Chapter 466: Who is Stronger, Admiral or Four Emperors?

If Zhang Zhang Jie knew Aokiji's thoughts, he would definitely tell him that this is the difference in ability.

Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit is known for its destructive power, and was once evaluated by Sengoku as "power that can destroy the world,"

and the huge tsunami of hundreds of meters high that he could stir up at will during the Summit War also confirmed this

—after such a huge tsunami, except for the Red Line with an altitude of thousands or ten thousand meters,

other islands would be submerged without exception, and the fate of the people and buildings on them can be imagined.

And the Tremor-Tremor Fruit can also stir up huge earthquakes, and it was during the Summit War,

Whitebeard almost shattered the Marine Headquarters along with the entire island with one blow.

In Whitebeard's hands, Zhang Zhang Jie doesn't know if the Tremor-Tremor Fruit can destroy the world, but he is sure that,

if there is no powerhouse of the same level to check and balance, Whitebeard will inevitably destroy the civilization on the surface!

But in reality, when it comes to the threat to top powerhouses, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is smaller than the laser cannon.

The destructive power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is definitely higher than the laser cannon he imitated,

but it has a relatively fatal hard injury, which is speed.

Powerhouses who can become top powerhouses of the sea are bound to be six-sided warriors,

even if they are not as fast as Whitebeard, the "World's Strongest Man," they will definitely not be beaten into a suppressive effect by him.

No matter how strong the destructive power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is, it is useless if it doesn't hit.

And the speed of the laser is the speed of light, which can only be predicted, and once locked, it can only be carried hard.

The two are a bit like the black powder artillery of the firearm era and the modern high-precision sniper rifle.

In terms of actual power, the power of artillery is bound to be greater than that of a sniper rifle,

but the accuracy of the artillery at that time was too poor, and it could only be used for attacking strongholds and breaking formations,

for a single, human-sized target, except for luck, it basically couldn't hit.

The sniper rifle has small power, but it can easily take lives from hundreds or thousands of meters away.

Of course, this is just a somewhat inappropriate metaphor: in Whitebeard's hands,

the Tremor-Tremor Fruit has become the strongest Paramecia Devil Fruit that surpasses other Paramecia Devil Fruits.

The ability is so strong that Zhang Zhang Jie didn't dare to draw such a conclusion so arbitrarily before seeing it.

Secondly, the Admiral is not a crispy skin that can be killed with one shot.

As a personal experience, Zhang Zhang Jie concluded that Marine Admirals are also fleshy enough to make people want to vomit.

After sending Aokiji to rest, Zhang Zhang Jie also

This great battle had left him thoroughly exhausted.

These powerhouses among pirates are all monsters of stamina; fighting for days and nights is like child's play to them.

Later, when Aokiji and Akainu vied for the position of Fleet Admiral, they fought fiercely for ten days and ten nights.

At the time, aside from not directly killing each other, they likely used all their other trump cards and techniques:

Aokiji lost a leg and could only use the Ice-Ice Fruit to create a temporary ice leg to use.

And although Akainu did not lose any limbs, the scars he displayed later,

which covered almost his entire upper body, indicated that he was not unscathed either.

Lying on the soft bed, letting the light cotton velvet wrap around him,

a question surfaced in Zhang Zhang Jie's mind: that is, who is stronger, the Admirals or the Four Emperors?

Regarding the comparison of strength between Marine Admirals and the Four Emperors, this is a topic that has remained evergreen among One Piece fans.

Combining past classic battles and his own personal exchanges with Big Mom and Aokiji,

Zhang Zhang Jie reached a relatively clear conclusion: overall,

the Four Emperors are generally slightly superior to Marine Admirals in individual raw strength, Haki tier, and survivability.

However, Admirals possess the special mechanisms of Logia-type fruits and extremely high tactical proficiency;

both belong to the same combat power ceiling, and Admirals are fully qualified to fight the Four Emperors, though the odds of winning usually lie with the Four Emperors.

First is the Haki tier; the Four Emperors generally master top-tier Conqueror's Haki infusion,

which can destroy from the inside out, ignoring external defenses, and they also possess top-tier Armament and Observation Haki.

While Admirals also possess top-tier Armament and Observation Haki,

they generally have not displayed Conqueror's Haki infusion, which should be related to them taking orders from the World Government,

lacking that "I am the only one supreme" mindset of the Pirate Emperors.

Even Doflamingo, whose strength is far inferior to the Four Emperors, had the ambition to despise everything and take revenge on the Celestial Dragons since he was a child.

Secondly, there are the fruit abilities; the Four Emperors are mostly Paramecia or Zoan-type Mythical species,

and most have already awakened (like Whitebeard and Kaido), capable of changing the environment.

Admirals are mostly Logia-type (Light, Magma, Ice), possessing elemental evasion mechanisms, with extremely high fault tolerance.

In this aspect, the mechanisms differ, and both sides are evenly matched.

Third is physical constitution; the Four Emperors are all monster-level, possessing extremely high defensive power (like Kaido's dragon scales,

Big Mom's Iron Balloon) and stamina, suitable for long-duration endurance battles.

Admirals are the peak of humanity; although strong, their physical defense is not as good as the Four Emperors, and they rely more on fruits and the Six Powers.

In this aspect, the Four Emperors win.

Fourth, combat performance: Whitebeard suppressed Akainu. Akainu severely injured Whitebeard;

Aokiji froze Jozu, Kizaru held off Luffy. Four Emperors (slightly superior).

In the latest Egghead arc, Luffy, having become one of the Four Emperors, displayed obvious suppression when facing Admiral Kizaru.

Luffy could not only easily catch Kizaru's light-speed kicks, but even made Kizaru struggle to parry after activating "Gear 5."

This counts as the Sun God Nika's dimensional strike against the Glint-Glint Fruit, but that is a side note.

The most intuitive sample of an "Admiral vs. Emperor" duel is the "Whitebeard vs. Akainu" battle at Marineford.

The elderly Whitebeard, suffering from a severe illness and even stabbed by his own "son,"

was still able to severely wound Akainu in a head-on confrontation (shattering half his face).

Although Akainu relied on the aggressiveness of his Logia-type and tenacious vitality to persist until the end,

the destructive power displayed by Whitebeard was clearly a grade higher.

This proves that the Four Emperors at their peak are superior to Admirals in raw strength.

The gap between Admirals and the Four Emperors mainly lies in Conqueror's Haki.

Although the Admirals' Armament Haki is extremely strong (like Fujitora's gravity, Akainu's Flowing Sakura) and their Observation Haki is also extremely strong,

the lack of Conqueror's Haki infusion—this "strongest spear"—leads to them facing the Four Emperors'

defenses, which are like copper walls and iron bastions (like Kaido's dragon scales), making it very difficult to cause fatal wounds.

However, this does not mean that Admirals have no chance of winning when fighting the Four Emperors.

Although they might be at a disadvantage in a head-on clash, the Logia-type (Light, Magma, Ice) grants the Admirals extremely strong survivability.

If an Admiral chooses "guerrilla warfare" rather than "positional warfare," the Four Emperors also find it difficult to take them down in a short time.

For example, Akainu's magma attacks and Aokiji's ice control can greatly limit the Four Emperors' performance.

As for Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit, as long as he doesn't court death himself,

by touching some bizarre Devil Fruit abilities and falling into traps, he is naturally in an invincible position.

In general, in terms of one-on-one strength, Four Emperors > Admirals, but the gap is not large,

not reaching the point of suppression; both are powerhouses of the same tier.

Top-tier Four Emperors (Luffy who awakened Gear 5, Whitebeard in his prime),

possess Haki and destructive power that surpass Admirals, and are the true "strongest in the world."

Marine Admirals are also top-tier warriors, possessing fruit abilities that contend with natural laws and extremely high combat intelligence,

enough to make any of the Four Emperors feel troubled, but if they want to defeat a Four Emperor,

it usually requires paying a painful price or relying on team coordination.