On the giant screens worldwide, countless people watched this top-tier war. However, even though the war had not yet ended, everyone already had their own answer as to who would be the winner.
"Now it seems obvious who the challenger is."
"Whitebeard is the challenger. Marine is truly the strongest."
"So… is Fire Fist Ace dead?"
"Half his body is gone, and he was hit by such a shockwave, he must be utterly dead."
"But speaking of Renji, that Marine rookie is surprisingly strong. If I'm not mistaken, he seems to have killed over a dozen Whitebeard Pirates captains by himself."
"Tch, I think he just picked up the scraps. Whitebeard was already at the end of his rope."
"Heh heh, show me you picking up scraps then?"
"Putting aside the facts, is it really impossible for me to do it?"
"Heh heh, no exaggeration, Whitebeard is dead, and the captains are all dead. Even if the Whitebeard Pirates manage to escape now, they will no longer exist."
"Annihilating a Four Emperors crew, super powerful Pacifista —is this the Marine of the new era?"
"Even Bullet, who was called Demon Heir, was kicked away by an Admiral, Marine is the strongest."
"This war is about to end."
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In Mary Geoise, the Gorosei were also watching the live broadcast of the Marineford War, but they were using a special Den Den Mushi, on a different line from Buggy's.
Nusjuro looked around at everyone and said, "You've all seen the combat power of the Pacifista, haven't you?"
"Decent combat power. Ordinary pirates with bounties in the hundreds of millions are no match, but it's still some distance from our expectations. Investing more than the cost of a warship, I think…"
After a moment of silence, he changed the subject, "In comparison, what is the progress of the Seraphim?"
Saturn said, "Still in the process of contention, but there will be a result soon."
Peter looked at the young figure on the screen and said, "Renji's displayed combat power is somewhat extraordinary."
Warcury nodded. "Indeed, his speed and the power of his techniques are far above standard. He's practically a born assassin."
Mars said, "That's true. After the war, extract his lineage factor as well. And while we're at it, see if there's still a chance to recruit him into CP or make an exception and let him join the God's Knights?"
Nusjuro pondered, his brow furrowed as he looked at the cold glint of Kurai.
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"Gyahahahaha… Eh?"
Teach, who was laughing heartily, suddenly felt his vision blur.
"What just happened to me…"
"Teach, what do you plan to do next? Don't tell me you're trying to atone for your sins. You don't think killing a few worthless pirates will make up for the crimes you've committed, do you?"
Behind him, Shiryu, with blood on his head, looked coldly at Teach. The latter's behavior since earlier had been subtly strange.
"Zehahaha, no, I think it's time for us to leave. Challenging Marine now… it's too soon."
Renji no longer controlled Teach, and the latter regained his own thoughts. After all, although he was killing pirates just now, he also destroyed many Marineford buildings, which was actually in line with Teach's original intention to some extent.
Teach now just assumed he had momentarily confused his priority targets. His gaze swept across the battlefield, and he flicked his cape.
"Given the current situation, the Whitebeard Pirates are more useless than I imagined."
Then, sweeping his gaze towards the distant purple vortex, Teach said fiercely, "Aside from Akainu, the other two Admirals seem to have a lot of stamina left. That bastard Kizaru still wants to fight… I'm not playing along, let's go."
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Kingdew looked at the man floating in mid-air and finally made up his mind.
If even someone with Namur's speed couldn't escape, then it was time for a do-or-die battle.
His arms trembled, and Armament Haki hardened and coiled around them. After many years of arduous training and countless battles, his Armament Haki had reached the intermediate level.
Coupled with the iron gauntlets on his arms, he could smash even a sturdy cannon with a single punch.
"Damn Renji! If you're a man, fight me with punches. What kind of skill is it to always hide far away and shoot… those lasers!"
Renji, immersed in joy, turned his gaze to Kingdew. Without a word, he vanished in a flash, reappearing a meter in front of Kingdew, then threw a punch.
Kingdew was instantly terrified. This kid actually dared?
In his panic, he subconsciously didn't attack but quickly crossed his hands in front of his chest to block Renji's incoming punch.
With a loud bang, accompanied by the sound of cracking bones, Renji's fist glowed blue, perfectly combining the power of Blue, Armament Haki, and Black Flash.
Screech!
Kingdew's intermediate Armament Haki was as fragile as tofu before Renji's punch.
Black lightning erupted, accompanied by powerful internal destruction from Armament Haki, shattering Kingdew's iron gauntlets along with the bones of his arms.
"Ugh…"
The power of Renji's punch barely diminished, and the terrifying force penetrated Kingdew's chest, causing it to collapse. Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Kingdew felt his vision go black and rolled his eyes under the immense force.
Boom!
The rising dust buried his body.
Renji looked at his fist. "With Lv. 7 Armament Haki combined with Lv. 5 Blue, even if my physical strength is far inferior to these monsters, I can still defeat them with one punch."
He hadn't received the system's kill notification yet, but he could see through the dust with his Heavenly Six Eyes, clearly observing Kingdew's broken body in the pit on the ground.
This punch didn't directly kill him on the spot because Renji hadn't used his full strength. But even so, the internal destruction of Armament Haki combined with the gravitational force of Blue, had already shattered Kingdew's internal organs with one punch.
The fact that he wasn't dead yet was purely because the people of this world inherently had ridiculously high vitality.
"Captain Kingdew!"
"He killed Captain Kingdew, who specializes in physical combat, with one punch?"
"What kind of monster is this Marine?!"
Renji turned around, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding pirates. No one dared to meet his eyes.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully killing Kingdew! Gained 35,200 Bounty points!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for achieving the accomplishment: Fall of the Whitebeard Captains!]