Luo Chen stood inside the Martial God Giant, gazing at the distant sky.
Although he could only see a black dot right now.
The moment he grabbed Imu, he had placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on the opponent's body.
At this moment, Imu was still within his sensory range.
Luo Chen took the Susanoo with him and activated the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Instantly, the Thousand-Armed Martial God Giant disappeared from its original spot.
Seeing this scene, Garp, Kizaru, and the others, as well as those on the World Government's side, all felt anxiety rising in their hearts.
Who would win?
Both Luo Chen and Imu possessed the power to crush all of them.
Whoever defeated the other would determine the victor of today's battle.
As things had developed to this point, the World Government had suffered heavy losses.
Aside from the immortal Five Elders and the God's Knights.
The CP0 Chief, Marine Admirals, and Fleet Admiral were either dead or had surrendered.
The World Government had thoroughly become a general without an army.
The Marines existed in name only.
If Imu were defeated, nothing could ever curb Luo Chen's rise again.
Because whether looking at Luo Chen's own strength or the strong individuals under his command.
Luo Chen's side was no longer inferior to the World Government.
...
In the sky above the sea, seven kilometers away.
Imu and Saturn were rushing into the distance under the force of Luo Chen's throw.
He was attempting to stop Himself.
Suddenly, the sky darkened abruptly, and a vast shadow obscured Him, covering the surrounding sea area.
Imu's scarlet pupils contracted slightly.
The massive Martial God Giant spanned across space, appearing above Him in an instant.
One thousand giant swords had already condensed within the Martial God Giant's one thousand arms.
Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and the power of spatial distortion were wrapped around the sword bodies.
"Slash!" Luo Chen shouted low in his heart.
One thousand Kamui giant swords, carrying the momentum to overturn the seas, slashed down from the air.
This entire space became distorted.
Imu's aura surged, and evil power gathered around His body, condensing into one thousand huge shotguns.
Wisps of black gas extended from His sharp, elongated black head.
Like a thousand slender arms, they gripped the shotguns and pulled the triggers.
Ten thousand bullets sprayed out from the shotgun muzzles, dense as locusts, covering a patch of the sky.
The power of each bullet was comparable to a normal attack from an Admiral or Emperor-level powerhouse.
On one side were Luo Chen's one thousand Kamui giant swords, each with power equivalent to or even stronger than a full-force attack from an Admiral or Emperor.
On the other side were Imu's ten thousand bullets.
A single bullet was not as powerful as the Kamui sword force, but the quantity was more than ten times greater.
The attacks of both sides clashed over this stretch of sea.
The terrifying energy fluctuations seemed capable of shattering heaven and earth.
The sea within a radius of several kilometers evaporated in an instant, with countless water droplets floating in mid-air.
The seabed was scoured by the blast waves, sending mud and sand rolling back into the sky.
The loud noise, like the sky cracking, could be heard clearly even ten kilometers away.
Near the Sea-Suppressing Star Hub, Garp, Kizaru, and the others looked into the distance in astonishment.
Their eyes couldn't see the shadows of Luo Chen and Imu.
But the sounds of the battle transmitted over, making their eardrums ache.
It was imaginable that if they were nearby, they would likely be injured or even killed by the aftershocks of the battle.
They had to admit.
The power of Luo Chen and Imu had reached another dimension.
Far beyond what Admirals and the Four Emperors could compare to.
...
In the sky above the sea, seven kilometers away.
The Martial God Giant's thousand arms and giant swords had all shattered, and cracks permeated the azure armor.
In the collision of attacks just now, half of the monster body of Saturn possessed by Imu was destroyed, but the sharp, elongated pitch-black head remained unharmed.
Luo Chen's stamina surged, transforming into the power of Susanoo.
He realized that a head-on clash with Imu might not necessarily give him the upper hand.
In this exchange and the previous one, both sides were evenly matched in frontal strength.
To defeat Imu, he needed to utilize the unique properties of various jutsu.
"Even without the main body descending, He can share the limelight with me equally."
"As expected of an old monster who has lived for eight hundred years."
Luo Chen felt grave in his heart.
He didn't know how strong Imu's main body was.
The opponent hadn't descended in His true body yet; perhaps He was guarding a certain item in Mary Geoise.
It was very likely the National Treasure of the Celestial Dragons, the Phantom Room.
"Black Turn Domination!" Imu suddenly shouted coldly.
From His body, a vast power radiating an evil aura surged out, making one's body feel cold.
Above the sea, a black five-pointed star magic circle suddenly condensed.
The range of the magic circle was extremely wide, covering a radius of three kilometers.
Pitch-black rays of light projected down from the magic circle.
On the seabed, where the seawater had been evaporated, remained many shattered and dying bodies of sea beasts.
After these sea beasts were illuminated by the pitch-black rays, their injuries healed instantly.
Mysterious pitch-black patterns emerged on their massive body surfaces, and a demonic aura from the same source as Imu radiated from their bodies.
Luo Chen observed those demonized sea beasts while simultaneously resisting the invasion of the magic circle's pitch-black rays.
Imu's "Black Turn Domination" covered him within it.
Those pitch-black rays caused indistinct whispers to sound in his ears; his soul consciousness felt groggy, and his whole body felt cold.
However, after Luo Chen released his Conqueror's Haki, all abnormalities disappeared.
His soul consciousness regained clarity, no longer affected by "Black Turn Domination."
In the sky, huge demon sea beasts flew over from all directions.
A rough look showed nearly a thousand of them.
Their strength had been enhanced; the aura of each one was no weaker than an ordinary Marine Vice Admiral.
Luo Chen's eyes became sharp, and his whole body radiated a sharp intent.
A sword intent surpassing all swordsmen rushed into the firmament, covering the surrounding one kilometer.
Within the one-kilometer Sword Intent Domain.
The water droplets in the air, the breeze.
Every grain of sand in the seabed.
Everything possessed his will.
These water droplets, breezes, and sand grains were countless, like tiny swords, actively killing toward the thousand sea beasts.
The dim sky turned into a meat grinder at this moment.
The limbs of those demonized sea beasts shattered in the air, chopped into numerous chunks of meat by the water droplets, breeze, and sand, falling like rain.
Imu looked up at the sky, demonic power overflowing.
The sky full of shredded sea beast corpses actually gathered toward one spot, rapidly assembling into a gigantic, strangely-shaped black creature.
Judging by its appearance, it looked like a Western dragon.
But because it was pieced together from the flesh of numerous sea beasts, the dragon body was exceptionally ferocious and terrifying.
The dragon body was covered with eyeballs of sea beasts.
The dragon head also looked like a mutated form, growing numerous sea beast mouths, with black blood permeating it.
The dragon magical beast roared in the sky, its powerful aura not inferior to the Four Emperors.
Imu controlled Saturn's body to rush into the sky, landing on the back of the giant dragon.
His aura, Saturn's aura, and the dragon magical beast's aura became one at this moment.
The fusion of the three powers soared, giving Luo Chen a feeling that was even stronger than before.
The dragon magical beast suddenly opened its bloody mouth, spewing out a beam of scorching flame.
Luo Chen controlled Susanoo, cutting open the flames with one slash, and flew into the sky.
"This guy Imu used His own power to enhance external creatures."
"Then He fused with these creatures to improve His own strength."
"Is the ability that perverted?"
Luo Chen complained in his heart.
He was wondering if Imu could merge the Five Elders and all the God's Knights together.
From the current look of things, the possibility was not low.
He had to continue keeping Imu separated from the Five Elders and the God's Knights.
His knocking Imu away earlier had unintentionally led to a favorable outcome.
Now, the space near the Sea-Suppressing Star Hub was completely sealed by the Sky-Binding Fruit.
Imu would be obstructed whether He wanted to summon His subordinates or transport Himself back.
Luo Chen also couldn't sit by and watch Imu regroup with the others.
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