At the top of the Red Line, amidst the scorched earth of Mary Geoise, the ultimate demon Imu completed her transformation.
Her massive, hundreds-of-meters-tall body was a gradual fusion of the abyss and the ocean.
Her lower half was surging, pitch-black seawater, within which the agonized faces of countless Celestial Dragons drifted and sank; her upper half was writhing flesh and blood, blinking with countless scarlet eyes.
Just the shockwaves of her transformation caused the surrounding air to let out an overwhelmed wail.
The world seemed to welcome its end at this moment, and Whitebeard and the others couldn't help but feel a wave of suffocation.
Dante leaned against a rock, pulling out a cigarette from who knows where.
He took a deep drag and blew out a large smoke ring.
He turned his head and shrugged at the experts beside him.
"Looks like everyone knows the rules of the trade."
Dante looked at Imu, who was still transforming.
"You hold back when the boss is transforming."
Kratos was also sitting on one of the Kings.
"I just so happen to want to see."
"Just how strong this 'god' of hers can be."
On the other side of the battlefield, the Doom Slayer silently took out a powerful weapon from his backpack.
The ferocious barrel of the BFG 9000 was thicker than an adult's thigh. Runes from Hell were engraved on its complex mechanical structure and unknown alloy casing.
The Doom Slayer didn't say a word, merely quietly pressing the charge switch.
This sudden "halftime break" left the pirates watching from the sidelines dumbfounded.
Rocks, Whitebeard, and the others completely failed to understand the situation before them.
The enemy was undergoing their final transformation, yet this group of absurdly strong people had all stopped attacking in unison, allowing the opponent to transform.
"Urororo... What are they doing?" Kaido's Adam's apple bobbed. He couldn't quite understand why those people still had such a leisurely attitude when facing such a formidable enemy.
"Perhaps it's the leeway of the strong..." Whitebeard muttered to himself.
"Roar—!!!!!"
Finally, Imu's transformation was complete.
She let out a roar, "Do you see it?!"
"This is the power of the King of the World!"
"I am the world!"
"You lowly, pitiful bugs! You will all turn to dust in my fury!"
Imu raised an arm, an arm formed of highly compressed dark seawater.
A punch carrying the wrath of the sea violently blasted toward the flying fleet.
This punch was enough to sink several super-massive islands.
This punch was enough to part the sea.
Facing this apocalyptic strike, Yang Yi on the fleet gently raised his right hand and patted forward.
A massive bubble appeared out of thin air, blocking right in front of the fleet.
The next instant.
Imu's island-sized, pitch-black iron fist crashed into the bubble.
Then, the strike Imu had placed high hopes on was once again unreasonably repelled.
The repelled energy shot toward the newly exposed sea surface in the distance. A few seconds later, a massive crater exploded on the sea surface, kicking up a tsunami hundreds of meters high.
Yang Yi slowly lowered his hand and smiled at the "experts" below who were already itching for action:
"Alright, the final boss has appeared, and her HP is fully restored."
"Now, everyone can enjoy yourselves."
Before his voice even faded.
All the hunters turned into streaks of light at the same time, charging toward Imu.
The battle of titans officially erupted.
"Roar!"
Imu felt the provocation. She fiercely waved her hand, and the dark seawater formed a giant wave that crashed toward the crowd.
"Bing!"
Dante drew the greatsword from his back and held it horizontally in front of him, "Royal Guard."
The next second, the powerful attack was perfectly defended by him!
On the other side, Kratos endured the storm that was enough to blow away islands, crashing straight through the tsunami and cleaving his axe toward Imu.
"Slash—!"
He actually forcefully tore a massive wound into Imu's left leg!
The battle instantly turned into a fierce scramble.
"Clang!"
Guts's pitch-black Dragon Slayer hacked a huge chunk out of Imu's right leg.
Suddenly, a few soft "beep, beep, beep" sounds rang out.
The Master Chief tossed a few sticky grenades, which accurately adhered to the gap.
"Boom!"
The shockwave of the explosion blew Imu's lower leg away.
On the other side of the battlefield, Kaldor Draigo led his Grey Knights squad and had already flown near Imu's head. The psychic array they formed was like a silver-blue sun, constantly emitting "sizzle" sounds as it purified the dark energy surrounding Imu.
Imu let out a roar of pain, frantically thrashing her tentacles to swat at those tiny silver-grey flies. But all the tentacles were completely blocked by that indestructible psychic shield.
"You've exposed a flaw!"
Dante's figure appeared on Imu's arm at some unknown point. He directly activated his Devil Trigger, his flashy aerial combo so fast that only countless red afterimages of sword light could be seen.
Finally, he leaped into mid-air.
"Judgment!"
A thick beam of light blasted a massive hole in Imu's chest.
Imu's massive body suddenly stiffened.
"Now's the time!"
Kratos seized this opportunity, pouring his divine power into the Leviathan Axe and hurling it with all his might.
The battle axe turned into an ice-blue arc of light, tearing through the sky and plunging into the hole in Imu's chest!
"Crack—!"
Terrifying cold energy instantly erupted with the battle axe at its center, freezing half of Imu's body!
Luffy's eyes were shining as he watched. Gripping the ship's rail, he shouted excitedly, "So cool!!"
"Roar!"
Heavily wounded and half-frozen, Imu let out a final roar.
She went completely mad, abandoning all defense and gathering all the remaining dark energy in her body toward the top of her head.
An energy ten times more terrifying than before began to compress. She was going to unleash a final strike betting everything!
Just as Kratos and Dante were also ready to interrupt and steal this kill.
A green beam of light arrived first despite being fired later.
At the edge of the battlefield, the Doom Slayer finally pulled the trigger.
The green beam, gathered with Hell energy, struck Imu, who was currently gathering energy.
Imu's mountain-sized head, along with the Empty Crown that symbolized eight hundred years of rule, was instantly vaporized and disintegrated.
Imu's movements froze.
Then, that massive, hundreds-of-meters-tall body fell backward powerlessly.
"Rumble—!!!!!"
The demon's corpse smashed heavily onto the Red Line, triggering a small earthquake.
The entire world fell silent.
Dante and Kratos stopped in mid-air at the same time, staring blankly at Imu's massive headless corpse.
The next second.
The two turned their heads simultaneously, their gazes filled with anger as they looked at the Doom Slayer in the distance, who was slowly lowering his muzzle.
Dante directly cursed out loud.
"F**k!!!"
"You kill-stealing dog, you f**king stole my kill!!!"