The four colossal hands descending from the sky were each several times larger than Vane's complete Susanoo. Their shadows blanketed the earth as they descended with thunderous force.

"Foolish insect! This is the might of the gods!" Im's voice echoed like divine judgment. "I, Im, command the disasters of nature. You are nothing but an ant meant to kneel before divinity! Obey!"

She looked upon the full-bodied Susanoo with scorn. As powerful as Vane had become, she remained confident—her strength far surpassed his.

"You really believe yourself a god?" Vane retorted coldly.

Without hesitation, he directed Susanoo's two massive swords upward. Twin blue arcs of energy surged from the blades, cleaving through the heavens. The terrifying slashes collided with the incoming hands, tearing through them. In an instant, all four hands were split cleanly in half. But Vane wasn't finished—his strike surged even further upward, slicing into the vortex in the sky.

Then, silence.

The slash vanished into the heart of the swirling void. Im's blood-red eyes still loomed above, unflinching.

"So… the vortex consumed it. My slash wasn't wide enough," Vane muttered.

He gripped his blade tightly. That strike hadn't been powerful enough to tear through the entire vortex.

Then he raised his sword again.

Suddenly, a massive thunder pillar descended from the center of the whirlpool, crashing down to shield Im. When Vane's blade clashed with it, the shockwave cracked the sky—but Im stood firm, calm, not even blinking.

She had cleansed history countless times. Whenever a light she disapproved of began to shine, she snuffed it out without hesitation. She rarely moved personally, but when she did—she was untouchable.

"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Singing Technique!"

The perfect Susanoo was capable of unleashing jutsu, and in Vane's hands, it could wield elemental power far beyond human limitations. Fueled by near-unlimited chakra, Vane had no fear of running dry.

From Susanoo's mouth, four massive flame dragons emerged, roaring into the sky. They were larger than Kaido's full dragon form, cloaked in searing fire. The four dragons surged at Im from all directions—above, below, left, and right.

The true terror of this technique wasn't the flames themselves, but the tracking ability. These flame dragons homed in like living missiles, making escape impossible. Unless she met the attack head-on, there was no way to dodge.

"Monsters—both of them!" gasped a Vice Admiral.

Even the upper echelon of the Navy was stunned. These weren't ordinary abilities. They were witnessing divine warfare. Those demonic crimson eyes above... it felt like the abyss itself was watching.

Vane, encased in a towering blue Susanoo, had unleashed an apocalyptic attack. And still, the Marines couldn't comprehend what exactly his power was.

Im's expression never changed.

She raised her right hand toward Vane.

Around her, the sky turned crimson—her own [Overlord's Territory]. Within this domain, she could manipulate everything. It was her divine field.

The four flame dragons surged closer.

Im narrowed her eyes. With a swift motion of her right hand, the space warped, and the dragons were forcibly dragged to her side. Then, another colossal red cloud-formed hand descended, smashing the dragons into oblivion with a thunderous crash.

RUMBLE!!

The impact shook the very world. The heavens howled. Even the earth beneath Mariejois trembled.

Im's right hand lifted slowly, like a queen passing divine judgment. The sound of crackling lightning intensified.

"Taste the thunder of the gods," she declared.

"Thunderstorm!"

At her command, billions of purple thunderbolts rained down. Condensed within the vortex for minutes, now they were unleashed all at once.

It wasn't mere lightning. These bolts were massive—each one thicker than a battleship's mast. Like a torrential storm of divine wrath, they fell. But curiously, none of them struck the ground.

The land below—Im's territory—was untouched. She wouldn't allow Mariejois to be bathed in her own destruction.

Instead, all of the thunderbolts slammed into the perfect Susanoo.

Yet, the Susanoo didn't shatter.

Im frowned. "Why wasn't he torn apart?"

She stood within her [Conqueror's Territory], its repelling field keeping her protected and redirecting the lightning's path around her. None of the storm's fury touched her.

"How strong is his armor?"

But it wasn't about armor.

Susanoo's strength didn't lie in physical durability. It was a construct of immense chakra. So long as Vane had chakra, it would not collapse. In fact—it would only grow stronger.

Im's face shifted for the first time.

Then, something changed in her vision. The Susanoo in front of her flared with a new energy. Its spiritual form swelled.

"Planetary Devastation…"

Within the Susanoo, Vane's hands wove a series of complex seals. Chakra surged through his body, wild and endless. His eyes transformed—his irises turning into the Rinnegan.

High above the clouds, where no one could see, beyond even the swirling black vortex—a meteorite appeared.

A massive, mountain-sized meteorite had materialized out of thin air.

The sun still shone brightly above the clouds, but the instant the meteorite arrived, it blocked the light completely. The sky darkened, swallowing the brightness. Yet below, beneath the red clouds and thunderous skies, no one knew what was about to descend.

The meteorite fell.

Heaven itself was about to collapse.

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