Dark wind swirled around Noah, howling like a storm as the ground beneath him cracked. The sky above darkened, clouds twisting into ominous shapes.
His body began to change. His muscles grew taller. Long, dark hair whipped around his face, one massive shadowed wing sprouts from his back.
The sword in his hand repaired itself, the blade gleaming and pulsing with raw energy, vector waves crawling along its surface. Light and shadow collided on the edge, as if the weapon itself had become alive.
Noah's eyes burned crimson, piercing through the darkness. The air around him vibrated.
He let out a low, resonant growl. "Now… let's end this."
"You… you think that form will save you?" Kurotsuki shouts. Shadows stretched out, forming monstrous appendages, eyes glowing along their lengths. "You'll be swallowed by the darkness!"
Noah's grinned. "No… I'm the darkness now. Plunge this world into oblivion!"
He raised his sword high. The blade shined, and the ground trembled violently. The dark wing flared, whipping up a cyclone of wind and energy.
FULL DRIVE – VECTOR MANIPULATION: OBLIVION EDGE.
He slashed downward, and a wave of concentrated vectors shot out from the sword. The force ripped through the shadows, slicing Kurotsuki's monstrous appendages in half. The wind howled, and debris scattered in every direction.
Kurotsuki staggered, the massive tendrils shredding apart, smoke curling from the edges. "Impossible… this can't be!"
Before Kurotsuki could recover, Noah's wing swept to the side, and a shadowed blade of air shot from it, narrowly missing him but tearing a massive crater into the wall behind.
Ayame hissed. Her snake-like form twisted unnaturally, the black phantom devil fruit power surrounding her. "You'll never touch me!" she screeched, launching a flurry of whip-like strikes.
Noah met each attack with precise movement, Ghost-stepping through some, deflecting others with his sword.
Vector Manipulation surged, bending force around him. He dodged with terrifying speed, almost intangible, and struck back with a sweeping arc.
The shockwave blew Ayame back, sending her crashing into the wall, cracks spreading across the stone. She spat blood, snarling. "You're… strong… but I'm not done yet!"
Noah's eyes glowed brighter. "Good. I was hoping for a real fight."
He slammed his sword down, and the ground erupted, sending vectors shooting in every direction. The force smashed through Ayame's shadows, splitting her serpentine strikes apart.
Emma watched, gripping her blades tighter. "Noah… be careful. She's … they're… strong!"
Noah didn't answer. He leapt forward, his dark wing unfurling, black feathers tearing the air as he descended like a storm. The sword in his hand pulsed violently.
Kurotsuki summoned his remaining shadows, forming a massive humanoid figure that towered over Noah. "I will crush you!" he shouted.
Noah stopped, standing at the base of the divine shadow titan, his sword glowing. Energy crackled, wind howling, the sky above darkened like night had fallen.
Vector Manipulation – Gravity Crush overdrive.
The air itself became heavier around Kurotsuki. His shadow titan groaned under the invisible pressure.
Noah's eyes burned red, the ground shattering beneath him. "Feel the weight of everything you've done!"
Kurotsuki struggled, tendrils snapping and cracking under the force, his own power barely holding. The wind carried screams of the shredded shadows, swirling around Noah like a storm of death.
Ayame hissed again, launching herself toward Noah, her serpentine body whipping in blinding speed. Her black phantom attacks lashed like ropes, wrapping around his legs and arms.
Noah twisted his body, pulsing vectors through her attacks. The ropes tore apart, shredded like paper. With a single step, he phased through her, appearing behind her in an instant.
Emma gasped. "Noah… you're moving too fast…"
Noah's sword glowed, dark energy flowing into it. "It's time to end this."
He swung with all his might, the blade slicing through the air like a scythe, sending a shockwave of ice and shadow that ripped through Ayame's form. She screamed, staggering, her dark snake powers faltering.
Kurotsuki looked on, his massive shadow titan trembling. "No… this… this isn't over!"
Noah's wing flared, wind and shadow swirling around him.
"Oh, it's just beginning. FULL DRIVE – OBLIVION RISING!"
With a single, precise strike, Ayame's head was gone, falling silently to the ground.
Kurotsuki froze, horror in his eyes.
Noah grabbed Kurotsuki by the shoulders, twisted, and ripped the spine from his body. The shadow titan screamed and crumbled to dust.
Noah staggered back, the energy of Full Drive consuming him. His wings flared one last time, then his body collapsed, hitting the ground.
Thud.
Unconscious, he lay there, the air around him changed and returned back to normal.