The City of Calamity.
Roa was feeding fish.
He stood in front of the enormous fish tank in his palace, tearing up a piece of dried fish in his hand.
"What a pity,"
Roa patiently used his hand to shred the dried fish into strips, then casually tossed them into the fish tank before him.
"If Old Man Whitebeard was still in his prime, I would have gone over myself."
Inside the giant fish tank, beautiful merfolk were fighting over the small strips of dried fish Roa had thrown in.
Well, the principle that mandarins grown south of the Huai River are different from those grown north holds true even in this异 world.
The merfolk living on Fishman Island indeed didn't eat fish, but the merfolk living in Roa's fish tank had changed this habit and were eating very happily.
Creatures truly were marvelous.
Roa felt he could publish a paper in the newspaper.
While tossing the dried fish, Roa sighed, "Damn Imu! It's all your fault, you bastard!"
If it weren't for Imu, he wouldn't have crossed twenty-five years of time and come directly to this era.
If he hadn't come directly to this era, he wouldn't have missed Whitebeard's peak, and he could have completed the achievement of defeating the three legendary pirates in their prime.
But now, Whitebeard was old and weak, afflicted by illness, and fighting him held no more meaning.
Alas, what a shame. The last time he fought Whitebeard back then, he couldn't even do anything to him.
He had already missed his Captain, and now he had missed Whitebeard too.
"If I had known this, I should have just sent him a block of Pure Gold back then."
Tossing all the dried fish in his hand into the tank, Roa clapped his hands and lamented.
"Hmph."
Hancock, who had been standing behind Roa, expressionless like a statue, suddenly curled her lip and sneered.
Disgusting fellow.
In the end, it was nothing more than the composure of condescension born from self-perceived strength.
If the enemy were truly strong enough to make him wary, why would this guy be wasting his breath here? He would have already gone to secure victory by any means necessary.
"You don't understand, Hancock."
Roa briefly glanced back, smiling, "For me, the interesting people in this world are indeed getting fewer and fewer."
What the hell does that have to do with me?
Hancock rolled her eyes, too lazy to exchange more words with Roa.
What was there to say to this monster?
She had already realized that Roa was a demon that fed on human suffering.
The more pain, the more anger, the more this bastard was inwardly pleased.
Staying calm and ignoring him only made him unhappy.
Just then, the green-haired woman rushed in.
"Oh,"
Roa turned his head with interest, "Toki, have you brought me some good news?"
Toki, Kozuki, Roa's most favored woman before Hancock arrived, calmly stated,
"Shirahoshi is now able to communicate smoothly with the Sea Kings."
"Oh?"
Roa's eyes immediately lit up. "Does that mean the moment her ability fully awakens is very close?"
"Excellent!!"
Roa's lips curled upwards. "When her ability fully awakens, everything will be over!"
The power of the Sea King would certainly be insufficient if it were to be used to defeat Imu or the Nidhogg in Shanks's possession.
No matter how wantonly the Sea Kings could wreak havoc on the sea, they couldn't reach the monster floating in the sky.
However, the Sea Kings were not the key; the key was what Shirahoshi could do by controlling all the Sea Kings in the world once her ability awakened.
Roa was absolutely convinced that even if he did nothing now, even if all the forces under his command were to vanish, as long as Shirahoshi's ability fully awakened, his victory was a matter of course!
"Continue! Tell Shirahoshi to intensify her practice! This is truly something to look forward to!"
Roa was full of anticipation, with the aspiration of a young man on his face.
Hancock pursed her lips.
What was this monster anticipating now? What exactly did he want to do?
Hancock didn't know; she just prayed silently in her heart.
Robin, it's all up to you!
Paradise, Stone Island.
Amidst Kaido's furious and shocked roar, Teach leaped up, and his right fist, wrapped in an inexplicable black substance, slammed heavily onto Whitebeard's face as he flew towards him.
The crescent-shaped mustache was instantly wiped clean by the black substance.
Whitebeard caught a glimpse of Teach's crazed, laughing face in the corner of his eye.
Rocks, you idiot's stupid son, apart from this face, you don't resemble him at all.
Boom!
Whitebeard's face was instantly caved in by the blast. The pressure of the Dark-Dark Fruit, combined with the Hellfire of the Cerberus Fruit, completely disfigured his entire head.
The man who had long been recognized as the World's Strongest Man immediately spun and flew out.
But as soon as he flew out, Teach raised his left hand, "Black Water!"
The gravitational pull of darkness was activated again, and Whitebeard was once again pulled back.
"Dark Emperor!!"
The black substance suddenly expanded, resembling a mass of squirming chaos, and Teach flung it toward Whitebeard.
Boom!!
The darkness instantly exploded.
A massive, black spiral suddenly soared into the sky, piercing through heaven and earth like a pillar supporting the sky.
"Zehahahahaha!!"
Teach stood before this massive black pillar, arms outstretched, laughing wildly as if embracing the heavens and the earth.
Now, all that was left was the final step!
"You bastard!!"
An iron club came flying toward him.
Teach struck back with his fist, completely unconcerned.
The black iron fist and the black iron club collided in mid-air, and the Conqueror's Haki lightning that spread out once again split the clouds and tore the earth.
"Old Man!!"
Amidst the earth-shattering roar, the desperate shouts of the remaining Whitebeard Pirates members seemed so feeble, like the chirping of insects.
"Zehahahahaha!"
While being knocked back by a blow from Kaido's club, Teach once again activated Black Water. From within the towering, black whirlwind, a figure was pulled out once more.
It was Whitebeard.
His body was twisted, and there were marks of freezing and corrosion everywhere, left by the Hellfire.
Teach grabbed the man's neck with one hand, while the other held an apple.
"Zeha, zeha, zehahahahaha!!"
Amidst the frenzied laughter, the final Black Water was activated.
Whitebeard felt himself sinking into darkness.
I'm sorry, my sons. I can only take you this far.
And, Roa, it won't end like this.
Perhaps soon, perhaps in the distant future, but as long as people still seek freedom, someone will still challenge you...
Darkness consumed everything.
"Zehahahahahaha!!"
Teach roared with laughter as he tossed Whitebeard's corpse aside, looking at the blue-and-white fruit in his hand—shaped like a pear and covered in cracks at the bottom—he was so excited that his whole body started to tremble.
"Finally! Finally!!"
In the sky.
Shiki slowly exhaled a smoke ring. "What a pitiful end, Newgate."
If he hadn't chosen to stand with Roa back then, would Whitebeard's current fate have been his own?
"Mama-mama! With so many people attending his funeral, he died in a worthy way, I suppose!"
Charlotte Linlin, however, grinned, but as she laughed, her eyes held deep vigilance as she looked at Teach.
Was it coming?
"Old Man!!"
Flower Sword Vista, covered in wounds, looked at the still Whitebeard on the ground, practically crying tears of blood.
Dead?
Was their Old Man, their father, dead?
"You scum!!"
Jozu, who was closest to Teach, immediately erupted in fury.
Even though he was covered in blood and severely injured, he transformed his body into diamond, and driven by anger, he charged towards Teach like a locomotive.
And Teach, at this moment, simply took a hasty bite of the fruit in his hand.
It's coming, it's coming, it's coming!
The ultimate power!!
"Zehahahaha!"
Teach laughed wildly, "Now, I lack nothing!"
"Die!!"
The Diamond Locomotive crashed into him.
Teach's mouth curled into a dangerous smile, and his right fist clenched tight.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, a white halo spread out from his fist.
"What?!"
Vista could hardly believe what he saw before his eyes.
"How could this be!"
But the reality was that Teach's fist, wrapped in white tremor waves, slammed heavily into Jozu's body.
"Crack!!"
Jozu's entire body began to tremble violently, and his diamond form instantly started to shatter.
Not only was his body shattering, but the ground was also splintering, and the air was breaking.
The intense tremor waves spread backward, starting from Jozu, tearing the earth, shattering the sky, crushing villages, overturning farmlands, capsizing forests, and finally rushing out of the island, causing the sea to surge violently.
"Zehahahaha! This power!!"
He pulled out another apple with one hand, simultaneously using Black Water to pull the knocked-away Jozu back; the power of the Diamond Fruit must not be wasted either.
Meanwhile, Teach gazed obsessively at the tremor waves spreading from the clenched fist in his other hand, "This is my complete form!"
The Zoan-type Cerberus Fruit, to boost his physique!
The Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit, to restrain other ability users!
The Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit, to enhance destructive power!
Flawless, with no weaknesses!
Teach even had a crazier idea in his heart!
The Lineage Factor implantation surgery was achieved through Devil Fruit modification technology!
By implanting the Lineage Factor into a Devil Fruit, they achieved the modification of the human body!
Then, could he, a person with the abilities of three Devil Fruits, possess the abilities of three Lineage Factors simultaneously?
While Lineage Factor abilities were naturally much weaker than Devil Fruits, having them was better than not having them!
Moreover, if he developed the other two abilities to the awakened stage—
Could he truly approach the realm where his Boss stood?
"Zehahahaha!!"
Accompanying his frenzied laughter, black mist permeated his left hand, and tremor waves spread from his right hand, while a surging, tyrannical aura also swelled forth.
"This guy!!"
Charlotte Linlin's face was grim.
This bastard's Conqueror's Haki was getting even stronger!
He had indeed crossed the line that even Shiki and Kaido could not shake, beginning to evolve into a whole new domain!
"You bastard! Then let me test your strength!"
With a roar, the ferocious Dragon-man shot forward. "Great Might: Thunder Bagua!"
Conqueror's Haki lightning danced like a mad dragon on the black iron club!
This blow was enough to pulverize the island beneath their feet!
"Zehahahaha! Perfect timing!"
Teach's smile remained wild and arrogant.
The black mist of the Dark-Dark Fruit, the black flame of the Cerberus Fruit, the tremor waves of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, coupled with Armament and Conqueror's Haki—multiple powers simultaneously wrapped around Teach's right fist, almost like the elemental chaos mix attack that Roa liked most back then!
"Dark Tremor Break!!"
Boom!!
The surging darkness immediately swallowed half the world, and it was not only darkness but also tremor waves and Haki that sought to crush everything.
Kaido's pupils instantly contracted.
Such power!
The darkness continued to spread and finally engulfed Kaido as well.
The next moment, a figure shot out from the surging dark tide.
Kaido landed clumsily on the ground, staggering backward, but the man's face was filled with excitement.
"Uorororo! Then let me see, do you now truly have the qualifications to say you've surpassed the limits of humanity, just like Roa!!"
And at the same time.
"Old Man... Jozu..."
Vista, who could barely stand up, looked on in a daze.
What was going on? Why could this bastard Teach use the Old Man's power?
Did he steal the Old Man's ability because of that fruit?
But now, that didn't matter anymore.
Marco was dead, Jozu was dead, and the Old Man was dead. The journey of the Whitebeard Pirates ended today.
Vista tremblingly used his two swords to support his body, trying to stand up.
Even if he died, he would die standing, never to disgrace the Old Man.
But it was at this very moment.
"Aaarrgh!!"
A sudden roar came from the distant sky.
"What?"
Shiki and Charlotte Linlin in the sky, as well as Teach and Kaido, who had collided again, all instinctively turned their heads to look at the distant heavens.
On the distant horizon, a patch of dark clouds was rapidly approaching.
It was a dragon, a colossal black dragon.
"No way!!"
Teach's expression suddenly changed.
"The Nidhogg?"
Kaido also frowned deeply. "Why is this monster here?"
"Don't waste time! Retreat! It's moving at such a speed?"
Shiki stared intently at the black dragon that streaked across the sky like a meteor, rapidly closing in.
There was no time to linger; in a few seconds at most, that dragon would descend upon this island.
"Alright!"
Charlotte Linlin also didn't hesitate; she made a hand sign. "Open the door quickly!"
Thus, in mid-air, with a click.
A giant air door opened.
Charlotte Linlin was the first to fly inside on her cloud.
"Let's go. That's not an opponent we can handle."
Shiki followed closely into the air door.
"Tch."
Kaido clicked his tongue in annoyance.
If he could, he would still very much like to compete with this Nidhogg.
But this thing was even stronger than Roa; staying here was a dead end.
So, no matter how annoyed he was, Kaido jumped into the air door as well.
"Zehahahaha! I guess there's no choice but to retreat!"
Teach was even less hesitant, leaping into the sky with a great bound.
But just as he was about to rush into the air door, he looked back and struck downward at the island with all his might.
Tremor waves, black mist, black flames, Haki—the constantly vibrating chaos was flung down by him.
"Dark Emperor!"
In the very next instant as the air door closed.
Boom!
Darkness consumed everything.
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