At the summit of the Red Line, the Holy Land of Mary Geoise had already been transformed into four terrifying, brightly colored hellscapes.
Pangaea Castle, Room of Flowers.
Imu stood before the Empty Throne, looking down at the land divided by the four-colored natural disasters, her face filled with rage.
The culling efforts of the Holy Knights and the Five Elders not only failed to contain the disaster, but instead became nourishment that spawned more monsters. Every time a monster died, it caused the creep and flesh to expand once more.
"Cease this meaningless slaughter."
A will crossed the chaotic battlefield, echoing directly in the minds of the Five Elders and the Holy Knights.
"Shrink the defensive line and abandon the perimeter."
"Dig deep trenches and completely sever the entire contaminated continental plate."
"Then, destroy it all together."
Receiving the order, everyone's hearts chilled. They immediately abandoned their entanglement with the endless hordes of monsters.
...
The Room of Flowers was the last uncontaminated area in Mary Geoise. Hundreds of surviving Celestial Dragons were gathered here in a sorry state.
The terror of the impending apocalypse didn't seem to affect their pig-headed brains, which had long been filled with arrogance and stupidity.
"Idiots! My rare slave is still out there! Why didn't you useless trash save him?!"
"Shut up! What does your slave matter?! My son, Wangcai, was just eaten by that flesh spider! You must give me an explanation!"
"It's all your fault! You were the one who insisted on going to see the monsters!"
"You dare accuse me?!"
The surviving swine not only lacked the slightest sense of danger, but they were also arguing endlessly. A few of them even came to blows, pulling each other's hair and making a complete spectacle of themselves.
They were completely unaware that their status as "Gods" was already in imminent peril.
High in the sky, aboard the flying fleet.
Kaido looked down at the "isolated island" surrounded by the four-colored hell, as well as the trash still infighting below, and impatiently hoisted his kanabo onto his shoulder.
"Wororororo... What noisy bugs."
"Yang Yi, why not just have Shiki pull an island over and bury the rest of the Celestial Dragons!"
"That's too crude, Kaido," Yang Yi said, shaking his head with a smile. "Besides, that would be letting them off too easy."
He raised a glass of wine, his gaze sweeping over the disgraceful Celestial Dragons below.
"I have a much more entertaining plan."
"Kaido, Rocks, Whitebeard, Linlin, Golden Lion..." Yang Yi's eyes swept over every legend present.
"You guys go kill a few Celestial Dragons first. Push them to the brink. They definitely have a trump card left, don't you want to see it?"
"Gurarararara!" Whitebeard threw his head back and chugged a large mouthful of booze. "That's a great idea! I've been wanting to do this for a long time!"
"Jihahahahaha! A trump card? I'd like to see that!" Golden Lion Shiki's laughter was even more wild.
Rocks licked his lips, his eyes filled with undisguised destructive desire. "It's about time!"
Yang Yi's gaze finally landed on the other side of the fleet.
There, Garp and Sengoku were silently watching everything below.
Garp's iron fists cracked as he clenched them. Looking at the nauseating, disgraceful behavior of the Celestial Dragons below, he realized that these were the kind of useless trash he had spent his entire life protecting.
Finally, he stood up.
Sengoku also let out a sigh, one containing helplessness, relief, and a trace of liberation.
"Fufufu..."
In the corner, Doflamingo pressed his forehead and chuckled softly. Watching his dying "compatriots" below, he felt a deep sense of satisfaction.
"Since I can't become a Celestial Dragon, there's no need for Celestial Dragons to exist in this world anymore!"
Everyone reached a consensus.
Yang Yi slowly raised his hand.
"Then... let's begin."
With that single command!
Everyone began to charge up their strongest attacks.
Yang Yi lightly snapped his fingers.
"Pop."
Above Mary Geoise, the massive paw-print bubble quietly shattered.
In the next instant, hundreds of massive flying battleships dropped their cloaking.
Below, Imu, the Five Elders, Saint Garling, and the others who were directing the excavation of the trenches suddenly looked up. When they saw the densely packed warships in the sky, they were instantly dumbfounded.
This massive fleet, capable of overturning the world, had appeared above Mary Geoise without any warning!
"Fire."
The charged attacks of several people rained down!
The combined strikes of several figures standing at the pinnacle of the world hurtled toward the Room of Flowers below.
"Not good!!!"
Imu and the Five Elders paled in shock! They hastily joined forces, and five massive Mythical Zoan silhouettes along with an even more bizarre dark shadow formed a barrier above Pangaea Castle!
However, in the face of the charged strikes of all the legends, this barrier was incredibly fragile.
"BOOM—!!!!!"
Those Celestial Dragons who had been endlessly arguing over the ownership of slaves just a second ago were engulfed by the attacks the very next second.
Looking at the few remaining Celestial Dragons, Imu instantly flew into a rage!
Her "tools," the "livestock" she had ruled over for eight hundred years, had been slaughtered until only this handful remained.
"Hahahaha, Imu, I told you I would be back!"
Rocks laughed maniacally, black-and-red Conqueror's Haki lightning wrapping around his right fist as he charged straight at Imu!
"Gurararara! Die! Five Elders!" Whitebeard followed closely behind, wielding Murakumogiri!
"Wororororo! A war to overturn the world!" Kaido and Big Mom leaped down at the same time!
The final battle had officially begun!
Rocks's figure surged forward, his fist tearing through the air straight for Imu's face! Imu didn't dodge or evade, meeting Rocks's strike with a punch of her own.
"BOOM—!!!"
The two merely clashed through the air, yet their powerful Conqueror's Haki tore the sky apart and fractured the ground of the Red Line once again!
"Old man! Your opponent is me!" Wielding his naginata, Whitebeard unleashed a "Sky Quake" slash at the Elder holding the Shodai Kitetsu!
"Worororo! Gyuki! Let's go another round!" Kaido roared, his kanabo aiming straight for Saint Saturn!
Relying on their peak conditions from returning to their prime, the legendary pirates gained the upper hand the moment the battle erupted!
Seeing the unfavorable situation, Imu completely discarded her aloof disguise.
"You... will all pay the price for your foolishness today!"
Her voice became shrill and distorted as black shadows spread madly from beneath her feet, devouring the surrounding light.
The sound of bones shattering and restructuring rang out as her seemingly slender body began to twist and expand!
A pair of massive black wings that blotted out the sun unfurled from her back, kicking up a fierce gale that blew away the last few Celestial Dragons.
The shadows dispersed, revealing a massive demon over ten meters tall, wearing the Crown of Emptiness and surrounded by ominous black clouds, standing in the center of the battlefield.
This was Imu's true form!
"Demon blood, boil!"
Imu's transformation acted like a switch, causing the Five Elders and the members of the Holy Knights to undergo terrifying mutations as well!
Saint Saturn's Gyuki body expanded once more, and the others also transformed into larger, more hideous magical beast forms!
Saint Figarland Garling and the others sprouted demonic horns and pitch-black wings, their power instantly skyrocketing!
"Now this is getting interesting!" Facing the towering demon Imu, Rocks felt no fear; instead, he grew even more excited and threw another punch!
However, the demonized Imu's strength had surged exponentially. With just a casual wave of her hand, she blocked Rocks's attack, then swatted the defenseless Rocks away with a single slap.
"Gurarara..." Whitebeard was forced back by a sword strike from the skeletal warhorse, leaving a gash across his chest.
"Bastard!" Kaido's dragon scales were also pierced by Saint Saturn's spider legs, leaving him dripping with blood.
The tide of battle reversed in an instant!
"Hahahaha..." Demon Imu let out a mocking, maniacal laugh, her voice shaking the heavens and the earth. "What do you think the World Government has relied on for its eight hundred years of rule?"
"Foolish mortals, today, I will let you witness the true power of a 'God'!"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Demon Imu slowly raised her hand and pressed it toward Pangaea Castle below.
There slumbered the World Government's greatest secret.