Chapter 265: The Summit War Begins

Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, Sengoku's expression finally relaxed a bit; after all, the other party was not a Marine under his command. As long as the battle with Whitebeard could be guaranteed, Sengoku did not want to care about where Uchiha Feiyu had just gone.

The Whitebeard Pirates, who had just emerged from the sea, had no idea what was happening at all. However, as they talked, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates also learned that the Uchiha Feiyu before them was their enemy.

"What a big mouth! If you want to deal with our Whitebeard Pirates, let me meet you!"

The first to speak was the Third Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Diamond Fruit user Jozu. He was seen leaping up, jumping over a long stretch of seawater, and landing right in front of Uchiha Feiyu.

Subsequently, his skin was seen gradually transforming into shining diamond, and thick, pitch-black Haki was coiled around his fists:

"Kid, are you prepared for the price of provoking the Whitebeard Pirates?!"

As soon as the words fell, his black, shiny, pot-sized fists had already smashed directly toward Uchiha Feiyu's head.

Watching the incoming fist, Uchiha Feiyu chuckled. He did not even draw the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand, but instead extended a palm, not even covering it with Haki, and grabbed directly at the opponent's fist.

Jozu's eyes lit up, and he immediately added three parts more force to his fist. As a Diamond Fruit user, he might not dare to say much about other aspects, but in terms of head-on clashes, this guy even dared to trade blows with Kaido and Big Mom. Seeing the other party being so reckless as to reach out, he had already decided to break the guy's bones.

"Careful, that is Diamond Jozu, the opponent's ability..."

The one who shouted out was Marine Admiral Ao, but he stopped halfway through his sentence, a look of shock appearing on his face.

Uchiha Feiyu's strength had been fully demonstrated in the battle with Garp. None of the high-ranking Marines present thought he would be defeated by Jozu, but they all felt he would likely suffer a loss by engaging a monster like Jozu without using Haki.

Yet, the moment Diamond Jozu's fist made contact with Uchiha Feiyu, his whole body went limp. He felt the essence, energy, and spirit within his body dissipate completely, and even his Devil Fruit Ability could not be activated at all. He could even feel that everything about himself was being absorbed by that palm.

"My... my ability... what is this?"

Jozu opened his mouth to speak, and the hoarse sound surprised even himself. His originally tall, full, and muscular body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even his height of over four meters kept shrinking, until a moment later, he withered into a small old man of one point five or six meters.

"What kind of ability is this? What a terrifying Devil Fruit Ability!"

Marco was full of shock. He leaped up at the first opportunity, his hands waving and transforming into burning flame wings, and two balls of fire smashed directly toward Uchiha Feiyu.

At the same time, Whitebeard also gripped the great blade in his hand, a flash of hesitation crossing his face.

The destructive power of his Tremor-Tremor Fruit was too astonishing; if he attacked, the first to die would be the now extremely weak Jozu, so after thinking about it, he ultimately did not make a move.

Seeing Marco's flames about to hit Uchiha Feiyu's head, Uchiha Feiyu showed no sign of fear. Black Qi permeated his hand, and in an instant, the flames were absorbed clean.

Just at this moment, Jozu, who had turned into a small old man, let out a weak and painful groan, swallowed his last breath, and his entire body turned into a Dried Corpse.

For a time, the entire Marine Headquarters went quiet. Everyone's gaze was nailed to the corpse in Uchiha Feiyu's hand, until Uchiha Feiyu gave a light wave, throwing the light, fluttering corpse onto the ground. Then, with a slight crackling sound, the corpse shattered into pieces, just like a dried mud doll.

After a moment of silence, a volcanic eruption-like aura erupted from the Whitebeard Pirates. Whitebeard, standing on the deck, let out a roar:

"Damn brat! Go to hell!!"

Amidst the roar, a huge ball of white light condensed on Whitebeard's Murakumogiri, which he smashed fiercely toward Uchiha Feiyu, who was standing on the Marine Headquarters plaza.

At first, it was just a light vibrating sound, then the entire plaza began to tilt, and finally, an earth-shattering tremor followed. Just the prelude to the activation of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was enough to make people feel terrified and as if the sky were collapsing and the earth rending.

"Careful! The world's strongest man is about to make a move!"

Standing at the highest point, Fleet Admiral Sengoku roared. Under the vibration of the white light ball, the Marine Headquarters also began to tilt. Numerous powerhouses made their moves without a word to prevent the entire Marine Headquarters from falling apart.

As the direct target of the vibrating light ball, Uchiha Feiyu did not rush, instead extending a hand to grab the white light ball. In the faint Black Qi, the light ball was instantly sucked dry by Uchiha Feiyu.

Devil Fruit Abilities also have restraining relationships between them. For example, Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit is not very effective against Logia types. This is also the reason why Akainu didn't look seriously injured after taking so many hits from Whitebeard in the original work—if it were a Zoan of the same level, even a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, Akainu would have been burned and crushed from the inside out, ending up dead or crippled.

And when it comes to restraint, Uchiha Feiyu's Dark-Dark Fruit can pat its chest and say: I can restrain all Devil Fruits!

No matter how powerful the destructive force of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is, when faced with the Dark-Dark Fruit, which can absorb and devour all fruit abilities and has been developed to Awakening, the final result is that all the vibration power is absorbed away.

"What!? That kind of power... it can actually ignore even the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

"Is the Vampire Fruit that terrifying?"

Garp widened his eyes, looked at Sengoku, and asked.

Sengoku shook his head, glanced at the Flame Cloud coiled around Uchiha Feiyu, and said very straightforwardly:

"How would I know? You have to know that Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits are rare to begin with, and those that can be developed to Awakening are even fewer. As for the Vampire Fruit being developed to Awakening... after all these years, this kid might be the only example. Who knows what kind of functions it has?"

Whether it was the Marines or the Pirates, they were all quite shocked by the power Uchiha Feiyu unleashed. Fortunately, the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Vampire Fruit basically belong to that evil type, and both the Black Qi and the blood aura look about the same, which is why no one else suspected anything.

Of course, suspicion would be useless anyway; Uchiha Feiyu no longer needs to deliberately hide himself now.

A blood-colored figure flashed. With the activation of the Momo-Momo Fruit's ability, Uchiha Feiyu's already fast speed was almost comparable to spatial teleportation. He appeared directly on the Moby Dick and slashed at Whitebeard with one blade.

Although he did not push the Momo-Momo Fruit's ability to the maximum, Uchiha Feiyu's current speed already exceeded the speed of sound by more than ten times. Even though Whitebeard reacted with Observation Haki, his body's movement speed could not keep up with his own Haki.

Facing the Sandai Kitetsu slashed down by Uchiha Feiyu, Whitebeard could only do his utmost to condense Armament Haki to block before the Sandai Kitetsu.

The Sandai Kitetsu hovered in front of Whitebeard's chest for a moment. The Armament Haki on the blade and the Armament Haki on Whitebeard's chest collided in mid-air, and a terrifying air wave spread out, causing cracks to appear on the deck of the Moby Dick.

With a squelch, Whitebeard, in his haste, finally failed to block the sharpness of the Sandai Kitetsu. The sword edge, shimmering with blood-red light, pierced into his chest and instantly began to feed on the blood and vitality within his body.

However, after only a moment, a massive amount of Haki erupted suddenly, blocking Uchiha Feiyu's Devil Fruit Ability. At the same time, Whitebeard smashed down with a fist, and a terrifying shockwave erupted in mid-air, blasting Uchiha Feiyu away.

After flipping twice, Uchiha Feiyu stabbed his sword into the plaza and retreated another seven or eight meters before stabilizing his figure. Although the Dark-Dark Fruit can absorb the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, it has no way to absorb the physical phenomena directly caused by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Just now, Whitebeard had directly detonated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit light ball in his hand, which was how he blasted the caught-off-guard Uchiha Feiyu away.

However, although Uchiha Feiyu was blasted away, he was only slightly disheveled and did not suffer any injuries. Instead, Whitebeard clutched his chest and coughed, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

The wound on his chest was easy to deal with; after all, it only pierced the muscle and did not damage his internal organs. It was just that in order to be immune to the Vampire Fruit's ability just now, Whitebeard's Haki consumption was enormous.

You must know that Uchiha Feiyu's Vampire Fruit had long been strengthened and developed to an unfathomable level. Although Whitebeard relied on his own Haki to be immune to the fruit's power, the consumption was also imaginable.

The power of a Devil Fruit can indeed be offset by Haki, but it is not immune to Haki. The stronger the developed fruit ability, the more Haki is needed to offset it.

Only a Four Emperors-level figure like Whitebeard could offset Uchiha Feiyu's Vampire Fruit power, and that was only barely offsetting it once. If the number of times increased, the Haki consumption alone would be enough to make a Four Emperor exhausted.

Although Whitebeard was old and frail, he was also a veteran of many battles with rich experience. After one exchange, he knew that if he gave Uchiha Feiyu another chance to get close, there would be no need to fight anymore, and he would surely die—in a certain sense, the Vampire Fruit could be called a specialized counter to old men.

So, ignoring the backlash of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit on himself, he gripped his fists tightly. As he waved them, waves of massive vibration power accompanied Whitebeard's crossed fists as he smashed them fiercely into the air beside him. Amidst the crackling sounds, dense cracks appeared, and a terrifying tremor erupted instantly, directly inducing a monstrous tsunami.

No matter what kind of Devil Fruit user they are, they cannot change the characteristic of being restrained by seawater!

Watching the monstrous tsunami rushing toward him, Uchiha Feiyu's figure flashed, and he returned to the execution platform. His performance just now had completely wiped away the bad impression of his late arrival, so he spoke without any politeness:

"Admiral Ao, it's your turn! I can't block these tsunamis!"

Without needing Uchiha Feiyu to say more, Ao stood up directly, flicked the cape behind him, and jumped out:

"Ice Time—Ice Age!"

The Hie Hie no Mi instantly took effect, and the freezing cold air spread out. In an instant, it froze the dozens-of-meters-high tsunami rushing toward them into an ice wall, and even froze several kilometers of the sea surface into ice, simultaneously freezing the large fleet of the Whitebeard Pirates.

In fact, the biggest trump card the Marines had in daring to go to war with Whitebeard was Ao, the Hie Hie no Mi user. Otherwise, facing a tsunami, the high-ranking Marines present, one by one, would at most be able to save their own lives, but they would not be able to protect the 100,000 Marines.

During the Summit War, although Akainu was the one who put in the most effort, the one who actually played the biggest role was Aokiji, who had been slacking off the whole time, because only he could restrain Whitebeard's Sea Quake ability.

Otherwise, facing a disaster-level fruit like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, ordinary soldiers would likely have been wiped out in the first wave of attacks, and Devil Fruit users without the physical skills and Haki levels of a Vice Admiral would have been even more certain to die.

As Aokiji froze the entire ocean, the Pirates also gained a foothold, and the Pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates came surging over from the ice surface, howling, as both sides immediately entered into close-quarters combat.

The Marine side was not to be outdone, with a group of Marine Vice Admirals led by the Admirals stepping up; as for the Seven Warlords of the Sea—just slacking off is fine, as no one expected this bunch to get serious.

Not to mention that among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Jinbe the Knight of the Sea was locked up in Impel Down for opposing the Summit War, and Uchiha Feiyu did not know if he had also finished this guy off when he was on Level 6.

Another Seven Warlord of the Sea, Blackbeard, had long since defected from the Marines and had already died at the hands of Uchiha Feiyu during the time at Impel Down.

The entire Marine force actually only had five Seven Warlords of the Sea left, and every one of them was a slacker; unless Sengoku was brain-dead, it was impossible for him to count on them to fight a hard battle.

The powerhouses on both sides instantly began fighting fiercely, and Uchiha Feiyu, standing above, had a smile on his lips, with thick blood Qi and Black Qi emerging from his body, as if he were a great demon king; the blood Qi and Black Qi condensed into the shape of bats and then spread out.

"So many vampire bats! Arghhhhhhh!"

"Don't touch these bats! They will instantly drain your blood dry!"

"Why do attacks have no effect on these bats! It's just like the elementalization of a Logia!"

"Arghhhhh! There are even more of them! These bats can increase their numbers by sucking blood!!"

"Damn it... it's that bastard Blood Demon again!! The power of the Vampire Fruit is truly too troublesome!"

As Uchiha Feiyu used this area-of-effect ultimate move again, the ordinary Pirates on the entire battlefield were suddenly in for bad luck; without Two-Color Haki and lacking any special Devil Fruit Ability, facing the blood bats created by the Vampire Fruit, they truly died upon contact, and after dying, they would create even more bats...

Among the tens of thousands of Pirates under Whitebeard, ninety percent belonged to the type that only had brute force; facing the overwhelming blood bats, in just over ten minutes, they were already on the verge of being wiped out.

(End of this chapter)