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"Why?"
Imu looked at Alex, feeling the horrible injury being healed on its body, and its doubts gathered into this question.
Now it is within the scope of authority of the sacred tree, and it's obvious that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is difficult to use under this influence, but how did the Float-Float and More-More Fruits, which Alex just used, work?!
You must know that the authority it created has never had an exception like Alex's since ancient times!
"Maybe it's because my two abilities are quite special."
Answering Imu's question, Alex clenched his fists, seeming to put all his strength into them.
When Imu said earlier that his abilities would be restricted by the divine tree, he felt that the More-More and Float-Float powers in his body were not within that influence.
Thinking about it, it's true that whether it's plundering the power of dual abilities or the template system, it's an existence far beyond the common sense of this world, and it can be understood that they wouldn't be affected by the sacred tree.
But if it weren't for this incident, he would have even forgotten the magical cheat that made him rise to power.
"Special?"
The injuries on Imu's body recovered rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The injuries that were almost cut in half recovered as before, but the dark gold armor was completely damaged, revealing a waist and abdomen as white as snow, and strangely not even a drop of blood.
Unable to understand what Alex's so-called specialness is, Imu stood up again from its weakened appearance, and then seemed to have countless bright energies fly to it across space.
At the same time, the blonde and sword-wielding Five Elders, who were fighting far away in Impel Down, both suddenly felt weak. The two who had previously held the advantage against Dragon and the Eternal Hell villains suddenly fell to the ground powerlessly.
Feeling that the favor bestowed by their Lord was rapidly draining away, the pupils of both of them couldn't help but widen.
This situation!
How is it possible! How did Alex who pushed Master Imu into a corner?!
They couldn't help shouting in their hearts, but the two of them could only collapse powerlessly on the ground, feeling the rapid loss of all vitality in their bodies.
Not only the two Five Elders, but also the most mysterious God's Knights have been weakened.
Although puzzled by this situation, neither the Revolutionary Army, the Straw Hat Pirates, nor the heinous criminals who want to escape will miss this opportunity.
Going back to the space Imu created...
"This is the first time I've felt a crisis of this magnitude since I've been planning for hundreds of years."
Feeling the constant rise of various physical traits, skills, and Haki in its body, Imu looked at Alex with a serious expression it had never had before. "I will never let you continue to live in this world, but—"
"Don't speak as if you have a winning hand."
Alex raised his hand to interrupt Imu's words and said with a calm smile on his face. "From the beginning until now, it's you who have been forced by me to play all your cards."
"But seeing that you're now playing your last trump card, of course I can't continue to hide mine."
The moment Alex's voice fell, the temperament and physical energy on his body suddenly released an explosive outburst, and a large amount of steam began to escape from his body uncontrollably.
The air waves turned into strong winds, even causing huge cracks to spread continuously on the ground, and the surrounding natural life quickly withered under the heat.
Feeling the momentum as if it's endlessly rising and multiplying! It even surpasses its current self!
Imu's expression sharpened, and it snapped its fingers directly at Alex.
This is the Finger Pistol technique, which has been trained to the ultimate level with the God's Knights. Under Imu's casting, it turned into a red light wheel, blasting toward Alex through the wind, and all the places it passed were turned to powder by the ultimate energy.
Akazakura entangled with the terrifying power multiplied by the awakening of the More-More Fruit at that moment, and Alex slashed and struck the light wheel. The power of his sword caused the kilometer-level red light wheel to explode into a rain of light.
In the next second, Alex, who was at least a hundred meters away, appeared at a distance of only three meters from Imu.
At such a close distance, it can be said that for existences at Imu and Alex's level, this is over in a flash.
Whoosh!
Alex's figure is like a black streak, even faster than Kizaru's speed, approaching Imu at a speed comparable to teleportation.
Imu's expression changed.
It obviously took back all the sources of energy that it had dispersed, and the horrible accumulation built up over hundreds of years had given it a huge and unpredictable increase in all kinds of abilities!
But at this moment, it's still the same as before. Alex's speed is completely unpredictable, making it too late for its strange spatial ability to be displayed, and even its Observation Haki for predicting the future appears in a trance.
Alex, who appeared in front of Imu, held Akazakura and slashed with an increase of more than a hundred times, hitting Imu's chest hard.
BOOM!
The armor made by ultimate technology was shattered.
Imu's chest and abdomen burst open, and countless flesh and blood splashed out.
The strong slash wave directly passed through its body, splitting a huge impact of tens of thousands of meters behind it, almost a blow that spread to the end of the entire space.
Faced with such a slash, Imu let out a scream and vomited out a large amount of blood, and its whole body bowed down directly.
Looking up, there was already a horizontal slash by Alex with sharp wind.
Along with the huge divine tree behind it, it was directly broken by this slash, and Imu's head also flew out.
But soon, the flesh and blood from Imu's chest flew out and disappeared quickly, and the flying head reappeared on Imu's body.
Without giving the reborn Imu any chance to breathe, Alex clenched his fist and punched Imu in the face.
SPLAT!
The beautiful and gorgeous face with a terrified expression was instantly smashed to the ground by Alex's fist, making a sound of some kind of soft object being crushed.
It was just one blow, and Alex, who didn't practice physical techniques very much, directly smashed the ground and caused a terrifying explosion. The air waves raised swept the area with countless dust and sand.
In the rising smoke, Alex was not touched at all under the power of the Float-Float Fruit.
On the contrary, the high and mighty king of the world, at this moment, was covered in smoke and dust, showing a distressed appearance.
"Whether it's cutting off the body or severing the head, it can be restored to its original state, giving it endless and terrifying vitality. It feels more like a durable punching bag."
Looking at Imu at his feet, Alex showed a condescending expression. "However, that expression of fear from before is so pleasing when matched with you."
"Alex! You bastard!"
Imu stared at Alex with a pair of extremely resentful eyes. Although its body was still recovering under its vitality, the pain brought about by the whole ordeal made it feel genuine suffering, and even made it reveal embarrassing emotions.
What a humiliation this is, as the ruler of the world, the king of the world! The being who has ruled the world for 800 years in darkness, being beaten into such an ugly state by someone with no power to fight back!
"I want you to die!"
From the so-called collectible to enemy to the person who must be killed, Imu's thoughts change with its mood at the moment. Terrifying Conqueror's Haki goes straight into the sky, and the sky and ground tremble wildly in fear.
"Haven't you felt the gap between you and me?"
Alex glanced at the Conqueror's Haki venting like a nuclear explosion, and his own aura froze.
BOOM!
Conqueror's Haki also soared into the sky, and even surpassed the earthquake-like outburst, directly crushing Imu's Conqueror's Haki.
This space created by Imu couldn't bear the domineering force and shook desperately.
Immediately afterward, it seemed that a mirror surface was under extreme pressure and made a breaking sound.
The strange space exploded directly under Alex's Conqueror's Haki momentum!