"Uranus! Fire!"
Imu, having regained her life, returned to her composed state.
A clear, cold voice issued from her lips.
To Caesar and Joy Boy's ears, it sounded like the arrival of the Grim Reaper.
At the final moment, Caesar roared out the question that had been burning in his heart.
"Hey! Joy Boy, what the hell is Uranus exactly?"
"It's a sub-ship from the Celestial Tribe Civilization's Colony Ship! It broke away back then and has been suspended at the celestial zenith, always controlled by Imu who holds the highest authority!"
"That is—the moon you see!"
"Then what kind of projectile is it firing?"
Joy Boy looked toward the dark starry sky and murmured, "You'll know, because..."
"It's already here!"
Whoosh!
A pillar of light that connected heaven and earth pierced through the dark starry sky, directly covering Caesar and Joy Boy's bodies, enveloping them in distorted lightning, flames, and storms, and plummeting straight down toward the sea surface!
"Damn it, what is it this time?"
Further away, Shiki, Shanks, and the others exchanged glances as they saw a dazzling pillar of light shooting down from the endless depths of space, reaching the chaotic sea surface!
An impact no less powerful than the previous magma eruption erupted, plunging the New World once again into a series of calamitous natural disasters.
At the end of the light pillar was a massive spherical chaotic energy sphere covering over ten miles in radius.
At this moment, within the turbulent energy surge, the flesh on Caesar's body shattered once more, turning into a tall skeleton.
His consciousness was forcibly trapped within the Devouring Rule, struggling to protect itself amidst this chaotic energy surge.
But this time, the planetary orbital cannon from the Celestial Tribe Civilization's sub-ship seemed to have been unleashed recklessly by Imu.
Spherical energy masses continuously fell from the light pillar, bombarding Caesar and Joy Boy's bodies one after another, causing their forms to shatter repeatedly.
Suddenly, drumbeats echoed deep within Caesar's soul.
Then, Joy Boy's weak voice reached Caesar's ears.
"Listen, Caesar!"
"What we call laws refer to the fundamental forces that construct the universe and nature!"
"In the universe, there are ten great laws and countless rules!"
"Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Darkness, Time, Space, and Chaos!"
"Fully comprehending one of these laws can elevate you beyond the ordinary, making you a cosmic overlord, an eternal divine being!"
"And rules are the individual components that construct these laws.
"For example, the Devour Rule, Destruction Rule, and Soul Rule are all part of the Dark Law!"
"And my Creation Rule is part of the Light Law!"
"With Imu's current shallow understanding, she cannot comprehend the true power of the Chaos Law!"
"So, never give up hope! Your Devour Rule may not necessarily be weaker than the Chaos Law she has grasped!"
"Like the dead whale from a thousand years ago that sought to become the Kunpeng, devour all the giant sea kings of this planet, and you will awaken the true power of the Kunpeng Fruit, allowing you to advance to B-Class!"
"I have failed the living beings of this planet, failed my bloodline descendants!"
"I apologize for the harm my civilization has brought to this planet."
"But, Caesar, remember this!"
"The universe is cruel—the strong prey on the weak, an eternal truth across all time and space!"
Giant energy clusters continuously bombarded down, and Joy Boy transformed into a vast curtain, blocking most of the damage for Caesar.
His voice grew weaker and fainter.
Caesar had not regrown a throat and could not respond to Joy Boy's words, so he could only listen with his soul.
Finally, Joy Boy fell silent for a long moment.
In reality, it was only about ten seconds.
But under Uranus's bombardment, every moment felt unbearably long and torturous.
"Accept my final Power of Rules!!"
"Caesar!!"
With a piercing roar from Joy Boy, his voice abruptly cut off, vanishing completely from the depths of Caesar's soul.
A dense white light flew out of Joy Boy's tattered body and drilled into Caesar's skull.
Then, Joy Boy's body shattered completely.
Amid the raging energy storm, only a still-beating heart remained.
The massive pillar of light connecting heaven and earth slowly faded, and the haughty Imu descended naked from the sky, untouched by the chaos, like a noble goddess.
She slowly extended her pale, slender hand and grasped the heart left behind by Joy Boy.
Thump!
Thump-thump!
The heart beat powerfully, like the thunder of war drums.
Staring down at Caesar's skeletal remains, his life force flickering like a candle in the wind, Imu's expression remained impassive.
It seemed even the anger from being repeatedly beaten by Caesar had vanished from her.
Imu lightly raised her index finger, and a chaotic glow lit up, piercing directly through the center of Caesar's skull, leaving a finger-sized hole.
The restless soul fluctuations and Devour Rule inside instantly ceased.
Caesar's soul aura disappeared.
"An ant will always be an ant. No matter how large, it is still an insect."
Having killed Caesar, Imu spared no further glance, her body vanishing section by section into the void as if erased by an eraser.
When she reappeared, she was already ten thousand meters high in the sky.
Gazing at the New World, ravaged by the aftermath of battle, volcanic eruptions, and the planet's orbital cannon, Imu pointed expressionlessly toward the sky.
"I have obtained what I wanted. This world no longer needs to exist."
"Uranus, destroy..."
"This planet!"
...
In the depths of the dark cosmos, a relatively small, barren planet drifted slowly, not rotating like other planets.
This desolate, dim land was only illuminated by the reflected light from the sun, casting faint glimmers upon its dark regions.This is the moon, referred to as the Endless Earth by some apple-loving handsome guy!
At this moment, something bizarre was happening in the central region of the Endless Earth.
The ground split open, forming a narrow chasm over ten kilometers long, from which dense sounds of rotating gears continuously emanated.
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum, but vibrations can.
Enel stared in astonishment at the massive fissure before him, sensing a divine, overwhelming energy brewing within it.
In less than a second of brewing, a blinding pillar of light shot out from the fissure, piercing through the endless void and striking the massive, azure-blue planet!
"What is this? The Endless Earth is hollow? And it conceals a weapon of such immense power? This force is even greater than my full-powered Raigo!"
Before Enel's thoughts could fully form, he felt the Endless Earth beneath his feet tremble violently.
The soil and rocks covering it shattered piece by piece, plummeting into the dark void.
In just a few minutes, the entire Endless Earth had undergone a dramatic transformation.
Shiki and the others looked up, their jaws dropping in awe.
High above the New World, a massive hole tore open in the sky, and an eye with a narrow, elongated pupil opened, gazing down upon the world like the eye of a god!