Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Black afterimages intertwined with black and red lightning, and the many powerful figures in the battle could only see Im spinning and bouncing, but could not catch Xiaotian's attack trajectory at all.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Im roared as he spun around, his demonic flames surging wildly as he attempted to force Xiaotian back with an indiscriminate explosion.

But before those demonic flames could even get close, they were shattered by the Conqueror's Haki wrapped around the water pipe, and not a single one could touch Xiaotian.

Xiaotian became more and more excited as he fought, and with a push of his hind legs, he leaped high into the air.

It gripped the water pipe with both hands, raised it above its head, and black and red lightning burst forth from the entire pipe, tearing black cracks into the surrounding air.

"Secret Technique: Imche Home Run!"

The blow struck the very center of Im's crossed swords.

"boom!!!"

With a loud bang, the entire Pangu City jumped.

The Demon Sword shattered first.

That legendary blade, formed from jet-black demonic fire, one of the weapons of the first twenty kings, began to shatter from the tip, its fragments scattering like black glass, until only half of the hilt remained in Im's hand.

Immediately afterwards, the Void Sword also let out a mournful cry.

The sword broke in two, and a large amount of demonic fire surged from the broken edge, then dimmed completely and turned into rusty dust that fell to the ground.

Im's pupils dilated violently.

He watched helplessly as his two weapons shattered before his eyes, his arms completely numb from the brutal and unreasonable force.

His body began to spin again, faster than ever before, like a black tornado.

"Bang!"

Im was smashed into the enormous throne at the end of Pangaea.

The throne shattered instantly.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere.

As the smoke and dust cleared, Im knelt in the center of the ruins, his clothes tattered, his wings hanging down behind him as if broken.

In his hands were only two pitiful sword hilts, and his face was filled with disbelief and humiliation for the first time.

"M's Void Sword and Vengeful Demon Sword..."

Xiaotian carried the undamaged water pipe and walked over to Shen Jue with an arrogant gait, his dog-like face full of pride.

"Haha! That's so lame!"

"You keep calling yourself a mortal, yet you can't even beat me, Xiaotian," Xiaotian mocked.

Above Xiaotian and Shen Jue, Robin, in the form of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin, was locked in a fierce battle with Sasha, the MMA Rain Goddess summoned by a member of the Knights of God.

The Buddha Sengoku transformed into a golden Buddha-like giant and engaged in a fierce battle with one of the Five Elders, who possessed an immortal body.

Loki, the giant prince wielding the iron thunderbolt, served as a front-line warrior in this battle.

His terrifying physique and fruit power allowed him to continuously shatter the bodies of some members of the Knights of God.

As purely numerical monsters, none of the World Government's powerful members were able to withstand Loki's offensive and could only struggle to withstand Loki's hammer.

However, all the powerful figures from the World Government who accompanied Im were those who had signed a Deep Sea Contract with Im.

One of the abilities that can be clearly obtained after signing the Deep Sea Pact with Im is an exceptionally strong immortality!

Only Conqueror's Haki can barely diminish this immortality!

Therefore, although Shen Jue's side held an absolute advantage in the battlefield with numerous powerful figures, it would still take some time to kill all the powerful figures on the World Government's side.

Shen Jue patted Xiaotian's fluffy head, then looked up at Im in the ruins.

"See?"

He spoke in a flat tone, as if stating a perfectly ordinary fact.

"The weapons of this world are truly pathetic."

"Its power is not even as great as the broken water pipe I picked up at random."

Xiaotian grabbed the gourd of wine that was on his back, took a big gulp, and slammed the water pipe to the ground.

"Master is right!"

"That charcoal charcoal! How did someone as weak as you become the king of the world?"

Im knelt in the center of the ruins, his hands still clutching the two pitiful sword hilts.

Upon hearing Xiaotian's words, "How did someone as weak as you become the king of the world?", his entire body stiffened abruptly.

Immediately afterwards, he raised one hand, spread his fingers, and covered his face.

"Ha ha......"

A low laugh escaped from between his fingers, carrying a chilling undertone.

"M's demonic fire can't even touch that dog?"

His shoulders were trembling, not from fear, but from the extreme shame and anger surging wildly within him.

Black demonic fire seeped from all over his body, spreading along the ruins like uncontrolled ink, silently turning the rubble into ashes wherever it passed.

"But Mu's power is not just that!"

Im suddenly tilted his head back, flung away the hand covering his face, revealing a face contorted with humiliation.

"Demonic energy! Transform into Mu's power!"

He let out a low roar, and the entire Pangu City trembled.

Black demonic energy surged forth from Im's body, no longer the scattered flames of before, but like a living liquid, enveloping his body layer by layer.

His bones cracked and popped, his muscles swelled wildly, and his skin was stretched until it cracked, only to be quickly repaired by demonic energy.

His size increased dramatically within seconds until he was almost the same size as Loki, the giant prince.

Im's upper body revealed exaggeratedly strong muscle lines, covered with dark red magic patterns.

Another pair of thick, curved horns burst forth from his temples, spiraling outwards to the sides, their tips gleaming with a chilling light.

Thick stubble sprouted rapidly on his chin, making him appear as if he had aged more than a decade in an instant.

The strangest thing was his arms.

The Deep Sea Contract has emerged.

The jet-black inscriptions, like vines growing from the deep sea, coiled around his forearm, each character like a living heart, slowly pulsating on his skin, radiating a ghostly blue and malevolent light.

With each flash of those contractual words, the space around Im distorted a little more, as if even the world itself was rejecting this monster that should not exist.

"Buzz!"

An oppressive force several times stronger than before erupted from Im, and black and red lightning, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, swept across the entire area like a storm.

The ground of Pangu City, which had long since become ruins, collapsed layer by layer from him, with cracks spreading like a spider web hundreds of meters away.

The remaining Celestial Dragons, who were being deliberately protected and hiding in the far distance, let out terrified screams.

Xiaotian was still drinking when he saw Im's new form, and he spat out the wine.

"what?"

"Is this what Master meant by the second form that villainous characters often have?"

It rubbed its eyes with its furry paws and looked up at the huge body.

"This guy's activated a second stage? He even has a transformation and a beard? What kind of aesthetic sense is this?!"

"The purity is too low."

Shen Jue merely glanced at Im indifferently and reached out to pat Xiaotian's head.

"Don't worry, we also have a second form."

Xiaotian tossed the gourd of wine onto his back, gripped the water pipe tightly again, and a more excited smile appeared on his dog face.

"Interesting! I was just finding it boring."

"Your swordsmanship, so poor, can only be described as tragic."

Im slowly rose from the ruins of the throne.

He lowered his head, his voice like thunder from the deepest part of the sea, making people feel a tightness in their chests.

All the powerful figures present heard Im's whisper.

"Eight hundred years."

He raised his right arm, and the inscriptions of the Deep Sea Contract flashed wildly, while black and red lightning materialized on his fist.

"No one has ever made Mumen suffer such humiliation."

"You are very good."

The moment the words left his mouth, Im vanished.

In the next instant, a giant fist wrapped in dark demonic energy and a deep-sea pact appeared above Xiaotian's head.

"die."

boom!!!

The foundation of the entire Pangu City sank by half a meter due to this punch.

The shockwave, carrying the demonic fire, spread in all directions, blowing away all the rubble of buildings within a radius of tens of kilometers.

The Celestial Dragons who were being protected screamed in terror as they spun around in the storm stirred up by Im.

At this moment, Shen Jue appeared in front of Xiao Tian. None of the powerful figures present even saw how he moved.

It was as if he had always been there.

Im's fist, powerful enough to flatten a mountain, was gently caught by Shen Jue's raised hand.

"boom!"

The moment their fists and palms collided, the entire sky of Mary Geoise cracked open.

A visible shockwave erupted from the point of contact, like an invisible giant blade, cleanly slicing through the thousands of meters thick clouds overhead, revealing an unreal, azure sky beyond.

The rubble, broken pillars, weapon fragments, corpses, and even the Celestial Dragons who were being protected were once again thrown into the sky by the shockwave, tumbling, screaming, and disappearing beyond the horizon like scraps of paper in a gale.

The entire red earth continent trembled.

Giant waves surged simultaneously across the four seas.

Xiaotian stood behind Shen Jue, his furry paws resting on the water pipe, motionless.

It even yawned.

"Ah~ Master, this black charcoal fist is so soft and weak."

Shen Jue maintained the raised hand posture, with a gentle smile on his face that sent chills down Im's spine.

"Put a little more force into it," he said calmly, his eyes carrying an almost compassionate serenity.

"I can still handle it."

Im's pupils contracted sharply, and then his entire face contorted in pain.

"Go to hell!!!"

He roared, and the sound waves shook the surrounding air into white shockwaves.

Then, his fist moved, like a meteor shower falling from the sky!

Im's arms transformed into two black storms, enveloped in the demonic energy of the Deep Sea Contract, and slammed towards Shen Jue at a speed beyond the limits of human vision!

"boom!"

A black sun exploded at the point of impact!

This insane combo, if any one of those punches landed in the center of the city!

Large cities would be instantly vaporized by the shockwave, houses would collapse like sandcastles, the earth would be whipped up by waves of dust hundreds of meters high, and hundreds of thousands of people would turn to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Each of Im's punches carried enough destructive power to wipe a large city off the map.

The fist landed on Shen Jue, and the shockwave spread in all directions, exploding one after another at the top of the Red Earth Continent!

The red earth continent is lamenting.

From a distance, the area where Pangu City is located has turned into a black sphere of light that is constantly expanding.

Within that sphere of light, countless streams of dark demonic energy lashed down, shattering the surrounding mountains one after another.

Seawater surged in, was evaporated by the shock wave into a cloud of white steam, and then disappeared completely in the next wave of impact.

Many powerful individuals abandoned their fighting and gathered together to struggle against the aftershocks of Im's attack.

Im's punches grew faster and faster.

"Die! Die! Die!"

His voice was indistinguishable between a roar and a hiss, like a monster that had been trapped in the deep sea for eight hundred years finally surfacing, unleashing all its madness upon the enemy before it.

The top of the entire Red Line was blasted open to both sides, the cracks as deep as wounds, stretching from Mary Geoise all the way to the outer edges, severing countless mountain ranges in half.

On battlefields around the world, whether they were pirates, marines, revolutionaries, or civilians, everyone raised their heads at the same time.

They didn't understand what was happening at sea.

But they felt it; the earth was trembling, and the waves were churning abnormally, as if the very foundation of the world was crumbling.

Right in the eye of the storm, Shen Jue remained standing in the same spot.

His hands were clenched into fists and raised high, enduring Im's devastating barrage of blows.

Each punch that landed on his body unleashed a burst of black and red lightning powerful enough to illuminate the entire sky.

His upper body clothing had long been torn to shreds by the shockwave, but his lower body clothing remained intact under the protection of the Nine Heavens of Magnetic Rotation.

Shen Jue's hair danced wildly in the storm, and a lazy smile even lingered on her lips.

"That's not enough."

He spoke amidst the deafening roar of the bombardment.

"The World Government's eight hundred years of rule, relying on such a weak and powerless fist?"

"I say, Im, give up the title of King of the World and start training from the Six Powers of the Navy again."

Im has gone mad.

His fists had exceeded their limits, and the inscriptions of the Deep Sea Contract began to erupt with even more intense demonic energy. Dark black demonic fire surged from the characters circling his arms, turning his fists into two falling planets.

"Why won't you die?!"

Im used all his strength to deliver those two punches.

The pitch-black demon surged wildly, transforming its fist into an invisible black abyss.

Shen Jue continued to smile.

He even slightly raised his chin, as if inviting the other party to hit him harder.

"A physique at the nanometer level, kid," Shen Jue mocked.

"I can do it all day long."

Im's ultimate punch slammed heavily into the center of Shen Jue's chest.

"boom!"

At that moment, it seemed as if the whole world heard that loud noise.

A jet-black beam of light shot into the sky from the top of Mary Geoise, tearing through the sky, piercing the atmosphere, and disappearing into the depths of space.

Wherever the beam of light passed, all matter was annihilated, leaving not even ashes.

At this moment, seismometers around the world went off the charts, and countless places simultaneously observed eerie auroras. The sky was covered by pitch-black demonic energy, as if the end of the world had arrived.

At the core of the dark pillar of light, Shen Jue remained standing in the same spot.

His body's surface showed no damage whatsoever, not even the slightest dent.

Even the ground beneath Shen Jue's feet was protected by his use of the Nine Heavens of Yuan Magnetic Rotation, preventing it from turning to ashes.

On the contrary, Pangaea has disappeared. This magnificent city had long been driven out of its slaves by the Celestial Dragons, leaving only their most loyal guards and defensive forces.

The surface of the red line continent near Mary Geoise was completely wiped away by the aftershocks of the battle.

The Pluto battleship, carrying many new naval forces, along with the Revolutionary Army's ships, retreated early, far from the battlefield.

Shen Jue slowly lowered his raised hands. Beside him, Xiao Tian was leaning on the Peerless Water Pipe Imche, waiting for the battle to end.

Im gasped for breath and took a step back.

His arm, which had once crushed countless destinies, now hung limply at his side. The inscriptions of the Deep Sea Contract had dimmed considerably, like vines drained of their nutrients, no longer throbbing.

Dozens of deep, bone-revealing wounds were split open on his fists, and blood dripped from between his fingers, splashing onto the ground beneath his feet, which was protected by Shen Jue.

"call!"

Im's chest heaved violently, each breath accompanied by a sharp, piercing hiss like a broken bellows.

In front of him, Shen Jue remained standing in the same spot, without even changing his posture.

The powerful figures on the World Government's side include the Knights of God and the Five Elders, who have signed a deep-sea pact with Im and possess immortality.

They huddled together in the air not far behind Im, their bodies covered with wounds from their battles with Loki, Sengoku, and others. Some of their heads had even been smashed in half, but had instantly healed thanks to their immortality.

Their gazes passed over Im and landed on Shen Jue.

Pangu City has disappeared.

Along with the palaces of the Celestial Dragons throughout history on the Holy Land, the national treasure chamber hidden deep within the castle, and countless secrets unknown to the world for eight hundred years, all vanished into nothingness in the expansion of that black sun.

A very small number of powerful figures from the World Government showed sadness in their eyes.

That was a lament for an era.

But in the eyes of most people, there is fear.

They are not afraid of death; their immortality has made them forget the feeling of death.

But Shen Jue is different.

Shen Jue, that unknown power, plunged many powerful figures from the World Government into fear of death.

In the past, there was a reason why these powerful figures of the World Government, who had signed deep-sea pacts and possessed immortality, and had lived for hundreds of years, considered themselves gods.

In the world of One Piece, no matter how powerful a Devil Fruit one eats or how strong one's physique, lifespan and aging are the most terrifying threats to the strong.

The Celestial Dragons, who have made a pact with Im in the World Government, can enjoy what is essentially an infinite lifespan for them, while also mocking the native inhabitants of the seas whose lifespans are limited.

This arrogance and haughtiness naturally led him to call himself a god.

But fear now envelops them, a fear colder than death.

"What kind of monster is that?"

A member of the Knights of God murmured, his voice trembling.

"Lord Im's power is so great that it couldn't even make him take a single step back!"

"What exactly are that water pipe and that dog?"

On the other hand, consider Shen Jue's side.

Robin slowly descended from the form of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara.

Her breathing was slightly rapid, but far from its limit.

As a historian, she glanced up at Shen Jue's back, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes, before finally letting out a soft breath.

"I never imagined that Lord Xiaotian and that new Fleet Admiral would have this kind of relationship."

The Buddha Sengoku removed his golden Buddha form and transformed back into human form the moment he landed.

His aged face bore an undisguised shock.

As a naval admiral, he had fought countless sea monsters and considered himself to know the pinnacle of the world.

However, the power that Im possesses, and the physique that Shen Jue just displayed, have already exceeded his complete understanding of Haki and Devil Fruit abilities.

Loki was even more straightforward; he carried Iron Thunder on his shoulder and laughed loudly.

"This is the true strength of Lord Shen Jue! He's on a completely different level from you guys who only know how to be immortal!"

Xiaotian still leaned on the peerless water pipe that Shen Jue called Imche, standing gracefully beside Shen Jue.

It stretched out its furry paw and beckoned to Im.

"Hey, Kuroko, don't stop!"

"My owner went out of his way to protect the ground so you wouldn't lose so badly, and you still don't appreciate it?"

Im did not respond; he lowered his head and silently recovered his strength.

In the blink of an eye, his physical strength and power were restored to their full potential.

Then, Im let out a forced laugh from his throat.

"hehe......"

"Is the unknown what Mu fears?"

"You don't seem to belong to this world."

"In the past eight hundred years, Mu has never seen such a unique being as you."

He slowly raised his head, his gaze passing through the disheveled white hair, staring intently at Shen Jue.

"Mu has been fighting you using the rules of this world."

"And you, from the very beginning, did not belong to the rules of this world."

Shen Jue tilted her head slightly, as if she had heard something interesting.

"Oh? So what are you trying to say?"

Im slowly straightened up.

"I want to know, what exactly are you?"

Shen Jue smiled and said, "In fact, I owe all my current strength to myself."

"I am the avenger born from this sea, born because of your tyrannical rule."

"Do you understand now?"

"Moreover, your ability to make contracts with others doesn't seem to work on me."

"What a waste of so much time."

"It's time to end this."

Shen Jue laughed and said, "The World Government's eight-hundred-year rule will come to a complete end today!"

"Let the history and everything about the Celestial Dragons turn to dust!"

Shen Jue's body suddenly rose up in front of everyone.

White flames erupted from his body, coiling around him like living things and completely engulfing his figure.

The next second, a three-eyed, silver-armored giant, ten thousand meters tall, stepped out from the fiery clouds, and the entire red earth continent groaned at his arrival.

Cold white flames swirled across the surface of the silver armor, and the third eye on its forehead slowly opened, its pupil reflecting the entire world.

He raised his right hand, and white flames frantically condensed, compressed, and took shape in his palm.

A three-pointed, double-edged sword appeared out of thin air, its blade stretching across the sky, and wherever the blade passed, the space emitted a sharp, mournful cry.

The tip of the knife slowly lowered, pointing directly at Im.

At that moment, Im looked up, his pupils reflecting the silver-armored giant that Shen Jue had transformed into, and the three-pointed double-edged sword that seemed capable of cleaving the entire world.

"Im, this eight-hundred-year-old evil reign."

"It's time to end this."