On the battlefield where the sea wind howled, all the spectators were plunged into unprecedented shock.
Red-Haired Shanks stood at the bow of the Red Force, his right hand unconsciously tightening around the hilt of griffon, his gaze fixed on the figure in the center of the battlefield who was handling the situation with ease.
"Hey hey... isn't this too exaggerated?" Lucky Roux forgot to eat the chicken leg in his hand, his greasy mouth wide open.
Benn Beckman rarely took the cigarette out of his mouth, his voice low: "Captain, this Ron... has exceeded common sense."
Shanks's red short hair fluttered in the sea wind, and he slowly nodded: "Ah... it seems the new era is coming earlier than expected." A complex light flashed in his eyes, "He can contend with the Four Emperors without a Devil Fruit, and now he has gained such an ability..."
On the Marineford side,
"This kind of ability, I've never seen it before." Sengoku's voice was dry and unlike his own, "Could it be a new ability gained after being expelled from the Marine?"
Staff Officer Tsuru's glasses reflected a cold light, and she quickly flipped through her phone: "Ron has indeed never eaten any Devil Fruit. This kind of ability... is unprecedented."
Garp was unusually silent, his senbei bag suspended in mid-air, his gaze shifting back and forth between Ron and Ace on the execution platform, his fists clenching and cracking, what was Ron trying to do.
On the Moby Dick of the Whitebeard Pirates, Marco was very shocked: "Whitebeard, this situation..."
"Gurararara..." Whitebeard's loud laugh carried a hint of delight, "I don't know if it's his trump card, but it seems Ron hasn't been messing around for nothing all these years!" He heavily struck Murakumogiri on the deck, "Kaido has kicked an iron plate this time!"
Jozu: "He can fight Kaido to a draw without a Devil Fruit, and now he has this kind of ability..."
Vista wiped his twin swords and smiled bitterly: "How can we fight now?"
And at this moment, in the center of the battlefield, Kaido had completely gone berserk.
He frantically unleashed various moves: Heat Breath, Bad Breath, even summoning lightning from the sky... but every attack was effortlessly absorbed by Ron, causing no damage at all!
The battle had already become one-sided, every time Kaido launched an attack, he was just "sending energy" to Ron.
Those purple patterns were like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring all incoming Devil Fruit abilities.
"Give up, Kaido."
Flames of rage burned in Kaido's dragon eyes, he couldn't accept that his proud ability was completely useless against Ron.
"Impossible! I am Kaido of the Beasts!" He let out a sky-shattering roar, his dragon body twisting wildly in the air, "Heat Breath! Bad Breath! Great Fire Dragon Torch!"
A series of world-destroying moves poured out, scorching dragon breath, sharp wind blade slashes, and violent pillars of fire successively blasted towards Ron.
However, every attack was completely absorbed by those strange purple patterns, instead making the Devil Fruit power within Ron even stronger.
"Thanks for the meal." Ron's mouth curved slightly, feeling the surging power within him finally reaching a critical point,
The purple patterns around him suddenly surged, fine dragon scales appeared on the surface of his skin, ferocious dragon horns grew on his head, and his body suddenly expanded under the shocked gazes of everyone! His body grew taller!
"Hybrid Form - Purple Dragon!"
Under everyone's shocked gazes, Ron completed a partial dragon transformation. Although his body wasn't as massive as Kaido's, every inch of his muscle contained explosive power, and the purplish-black dragon scales shone with a metallic luster in the sunlight.
Whoosh—
Ron's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, his speed so fast that even Kizaru couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The next moment,
He had already appeared above Kaido's head, and his dragon claw fist, wrapped in purple Armament Haki, smashed down fiercely!
"Dragon Fist - Heavenfall Strike!"
Kaido hastily opened his maw to bite, but Ron was faster!
Bang!!!
A deafening collision echoed throughout Marineford, Kaido's massive dragon body smashed towards Marineford like a meteor.
The sturdy defensive wall collapsed under the impact, kicking up dust everywhere.
Nearby Marine soldiers fled in a hurry, several veterans running and shouting:
"Vice Admiral Ron is still so fierce!"
"His strength is even greater than back then!"
"Holy crap, he just sent Four Emperors Kaido flying!"
"Where's my phone? Hurry and take a picture and post it online, it'll definitely go viral!"
"Viral my ass, our phones were confiscated."
"Hehe, I still have mine."
"..."
A moment later, violent tremors came from the ruins.
Kaido, covered in blood, pushed aside the rubble and stood up, his dragon scales shattered, a ferocious wound split open on his forehead.
He stared intently at the purple figure in the air, a hint of fear appearing in his eyes for the first time.
Ron slowly descended onto the head of Little Wang on the sea surface, his body returning to normal: "What, still want to fight?" His tone was calm, but it carried a calm dominance, "I can accompany you to the end."
Kaido's dragon face twisted for a moment.
He looked around, Whitebeard's great sword was already itching for action, Red Hair's griffon was ready to go, not to mention the Admiral who were watching like tigers.
If he continued to entangle himself... it would be a hundred harms and no benefit to him!
Kaido grinned maliciously and looked at Sengoku, a cunning light flickering in his eyes: "Sengoku, how's the deal coming along? I can help you Marine get rid of that old man Whitebeard first!"
Upon hearing this, Akainu's pupils contracted, and his magma-transformed right fist unconsciously clenched.
This proposal indeed moved him. If he could take this opportunity to wipe out the Whitebeard Pirates in one fell swoop... But soon, he forcefully suppressed this thought and turned to look at Sengoku.
The entire Marine camp fell into an eerie silence.
The eyes of all Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral were focused on Sengoku, waiting for the Fleet Admiral's decision. Staff Officer Tsuru's fingers lightly tapped on the tactical board, while Garp rarely put away his senbei bag, his expression solemn.
Just as Sengoku's brows were tightly furrowed and he was in an internal struggle,
"Sengoku." Ron's voice suddenly sounded, he stood on the head of the Sea Kings, then pointed upwards, "You'd better think clearly."
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, only to see dozens of News Birds had arrived at some point, broadcasting this century's great battle live to all parts of the world!
Sengoku's face instantly turned pale, and his trembling hand fumbled for the phone in his pocket.
On the screen,
The topic #Marineford War Live Broadcast# was prominently displayed at the top of the trending search list, with the number of online viewers already exceeding 100,000+, and this was just the visible number!
This was just the number of people who could be seen, the number of those who couldn't be seen had long since exceeded tens of millions, even over a hundred million!
The bullet comments streamed past like a tide:
"The Marine is actually going to cooperate with Pirates?"
"Trash Marine! Where's justice?"
"Support the New Navy!"
"The World Government's behavior is too ugly! They want to have their cake and eat it too!"
"..."
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