Dante's twin handguns instantly erupted in a series of deafening roars.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Each shot trailed a scarlet trajectory, carving graceful arcs through the air before accurately piercing the skull of a Founding King.
The incredibly tough body that had withstood attacks from Whitebeard and the others was forced back step by step as bursts of blood exploded from its head.
"Whoa, pretty tough bones." Dante frivolously blew the wisps of smoke from his muzzles, even taking a moment to raise an eyebrow at the other "experts." "I've got this covered."
"Roar!"
Thoroughly enraged by this blatant contempt, a Founding King bellowed and swung a massive axe down at him.
But another figure was faster, and far more unreasonable.
The Doom Slayer didn't even spare a glance at the incoming strikes. He let the attacks crash against his dark green heavy armor, sparking a cascade of sparks; these blows only fueled his twisted amusement.
Tanking the hits head-on, he plowed straight into the Founding Kings' formation.
One of the Founding Kings instinctively raised a giant shield to block.
The Doom Slayer ignored it completely, slamming headfirst into the bulwark. In the next second, the giant shield shattered right along with the arm holding it.
Riding the momentum, the Doom Slayer grabbed the Founding King by the skull and violently crushed his five fingers inward.
*Squelch!*
The sturdy skull shattered on impact. The mighty king was squeezed until his head popped.
Viscous black blood splattered across his visor, but it only brought him an unparalleled sense of satisfaction.
Without even looking at the falling corpse, he reached back and drew his Super Shotgun.
*Swish—!*
The hook under the barrel shot out, biting deep into the chest of another Founding King. As the chain retracted, the Doom Slayer's body was violently yanked forward. At the same time, he pulled out a chainsaw from nowhere.
*Vrrrr—Vrrrrrm—!!!*
An ear-piercing roar echoed, and in the next second, flesh and blood flew everywhere. The Founding King was sawed cleanly in half at the waist, spilling internal organs and bone fragments all over the ground.
On the other side was a completely different, yet equally brutal battlefield.
Pure crimson flames burned in Kratos's eyes. Sensing their master's killing intent, the Blades of Chaos in his hands ignited with raging hellfire.
"Haaaa!"
With a savage roar, he hurled the twin Blades of Chaos.
The flaming blades sliced through the air. The moment they merely grazed a Founding King's skin, the demonic body melted like wax.
Kratos flicked his wrists, manipulating the chains to hook the Blades of Chaos around another Founding King's ankle.
He yanked with explosive force, swinging the massive body around like a hammer throw.
*Boom!*
The flung Founding King crashed into another companion, sending the two behemoths rolling into a tangled heap.
Before they could even get up, Kratos had already drawn the Leviathan Axe.
*Whoosh—!*
The battle axe howled through the air, carrying the ultimate freezing chill of frost, and cleaved viciously into the two Founding Kings.
*Crack! Crackle!*
Bone-chilling ice spread at a visible rate. In just one second, the two Founding Kings were turned into ice sculptures.
Kratos ripped the battle axe out and then threw a devastating punch.
*Shatter—!!!*
The ice sculptures exploded, turning into a sky full of icy dust.
Right in the center of the battlefield, Kaldor and the Grey Knights squad he led were steadily advancing.
"For the Emperor!"
They chanted their holy litanies of battle. Pure psychic energy overflowed from the gaps in their silver-grey power armor, forming a psychic shield. Imu's powerful demonic energy crashed against it, only to be instantly purified in the next second.
Kaldor raised his psychic force halberd high and slashed fiercely at an eight-meter-tall Founding King.
The Founding King raised his sword to block, but his longsword, along with half of his body, was vaporized by the overwhelming psychic energy carried by the halberd.
This series of scenes left the distant pirate alliance completely dumbfounded.
Whitebeard stared at Kaldor, muttering to himself, "What... what kind of power is this..."
Rocks licked his lips and let out a low chuckle, his eyes burning with the fanaticism of seeing a new path forward.
Kaido watched the Doom Slayer tear an enemy in half with his bare hands, brimming with excitement. "Now this is the fucking battle I've been looking for!"
The battlefield had completely turned into a competition among the hunters to see who could kill faster and flashier. Dante blinked rapidly between three Founding Kings, every teleportation accompanied by the roar of gunfire, playing the enemies for absolute fools. The Doom Slayer rampaged across the battlefield, his targets always the largest demons with the strongest auras.
As for Guts, he remained silent.
He merely took heavy steps, resting that Dragon Slayer sword—wider than a door—on his shoulder. When a Founding King roared and charged at him, he simply swung the sword with an expressionless face.
No flashy techniques, no dazzling energy, just pure power and weight.
*Schwing—!*
The Dragon Slayer swept past, and the Founding King was cleaved cleanly in two.
The Holy Land, Room of Flowers.
Imu realized that her powerful demonic energy had absolutely no effect when it struck these people! Furthermore, her mighty immortal army couldn't regenerate after being injured, let alone resurrect after death.
These monsters that had suddenly popped out of nowhere were truly experts at dealing with demons!
"Saturn!" Imu looked at Saint Saturn.
Saint Saturn of the Five Elders immediately understood. His massive Gyuki spider body leaped up, and his eight spider legs thrust silently toward the rear of the Grey Knights' formation like spears!
He wanted to take out this group that kept using psychic fields to interfere with their demonic power.
However, he had already been locked onto.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat—!*
A dense storm of bullets instantly covered him. The assault rifle in the Master Chief's hands spat deadly tongues of fire, striking Saint Saturn and sending sparks flying, forcing his massive body to retreat again and again.
In the split second that Saint Saturn's movements stalled.
A golden afterimage flashed by.
A Custodian Guard, clad in golden armor with a corn-tassel plume atop his helm, had already appeared behind him.
"In the name of the Emperor! Purge the heretics!"
The Guardian Spear in his hands, wreathed in golden energy, effortlessly pierced through Saint Saturn's skull.
"Roar—!!!"
Saint Saturn let out a bellow as his massive body crashed to the ground, the light in his eyes rapidly dimming.
In just a few short minutes, the situation had completely collapsed! Imu descended into utter madness.
She let out a piercing shriek, her demonic wings flapping violently!
*BOOM—!!!!!*
A dark storm capable of tearing the earth apart erupted, temporarily forcing back all the slaughtering hunters.
Hovering in midair, Imu slowly turned her hideous face toward the last few dozen surviving Celestial Dragons in the Room of Flowers.
"What a bunch of useless trash," her voice was so cold it lacked a single trace of emotion. "Use up your final bit of worth to create the new world!"
Her giant claw clenched in the air!
"No—!"
"Lord Imu! Spare us!"
The surviving Celestial Dragons, along with the corpses of the previously deceased ones, were instantly crushed by an invisible force! They were then reduced to a mist of blood and, together with their souls, absorbed into Imu's body.
The moment the sacrifice was complete, the entire world changed.
The oceans across the globe began to recede at a visible rate.
Aboard the flying fleet, Yang Yi watched this apocalyptic scene. Instead of stopping it, he smiled.
He turned his head and chuckled at Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and the others behind him.
"The big one is coming."
"Watch closely, everyone. This is a spectacle you only see once every eight hundred years."
At the same time, coastlines all over the world were frantically retreating.
Amazon Lily, Cocoyasi Village, Alabasta... Countless people were horrified to discover that the sea was "disappearing," exposing seabeds that hadn't seen the light of day for centuries.
And the most shocking scene occurred at Zou. As the sea level dropped, Zunesha's ten-thousand-meter-long, impossibly thin chopstick legs were once again fully exposed to the world!
Mary Geoise.
After absorbing the life and souls of all the Celestial Dragons, as well as the seawater power created by the Sea-Sea Fruit, Imu's body began to expand madly.
Flesh and dark shadows intertwined as her size skyrocketed from a dozen meters to hundreds of meters.