Aramaki's body was shattered by a single punch from the young Teach.
However, this was only superficially terrifying.
Young Teach's Haki was not powerful enough yet to genuinely inflict severe damage on Aramaki.
But even so, Aramaki was torn to pieces by the attack, screaming incessantly.
"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit? And a Mythical Zoan? What the hell is going on with these guys?!!"
Aramaki yelled as he was sent flying.
But it wasn't over yet!
A figure flickered in like a phantom!
It was Roger, young Roger!
"More-More Hundredfold Speed: Divine Departure!!"
This clone of Roger possessed the ability of the More-More Fruit. His speed at this moment was naturally not amplified a hundredfold as he claimed; even his Lunarian bloodline would struggle to withstand that.
But even so, his speed was fast enough to leave Aramaki little time to react.
His Haki-clad blade sliced through Aramaki's body like a bolt of lightning.
"Waaah!!"
This time, Aramaki's scream was even more agonizing.
Young Roger's Haki was stronger than young Teach's!
And he struck precisely at the moment Aramaki had been knocked away and had no time to recover.
The single slash cleaved Aramaki's body in two.
In this instance, elementalization actually worked against Aramaki, weakening his defense.
Logically, even a Logia user should have died after taking that blow.
But Aramaki was a God's Knight!
His torn body began to regenerate in the blink of an eye.
"That hurts like hell, you bastards! Forbidden Sin Forest!!"
Thick vines and trees began to grow from all directions, lashing out like tentacles toward young Teach and young Roger.
"Hahahaha! I'm invincible!!"
Relying on his immortality, Aramaki momentarily became complacent.
"You two,"
Just then, a figure shot over. "Brother Roa said, to deal with these guys, you have to use this!"
The white-furred Wolf-Man Yamato pulled apart a knot tied to the chain of the Kanabō (spiked club) in her hand as she leapt into the air.
Buzz!!
In the next instant, an exceptionally thick bolt of Haki-lightning erupted and crackled around the pitch-black Kanabō in her hand.
"Oh, this one looks like it's going to be really strong!"
Yamato's lips curled into a grin. "Thunder Bagua!!"
The iron club tore through the air!
All the vines and trees in its path were instantly pulverized, utterly unable to slow Yamato down even slightly!
"What??"
Aramaki was seized by sudden panic.
What kind of power was this!!
Was this woman really that strong?
But immediately, he remembered: he was immortal!
What was there to fear? Let them hit him all they wanted—
Boom!
The iron club slammed heavily into Aramaki's chest.
The immensely powerful force instantly caved in the man's chest.
It wasn't over; the momentum of the club remained undiminished as it resolutely completed its arc, tearing a massive gash across Aramaki's chest.
"Waaah!!"
Aramaki, nearly broken through the chest by Yamato's club, was sent flying like a cannonball, blasting clean through the battlefield.
He collided head-on with the gigantic warthog, Warcury, who had just been struck down again by Charlotte Linlin's blade.
The huge warthog was knocked flying by the immense force contained within Aramaki.
And then.
"Waaah!"
Aramaki screamed hoarsely. "That hurts!"
"What are you shouting about?"
Warcury picked himself up and said crankily. "Imu-sama granted you eternal life—"
The giant warthog instantly froze.
Aramaki's wounds were not healing!
What in the world—
"Mama-mama! Oh, that's right! I almost forgot!"
In the sky, Charlotte Linlin grinned wildly. "To take care of you bastards, we need to rely on Roa's Haki!"
She, too, reached for the knot tied to the grip of her massive cutlass.
Warcury felt a chill run down his spine.
Roa's Haki?
Could it be that they had developed a technique to store Haki during this time??
Rumble!
It was at this moment that the entire Uranus began to shake violently.
"Fufufufu!"
Unbridled laughter spread across the entire battlefield. "It's my turn to perform!!"
The entire Sky Boat trembled violently, and accompanying this vibration, a colossal purple giant slowly rose before everyone's eyes.
Inside the giant, which was formed by the power of the Combine-Combine Fruit, Doflamingo's laughter was endless. "Now, who should I start slaughtering?"
The giant's hands were two massive cannons.
This is bad!
In that instant, everyone in the World Government realized it!
Rewind to a moment earlier, right as Roa had just flown up into the sky with Imu.
Inside Uranus.
This was the base of the Navy's Science Unit.
The scientists gathered here were tensely observing the war through the Den Den Mushi surveillance cameras installed throughout Uranus.
Dr. Vegapunk, the head of the Science Unit, clenched his fists.
There was no doubt that this battle would determine the future trajectory of the entire world!
If Imu won, the world should return to its original state.
But if Roa won, if that monster seized the world!
Undoubtedly, this world would turn into a living hell!
Hang in there! Imu-sama, who treats people as less than human and believes herself to be a god!
Only you can save this world!
It was at this moment.
Click.
A soft sound, and an air door opened.
Vegapunk turned his head, looking somewhat confused.
"Shurororo! I suppose now is the right time to say, long time no see, Vegapunk!"
Accompanied by strange laughter, a ghostly man floated out of the air door.
Vegapunk's face immediately changed.
But it wasn't over.
"Boss specifically gave us the task of coming for you, Vegapunk. Now we can finally catch up after all this time."
Kicking the Ghost Man out of the way, another man strode in.
"Caesar, Judge—"
Vegapunk instinctively stepped back two paces, calling out the newcomers' names while saying in astonishment, "Is that the Door-Door Fruit's ability again? How many have you copied?"
"More than you can imagine."
Judge crossed his arms and grinned. "Speaking of which, we have your technical support to thank, Vegapunk. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for us to replicate Paramecia-type Devil Fruits."
"..."
Vegapunk paused, then suddenly gritted his teeth. "I should have known then—that Roa guy is far more dangerous than I ever thought!"
"Which is why you gave us flawed energy data."
Caesar chuckled. "But none of that matters anymore. Whatever you did, in the end, Boss will be the one to triumph!"
"However, because it's you, Vegapunk, Boss sent us to bring you back!"
"There is a place for you in this new world that is coming."
They've come for me?
Vegapunk understood.
Caesar and Judge weren't enough. Did that monster want him to serve him as well?
"But, Vegapunk, what's with your head?"
Judge looked at the Vegapunk in front of him with some confusion.
Where was that iconic large head?
Why was there only a cap like the top of an apple now?
"Main Body! We're here!"
At that moment, a voice sounded.
Several figures quickly arrived.
"Main Body?"
Judge looked curiously at the figures.
There were men, women, and even a robot.
Could it be—
"Interesting. It looks like we'll have to have a good chat, Vegapunk!"
Judge's smile immediately became strange.
"Don't you dare cause trouble! Judge! Caesar!"
Even though she had never met Judge and Caesar, a slightly large, pink and white-haired girl standing in front of Vegapunk shouted loudly.
"Don't underestimate us!"
"I'm not underestimating you."
Judge waved his hand at them. "Go on, take care of them."
Through the open air door behind the two men, a stream of figures emerged.
Vegapunk's face instantly changed.
Calamity Knights—and more than one!
Rewind to an even earlier moment.
High above the Uranus deck, before the combatants had even fully started their battle.
Roa, enveloped in jets of gaseous flames, flew through the sky, with Imu flapping her wings in tight pursuit behind him.
"This altitude should be enough, right?"
Roa stopped his ascent, muttering to himself.
Becoming too powerful is sometimes not a good thing.
A confrontation at his and Imu's level would be too much for even the durable Uranus to withstand.
If he didn't put enough distance between them, they could easily destroy Uranus during their fight.
This thing was, of course, extremely precious. Even disregarding its attribute as a weapon, it was still a priceless antique.
"Roa!!"
Imu, with her azure long hair fluttering in the high-altitude winds and her trident in hand, caught up to him.
Shadow-like tentacles began to sprout from the surface of the woman's body, immediately shooting toward Roa like arrows.
"Oh, a beautiful girl and a tentacle monster? Not bad."
Roa chuckled strangely, casually swinging his black sword, effortlessly slicing all the incoming tentacles.
These tentacles resembled shadows, or perhaps some kind of surging darkness.
Very intriguing.
Clang!!
The pitch-black trident came crashing down, and Roa casually blocked it with a horizontal swing of his sword.
Haki-lightning burst forth instantly, and the immense power forced both sides to shoot backward.
"Hoho,"
With a fresh surge of Haki, Roa abruptly stopped his retreat. "Not bad, Imu. I trained hard for over two years, and you can still trade blows with me."
"You smug bastard!!"
Imu flared in anger. "Still running your mouth!"
But she had to admit that in the past two years, that scoundrel Roa had become terrifyingly stronger!
The scoundrel hadn't even used his Devil Fruit ability yet!
After all, this brat was still in a period of rapid growth!
He was only eighteen this year; his body might not even be fully developed!
Therefore, even Imu, the ruler of the world for eight hundred years and accustomed to every conceivable challenge, felt a sense of confusion.
How?
How could this brat become so strong so fast?
Even her past self and Joy Boy would look like greenhorns next to him!
"Roa! You deserve to die!!"
Black energy surged outward from Imu's body.
The woman's slender frame swelled slightly in that instant, the wings on her back grew larger, a pair of sharp, goat-like horns sprouted from her forehead, and the long tail behind her whipped out like a venomous snake, aimed at Roa.
Most importantly, black flame clouds wrapped around her shoulders like a silk ribbon.
"Whoa! The aura is completely different now!"
Roa exclaimed repeatedly. "Is this the Devil Fruit born from human malice, the Zoan-Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Beast: Demon Form?"
In the original story, Vegapunk once suggested that Devil Fruits were the power of human wishes.
That conjecture was absolutely correct.
The original Sun God Nika was a miraculous power born from the wishes of slaves in the First World, the hyper-ancient era even older than the Void Century.
And the power Imu possessed was the worst Devil Fruit in history, coalesced from the malice of people full of ill-will toward the world during the chaotic era over eight hundred years ago!
"Die!"
Imu appeared before Roa almost instantaneously.
"So fast!"
Roa hastily swung his blade to meet the attack.
Clang!
In the earth-shattering sound, Roa was sent flying by a single blow from Imu.
Despite her extremely slender body, the power she unleashed was astonishingly torrential!
Before Roa could even stabilize himself, swoosh, Imu was already at his side again, black tentacles wrapping around his body.
The sharp trident was aimed straight at Roa's neck.
"I see everything clearly!"
A red light flashed in Roa's eyes. His body twisted and shifted like clay, effortlessly evading every one of Imu's attacks.
He was definitely much stronger than Imu when neither of them used their abilities.
Therefore, the Haki that originated from his physical body was also stronger than Imu's!
He could see Imu's future!
However, the next moment, Imu grabbed the black sword, and the sharp trident once again thrust directly at Roja's chest.
"In the end, do we still have to rely on sheer numbers?"
Roa, who had been ready to show off his skill, sighed, also grabbing the trident.
Fine black fur began to grow on his left hand.
Roa's body instantly began to swell.
Even if he could see the future, it was useless if his speed couldn't keep up.
Since Imu had activated her ability at full power, he, too, had to follow suit.
In the blink of an eye, Roa transformed into a behemoth over ten meters tall. Imu looked minuscule next to him.
Did he grab it?
No!
Not only did he grab it, but Roa squeezed slightly, and the trident was instantly crushed in his hand!
Imu secretly gritted her teeth.
Sure enough, once this guy uses his ability, he becomes terrifyingly strong!
But it wasn't over!
Sharp tentacles once again shot toward Roa.
"Ha!"
Roa merely chuckled, casually grabbing all the tentacles in his left hand, then gave a sharp yank.
All the tentacles were instantly ripped off.
Using the force of Roa's pull, Imu soared upward again, her long right leg lashing out like a steel whip.
"Why does everyone like aiming for the face?"
Roa casually tossed his head back, avoiding Imu's strike.
At the same time, he opened his mouth and roared.
"Roar!!"
The powerful sound wave, combined with surging Haki, created a blast that blew Imu away.
The wave, like a beam of black light, pierced the sky, tearing through clouds far in the distance.
Imu, whose eyelids twitched as she narrowly avoided the blow by flapping her wings, knew that a direct hit would inflict serious injury!
Imu opened her left hand, and as dark energy surged, a magic book materialized in her palm.
Weapons of all kinds sprang from the magic book, raining down like an overwhelming storm on Roa.
"Ha."
Roa curled his lip. "Frivolous."
Whoosh!!
Roa began to unleash his power!
Black energy roared out from inside his body, immediately forming a massive shockwave that blew away every weapon heading toward him.
In that very instant, Imu appeared behind Roa almost like a flash, stabbing the newly summoned trident straight at Roa's back.
"Is that all you've got? Then—"
Roa shifted slightly to the side, his massive body displaying surprising agility.
He casually snatched Imu's trident, then gave a yank.
"Ugh!"
Imu's face changed as Roa flung her around like a yo-yo.
"Had enough of playing around!"
Roa threw Imu toward the higher reaches of the sky.
What power!
Even Imu felt dizzy and disoriented.
The friction between her body and the air even caused her clothes to start burning!
But there was something faster!
A black shadow suddenly tore through the air. Roa, raising his beloved blade high, laughed and slashed downward.
"The tables have turned!!"
So fast!!
Imu's expression changed once more.
Boom!!
The heavens and earth roared!
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