Chapter 402: Five Years Old, Captures Whitebeard II! [5/10 Request Subscription]

The battle, which had lasted a full three hours, finally came to an end.

The battle was finally over.

One kilometer away from the battlefield,

a colossal warship sat motionless upon this stretch of sea.

On the deck,

Admiral Zefa stood at the forefront, flanked by numerous cadets, including Smoker and Tina, their eyes now fixed on the battlefield in stunned disbelief.

The atmosphere was silent!

Not a sound!

Dozens of eyes, filled with shock, simultaneously locked onto the battlefield.

Beneath their gaze,

it was visible,

the battlefield lay utterly still.

No sound emerged whatsoever.

The once churning waves had gradually begun to calm.

Clearly,

they could all see it.

This battle had ended completely.

"Who won?"

One cadet, his throat dry, asked in a trembling voice.

The stunning, earth-shattering scenes of Lu En and Whitebeard II's ultimate clash still lingered vividly in the minds of every cadet.

That was undoubtedly the most intense, terrifying collision they had ever witnessed in their lives!

It was also the battle that delivered the strongest psychological shock to them.

Hand-to-hand combat,

direct, brutal impact,

savage,

terrifying.

This pure, unadulterated physical combat delivered an overwhelming visual impact upon them.

"Even that pirate ship was sunk."

"Both men have reached a terrifying level of power."

"This entire sea nearly overturned from the collision of these two monsters."

"So strong!"

"This is what true top-tier strength on the sea really is!"

"I never imagined Lu En, at just five years old, had grown this powerful."

Had they not seen it with their own eyes, not a single cadet would have dared believe it.

Lu En, at just five years old, fought evenly with a pirate of bounty worth hundreds of millions of Berries, neither gaining the upper hand, locked in a brutal stalemate.

All of this delivered an unprecedented shock to them.

"The battle is over…"

"Who is the final victor?"

"Is it Lu En? Or Whitebeard II?"

All the cadets' hearts were full of anticipation, their faces etched with worry and tension as they stared intently at the sea ahead, now turned into a battlefield.

Faintly,

they could see countless fragments of debris floating upon the sea.

These were the shattered wooden splinters left by the collapsed pirate ship, along with many unconscious pirates drifting helplessly upon the waves.

The entire sea resembled the aftermath of a massive shipwreck, its surface littered with wreckage from the shattered hull.

And these pirates, as the survivors…

Who could have imagined?

This devastation, this ruin, was caused solely by the aftereffects of two monsters clashing!

"Those two are impossibly strong!!!"

"Lu En…"

"Has he become this strong?"

"What a monster!"

Smoker took a deep breath, his shock still far from settling.

He had witnessed nearly the entire course of that battle.

He had never seen before,

such a crude, brutal fighting style!

Pure, physical, head-on collision!

A clash of power unlike any other!

This battle shattered Smoker's previous understanding, as if opening a new world to him.

It allowed him to truly witness,

what true top-tier strength on the sea really is.

"I originally thought."

"After a year of cultivation, my strength should be sufficient to challenge Lu En, that monster."

"But then..."

"Watching that battle just now, I suddenly realized."

"I was still a frog at the bottom of a well."

"I am truly a frog in a well!"

Smoker let out a bitter laugh.

After a full year of arduous cultivation, his strength had surged forward, and his confidence had risen steadily.

He had believed.

After a year of diligent cultivation, even if his strength still lagged behind Lu En's, it would not be far behind.

However.

The scene that had just unfolded remained vividly etched in his mind, making him deeply realize.

The gulf in strength between him and Lu En was immense!

It was heaven and earth apart.

A world of difference!

"I give up."

Smoker was utterly convinced.

Lu En's overwhelming strength had completely broken his will to ever chase after him.

He judged.

Lu En, at only five years old, possessed the combat power of a Navy Vice Admiral!

"But..."

"Can Lu En, that monster, win?"

"His opponent is a great pirate hailed as possessing the strength of Whitebeard in his youth."

"Can he, at only five years old, defeat his opponent?"

Amidst his stunned emotions, Smoker could not help but feel a touch of concern.

Lu En is indeed strong!

But his opponent this time is no weakling.

He is called Whitebeard the Second.

Just this title alone is enough to show how terrifying his strength is.

"He will win!"

Standing beside Smoker, Tina clenched her fists, her beautiful eyes filled with tension and unease, silently murmuring in her heart.

At this moment,

Miss Baking being crushed by Lu En's punch had been unconsciously forgotten by everyone in the arena.

After all,

A weakling who couldn't even block Lu En's punch was naturally not worth remembering.

Only Weevil, who was locked in a fierce struggle with Lu En, was worthy of their full caution.

"Both are top-tier monsters of the Grand Line..."

"Whichever one wins, I won't be surprised."

Master Zefa sighed.

This battle had overturned his entire worldview.

Lu En, at only five years old, had just displayed astonishing, unparalleled combat power that had utterly stunned Master Zefa from start to finish.

"These two monsters..."

"In every aspect—strength, physique, speed, Haki—they have all reached an impeccable, supreme level."