"Damn ability."
"Damn Benedict."
"Cannot let this continue."
"My ability, I must reclaim my ability."
Within the red ocean world.
The Tree Spirit's enraged voice echoed incessantly.
Filled with helplessness and unwillingness.
Simultaneously, hidden in a corner, the original demons, restrained by Ryokugyu, felt immense panic.
Before they could make any moves or have any thoughts, spatial rifts were torn open, and branches emerged from them, coiling around these original demons.
Besides these branches, there was also a red mist.
Wherever the mist passed, devil fruit users, including the sea monkeys, lost control.
Then, came the process of demonic metamorphosis.
The speed was astonishing, far exceeding the rate at which Ryokugyu summoned the original demons.
As soon as these original demons appeared, before they could even soar in the outside world, they were immediately ensnared by branches, their abilities and life force then stripped away.
More and more demons had their power drained by the Tree Spirit, and within the red ocean world, the Tree Spirit's strength grew increasingly formidable.
As energy was unleashed, the red ocean within this world rapidly diminished.
In some places, due to the consumption of the red ocean, a portion of its true form began to reveal itself.
Rotten bones were piled up haphazardly.
This was a crimson ocean formed from the gathered blood of countless lives.
This was a demon, specially cultivated to control original demons.
Now, as it reclaimed various powers, it meant it would become even stronger.
Ryokugyu, who was capturing devil fruit users in some corner of the world.
At this moment, felt a surge of panic within his heart.
Because branches emerging from the void repeatedly attacked him.
Concurrently, a voice incessantly echoed in his mind.
"My power, return."
...
Future Kingdom.
Benedict had successfully captured Sengoku and stripped him of his devil fruit ability.
After handing Sengoku over to Garp, Benedict ascended to the void.
At this time, Li Chungang and the others were more heavily injured and looked even more disheveled.
Conversely, Im remained powerful, his wounds having largely healed.
Aside from appearing disheveled, that was all.
"It's enough."
"You are not enough to kill him!"
Benedict stood before Im, telling Li Chungang and the others to retreat.
Seeing this, Li Chungang and the others felt a sense of regret.
But they also understood the gravity of the situation. After this battle, they had consumed a significant amount of Senzu beans, and each of them had almost lost several lives.
Continuing to deplete their Senzu beans caused them great distress.
As Li Chungang and the others withdrew, Benedict looked at Im and said with a smile, "After fighting for so long, how does it feel?"
"Isn't it humiliating?"
"If it were me, I would have smashed my head against a wall long ago."
Im's face instantly darkened upon hearing Benedict's words, his cheeks twitching.
What kind of talk was that?
It was as if it was directly hurting his heart, stinging!
"What?"
"Are you angry?"
"You can't even take down a handful of my subordinates, yet you claim to be a god?"
"The title of God must be relinquished."
"One realm is enough to have one supreme god."
Seeing Im's gloomy expression, Benedict mocked him with amusement.
Benedict no longer feared Im at all.
It was difficult for Im to kill him.
Unless the Tree Spirit and Im joined forces, or there were even more enemies with power comparable to Im.
However, even if he were killed, he would not truly die.
Compared to Im, who had lived for hundreds of years due to the so-called immortality of the Five Elders.
Benedict believed that what he possessed was true immortality.
"Benedict."
"I admit you are very strong."
"But you must also understand that when a person is pushed to a dead end, it becomes a fight to the death."
"I don't know how you came to the Future Kingdom."
"Just because it's gone here, doesn't mean you have the power to overthrow my rule."
"The secrets of this world are more terrifying than you can imagine."
A dangerous aura emanated from Im, and as this aura was released, a layer of water armor appeared on Im's body.
The water armor emerged from Im's body.
Then, the water armor expanded under Benedict's gaze, and a more terrifying energy radiated from Im.
Until the water armor shattered, Im's aura reached its peak.
This was a power that even made Benedict frown.
"Fight to the death?"
Benedict murmured, then issued a command to Yaso and the others, saying, "All retreat."
With his words, Benedict also unleashed his aura.
Eight Inner Gates, Open!
The Gate of Life, Open!
...
The Gate of Death, Open!
Benedict unleashed his power to its utmost limit.
Concurrently, Yaso and everyone else who received the order returned to the floating island, and under Yaso's control, they moved away from the Future Kingdom, exiting the extreme evil land.
Whoosh!
Im was naturally unwilling to let the super-strong Xuanwu Navy members like Yaso leave.
With a raise of his hand, his ability activated.
A fierce storm descended, and Im transformed into rain and disappeared.
Benedict's gaze swept across, and the next moment, he instantly appeared above the floating island.
Im's target was Yaso.
If Yaso was killed, and the Piao Piao Fruit lost its effect, the floating island would fall.
It would not be so easy for Li Chungang and the others to leave the extreme evil land with ease.
As long as they were held back, or even scattered, they could be hunted down one by one.
Benedict's figure instantly appeared above Yaso, unleashing a sweeping kick.
Im, who had just gathered in the rain, was intercepted by Benedict before he could successfully launch a sneak attack.
"Assassination?"
"Did you forget about me?"
Benedict delivered a kick, looking at Im, who blocked his attack, and said lightly.
Im seemed not to hear, his form vanishing.
When he reappeared, he was attempting to sneak attack Baki.
However, Benedict reappeared once again, intercepting him.
Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Li Chungang, Fujitora Issho, and several others successively became Im's random targets.
But they were all intercepted by Benedict.
"Begone!"
Benedict predicted again, delivering another kick.
This time, Benedict unleashed nearly ten-tenths of his strength.
Im could no longer block and disappear as he had before.
This was because Benedict's attack speed was extremely fast and dangerous.
In one second, he launched hundreds of moves, forcing Im to counterattack and defend with all his might.
Roars exploded with their battle.
The sounds were like rolling thunder, continuously booming.
Even more terrifying was the suffocating aura.
Yaso and the others dared not slacken in the slightest, remaining fully vigilant.
Im's sneak attack just now, although Benedict had blocked it for them.
Even so, the collision of energy impacted them, causing them to be directly heavily wounded.
If they were to take a direct hit, it would be fatal.