Chapter 310

"The omniscient and omnipotent great will?"

Hearing Hu Zi's words, everyone in Ishgall froze.

Although they did not know what the so-called 'omniscient and omnipotent great will' meant, from his words it seemed related to the events a thousand years ago.

Including the previous invasion, this 'omniscient and omnipotent great will' was also connected.

Moreover, from Hu Zi's words, Bai Huzi seemed to know of the 'omniscient and omnipotent great will' too.

But it was precisely at this moment,

"Tichi!"

Everyone heard Bai Huzi's voice at once.

"I don't want to repeat the same words—I've already said it: I have no interest in these matters. Tell me where Ace is."

His words carried a hint of anger and killing intent, yet Macao and the other magicians still discerned a crucial piece of information from them.

Bai Huzi did not deny Hu Zi's words!

Not denying meant Hu Zi's 'omniscient and omnipotent great will' truly existed!

At this moment, no one questioned the possibility that Bai Huzi and Hu Zi were staging a performance.

After all, to reclaim Ace, Bai Huzi had even resorted to launching a war.

The hatred in his eyes toward Hu Zi was visible to all—it could not be faked.

Recalling the series of otherworldly invasions, many major inconsistencies stood out.

Like the Akatsuki seizing the Dragon's Cry Scepter within the Fiore Kingdom,

and the Five Elders of the Grand Route mysteriously appearing within the Gas Tree Sea.

These events were likely tied to the 'omniscient and omnipotent great will'.

From the above, it seemed that beneath the surface of these otherworldly invasions, something unknown to them truly lurked.

"Ace? Heheheheh… Of course he's in my hands, but do you really think I'll hand him back to you so easily?"

Hearing Bai Huzi's words, Hu Zi's expression remained utterly Zhang Kuang.

His gaze toward Bai Huzi revealed cunning.

"Hand him over? You'd kill me the moment I did, old man."

Clearly, Hu Zi had taken Ace as a hostage to threaten Bai Huzi.

But more than anything, everyone cared that Ace was truly in Hu Zi's hands!

That meant this war had truly been deliberately planned by Hu Zi himself, and Ace's disappearance was almost certainly to force an inevitable clash between the two factions.

His goal was to infiltrate the Fapingyi Society during the battle.

As for his purpose, it was likely tied to the 'omniscient and omnipotent great will'.

"Hu Zi!"

After Hu Zi admitted he had orchestrated everything, not only the Whitebeard Pirates but the Fapingyi Society and all people across Ishgall now looked at Hu Zi with unprecedented fury!

Because of him alone, this entire war had erupted!

Countless magicians died in this war, including Serena, the foremost of Ishgall's Four Heavenly Kings!

In short, regardless of the war's outcome, the Fapingyi Society had suffered unimaginably massive and heavy losses.

And all of this was because of 'Hu Zi' alone!

Yet…

"Hey hey hey, why are you all staring at me like that? After all, I helped you eliminate an Anheigong Society, didn't I?"

Under everyone's furious gazes, Hu Zi remained utterly indifferent, even mocking them.

"Besides, if you hadn't coveted the method of crossing worlds that I control, how could you have been fooled?"

"In the end, the problem isn't mine—it's your greed that caused this disaster."

"Right, Chairman Gulan?"

As Hu Zi spoke, it felt like a heavy hammer striking the chest—Gulan Doma's face grew paler.

For as Hu Zi said, all of this stemmed from him—if he hadn't coveted the secret Hu Zi controlled, none of this would have happened.

Compared to Gulan Doma, Bai Huzi didn't care at all about these things—he cared only whether Ace was safe.

"Tichi, do you really think you can leave safely without handing over Ace?"

"Old man, you still don't understand the situation."

Upon hearing this, Hu Zi shook his head lightly.

"I've already eaten the Yami Yami no Mi. Now let me show you the most vicious ability in the history of Devil Fruits!"

As he spoke, thick black mist erupted from Hu Zi's body, spreading across more than half the battlefield.

This large-scale technique, engulfing most of the battlefield, radiated overwhelming menace.

Everyone present—pirates, magicians, and even the people of Ishgall—had never seen Hu Zi fight before.

Before they could react, they were engulfed in the black mist; countless figures vanished into it, trying to unleash their magic to escape, but the moment they tried, their magic began to vanish.

"What's happening? My magic is disappearing!"

"Why can't I use magic?"

"Help me!"

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"Be careful—his black mist is strange. It seems to absorb people and objects into darkness and devour magic."

Watching those trapped in the black mist, Macao shouted immediately.

"What? It can devour magic?"

Hearing Macao's words, the nearby magicians and pirates widened their eyes, instinctively growing wary, and all quickly retreated.

"Dark Cave Path!"

Blackbeard placed one hand on the ground and bellowed.

The instant his words fell, the collapsed buildings across the entire battlefield, the broken weapons, and even every corpse... at this moment, all dropped into the black fog, sinking slowly downward.

Wherever it passed, everything was swallowed; apart from the people standing in the distance, the ground was scoured clean as a wasteland.

"And then—"

The black fog flowed backward like time reversing, streaming back into Blackbeard's body. He grinned broadly and laughed out loud.

"Release!"

Boom!

A blast of wind erupted, transforming into a black tornado that surged skyward from behind Blackbeard.

"Rumble rumble... bang... bang bang!

The black tornado swept everything across the sky, then spread outward again, blanketing the entire battlefield within seconds.

Like a fountain, every object that had been swallowed came gushing back out in all directions.

Shattered buildings, rubble, weapons, collapsed towers, and those mangled corpses... spread outward and rained down in a scene of staggering impact.

Before this soul-shaking spectacle, humanity looked as insignificant as ants.