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Chapter 600: Im's Resolve!

Im moved.

He walked towards the teleportation array in mid-air.

The four elders knelt on the ground, not daring to move.

As Im moved closer to the teleportation array, the dark red light intensified.

The light from the teleportation array grew increasingly blinding, turning the entire hall into a hellish scene.

Im stopped directly in front of the teleportation array. She tilted her head slightly.

Dark red light pierced through the red glow of the array patterns, coldly reflecting on the five elders' pale faces.

The entire room fell silent.

Im spoke.

"M will personally travel to Elbaf."

His voice was soft. He spoke in a calm tone about a trivial matter.

Upon hearing this!

Mars Saint took a sudden half-step forward. He didn't care that the ground was icy cold.

He clasped his hands tightly together in front of his chest and performed the most solemn kneeling ceremony.

"Lord Im, please reconsider."

Mars Saint's voice was urgent. He spoke at breakneck speed, explaining the deadly risks.

"The sacred barrier was constructed eight hundred years ago through the joint sacrifice of twenty kings, and its core has always been connected to your true form."

"If you remain in Pangu City, the barrier will be your strongest shield."

"Once the main body leaves the Red Line and this castle, the Holy Land's barrier will be greatly weakened."

He suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with fear.

"Furthermore, you will suffer a tremendous backlash if you leave the Holy Land."

"You will suffer unimaginable pain. For a mere pirate, the price is far too high."

Im has not left the Holy Land for eight hundred years. The price is that he has completely bound himself to the Holy Land's barrier.

Saint Vocuri disregarded his composure and slammed his knees heavily onto the cold stone slabs.

"Saint Mas is absolutely right. Lord Im's current Elbaf is a bottomless trap."

The voice of the Holy One of Vocuri echoed. It carried a desperate rationality.

"Please take a look at the combat strength from here. Chen Ye is piloting the legendary Vidvernir."

"Loki controls the black dragon Nighold. Whitebeard Rocks, red-haired Shanks, and the awakened Nika's straw hat."

"Old-era overlords, new-era emperors, and ancient mythical beasts—all gathered on which battlefield?"

He swallowed hard. His Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.

"It's no coincidence that they're all there. Please recall Garin and mobilize the Ancient Weapon Uranus."

"Use the Heavenly King to wipe Elbaf and the traitors off the map. Please do not risk your Holy Body."

Nasujiro Sei didn't speak. He gripped the hilt of the first generation Kitetsu sword at his waist and stood up.

He walked three steps ahead of Im. This distance was extremely presumptuous.

He kept his sword sheathed, not drawn. He used his thin body to block Im's view of the teleportation array.

Nasujiro's body trembled. He was struggling against the powerful pressure emanating from Im.

"Lord Im."

Nassou's voice was hoarse, like the harsh scraping of metal.

He gritted his teeth and finished speaking.

"If you must go, please step over my old corpse."

He looked up, meeting her gaze directly into her dark red eyes.

"The world government has ruled the oceans for eight hundred years. It's all thanks to you."

"The world submits to a supreme god. If you descend upon an open battlefield in your true form..."

Even if it's just a minor injury. Even if it's just a single drop of blood.

"This will shake all the member states. If God sheds blood, mortals will kill Him."

"At that point, the whole world will descend into utter madness."

Piet Saint then knelt down two steps behind him.

His forehead was pressed against the ground covered in black frost. His voice was filled with sorrow.

"Lord Im. What Saint Nassuro said is a disaster for you."

Piet Saint's actions had the worst possible consequences.

"Once you show up in Elbaf, and something unexpected happens again..."

"The kings of the member states began to hesitate and stopped handing over the Heavenly Gold. Taking advantage of this, the Revolutionary Army's Dragon Society launched a full-scale attack on the Holy Land."

"Even the Celestial Dragons themselves will completely spiral out of control because of your exposure."

He slammed his head down hard, making a dull thud.

"We mean no offense. We are simply afraid that the world will witness the fact that the King of the World must personally engage in battle."

"That means the world government is no longer able to control the oceans."

The four Five Elders, the highest authorities of the World Government, have now set aside all dignity.

In the most humble posture and with the most desperate tone, they tried to stop Im from going to the battlefield.

Im did not respond.

His dark red eyes held no anger, no pity, and no wavering.

She disregarded the pleas of the Five Elders.

She passed Nassulang Saint. Her fingertips touched the edge of the teleportation array.

A buzzing or exploding sound.

The array patterns emitted a low rumble. The dark red light instantly contracted inward.

Then it suddenly exploded in the center of the teleportation array.

A clear, real-time image emerges at the center of the array pattern. It is a real-time coordinate perspective above the Elbaf Royal Palace.

The battlefield of Elbaf has been reduced to ruins in the picture.

The dark power emanating from Rocks transformed into a swamp of greed, which spread wildly towards the ruins of Garin Sanctuary.

The remnants of the Knights of God lost their will to fight.

The Celestial Dragons, high above and mighty, were forced to the other side of the azure ice sculpture that had sealed Im's Stand.

His hand gripping the weapon trembled violently. His eyes were filled with despair and collapse.

Im's gaze did not linger on Garin Saint.

She looked at the highest point of the screen.

Where the sky is obscured, the ancient divine eagle Vidvernir hovers in mid-air. Dark green divine light flows between its wings.

Chen Ye stood atop the divine eagle's head.

Black trench coat. Hands casually in pockets.

He didn't order Rocks to hunt down the remaining soldiers, nor did he have Whitebeard Shock clear the area.

He stood there, his gaze piercing through the clouds and the barriers of space.

They looked straight up at the sky above the Elbaf Royal Palace.

At the edge of the horizon lies the coordinates where the ancient teleportation array is about to descend.

Im looked at Chenye in the image. Chenye, in turn, stared at the master of the Void Throne through the image.

Im's red glint narrowed slightly. Chen Ye's intentions were now fully revealed.

He spared Garin's life and the remnants of the Knights of God. He deliberately left behind an ice sculpture to freeze the remains of his Stand.

He did all this for a bigger prey.

He then used these as bait.

We'll use the dignity of the World Government and the lives of the Celestial Dragons. We'll use Im's reputation to force her to show herself.

Waiting for the Holy Land's reaction. Inviting her to join the fray personally.

Im's face contorted, a cruel smile spreading across his face.

There was no angry roar. He stretched out a pale finger and pressed it against the ancient sealing runes on the edge of the teleportation array.

Click.

A crisp cracking sound echoed through the front hall. The rune that had sealed the coordinates for eight hundred years was shattered without hesitation.

She accepted the invitation.

A deafening roar.

The teleportation array was fully activated. A surge of violent spatial power swept through the front hall.

A dark red beam of light shot into the sky, piercing through the solid dome of Pangu City and pointing straight to the heavens.

The four elders turned deathly pale.

The teleportation connection is complete. Everything is beyond repair.

Nasujiro Seijin looked up abruptly. A resolute madness erupted from behind his round glasses.

Right thumb. Suddenly shoved aside the guard of the first generation Onikiri sword.

The sword rang out mournfully.

The sound echoed throughout the front hall.

Nasujiro draws his sword.

The blade was only half an inch from its sheath. That half-inch of blade reflected a chilling light, instantly illuminating the dark frost on the ground.

An extremely pure and fierce slashing intent erupted from the half-inch blade.

The blade wasn't aimed at Im. He wouldn't dare wield his sword against the creator god even if he had a thousand lives.

The target is the ancient array pattern that is spinning wildly in mid-air.

The connection between the array patterns and the Elbaf space was severed. The most violent physical means were used to forcibly prevent the teleportation from taking shape.

Even if it means suffering the backlash from the spatial rupture, even if it means being executed on the spot, we must stop this absurd act that will destroy the foundation of the world government.

Armament Haki instantly enveloped the scabbard. Nasujuro's arm muscles bulged.

He was about to draw his longsword and unleash a strike that cleaved through space.

Just then.

Im turned his head away.

He didn't turn around. He slightly tilted his head, his peripheral vision locking onto Nasujuro Sei, who was still in a sword-drawing stance.

A deafening roar.

A powerful pressure followed Im's gaze and slammed heavily onto Nasujuro Sei.

A cracking sound.

The seemingly indestructible floor of the foyer was instantly shattered, cracking into terrifying fissures several meters deep, centered on Im.

Cracks spread wildly outwards like a spiderweb, completely shattering the stone slab beneath Nassuro's feet.

Nassuro Sei was struck dumb. The knife, which he had pulled out half an inch from his grasp, could not be moved forward even an inch.

An invisible force pressed down firmly on both hands, crushing the blade and all will to resist.

Im stared at him. His dark red eyes showed no emotion.

She asked softly in a hoarse, cold voice that conveyed an absolute sense of dominance.

"I'm just informing you, understand?"