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It cannot be eradicated; it will regenerate even after being severed!

For a moment, Gern had no choice but to move at high speed through the gaps in the tentacle network.

Each swing of the Eight Desolations brought forth a series of tentacles that broke and regenerated.

However, the contraction trend of the entire network has not stopped, and is even accelerating.

The space available for movement was drastically compressed.

Finally, countless tentacles frantically intertwined and merged around Gern, forming an impenetrable barrier.

The enormous, circular, dark cage that kept contracting and squeezing inward completely trapped him at the center and continued to shrink.

At this moment, Im stood outside the cage, quietly "watching".

For it, this seems to be just a warm-up.

The center of the cage.

Gern stopped his pointless slashing.

Slowly descending across the vast expanse, the tip of the blade touches the ground.

Take a deep breath, and find peace.

Then slowly raise both palms and bring them together in front of your chest.

The essence of "vibration" gathers in the palm of your hand!

In the blink of an eye, a highly unstable, wildly rotating and twisting white, irregular sphere...

It rapidly took shape between his palms!

"Earthquake..."

Gern clapped his hands together gently.

The unstable, destructive sphere was completely "suppressed" in the palm of the hand.

"Airspace...collapse!!"

No sound.

There was no explosion.

There was only a faint cracking sound.

Immediately afterwards, the space went dark.

Everything within a 20-meter radius of Gern.

The air, dust, light, and even the structure of space itself silently disintegrated.

It didn't shatter, it didn't explode.

The most basic form of existence was "shaken" and completely disintegrated at the most microscopic level.

The dark cage instantly dissolved in the face of this spatial collapse.

At the cost of completely destroying the "existence" of a small area, all forms of constraints and domains are forcibly broken!

......

Having finished everything, Gern reappeared, slightly out of breath, clearly indicating that this move had taken a tremendous toll on him.

But they still dared not stop, for the ground beneath their feet had already crumbled into a smooth, hemispherical crater.

He was about to retreat quickly to create distance...

But, the next second.

Im seemed to have anticipated all of this.

It didn't even show the slightest emotional fluctuation when its cage was broken.

At the instant when Gern launched "Airspace Collapse" and space began to oscillate unstablely.

Im's left hand was already facing upwards, with his five fingers like hooks, and he gently hooked it downwards towards the area where Gern was!

"Dark Domain - Guidance".

The dark area beneath Im's feet emitted a terrifying suction force more than ten times stronger than the "Dark Water"!

Having just escaped and barely regaining his footing, Gern suddenly felt his body sink.

Darkness instantly engulfed his feet and ankles, and rapidly spread upwards.

The suction was so strong that it was incredibly difficult for him to even lift his foot, let alone break free or become an elemental!

"Ugh!" Gern groaned, his Conqueror's Haki erupting suddenly, attempting to shake off the darkness.

At the same time, Armament Haki hardened his legs, his muscles bulged, and he pulled upwards with all his might!

But Im's coordination was so fast it was almost despair-inducing!

Just as Gern was temporarily trapped by the dark pull,

Im suddenly appeared directly in front of Gern!

"Not good." Gern tried to strike, but a tentacle emerged from the Dark Domain and wrapped around Gern's wrist holding the Eight Desolations.

Then, Im was the first to knock Bahuang away, causing it to fall upside down into the Dark Domain.

Immediately afterwards, the right hand, already entangled in the vortex of "dark water"

It was straightforward, carrying an absolute aura that suppressed all Devil Fruit abilities.

He grabbed Gern's neck, which was tilting slightly forward due to the force of the movement!

Clench your fingers tightly!

"Cough..." Gern's pupils contracted slightly, and his physical strength quickly dissipated upon contact with the dark water.

The emptiness and stagnation of feeling, as if the familiar fruit's power had been forcibly stripped away, surged through my body once again.

Im didn’t even give Gunn any chance to react or retaliate.

The right hand gripping her neck suddenly tightened its grip.

Using the suction of the dark domain beneath his feet and his own terrifying power, he slammed Gren down hard!

"Bang!!!!"

Gern was immediately pinned to the ground.

The immense impact caused the entire hall to tremble!

Centered on the point where Gern landed, countless spiderweb-like cracks radiated from the ground, and smoke and dust mixed with dark energy shot into the sky!

Im slightly bent one knee, maintaining the position where his right hand was tightly gripping Gern's neck, pinning Gern firmly to the ground.

Then, he looked down, staring closely at the person beneath him coughing violently.

Gern struggled but was unable to exert his strength due to his neck being restrained, his abilities being suppressed, and his being corrupted by darkness.

The dark pull still clung to Gern's legs.

Dark Water's suppression locked down the Heaven-Shattering Fruit's power, his neck was controlled, and he suffered a heavy blow to his back...

In an instant, the balance of power shifted, and a desperate situation loomed!

"Did you see that clearly...? Heavenly Tremor."

“This is the real… ‘net’.”

"Nowhere to escape, no power to borrow, no skills to use."

"All your struggles and strength..."

It slightly increased the pressure of its fingers.

"They're all caught in Mu's 'net'!!"

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His neck was gripped tightly, and tentacles from the dark realm bound his limbs.

His Devil Fruit powers were forcibly stripped away, and his stamina gradually waned...

A desperate situation.

A truly desperate situation where one is completely caught in the other party's "net".

Im (Blackbeard's avatar) looked down at the moth that had fallen into the spider web, watching its final, futile struggle.

"Actually, I like your body better than David's."

If you were to replace the Five Elders...

"M's rule could easily continue for another eight hundred years."

"So, Gern Reginald Sigmar!"

"Mmm, I really can't bear to kill you!"

"Is that so?" Gern's lips curled upwards into a cold smile.

"pity....."

"What's a pity?"

"Too bad, I'd rather kill you!!"

Before the words were even finished!

"Eight Desolations—!!!"

A roar erupted from Gern's chest!

"Buzz!!!!"

The black sword "Eight Desolations" lay silently in the ground some distance away.

The blade suddenly burst forth with a dazzling dark purple light!

Instead of slowly flying back, it transformed into a bolt of lightning that tore through space.

At speeds exceeding the limits of vision, seemingly disregarding distance

He appeared instantly above Im's right forearm, which was gripping Gren's neck!

The blade pointed downwards, without the slightest pause or trajectory.

A muffled thud echoed as the blade pierced through flesh and bone!

The Eight Desolations pierced through Im's (Blackbeard's) thick forearm from bottom to top.

A jet-black blade emerged from the other side of the arm, carrying a few drops of thick, dark red, almost black blood.

"Huh?!" For the first time, a clear change appeared on Im's calm face.

It wasn't anger, but rather bewilderment caused by the doubled pain resulting from the injury to the body.

The right hand that was gripping Gern's neck loosened its grip instinctively due to the sudden penetrating wound.

"Now!"

A burst of dark purple Conqueror's Haki erupted from Gern's eyes!

"Get out of here!!!"

The Conqueror's Haki crushes all Devil Fruit abilities, instantly disintegrating the tentacles that were wrapped around his limbs!

With the neck relaxed, the pressure on the limbs decreased dramatically!

Under the cover of his Conqueror's Haki burst forth, Gern's hands suddenly rose.

With his left hand, he grabbed the hilt of the Eight Desolations Blade, which was still stuck in Im's forearm.

"Let go of me!!!"

Gern roared, his muscles bulging, and his power exploded in an instant!

With his left hand gripping the hilt of the Eight Desolations Blade, he suddenly pulled and pried it diagonally upwards!

Under the immense force of Gern, Bahuang tore the penetrating wound on Im's forearm even larger!