Buzz... Buzz...
Below what was once Mary Geoise, now a colossal black hole, a dazzling crimson-gold light illuminated everything.
Under the influence of this crimson-gold light, the bottomless black hole was transformed into a resplendent golden passage, as if noble gods would tear through space and time to emerge from it.
Among the Marine trio, Garp gazed at the scene before him, his eyes completely engulfed by the brilliant golden light.
"Is this… Conqueror's Haki?!"
Sengoku nodded with a serious expression, then affirmed, "Absolutely, there's no mistake. It's a technique combining Conqueror's Haki with swordsmanship."
Akainu's lips curled slightly. "It must be Renji. Only he could cause such a commotion."
"Hahahah! That kid really outdid himself. We worried for nothing." Garp laughed heartily.
"Renji is still fighting, so we can't waste any more time. Let's hurry."
Sengoku flicked his sleeve, then turned and walked towards Marineford.
At this moment, countless strategic plans formed in his mind, including how to suppress the unrest at sea and how to deal with the world's various regions taking advantage of this incident.
It was as if he had transformed back into Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the Resourceful General.
"Sengoku-sensei! Garp-sensei! Fleet Admiral Akainu!"
In the distance, two figures clad in justice cloaks approached rapidly, it was Gion and Tokikake.
At this moment, Gion's face was filled with worry. Just now, she had witnessed the thirty-six columns of power, capable of destroying everything.
In an instant, they had obliterated the massive Celestial Dragons' Holy Land Mary Geoise.
The thought that Renji might have been there, covered by that devastating attack, caused Gion's heart to ache uncontrollably.
"Gion, Tokikake, why are you here?" Sengoku looked at the newcomers with some surprise.
Akainu immediately explained, "I assigned them both a mission earlier, so they weren't at the Holy Land protecting the Celestial Dragons."
"I see. That's quite a coincidence." Sengoku smiled.
If Gion and Tokikake had been there, the situation at the time would have been dire.
"Sengoku-sensei, have you seen Admiral Seiryu?" Gion asked anxiously before even getting close.
Tokikake, beside her, showed little reaction, but vaguely, he too hoped that such an excellent Admiral would not die like this.
"Don't worry, Gion, Renji is fine. We just saw him." Sengoku explained with a smile.
Hearing Sengoku's explanation, Gion finally breathed a sigh of relief, her tone joyful as she said, "I knew it. Renji is so strong, he would never be in trouble."
"Fleet Admiral Akainu, what exactly happened here?"
Tokikake approached Akainu, looking at the three figures, who represented Marines' top combat power.
Their clothes were tattered, yet strangely, there were no visible injuries or wounds on any of them.
Tokikake even suspected he was hallucinating. He actually thought Akainu's skin looked quite good at the moment—rosy, smooth, and radiant. He almost blurted out asking Akainu how he maintained his skin.
What Tokikake didn't know was that if he were to peel off a layer of his own skin and then have Renji heal him with Reverse Cursed Technique, the effect would be similar.
"No time to explain. Let's return to Marineford first. I need to issue an important order." Akainu said, then strode forward.
Watching the hastily departing Akainu, Gion looked at the boundless black hole behind them, and the golden, shining paths, and couldn't help but ask, "Sengoku-sensei, what about Mary Geoise?"
"Heh heh, it's just as you imagine." Sengoku said, then followed closely behind Akainu.
"What, at this point, are you old guys too idle and can't hold back anymore?" Akainu glanced at Sengoku, then said.
Sengoku gave a helpless smile. "Akainu, we just went through life and death together. Speaking in such a tone now is a bit too hurtful, isn't it?"
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Gurgle... Gurgle...
Countless bubbles boiled and surged. In that world of black and white mountains of corpses and seas of blood, crimson-gold light shone. As Renji's blue eyes shone, he held a sharp blade.
The surrounding seawater had completely evaporated, and the cloak of justice stood tall in the center of the sea and sky, as if one man was suppressing everything.
"Has it disappeared?…No."
Renji's voice sounded softly, yet it was still clear amidst the constant humming vibrations and the roaring surge of the seawater.
Around him, that repulsive aura still existed. In other words, after enduring the full version of Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void and Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine, plus this strongest strike, Divine Departure, Imu was still not dead?
Renji's lips curled into a cold smile. "As expected of the most mysterious person in the world, but in this situation, even if it's not dead, it's close enough."
Renji was certain that even if Imu was still alive now, it wouldn't be able to cause any more trouble.
Renji, who never gave his enemies any chances, immediately maximized his Heavenly Six Eyes' perception. He planned to find Imu, and no matter how much health the opponent had left, he would give him another World-Cutting slash. He refused to believe that Imu could still survive after that.
At this moment—
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, he looked into the depths of the sea. From there, a voice sounded.
"Is it an existence awakened by the Noah's Ark ship spirit?"
Although Renji, with his Heavenly Six Eyes, couldn't yet understand the precise meaning of the voice, he was able to accurately capture it.