Chapter 226

193. The Tragic Blackbeard, Red-Haired Shanks Arrives, The Summit War Ends!

On Sabaody Archipelago.

Luo Xing almost laughed out loud.

Empress Boa Hancock is truly a woman unique in the world.

She often does things others find incredible, yet they seem so reasonable.

The world's most beautiful woman is just this willful, self-righteous, and unreasonable.

However, the Empress attacking Burgess and nearly killing Blackbeard was not acting without reason.

She did it for Luo Xing.

Luo Xing had already informed the Empress at the Sabaody slave auction that Moria was his subordinate.

The Empress kept this matter in mind.

When Moria went to release Fire Fist Ace, the Empress had already prepared to intervene.

Therefore.

When she heard Moria say "by Luo Xing's order," how could she not act?

Blackbeard can only blame his own bad luck.

His plan, carefully calculated over decades of endurance, was ruined entirely by Luo Xing.

Blackbeard was extremely unwilling, looked at Moria and the Empress with hatred, then greedily gazed at Whitebeard's corpse.

"No way, I must get the Gura Gura no Mi's power; this time I absolutely cannot fail!"

Blackbeard was slightly manic.

If he couldn't get the Gura Gura no Mi and failed to subdue the criminals in the Sixth Floor of the City, wouldn't his years of endurance become a joke?

Blackbeard ground his teeth, disregarding the risk of safely evacuating Marineford, and decided to take a risky action.

After all, he possessed the Yami Yami no Mi, a mysterious Devil Fruit ability unknown to others.

"Dark Hole!"

Blackbeard suddenly pressed both hands to the ground.

The ground beneath him was instantly covered with endless black water, constantly spreading outward, quickly reaching where Whitebeard lay.

"Moria, the ability that just bound me was due to your Kage Kage no Mi, right!"

"I'm turning the entire ground into darkness now; can you still see my shadow, ho ho ho!"

Blackbeard sneered, then instantly transformed into a black whirlwind, sweeping towards Whitebeard.

Admiral Sengoku, who had already deployed his forces, would not let Blackbeard succeed; he shouted:

"Kizaru!"

Kizaru, the user of the Pika Pika no Mi, possessed the fastest speed, and his attacks were also ranged.

Kizaru, who had originally planned to continue slacking off, finally pulled his hand from his pocket, leaped into the air, and clasped his hands aiming at Blackbeard:

"I can't let you succeed so easily, Yasakani no Magatama!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Countless light bullets shot towards the darkness created by Blackbeard.

Light and darkness are inherently two extreme opposites; upon collision, a massive explosion immediately occurred.

Blackbeard gritted his teeth, desperately generating a continuous stream of darkness to swallow Kizaru's light bullets.

Even with his body in severe pain, he did not stop moving.

Seeing this, Admiral Aokiji also acted.

"Ice Age!"

Crack crack crack!

The extreme low temperature froze even the darkness.

Blackbeard's movements became increasingly difficult.

The third Admiral, Akainu, needed no explanation; he directly fired a massive eruption, a magma giant fist smashing towards Blackbeard's head, intending to kill Blackbeard completely.

Blackbeard finally could not hold on and cursed aloud in his heart:

Damn it, all three Admirals are targeting me; why didn't I see you so active when fighting Whitebeard!

Blackbeard, filled with extreme anger, though still unwilling, had no choice but to choose retreat.

He used the black hole of the Yami Yami no Mi to swallow his four subordinates.

Then he transformed into a black whirlwind again, fleeing towards the coastline.

There, many pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates were also fleeing.

Obviously.

Blackbeard intended to use the Whitebeard Pirates to delay time for him.

The three Admirals continued the pursuit.

Although Akainu had been severely injured by Whitebeard earlier, he still charged at the very front.

"You all must die; not a single pirate shall leave Marineford!"

Just as a great battle was about to erupt again,

a huge pirate ship suddenly descended into the inner circle of Marineford's port.

Looking at the flag on that ship, it was actually the Red Hair Pirates!

Sabaody.

Luo Xing could not help but feel surprised.

He had previously spoken with his father-in-law Kaido by Den Den Mushi, knowing that Kaido and Big Mom had merged and killed Red Hair's right-hand man, Benn Beckman.

Unexpected.

The Red Hair Pirates, having lost their Vice Captain, actually chose to come to Marineford.

On the large screen projected by the Den Den Mushi, Shanks of the Red Hair Pirates led his crew onto the territory of Marineford.

Yet, the Red Hair Pirates, having lost Ben Beckman, looked somewhat thin and desolate.

"I have come to stop this war!"

Shanks said in a low voice.

Upon closer inspection, a trace of grief was contained within his voice.

Clearly, Shanks had not recovered from Beckman's death; he was merely forcing his spirit.

Only his close friend, Hawk Eyes, noticed Shanks' abnormality.

Hawk Eyes had already sheathed his black blade, Yoru.

With Whitebeard dead, there was no necessity or intention for him to strike again.

"Furthermore, I hope the Navy will do me a favor and hand over the bodies of Whitebeard and Fire Fist Ace for me to handle."

The reason Shanks still came to Marineford was to collect the bodies of Whitebeard and Ace.

This was the last thing he could do for Captain Roger.

Hearing Shanks' unreasonable demand, the Navy side immediately shouted in anger:

"Shanks, why should we listen to you! This war was a victory for our Navy; do you want to tarnish our victory?!"

From the indignant expressions of the Marines, it was clear that the vast majority disagreed with Shanks' demand.

However, Fleet Admiral Sengoku spoke up:

"I agree! Shanks, I can hand over the bodies of Whitebeard and Fire Fist Ace to you!"

The Marines asked in confusion: "Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"

Sengoku waved his hand and decided unilaterally:

"It does not matter; I will bear all consequences!"

There were two main reasons why Sengoku agreed to Shanks.

One was Shanks' identity, which was very special and had certain connections with the Five Elders; Sengoku could not help but show Gu Ji.

The other was that this war truly could not continue.

Leaving aside the Navy's casualties, considering the Five Emperors Luo Xing of Sabaody that must be dealt with next, the Navy's strength could not be further depleted; they must preserve their forces.

Just like that,

with Shanks' arrival, this grand Summit War finally came to an end.

The bodies of Whitebeard and Ace were taken away by Shanks.

Marco and the remaining members of the Whitebeard Pirates withdrew to the New World.