With a loud laugh from Teach, a fist carrying milky-white tremor power smashed into the void.
Boom! Crack... Crack...
Large cracks spread through the atmosphere before suddenly exploding, transforming into a massive tremor impact that rolled towards Akainu.
Akainu fell silent as he watched the powerful tremor impact. If this attack, devoid of any Haki, hit him, he wasn't sure if he'd die, but Ace certainly wouldn't survive.
"Ace!"
"Straw Hat boy!"
Amidst everyone's exclamations, the massive tremor impact completely engulfed Ace, Luffy, and Akainu.
Boom!
The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was extraordinary. As the tremor impact caused the ground to crack wildly, dust filled the sky. No one knew if Ace and Luffy were alive or dead.
Of course, Renji was an exception. Ace had already lost half his body to Akainu and wouldn't survive. Following the principle of not wasting, Renji simply manipulated Teach to deliver the finishing blow.
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for manipulating Teach to kill Portgas D. Ace! Unlocked special achievement: Fall of the Devil's Bloodline (1/3)!]
[Achievement stage reward conditions have been met!]
[Reward: 50,000 Bounty points! A random skill receives a 2-level upgrade!]
This was an unexpected surprise. Renji's face lit up with joy as he listened to the voice in his mind.
While everyone nervously watched the dust, Renji slowly walked across the land of Marineford.
'System, check bounty point balance.'
Bounty Points: 220,502
Two Purple explosions within the encirclement wall brought Renji 40,000+ bounty points.
With his current combat power, backed by a series of Lv. 5 skills, even a Four Emperors-level opponent would find it very difficult to kill him. In fact, there was a high probability they would die to the first strike of Unlimited Void.
After all, it seemed that even Whitebeard, with his combat instincts, was still unable to resist after being caught in Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void.
Perhaps equally powerful Conqueror's Haki could, to some extent, counter this domain skill, but that was just Renji's guess.
"So, what I lack now are damage skills powerful enough to kill Emperor-level figures. I won't allocate points for now, but the random level-up still needs to happen."
For beings like Kaido and Big Mom, whose physiques were practically cheating, their health bars were so thick that they probably wouldn't die even if they took all of his current ultimate attacks.
King of Curses' effect was to reduce healing, which didn't offer much advantage against opponents with extremely thick health bars. It was more suitable for fighting recovery-type opponents like Sun God Nika or Marco the Phoenix, who were good at getting back up.
Renji smiled slightly, his gaze sweeping over the remaining four commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates.
'System, use the random upgrade.'
He didn't dare to hope for an ultimate skill, but even Red or Cleave would be amazing.
[Ding! Randomly selecting skill to upgrade for the Host...]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully upgrading Armament Haki to Lv. 7!]
"Tsk!"
Renji sighed. Eve though it wasn't what he wanted, the result was acceptable. Upgrading Armament Haki from Lv. 5 to Lv. 7 required 150,000 Bounty points. This was already a great gain.
Moreover, Lv. 7 Armament Haki surpassed ordinary advanced Armament Haki usage, allowing for internal destruction or even a higher level of hardening and coating.
Very good.
Renji's cerulean eyes swept across the battlefield. He first locked onto the most distracted individual, then vanished from his original spot.
"Zehahaha! Sorry, former family, I've just gained Whitebeard's ability, and I'm not skilled with it yet."
Under Renji's control, Teach began walking towards the gap in the encirclement wall. He himself didn't notice anything unusual, believing it to be his own will.
"What's wrong, everyone? Don't you want to avenge pops? Why just run away like this?"
Boom!
Milky-white tremors condensed, continuously unleashing powerful tremor shockwaves that completely disrupted the Whitebeard Pirates' formation.
On top of a ruin, Garp's face was terrifyingly dark, and he involuntarily walked towards Akainu.
"What do you think you're doing, you bastard?! Garp!"
A figure caught up to Garp. Sengoku grabbed Garp's head and pressed it to the ground.
With a "Pang!", Garp's head hit the floor, and blood seeped from his forehead.
Garp's eyes were bloodshot, and the scene of Akainu destroying half of Ace's body replayed in his mind. His remaining sanity was barely able to suppress the rage in his heart.
His voice was a low growl, "Sengoku... Just hold me down. Otherwise... I won't be able to stop myself from killing Akainu."
Sengoku gritted his teeth, his hand pressing down firmly on his old friend, with whom he had shared life and death.
"Garp..."
Sengoku hated to see Garp's pained expression, caught between his sense of justice and his beloved family.
Boom! Boom!
"Damn Blackbeard!"
Namur the Fishman, commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' Eighth Division, was extremely agile. While swiftly dodging the tremor shockwaves created by Teach, he was also able to quickly rush towards Ace's direction.
"Damn Akainu! Call the ship doctor quickly!" Kingdew, commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' Eleventh Division, had an extremely grim expression, and rushed alongside Namur.
"Ace..."
Hearing his comrades' shouts, Jozu, who was fully focused on fighting Kizaru, felt a bad premonition. He hadn't seen Ace lose half his body to Akainu, but he already had a very bad feeling.
"Ace... Go check on him! Where's the ship doctor?! Go quickly!" Rakuyo looked anxiously at the dust, completely unaware of Renji rapidly approaching.
But even if he had noticed, it wouldn't have mattered. With the boost of Lv. 5 Heavenly Six Eyes, Renji's speed was beyond the reaction capabilities of ordinary strong individuals, especially in such a complex battlefield.
With the methods he currently possessed, assassinating a pirate below the level of an Emperor's right hand was simply too easy.
Under the cover of Teach's tremor shockwaves, Renji, already astonishingly fast, silently appeared behind Rakuyo.
"Captain Rakuyo, watch out behind you!"
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