The Five Elders exchanged glances.
Then—
They charged forward simultaneously!
As the world's highest authority, they had reasons they could not retreat!
Gold Star Saint transformed into Horse Bone Form, galloping through the air on four hooves!
The First Generation Ghost Cutter slashed out once more, its blade entwined with Conqueror's Haki!
With a single strike, Sword Qi carrying a freezing force swept forth, causing the air along its path to solidify!
Raiver raised his hand.
Void Reflection—!!
A Refraction Field unfolded before him!
The slash plunged into the field, and like light entering a prism, instantly changed direction!
It followed its original trajectory, precisely slashing toward Gold Star Saint himself!
"What—!"
Gold Star Saint had no time to dodge!
The reflected slash struck him!
The freezing force instantly spread!
His body began to ice over from the chest, rapidly expanding outward!
The entire person was frozen into an ice sculpture!
Water Star Saint transformed into a giant boar and charged! Its tusks were like steel blades!
Raiver sidestepped, evading the pair of tusks!
Simultaneously, his right hand pressed against Water Star Saint's head!
Space Imprisonment—!!
Water Star Saint remained frozen in its charging posture, immobilized on the spot!
Raiver lifted his foot!
Advanced Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki simultaneously covered his foot!
He kicked the giant boar in its side!
Even with the boar's thick, tough hide and astonishing defense, it couldn't withstand this penetrating, devastating blow.
Boom—!!
Water Star Saint's massive body was sent flying sideways!
Destroying a series of buildings in its path!
Mars Star Saint dove down from the sky!
Heat Breath surged forth! The pillar of flames exceeded ten meters in diameter, its temperature high enough to melt steel!
Raiver looked up, aiming at the torrent of heat.
Space Displacement!
The Heat Breath vanished instantly!
The next moment, it erupted from behind Mars Star Saint, blasting his own back!
"Ah—!"
Mars Star Saint screamed, his entire body charred black!
He plummeted from the sky, crashing into the ground and creating a massive crater.
Jupiter Star Saint emerged from underground!
It opened its enormous maw, attempting to swallow Raiver whole!
Raiver glanced downward.
His right hand pressed down.
All Creation of Attraction—!!
Jupiter Star Saint's colossal body was forcibly yanked out from underground by the gravitational pull!
It writhed frantically in mid-air but couldn't break free from the terrifying gravitational force!
Raiver clenched his left fist, Haki crackling around it!
Aiming at it, he threw a punch!
Boom—!!
Jupiter Star Saint was smashed into the ground!
The earth collapsed, forming a giant crater a hundred meters in diameter!
As the dust settled.
The Five Elders lay amidst the ruins, covered in blood.
Their bodies were still healing.
But the healing speed had slowed to the point of being almost imperceptible.
Gold Star Saint broke free from the ice sculpture, the ice layer shattering, but his face was as pale as paper.
Saturn Star Saint crawled out of the crater, feeling dizzy.
Water Star Saint's giant boar form lay on its side on the ground, panting heavily.
Mars Star Saint, entirely charred black, curled up at the bottom of the crater.
Jupiter Star Saint lay buried in rubble, motionless.
They looked at the man floating in mid-air, genuine fear appearing in their eyes for the first time.
Yet, at that moment, a powerful dark aura descended without warning!
The Five Elders simultaneously raised their heads, a flicker of joy in their eyes.
Gold Star Saint Nusjuro, who had been collapsed on the ground, suddenly moved.
As if manipulated by some force, he slowly floated up from the ground.
Black energy surged from within his body, completely enveloping him.
The black energy writhed, expanded, and transformed upon him like a living creature.
Saint Nusjuro's body began to swell, growing several times larger, with eerie black patterns surging beneath his skin.
His upper body started to deform—the face that originally belonged to Saint Nusjuro gradually twisted, morphing into another appearance.
Imu.
That iconic third eye slowly opened on his forehead.
The lower half remained the skeletal frame of a horse, but the icy flames that once covered the bones were now replaced by a deeper, more profound black energy.
A dark aura continuously poured forth from this grotesque form.
The injuries that had been suppressed by Conqueror's Haki and were slowly recovering instantly healed completely.
The undying body granted to the Five Elders by Imu naturally paled in comparison to Imu's own restorative power.
But now, with Imu's will descending upon Saint Nusjuro, this body had gained the strength of Imu's true self.
The possessed Saint Nusjuro raised his head, a flash of red light passing through his eyes.
"You again, you annoying pest. This time—"
"Imu will kill you!"
Raiver hovered in mid-air, raising a hand to scratch his ear with his index finger, taunting:
"Didn't you say the same thing last time?"
A flicker of anger flashed in Imu's eyes.
On the ground, a massive inverted pentagram pattern suddenly lit up.
An Abyssal Magic Circle.
In the next instant, black light swallowed everything!
Imu and Raiver vanished from the spot.
Only the Five Elders remained, lying in the ruins, gasping for breath, their eyes filled with relief at having survived a catastrophe.
Meanwhile, Raiver felt his vision darken as his body was enveloped by an irresistible force.
When he opened his eyes again—
The world before him had completely changed.
The northernmost reaches of the world—the Arctic.
As far as the eye could see, there was only an endless expanse of icy plains and distant icebergs towering kilometers high.
This was a desolate, frigid land, perpetually covered in ice and snow, with temperatures low enough to freeze all life.
Suddenly—
A massive inverted pentagram array lit up on the icy plain.
As the light flashed, two figures appeared within it.
Raiver.
And Saint Nusjuro, possessed by Imu.
Raiver surveyed his surroundings, looking at this world of ice and snow, and smiled faintly:
"Spatial teleportation? Interesting."
Imu did not speak.
She raised her hand and grasped the hilt of the sword at her waist.
First Generation Ghost Cutter—this Supreme Grade Sharp Blade had also enlarged several times along with Saint Nusjuro's body, with faint black energy coiling around its blade.
"I didn't expect you to know swordsmanship."
As he spoke, Raiver raised his right hand and grasped the void.
Ripples formed in space.
A sword hilt slowly emerged from the void, grasped firmly in his palm.
With a forceful pull—
The Supreme Grade Sharp Blade "Black Dragon" was drawn out from space.
"Imu."
Imu's voice was icy, devoid of any emotion:
"Omnipotent."
As soon as the words fell, her figure instantly vanished from the spot!
In the next moment, she appeared right before Raiver!
First Generation Ghost Cutter was raised high and slashed down!
Raiver's eyes sharpened.
He raised the Black Dragon Blade in a backhanded grip to meet the strike!
Clang—!!
The moment the blades clashed, a shockwave spread in all directions like a hurricane!
Wherever the shockwave passed, the ice within a kilometer radius instantly cracked!
Fissures spread outward like spiderwebs, accompanied by the incessant sound of cracking and shattering!
Shattered ice was sent flying, exploding into white mist in the air!
The two blades pressed fiercely against each other, sparks flying brilliantly!
And then—
Both unleashed their immense Conqueror's Haki simultaneously!
In an instant, the heavens and earth transformed!
The originally grayish sky was dyed crimson!
Countless crimson Haki Lightning erupted from their bodies, scattering and exploding!
They tore through the heavens, shredding the clouds into fragments!
They shattered the earth, blasting countless deep pits into the ice surface!
Within a radius of three kilometers, all icebergs crumbled and collapsed under the terrifying impact of the Haki!
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