In a valley, Setsuna quickly returned with the recently knocked-out Saturn. He neatly arranged Saturn's body alongside the other five.
Setsuna stood before the six figures. Conqueror's Haki surged like a tidal wave. Black-and-red lightning raged in the air. The entire island trembled under this power. Rocks cracked, trees toppled.
Normally, even attacks infused with Conqueror's Haki struggled to annihilate the Five Elders' immortality. But Setsuna's Conqueror's Haki was simply too powerful.
After completing the grand objective of 'eliminating hunger', his Conqueror's Haki had long broken through limits, even surpassing Shanks, acclaimed as having the 'Strongest Conqueror's'.
Conqueror's Haki condensed to its peak, transforming into a sky-piercing black-and-red pillar of light, instantly enveloping the six.
Crack!
The Five Elders' and Killingham's immortality began to collapse under such pure Conqueror's Haki impact.
Their skin cracked inch by inch. Flesh and blood turned to ashes, drifting away.
Zephyr had long been waiting. Dark Vortexes swirled in his palms. Powerful gravitational pull drew the demonic power within their bodies toward the nearby fruits.
Simultaneously, the Room of Flowers, Mary Geoise.
The crystal glass in Imu's hand suddenly shattered. Crimson wine liquid splattered on the floor like blood.
She slowly raised her head, her gaze piercing through the void, looking into the distance.
For eight hundred years, this was her first time feeling palpitations.
The highest-level [Deep-Deep Sea Covenant] should have been eternal. Now, it had vanished.
She closed her eyes. Her consciousness instantly spanned thousands of miles, descending into Garling's trembling body.
On the battlefield, Garling's body suddenly stiffened.
Whitebeard frowned slightly. He keenly sensed the enemy's change.
Garling's eyes no longer held anger or fear. They were replaced by an indifferent gaze, as if looking down on ants.
"Wh...at happened?" Garling's voice became ethereal and icy, as if from another world.
Garling's own consciousness knelt prostrated deep within his spirit, responding fanatically. "Merely a rebellion by lowly commoners, actually disturbing the God! This subordinate is truly terrified!"
"Why didn't you initiate contact me?" Imu's voice was cold. The Deep Sea Covenant only allowed her to contact them. But the Deep-Deep Sea Covenant allowed them to contact her.
Garling's voice grew increasingly humble. "Such a minor rebellion... truly dared not disturb the God."
"Minor rebellion?" Imu sneered, her voice emanating through Garling's lips. "Saturn and the other four... are already dead."
"What?!" Garling was utterly shocked. "The Five Elders... died?"
"It seems I cannot rely on you trash," Imu declared coldly. "I will occupy your body and act personally."
Garling's body trembled with ecstasy. "This is this subordinate's supreme honor!"
Whitebeard swung his blade at the suddenly motionless enemy, only to be deflected by an invisible barrier.
His pupils contracted… the Garling before him was completely changed. That overwhelming pressure even made him feel a hint of suffocation.
"I have no time to play with you," Imu said coldly, looking toward the east.
The next second, Garling's body transformed into a streak of light, speeding toward the location of the Five Elders' deaths at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
"That's the God of the World Government Little Setsuna mentioned?" Whitebeard leaped to follow. "How can I miss such a battle?"
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When Imu reached the valley Setsuna was located, the air still retained the residual power of Conqueror's Haki.
Imu's gaze instantly locked onto Setsuna. The man before her had Conqueror's Haki as vast as a starry sea, even making her feel a trace of pressure.
"Are you the culprit of this rebellion?" Imu opened coldly, her voice like a frozen pond sealed for millennia.
Setsuna smiled slightly, flexing his wrists. "How can it be called a culprit? It should be called the first revolutionary act."
"Success is called revolution. Failure is called rebellion," Imu said coldly.
"Then ours is definitely revolution," Setsuna's smile grew even brighter. "You should be Imu now, right?"
Imu's expression fluctuated for the first time. "You know of me?"
Setsuna nodded, his eyes carrying a hint of amusement. "Heard you're a victorious prisoner, a winner who fears the future."
This sentence instantly pierced Imu's mental defenses.
"You are dead!" Imu's fury instantly erupted. The surrounding air seemed ignited by her emotions. Space itself began to distort.
Setsuna was prepared. The moment Imu acted, the seven limiter gates within him simultaneously opened. Sage Mode's patterns also spread across his skin.
His aura surged explosively. Speed, strength, defense all enhanced dramatically. He actually suppressed Imu from the outset.
Setsuna's offensive was relentless like a storm.
Sage Mode granted him nearly limitless stamina. With all seven gates open, each strike could shake mountains.
Though Imu was powerful, she was using someone else's body. Under this violent assault, she seemed somewhat in disarray.
However, Imu wasn't flustered. Instead, she taunted. "Dare to resist me, yet dare not engage in close combat?"
Setsuna was quite calm. "Clumsy provocation. I don't want to end up like Rocks."
Though he didn't know the mechanism of Imu's ability, he knew Rocks began transforming into a demon after being pierced by Imu.
So, even though he previously loved trading injuries with opponents, facing an enemy like Imu, he wasn't even willing to get injured.
"It seems you truly understand me," Imu's eyes were dark. "But with only long-range attacks, even if you fight for eight hundred more years, you won't break the immortality I bestowed."
"Not necessarily," Setsuna's back proliferated another pair of arms. He began frantically using [Prince-Style Battle Technique].
Ki blasts rained down like hail. Imu drew her sword, slashing. An enormous, abyss-like slash wave instantly devoured the Ki blasts.
Eight hundred years was enough for her to hone any skill to its peak.
In terms of swordsmanship alone, she was undoubtedly a top-tier great swordsman.
Each sword strike carried the momentum to sever mountains and rivers. Pitch-black slash waves like abyssal maws devoured the incoming ki blasts.
Seeing Setsuna still using those Ki blasts, Imu swung her sword while mocking. "Is this all you have?"
But gradually, she sensed something off.
The man opposite clearly had four arms, yet only used three to attack. His right hand pressed index and middle fingers to his brow, as if showing off.
But Imu knew well. A man with such Conqueror's Haki wouldn't do meaningless things.
She tried to foresee the future, but Setsuna's highest-tier Conqueror's Haki-derived [Observation Kill] blocked her perception.
This oppressive feeling made her feel deeply uneasy.