Imu's words were filled with seduction.
Immediately following that, Alice, who had been transformed into a demon and brought back to life, joined in the persuasion: "Xebec, stop this. Your plan has already failed. I don't want to live a life of hiding anymore."
"Even if not for yourself, or for me, think about Teach."
"Do you have the heart to let him become an orphan without a father or mother from now on?"
Looking at his resurrected wife before him and listening to her affectionate persuasion, Rocks truly wavered for a split second.
But soon his expression darkened, and he swung his blade, cleaving the Demon Alice in half.
"Xe... Xebec..."
Demon Alice stared blankly at Rocks, her eyes full of disbelief.
"Fake! You are not Alice!! Alice was never that weak!!"
Rocks raised his head, tears bursting from his eyes, streaming down his face.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Painful roars almost swallowed Rocks' rationality. He swung his blade madly, dicing the Demon Alice before him into countless fragments.
"What a heartless man."
Imu's voice had no fluctuation—neither mockery nor praise, simply stating a fact.
The minced Demon Alice didn't die.
Just like Old Saturn and the God's Knights members, her shattered body reassembled slowly as if time reversed.
"Xebec..."
The previously affectionate voice began to turn resentful and sorrowful.
"Why do this? I just wanted to live a peaceful life, give Teach a beautiful childhood, a bright future!"
"This world has been ruled by the World Government for 800 years; why must you rebel?"
"The Davy clan is gone. The key now is for us two to live well, let Teach live well, continuing the Davy bloodline!"
These persuasions were like siege hammers, striking Rocks' mental defenses again and again.
He sliced Demon Alice to pieces blade after blade, yet the tears on his face couldn't stop.
"Imu!! You despicable scum!!"
Grief-stricken and indignant, Rocks roared to the sky. He stabbed his sword into the ground, wrapped his index fingers in Armament Haki, aimed at his left and right ear canals, and thrust forcefully.
Pfft!!
Blood gushed. Rocks had used violent means to destroy his own hearing.
As long as he couldn't hear Demon Alice's words, he would no longer be disturbed by her.
Watching this scene, the uniformed woman possessed by Imu curved her eyes into crescents, seeming to feel delighted.
"The feeling of killing your wife with your own hands is great, isn't it? Mu is very gratified."
"Oh, almost forgot, you can't hear now. In that case..."
The uniformed woman raised her right hand, remotely retracting the ability applied to Alice.
Demon Alice, who was reassembling her body as if time were reversing, suddenly paused.
Wisps of black smoke drifted out from the countless body fragments suspended in mid-air.
Then, these body fragments turned into real flesh and blood, falling to the ground with wet splatters.
Rocks stared blankly at this scene, eyes wide with rage. The tears flowing before were gradually replaced by tears of blood.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Sorrow, anger, and extreme mental trauma caused Rocks to grab his hair furiously. His roar, due to extreme grief, could no longer produce any sound.
Suspended in mid-air, the woman's eyes curved even more, resembling two new moons.
She silently raised her hand to draw a magic array in the air, chanting softly:
"Rocks! You will submit to Mu! Become Mu's claw! Sweep away all invading pirates on this island!"
"Mu will grant you evil power!"
"In exchange for part of your lifespan! Mu grants you an immortal body and extraordinary strength!"
"After completing the task Mu assigns, Mu will resurrect Alice for you!"
"Demonic Contract!!"
A brand new pentagram magic array was projected by the uniformed woman, appearing beneath Rocks' feet.
Like a swamp swallowing a lamb that wandered in, Rocks' body, kneeling due to grief, began to sink uncontrollably bit by bit.
The smile in the uniformed woman's eyes didn't diminish in the slightest.
Gaining a powerful combatant like Rocks with just a little trick; this profit indeed made her feel delighted.
Decades later, in that destined great war, she would win the final victory once again.
Thinking of this, Imu, possessing the uniformed woman, felt increasingly delighted.
However, just then, Rocks suddenly erupted with Conqueror's Haki lightning that covered the entire island.
The magic array that had almost swallowed half his body—just needing a flip to transform Rocks into a demon—was forced to shatter under this terrifying Haki. Even the uniformed woman suffered some impact.
"Th... How is this possible..."
Imu was in disbelief.
"Mu should have indeed crushed your will! How can you still have such powerful Haki!"
Rocks had destroyed his own eardrums; he couldn't hear Imu's words at this moment. But looking at the expression on her face, he could roughly guess what she was saying.
"Scum who only uses insidious and despicable means! Only one of us will walk off this island alive today!!"
Because of grief and anger, Rocks broke through to a brand new realm, condensing all his Haki onto his long sword.
With a flash, he appeared in front of Imu and slashed down.
This slash had no name, but space itself distorted under this blade.
Imu's pupils trembled; she dared not take Rocks' slash head-on.
She actively split her body again, letting Rocks' blade pass through the middle of her divided body.
But when this vertical slash passed through, she found she couldn't stick her split body back together no matter what.
"Damn it! Space was torn!"
Imu cursed in a low voice.
Rocks' current state involuntarily reminded her of the hardship of that battle with Joy Boy over 700 years ago.
But Rocks was not Joy Boy after all.
Even now, his Haki had merely crossed the threshold of being able to harm her true body; he was still far from Joy Boy in his prime.
However, her true body wasn't here right now either.
Merely possessing a body, it was difficult to deal with Rocks who had entered a berserk state.
Rumble!
The island below suddenly let out a roar.
Along the trajectory of Rocks' slash, it split left and right into two separate islands.
Imu glanced down. Her split body rose rapidly into the high sky, distancing herself from Rocks.
Lacking flight ability and having spent the force of his slash, Rocks could only watch helplessly as Imu fled, his body falling uncontrollably downward.
"Wait for the next slash! I will split you into four pieces!!"
Rocks stared dead at Imu above. A few drops of cold sweat seeped from the latter's forehead.
She didn't truly fear Rocks, but she didn't want this possessed body to die right now.
After all, possession required compatibility. Not everyone possessed by her could unleash her current strength.
Taking advantage of the gap while Rocks fell and hadn't launched the next attack.
Imu quickly drew four pentagram magic arrays and projected them directly into the air.
"Come out! Mu's servants! The time to fight for Mu has arrived!!"
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