Chapter 1812: Clearing the Field

A rumbling sound came from in front of the Navy Headquarters. On the other side of the deep trench, a giant bird wrapped in blue flames flew up. It was Marco.

"Marco!"

Whitebeard's roar made Marco stop flying. After he canceled his fruit ability, tears slid down his cheeks.

"Everyone of the Whitebeard Pirates, retreat!"

Marco shouted this as if he had used all his strength, unable to help but take a few steps back.

"Don't let Pops' sacrifice go to waste. Board the ship as soon as possible."

Izo turned and rushed toward the outside of the port. Now everyone knew that Whitebeard had no possibility of leaving.

"Just like this... leave Pops behind?"

The Fish-Man Namur spoke with a trembling voice, but no one answered him. When he saw Su Xiao walking over from the front, he hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"Doctor Bai Ye, you should have a way, right? Pops' body should still be able to recover. He can still come back, right?"

Namur looked at Su Xiao with eyes full of hope.

"Judging from the current situation, he's dead for sure."

"..."

Namur took half a step back, his gaze searching around, seemingly wanting to find the next hope.

On the other side of the deep trench, blood dripped from Blackbeard's hand. In front of him was the already dying Whitebeard.

"Actually still not dead. What a monster."

Blackbeard drew the flintlock pistol from his waist and fired a shot at Whitebeard's head.

Bang!

Blood splashed, and Whitebeard stood there motionless.

"Should be... dead now."

Rain Shiliew wiped the blood off his sword. He had slashed Whitebeard dozens of times, but the other party still hadn't fallen.

"No, he's still alive."

Taylor, with muscles knotted all over his body, spoke. He was a Qiyuezhe, so of course he knew whether Whitebeard was alive or dead.

"Still not dead?"

Blackbeard looked at Whitebeard in astonishment. To see Whitebeard's face, he had to look up.

"But it doesn't matter. He's dead for sure."

As Blackbeard spoke, he was about to continue pulling the trigger when suddenly, he felt a sense of crisis. This feeling was like being held at gunpoint by countless guns, stinging pain coming from all over his body, his scalp tingling.

"What's going on!"

Just as Blackbeard spoke, he felt a pair of eyes looking at him. It was the already dying Whitebeard.

"It's definitely not you, Teach. The person Roger is waiting for is definitely not you."

Whitebeard looked down at Blackbeard. At this moment, Blackbeard felt a sense of terror deep into his marrow.

"My sons, retreat first..."

Just as Blackbeard was about to turn and flee, a sense of restraint came from his shoulder. A large hand grabbed his shoulder tightly.

"You bastard, let go of me! Something terrifying is coming. Hey, Pops, I'm your son, are you going to drag me to die with you?"

Although Blackbeard said this, he had already pressed the gun against Whitebeard's head, pulling the trigger repeatedly.

Whitebeard stood motionless like a stone statue. A sword slashed toward his arm. The long sword sank into flesh and blood; this arm wrapped in Haki was very difficult to sever.

"Shiliew, continue."

Blackbeard saw hope again. Rain Shiliew and the others aimed their attacks at Whitebeard's arm. Soon, this arm was blasted to pieces.

"Well done. Let's first..."

The flesh on Blackbeard's face began to tremble because Whitebeard's other arm had grabbed his neck at some point.

"Continue!"

Blackbeard's shout fell, but this time the momentum of attacking Whitebeard's arm was significantly weaker.

The five members of the Blackbeard Pirates—Rain Shiliew, Avalo Pizarro, Catarina Devon, Vasco Shot, and Taylor—had already turned and fled. Four of them were crew members Blackbeard had recruited in Impel Down.

The only ones continuing to attack Whitebeard's arm were Laffitte, Van Augur, Burgess, and Doc Q. These four were Blackbeard's old crew members. Unfortunately, compared to the five who had already retreated, the strength of these four was significantly weaker.

"You guys, running away too cleanly."

Although Blackbeard was furious, he wasn't losing his composure. He had betrayed others before, so when others betrayed him, he wasn't as angry as imagined.

"Captain, that feeling is getting more and more terrifying."

Champion Burgess spoke after blasting Whitebeard's head a few times.

"You four, jump in there."

Blackbeard pointed to the deep trench not far away. Laffitte and Van Augur looked at each other, then gave up attacking Whitebeard and ran toward the deep trench.

"Bastard, let go of our captain!"

Burgess didn't flee, continuing to blast Whitebeard with punch after punch.

Crack, crack...

Cracks appeared on the ground under Blackbeard's feet, and dazzling golden flames surged within the cracks. At the same time, Sengoku was also leading a large group of Navy soldiers to rush toward the left side of the port, striving to stay away from the Navy Headquarters.

Thump!

Three golden fireballs surged within the Navy Headquarters. The volume of these three golden fireballs expanded rapidly, turning from golden to incandescent.

The dazzling solar flames surged toward Whitebeard. His expression was very calm.

"I'll... end here."

Whitebeard spoke in a low voice.

"No way! My dream, my ambition, how can it end here!"

Blackbeard looked at Whitebeard. Darkness spread around Blackbeard, swallowing Burgess and Doc Q into the darkness.

The solar flames swallowed Blackbeard. He really wanted to know one thing now: who exactly had schemed against him?

Not only Whitebeard and Blackbeard, but some Navy soldiers who ran slowly were also swallowed by the solar flames.

Three giant fireballs gathered together, like a sun falling on Marineford. After suffering multiple ravages, this island finally had a tendency to start sinking.

Many pirates stood outside the port, looking at the Apollo after the explosion with dull faces. On the other side of the port were large groups of Navy soldiers with lingering fear, as well as Sengoku, who was trembling with anger.

"Fufufufufu."

Doflamingo, standing on the edge of the port, was laughing. Not far from him, Empress Boa Hancock walked away in silence, her expression clearly saying that she didn't know this person at all.

The solar flames gradually dissipated, and a giant crater with a diameter of nearly 1700 meters appeared. This giant crater was semicircular, already vitrified by high temperatures, with a pool of magma at the bottom. This was the Navy Headquarters.

A figure stood in the giant crater. Darkness could still be seen surging on his body. It was Whitebeard. And under his feet lay a charred human figure.

"Zeh, zehahaha, survived. This kind of flame, not as scary as imagined."

Blackbeard barely stood up from the ground, holding his breath. There was no oxygen around at all. If he had to take the Apollo made of high-quality materials head-on, Blackbeard might have died. But the characteristics of the Dark-Dark Fruit allowed Blackbeard to survive within the solar flames. After being submerged by the solar flames, Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit ability to absorb the surrounding solar flames, forming a small vacuum zone, which allowed him to survive.

Sss, sss, sss...

High temperatures scorched the soles of his shoes. Blackbeard looked toward the source of the sound. It was a man holding a long sword with a metal mask on his face.

"These... were all done by you?"

Blackbeard's voice was somewhat strange. After all, he couldn't breathe now. It had to be said that Blackbeard wasn't even afraid of death for the sake of his ambition. In this situation, he still chose to protect Whitebeard.

"Apollo made of low-quality materials, the power is indeed not very good, but three of them roasting each other, the explosion speed was much faster."

Su Xiao looked around. He had guessed earlier that those three Apollos (low performance) wouldn't be able to kill Blackbeard and Whitebeard. These materials were "extorted" from Doflamingo. Having them was much better than not having them. Moreover, he arranged this explosion mainly to reap War Merit.

The gains from this explosion were higher than imagined. The Navy soldiers killed allowed Su Xiao to obtain a full 1056 points of War Merit. One had to know that killing Akainu only obtained 1900 points of War Merit.

"To be able to do such a thing, you're not a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, right? You bastard... do you want to become my companion?"

Blackbeard's train of thought was very strange, actually inviting Su Xiao in this situation.

"I refuse."

"Why? Your style is completely different from the Whitebeard Pirates. If you join us, we'll turn this sea upside down and become the overlords of this sea."

Blackbeard persisted.

"The reason..." Su Xiao pondered for a moment and said: "You guys are too ugly."

"Huh?"

Blackbeard was stunned. That astonished expression clearly meant: even if you're stalling, you should find a reliable reason.

Su Xiao looked at Whitebeard standing behind Blackbeard. The other party... seemed to not be dead yet. ===== CHAPTER 1813 =====