After exchanging salutes, neither of them launched into a thunderous offensive. Instead, they stared each other down while their longswords traced light, measured arcs—feet shifting little by little.
But then—
Boom!
Crack!
Rip!
In every direction around them—whether empty air, mountain peaks, or anything else—everything was pulverized into dust in an instant!
Rip!
There was even a fresh, shallow cut on Creed's face.
Imu's attack had only revealed its fangs for a split second, yet Creed still couldn't parry it in time!
Too fast.
It didn't come from Imu's body at all—it struck from the void itself. Instantaneous, ignoring distance entirely!
If Creed hadn't already spread his own sword domain around the area, he would've fallen into a complete disadvantage right away.
"Not bad recovery. You're not inferior to that Kaido."
Imu praised him.
At some point, his nose was less than half a centimeter from Creed's—close enough to share breath.
He had already moved directly in front of Creed without Creed even noticing.
His instantaneous movement was even faster than Creed's movement after expanding Room.
Fast to the absolute peak—fast enough to be number one in this world!
Even Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit speed would be a joke in front of him!
This was void folding.
Snap!!
Imu clamped a hand around Creed's throat and was about to squeeze—
But!
Crack!
Clear light flared across Creed's entire body. Countless spatial rifts shot outward at terrifying speed, shattering the void ahead into fragments.
Whoosh!
Imu retreated in a flash, reappearing hundreds of miles away.
"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit… truly the Devil Fruit I hate most. Without question."
Imu's pupils tightened, as if he'd recalled something.
"I didn't expect you to reach his level as well. What a pity. What a pity."
Imu shook his head and sighed.
"Shattering the void is impossible—unless you can shatter this world! And even if you shatter this world, the void will still exist!"
"So today, you can't possibly defeat me! Humans cannot defeat gods!"
Whatever memory that was clearly irritated him. In that instant, Imu completely lost his earlier calm composure, becoming manic and unhinged.
"Is that so? Then today, I'll try and see if I can slay a god."
Creed sneered. Hyorinmaru (Ice Ring) turned in his hand, and he flipped his wrist—
Stabbing his blade straight into the void!
Crack crack crack!
The sound of profound ice forming erupted everywhere—bone-chilling cold.
In a heartbeat, Creed spread his Hyōshoku Kengi (Ice-Eroding Sword Domain) across more than 310 miles of space!
The void began to crystallize—began to be corroded—while the mountains below, tens of thousands of meters high, were instantly draped in thick, dark ice!
"This kind of sword intent?!"
Imu's expression changed sharply.
Freezing the void with ice wasn't strange, but corroding the void—that was beyond understanding.
"You fused the Erosion sword?!"
Imu realized something and barked it out.
Creed neither confirmed nor denied it.
"Room!"
At Creed's current level, combined with his awakened Fruit, the Room no longer needed to expand from his hand. With a single thought, the Room instantly covered a territory spanning more than 310 miles!
Since Imu could move through the void at will—
Then he would turn this entire region into territory where he could also shift instantly at will!
"Interesting, interesting! But if the void were as easy to deal with as you think, it would've been dealt with long ago!"
Imu laughed instead.
"Creed, the surprises you've given me today are far too many. Even if I, Imu, die here in battle, I'll have no regrets!"
"Void: Dimensional Slash!"
He laughed wildly as he thrust out his sword—
Yet there was no sword light, and no visible sword momentum!
Crack!
It was like a mirror spanning more than 310 miles had been shattered in one blow—the Ice-Eroding Sword Domain that covered the region was sliced apart by unmatched void power into countless fragments!
This slash could not only shatter everything—
It could even shatter dimensions!
Creed's pupils contracted. He quickly raised his Rikudō Rinne Kenzei (Six Paths Reincarnation Sword Stance), dispersing the incoming power of void-fracture.
After the Reincarnation sword intent reached 100% and advanced to SSSS tier, its offensive might still fell short of the SSSS+ tier Ice-Eroding sword intent.
But because it fused the Six Paths and cycled in perfect, rounded harmony, it produced astonishing results in defense.
Just like now—Imu's void-fracture power was all redirected and shed away, unable to draw even the slightest bit of blood from Creed.
"You truly are favored by heaven. I already envied that ice sword intent—yet you also possess peerless sword intent comprehended from a Supreme Grade Sword. Creed, go all out. Otherwise, you won't get another chance."
Imu's voice drifted over, carrying a chilling killing intent.
This was the first time he had shown killing intent at all!
What Creed had displayed was no longer enough to satisfy him. With Imu's temperament, he would next move to kill Creed at the first opportunity.
Because he still didn't want his beloved "garden" to be ruined by anyone else.
Even if it were just a single floor tile—he didn't want it damaged!
"Black Night: Supreme Descent!"
Darkness swallowed more than 310 miles, blotting out everything—swallowing Imu's five senses and even his perceptions.
"Useless. Day or night, the void exists eternally."
Imu snorted, about to unleash a thunderous strike.
"Heh!"
Voom!
Clear light suddenly layered over both of Creed's swords. Violent tremor power instantly spanned the heavens—ripping everything apart, collapsing everything, making even the void shudder.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit—fully awakened!
(End of Chapter)
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