"How can the Ope-Ope no Mi possess such power?!"
Imu had not yet breathed her last. Less than ten centimeters of her upper body below her neck remained, and two-thirds of her heart had been severed.
However, she suppressed all her wounds with Telekinesis, preventing blood loss, allowing her to barely survive and speak.
If she had merely been cut, she could have even forcibly reattached herself with Telekinesis. But her entire body from ten centimeters below her neck downward had vanished. Only a pair of calves from her lower body were weakly falling.
All other parts had been swallowed by the split of space, leaving her beyond saving.
"If this move still doesn't work, then I'll just have to wait a few years, get stronger, and try again!"
Uchiha Tamahiko slowly emerged from the Ten-Tails. His body had completely merged with the Ten-Tails, and he hadn't experienced too much suppression.
However, at this moment, his entire body from his right shoulder down had vanished. His right leg looked as if it had been split vertically, with only half remaining, including the bone, as smooth as a mirror. Like Imu's vanished body, it had also been affected by the split of space.
"Why go to such lengths to defeat me?!"
Seeing Uchiha Tamahiko's tragic state, Imu couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Was this a life for a life?
If he had just kept running, he wouldn't have had to die, nor pay such a price. Was killing her really that important?
"Because I can regenerate!"
Uchiha Tamahiko said, baring his teeth. Losing a part of his body still hurt a bit.
However, granulation tissue was already appearing on his shoulder. This was the regeneration ability of extreme Yang Release. The Chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts had almost been drained by him; they were all lying down, weak and powerless. The nine Tailed Beast Balls behind them couldn't even be maintained; only four remained.
Imu's stiff, robot-like face finally changed, revealing self-mockery.
"The Ope-Ope no Mi can still develop such an ability!"
"You are indeed formidable!"
Imu's tone gradually reverted to the indifferent manner she had when she first appeared.
She knew she was going to die, but at this moment, she didn't feel the despair she expected. Instead, there was a sense of relief, or perhaps regret?
Having lived for so many years, she had found it incredibly boring, so at this moment, death didn't seem unacceptable.
She was just curious as to why the Ope-Ope no Mi possessed such power.
"This is the power of my bloodline, capable of tearing space. Combined with the Ope-Ope no Mi's ability, it created this effect."
Uchiha Tamahiko also explained at this point.
This move was only effective the first time. It wouldn't be as effective the second time. As long as the opponent was prepared, it would be very difficult to hit Imu. Moreover, using it had significant side effects for him. The split of space would also affect him, because he had to hold his sword to use the awakened Ope-Ope no Mi, extending the range of Sword.
Therefore, when the space tore, it would be uncontrollable and affect the surroundings, even tearing his own body with indiscriminately split of space cracks.
He merely applied the space-cutting ability of the Rinnegan to the extended Sword, directly cutting open the extended space of Sword.
This caused the space-cutting, which could originally only cut about one meter, to instantly extend to thousands of meters away. However, the essence of the opening was still only one meter, and the Ope-Ope no Mi's effect of extending space was instantly broken. The space also became unstable, making spatial movement impossible within this range, so he could only endure the damage.
"Although you defeated me, this world will ultimately be taken by Joy Boy!"
"For so many years, I have only been waiting for this day to come. Even you, an outsider, cannot avoid it!"
When Imu spoke of Joy Boy, her tone immediately changed.
When she spoke before, it was like a high and mighty god; now, it was like a madman.
Uchiha Tamahiko ignored her. He didn't plan to get close, as the enemy had only one breath left. He had many scenarios in his mind of foolishly getting close and being dragged to death with the enemy.
He just waited for Imu to die, and for his own body to recover.
This injury would take about ten minutes to regenerate completely, which was still much slower than Six Paths Madara's rapid regeneration.
But it was enough.
He had only tried that space-tearing move once before. At that time, the range was smaller, only about a hundred meters, but he had also lost an arm then.
This time, it was stretched further, and the suction caused by the repairing space covered a larger area, affecting nearly half of his body.
"Joy Boy will defeat you, he will defeat you."
Imu's voice grew weaker and weaker, somewhat soft and powerless.
Less than five minutes after her body vanished, her life force rapidly declined. Around seven minutes, her body lost support, and blood finally gushed out.
At the same time, her body weakly fell into the sea.
Uchiha Tamahiko used his Mangekyo Sharingan's Pupil Technique Thunder Tribulation. A lightning bolt as thick as a bucket instantly struck down from the sky, hitting Imu's body and directly charring her.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
He directly formed a Chibaku Tensei with his left hand, sucking up Imu's charred body.
A large amount of seawater was drawn up from the sea, covering Imu.
"Blaze Release!"
Then, he covered the entire seawater Chibaku Tensei with black flames, burning the entire Chibaku Tensei until nothing remained.
After the burning ended, nothing was left, and Uchiha Tamahiko's body had also recovered.
Playing it safe, Uchiha Tamahiko chose to release a Shadow Clone, hiding his main body, and letting the Shadow Clone go to Mary Geoise to clean up the aftermath.
"If it weren't for this space-tearing technique, it would have been truly difficult to defeat this guy with any other Devil Fruit."
Uchiha Tamahiko felt his body relax in the sea.
He thought this Telekinesis was too unfair. Besides not being able to heal herself, its destructive capabilities were simply too numerous.
He felt that Imu might not have even used stronger attacks, perhaps thinking she couldn't hit him as he could constantly change positions using Operating Room.
"The fighting styles of people in this world are too crude, but their development of abilities is very good. The Ninja World's fighting styles are very refined, but in terms of abilities, it's hard to compare with this world."
After a brief sigh, many well-planned combat methods were not used. Like Imu, Uchiha Tamahiko also had many abilities he didn't use because they wouldn't have had much effect against Imu.
Then, Uchiha Tamahiko began to calmly wrap things up. With Imu gone, no one in Mary Geoise could stop Uchiha Tamahiko, and not everyone could withstand Truth-Seeking Orb.
The so-called god fell completely on this day.
This world ushered in a new era.