101 To dust you shall return

"DO YOU THINK I WILL ALLOW ANY OF YOU TO BE KEPT ALIVE AFTER THIS?" Im asked while gazing at Izan. He slowly stood up from the throne he was sitting on.

The clones moved and went by his side. In total right now, Im was standing in the middle of 10 clones. And all of them were staring at Izan like he was their mortal enemy.

"I don't have time to squander." Izan mocked Im before slowly walking on the air towards Im. Each of Izan's steps were the same length apart, Izan is able to control his body to such a level that he can do this without thinking of it.

But even strong people as Whitebeard, Garp, Dragon, Shanks and Mihawk couldn't control their bodies to such a degree as Izan.

Izan reached out his right hand and flickered his wrist and grabbed the scythe that appeared in front of him. "There is no need for any of us to speak any further. Your existence is like a bug, whereas my existence is like a plague for you. Now all that is left to do is to fight and see who is the last one standing." And the moment Izan finished speaking he started running towards Im with a great speed.

The 500 meters distance took only 0,2 second for Izan, his scythe was already in a sweeping motion towards Im's neck.

Im wasn't an easy target for it to work. Im was already prepared and blocked the incoming scythe with his long and slim sword. The sword seemed to be rather old yet it also seemed very sharp.

*Clang!*

Both Izan's scythe and Im's sword didn't move after the clash. Their Conqueror's Haki was released and it ruptured the air around them.

A grin appeared on Izan's face as he coated his scythe in Armament Haki and used his Observation Haki. He wanted to use everything he has whilst fighting Im, he wanted this battle so he could improve himself.

And as Izan started using his Hakis, Im also did the same. The two coated weapons clashed against each other with unimaginable speed and such a huge force behind them too.

Craters were made beneath where they were fighting. The ground trembled and the air seemed to rupture with the constant clashing of the two.

And as Izan was occupied with fighting Im, he could sense someone ambushing him. Izan hastily stepped to his left while tilting his head backwards.

Two incoming swords stabbed towards where Izan stood at. There were two clones that ambushed Izan.

But that wasn't all... Izan blocked an incoming sword attack from the original Im before using his left hand to swipe the clone behind him. Izan was holding his scythe in his right hand to block Im's fierce attacks while he moved around to avoid attacks and using his left hand to block attacks he couldn't avoid.

Izan didn't know for how long he has been fighting, perhaps only two minutes in total, but he had already drops of sweat running down his face as he had to use all of his concentration in this battle.

He could have asked Jiutian or Defying to deal with the clones, but he didn't do so as he wanted to push his limits! This was his opportunity to become stronger, and he wouldn't miss it no matter what! Because he knew that this was barely the starting point and things would get much worse in the future!

"Comeon!" Izan roared as he pushed Im back with a kick to his stomach before spinning around with his scythe. And in the motion he did so, his scythe cut through the bodies of two clones at once.

Izan's mood was pretty good right now, but he suddenly felt a pain going through his back before he felt himself being sent flying away.

Im had used the moment to brutally kick Izan's spine, wanting to make him a crippled person. In Im's mind, the only challenge in taking this world was – Izan. The clones could deal with the others. A sneer slowly appeared on Im's face, but he couldn't help but to snort when he saw Izan standing up from his attack like nothing had happened.

As Im thought, Izan really didn't care about the attack towards his spine. His physical body was very strong, even to the point of being much stronger than Kaido's body.

Izan started grinning while gazing at Im and his clones. "It seems like that you have to work harder if you want to beat me." After mocking him, Izan began running forward with a cold glint in his eyes. Even if the attack didn't harm him greatly, the attack still did bypass his Hakis, which pretty much meant that Izan was still lacking!

The remaining 8 clones and Im began surrounding Izan once again and started attacking Izan from all sides whenever there would be an opening.

While they were fighting, the people watching nearby couldn't help but be baffled by the sheer power and strength Izan and Im is showing off right now.

Akira couldn't believe her eyes as she is watching Izan fight, the ground is bursting apart and the air is getting destroyed. Such power and strength are far from what she had seen in the past, and she would have never thought that someone could be this strong. But nevertheless, she grounded her teeth when she saw Izan being surrounded by Im and his clones. Akira glanced upwards towards the 'crew' of Izan, they knew that they were his wives.

"Why are none of you helping him!?" Akira asked in a deep and low voice, she couldn't understand why Izan's wives were just sitting by and watching him being overwhelmed by Im. Over the past 2 days she had been fighting with many different people against Im's clones, that was why she thought of Im to be the villain and her 'allies' to be the good guys.

Perona, Defying, Jiutian and Nojiko didn't bother giving Akira another glance after the first one. They all thought that it wasn't worth it to tell her anything.

On the other hand, Hancock and Robin stared at Akira for a while.

"My Husband told us that he will handle it, and if he said something like that, then he would be able to do it." Hancock snorted in the end, her trust to Izan was onesided, she would believe anything he would say.

"As my sister Hancock said, Izan will be able to win even without any help." Robin answered in a calm tone before she turned towards Izan once again. Even if she believed that he wouldn't lose, she was still afraid that Izan would be harmed. But her worries vanished when she calmed herself down, she knew that if something went bad, both Defying and Jiutian would act without holding back. "Sigh..." A long sigh escaped Robin's mouth before a smile appeared on her face. "Fight well, Izan..."

Izan and Im has been fighting for over 10 minutes by now, there were only 2 clones standing now. Izan had been able to defeat 8 of them, but he had also taken quite a few hits in order to archive this. Izan has several cuts on his body and blood was gushing out whenever Izan moved abruptly, Izan's face was slightly paler beause of the blood loss, but he continued fighting without any care.

Im wasn't doing much better either, he had lost 8 of his clones and his left hand was pretty much useless as of now. Im was enraged at the thought of him losing against a mere human. "LET US NOT PLAY ANY LONGER AND FINISH THIS, ONCE AND FOR ALL!" As Im said this, his Haki expanded out from his body like a volcano.

"Bring it on!" Izan roared out as he did the same, he used all three of his Hakis all at once, expanding it outwards.

Im's mix of the three Hakis was completely black, it looked like a domain made out of darkness.

Whereas Izan's Hakis made a domain, the colour was bright red as fire.

Darkness versus fire, the two Hakis clashed against each other and destroyed everything in the surrounding 200 meters. Both Izan and Im started walking forward, one step by the time, and for each step they took, the stronger the clash between their Hakis became.

The two remaining clones of Im got ruptured into nothingness.

Both Im and Izan stepped 10 steps forward and now they were both standing right in front of each other. Sweat was running down Izan's face, his eyes were twitching because of the pressure, but he stood his ground. And Im's disfigured face couldn't help but to frown in pain as the pressure he was under was crushing his bones.

"Do you know what I am!?" Izan's deep voice sounded out throughout the whole battlefield, his voice was like thunder. "I am an Emperor, the Emperor that will rule this world!" The more Izan spoke, the stronger his Hakis became, pressuring Im even more.

"THIS WORLD WILL BE MINE!!!" Im roared in reply as his Hakis also became stronger.

The world around the two seemed to get destroyed as their Hakis became even stronger.

None of the two moved even a muscle, they were only focusing on their Hakis, wanting to use it to overpower their opponent with sheer willpower. Even if Izan wanted to deny it, Im was someone that was someone worthy of being a King as he had Conqueror's Haki. But, as the seconds passed, a gap was made between the two and the gap became even larger.

Izan's Soul Powers – Hakis, was forming itself to become much stronger by the seconds. It didn't take long before Izan's Hakis overpowered Im's Hakis.

Im could feel the difference, but he didn't step back, this was his last stand! He could see in the corner of his eyes that his arms are getting pulverized by Izan's Domain of Hakis.

It all began with Im's arms, but it spread like wildfire, more and more parts of Im's body started getting pulverized into dust...

"Farewell...!" Izan spoke in a deep voice as he saw that Im's body was slowly turning into dust. Even after having defeated Im, his Domain of Hakis didn't vanish. Izan slowly turned around towards everyone else, he could see everyone with gaping mouths and largened eyes staring at him in shock.

"From this moment on, this world belongs to me!" Izan's voice entered everyone's ears like a lightning.