Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's figure turned into a golden light and shot up into the sky, directly breaking through the earth and appearing in the sky.
The few remaining puppets on the land seemed to have noticed something and raised their heads to look up at the sky. However, at this moment, a cutting machine fell from the sky without warning and hit the ground in an instant.
The terrifying blade light instantly enveloped all the puppets, then sank into the earth and disappeared without a trace.
“Bang—”
A muffled sound rang out in the night sky, like a muffled thunder in spring. The slash released by Tsugikuni Yoshiichi caused the entire Red Earth Continent to shake violently. Even the people living in the Sabaody Archipelago could clearly feel the tremor.
After breaking into the underground palace, Yuichiro Tsugikoshi hovered in the air, and the warning in his heart disappeared without a trace at this moment.
After leaving the underground palace, the sense of danger and oppression disappeared, which made Jiguo Yuanyi breathe a sigh of relief.
Although he didn't know what means Im used, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi did feel a strong sense of crisis in the underground palace before.
It had been years since Tsugikuni Yoriichi had felt a sense of crisis like this. Even when facing the powerful Joy Boy Canque, Yoriichi had never felt this way before.
"That ability. Is it her devil fruit ability?"
"Gray body fluids that smell strongly of the sea. It's probably not pleasant to be stained with that kind of stuff."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi thought to himself, and he also had some guesses about Im's abilities. There are many different Devil Fruit abilities in this world, and there are even those that can make other Devil Fruit abilities ineffective.
The smell of the gray liquid flowing out of the Im worm is very similar to the fishy smell of the sea. This should not be a coincidence.
Perhaps that gray body fluid has a similar effect to sea water, and for someone with special abilities like him, he has to be on guard against it.
In fact, Yuichiro Tsugakuni himself does not have any obvious weaknesses. The side effects of the devil fruit may be Yuichiro Tsugakuni's biggest weakness.
However, on the other hand, the increased strength that the devil fruit brings to Yoriichi Tsugikuni can more or less make up for this weakness.
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni has long since adapted to his identity as a person with special abilities, so when he fights with others, he will pay special attention to the enemy's methods in this regard.
Seastone, which can restrain people with special abilities, does not pose any threat in the eyes of Yoriichi Tsugakuni. It is not easy for an enemy who fights him head-on to touch Yoriichi Tsugakuni's body with seastone.
And for some unknown reason, Tsugumi Yoshiichi's resistance to seastone is much stronger than that of ordinary ability users. Other ability users will become weak all over and completely lose their combat ability after touching seastone, but when it acts on Tsugumi Yoshiichi, it will only weaken and suppress Tsugumi Yoshiichi's strength, allowing him to only exert 50% of his own strength.
There is an upper limit to the effect that seastone can have on users with special abilities. This upper limit is more than enough for ordinary users with special abilities, enough to cover the upper limit of the users themselves. However, in front of Jigoku Yoshiichi, this level of restriction is far from enough.
Compared to seastone, sea water poses a greater threat to Tsugumi Yoriichi.
The "property" of a landlubber of a person with special abilities will not be changed by the strength of Yoriichi Tsugakuni. If the liquid released from Im's body really has an effect similar to seawater, the danger will increase sharply if Yoriichi Tsugakuni, who is wrapped in that liquid, continues to fight with Im.
Unless it is absolutely necessary, Tsugikuni Yoriichi will not put himself in such danger.
The slash landed with a loud bang, directly splitting the red earth continent and penetrating the entire underground palace. In Tsugumi Yoshiichi's perception, he could clearly feel that his output had passed through Im's body, but the strange thing was that the split red earth continent seemed to be a living creature, and it re-filled the huge crack created by Tsugumi Yoshiichi's slash.
The land simply couldn't "heal" on its own. The only person who could do this was Im. She had somehow merged with the earth, allowing Im's aura to permeate the entire holy land. Meanwhile, Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash seemed to have lost its effect on Im.
"." Hovering in the air, Jiguo Yuanyi observed the scene on the ground with a serious expression. After casually dealing with the remaining powerful puppets, his attention was all focused on Im.
This form of the enemy seems to be immune to his slashing attacks, and the principle of this immunity is different from that of the previous Five Elders who possessed super-fast regeneration abilities.
The reason why the Five Elders are immune to Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash is more due to their "recovery". When Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash falls on them, it can cause real damage, but their strong recovery ability makes it impossible for Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash to pose a fatal threat to the Five Elders.
The existence of pure gold also completely eliminates the Five Elders' recovery ability, which is also the fundamental means for Tsugakuni Yoshiichi to kill the Five Elders.
But now Im's current state seems to be somewhat different from the Five Elder Stars. Her aura has merged with the earth. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's slash seems to have hit her, but it also seems that it did not fall on her body.
This method of immunity to slashing is somewhat similar to that of natural-type ability users, except that natural-type ability users need to actively elementalize and predict in advance when facing domineering, but Im's current form does not seem to require that.
Recalling the scene when Im transformed into a long worm and seeped into the ground, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi also felt that something was wrong.
It’s not that he is worried that he won’t be able to defeat Im. There is an essential gap between Im’s domineering power and Tsugumi Yoriichi’s. If other means are not considered, Im has no way to defeat Tsugumi Yoriichi.
but
What is most difficult for Yuichiro Tsugikuni now is that Im has no intention of fighting him head-on. If the other party intends to avoid fighting, Yuichiro Tsugikuni really has no way to cause any substantial harm to Im.
Gently stroking the pure gold ring on his hand, Ji Guoyuan, with the mentality of giving it a try, slowly descended from the air and landed back on the ground.
“Pah—”
The moment his feet touched the ground, a slight sound caught Tsujikuni Yoriichi's attention.
The originally dry ground began to seep out an unknown liquid the moment Yoshiichi Tsugikuni landed. Looking up at the battlefield, Yoshiichi found that the battlefield had become muddy. An unknown liquid was seeping out of the entire battlefield, and the smell of the sea was spreading over the holy land.
Not only that, a thin layer of mist began to condense on the ground. In just a few breaths, this cloud of mist had spread out over ten meters in all directions.
“Hmm?!”
This kind of scene was not the first time he had seen it. When Yoriichi Tsugikuni first set foot on the holy land, the enemy had used similar tactics.
Moreover, that time, this strange water mist also blocked the fire attack that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi intended to destroy the entire holy land.
After thinking for a moment, a ball of golden fire ignited at the fingertips of Tsugikuni Yoshiichi. With a snap of his fingers, the ball of golden fire directly sank into the water mist in the distance.
"laugh--"
"boom!!!!!"
The golden flame sank into the water mist like water dropping into oil. After a loud bang, the golden flame exploded directly, causing a terrifying explosion.
However, the flames that spread from the explosion were quickly submerged by water vapor and soon disappeared without a trace.
That ball of water mist seemed to have some power that could suppress Ji Guoyuan's golden flame.
This discovery also made Ji Guoyuan jump back lightly, quickly widening the distance between himself and the group.
However, as Ji Guoyuan flew back, a ring fell silently on the muddy ground.
Ji Guoyuan flew back more than ten meters and waved the long sword in his hand, then he inserted it into the ground with his backhand.
He quickly drew out his long sword and glanced at the ground seemingly casually.
After the long worm body of Im's incarnation sank into the red earth continent, this land seemed to have some special ability, and the soil on the ground could fill the potholes and gullies by itself.
In Tsugumi Yoshikazu's opinion, this must be the land protecting something, and the target of protection is either the land itself or something buried under the land.
Yunyi guessed that there was no way for Im to become one with this land. There must be a core with some kind of driving power under the ground.
If my guess is correct, if we can find the core that drives the earth, we should be able to truly kill Im.
but
The protection of the soil layer and the aura of Imna that permeated the entire holy land made it impossible for Yoshiichi Tsugikuni to find the real core.
Throwing down the ring inlaid with pure gold casually, Jiguo Yuanyi also wanted to see if pure gold could suppress the earth's ability to recover on its own.
At the feet of Tsugakuya Yoshiichi, the long sword left a shallow knife mark after being pulled out. Although the knife mark was shallow, what made Tsugakuya Yoshiichi happy was that the surrounding soil did not quickly fill the gap.
Is it because Yimu didn't use his ability? Or is it that the existence of pure gold suppressed some kind of power in this land?
At this moment, Yuichiro Tsuchikuni had no way of knowing the exact answer, but what was happening before his eyes was enough to drive Yuichiro Tsuchikuni to take the next step.
Regardless of whether pure gold really has any effect on this land, there is one thing that Yuichiro Tsugakuin can be sure of, and that is that he only has one chance to defeat his opponent.
If Im discovered that the earth had lost its ability to heal itself, she would probably flee immediately. Im possessed some kind of power that allowed her to merge with the earth. If he really intended to escape, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi would really have no way of finding him on this vast red earth continent.
Moreover, if Im knew that his ability had failed, the other party would probably try every means to find out the reason. If the effect of pure gold was exposed, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi would have no more means to deal with Im.
Because of this, Jigoku Yoshiichi will become extremely cautious about his next move.
The gray mist that appeared on the battlefield began to spread. The mist spread very quickly. It was more than ten meters away from Yuichiro Tsugakuin, and it took only a few seconds for the mist to reach Yuichiro Tsugakuin.
The cloud of water mist released by Im seemed to want to wrap up Yuichiro Tsugakuin. Faced with the water mist that was rapidly expanding towards him, Yuichiro Tsugakuin did not choose to resist it head-on.
With his wings spread out behind him, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's figure also retreated rapidly.
Tsugikoku Yuichi did not choose to take off quickly. He wanted to see with his own eyes the limit of the horizontal expansion of this cloud of water mist.
At the same time, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi no longer attacked blindly. He was observing the opponent's abilities and planning an attack.
The next strike must either not be made, or when it is made, it must not give Im any chance.
As Ji Guoyuanyi's figure quickly retreated, the water mist quickly spread around. Soon it covered the entire area where Pangu City was originally located, a full hundred miles. The large coverage area made Ji Guoyuanyi quite frightened, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.
The larger the coverage area of Im's ability, the wider the possible hiding places of the opponent.
If Tsugikuni Yoshiichi wants to kill with one strike, the larger the range his next strike needs to cover.
Baili
This area is still within the coverage of Jiguo Yuanyi's attack!
Yoshiichirō's retreat speed became faster and faster, while the spreading speed of the water mist slowed down. After Yoshiichirō Tsugakuni flew over three hundred miles, the water mist created by Im reached its limit and there was no way to further pursue Yoshiichirō Tsugakuni.
As Jiguo Yuanyi paused for a moment and turned around, he found that the entire holy land was now shrouded in the water mist created by Im.
The Celestial Dragon town, which should have been brightly lit, was now dark and shrouded in darkness.
The bright moonlight poured down, but it was unable to penetrate the layer of mist, plunging the entire holy land into darkness and deathly silence, without any sign of life.
“.”
Ji Guoyuanyi pondered for a moment, spread his wings behind him, soared up, and returned to the air, looking down at the darkness below. Ji Guoyuanyi raised the long sword in his right hand lightly, and terrifying domineering aura also gathered on the long sword.
The cloud of water mist created by Im can cover the entire holy land, which also means that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's next attack needs to "take care" of every inch of land in the holy land. The attack range must not only be wide enough, but also strong enough. Penetrating three feet into the ground is far from enough.
Taking a deep breath, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi also began to accumulate strength.
In the thick fog below, a huge insect-like figure was rolling in the fog. The next moment, countless flesh whips broke through the fog and shot towards Ji Guoyuan in the air.
Apparently, that worm is Im's true form?!
However, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was not moved at all. He just waved his hand and scattered a golden flame for you to resist, while the long sword in his hand was still hanging high, accumulating strength.
Could that insect shadow be Im's true form?!
Although the aura was the same as Im's, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni knew that it was just a cover to attract attacks. It would not be a problem for Im to create as many of those things as he wanted.
What he had to do was to raze the entire holy land to the ground, kill all creatures above and below the holy land, and not give Im any chance!
"Sunny!"
As Tsugikuni Yoshiichi murmured softly, the long sword in his hand also slashed down. At this moment, the dark night sky was as bright as day. Not only the holy land, its light instantly illuminated thousands of miles, even as far away as the Marine Headquarters, it became daytime at this moment.
When the blade fell, it penetrated the sky and the earth!
(End of this chapter)
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