One Piece : Glory To The Fleet Admiral

Chapter 494: Save Mom!

Within the Flower Room, Orion blinked thoughtfully as he observed Imu's reaction while suppressing the colossal demonic silhouette with his Conqueror's Haki.

Without hesitation, he casually waved his hand, unleashing a torrential surge of Conqueror's Haki that instantly crushed the transformed forms of Saturn, Warcury, and Nusjuro.

Amidst their involuntary roars of agony, the three Five Elders reverted to their original appearances, collapsing awkwardly onto the floor.

Before they could react, Orion immediately turned to Sakazuki, Gion, and Doflamingo.

"All of you, retreat! Leave this to me!"

"Hmm—"

The moment Sakazuki, Gion, and Doflamingo stepped back, Imu—who had been kneeling with bowed head—suddenly looked up.

A Conqueror's Haki rivaling Orion's erupted like a volcanic explosion, rapidly expanding in all directions from the Flower Room like raging tidal waves.

Almost simultaneously, Sakazuki, Gion, and Doflamingo couldn't help but narrow their eyes in shock.

Had Imu unleashed this level of Conqueror's Haki earlier, even their combined strength would have been utterly overwhelmed!

The Conqueror's Haki Imu released now was nearly on par with their Fleet Admiral's, perhaps even matching it blow for blow.

Rising slowly, Imu's voice returned to its previous androgynous tone as a chilling aura of death emanated from their entire being.

The massive demonic silhouette suppressed by Orion also regained movement at that moment, leaping to stand behind Imu while radiating a terrifying demonic presence that inspired dread.

"All of you will die!"

As Imu's dual-toned voice echoed, the demonic silhouette behind them instantly lunged forward, claws bared as it charged at Orion.

Simultaneously, its arrowhead-shaped tail shot toward Doflamingo's heart with lightning speed—too fast for him to evade!

"So that's how it is!"

At that moment, Orion nodded in sudden understanding.

His hand moved like lightning, catching the tail aimed at Doflamingo.

Lifting his gaze, nearly tangible golden Conqueror's Haki burst from his pupils, instantly dispersing the demonic silhouette lunging at him!

After effortlessly neutralizing the silhouette, Orion gripped its "tail" and stepped forward, his blazing eyes fixed firmly on Imu as he issued an irrefutable command.

"Everyone, evacuate the Flower Room immediately!"

Sakazuki and Gion hesitated not a second, swiftly flashing out of the room.

Though slightly slower, Doflamingo dared not disobey Orion's order either, immediately using his Devil Fruit ability to fly out.

Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp remained, standing shoulder-to-shoulder as they vigilantly watched Saturn, Warcury, and Nusjuro—who had been forced back to their original forms by Orion.

Just as they expected the three Elders to stay, Saturn suddenly scrambled over, scrambling to exit while shouting irritably at them.

"What are you still standing around for? Get out now!"

"Leave if you don't want the Holy Land destroyed!" Nusjuro flashed past them as well, tossing these words over his shoulder before vanishing.

"Trust Saint Orion, he should have a way to handle this!" Warcury arrived right after, and as his words fell, he grabbed Sengoku and Zephyr and ran off!

"What's going on?"

Never expecting that the three who always obeyed Imu without question would react like this, Garp widened his eyes, glancing at Orion then at Imu, before turning to chase after them, fuming as he shouted.

"Warcury, what do you mean by this? you're taking Sengoku and Zephyr but not me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Garp had already caught up to Warcury.

Without giving Warcury a chance to react, he threw a punch at Warcury's head, cracking it open before laughing heartily and rushing out of the Flower Room ahead of Sengoku and Zephyr.

The moment the group left the Flower Room, Orion unleashed his Conqueror's Haki without restraint, concentrating it into his fist as he threw a powerful punch at the massive shadow whose 'tail' he had seized.

With a deafening explosion, the Conqueror's Haki shockwave aimed at the giant demonic shadow instantly expanded, shattering the shadow into fragments before turning to dust that scattered in the air.

However, the demonic shadow, now reduced to dust, did not vanish entirely.

Instead, it coalesced into a black line in the air, swiftly merging into Imu's body and disappearing.

Immediately after, Imu threw her head back and let out a long roar.

"Argh!!!"

Following the roar, another transformation occurred.

Imu's robe suddenly billowed outward, accompanied by the sound of tearing fabric.

In the next instant, Imu levitated from the ground, and as another terrifying wave of energy spread, a pair of exaggerated demonic wings sprouted from her back.

"Whoever you are, you will die today!"

Before her icy words faded, a spear materialized in Imu's hand, imbued with terrifying Conqueror's Haki, and she thrust it at Orion with lightning speed.

Facing Imu's astonishing spear strike, Orion neither dodged nor avoided it.

As the spear rapidly enlarged in his pupils, he swiftly raised his hand, blocking the spear in the blink of an eye.

Simultaneously, he decisively drew his blade with his other hand, delivering over a dozen slashes at Imu, who was gripping the spear with both hands, in mere moments.

The blindingly fast slashes tore through the air, one after another, with black and red Conqueror's Haki shockwaves overlapping and overwhelming, ruthlessly slicing Imu and the spear in her hands into more than a dozen segments floating mid-air.

But in just the blink of an eye, Imu's body restored itself, and the spear in her hand eerily transformed into a trident.

However, Orion would not give Imu another chance to strike.

The moment her body reassembled and recovered, he fully unleashed his three types of Haki, enhanced to max by the system, instantly forming a Haki Domain that enveloped Imu entirely.

As soon as the Haki Domain encased Imu, an overwhelming pressure descended like a galaxy from the heavens, suppressing her just as she completed her physical reconstruction.

The descending pressure grew stronger wave after wave, causing the surrounding void to vibrate at a low frequency.

Trapped within the gravity field constructed by Haki, Imu could no longer withstand it.

Under the continuously intensifying pressure, she gradually bent over, eventually collapsing to her knees with a thud, letting out an unwilling, ghostly howl.

"Waaah—"

"Who are you, really?"

Before the words faded, Imu, who had been completely suppressed by the ever-increasing pressure and unable to lift her head, suddenly erupted with astonishing momentum.

The next second, she mustered all her strength to raise her head defiantly, screaming hoarsely.

"Orion—"

"Come save me now!"