"Mountain Sea Vortex!!"
Seeing how sharp these dark arrows were, Golden Lion mobilized the surrounding Sea water and islands to rotate rapidly. Even the surrounding air currents and space were affected by Golden Lion.
This rotating crushing force shattered some of the dark arrows that broke through and also disrupted the trajectories of some dark arrows, preventing them from hitting Golden Lion at the very center.
"Whoosh!!!"
However, there were too many dark arrows. Some dark arrows still managed to pass through Golden Lion's Mountain Sea Vortex and reach the center, shooting towards Golden Lion.
"Shatter for me!!"
However, at this point, Golden Lion was not intimidated. He swung his twin swords and shattered the incoming dark arrows.
"Mountain Sea Seal!"
At the same time, Golden Lion also mobilized the ten rock lions and sea lions that had been shattered earlier on the outermost layer. They turned back into their original forms of rock and Sea water, forming a vast ocean and dense rock formations that, combined with the Mountain Sea Vortex, completely enveloped Imu, covering the sky and sun.
He knew that Imu was fast and had strong close-range power, so he would restrict the opponent's speed and power, completely enveloping and sealing the opponent!
Facing the inner and outer sealing trap set by Golden Lion, Imu not only did not retreat but instead charged headfirst into the Mountain Sea Vortex surrounding Golden Lion.
"Black Dragon Drill!!"
As Imu charged into the Mountain Sea Vortex, its boundless dark power surged out, not only enveloping its entire body to protect against the crushing force of the Mountain Sea Vortex, but also transforming into a continuously rotating drill.
The dark drill had incredibly powerful breakthrough force. The Mountain Sea Vortex was like ordinary mud in front of it. Whether it was the crushing force or the air currents and spatial power twisted by the Float-Float Fruit, it was easily broken through. It even rushed to the center of the Mountain Sea Vortex at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing Imu charging forward with irresistible force, Golden Lion knew that the power of the Mountain Sea Vortex could not stop it, so he decisively stopped the power of the Mountain Sea Vortex and desperately tried to prevent Imu from getting close.
He also decisively abandoned the center point of the Mountain Sea Vortex and quickly distanced himself from Imu.
However, at this moment, Imu's Black Dragon Drill suddenly broke through the limitations of space, crossed spatial distance, and abruptly appeared in front of Golden Lion!!
Golden Lion had never expected that Imu would have such an ability, that it could cross space!!
His Float-Float Fruit was incredibly flexible in the air, which was his biggest reliance for air combat.
But although his Float-Float Fruit was flexible, its pure speed was not fast enough, let alone comparable to the ability of spatial travel. As a result, the distance he had just created was suddenly closed!
Knowing that he could not escape the enemy, Golden Lion mobilized all the abilities of his Devil Fruit, gathering them between Imu and himself, forming a huge spatial air current compression cannon.
"Lion Majesty · Thousand Valley Shred!!!!"
At the same time, Golden Lion gripped his twin swords with all his might, combining Haki and his ability onto the blades, and slashed horizontally towards the charging Imu.
A black light suddenly flashed on the Single Dragon Drill, completely devouring the suppressing force of the Float-Float Fruit Awakening that Golden Lion had applied to it with dark energy. The Single Dragon Drill then fearlessly collided with Golden Lion's twin swords.
"Bang!!!"
The Single Dragon Drill was indestructible. Even Golden Lion's twin swords could only injure its head, but the incredibly powerful force of the Single Dragon Drill shattered the power on Golden Lion's twin swords!
"Puchi!!!"
The power of the Single Dragon Drill this time was even more terrifying than Imu's punch last time. Golden Lion's twin swords were directly sent flying, and the Single Dragon Drill then struck Golden Lion's already injured chest.
The moment the overwhelming force collided, Golden Lion's entire chest significantly caved in, and countless ribs in his chest were broken.
A mouthful of blood spurted out from Golden Lion's mouth. His eyeballs were filled with blood and were about to pop out!!
"Boom!!!"
The Single Dragon Drill even wanted to kill Golden Lion in one go, but the air current compression space that Golden Lion had arranged earlier suddenly exploded between Golden Lion and Imu.
Under the intense spatial air current explosion, both Golden Lion and Imu were blown away, preventing Imu from continuing to collide with Golden Lion.
Taking advantage of this gap, Golden Lion endured the pain of fainting, used his ability to retrieve his twin swords, and flew into the sky as quickly as possible, distancing himself from Imu.
Imu's close-range ability was too strong, so strong that he did not dare to approach Imu at all. Once he got close, he would be ruthlessly crushed. This was the result his body's instinct told him!
"Golden Lion is defeated!"
Seeing this scene, Nox knew very well that the strength Imu was displaying now was simply overwhelming.
Golden Lion had no resistance whatsoever in front of Imu. The reason he could block the first few moves was only because Imu had just awakened and was not yet familiar with its power.
Furthermore, Imu had initially intended to test Golden Lion's strength. Only after Golden Lion's strength was clearly seen by Imu did it deliver the most fatal blow to Golden Lion.
"Although that dark power doesn't have the ability of the Dark-Dark Fruit to negate the abilities of Devil Fruit users, this dark power is more than just a notch stronger than the darkness of the Dark-Dark Fruit!"
"That dark power can not only devour the air currents and spatial pressure created by Golden Lion using his Float-Float Fruit Awakening ability, but it can even devour the Sea and rocks. Earlier, Imu said it broke through the power of the Mountain Sea Vortex, but it would be more accurate to say that the dark power devoured the rocks and Sea water, which is why Golden Lion's Mountain Sea Vortex appeared so vulnerable in front of Imu.
"Furthermore, Imu's dark power can even devour space. Imu's method of spatial jumping, while seemingly like instant movement on the surface, is actually Imu using its own ability to devour space, thereby constructing a spatial channel, and then achieving instant movement. This method can be said to completely counter Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit, or rather, counter most Devil Fruit users!"
Nox's eyes were sharp. From outside the battlefield, he saw everything clearly.
Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit Awakening ability was very powerful. On the surface, his manipulation of so many islands and Sea water was already incredibly strong.
Underneath, Golden Lion also controlled everything invisible in this sky, such as air currents and space, which were all manipulated by Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit ability.
But even such a powerful Golden Lion was like an adult beating a kid in front of Imu. Golden Lion had very little power to fight back.
Most importantly, Nox was certain that the strength Imu was displaying now was definitely not its true power!
"It's a pity Golden Lion can't use the Float-Float Fruit's ability to influence time, otherwise, he might have been able to hold on longer."
Nox couldn't help but shake his head.
Golden Lion could control air currents and space because he could touch the air currents and feel the existence of space. But to control time, one needs to at least be able to feel the existence of time, and this ruled out the possibility of Golden Lion using his ability to influence time.
"But that's good too. It's been a long time since I could fight with all my strength. I hope Imu won't disappoint me!"
However, Nox's mindset quickly adjusted.
Imu was very strong, capable of easily defeating such a powerful Golden Lion, but how could his, Nox's, strength be weak?
If it were him facing Golden Lion, he could also defeat Golden Lion with overwhelming methods.
After all, he had already reached the top of the World twenty years ago. After twenty years of persistent training and becoming stronger, even he himself was not sure how powerful he was now. He only knew that he would definitely not be inferior to Imu!
"Oh? Didn't die? Just some small tricks. Since you didn't die last time, you will definitely die this time!"
Imu was slightly surprised to see that Golden Lion's heavily damaged chest was not completely destroyed, and he was covered in blood, with internal organs shattered, but still tenaciously holding his twin swords.
But it was only a slight surprise. Since he didn't die, killing him again would suffice. To Imu, it was no big deal!
"I am Golden Lion, I am the World King, I will never lose!!"
"Go to hell for me!"
Golden Lion realized that his body was severely injured and saw the gap between himself and Imu, and instantly went completely insane.
He could not accept that his strength was so poor, nor could he accept that Imu's strength was so strong, and even more so, he could not accept that after working hard for his entire life, the World King was right in front of him, just one step away, but he couldn't cross it. He absolutely could not accept it!
As Golden Lion completely went mad and became furious, he resolutely gave up controlling the Sea water and islands and mobilized all the power of the Float-Float Fruit to control the space of this world.
Instantly, the space of this world was completely twisted, and even separated from the world.
A vast spatial area transformed into a silver-white Golden Lion imprisoning Imu within its body. The space was rugged and complex, like a labyrinth with no exit, intending to completely lock Imu in this space.
"World Burial!"
The next moment, the space vibrated violently, and the entire spatial lion was covered in cracks.
In an instant, the spatial lion collapsed, and the space of this world was also destroyed with it.
The shocking destruction plunged even this world into a frenzy of destruction.
That power, as if the World was ending, swept across the entire sky and land, astonishing even the many people fighting in Mary Geoise thousands of meters below.
With such immense destructive power, even a top expert approaching could be instantly torn apart by space, killed beyond recovery!
However, Imu, at the center of the World's destruction, was not afraid of any of this. Its body, like before, was completely enveloped in dark energy, and it rushed out of this destructive space at an extremely fast speed.
All the destructive power that landed on its body was completely devoured by the dark power covering it, not affecting Imu itself, which was protected within the darkness, in the slightest.
"How is that possible!!!"
Seeing this scene, Golden Lion was completely in disbelief. That was the power of World destruction, yet such an ability couldn't even harm the opponent, and even allowed the opponent to move freely within this destructive power. How strong was that dark power on the opponent?
In the instant Golden Lion was momentarily stunned, Imu once again used the power of dark space devouring, instantly appearing above Golden Lion's head. Without any mockery or unnecessary words, Imu simply erupted with Busoshoku Haki and punched down.
"Bang!!!"
Golden Lion subconsciously raised his twin swords to block above his head, but the power of that punch was too strong, so strong that his twin swords were instantly knocked out of his hands, and the bones in his hands were shattered by the impact. Imu's punch went through with irresistible force and slammed directly onto Golden Lion's head.
The intense pain and damage made Golden Lion's entire head feel like it had been hammered open. Instantly, blood gushed from his seven orifices, his head was smashed open, blood flowed out, and his body fell from the sky like a meteor, completely losing consciousness.
"What? Golden Lion is defeated!!"
The power of the World Burial earlier was too strong, causing countless experts below to divert a sliver of their consciousness to pay attention to the situation in the sky battlefield.
But they didn't expect to see Golden Lion falling from the sky, and countless Sea water and islands also falling with him.
This indicated that Golden Lion no longer had the ability to control those Sea water and islands, which meant Golden Lion was defeated!
However, even though Golden Lion was defeated, the battle in Mary Geoise did not stop. They all knew that Golden Lion was defeated, but there was still Nox!
Compared to Golden Lion, they had even more faith in Nox's strength. Nox was the true number one person in the World. They had absolute confidence in Nox!
"Captain!!!"
As Golden Lion was defeated and fell, the members of the Flying Pirates who were not qualified to participate in the battle immediately flew into the sky to catch the falling Golden Lion.
The Pirate side that came to Mary Geoise included not only combat personnel but also many logistics personnel and many people who were not qualified to participate in the battle.
These people were there to provide post-battle services for the combat personnel, many of whom were doctors, ensuring the logistical safety of the combat personnel.
"Quick, Captain is severely injured and unconscious, his life is in danger, quickly notify a doctor!"
Then, Golden Lion's crew members saw Golden Lion's terrifying injuries. If Golden Lion hadn't still been breathing through his nose, they would have thought he was dead!
Red Line:
The Revolutionary Army had invested most of its strength in this war of World revolution, precisely to block the Army and prevent them from supporting the World Government.
In the beginning, it was only the top powerhouses of the Revolutionary Army and the Army fighting.
But as time passed, other generals of the Army began to organize the Army to launch a counterattack, and many mid-level and lower-level personnel of the Revolutionary Army also began to participate in the battle.
Although they could not participate in the battle in Mary Geoise that would decide the fate of the World, they could contribute their own strength to this war.