"Caesar! Imu is your enemy too, right? I think we can join forces!"
Roger looked at Caesar with anticipation.
He didn't know how strong Imu truly was.
But with the help of a monster like Caesar, dealing with Imu would undoubtedly reduce a lot of pressure.
"Sure."
Roger had considered that Caesar might refuse or set conditions.
But he never expected Caesar to agree so readily.
For a moment, he was completely stunned.
As he spoke, Caesar slowly stretched his massive, mountain-like frame.
"Before that, let's establish the hierarchy first."
On the elongated blade of the great sword Candle Dragon, twisted black and red lightning began to appear.
Roger sighed and tightened his grip on the long sword Ace.
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple."
He shook his head. Compared to Caesar, his seemingly diminutive figure suddenly erupted with an aura that could alter the world!
Boom!
From Caesar's robust physique, crimson blood flames surged skyward, and a blood-red mass of Conqueror's Haki energy crushed outward!
"Joy Boy is my enemy."
Candle Dragon emitted a clear, resonant hum as it sliced through the sky, descending with a furious slash!
"Enemies can share common goals too!"
Roger let out a long roar, his voice like thunder, rolling and spreading, causing the clouds high above to churn violently.
A black and red mass of Conqueror's Haki energy surged wildly from within him, directly clashing with Caesar's!
Boom!
The two overwhelmingly fierce Conqueror's Haki energies collided like two stars, erupting with unimaginable, immense power in an instant!
Clang!
The impact of the two Supreme Great Fast Blades generated an extreme, razor-sharp force that split the sky and earth around them into four parts!
Two intersecting, narrow, and elongated gashes divided the clouds for dozens of miles, tearing through the void!
Caesar and Roger's pupils simultaneously contracted as they glimpsed a faint, familiar light emanating from within the narrow fissures.
Yet, it remained indistinct!
To widen these fissures, it seemed the power they had unleashed was far from sufficient!
Exchanging a glance, Caesar and Roger instantly understood each other's thoughts.
Without a word, they unleashed their ultimate powers simultaneously!
Tendrils of black energy emerged from Roger's body, converging onto his weapon.
It was an absolute black, purer than the darkness of Blackbeard's Darkness Fruit!
Though sparse, this black energy gave Caesar an overwhelming sense of boundless destruction!
The Power of the Destruction Rule!
Meanwhile, a dark, gaping mouth split open on Caesar's right palm.
Instantly, a terrifying, twisting, and rotating suction force manifested on the great sword Candle Dragon.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As this suction force was released, the clouds high above churned violently around them, transforming into dragon-like vortices that surged toward the long sword in Caesar's right hand.
In that moment, it was as if a black hole had been attached to Caesar's blade, voraciously devouring everything within a range of dozens of kilometers.
Even Roger, standing opposite him, felt the space beneath his feet pushing him, driving him toward the great sword in Caesar's hand.
Roger's expression shifted.
"What kind of rule power is this?"
He had never encountered the rule of devouring.
In his entire life, Roger had only witnessed the Power of the Destruction Rule from the god-like Rocks.
Roger had quickly comprehended and grasped the techniques of the Destruction Rule during his great battle with Rocks.
Over the following decade, Roger gradually refined his understanding and, just before his death, achieved a breakthrough, mastering the preliminary form of the Destruction Rule.
This was also why he could separate his soul from his dying body and parasitize it within Buggy's Dismantle Fruit.
These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
The next moment, Caesar moved.
His massive, radiant golden wings flapped behind him, stirring up violent gusts that propelled his body forward, crushing down on Roger like a collapsing mountain.
The Candle Dragon in his hand descended in a vertical slash, a single blade splitting the world asunder.
Space, atmosphere, and clouds—all were parted by Caesar's strike, unable to withstand even a fraction of this terrifying power.
"Raaaah!!"
Roger gritted his teeth and roared, veins bulging across his face, his complexion flushed crimson, the muscles on his arms straining as if about to burst.
The Supreme Great Fast Blade Ace, wreathed in tendrils of black energy like a demonic sword, met Caesar's Candle Dragon long blade head-on!
Boom!
The point where the two blades collided shattered like glass.
A tsunami-like violent shockwave blasted away all clouds within a radius of dozens of miles.
If one looked up from the ground, they would be horrified to discover that in just a single breath, the sky had completely cleared.
Whether dark clouds or white clouds, they all spread outward in a ring-like formation.
"What kind of rule is this?"
The skin on Roger's body cracked inch by inch, countless streams of blood flying out from within him like a dragon sucking water, drawn toward the long blade in Caesar's right hand.
The closer he got to Caesar, the harder it became for Roger to control his power.
Even with the Destruction Rule at his disposal, he could barely resist the terrifying devouring force of the Candle Dragon!
"Devour!"
On Caesar's right arm, tendons tightened like steel cords, blood and energy surging through his muscles like great rivers, pumping boundless physical might.
With an irresistible force that left Roger aghast, Caesar's gripping hand pressed him downward, slamming him toward the earth!
Even as he sent Roger crashing down, the Destructive Power on Roger's weapon was being frantically absorbed and devoured by Caesar.
The high-level energy contained within that Destructive Power brought Caesar unimaginable benefits.
He nearly moaned aloud.
His already towering frame erupted with crackling sounds as his bones lengthened section by section.
His height increased by another ten centimeters, reaching nine meters six!
"Wait, Caesar! Let me see the world beyond that hole!"
Covered in blood, Roger still shouted loudly.
His eyes widened, trying to glimpse the basketball-sized hole torn open by their collision.
But it was too late.
The terrifying force from Caesar's blade, like a mountain a hundred thousand meters tall, crushed his bones and muscles into agonized cries, his body piercing through the atmosphere like a meteorite, shooting downward!
After sending Roger flying, Caesar expressionlessly turned his gaze to the still-existing void rupture.
Uncertain if there were unknown dangers, Caesar first released his Observation Haki, extending it toward the other side of the hole.
"Nothing but emptiness, I can't sense anything. Is it high altitude over there too?"
It seemed there was no danger.
So Caesar brought his eye close to the hole and peered through.
His pupils instantly dilated.
It was an endless starry sky.
Countless points of light formed a winding river of stars, embedded in the depths of the universe.
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