NIP Chapter 592: All Beings Tremble in Fear
Chapter 592: All Beings Tremble in Fear
On the high platform, the wind was like a knife.
Im's stand-in is suspended in mid-air.
Her pale face was expressionless. Her hands flew through the air, dark shadows swirling at her fingertips. A black magic circle, tens of meters in diameter, was taking shape. She was going to smash that troublesome black dragon below into a pulp with a single slap.
The wind suddenly stopped.
A cry of an eagle crashed down from above the clouds.
Clear, sharp, and with a dull pain that pierced to the bone. This sound was unreasonable, disregarding any physical barriers, and directly pierced the soul of everyone on the battlefield.
The stand-in suddenly looked up.
Those deep black eyes stared at the sky.
The thick, lead-gray clouds were scalded through. A gigantic hole opened. A beam of golden light poured down from the hole, carrying ancient divine power, like a divine punishment.
The entire city of Elbaf was illuminated.
The white-clad stand-in on the high platform was also illuminated.
The moment the golden light was clearly seen, the coldness on the stand-in's face shattered.
That doll-like face began to contort. Like wax baked by fire, its features became displaced. Something squeezed into its empty eye sockets.
It's fear.
"Click."
A crisp sound.
The magic circle that was almost complete in her palm went out of control. The violent shadow elements dissipated under the golden light. The magic circle shattered like a mirror struck by a hammer, turning into countless black fragments that scattered and flew into the wind.
The substitute couldn't afford the backlash.
Her body, which had been hanging there, slammed onto the table with a thud.
Step back.
Her footsteps were erratic and disordered. Her sharp high heels clattered on the stone slabs.
"Bang. Bang. Bang."
The stone slabs were trampled to pieces. Debris flew everywhere.
She retreated all the way to the edge of the platform. Her back slammed hard against a broken pillar.
The stand-in raised his pale arm.
His fingers pointed straight at the hole in the sky. His entire arm trembled violently. His nails dug into his palms. No blood flowed.
She opened her mouth.
A scream escaped his throat.
"impossible!"
The voice had lost its former coldness and authority. It was shrill, piercing, and cracking. Like a madwoman cornered against a wall.
"Not only has Vidvernir been resurrected, but he's also found a host?!"
The shattered scream was carried far away by the wind.
Like a knife.
They tore apart the composure that this "King of the World" had maintained for eight hundred years.
Hidden within that scream was the nightmare she had been trying to bury day and night.
It was the earliest fear deep within her soul.
Below the platform, a dozen or so members of the Knights of God were still posing.
They are the world government's sharpest assassination blades. Cold-blooded, cruel, and devoid of emotion.
But at this moment, upon hearing the name "Widvernir," everyone froze.
They all turned their heads in unison.
Look out from the high platform.
Look at Lord Im's distorted face.
Look at her stumbling retreat. Look at her arms trembling uncontrollably. Listen to her piercing scream.
That was the supreme deity in their hearts.
He is the one who has trampled this world under his feet for eight hundred years.
Even the gods were terrified.
What exactly is that thing in the sky?
Cold sweat instantly broke out on my forehead.
Sweat streamed down his face, soaking through the leather gloves gripping the sword hilt. His palms were sticky and slippery, making it hard to hold the sword.
Several of the strongest members instinctively unleashed their Observation Haki.
I want to explore the sky.
The domineering aura had just left his body.
"boom."
An indescribable, terrifying pressure crashed down from the sky, like a mountain.
Pure, domineering, and disregarding everyone.
The Knights' Observation Haki became as fragile as paper under this oppressive force.
Broken.
"what!"
Several people screamed at the same time.
It felt like a red-hot steel needle had stabbed my brain. My vision went black.
All members of the Knights of God remained rooted to the spot.
My legs felt like they were filled with lead. My muscles were spasming.
No one dared to make a move.
They didn't even dare to breathe heavily. They were afraid that the slightest sound would attract the attention of some monster in the sky.
The wind howled in the sky.
The black dragon, Loki, still hovered above the battlefield. Its body blotted out the sky. Its tail swept across, shredding the nightmare monsters on the ground. It opened its blood-red maw, and dark red dragon breath churned deep within its throat. It intended to incinerate all the enemies below into ashes in one breath.
The cry of an eagle pierced through the clouds.
Loki stopped moving.
The massive body came to an abrupt halt in mid-air.
It sensed it.
That aura was etched into its very bones. It was its nemesis. It was the midnight sun, the storm. It was the mortal enemy it longed to tear apart day and night while it slept beneath the World Tree.
It no longer wanted the nightmare monsters on the ground.
They're nothing but ants.
The one in the sky is the real deal.
The black dragon suddenly raised its head.
His dark red vertical pupils shrank to the size of two needles.
It held fast to the hole burned through the clouds.
"roar--!"
Loki let out a dragon roar that shook the heavens.
That roar was filled with murderous intent.
The enormous black dragon wings flapped wildly. Each flap stirred up a hurricane in the air. It then spun rapidly in the air, adjusting its posture.
The dark red dragon breath no longer shot downwards.
The fire compressed and compressed again in its mouth.
The temperature around us soared. The air was distorted by the intense heat.
It was ready to meet the enemy.
Luffy, who was standing on the dragon's head, slipped and fell when the sudden stop caused him to fall.
Inertia dragged him backward.
He slipped and slid along the black dragon's hard scales.
"Wow!"
Luffy screamed in agony.
The reaction was quick. He stretched out his hands and gripped Loki's two thick, black horns on his head with his fingers.
Two sparks flew from the friction of his legs against the dragon scales.
We've finally stabilized.
Luffy wasn't afraid.
He felt the oppressive force from the sky, growing closer and heavier.
"Thump. Thump. Thump."
The drums of liberation beat wildly in his heart.
The more he knocked, the more urgent it became.
Without saying a word, Luffy immediately opened Nika.
A pure white Armament Haki enveloped his entire body. His black hair turned snow-white. The white hair danced wildly in the wind like flames. His clothes also turned white. His whole being seemed to have broken free from something.
He gripped the scales, braving the wind pressure, and looked up.
Looking at that huge hole in the clouds.
A super bright smile spread across his face.
The kind of excitement.
"Hey! Loki!"
Luffy turned around and roared at the black dragon beneath his feet.
The sound remained clear even in the wind and the roar of a dragon.
"Are there even stronger guys coming from above?!"
His eyes blazed with fighting spirit. He completely disregarded the oppressive aura that made everyone tremble.
"That sounds like a big guy! I can help you beat him up!"
Luffy swung his fist.
The freedom granted by the Nika Fruit made him want to challenge any strong opponent.
The ruins on the east side of the battlefield.
The air pressure is so low that water can be squeezed out.
Red-haired Shanks is locked in a fierce battle with Shamrock of the Knights of God.
Griffin has been drawn.
Dark red lightning bolts crackled around the blade.
Shamrock gripped his sword with both hands, his body covered in Armament Haki.
The two longswords drew deadly arcs in mid-air. They were about to collide.
Just at the moment the blades were about to make contact.
The ancient pressure from the sky, like an invisible but substantial hammer, crashed down.
"boom."
Large sections of the ice on the ground collapsed.
Shanks and Shamrock both changed their expressions.
It felt like a mountain was pressing down on his shoulders. His forward-moving body was forcefully pushed back by this force.
Shamlock landed on his feet, creating two deep craters in the ground.
His hand holding the sword was trembling.
The blade hummed in the air.
His top-tier Armament Haki, which he was so proud of, seemed like a joke in the face of this oppressive aura.
Shamlock struggled to lift his head.
First, look at the high platform.
I witnessed Lord Im's loss of composure.
Then he fixed his gaze on the sky.
His Adam's apple bobbed. The act of swallowing felt dry, like chewing sand.
"Red hair..."
Shamrock's voice was ethereal.
"Up there... what the hell is that thing up there?"
Shanks isn't much better off.
In the instant he was knocked back, he slammed Griffin into the hard ground with his other hand.
"laugh--"
The blade carved a trench more than ten meters long into the ground.
Sparks flew.
He used this resistance to barely stabilize his sliding body.
He was half-squatting, his right hand gripping the sword hilt tightly.
A bead of sweat slid down his forehead.
The three scars on his face fell onto the frozen ground.
Shanks didn't reply immediately.
Those eyes, which were always smiling, were now frighteningly deep.
He looked up, his gaze piercing through the wind and snow, fixing on the ever-brightening golden hole in the sky.
The Observation Haki went into overdrive and alerted the police.
His intuition told him so.
The thing that's about to come down could easily flatten this island.
"Even your master was so frightened, how would I know?"
Shanks spoke in a deep voice.
The sound wasn't loud, but it clearly reached Shamrock's ears.
He abruptly pulled Griffin out and held it horizontally in front of him again. The dark red Conqueror's Haki exploded once more. He tried to resist this all-pervasive pressure.
"But I bet on it."
Shanks gritted his teeth and uttered each word clearly.
"That's definitely a disaster of the same level as that black dragon above."
The camera pans to the ruins on the outskirts of the battlefield.
This area was originally a blockade zone for the three admirals of the Navy.
They laid a perfect semicircle, cutting off all of Rocks and Whitebeard's escape routes.
But now, that circle has collapsed.
Kizaru stood on a broken large stone slab.
Those signature brown sunglasses had slipped down a bit. Behind the lenses, a pair of eyes that always carried a playful and lazy air widened.
The lewd smile on his face was gone.
What remains is a rare tension.
"This is really... a truly formidable monster is about to make its appearance."
Kizaru lowered his voice and muttered to himself.
His Observation Haki is better than anyone else's.
That force from the sky is simply beyond what humans can withstand.
He didn't hesitate.
Cross your hands in front of your chest.
His entire body transformed into countless dazzling golden photons.
"Whoosh."
The photon left a long, golden tail in the air.
Without turning his head, Kizaru retreated rapidly to the rear of the battlefield.
Extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the safe distance of 500 meters was established.
He stood at the highest point of a ruin some distance away.
They watched the strange changes in the sky with vigilance.
Not far from him, Green Bull looked quite disheveled.
He was manipulating the Forest Fruit. Thick green vines lashed across the ground like giant pythons, ready to strangle his enemies one by one.
That oppressive force descended from the sky.
The moment I touched the vine.
changed.
Those vibrant green vines looked as if they had been drained dry.
In just a few seconds, it turned yellow and withered.
Then it shattered into countless ashes, scattering into the wind.
The absolute power within the oppressive aura directly extinguished the plant's vitality.
Green Bull's face turned pale.
He felt that destructive force was rushing back towards his body along the vines.
"Damn it!"
Green Bull cursed aloud.
It decisively severed the connection with all the vines.
He dared not think about attacking anymore.
He crossed his arms, tightly protecting his head and face.
He curled up slightly, pushing his defense to its limit.
They were afraid of being hit by the aftershocks of that thing in the sky.
On the other hand, Chaton's reaction was equally decisive.
His shabby brown clothes fluttered in the wind.
The wooden clogs underfoot sank into the mud.
He felt the oppressive force that could crush his soul.
Without hesitation.
He gripped the short knife at his waist tightly with his backhand.
"Buzz".
The highest level of Armament Haki exploded from his body without reservation.
A domineering aura, as black as ink, covered his entire body.
Skin, clothes, even the knife, all gleamed with a hard, metallic sheen.
Cha-tun lowered his body as far as he could. His eyes were fixed on the sky like a wolf's.
He abandoned all thoughts of attacking.
All I ask is to survive this storm.
The Navy's top combat force, the three admirals.
Faced with the aura of Vydvernir, they lost the encirclement.
All personnel, highest level of defense.
An eerie silence descended upon the entire Elbaf battlefield.
Only the wind remains.
Only the roar of Loki the Black Dragon remained.
Everyone was put on pause.
Panic is like a plague, creeping from one person's heart to the next.
The oppressive force from the heavens reached its peak.
"Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom."
A series of deafening gas explosions rocked the Elbaf skyline.
It was a hundred times louder than thunder.
The boulders on the ground were shattered into pieces.
The thick clouds were completely torn apart.
A blindingly dark green light was surrounded by rings of white sonic boom clouds.
It charged into everyone's sight with supersonic speed.
Widvernier.
Has come.