One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates.

Chapter 548 They'll be anxious!

Rumble rumble rumble...

A terrifying roar descended from the sky like the wrath of a god, and the three-colored spear unleashed a terrifying aura, thrusting towards Im with supreme power.

Seeing Luffy use his elemental powers to attack him again, Im's devilish lips curled up wildly, revealing a set of sharp fangs.

"It's no use!!! You're not the real him, your attacks won't hurt me at all!!!"

Im laughed wildly.

But it must be said that he does have the qualifications.

Having lurked for many years since his ancestors, he finally came into contact with the Sun Crystal and had long planned what kind of wish and power he would make before it.

Haki? Devil Fruit power? Natural elements?

All of this was within his control.

It can be said that apart from the Nika Fruit, which is imbued with powerful willpower, nothing in this world can harm him.

He was initially afraid of Luffy's Nika power and dared not confront Luffy directly until the World Government was forced into a corner, at which point he had no choice but to show himself.

What Im didn't expect was...

Luffy's Nikka form is completely different from the Joy Boy he remembers!

His power did not achieve true "freedom"; the power he used was still within his own control!

At least……

This is what Im thought at that moment!

Facing the overwhelming elemental spear, Im showed no fear. Instead, he stretched out a demonic claw covered in scales and reached forward, ready to show Luffy what true despair was!

However, the next second...

Pfft!!!

The blazing elemental spear, upon touching Im's palm, pierced through him without hesitation and then plunged into his shoulder.

boom!!!!!

The elemental spear, imbued with terrifying power, suddenly exploded at this moment, unleashing a deafening roar. The surging thunder, scorching flames, and chilling frost—the three elemental forces—as if preordained, split into three and spread outwards from Im's body.

"How is that possible!?"

Imna's eyes, which resembled the eyes of Samsara, suddenly narrowed, and the next moment, endless pain surged from his entire body.

"Ugh!!!"

The intense pain caused Im, who had not been injured for over eight hundred years, to let out a terrible scream.

"Lord Im!!!"

Saints Nasshoulang and Vochuri, drawn by Im's cry, turned their heads sharply.

Stop fooling around!

They're waiting for Lord Im to take down the Straw Hat Pirates and then come to their aid!

What happened? Suddenly, a scream from Lord Im rang out!

In an instant, Nasu and Sei felt utterly hopeless.

No way, are they really going to die here today?!

……

……

Something is wrong!

Something's nine out of ten wrong!

Im once imagined that Luffy would inherit Joy Boy's power and have the ability to break through his defenses.

He had made preparations for this long ago.

After all, he didn't just sit around doing nothing for eight hundred years.

Im never expected that Luffy would still be able to hurt him even when Nika's power was insufficient.

"Why did your attack hurt me?"

Paralyzed by the lightning, Im stiffly uttered an incredulous sound.

The unknown is the root of fear.

He couldn't understand why he, who was already invincible, would still be injured by lightning.

"It's very simple~"

Just then, Luffy's voice pierced through the smoke of the explosion and echoed in Im's ears.

"Because my power doesn't come from this world at all!!!"

Sizzle!

A dazzling bolt of lightning suddenly pierced through the billowing dust, and Luffy's powerful fist emerged from the dust and slammed into Im once again.

Having suffered the triple attack of paralysis and freezing, Im had no time to dodge and took another solid hit from Luffy's lightning punch. Even with his hundreds-of-meters-tall demonic body, he couldn't help but hunch over under Luffy's punch.

"Is that all you've got?!"

slap~

Using his fist as an anchor point and his rubber powers to catch up with Luffy, who was chasing after him, a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

Because Red kept emphasizing Im's strength, Luffy always maintained a high level of vigilance and caution towards Im.

In fact, Im's abilities are indeed quite abnormal.

Ineffective domineering aura, ineffective impact, an infinitely regenerative physical body, and immunity to all elemental and natural forces!

It can be said that, apart from Nika's power, which is the same as Joy Boy's and unleashes the power he controls, no one else in the entire pirate world has the ability to confront him head-on.

Therefore, in the original timeline, only Luffy could be Im's opponent.

However, nowadays, the Pokémon energy from another dimension is completely outside the domain of Im's control.

In the face of Luffy, or rather the Straw Hat Pirates, Im's power of command has no room to be exerted.

"Damn ants!!!"

Im, who had just been struck again, looked ferocious. His demonic wings suddenly opened wide, and dark lightning flashed, tearing through the void.

"Don't think you can get away with this just because you can hurt me!!!"

boom!!!

The injured Im suddenly let out a loud shout.

He was once a leading figure among the twenty royal families. Although his combat strength wasn't as monstrous as Joy Boy's, he was definitely not weak!

Suddenly, three natural elements—blazing flames, roaring thunder, and freezing ice—bloomed on the joints of the demon wings.

Im, who can command nature, can also use the power of nature to fight.

This attack was Im's counterattack against Luffy's Elemental Spear.

Swoosh!

Three beams of energy suddenly shot out, pouring endless energy onto Luffy's massive body.

In the blink of an eye, Luffy's massive body was engulfed by a storm of energy of various colors.

Upon seeing this, a cold smile suddenly appeared on Im's lips.

The power of the elements is not Luffy's domain!

He who can rule over nature is the true master of this world!

Just as Im was gloating over his attack, Luffy's calm voice suddenly rang out from the center of the elemental storm.

"Rubber, rubber... Light Wall Barrier!!!"

Swish!

Suddenly, a semi-transparent energy light brick, resembling a mirror, appeared at the center of the storm. As the storm spun, it gained magical extensibility, and in the blink of an eye, it built a high wall within the energy storm.

From behind the wall of light, a figure suddenly flashed.

Suddenly, a burst of fire shot up and soared into the sky.

The light wall dissipated, and surging flames rushed out in all directions, completely neutralizing Im's elemental attacks.

Where the starship was torn apart by the elemental storm, Luffy was nowhere to be seen.

Im's pupils contracted, and he suddenly looked up at the sky.

Suddenly, Luffy's body transformed into a giant rocket, soaring into the atmosphere and looking down at Im.

With Im's exceptional eyesight, he could even see the bright smile on Luffy's lips.

For some reason, a bad feeling suddenly arose in Im's heart.

Just as he was on guard against what powerful move Luffy would use next, he saw the rocket formed from Luffy's lower body once again spew out a bright flame, as if setting the sky on fire, turning the entire world red.

Under Im's astonished gaze, Luffy spread his arms and suddenly they transformed into two airplane wings.

He was like a child playing with a paraglider, laughing and enjoying the thrill of high speed and high altitude while aiming at Im's body.

bake!!!

Propelled by the flames, Luffy quickly arrived directly above Im.

Im looked up sharply, and just as he was wondering about Luffy's actions, he saw Luffy's wings turn into arms again, and suddenly extend, grabbing at his own Devil Wings.

"You damned ant, what are you doing?!"

Im roared in a stern voice.

But Luffy, who was already having too much fun, didn't care about any of that. He used both hands to lift Im's huge body up.

bake!!!

The rocket's tail fins fired again, propelling Luffy's body rapidly upwards.

"asshole!!!"

Enraged, Im once again gathered immense lightning power around him and relentlessly blasted it towards Luffy.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to his excessive anger, or perhaps because eight hundred years had dulled his mind, he had forgotten...

Users of the Nika Fruit are least afraid of lightning attacks!

With a piercing whooshing sound and a red arc streaking across the sky, Luffy, carrying Im, broke through the atmosphere and flew towards outer space.

"Lord Im!!!"

As they watched Im disappear into the horizon, the light in the eyes of Nasujuro and Vochuri, who were being relentlessly pursued by Zoro, vanished completely.

"This is bad! Nasujuro Sei! Quickly contact Aokiji and ask why they haven't arrived yet!?"

Having already experienced the power of the God-Slaying Sword, Sacred Worch of Vochuli barely dodged one of Zoro's slashes, and hurriedly shouted loudly to the bald man beside him.

"I see!!!"

Taking advantage of the brief moment that Zoro and Vorchisa were entangled, Nasujuro quickly pulled out a special Den Den Mushi from his pocket and pressed the dial button.

The Den Den Mushi rang twice, and then a lazy voice immediately came through.

"Hey? What's wrong, Lord Five Elders?"

"Hmm!?" Nasujiro frowned, feeling inexplicably that Aokiji's tone seemed slightly different from usual.

But seeing that Zoro's attack was forcibly stopped by Vorchuli at the cost of injury, he couldn't care less about anything else and asked directly:

"Where are you now!?"

"Haven't we entered the Pokémon Sea yet!?"

Because Im's starship was moving too fast, the Five Elders did not travel with the World Government's fleet.

But according to the original plan, the fleet should have arrived here by now.

boom!!!

Just then, a distinct cannon shot came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, silencing Nasujuro Sei who was about to say something.

He frowned deeply: "You've encountered the Straw Hat Pirates!?"

“…………”

Aokiji remained silent for a moment before responding faintly:

"Um."

"Don't worry, they're not the Straw Hat Pirates' main force. We'll be on the front lines soon!"

Upon hearing this, Nasujiro's eyes lit up as if he had seen hope again.

"good!"

"Take care of the enemy quickly, we need reinforcements!"

Even the usually arrogant Celestial Dragons, when faced with a life-threatening situation, had no choice but to set aside all their pride and seek help from the lowly mortals they once looked down upon.

Over the past year or so, the navy's medium-to-high-intensity combat capabilities have increased dramatically.

With their support, at least the Five Elders could avoid taking two hits.

They just wouldn't believe it...

Faced with the Navy's massive army and two admiral-level fighters, can Zoro possibly keep fighting?!

Moreover, if Aokiji and the others can hold off that guy Sanji and release Maz and Pit, their subsequent battles will be much easier.

Unfortunately……

The anxious Nasujuro Sei didn't notice the meaningful smile that appeared on the Den Den Mushi's face at the last moment before it hung up.

……

……

at the same time.

The sea area is still some distance from the main battlefield.

Standing atop the head of an ice giant, Aokiji hung up the phone, then abruptly turned and smiled at Fujitora, who was hovering in mid-air, saying:

"Did you hear that?"

"The Five Elders have urged us to get to the battlefield as soon as possible!?"

"The battle here can't drag on any longer!"

"That's true~" Yi Xiao nodded calmly with a blank expression.

The next moment, he suddenly drew his long sword and released a strange gravitational wave towards the sky.

Half a minute later, a huge fireball suddenly appeared in the distant sky and rushed rapidly toward the sea below.

The sky suddenly tore open, and a meteorite hundreds of meters in diameter, accompanied by roaring flames, broke through the clouds and crashed into the sea.

The meteorite suddenly pressed a huge dent into the sponge, and within that dent, countless warships were swallowed up by the surging waves.

On the warship, the N·CP personnel, dressed in suits and ties, all wore expressions of bewilderment.

They couldn't understand why the navy, which clearly held a dominant position in commanding the fleet, would suddenly launch an attack on them.

Unfortunately, these are things they can only learn in their next life.

He smiled and slowly turned his head away. Even so, he could still feel life continuing, but it seemed that this made him feel a little better.

Don't overthink it, just smile!

At that moment, Aokiji suddenly spoke up:

"They have all been deeply poisoned by the World Government, and are beyond redemption in terms of their physical and mental health and consciousness."

"In this new world, there is no longer any room for them to live."

"This might be a relief for them as well."

"...Mm." She responded softly with a smile, as if accepting Aokiji's comfort.

Aokiji, as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, was quite decisive. He immediately dispersed the frost giants beneath his feet, then looked at the distant battlefield and smiled slightly.

"Well then... now it's full speed ahead, heading straight for the front lines!!!"

"We can't keep the Five Elders waiting too long~"

"They'll be worried!"

(End of this chapter)