Chapter 312 Imu's Outburst

Just as Ace, Luffy, Sabo, and Loki were suppressing Imu, Imu sensed the defeat of his forces and the gradual disappearance of the Celestial Dragons' presence within Pangea Castle.

In a rage, he roared, "Enough."

Dark Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body, momentarily forcing back the four who were besieging him.

Then, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him, and eyes emerged from within the shadow—pairs of them.

"I didn't want to do this, but you forced my hand."

To everyone's disbelief, eighteen other bodies slowly detached from Imu's own. Even the black blood spilled during the fight seemed to come alive, crawling onto the bodies of the four.

It seemed intent on converting the four enemies before it.

Seeing this, Hera knew it was her time to act. She flickered, teleporting directly in front of the four, and the City of Devouring Time spread out beneath her feet, swallowing the black blood Imu had released.

Immediately after, to the astonishment of the others, Imu split into eighteen distinct individuals. They were men and women with different racial characteristics.

Looking closely, the nineteen figures, including Imu, were the very nineteen monarchs who had joined forces to defeat the Ancient Kingdom and establish the prototype of the World Government.

Except for the ancestor of Lily, who had defected, the rest of the ancient monarchs had actually been summoned by Imu all at once.

However, with the appearance of the nineteen, the feeling Imu's Main Body projected became much weaker, as if he had suffered severe trauma; his presence had diminished significantly.

Still, the appearance of the other eighteen undoubtedly placed immense pressure on the Allied Forces. Those who had been ganging up on the God's Knights turned their attention here.

Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, Shanks, and Dragon each left their opponents to their own Crew members and stood alongside Hera and the others.

Even Borsalino and Kuzan, who had intended to rest, returned to the battlefield. Bullet and Redfield, unwilling to bully the weak, also got serious and began to limber up.

Rayleigh and Jabba exchanged a glance and, seeing Hancock and her sisters take over their enemies, stepped onto the main battlefield as well.

Garp glanced at the situation on Imu's side and delivered a heavy 'Fist Bone: Impact', sending Steel Bone Kong flying toward Zephyr, who was busy cleaning up World Government agents.

"Hey, Zephyr, I'll leave this old geezer to you. I'm off to join a more exciting battlefield."

Zephyr blocked Steel Bone Kong's attempt to retreat with a punch and shook his head helplessly: "Seriously, that old man beat me to it. Ancient world monarchs, huh? I'd like to see what they're made of too."

Before the newly appeared eighteen monarchs could adjust their stances, a song rang out across the battlefield.

Upon hearing Uta's singing, Hera, with her Observation Haki, sensed Uta's intent. The pristine ability manifested above the battlefield, spatial power combining with Uta's singing.

Seeing this, Perona sent the canopy of her parasol flying, and the Mirror World revealed itself on this battlefield once more.

Before they could react, the space containing the nineteen was torn apart by the trio's joint effort into nineteen isolated spatial pockets.

Uta's singing turned into invisible shackles, severing the connections between their auras, while Hera's ability continuously layered the space.

Finally, combining Perona's Mirror World with the ability, they created nineteen independent 'Mirror Spaces'.

Uta said directly, "I don't know what kind of ultimate move they might have if they join forces, but as long as we isolate their auras, any trump card they have will be useless."

Hera nodded in appreciation: "Well done, Uta."

The auras of the isolated monarchs began to wane further, lacking the domineering presence they had when they first split off, and their presence seemed to dissipate further with time.

Several cracks opened in front of the Allied Forces' powerhouses. Without hesitation, Whitebeard and the others stepped into the cracks, each finding their respective opponents.

Before entering a crack, Bullet snorted: "Hmph! Meddlesome. I could have taken them all on by myself. Since it's like this, remember to pick the toughest one for me."

Hera quickly replied: "Yes, yes, you're the strongest. Get in there."

However, she still assigned the one with the strongest aura to Bullet. To avoid any accidents, she also secretly sent clones into each space, ready to swap people out at any moment.

Seeing that sixteen of her side had entered, with three opponents left, excluding Hera, there were two others. Beckman took a puff of his cigar, just about to step forward.

Other members of the Argo approached Hera, looking at the remaining two enemies with eagerness.

Hera looked at her companions: "If you all want to give it a try, then I'll leave the remaining two to you."

Ain and Kuina exchanged a glance and nodded. Since that was the case, as the first two to join the ship, they decided to team up to take down one ancient monarch together.

On the other side, excluding Hancock who was dueling Saint Garling, and Perona and Uta who had to maintain the barrier, Reiju, Theseus, Nami, Carrot, and Yamato entered another mirror space.

Yamato, who considered herself the strongest among the crew, said to Hera before entering:

"Don't worry, Captain, I'll protect your crew. But when we get out, as a reward, can you let me have that transformation ability they have?"

Hera was a bit speechless but still took out Yoshino's Zero Crystal and said: "Don't worry, I've already prepared it for you. We'll talk when you get back."

Seeing the Zero Crystal in Hera's hand, Yamato said excitedly: "Leave it to me, just watch." With that, she charged into the barrier, club in hand.

After sending everyone into the battlefield, Hera left a few of her ability clones outside to help Perona and Uta maintain the divided space, then entered the battlefield where Imu's Main Body was.

"Lunarian, this is your true form, and your strongest body, right, Saint Nerona Imu?"

Imu looked at Hera before him. He didn't quite understand; the sea had been calm just a few days ago, so how had it suddenly turned into a situation he couldn't comprehend?

The previous battle with the four and the act of splitting off the other monarchs had left Imu in a state far from his prime; the flames burning behind him were listless.

Watching the approaching Hera, he lost his original confidence, panting heavily, and suddenly said: "Hiss, can we reach a truce?"

Hera was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled with a sense of relief. She clenched her right hand, and 'saikū' appeared in her grip as she said:

"At this moment, Lord Imu, you aren't joking, are you?"

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