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It almost ripped the entire forearm open!

The excruciating pain caused Im's hand, which was gripping his neck, to completely give way!

At the same time, the Eight Directions sword was pulled out, flesh and all, and then pierced through the chest and heart area.

Im groaned again, letting out a muffled pain, and looked down at his chest.

At this moment, Gern's free hands went directly to Im's head, which was slightly closer due to the pain.

Grabbing the back of the black curly hair and the side of the face!

"change!!!"

Gern unleashed explosive power through the coordinated effort of his core muscles and arm muscles!

Using the right hand holding the head as a fulcrum, coordinate with the twisting force of the whole body.

"Crack!"

Under a grappling and twisting technique that requires absolutely no skill

Im's entire head was forcibly twisted 180 degrees in a direction that completely violated his physiological structure!

His face... was turned away.

But Gern's actions did not stop!

The instant he turned his head, he gripped the hilt of the Eight Desolations Blade embedded in Im's heart with both hands.

With his legs bent, he kicked hard into Imna's stomach, which was wide open because his head had been twisted!

"roll!!!"

"Bang!!!!"

Pushing off with both feet, combined with the simultaneous force of pulling outwards from the eight directions, creates a counterforce.

Im was lifted off the ground with a thud and shot backward toward the high dome of the palace!

Using the reaction force, Gern performed a nimble backflip, landing steadily with one knee slightly bent and panting heavily.

He then raised his left hand, fingers spread wide, palm facing up!

"Heavenly Tremor - Eight Extremes Jade..."

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

Eight rapid, vibrating buzzing sounds rang out almost simultaneously above the palm.

Eight fist-sized, pure white, vibrating spheres with high-frequency internal tremors instantly coalesced into shape.

It slowly revolves around Gern's palm!

"Spatial Explosion!"

A fierce glint flashed in Gern's eyes, and his left hand reached towards the flying figure in mid-air.

Before reaching its peak and with nowhere to gain leverage to change direction, Im's figure suddenly swung!

Eight pure white "Eight Extreme Jade" beads instantly escaped from Gern's palm.

Drawing eight strange arcs, they shot towards Im's figure in the air from different angles and directions!

Their speed was unbelievable, even surpassing the speed at which Im flew backwards!

Im's head was forcibly twisted, limiting his vision, but his senses remained.

So they clearly sensed the deadly threat posed by these eight little things!

It attempted to manipulate the darkness or intercept the shockwave, but its body was in an out-of-control, backward-flying state.

It was difficult to exert force, the connection between the head and body was severely damaged, and the reaction was slowed down!

The first "Eight Extremes Jade" touched Im's left shoulder.

There was no loud noise.

There was only a soft, almost imperceptible "ding" as the glass of the space shattered.

Immediately after

Centered on the point of contact, the space itself suddenly concaves and twists inward.

immediately......

"boom!!!!!!"

A small-scale spatial explosion erupted with a deafening roar!

A pale light mixed with spiderweb-like spatial rifts instantly engulfed Im's left shoulder!

This is just the beginning!

Almost at the same moment the first "Eight Extremes Jade" exploded, the subsequent seven "Eight Extremes Jade" exploded as well.

Like a chain reaction of destructive beacons, it struck different parts of Im's body in succession.

Right abdomen, back, right leg, left knee, right arm, side ribs, and... back of the heart!

The seven sounds overlapped, amplified, and finally merged into a destructive, resonant spatial explosion, one after another.

Yet, almost simultaneously, they exploded wildly in the air along Im's inverted flight trajectory!

Gern stood still, tilting his head slightly upwards.

Looking at the area in the sky shrouded in the continuous light of spatial destruction...

He slowly lowered his left hand, but his right hand, which was holding the knife, trembled slightly.

He knew that this level of attack might still not be enough to completely kill the owner of all contracts.

It is a perfect fusion of the abilities of two Devil Fruits.

But at least...

It tore open a bloody gash!

Chapter 738 An Era, A Symbol

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As expected, the unsuspecting 'Blackbeard' was blown to pieces and fell to the ground.

But soon, the rotten flesh began to wriggle and then reshape itself.

And the skull was the first to recover its complete form.

Or rather, it's the mouth on the head.

The mouth belonging to Blackbeard was the first to open again, letting out a howl.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

"Do you know how much this hurts?! You bastard!!"

Clearly, while Im achieved near-immortality and rapid regeneration through the Abyss Contract and absolute control over his body,

However, the Dark-Dark Fruit's side effects on Blackbeard's body

It also perfectly "inherited" the pain of suffering twice as much!

The unexpected explosion of the Eight Extremes Jade brought...

The ultimate tearing and annihilation pain from every cell to the soul level

The will fed back to Im after being magnified twice

Even its ancient spirit, honed by eight hundred years of trials, lost its composure at this moment!

Pain enraged it, and the instant its regeneration was complete, it abandoned any graceful or tactical attack.

“Come back, Mom!!!”

With his body only partially recovered, Im roared and suddenly clenched his fists together, pointing his right hand at Gern, who was standing not far away with a knife!

A tiny black hole, no bigger than a coin, suddenly appeared out of thin air beside Gern!

Light is distorted at the edge of a black hole, and its interior is absolute nothingness and death.

It emitted a suction force that was more concentrated and domineering than any previous "Dark Water" or "Dark Domain".

They tried to forcibly pull Gern!

But how could Gern, who suffered a great loss from the Dark-Dark Fruit once, possibly fall into the same trap twice?!

Faced with the sudden appearance of the miniature black hole's suction force

A red light flashed in Gern's eyes. Instead of retreating or struggling, the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded!

He gripped the Eight Desolations tightly, raised his body horizontally, and the Overlord's Haki on his body began to be absorbed by the Eight Desolations at will!

Dark purple lightning erupted from him, shooting skyward.

All of it was poured into and wrapped around the Eight Desolations Blade!

"You still want to use that trick?!"

With a low growl, Gern twisted his waist and abdomen, pouring all his strength, domineering aura, and will into this one strike!

Instead of dodging the suction of the miniature black hole, it instead used the pull of that suction to its advantage.

He transformed into a destructive meteor trailing a dark purple tail of flame, and shot out!

Target—Im!

A man, gripping a knife with both hands, slashes fiercely across the road!

"God's death!!!"

"Buzz!!!!!"

A dark purple destructive slash roared out from the Eight Desolate Blades!

The first thing the slash encountered was the tiny black hole blocking its path.

It was instantly split in two, and the slash passed right through it without any hindrance!

Even as it annihilates the black hole, the sword's momentum remains undiminished!

On the contrary, because it cut through the obstacles, it became even more fierce and unstoppable!

A dark purple blade of destructive light tore through the air, distorting light, carrying an aura of resolute power capable of slaying gods.

He swung the sword down at Im, who had just finished regenerating and whose face was contorted in rage!

Im's pupils constricted sharply!

"Crazy!!!"

Faced with this unavoidable "Godfall" strike...

Im did not choose to use the Dark-Dark Fruit to devour it, nor did he choose to use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to clash with it!

Similarly, it unleashed the full power of Blackbeard's Conqueror's Haki.

All of it is concentrated in the right fist!

After all, only Conqueror's Haki can counter Conqueror's Haki!

This is the purest, most direct, and most brutal clash of will and belief among top-tier powerhouses!

Im's right fist met the descending dark purple destructive blade of light without dodging or evading.

He unleashed his right fist, imbued with all of Conqueror's Haki, from bottom to top with tremendous force!

“Give it to me…”

"Kneel down!!!"

next moment

An indescribable, terrifying roar erupted within the Void Throne Hall.

The overwhelmingly violent Conqueror's Haki shockwave spread outwards indiscriminately in all directions in a spherical shape!

"Snap! Snap! Rumble!!!"