"I define—"
The dark red Haki light on the blade of the gryphon in his hand surged, as if it had transformed into a new, dark red sun!
"Your 'immortality', before this blade—"
"Invalid!"
Before his voice had even faded!
Shanks, his figure having merged with the laws of space, had already vanished from where he stood!
The next instant—
A heaven-shaking sword aura, composed purely of dark red Conqueror's Haki—which had been extremely compressed and condensed with all of Shanks's will and conviction, and which seemed to sever causality, cut off fate, and transcend the shackles of time and space—appeared without warning, ignoring all obstacles of physical distance and energy barriers. It was like fate itself, like a direct manifestation of the world's laws, appearing directly in front of Satan Saint's massive, mountain-like spider body, which was covered in hard carapaces and countless compound eyes!
This strike was faster than reaction, and more profound than understanding!
It did not aim for Satan Saint's vital flesh, nor did it attack his energy core.
Its target was that invisible rule link itself—the one connecting Satan Saint's "existence" to the power of Imu's "national treasure," and the one supporting his "immortality"!
Shinobi: Sever Fate!
This was the sword strike that Shanks had unleashed with his lifelong mastery of the sword, his peak Haoshoku, his insight into the truth of the world, and his absolute conviction to break his shackles—a strike that surpassed all previous "Divine Departure," a sword that cuts off the fate of "immortality"!
"Shinobi: Sever Fate!"
That dark red sword aura, like the first ray of dawn piercing through the eternally silent night, and like a peerless edge cutting through the river of fate, carried Shanks's unquestionable, extremely resolute will and conviction. Once again, silently yet swift as light, it swept past Satan Saint's mountain-like spider body, which now appeared somewhat sluggish due to previous injuries and loss of balance!
This time, the target of the sword aura remained the node connecting to the "immortality" rule, but it also precisely captured the extremely subtle stagnation in energy circulation and the fluctuations in the rule link that Satan Saint had developed due to his injured body and wavering will!
"Sss-rip—!!! Crack!!!!!"
Two terrifying sounds that made one's scalp tingle and seemed to scrape against the soul almost overlapped as they exploded over the battlefield!
It was the sound of an ancient carapace, tough enough to withstand Admiral-level attacks, being forcibly torn and shattered! It was the dull thud of the internal structures of the spider legs—which supported his massive body and contained terrifying power—being severed and collapsing!
The dark red sword aura flashed and vanished.
Satan Saint's hideous giant spider legs—of which six remained after the first "Divine Departure"—had two more severed right along the trajectory where the sword aura had swept past!
"Pfft—!!!!"
An ominous liquid, black as ink, viscous as crude oil, and exuding a pungent scent of sulfur and decay, erupted madly and uncontrollably from the mirror-smooth severed cross-sections of the two legs, like a hellish fountain that had been suppressed for ten thousand years! It traced two filthy parabolas in the air, raining down upon the earth, corroding and polluting everything it touched!
"Ugh aaaaaah—!!!"
Satan Saint's hideous head, fused with countless compound eyes, jerked backward, letting out a heart-wrenching, shrill screech that mixed extreme pain, rage, and a trace of horror that even he himself had not anticipated!
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