Chapter 264

Hearing Wolod's account, Lin Cheng, who was controlling Blackbeard, also nodded in agreement.

Without a doubt, Wolod was indeed worthy of being an old man who had lived for over a hundred years.

His strength and insight were far beyond what ordinary people could compare to; in just a few glances, he had discerned a situation that even others and even the Guild Master had failed to notice.

In fact, just as Wolod had said, there was no significant suppression effect between the two.

However, even so, it was still astonishing enough.

Hyiberion was no small fry; even with the restraining effect in play, being able to achieve this still proved the opponent's formidable nature.

"However, now is not yet the time for the final showdown; the real grand finale must be saved for last."

"The necessary foreplay is already about done."

Saying so, Lin Cheng controlled Blackbeard to charge forward, directly extending his palm and lunging toward Marco, who was currently battling Hyiberion.

Along with Blackbeard's movement, a massive amount of smoke spewed forth, rapidly descending toward Marco's position and sealing off all of Marco's escape routes.

Dark-Dark Fruit, absorption ability.

A single touch of the black mist, and not only does the ability vanish, but there is also the risk of being swallowed into the black mist.

"As expected, the same sort as the World Government—nothing but fame-seeking trash."

Marco forcefully unleashed another burst of flame, temporarily driving back Hyiberion's blood mist, and transformed into a phoenix, soaring into the sky.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Seeing Marco fly into midair, Hyiberion naturally could not let him off so easily; the blood mist condensed, forming a pair of wings, and in an instant caught up with Marco.

The speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye he was within only a few meters of Marco—but it was precisely at this moment.

"Hm?"

Hyiberion was startled to discover that Marco's movements suddenly and very noticeably faltered.

'What's going on? Has he given up resisting?'

A tremendous confusion inevitably arose in Hyiberion's heart.

And the next moment, he saw behind Marco... the sky began to split, the dark clouds began to shatter!!

Silently and without warning, a pitch-black black hole appeared in the sky above!

"It's the passage crossing into another world!"

And the mages who had once participated in the campaign against the Akatsuki organization all shouted out at once upon seeing the black hole.

Hearing this, Hyiberion, who was in pursuit, was also momentarily stunned, and then fixed his gaze intently on the black hole behind Marco.

"So that's the space crossing into another world? As long as one passes through there, one can enter another world?"

"Wait..."

"Something seems off..."

Just as Hyiberion was thinking this, those mages quickly sensed something was wrong again, because they noticed that this spatial passage was several times larger than the one Aizen had once opened!

And due to the expansion of the black hole, everyone present could see strange patterns inscribed along the edges of the passage, with peculiar rays of energy flickering upon these patterns.

And at the far end of the passage, one could see a vast, boundless ocean, and countless islands situated upon it.

Sea Kings hundreds of meters long roamed the ocean, and upon that expansive sea, a ship as enormous as a white whale glided between the waters.

Even from just a fleeting glimpse, the hearts of every mage present could almost instantly grasp where the other end of the black hole was.

Even the place Aizen, Ace, and the others often spoke of—the Grand Line!

"So this is the sight of another world?"

Compared to the others,

Although he had heard of the existence of other worlds and passages from others, Hyiberion, seeing the sight of another world for the first time, was undoubtedly shaken to the core.

His eyes stared fixedly at the sight of that city, as if wanting to imprint everything before him into his heart.

"This world is not the only one—Blackbeard was right, all the worlds have already begun reconnecting!"

Not only Hyiberion, but the other council members present also rose to the same thought at this moment.

However,

The next moment...

"Marco? What's going on, you've already used his passage this quickly? Have you already found Ace?"

"Wait... who are these guys?"

From the other end of the passage, an incomparably deep and resonant voice slowly came through.

And the meaning of his words was clearly directed at that Marco; at the same time, Marco immediately flew before the black hole to respond to the voice's owner.

"Old man, I've already found Ace."

Old man?

This was the first time every mage present had heard such an address.......

So much so that a thought instantly surfaced in their minds.

Old man?

Could all these guys be that person's sons?

Sixteen captains, sixteen sons?

One must know these are just the captains; below them are the crew members, and a casual count yields several hundred.

However, this thought was entertained only briefly before they quickly cast it aside, after all it had nothing to do with the current situation.

"Old man? That's right... Old man should be that Yonko Bai Huzi himself."

Upon hearing this address, the Fairy Tail members immediately guessed the identity of the voice's owner.

After all, Ace had once spoken of these things to them, so it was very easy to discern.

However, contrary to this, alarm rose in the hearts of both Hyiberion and Wolod.

Because they felt an incomparably terrifying pressure from that voice!

That's right!

Terrifying pressure!

Strong as they were, upon hearing that voice, even though space had blocked the transmission of aura, they still directly sensed the threat coming from the other party!

"Old man, Ace was imprisoned by this world's Magic Pingyi Society."

"And Teach, who killed Thatch, is also here, having joined the Magic Pingyi Society!"

And as Marco's words fell, the emotions of the owner of that voice also clearly changed.

"The Magic Pingyi Society, and Teach too? That bastard Teach actually mixed himself up with a faction of this world."

From within the passage, that mysterious Emperor once again spoke.

However, this time it was not only Hyberion and Warrod, those Daoshigong Society Presidents also felt the danger hidden within the other's words.

"Is it because I haven't been active for too long, to the point that my name no longer works?"