Blake's primary objective in luring the Revolutionary Army to attack Mary Geoise was naturally to test Imu's true strength.
Although Imu didn't personally intervene directly as he did when Sabo confronted him, possessing Saturn allowed Blake to experience his combat power up close.
Currently, just from the Conqueror's Haki Imu displayed, his strength is at least not inferior to Blake's current level.
While Blake believes his Conqueror's Haki might be stronger now, Imu's abilities are a bit too strange.
Furthermore, it's still unknown whether there's a reduction in strength between Imu in his possessed state and when he acts in his true form.
Blake's second objective was to weaken the Revolutionary Army and the God's Knights, even hoping they would destroy each other.
This objective, for now, is clearly unattainable; at least, the God's Knights won't suffer any casualties.
However, judging by the combat power displayed by the God's Knights, they can't really be considered an obstacle.
According to Blake's initial thoughts, these members of the God's Knights should at least possess the strength of an Emperor's First Mate, right?
Now it seems some of them might not even be as strong as the Three Calamities, at most reaching the level of weaker Shichibukai like Moriah and Crocodile.
Especially Shepherd Somaz, that guy who was almost minced by Jabra, got injured fighting a group of Slave soldiers and mid-level Revolutionary Army cadres?
This was also because Blake didn't know about Somaz's record at God Valley, where he was almost instantly defeated by Rayleigh.
Blake now feels he might have overestimated this "powerful team" that Dragon always remembered in his recollections.
This made him feel very strange for a time.
After all, these people don't die. In eight hundred years, couldn't they accumulate even one strong individual?
They really didn't!
Currently, among this group of God's Knights, only Garling, the commander, possesses decent strength.
Shamrock might grow stronger in a few years; after all, he is Shanks's biological brother.
The others are no match for either Mandy or Koala.
Moreover, the God's Knights have a very significant problem.
They always like to rely on their immortal recovery ability to tank damage.
This results in these individuals being almost the weakest tier among strong individuals of the same level, not worth worrying about.
As for the Revolutionary Army... it might be difficult for them to escape; they might truly fall here today.
In front of Imu's Conqueror's Haki, the use of Devil Fruit abilities is severely suppressed.
Dragon and Christopher can still rely on their powerful strength and their own Conqueror's Haki to continue using their Devil Fruit abilities, but the power will be greatly reduced.
Other Revolutionary Army cadres find it quite difficult to use their Devil Fruit abilities.
It's impossible to send everyone out using Kuma's Paw-Paw Fruit.
But it doesn't matter; they have already fulfilled their historical mission—
To test the World Government's strength for Blake.
To be able to probe to this extent, it can only be said that they did their best.
Blake magnanimously stated that he would not hold them accountable.
After Imu appeared, the Gorosei and the God's Knights all retreated behind him, standing silently to the side.
The situation was as if once Imu made a move, their combat power would be completely unnecessary.
This made the few people on the opposite side feel increasingly uneasy.
But at this moment, the arrow was already on the string, and it had to be fired. Dragon and Christopher suddenly closed in, charging towards Saturn, who was possessed by Imu.
The Blake shadow Imu had transformed into flickered slightly, directly activating his ability.
Blake smoke enveloped the sky above the battlefield, and a magic book appeared out of nowhere, falling onto the battlefield and instantly merging into the ground.
A huge magic circle formed on the ground.
"Pathetic ants..."
Imu's voice echoed in the air.
The bones of the fallen Revolutionary Army and Slave soldiers suddenly twisted and swelled, leathery flesh wings pierced through their backs, and saliva dripping from their fangs fell to the ground, forming corrosive pits.
"How is this so similar to my transformation? Which one of us is actually the Vampire Fruit user?"
Blake, watching from a distance, couldn't help but complain when he saw these demonized warriors.
"This is..."
Dragon's eyes widened. He seemed to have seen something like this back then.
But this wasn't the key issue.
For both Dragon and Christopher, these people in front of them were comrades, with deep bonds of friendship.
Are they dead or alive in their current state?
Can they still be saved?
Just as the two hesitated, the demonized soldiers had already charged towards them.
"Rain..."
The eyes of a Revolutionary Army warrior at the forefront were bloodshot, and his military uniform was torn to shreds by his rapidly expanding body.
His right hand, which tried to grasp his saber, was now twisted into a claw, and a large plume of blood mist flowed from his back where the flesh wings had pierced through his shoulder blades.
"Leader, what do we do now?"
Lindbergh stomped his feet in anxiety.
If these were the guards of the Holy Land, he wouldn't hesitate; he would have already opened fire.
But now... "No time to hesitate!"
Christopher reminded, and then his figure disappeared.
The next second, he had already appeared among the demonized warriors, his long saber sweeping horizontally.
But as Christopher's blade was about to cut across a warrior's neck, he suddenly noticed the slightly immature face of the opponent, still bearing the unwashed Slave number.
"This is truly troublesome!"
Christopher sighed deeply, sheathed his saber, and kicked the demonized warrior flying, sending him crashing into a crumbling archway in the distance.
Dragon's eyes behind him lit up:
"Do it like him! First, make these people lose their combat ability!"
Dragon's figure flickered across the battlefield, and the vacuum zones created by hurricanes swept dozens of demonized warriors into the sky.
He raised his hand and waved, wind blades continuously appearing in the air, precisely severing various tendons and ligaments on everyone's bodies.
But from the wounds of these individuals, gurgling Blake blood surprisingly gushed out, beginning to heal their injuries—
It was clearly a simplified version of immortality.
"Damn it!"
Dragon cursed under his breath, but his Observation Haki suddenly gave a warning. By the time he turned around, a sharp claw was less than three inches from him.
Bang!
Tiger delivered a direct punch to the attacker, then shouted at Dragon:
"Don't space out, quickly deal with them!"
Dragon composed himself, fighting the demonized warriors while beginning to ponder a solution.
But Imu's attack did not stop there:
"Useless struggle!"
As soon as the words fell, Saturn, possessed by Imu, began to drip large drops of venom.
The venom fell to the ground, but it didn't explode as before; instead, it transformed into various grotesque animals.
They had spider-like compound eyes and lava-like carapaces, and each step they took corroded smoking pits into the Red Line.
They rapidly charged towards the several people who were in fierce combat.
Blake, watching from a distance, his eyes lit up:
"Another new discovery!"