The Xuanwu Navy Headquarters.
Li Chungang, Lü Bu, Kenshiro, and Saitama each held a position in one of the four cardinal directions of the headquarters.
Sakata Gintoki, Sima Yi, Cao Cao, Shou He, Monkey D. Dragon, and other Devil Fruit users were active within a limited range inside the headquarters.
"With our current strength, if Im comes, can we take him down?"
Sakata Gintoki asked curiously, resting his hands behind his head.
Sima Yi smiled at his words.
"Scared?"
Due to consuming the Five-Colored Awakening Potion, Sima Yi had become a Divine Ascendant.
Not just him, but everyone, including Enel, had become Divine Ascendants.
This was their strength.
"Scared?"
"Impossible."
"Just a little excited, a little impatient."
Sakata Gintoki clenched his fists, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said.
After gaining the power of a Divine Ascendant, Sakata Gintoki was eager to fight.
Unfortunately, Im had not appeared at all.
"It's not that there's no way," Sima Yi said, looking at Sakata Gintoki with a glint of cunning in his eyes.
"What way?" Sakata Gintoki asked, completely unconcerned.
Sima Yi chuckled, "You and the Wind Swift Swordsman go out and fight. Make as much noise as possible."
"Ideally, both of you should be severely injured."
"Im, who desperately wants to reclaim the power of the Devil Fruits, surely won't be able to resist the temptation and will launch a surprise attack on you."
Sakata Gintoki frowned and said, "Will it work?"
"I don't want to be killed after being lured out."
Sima Yi said confidently, "Of course it will work!"
"As for whether you'll be killed in the end, as long as you take the Senzu Bean in time, with your strength, you should have some short-term self-preservation ability."
"Besides, if you're scared, I have another ability that can help you avoid death once."
Sakata Gintoki's interest was piqued, and he asked with a smile, "To what extent have you developed your Devil Fruit ability?"
Sima Yi produced a small snake the size of his palm and said, "Im is a Devil Fruit user. One of my abilities can make Devil Fruit powers disappear within a certain range."
"I can seal this ability in a small snake. As soon as you feel Im attacking you, crush it immediately, and within a radius of three hundred meters, the Devil Fruit powers of Devil Fruit users will disappear."
"But there's a limit, it only lasts for five seconds, and then it disappears."
"Even so, five seconds should be enough for you to react."
Sakata Gintoki took the small snake and crushed it without hesitation.
Indeed, in the next moment, his Devil Fruit ability vanished as if sealed.
After five seconds, his Devil Fruit ability returned.
Sakata Gintoki immediately smiled and extended his hand again, "More of those little snakes, give me a few more."
"One isn't enough, let's start with four."
Sima Yi didn't ask any more questions and immediately created four more for Sakata Gintoki.
After obtaining the snakes capable of sealing Devil Fruit powers, Sakata Gintoki immediately contacted Yasuo, saying, "Yasuo, let's fight to the death."
"The kind where one of us doesn't survive."
After a brief exchange, Sakata Gintoki flew out. Before long, in a certain corner of the Navy Headquarters, bursts of sword intent erupted.
"You damn Gintoki, you ruined my bowl of seafood ramen!"
Yasuo retaliated in a rage, and the battle commenced.
Sima Yi watched Yasuo and Sakata Gintoki engaged in combat, letting out a sinister laugh.
"It's that easy to set up?" Bai Qi arrived beside Sima Yi and said, watching the two in fierce battle.
"There's no other way. Everyone wants to slay gods, but no one wants Im to notice."
"This is the only way."
Bai Qi smiled and asked, "Are your little snakes alright?"
"No one will die."
"Moreover, I gave them two decoy snakes."
"Decoy snakes?" Bai Qi asked in surprise, "Replacements?"
"Did you give them one each?"
Sima Yi fell silent at this.
"What's wrong?" Bai Qi sensed something amiss and inquired.
"I gave them all to Admiral Gintoki," Sima Yi hesitated. "Admiral Gintoki should share them with Admiral Yasuo, right?"
Bai Qi looked up at the sky and remained silent.
Should he give them?
In their current state, the two swordsmen were clearly fighting to the death.
"Prepare yourselves."
Bai Qi left a word of warning before notifying others to prepare for rescue.
At this moment, those who were merely watching realized that this was a plan to lure the snake out of its hole.
Above the void.
The battle between the two god-level swordsmen naturally caused a great commotion.
Just their aura alone made many who sensed something amiss flee far away.
The feeling was akin to Benedict and Im clashing for ten days and ten nights, instilling fear.
Especially the colossal sea kings at the bottom of the ocean, who fled at top speed.
Im, hidden in a corner of the East Blue, waiting for an opportunity, felt the battle between Sakata Gintoki and Yasuo. In the next moment, he disappeared into a spatial rift.
Crossing space, he appeared on a deserted island.
Seeing the two in fierce combat, Im was somewhat surprised, but he was also pleased to see them fight each other, as it made it easier for him to reap lives.
Im did not act immediately. With his strength, he quickly sensed several auras.
Saitama, Lü Bu, Kenshiro.
Kenshiro and Lü Bu both possessed SSS-class strength.
However, Saitama, the bald man, was of unknown strength.
Were these three protecting Sakata Gintoki and Yasuo?
"Five people."
"Then I'll start with you all."
Im pondered. Although these five gave him a different feeling compared to his past self, it wasn't difficult for him to deal with them in his current state.
Especially Sakata Gintoki and Yasuo.
He waited for his opportunity.
Boom boom boom!
Yasuo and Sakata Gintoki unleashed their ultimate moves continuously. Half a day passed, and they were now covered in wounds.
Their battle had clearly entered a state of fatigue.
"Hahaha, that was exhilarating!"
"Again!"
At this moment, Sakata Gintoki seemed to have forgotten the mission. Fighting to this extent, he no longer held back, and his battle filled the sea for dozens of miles with sword intent.
The seabed, thousands of meters deep, also bore trenches due to their fight.
Suddenly.
The moment Sakata Gintoki and Yasuo clashed.
A spatial rift appeared.
Im suddenly appeared and, without hesitation, struck out, grabbing Sakata Gintoki first.
Sakata Gintoki's heart was filled with terror, and cold sweat broke out. Only then did he snap back to reality and remember his mission.
He sliced the small snake with a sharp blade.
His Devil Fruit ability disappeared.
Im frowned but still grabbed Sakata Gintoki by the neck.