York retracted his gaze from the uniformed woman, locking his next target onto the monster bird Itsumade.
Which was Old Mars.
Among the remaining three Elders, he should be the weakest.
"Where did Garling go?!"
Before proceeding to the next round of battle, York suddenly remembered this matter.
They had chased Garling here earlier, but now not even Garling's shadow was seen.
"Couldn't have deserted before the battle, right?"
"Or is he... hiding in ambush?"
A trace of solemnity flashed in York's eyes. Pretending to notice nothing, he rushed toward Kaido, who was engaging in an energy beam clash with Old Mars.
"Kaido!!"
York shouted sharply. The latter glanced over, seeing Old Jupiter lying on the ground, alternating between shriveling and recovering.
"Let's join forces!!"
York leaped up, landing on Kaido's dragon tail hanging low in the air.
Suddenly having an extra person on his body felt slightly strange to Kaido.
But knowing York was here to help him, he endured this discomfort.
Running rapidly along Kaido's slender dragon body, in a trance, York had an illusion of being Son Goku running on Snake Way in Hell.
The corners of his mouth naturally curled up. York ran to Kaido's dragon head.
Under the latter's slightly unfriendly gaze and Old Mars' vigilant stare, he stomped forcefully, leaping high.
Right hand clenched, arm bent, left hand resting on the arm, imitating Garp's posture, wrapping extreme Haki around his fist—oh, and fruit ability too.
"Brat! Don't even think about it!!"
Old Mars let out an angry roar.
His body, largely sliced open by Rocks, wasn't fit for close combat, so he opened his mouth to spew flames at York.
Seeing this, York's face showed joy. Without looking back, he shouted at Kaido: "Kaido! Breath attack on me!!"
Kaido was stunned for a moment.
"Don't know why, but you asked for it!!"
With that, Kaido also spewed scorching dragon breath.
Old Mars spewed first, Kaido second, but Old Mars was further away and Kaido closer. The two flame breaths converged almost perfectly together.
And this convergence point was York, who had already leaped high into the sky.
York grinned, revealing a row of white teeth; his plan succeeded!
Left hand resting on the right arm clenched into a fist, punching down an air cannon.
York, almost reaching the peak of his jump, shot upward abruptly.
At the instant the flames converged below, his right fist punched out the second strike he had been charging until now.
Boom!!!
Firelight exploded. Three forces collided. The high-temperature flames seemed to hit a barrier, expanding horizontally in the high sky.
Raging flames blocked the view below. Kaido wasn't clear why York did this and was still wondering.
Opposite him, Old Mars reacted abruptly.
"Bad! Lord Imu!!"
Amidst his cry of alarm, using the recoil force from the collision of three powers, York flew rapidly toward Imu, who had been hovering high in the sky.
Imu looked down at York condescendingly. In her eyes, there was no surprise or panic at being ambushed, only a faint comment: "Boring little trick."
Right hand summoned the magic book, quickly flipping to a designated page. Smoke rose, and a double-barreled shotgun materialized.
Imu grabbed the double-barreled shotgun with her left hand, pulling the trigger at the charging York.
Bang!!
A gunshot rang out. A head-sized hole was instantly blasted in York's abdomen.
The latter spat a large mouthful of blood, whispering inwardly: Truly Imu! I used Haki for defense!!
Frankly, the current York was still a glass cannon.
His attack power reached Yonko/Admiral level, but his physique and defense couldn't compare with Mythical Zoan monsters.
Fortunately, although a big hole was blown in his stomach, relying on the last bit of upward inertia, he successfully grabbed one of Imu's legs.
The latter looked indifferently at York grabbing her ankle, eyes showing no worry about being approached.
York raised his head, revealing two rows of teeth stained red with blood.
"Truly arrogant enough!"
However, Imu unexpectedly responded to him.
"Mu could have aimed at your head just now. Just hang there. After the war, Mu will take you back to Mary Geoise; you will become part of Mu's collection."
"Haha!"
York let out a laugh, unclear if joyous or mocking. The holy light released from his body suddenly blazed.
Hiding in the dark, Garling groaned softly, silently using Armament Haki to break York's ability.
Of course, doing so also exposed his hidden location.
York glanced there, then paid no more attention.
Starting from York hanging on Imu's leg, holy light covered most of the chaotic God Valley in an instant.
Countless Marines and pirates engaged in fierce battle stiffened collectively, then showed happy, blissful smiles, tumbling to the ground like dominoes.
"Hehehe~ Kimochi~"
After holy light covered the field, holy light tentacles with magic patterns were released by York again.
Countless tentacles aimed straight at the countless Marines and pirates captured by York's ability on the island.
Entangling, draining.
Extracting only a little life force from each person without endangering health, but when the quantity was sufficient, this life force contributed by countless people rapidly repaired the big hole in York's abdomen.
Bones, blood vessels, organs, muscles, skin regenerated successively.
Except for the big hole in his clothes, York at this moment showed no sign of injury.
Imu allowed York to do all this, a touch of appreciation emerging in her eyes.
"Indeed a very excellent ability."
"Heh!"
York laughed again, the hand grabbing Imu's ankle suddenly exerting force.
Crack!
The sound of leg bone shattering rang out. York pulled upward forcefully, lifting himself to the same height as Imu, then reached out to strangle Imu's half-neck.
"Useless!"
Imu remained calm, or rather, it was a composure looking down on all living beings.
"You see Mu's current state; you can't kill Mu at all."
"Killing you is indeed impossible..."
York grabbed the neck of Imu's right half with his left hand, and the neck of her left half with his right hand, arms exerting force, forcibly piecing them together.
Rocks' residual Haki power left a dividing line bisecting left and right on Imu, or rather the uniformed woman possessed by Imu.
Even if the two body halves were forcibly pieced together, there was no sign of fusion.
Imu just watched York's futility.
If Rocks' residual Haki were so easily cleared, she would have healed long ago.
But York's behavior indeed aroused a trace of curiosity in her.
Reasonably speaking, both sides were enemies; York couldn't possibly want to help her restore her body unless he wanted to defect to her.
"What do you want to do? If defecting, no need for such meaningless actions."
"This is not meaningless!"
A wicked smile flashed in York's eyes. Under Imu's dazed gaze, he sealed the uniformed woman's red lips with a kiss.