Chapter 428: The Battle Between the White Group and the Black Group!
"You two, stop arguing."
Ryuunosuke's voice cut through the clamor, cold and commanding. As he stepped forward, frost spread beneath his feet, freezing the sea itself.
The minks silenced their bickering. One by one, the Dragon Hunters followed their captain's lead, striding across the frozen ocean.
Though the ice looked thinner than Kuzan's legendary Ice Age, every step revealed its durability—denser, tougher, more unyielding than the Admiral's own creation.
In the distance, Kuzan surfaced, hand dipping into the sea.
"Ice Age!"
His power surged, freezing the waves for miles.
"Kuzan, too?" Roy murmured from the bow of a World Government warship, a grin tugging at his lips. "Interesting. Seems everyone's come out to play."
He knew most weren't here for Pluton—they wanted spectacle, opportunity, and chaos. All the better. The more noise, the easier to frame this battle as the Government's triumph.
"Mars," Roy called, not looking back. "Take your men. Keep the stragglers away from this fight."
"As you command."
Roy leapt from the ship, soaring across the frozen sea, blade and aura locked on Ryuunosuke.
At last, the confrontation he'd avoided was here.
Ryuunosuke's smile sharpened. "So you've stopped running. Good. Let's make it count."
Their clash erupted, shockwaves cracking the frozen sea.
All around them, chaos spread. The Five Elders unleashed their might, engaging the Four Emperors. Titans collided—Big Mom's homies roaring, Kaido's thunderous club swinging, Shanks's blade singing, and Whitebeard's tremors splitting the horizon.
The World Government was formidable; only they had the gall and the strength to face so many monsters at once.
…
Farther off, Kuzan's gaze shifted. "Captain… are you certain about this?"
Beside him loomed Marshall D. Teach. Blackbeard's dark aura writhed, tendrils of void mist coiling around him.
"Zehahaha! Of course. The World Government and the Dragon Hunters will tear each other apart. Our prize is elsewhere." His grin widened, teeth glinting. "Our target is Whitebeard!"
At his order, the Blackbeard Pirates charged.
The Whitebeard Pirates were already embattled with Former owner Saturn's Dwool Organization. Blackbeard's sudden arrival turned the tide.
His eyes locked on one man: Edward Newgate.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit—he still craved it. If he could claim it, his path to supremacy would be sealed.
…
"Teach!" Ace's fury blazed as he hurled himself forward. But ice swallowed him whole.
Kuzan stepped in, palm pressed to the frozen flame.
"Ace," he muttered.
The younger man's body strained, fire bursting free.
"Kuzan! So the Navy's traitor crawls under Blackbeard now? Fine—I'll burn you myself!"
Blue fire erupted skyward, coiling into a dragon. It lunged for the Admiral.
"Ice Hawk."
Kuzan's hand swept, an eagle of ice answering the flame's charge.
They collided—explosion, mist, roaring steam.
Ace clapped his hands together. "Thanks for the cover. Now—Ice Flame Explosion!"
His flames condensed, a storm of azure fire spiraling above. The sea boiled. Even Kuzan's eyes narrowed.
Two years ago, Ace had been far weaker. Now, his fire rivaled Kuzan's ice. Blue flames burned through glacial walls. His Conqueror's Haki flared, woven into the very blaze itself.
"Boom!"
The heavens lit, ice shattered, the sea hissed.
Blackbeard swallowed the incoming flames with his darkness. "Zehahaha! Still reckless, Ace!"
But a fist cracked against him before he could gloat.
Whitebeard's strike.
Ignoring Mars's blade piercing his flesh, the old titan swung with quake-shattering power. Both he and Teach were hurled back, coughing blood.
Mars's eyes widened—Whitebeard had taken the blow just to land his own.
Teach writhed, shrieking, though his wounds were shallow compared to the quake tearing through him. Whitebeard's body bore the worse.
"Father!" Marco's wings beat as he intercepted Mars's next strike. Flames of the Phoenix burned bright, holding him at bay. Marco knew he couldn't defeat Mars—but he could stall him.
Whitebeard forced down a vial of Life Essence, healing light sealing his torn flesh. "Tch. Didn't think I'd use this here." His eyes burned with renewed fury. "But Teach… I'll settle this now."
He surged forward. Tremor-laced blows pounded Teach into the ice, each quake splintering the battlefield.
Teach gagged blood, his laughter turning ragged.
Kuzan moved again, intercepting Whitebeard's next strike. He couldn't allow Teach to die—not yet. Too much of his undercover work would unravel.
But Ace lunged too, his flames clashing with Kuzan's ice.
Mist swallowed the battlefield. The war between White and Black blurred into a storm of fire, ice, quake, and shadow.
…
Elsewhere, the fight raged less clearly but no less fiercely. The Dragon Hunters carved through the Dwool Organization, overwhelming their defenses.
And on the frozen sea, Ryuunosuke and Roy stood locked in battle, the heart of the storm.
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