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"ROAR!"
Whitebeard forcefully swung his Bisento, Murakumogiri. The sharp shockwaves converged into a line, slashing toward Sengoku's Giant Buddha form.
Zzzzzz!
Armament Haki instantly coiled around the surface of the Buddha's fist, expanding outward with a countering shockwave.
CRACKLE! CRASH!
The moment the two powers collided, the surrounding air shattered like glass. The terrifying force exploded outwards, completely collapsing one half of the Marineford bay area.
Cough!
At that moment, Whitebeard coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood. Stabbed in the chest and sneak-attacked on the head by Akainu, even Whitebeard was reaching the limits of his endurance.
"Whitebeard, today you will certainly die!" Sengoku roared in fury. Ace had escaped; Whitebeard must die! Otherwise, the Battle of Marineford launched by the Marines would be the biggest joke in history!
"Gurararara! If you want to kill me, let's see which of you is willing to die alongside me!"
Whitebeard was unconcerned. He never planned to leave Marineford alive anyway. With his strength, dragging at least one person down with him was definitely possible!
"Hey, Rayleigh, we should leave too!" Jabba growled. They came here to save Ace. Now that Ace had successfully retreated, they had no need to continue fighting the Marines for Whitebeard's sake.
Rayleigh fell silent for a moment, then sighed.
"Out of respect for Whitebeard for looking after Ace for so long, let's give him a final send-off." If they retreated now, Whitebeard would surely die under the Marine siege. Such a great man should not die so disgracefully!
Jabba said nothing further. There were fewer and fewer old comrades from their era left.
Meanwhile, Whitebeard coughed up another mouthful of blood, his aura growing weaker. Buggy had finally fixed the broadcast Den Den Mushi.
Looking at the nearly half-dead Whitebeard, Buggy thought gleefully, "Once Whitebeard is defeated, I'll take the opportunity to cut off his head! Then Buggy-sama will gain instant fame and prestige! Hahahaha..."
Aizen Sōsuke had gradually lifted the hypnosis and resumed his battle with Soi Fon. The battlefield was entering its most chaotic phase!
"Get lost!"
Whitebeard punched away a Marine Vice Admiral attempting a sneak attack. The powerful shockwave hit the Marine Headquarters fortress behind them. Because its foundation had been severely damaged by Whitebeard's previous full-power strike, this blow caused a third of the fortress to immediately collapse.
And with that collapse, everyone spotted a massive figure hidden behind the fortress!
"W-what is that!" a Marine soldier yelled in confusion.
"Oh? Were we found out?"
A giant with a golden afro and a head shaped like a gourd stood behind the ruins, speaking with a cheerful smile.
"Since we've been spotted, come on out! It's about time anyway!" an utterly arrogant voice rang out immediately after.
Only then did the crowd realize that a group of people had gathered beneath the execution platform!
"H-how is that possible!" A knowledgeable Marine yelled out in utter shock.
"Those... those are the legendary, most vicious criminals!"
"'Former Impel Down Head Jailer' Shiryu!"
"'Crescent Moon Hunter' Catarina Devon!"
"'Corrupt King' Avalo Pizarro!"
"'Colossal Battleship' Sanjuan Wolf!"
"'Heavy Drinker' Vasco Shot!"
"They... they are all the worst criminals who were supposed to be locked up in Impel Down (Gaining Prison) for eternity!"
Everyone saw Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard, surrounded by this group of escaped prisoners, their faces filled with disbelief.
"It's... the Blackbeard Pirates!"
Sengoku's face turned ashen at the sight. When he first saw Douglas Bullet, he knew there must have been a problem at Impel Down. He never expected them to give him such a massive headache!
The entirety of Level Six had collectively broken out!
None of these criminals were decent people. Any one of them, taken alone, could cause a bloodbath on the sea. Now that Blackbeard had assembled this band of villains, no one knew what would happen!
At this moment, Blackbeard laughed heartily, looking at Whitebeard with a smug expression.
"Pops, you look terrible! It seems you really are old!"
"Teach!"
Whitebeard's previously withered body seemed to return to its prime in that instant, radiating a boundless sense of overwhelming pressure.
"Only you... are absolutely unforgivable!"
Killing a crewmate was the one truly unforgivable sin in the Whitebeard Pirates. Including Ace, that bastard, Teach had committed the crime twice!
Whitebeard raised his left arm, his muscles instantly bulging. A terrifying tremor began to spread from his body. The sheer intensity of his killing intent made even Sengoku tremble, despite knowing it wasn't directed at him.
"Go to hell and beg Thatch for forgiveness! You scoundrel!"
Whitebeard slammed his left arm forward. Dense cracks appeared in the air, spreading like a spiderweb.
VWOOM!
Finally, the terrifying shockwave was forcefully compressed by Whitebeard into a sphere several meters high, which screamed as it blasted toward Blackbeard.
"Look out!"
Sengoku cried out in alarm, quickly moving aside while shouting warnings to the Marines in the blast's path. Despite the warning, several slow-reacting Marines were swept up and tossed into the air like debris being cleared by a broom.
"Not good! Teach, run!" one of the new crewmates yelled.
BOOM!
The shockwave erupted beneath the execution platform. Everything in the vicinity was instantly and utterly pulverized. The Blackbeard Pirates immediately vanished from sight.
"Did he... get them?" a Marine asked instinctively.
However, the next second, several figures slowly emerged from the smoke.
"Oh dear, oh dear! That was almost a disaster!" Jesus Burgess, one of the original Blackbeard Pirates, said with a laugh.
A stone slab was pushed aside, and Blackbeard crawled out from underneath.
"You really won't spare me at all, huh, Pops! Well, I suppose you wouldn't hold back either way!"
Despite such a terrifying attack, the entire Blackbeard Pirate crew was completely unharmed!
Whitebeard raised Murakumogiri and pointed it at Blackbeard, his voice cold.
"Only you are unworthy to be called my son! Let's end this, Teach!"
Blackbeard laughed triumphantly.
"Zehahaha! Exactly what I wanted! I've been waiting a long time for this moment!"
Blackbeard clapped his hands against the ground. Dense darkness spread out like a tide, completely engulfing the open space.
"What is that?" was the question in most people's minds. After all, outside of Blackbeard himself, few people knew about the Dark-Dark Fruit (Yami Yami no Mi)!
"Black Hole (Ankoku)!*"
Blackbeard slowly stood up, the darkness enveloping him like a coat, eerie and terrifying. Whitebeard noticed that the ground was subtly sinking! Everything within the reach of the darkness seemed to be slowly being devoured!
Blackbeard raised both his hands, gloating at Whitebeard.
"Do you see, Pops? This is the power I gained after killing Thatch—the Dark-Dark Fruit!"