Chapter 410: Striking Together
The instant the Abyssal Magic Circle above the sky was shattered, Imu on the execution platform also let out a muffled groan.
In front of Him, the unconscious Luffy's body trembled as if instinctively.
And the pure white power Imu was continuously extracting from his body also began to slow down at this moment, like water in a clogged pipe.
This made Imu's expression darken—after losing the suppression of the massive Abyssal Magic Circle around them, the "freedom" within Luffy's body began to resist again.
But although He felt gloomy inside, Imu was not panicked.
He was different now than He was before—after successfully absorbing a portion of the Nika Fruit's power, He had obtained a limited amount of freedom, and the power He could manipulate had increased significantly.
Under this situation, as long as no one interfered, "freedom" could not escape.
But clearly...
"No one interfering" was itself an impossibility.
"Roar!"
"Awoo!"
"Graaawr!"
Just the next moment, Imu heard three completely different roars coming from above his head.
He instinctively turned his head, and then He saw.
Among the eighteen Kings responsible for guarding Him, the figures of three had already been blasted away.
They had all been granted considerably powerful strength by Imu, but right now their bodies were instantly mangled like broken kites.
And an expression of disbelief still lingered on their faces.
They looked in front of them at the figures that had instantly severely injured or even shattered their bodies.
On the left was a majestic, blue giant god as massive as a mountain, with bulging muscles.
"God Hand Crusher!"
He swung a massive fist, blasting through the body of "Topman", one of the Initial Kings, with a single punch—the latter seemed to want to activate an ability to transform into some kind of monster, but failed to succeed.
On the right, winding and hovering, was a massive red dragon.
It grew three dragon mouths, and the flashing lightning turned into torrents of destruction within its mouths, submerging another Initial King who attempted to attack.
"Thunderforce Attack!"
And in the center of those two giant beasts.
The majestic and sacred golden Winged Dragon of Ra was wreathed in red-gold flames.
And at the top of the Winged Dragon of Ra, Rooster, wearing a mask, stood with arms crossed.
And behind those three Phantom God creatures, a massive pyramid stood.
From within the pyramid, bizarre figures also descended from the sky—they were either black magicians wielding staves, or giant dragons with blue eyes and white scales.
[Mythical Zoan · Three Phantom Gods Fruit]
[Fruit of the Stars]
[The ability user can divide into three Phantom Gods: "The Winged Dragon of Ra", "Slifer the Sky Dragon", and "Obelisk the Tormentor", and choose one of the Phantom Gods as their "soul carrier".]
[The three Phantom Gods possess "ultimate destructive power", "ultimate body", and "ultimate recovery ability". Destroying one Phantom God will weaken a portion of their power.]
[When the three Phantom Gods are present simultaneously, the "Pyramid of Light" can manifest, summoning the "Monster Legion" from within the pyramid to join the battle.]
And this was merely the beginning.
When other Initial Kings wanted to step forward and help their colleagues.
In front of the three Kings, "Rosward", "Babbitt", and "Shepherd", an anomaly similarly manifested.
They only felt a flash of radiance in front of them, and then discovered that the scene before them had abruptly changed.
What appeared before them was a majestic and magnificent "Heavenly Palace", wreathed in immortal qi.
Below the Heavenly Palace, there was the beautiful, fairyland-like Mount Huaguo, and a Monkey King wielding an iron cudgel, battling the heavens and the earth.
Above the Heavenly Palace, phantoms of gods manifested, among them a divine being with three eyes wielding a three-pointed double-edged lance, and a youth holding a flaming spear and stepping on Wind and Fire Wheels.
"Come then, let's battle!" *3
The three chuckled and whispered, and then closed in towards those three Initial Kings.
[Special Paramecia · Mount Huaguo Fruit]
[Fruit of the Stars]
[This fruit can reproduce the scene of the Wish · Public Cognition · "Battle of Mount Huaguo", forcibly dragging enemies into it.]
[The ability user can incarnate as existences within this story, including individuals such as "True Lord Erlang", "Great Deity of the Three Altars of the Sea", and "Handsome Monkey King".]
[If enemies wish to escape this scene, they must consecutively defeat the enemies incarnated by the ability user three times, otherwise they cannot leave.]
"!!!"
And these continuous anomalies naturally made the remaining twelve Initial Kings all feel vigilant in their hearts. They didn't know what happened, but clearly...
This time, the enemies they had to face after their Master recalled them to the human world were far stronger than they had guessed.
At the very least, let alone having seen the abilities of these guys in front of them, they hadn't even heard of them.
"Set up defenses first, everyone together..."
But when "Jaygarcia" spoke up, preparing to give a little command, he suddenly noticed.
The words he spoke seemed completely unheard by the others right beside him.
"Hey!"
He hurriedly reached out, trying to say something to the other party, but the next moment he discovered... he couldn't do it.
He reached out his hand, but couldn't touch the others who were close at hand.
And closely following, the people around him vanished out of thin air—what appeared around him was only profound darkness.
As if...
"The space around me... was affected?"
He instinctively thought this.
But just a moment later, his thoughts stopped.
Because...
Squelch!
His head had already been silently sliced off.
And behind him.
A pitch-black, shadow-like figure was slowly turning into the appearance of Rat.
He had sliced off Jaygarcia's head—slicing it off together with the surrounding space.
And along with him, whose head was also sliced off, was "Charlos" who was right near Jaygarcia.
[Rat · Shadow Legion Fruit]
And on the other side, before "Manmaya", "Donquixote", and "Pu'er Mingge" even realized what happened, their bodies underwent bizarre twisting and folding.
In just a moment, the location they were in was compressed into an infinitely small "singularity", falling into it along with them.
[Tiger · Boundless Fruit]
And yet on another side, "Saint-Charloss", "Izambar", "Figarland", and "Rosward" encountered a situation they couldn't understand even more.
Because right now, they were slaughtering each other.
"No... this isn't right!"
"Damn it—you scumbags!"
"There's an ability... What kind of ability is this!?"
Their expressions intermittently showed struggle and change, but were quickly replaced by fury and battle intent.
It was as if their souls and bodies were struggling.
Their rationality, which appeared from time to time, told them they shouldn't fight.
But anger and battle intent continuously surged within their souls almost without pause, causing them to slaughter each other regardless of everything.
And right now, in a corner they couldn't see.
Horse, holding a pen, stood in place with a calm face.
[Horse · Writer Fruit]
But clearly, they didn't need to struggle for too long either.
Because just as they were slaughtering each other the most fiercely.
Clang!
A buzzing sword cry.
"Moo!"
And a roar like thunder descended simultaneously.
The next moment, a sharp blade light and a massive ox hoof falling from the sky directly chopped the bodies of the four into fragments.
And in the direction the attacks came from.
Snake sheathed the "Black Blade" Shusui in his hand, and beside him stood a giant ox covered in fur with a single horn like a dragon.
[Snake · Sword God Fruit]
[Ox · Kui Ox Fruit]