One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

"You bastard! Who are you?! How do you have Hawkeye's sword?!" Luffy shouted through gritted teeth.

Im did not answer him.

He raised the knife, held it horizontally at his side, and then swung it lightly.

A slash wrapped in black flames tore through the air.

That slash wasn't as sharp and bright as Hawkeye's flying slash; it was like a moving night, absorbing all the light.

The air seemed to burn wherever it passed, and the surrounding ground was eroded, hissing as if it had been splashed with concentrated acid.

Luffy instinctively dodged the slash, not daring to take it head-on.

He sprang into the air, and the explosive power of his fifth gear allowed him to narrowly avoid the main body of the slash at the last second.

But the black flame storm generated by the slash still grazed his left arm, his clothes instantly charred, and a sharp pain, like being bitten by thousands of insects, came from his skin.

Luffy winced in pain, but quickly suppressed it.

"What a bizarre ability!"

"However, I can still manage!"

Im moved.

Even with Luffy's Observation Haki, he could only catch a blurry outline, like a reflection in water that had been disturbed.

Im's figure appeared above Luffy's head.

The long sword came crashing down.

Luffy looked up at the sword, and instead of retreating, he charged forward.

His right fist was covered in Conqueror's Haki lightning, and black and red lightning exploded on the surface of his fist, like a shrunken sun.

Fist and knife clashed between the two.

Black and red lightning and black flames exploded simultaneously.

The shockwave spread in all directions, and the ground within a radius of 100 meters around the two people cracked simultaneously, like an ice surface shattered by a stone.

Flames, smoke, gravel, black mist, lightning—everything mixed together, forming a mushroom cloud rising from the ground.

The entire battlefield was shaken.

In the short few minutes that Im and Luffy were fighting, the Five Elders had already re-entered the battlefield.

The massive body of Saint Vochuli charged wildly, smashing aside all the giants and flames blocking his path.

Nasujuro Sei followed behind, his first generation Kitetsu wrapped in black sword energy, each step like probing the path with the tip of a blade.

They rushed into the west side of the village, where several members of the Knights of God, who had been subdued by Jabba and his men, were lying.

He swirled a powerful aura in his hand, intending to crush the chains binding the members of the God's Knights.

"Buzz—"

Zoro burst out from the side, his three swords creating a green whirlwind of blade energy as he slashed straight at Nasujuro Sei.

"You lot, don't even think about succeeding!"

Nasujiro turned around, and Kitetsu blocked Zoro's attack.

The moment the swords clashed, Zoro felt as if his hand had been hit by a hammer, and half of his arm went numb.

These old guys are stronger than before.

Sanji charged in from another direction, his Diable Jambe leaving a long tail of black flames in the night sky.

Before he could even kick Vochuli Saint, Donli's greatsword had already swept across, blocking his entire path.

"Damn it!"

Sanji kicked the sword, using the recoil to bounce it away.

When it landed, its toes left a charred mark on the ground.

Dorry and Brogy acted like two moving high walls, trapping Zoro and Sanji firmly on the outside.

Jabba fought his way through the chaos.

His twin axes flashed, the blades wrapped in a dark purple-black lightning bolt, each strike seemingly capable of cleaving the air in two.

A black giant lunged forward, but was kicked in the knee, causing his massive body to crash to his knees.

Jabba leaped up, stepping on his shoulder, and swung his axe back at the other giant's nape.

"Don't panic!"

Jabba's voice pierced through the noise of the battlefield and reached Zoro and Sanji's ears.

"Leave these big guys to me! You two go and stop the Five Elders!"

Zoro and Sanji exchanged a glance.

"Be careful, old man."

Zoro left with those words and turned to pounce on Nasujuro.

Sanji didn't turn around, but his right foot had already lit up, black flames mixed with black and red lightning, as he rushed rapidly towards the direction of Sacred Worch.

The other giants also joined forces to hold off the remaining three of the Five Elders.

Jabba stood between two controlled Dark Titans, his twin axes blocking their weapons. Purple-black lightning exploded from beneath his feet, cracking the ground into a spiderweb pattern.

"My lads—do me some respect!"

Luffy was launched from the mushroom cloud in the distance.

The five-level light emanating from him had weakened considerably, his clothes were tattered like rags, and he had several wounds on his chest and arms.

The deepest cut ran from his left shoulder to his right rib, staining half of his white hair red with blood.

Luffy wiped the blood and ash from his face, re-assuming an attack stance, his eyes fixed on Im's figure emerging from the smoke and dust.

"insect."

Im's voice came from beneath the black robe, as indifferent as if he were commenting on a grain of sand on the roadside.

"You think you're worthy to fight me?"

Im's arrogant attitude only made Luffy laugh even louder.

"It's because of guys like you that the world is so boring!"

Black and red lightning, a color reminiscent of a tyrant, exploded from his body, more ferocious, more intense, and more reckless than before.

"I'm going to beat you to a pulp and then rescue all my friends!"

Luffy charged forward again.

This time, he pushed his speed to the limit. With a fifth-gear jump and Conqueror's Haki enveloping him, his figure drew a broken white line across the battlefield, like an out-of-control meteor.

"Gum-Gum - The Fist of the Giants!"

With the enhancement of Gear Third, the Giant's Fist expanded to an unprecedented size, the entire fist being larger than Kaido's dragon head.

Black and red lightning coiled around the fist like tree roots, and the air was compressed to its limit, producing a buzzing roar.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Im watched as the fist, which could cover half the sky, came crashing down, his face beneath the black robe showing no expression.

Im raised a finger and pointed.

The fingertips are placed in the very center of the fist.

Black ripples spread out from the point of contact, like a stone being thrown into a pool of black water.

Luffy's expression changed.

His fist stopped, suspended in mid-air, unable to be pressed down any further.

That seemingly slender finger acted like an invisible wall, blocking all of Luffy's power from entering.

Black ripples spread along his arm, and wherever they passed, the domineering flow became stagnant, like a frozen river.

"Wh..." Luffy's pupils contracted.

Im twirled his fingers and took a step to the side, causing Luffy to stumble forward like a thrown sack of potatoes, missing his target completely.

The giant's fist slammed into the ground, creating a crater tens of meters deep.

Black flames spewed from the deep pit, like the mouth of hell.

Before Luffy could even turn around, Im had already appeared behind him.

It was just a simple kick, landing on Luffy's lower back.

Luffy's body arched into an arc, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He spun around in the air like a top being whipped, crashing into one giant tree after another.