Chapter 283

The one least injured was Ma Erke.

His Devil Fruit of the Phoenix allowed him to heal his wounds quickly.

Gazing at the Whitebeard Pirates lost in despair and bitter anger, his own heart was filled with sorrow.

Father is dead, and after suffering this great defeat,

these comrades who had lived together day and night had completely lost their spirit and fighting will.

They would probably go their separate ways very soon.

The Whitebeard Pirates were truly about to disband completely.

Though Ma Erke was reluctant, he was powerless to stop it.

What else could be done?

He did not have Father's prestige, nor did he have Father's strength.

Whether to continue uniting the Whitebeard Pirates or to take revenge on Blackbeard,

he could not do it!

The only thing he could do in the future was probably to guard this island.

Guard Father's tomb so it would never be disturbed again.

Ma Erke remained silent for a long time.

Very soon.

A commander, dragging his battered body, began to leave in a daze.

"Farewell, everyone..."

This commander said.

Immediately after.

Another commander followed behind him, intending to leave.

"Let's disperse, everyone disperse. What meaning is there for us, who can do nothing, to gather here? We are just a bunch of trash!"

These words,

deeply pierced the heart of one person.

That was Diamond Jozu!

Jozu was adopted by Whitebeard when he was very young.

Like Ma Erke, he basically grew up by Whitebeard's side.

Although Whitebeard was not his biological father, he was even closer than a real father!

How could he just watch Father lie in the grave with his eyes unsealed!

How could he continue to be so decadent without avenging Father?!

This must not happen!

Jozu suddenly let out a roar:

"Where are you two going? Do you intend to be cowards forever!"

Hearing this, the two commanders stopped, turned to look at Jozu, and said with a bitter smile:

"What else can we do if we don't hide like cowards? Jozu, you are severely injured yourself and can barely protect yourself."

Jozu roared:

"So what if I'm severely injured? So what if I can barely protect myself? Are you all cowardly cowards who fear death?!"

The two commanders were instantly provoked into anger and said:

"How could we be afraid of death? We just cannot avenge Father and don't want to die in vain!"

None of the sixteen commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates were cowards.

If they could avenge Whitebeard, they would seek out Blackbeard even if they had to risk their lives.

But from the battle just now,

they had deeply realized that

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even if all ten-plus commanders attacked together, they were far from a match for Blackbeard, who possessed the powers of both the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!

It would only be dying in vain.

What meaning would that have?

But Jozu's next words made those two commanders, as well as the others, including Ma Erke and Vista, all startle.

"Who said we cannot avenge Father? Who said we will definitely die in vain?"

"Jozu, what do you mean by that? Just now, you saw Teq's current power..."

"Yes, that bastard Teq is indeed powerful now, but he is not necessarily invincible!"

Jozu shouted:

"We still have a chance to defeat him!"

"What chance?"

All the commanders looked at Jozu, hope burning in their eyes.

Jozu took a deep breath and said word by word:

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"It is the Monster Cell!"

"As long as we eat the Monster Cell, our strength will surge!"

"Then, we will definitely be able to kill Teq!!"

The Whitebeard division commanders were rocked to their core.

Monster Cells—Jozu had actually set his sights on Monster Cells!

But on closer thought,

what Jozu said actually made a great deal of sense.

If there was anything in this world that could let them bridge the gap in strength between themselves and Blackbeard, it could only be those Monster Cells, which rivaled Devil Fruits themselves!

However,

the crux of the matter was,

Monster Cells were an heaven-defying item invented by the unfathomable Emperor Luo Xing—an existence even that old man dared not take lightly.

And Emperor Luo Xing was none other than Kaidou of the Beasts' son-in-law, with the Beasts Pirates standing behind him—a crew that dared contest hegemony with the World Government itself!

As for their fame on the seas right now,

Luo Xing was far, far more terrifying than Blackbeard!

The Beasts crew was also incomparably stronger than Blackbeard's crew by who knew how many times!

Without old man Whitebeard holding down the fort, how were the Whitebeard division commanders supposed to obtain Monster Cells?

Steal them?

Heh—the odds of success were even slimmer than those of killing Blackbeard.

Jozu had long since anticipated this problem, and he had already worked out a solution. He said crisply:

"Only that Emperor Luo Xing has Monster Cells."

"Although our Whitebeard Pirates and the Beasts Pirates have had plenty of friction in the past, and old man and Kaidou have long had their grievances, all that was decades ago."

"To avenge old man, Ace, and Thatch, all those past grudges don't amount to anything."

Ma Erke's body jolted violently; he caught the unspoken implication in Jozu's words and cried out in shock:

"Jozu, you mean to tell us we should throw in with the Beasts Pirates?!"

241. The Decision of the Whitebeard Remnants—Submit Only to Luo Xing, Not to Kaidou!

Monster Cells were Luo Xing's invention.

On these seas, only the Beasts crew possessed them.

And the Beasts crew was the strongest of the Four Emperors crews, one that could directly stand against the World Government!

No weaker than the Rocks Pirates or the Roger Pirates of old!

Perhaps even surpassing them!

Even Blackbeard with his dual Devil Fruit abilities, even the Blackbeard Pirates recognized as the new Emperor crew that replaced the Whitebeard crew,

their overall strength right now was still far inferior to the Beasts crew!

For the Whitebeard remnants to try seizing Monster Cells from the Beasts crew would be nothing short of a fool's dream.