In terms of raw power, Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), and overall combat ability, all of it had already reached SSSS level. Add in terrifying taijutsu, giant strength, dragon strength, killing intent, and layer upon layer of Haoshoku Haki (Conqueror's Haki) reinforcement—at this moment, Creed's absolute strength surpassing Teach by two tiers wasn't a problem at all.
If Teach didn't have the fully awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power and the Dark-Dark Fruit's damage-absorbing nature, he probably wouldn't even survive three full-power moves from Creed.
The current Creed—forget Teach—even the Five Elders might not be enough to make him care.
In this world, the only opponent truly worthy of entering Creed's eyes was just one:
The owner of the Empty Throne—Imu!
"Cough… cough… damn it!"
Teach unleashed extreme tremor power, forcing Creed to retreat for an instant.
Then he did something that shocked the entire world—
He turned around and ran.
Even Creed was a little surprised. He didn't expect Teach to be this shameless—without a single ounce of pride.
Just a minute or two ago, he'd been roaring in public that he would smash Creed to pieces. But the moment he took a loss, he immediately fled.
"But… can you really get away?"
Creed sneered, about to teleport in front of the heavily injured Teach and finish him off.
Within dozens of miles, everything was covered by Creed's ROOM. For Teach to escape that range was pure delusion.
"Creed!"
At that moment, an incomparably violent presence suddenly charged in from behind.
It was Kong!
He had broken in!
But his entire body was soaked in blood. That fully awakened tremor power spread across more than ten miles had already dealt serious damage to him—especially when he was already heavily wounded.
However, Kong wasn't charging at Creed.
He locked onto Teach instead.
That made everyone watching utterly stunned.
Everyone knew that once Creed had grown to this level, his threat to the World Government far exceeded Teach's.
So why was Kong going after Teach?
But the ones who truly understood knew the answer:
In this situation—and with Kong's condition—killing Creed was nothing but a fantasy.
Better to deal with the one who was also heavily injured.
At the very least… he could drag Teach down with him and die together!
"Kong, are you insane?! You ignore Creed and come for me?!" Teach was so furious he felt like he was going to explode as he faced Kong's punch.
Boom!
The two slammed fists head-on, and both were blown back.
Kong's arm was directly shattered into a mist of blood by Teach's tremor power.
And Teach was also struck by Kong's Busoshoku Haki, coughing out another mouthful of blood.
"Hahaha! Teach—this is all you've got left?!" Kong charged again, this time using his other arm.
"Kong, you're dying here today!" Teach bared a vicious grin as his tremor force surged up another level.
Creed watched it all and didn't stop it.
Because when Kong had rushed past him earlier, Kong had left him a single sentence:
"Creed… treat this world well. Treat the Marines well."
That was enough for Creed to understand—Kong had come here today deliberately seeking death.
"Two massive operations had failed back-to-back, crushing the World Government's prestige. Someone had to take responsibility, and as the highest-ranking person responsible for both battles…"
It could only be him.
If he died here, it might be the best possible outcome for his family and his subordinates.
Creed couldn't help feeling a bit of emotion.
Kong had been absolutely loyal to the World Government—working his way up from an ordinary Marine to Commander-in-Chief, still running around at such an old age, even willing to die for it.
But that was all.
Creed intended to overthrow the Celestial Dragons. Sooner or later, he would have to crush obstacles like Kong and the Five Elders.
Even if Teach didn't kill Kong today, when Creed eventually stormed the Holy Land…
He would still kill him.
No—today, if the Marines ran even a little slower, and if Teach weren't here, Creed might have already struck even harder.
He still had some lingering ties to the Marines—but he cared even less to see his own people take casualties.
Mercy doesn't belong on a battlefield!
Bang!
At that moment, Teach killed Kong.
But before he could even react—
Creed came crashing down from above and chopped Teach into the ground with a single swing of his naginata!
"Ganging up on me… shameless!" Teach lay on the ground, blood gushing like a fountain, his aura rapidly fading.
That strike from Creed had used full force—reinforced with Busoshoku Haki, tremor power, Haoshoku Haki, and killing intent.
Even if Teach hadn't been distracted by Kong, he still would've struggled to take that blow.
"Sorry," Creed said calmly. "I'm out of patience."
"N-no, Creed! I can surrender! I can submit—be your dog!"
Seeing Creed truly going for the kill, Teach trembled violently, even shouting the words of becoming a dog.
"On your way, Teach. Go repent in hell."
Creed didn't hesitate at all. His blade came down with overwhelming force, like a mountain tens of thousands of feet tall. Whitebeard's supreme Ō Wazamono, Murakumogiri, let out a satisfied, resonant hum!
It was as if it, too, thirsted to drink Teach's blood.
Crack!
Under the gaze of billions…
Creed cleanly sliced off Teach's head.
Blood sprayed in all directions.
(End of Chapter)
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