The medic.
Looking at the river of blood below, watching familiar brothers and family fall one by one, Ace's heart filled with endless regret.
If time could flow backward, he would never have ignored Whitebeard's recall order and gone after Teach.
"God! If you truly exist, please save Whitebeard… save the Whitebeard Pirates!"
He cried out helplessly in his heart.
All along, Whitebeard had been his spiritual support—the existence he revered as king. In his heart, there had never been any "god" at all.
But today, seeing Whitebeard surrounded by the Marines, isolated and without aid, his injuries growing heavier and heavier, and the division commanders falling one after another… that thought began to surface uncontrollably.
But what they were facing today was nearly all of the Marines' top-end forces—who could possibly save Whitebeard?!
I'm afraid even if a god came… it still wouldn't work!
Ace sank into deep regret and despair.
Maybe the best thing was for him to die!
"Hurry up and kill me! Kong, if you've got the guts, kill me right now!"
He roared at the executioners beside him. Then, realizing that was useless, he turned and shouted toward the platform where the Commander-in-Chief stood.
There, Kong sat as steady as a fisherman by a calm river, observing the battlefield below, not even interested in sparing Ace a glance.
"Yeah… I'm so stupid… They wanted me as the bait, to lure Whitebeard and the others out."
Tears and snot streamed down Ace's face.
"Still… too late!"
On Ark Proverbs, Creed looked toward the distance. Seeing Blackbeard crawl out from beneath a black cloth, face full of wild ecstasy, his expression turned serious.
Just like a certain course of events in the original story: in the midst of the chaos, he obtained Whitebeard's Devil Fruit power!
And beneath that black cloth… was Whitebeard's corpse.
The true end of an era!
"Blackbeard Teach! Are you trying to go against the Marines?!"
Sengoku, heavily wounded by Whitebeard, pressed a hand to his chest and panted, staring at the suddenly appeared Blackbeard with teeth clenched in hatred.
Very clearly, the decisive battle between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates had handed this guy quite a lot of spoils.
"Zehahahaha! So what if I go against you Marines?! Now I have the strongest power in the world—even if I go against the whole world, I'm not afraid in the slightest!"
Blackbeard laughed loudly, then punched into the air.
Crash!
A sound like massive glass shattering erupted. Countless air fissures instantly stretched for over a thousand meters. The unmatched trembling force activated, shaking the already-ruined Marineford violently.
Outside Marineford, the sea was split into countless uneven tiers of water. Many warships fell from higher sections—either flipping and sinking, or being shaken to pieces—screams filling the air.
"What?!"
Not only Sengoku—even Aokiji, Kizaru, and the other Admirals were stunned.
Even Kong, who had been holding the line, sprang to his feet with a whoosh.
With one fierce battle already fought, the Marines had suffered heavy losses. They knew all too well what this power was:
Whitebeard's former ability—Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit)!
"How is this possible? How can he transplant Whitebeard's Devil Fruit ability?!"
While Kong was shocked, he immediately issued an order:
"Blackbeard's Warlord status has been revoked. From this moment on, everyone—suppress and eliminate Blackbeard Teach!"
He absolutely could not allow the Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit) to fall into another pirate's hands.
He did not want to see a second Whitebeard rise!
"Yes!"
Aokiji and Kizaru abandoned Marco and Vista of the Whitebeard Pirates and charged toward the laughing Blackbeard in the distance.
"Zehahahaha! Kong, you're already too late! With the Yami Yami no Mi (Dark-Dark Fruit) and the Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit), from today on I'm the strongest in this world! Your Marines are trash—"
Blackbeard threw his mouth wide open, laughing with those missing teeth, then punched again.
Boom!
Crash!
Another tremor-shattering sound rang out—yet this time, the tremble ripped open countless space fissures.
Those space fissures were like a pitch-black net, capturing the charging Aokiji and Kizaru!
"What?!"
Aokiji and Kizaru didn't expect that right after getting Whitebeard's power, Blackbeard could already unleash such terrifying Devil Fruit might. Their faces changed as they quickly turned into elements to evade that web of space fissures.
They dodged it, but the Marines and pirates behind them didn't.
Very soon, many people were torn apart by that net and died on the spot!
Before that horrifying web of space fissures, even elite Vice Admirals found it hard to withstand!
"Damn it—Laser!"
Kizaru fired several laser beams, but Blackbeard casually dispersed them with the tremble power.
"Borsalino, you didn't eat today or what? And you too, Aokiji! Ice-man!"
Blackbeard turned and threw another "air hammer."
Crash!
With a single crack, everything not far away was pulverized into dust!
There, icy mist scattered—then quickly re-formed into Aokiji. Aokiji's face was ugly.
That hit just now had hurt him. Even elementalization hadn't helped.
Only then did they understand:
Blackbeard hadn't just stolen Whitebeard's Devil Fruit ability—he had also inherited Whitebeard's level of mastery and development of that power!
That meant—
Another Whitebeard-tier powerhouse?!
"Hahaha! Marine Admirals—nothing special!"
Blackbeard laughed loudly.
"Still, I don't have time to play with you today. Bye."
He turned, about to leave.
The Whitebeard Pirates were already collapsing, while the Marines still possessed terrifying strength—this still wasn't the right time to go head-on with everything.
But just then—
(End of Chapter)
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