"Hahahaha, Newgate!!"
A profound, terrifying, and immense aura rose from Garp's body.
The explosive Conqueror's Haki tore through space, fiercely compressed onto his fist.
In an instant,
an extremely escalating destructive aura suddenly spread, instantly locking onto Whitebeard.
At the same time, Whitebeard's expression became extremely solemn.
He knew that his sons had not yet completely escaped the Marines' sniping range.
Therefore, he could not fall... at least, not now.
He could clearly feel an indescribable sense of crisis overwhelming him, firmly locking onto his aura.
Garp's punch was unavoidable!
Whitebeard instinctively gripped Murakumogiri, his aura continuously rising, mixed with dense black lightning, as if making the void itself twist.
Not only Whitebeard himself, but Sengoku and Marco also sensed that continuously rising terrifying aura; a heavy pressure descended upon the earth, making everyone gasp for breath, feeling a strong sense of suffocation.
"—Is this the might of a marine hero?"
Crocodile's expression was grave, his body gradually showing signs of turning to sand; even dozens of miles away, it still posed such a great threat to him.
"Father!!"
Even knowing this was Whitebeard's own choice, his sons still felt unbearable pain.
"—Hmph!"
Whitebeard took a deep breath, no longer defending himself. Instantly, flashes, magma, and ice all fell upon him.
He tightly gripped the naginata in his hand, lightning and storms swirling around his entire body, then suddenly roared, his eyes bursting with an incredibly fervent light.
With one swing of his blade, space shattered, and the blade light instantly sent three people flying.
Only then did everyone finally see Whitebeard's current state!
Large areas of his skin were damaged, blood dripped down, and magma, flashes, and ice crystals left indelible marks on his body.
His body was surrounded by countless black-red lightning bolts, and his Haki was still boundless, but in the perception of Observation Haki, his aura had clearly weakened by at least half!
Even with their varying injuries, the Three Admirals had managed to wound Whitebeard to such an extent in a short time!
At the same time,
streaks of black-red lightning resounded through heaven and earth,
the shattered earth rose in layers like ocean waves.
Roar!
A vast shockwave exploded from top to bottom, roaring towards Whitebeard, carrying an exaggerated momentum that crushed everything in its path.
Whether it was rocks, soil, vegetation, or large trees in the jungle, all were instantly crushed, disintegrated, and annihilated into nothingness.
Even before it touched him, the ground within a kilometer radius began to collapse and crumble... Just then, Whitebeard moved!
Black-red lightning flickered, surging into the naginata all at once, his aura sharply rising, his golden hair flying, his eyes bloodshot.
With the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Haki intertwined, Whitebeard clenched his fists and punched upwards, straight into the sky.
"Galaxy Impact!"
"Tremor-Tremor: Heaven's Fall!"
Boom!
A blinding white light shone across all of Marineford, and powerful Haki spread out.
The sky, the earth, and the ocean were torn to pieces by these two extremely powerful forces.
In everyone's eyes, the world was filled with black-red lightning, like a human hell... Nearly a hundred kilometers away,
a majestic vermilion three-masted ship, with a dragon-headed bow and a red-marked skull on its sails, cut through the water, heading straight for Marineford.
"Hahaha, Boss, do you think if we go to break up the fight, we'll get killed?" Lucky Roux, the Fat, joked, never letting go of his large piece of meat.
"Who knows?"
The "Red Hair" Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, sat at the bow of the ship. The salty sea breeze ruffled his distinctive Red Hair, and his deep pupils reflected the absolute confidence of a king.
However, the next second, black-red lightning struck from afar, instantly enveloping the Red Force.
"Boss, this...!"
Yasopp, the sniper, seemed to have seen something, a cold bead of sweat on his forehead.
"—Heh heh!"
Red Hair Shanks stood up, and crimson Haoshoku lightning roared out as if in response, tightly coiling around him.
"Haki of this level?!"
First Mate Benn Beckman watched gravely ahead, the world turning dim; the closer they got, the denser the Haoshoku aura became.
"Shanks, we—?!"
Beckman looked towards the bow, but it was empty.
"Haha, Beckman, you guys take your time, I'm going ahead!"
On the sea, a dazzling red light streaked across the surface, its speed not much slower than Kizaru's... Time slowly passed.
Dust and grit floated in the void, and everyone seemed to witness something incredible, their eyes gradually widening.
What greeted their eyes was a vast, seemingly endless, ruined giant crater.
The few remaining hundred-meter-tall peaks had been completely leveled, and the world was silent.
In the center of the giant crater were two burly figures.
Whitebeard was covered in lacerations, blood dripping onto the ground, looking like two bloodied men.
His aura was weak and feeble... at its worst.
Compared to him, Garp's condition was much better.
There was only a deep, bone-visible sword mark on his chest, from which intensely black-red lightning continuously erupted, and blood stained his clothes.
"Father!!"
Ace, seeing this, suddenly rushed out.
Then,
bang!!
Marco grabbed Ace's head and firmly pressed him onto the deck.
He roared, "What do you want to do? Father and we worked so hard to save you, are you really that eager to die??"
Tears flowed uncontrollably, and Ace couldn't help but sob,
"Marco, just hold me down like this! I'm scared, I'm so scared!!"
"Sigh!!"
..."Gurararara, Garp, your punches are really losing their punch!"
Whitebeard coughed up blood, raising his naginata again.
Zzzzzzz
Haoshoku bloomed once more, its tremors echoing throughout Marineford.
He resolutely charged towards Garp,
"Come on, Newgate!!"
Garp clenched his fist.
Two legends of the same era once again radiated their brilliance.
Within a ten-kilometer radius, the Haoshoku was so dense that even Elite Vice Admirals couldn't withstand it, turning the entire area into a forbidden zone of life.
"Infinite Fist Bone!"
"Transcendent Heaven Shock!"
Black-purple lightning pierced through his bones, and his punching speed was as fast as lightning, as if countless giant cannons were continuously bombarding!
Murakumogiri dragged black-red lightning, powerful Tremor-Tremor Fruit abilities intertwined.
Blade after blade struck Garp's fist bones, space crumbling layer by layer, and dimensional forces constantly tearing at their flesh, but against the obsidian-like Armament Haki... it was useless.
Their Haki and Devil Fruit abilities poured out without restraint, and the entire Marineford groaned.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, Garp's Haki abruptly stalled.
Whoosh!!
Whitebeard pulled with both hands, directly unleashing a hundred-meter-long black-red blade light, forcefully cutting Garp down to the ground.
With a crash!
Half of the Marine port was split in two by the black-red blade light, the earth shook violently, stirring up countless dust and rubble.
However, after this strike,
Whitebeard's face suddenly turned pale, his figure staggered back a few meters, and blood gushed from his mouth uncontrollably.
Even with his body at its peak, having first endured the siege of the Three Admirals and then fought Garp, there was no doubt that his life was nearing its end!
He felt his vision begin to blur, his eyelids stained with blood, and he coughed violently.
Biu!
A golden laser beam suddenly shot through his abdomen, passing through his back and into the distant sea, exploding with towering seawater.
—It was Kizaru!
Exploding crimson magma, like a giant fireball, heavily pierced Whitebeard's chest.
—It was Akainu!
Several pure white ice pillars shot out, and an extremely cold freezing air rushed forward, covering Whitebeard's figure, forming a crystal-clear ice sculpture.
—It was Aokiji!
Whitebeard's consciousness began to dissipate!
"I, have reached my limit!!"
"—What a long journey it has been!!"
"—What a wonderful voyage!!"
..."What do you really want? Hey! Newgate."
"I've wanted one thing since I was a child..."
—[Family]
..."Thank you all..., farewell, my dear sons!!"
—Legend has it, the "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate, the the strongest man in the world, has fallen! ...At the age of 72!
..."Father, goodbye!!!"
Tears flowed uncontrollably; from that day on, they became... orphans again, not accepted by the world!!!