it had been corrupted by the chaotic obsessions that permeated the city. I dispelled those external invaders, and it regained some of its sanity, so naturally it will no longer attack needlessly."
His gaze returned to the pyramid at the center of the sunken city.
"Now, the obstacle is cleared. We can now explore the true source of that ' Echo.'"