harleyscars Chapter 375 Im's Spark
Chapter 375 Im's Spark
Chapter 375 Im's Spark
The gap is huge—both Ace and Yamato can clearly recognize this.
In fact, the fact that their injuries are still healing is enough to prove this point.
The giant completely overwhelmed them in every aspect: domineering presence, martial arts skills, strength, and speed.
In fact, if it weren't for the Rabbit's inextinguishable fire granting them an almost cheat-like regenerative ability and enhancing their strength, they would have lost their fighting ability countless times in the midst of battle.
Even with the inextinguishable fire, they knew that the situation was gradually getting worse.
Although physical wounds can heal, their domineering aura is different.
In the battle just now, both of them had exhausted their domineering aura considerably. Although they hadn't reached their limit yet, they were not far off.
Although the situation was quite dire, a strange light flashed in the eyes of Ace and Yamato as they looked at each other.
"Did you notice?"
Yamato gripped his spiked club tightly and said in a low voice.
"Um."
Ace nodded slightly.
"Between every few attacks, that guy's behavior becomes very strange..."
As they were speaking, Harald, who was standing in front of them, leaped up again.
With a swing of the giant sword, the Overlord swept across the battlefield, destroying everything in his path. Wherever he passed, the massive rift in the Ghost Island visibly expanded once more.
Upon seeing this, Ace and Yamato simultaneously activated their Haki, quickly leaping into the air to dodge the attack.
At the same time, both of them kept their eyes fixed on Harald.
Then, they noticed that on Harald's tattooed face, his originally violent and cold eyes suddenly flashed a very incongruous look of confusion and struggle.
"This is the one!"
At that moment, Ace also let out a low shout.
Then, without hesitation, he unleashed his domineering aura once again.
"bake!"
His fists transformed into enormous fiery fists, roaring as they hurtled towards the giant: "Great Flame Ring - Flame Emperor!"
At the same time, Yamato did not hesitate either.
She took a deep breath, and the icy cold air instantly condensed on the spiked club, turning into huge ice crystals.
She transformed into a streak of white light, swinging her spiked club at the giant: "Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"
Their attacks struck Harald's body in an instant.
"boom!"
A massive explosion erupted, and Harald's body was instantly thrown back two steps before collapsing violently, kicking up a cloud of smoke and ash.
At the same time, Ace and Yamato landed on the ground.
Both of them were panting heavily, and they looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
That's right.
During the battle just now, both of them had already keenly noticed this.
Although Harald was ridiculously strong, they couldn't gain any advantage in a normal fight.
However, every now and then, the other party seems to fall into a strange state.
In that state, he would pause his attack for a moment.
And now, they are taking advantage of this state to complete this frontal attack.
Both were quite confident—once hit head-on by their attacks, even the monster would surely be...
"Boom!"
But it was precisely at this moment, when the two breathed a sigh of relief and hadn't even had time to exchange words, that they finally managed to relax.
They could already sense the battle raging on the ground and hear sounds coming from the smoke and ashes ahead.
"Um"
With that deep voice, Harald's massive figure slowly rose again from the smoke and dust.
The surrounding smoke and dust dissipated with his breath, revealing his figure.
At that moment, a huge gash appeared in his armor where he had been hit by Yamato and Ace.
Through the gap in his armor, some of the bandages wrapped around his body had been burned away, revealing some dark lines whose specific shapes were indistinguishable.
But there was one thing: he had not suffered any obvious injuries, and his aura had not weakened in the slightest.
"No effect at all!?"
Upon witnessing this scene, Ace and Yamato's expressions turned grim, and their bodies tensed up instantly.
Their all-out attack hit him head-on, yet it failed to inflict even the slightest injury on him?
Where did this monster come from? Even Kaido couldn't do something like this!?
But just as both were filled with vigilance and horror.
"who I am...?"
But they were startled to hear Harald's deep, rumbling voice.
At that moment, the giant covered his forehead, his enormous fingers digging deep into his skin.
His expression was one of extreme anguish: "I am...God...commanding...destruction...no..."
This situation also caused Ace and Yamato to exchange a glance.
"Hey, this guy looks a bit like you from before?"
Ace couldn't help but say to Yamato.
He also remembered the time when he fought against Yamato together with Rabbit—after Rabbit removed the deep-sea contract from Yamato, the other party also briefly showed this obvious struggle behavior.
"...That's true. Could this guy also be someone forcibly controlled by the 'Abyss'?"
Yamato did not deny it.
They exchanged a glance, and an idea naturally arose in their minds.
"If this guy is also being controlled..."
"Shouldn't we inform Usagi? If we can remove the control over this guy and get him to join our ranks, having someone of this caliber will make even Kaido's return a breeze!"
But it was precisely at this moment...
Harald's state lasted for less than a second.
Immediately, that chilling killing intent surged back over his face like a tidal wave, and his icy gaze locked onto Ace and Yamato once more.
He slowly raised his greatsword, the tip pointing at Ace and Yamato, and black and red Conqueror's Haki lightning once again leaped wildly across the sword and around him.
"The ants'... rebellion against... God... ends here."
"The next blow will send you...back to dust!"
His voice was broken and intermittent, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.
Then, he swung the greatsword again.
Upon seeing this, despite their Haki being nearly depleted after the previous attack, Ace and Yamato still managed to stand up straight, ready to face the attack head-on.
However, it was only for the next instant.
Their expressions froze for a moment.
At that moment, it was above Harald's head.
A cluster of illusory starlight appeared out of thin air, like a cloud of mist.
Where the starlight covered, the ground below seemed to be covered in stardust, constantly blurring and becoming indistinct.
The next moment, Harald's greatsword suddenly stopped.
"!!!"
At that moment, Harald's expression also froze.
Because he had already seen what appeared from that illusory starlight.
That was a finger.
It stood calmly and casually before Harald's greatsword.
But that one finger—when it touched Harald's greatsword, which was powerful enough to cleave mountains and seas—felt as calm and unwavering as an abyss.
Even Harald was unable to push his greatsword forward even an inch.
"you..."
He uttered those hesitant, seemingly incoherent words again, his gaze turning cold as he looked at the figure that appeared in the starlight.
The sight of the stars swirling on the mask left Ace and Yamato momentarily stunned.
They had all read the newspaper and knew who the person in front of them was.
"Star..."
Yes.
The person who appeared here at this moment and blocked Harald's way was not the "Rabbit" they thought it was, but...
"Star Lord!"
At the same time.
Mary Geoise, Pangaea, among the flowers.
Shamlock was kneeling on one knee, bowing his head to the god he served.
His eyes revealed no emotion.
And in front of him.
Lord Im, who was usually very quiet and stable, showed an unprecedentedly different demeanor at this moment.
A pair of demonic wings seemed to emerge from his shadow.
A strange weapon, surrounded by countless eyes and burning with pitch-black flames, also faintly appeared in his hand at this moment.
The time has come to inform the Five Elders that they must atone for their sins.
Im spoke calmly, then slowly turned around.
"Lord Im."
And he was the only person besides Im who knew about this plan.
At this moment, Shamrock seemed unusually hesitant: "Really...?"
He didn't finish his sentence.
Because at this moment, an extremely cold emotion had welled up from the depths of his heart.
As for Shamrock, the sole holder of the "Abyss Servant Contract," who had almost completely become a part of Im, his heart was instantly filled with that emotion.
Thus, his rare hesitation and doubt vanished completely.
"Yes."
He knew that the man had made up his mind.
So he responded in this way, and then immediately turned and left the flower room.
Im remained silent.
He simply turned around and silently walked into the deepest room among the flowers.
They stepped once again into that ancient structure called the "Ancient Wall," which contained countless enormous ice vaults and existed long before the establishment of the World Government.
He once again came to the deepest part of the Ancient Wall, to the place where the first Nika, now existing as a legend in the sea, and the ancient machines.
Then, He slowly raised his hand.
A small box had somehow appeared in his hand.
The box bears obvious cultural traces belonging to the "Sky Island".
Of course, Im knew this very well.
The so-called Sky Island and its inhabitants are all descendants of the "people of the moon" who came from outer space.
Those were interstellar species with the most advanced technology, who came to this world from outer space, bringing with them everything in the world and the Pillars of Creation.
They brought everything the world had to offer: light, fire, lightning, technology, civilization, hope, and despair.
So, to be precise, the name of this box is...
"The Box That Steals Fire"
Im murmured the name softly.
Then, He opened the box.
"bake!"
Inside the box, a flame was burning quietly.
If Roy or Vegapunk were here at that moment, they would naturally recognize them immediately.
This flame is very similar to the Mother Flame created by Vegapunk, but it also seems to have some differences.
It is older, more complete, and more...powerful!
That was none other than the prototype of the Mother Fire, which is the most incredible of all ancient technologies.
Symbolizing infinite energy...
【Wish Creation - Eternal Forge - Eternal Fire】
It is said that it is the technology left behind by an ancient kingdom that disappeared during the Void Century.
But Im knew very well that this was not the case.
The Eternal Flame was not a creation of that ancient kingdom—its essence is something brought from beyond the heavens by the people of the moon, the origin of the world.
Even Davy Jones, the creator of the ancient kingdom, only inherited a portion of its flame with the help of Im.
It is precisely because of the existence of this infinite energy that Davy Jones was able to manipulate ancient technologies from various parts of the world, including the three ancient weapons, and establish such a prosperous kingdom.
Unfortunately, most of the ancient kingdoms' resources were destroyed in that great war.
This is also what frustrates Im the most—he knows the power of lunar technology, but in all this long time he has not found any other sparks of inspiration, so he can only sigh in vain.
If He has enough eternal fire, then with the help of lunar technology, He could easily rule the entire world without even needing the power of the World Government.
Interestingly, this happened just a few years ago.
A Sky Island dweller named Enel brought Him an unexpected gain.
The other party found ancient ruins on the sky island called "Pika", ate the "Rumble-Rumble Fruit", and discovered this box.
And inside this box lies what may be the only remaining spark of fire in the world.
Enel offered the fire to the government in exchange for the identity of God's Servant.
After obtaining this spark, Im waited patiently.
We await the moment when this spark will come into play.
That is... now!
"boom!"
Behind Im, the special weapon with dozens of eyes and surrounded by black flames roared towards the huge corpse of the first Nika in front of him, following his will.
The next moment, it struck the enormous body of the first Nikana, an ancient giant whose size was exaggerated to the extreme.
Then...
The corpse of the already dead liberation soldier was about to fall backward.
but...
"Click!"
Just as he was about to fall, his two long-withered arms held firmly in place of the enormous machine in front of him.
Upon closer inspection, one can even see that, despite the passage of countless years, the arms still retain traces of their former domineering presence.
It's as if this being, hailed as the first sun god, even in death, still refused to let that enormous machine regain its freedom.
But obviously...
"Even a corpse must defy Mother?"
A cold glint flashed in Im's eyes.
The next moment, the special weapon once again emitted an extremely intense Conqueror's Haki.
An endless source of bloodline factors converges.
And so, Nika's hands finally fell slowly.
As his arms fell, the part of the huge machine that had been hidden became clearly visible.
It was a core that had long since been extinguished, resembling a furnace—its form closely resembling the core energy furnace of Pluto, the god of the underworld.
At that moment, the flame inside the box in Im's hand seemed to sense something and suddenly flew up, pouring into the huge furnace.
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