Chapter 81

The battle below had already reached a state of white-hot intensity, with all members of the Whitebeard Pirates engaged in combat, even their old man Whitebeard joining the fight.

After Whitebeard joined the battle, he indeed greatly boosted the morale of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Only hearing a loud clang!

The air exploded, as if the entire space had been shattered, cracks appearing under Whitebeard's ability, and the Marines began to suffer heavy casualties.

The attack power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is truly immense; a casual swing of the fist can inflict massive damage on the Marines, and in this situation, basically no one dares to face Whitebeard head-on.

The ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is attached to his weapon; on his fists, Whitebeard began to unleash a ferocious assault.

"Is he shattering space?" Hilvarnas, who was watching the battle, asked, looking at Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.

Such immense power—is this the unique Devil Fruit ability of this world? Truly peculiar! Similar to magic, yet similar to an energy attack.

"No, he didn't shatter space; he shattered the air, creating a huge rift, making it look as if space had been broken, but in reality, he only shattered the air." Luode shook his head and spoke.

"Joke, shattering space—still not enough! If one could truly shatter space, then in this world, the entire pirate world, no one would be a match for Whitebeard; a single spatial dimensional slash could settle everything."

"Ah, so he shattered the air—this effect is indeed quite explosive. Is the death knight you've taken a liking to him?" Hilvarnas spoke.

No wonder Luode would take a liking to this guy; he indeed has formidable strength, and this physique, when transformed into a death knight, would not be weak.

"This old man's strength has declined significantly; back in his prime, he was far stronger than he is now." Kaido remarked with feeling.

Whitebeard's true peak combat power—I, Kaido, know of it; although I am not as strong as I am now, he was still very strong, and back then, that captain could have restrained him.

"Over there, a few guys are coming; behind Marine Headquarters, are they the Blackbeard gang you mentioned? That guy's build is truly enormous." Hilvarnas looked at the Blackbeard gang hiding behind Marine Headquarters and spoke.

Each one is a monster-sized figure, all over three meters tall, even one reaching a height of... a full one hundred eighty meters or so! Truly horrifyingly tall.

"En! The ones we're looking for are them, the Blackbeard gang." Luode spoke.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield began to change again.

The Lightning Scissors Fruit ability user of the Revolutionary Army utilized his ability to pave a road for the Straw Hat brat.

"Thanks, Lightning!" Straw Hat Lufei laughed and spoke.

"You're welcome! Go on, Straw Hat brat!"

Straw Hat Lufei nodded, then charged along the road opened by Lightning onto the execution platform, rushing toward his brother.

A tall, sturdy old man in a white uniform blocked Lufei's path, and then that old man was knocked down with a single punch, staging a farce of being tossed into the sea.

"Eh eh! Is this a joke? Garp this guy, even though he's old, shouldn't be this useless?" Kaido's eyes instantly widened, his face full of disbelief as he spoke.

"Fighting Garp head-on, even before he obtained the evil energy, he had to be cautious; this Straw Hat Lufei actually managed to send a Marine hero flying with one punch—is this a joke?" "Straw Hat Lufei is the son of Revolutionary Army Dragon, and Dragon is Garp's son, so this kid is his grandson; plus, the soon-to-be-executed Fire Fist Ace is Garp's adopted grandson—do you think this old man would really exert himself?" Luode spoke.

"Ah, I see; the two actually have this connection; this old man not defecting on the spot is already not bad." Kaido spoke.

In this situation, Garp standing above and putting on a show, staging a fake match, is already not bad.

However, the Marines below didn't think so; the Marine hero being knocked down with one blow dealt a huge blow to Marine morale.

"How could it be? That, that is Garp, a Lieutenant General."

"Damn, Straw Hat brat, could it be, could it be that he's this strong?"

Who is Marine Hero Garp? He is the Lieutenant General admired by all Marines, a legendary figure of the entire Marine force.

"Ace, I've come to save you." After mounting the execution platform, Straw Hat Lufei grinned and spoke.

At the same time, he took out the key recently given to him by Empress Hancock, directly ignoring the nearby Buddha Sengoku, and intended to unlock Ace's handcuffs.

"You'd better stop, Straw Hat brat!" Buddha Sengoku let out an angry roar, his entire body beginning to emit dazzling golden light, his form swelling to immense size.

"Is this holy light? No, no, although this energy is also sacred, but, but it shouldn't be the power of holy light." Hilvarnas frowned, looking down at the already Buddha-formed Sengoku, who was violently beating Straw Hat Lufei, and spoke.

"This is the diversity of Devil Fruit abilities; although bearing the name of a demon, all kinds of abilities exist—only those you can't imagine are missing, and nothing it doesn't have." Luode spoke.

The abilities of Devil Fruits are simply myriad to an absurd degree—those appearing in games, those in movie versions' original animations, those in manga originals.

All kinds of bizarre, absurdly extreme abilities exist, even including a surgery fruit ability that grants immortality, immortality surgery, a Yellow Spring Fruit that lets the dead return to life, and a Soul-Soul Fruit that can manipulate souls and even reduce lifespans.

A Year-Year Fruit that can change one's age, a Playful Fruit that turns people into toys—so saying, in this world, only Devil Fruit abilities you can't imagine exist.

However, some fruits' abilities are extremely buggy, but if one uses strong Haki, then one can suppress these fruit abilities.

Future Luo will use strong Haki to cure the womanizing disease; the Toxic Q of the Blackbeard Pirates is a talent, capable of researching such a disease that turns people into women upon infection.

If used on certain existences in Azeroth, the damage might not be said to be present, but the insult would be extremely strong; also, Perona's Negative Ghosts—these abilities, I don't know if they can be used on Azeroth's powerful existences.

For example, turning Illidan into a girl.

"Truly absurd to the extreme! That guy down there who looks like a demon—is he using an ability to turn people into zombies? This is also a necromancy ability." Hilvarnas looked down at Moonlight Moria and spoke.

That guy down there, eight meters tall and fat, is using his ability to turn some dead pirates and Marines on the battlefield into zombies, then throwing them into the fight.

This necromancy ability is no less than that of the Scourge Legion; if such a guy could be recruited into the Forsaken, that would be great.

"En! He's called Moonlight Moria, his ability is the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, granting the power to manipulate shadows, turning living people into zombies." Luode gave the Queen Mother a brief popular science on the marvels of Devil Fruits.

"Hmph! This guy has degenerated too much; when I met him back then, he wasn't like this; back then, he could even spar with me! Now he's become this decadent wreck." Kaido spoke. Back then, this guy dared to run to Wano Country and contend with me for territory; back then, Kaido led his subordinates, and we fought a fierce great battle with this guy.

The battle result naturally needs no elaboration—my Beast Pirates gained a crushing victory, slaughtering all of his subordinates, and thus letting this guy escape with his life.

If it weren't for wanting to recruit this guy as my subordinate, back then he couldn't have escaped my palm; today, seeing him again, his strength has regressed greatly!

Just the physique issue alone has made him like that Quincy guy—truly a waste, merely experiencing one failure and then giving up; such a guy, Kaido looks down on him greatly.

I, Beast Kaido, have roamed these seas for decades, been defeated countless times, but never once has this world's strongest creature been truly defeated in the genuine sense.

Ultimately, it was I, Kaido, who counter-killed those whose strength surpassed mine, whose titles surpassed mine, whose territories surpassed mine.

"Luode, what do you think of this guy? His ability should be very useful, right?" Hilvarnas spoke.

"Are you referring to his zombie-producing power? You want to use his ability to increase the numbers of the Forsaken?" Luode asked.

"En! We Forsaken cannot reproduce through conventional means.

One day we will disappear; as the Queen of the Forsaken, I must think ahead for solutions." Hilvarnas spoke.

"Then we'll just capture him, take him back to Wano Country—Kaido won't object, right?" Luode spoke.

One person can only eat one Devil Fruit; Hilvarnas naturally can't eat his fruit, so Moonlight Moria, otherwise just try to reclaim him? "Tch! You little brat, really finding trouble for old man, hand him over to me! I'll knock him out cold, then hand him to you." Kaido spoke.

This guy must hate himself to death! Really sorry! Little brat, I'm going to ravage you again—Kaido let out an icy-cold laugh.

The moonlight Moria below suddenly trembled all over, as if being stared at by something terrifyingly horrifying, and even frantically looked around.

"Damn it! How could I sense that guy's aura? Kaido, you bastard, once I gather enough zombie army, I will definitely take revenge on you." Moonlight Moria gritted his teeth and spoke.

The few Shichibukai beside were all speechless—what madness has this guy suddenly gone into? At this moment, the situation underwent an earth-shaking change, and with the help of an undercover spy with the Wax-Wax Fruit ability, the straw-hatted kid Lufei miraculously saved Ace.

"Honestly, no matter how I tell you, you never listen, Lufei!" Ace grabbed Lufei, who had turned into a child due to the side effects of Gear Third, and spoke.

"Hehehe! Ace!"

The two brothers began the battle royale mode.

Seeing Ace saved, the entire Whitebeard Pirates crew's morale soared.

"Now I issue the captain's final order—my sons, leave this place immediately. The New World no longer has a ship that can carry me." Whitebeard used his ability to carve a massive sea trench in the Marine Headquarters, bidding his final farewell to his crew.

"Old man! What nonsense are you spouting? Hurry up and come over—we're returning to the New World together."

"Come on! Ace, Whitebeard Uncle has already made his resolve." Lufei spoke.

His body had already reached its limit; he must leave quickly.

"Hahaha! Whitebeard is nothing more than that—just a remnant of this bygone era. What right does he have to be compared to Roger? He's merely a coward." Akainu began to mock at this moment.

"Take those words back! You are not allowed to insult Old Man!"

Fire Fist Ace rashly fell for the trap, began clashing with it, and the originally favorable situation started to reverse due to someone's momentary hot-headedness.

"Ace!!"

With a cry of extreme pain, Lufei watched helplessly as Akainu's magma giant fist.

Instantly piercing Ace's chest, he opened his mouth wide and lost his final consciousness.

Standing in the air, Luode smiled—truly an idiot. Ace, bringing Lufei to flee now would be the correct thing to do, and it wouldn't betray Whitebeard's sacrifice. But this is also good; otherwise, the straw-hatted kid would soon face the death of another comrade.

After all, if Buluke didn't die, the power of the Underworld Fruit couldn't be extracted.

"You, you guys look over there at the execution platform—it seems like someone is there!" A Marine suddenly widened his eyes, pointing into the distance.

"Sigh! Have we been discovered?" A giant of enormous size, exaggerated to the extreme, standing behind the mountain at Marine Headquarters, spoke.

"That, that is the giant warship Saint Juan·Evil Wolf!"

"Hehehehe! You lot, it's time—we should reveal ourselves." Blackbeard let out a loud laugh, bringing top-tier pirates recruited from Impel Down onto the battlefield.

"Hehehehe! Old man, look at your current state—truly wretched to the extreme! I once worshipped that strongest man in the world, and now he's grown old like this." Blackbeard looked at Whitebeard before him, smirking as he spoke.

"Teach! You bastard, only you—I will not forgive you!" Whitebeard let out a roar of extreme anger and spoke.

"Hehehehe! Old man, let me show you the power I've obtained—the strongest dark force, capable of suppressing all Devil Fruit abilities." Blackbeard said.

A dark vortex appeared, as if it wanted to devour all things, and Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability was also suppressed.

"We should also act soon—Kaido, you said you wanted to personally take Whitebeard's life, didn't you? We can't let others steal the prize." Luode spoke.

"Hmph! Naturally, Whitebeard's life is mine."

Roar! Roar! A voice that shook heaven and earth, a huge dragon head slowly emerged from the clouds.

The Beasts Kaido officially appeared.

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