They all knew how terrifying Creed's Ope Ope no Mi (Op-Op Fruit) was, and they were extremely vigilant against it—but what they didn't expect was that Creed only had to speak, and that transparent ROOM circle somehow covered the skies above the battlefield in an instant.
It covered dozens of miles!
It even enveloped the Navy Headquarters inside it.
If Creed wanted to, he could split the Navy Headquarters apart in a single moment, or even instantly kill tens of thousands of the Marines' elite soldiers and officers!
Kizaru and the others couldn't believe it. This was completely different from before—back then, the ROOM circle had to be released from Creed's hands first, then spread out to cover all directions. But now… it was like it simply appeared.
Creed's Op-Op Fruit… awakened?!
"Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Creed released Room, but he wasn't attacking. His first objective was to relocate Luffy and Ace, along with some of the Whitebeard Pirates.
In an instant, those people were moved onto the Ark Maxim.
After receiving Creed's transmission, Ain immediately flew the Ark Maxim higher, putting it out of range of certain Devil Fruit users.
Because the Ark Maxim's capacity was limited, Creed moved some other less important crew members outside the Rūmu (Room) circle, near the pirate ships, getting them away from the battlefield. As for whether they could escape alive… that depended on their luck.
Only someone with the Ope Ope no Mi (Op-Op Fruit) could perform such massive, large-scale relocation.
"Creed!"
Kong saw this and couldn't hold back anymore. He launched an attack immediately.
The Marines' overwhelming victory had been ruined by Creed's interference. If Ace didn't die, and many division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates survived, then even winning would become meaningless.
"Creed, you brat—aren't you going too far?!"
Kizaru also drew his Ama no Murakumo (Heavenly Cloud Sword) and slashed over viciously.
Compared to before, his swordsmanship had improved greatly—reaching an SSSS-level tier.
But to the current Creed, there were only a handful of swordsmen left in this world who could make him take two moves.
And Kizaru was not one of them.
Creed only swung his sword once. Ketsuei Ken'i (Blood Shadow Sword Intent) erupted, turning into a surging blood tide that shot into the heavens, easily forcing Kizaru back and leaving him in a sorry state.
"You want to run? Not so easy! Ice Age!"
Aokiji instead pulled away from the main battlefield and froze the pirates outside the Room circle.
His Hie Hie no Mi (Ice-Ice Fruit) had also improved, infinitely close to full awakening. Within a radius of over a hundred miles, whether the sea froze or not—he decided.
But today, Creed wasn't letting him steal the spotlight!
Crack!
A ring of clear light appeared around Creed's right hand. He slammed it into the void on his right, and that section of space let out a crisp, shattering sound.
Yet strangely, there was no air rift like ordinary tremor attacks.
Crack-crack-crack!
In the next moment, the ice Aokiji had formed—spanning over a hundred miles—was all shaken into powder, but the people trapped inside received not even the slightest additional harm.
"Creed!"
Aokiji's pupils contracted. He let out a low roar.
Creed was slapping him in the face—right in front of everyone.
But in the face of Creed's masterful, furnace-refined tremor control, he truly didn't have many options.
"Not good!"
A sudden alarm bell rang in Aokiji's mind. He raised both hands to block, ice surging, barely stopping ten sudden sword slashes.
Creed had finally drawn his sword!
Even though he blocked those sword slashes, Aokiji felt, for the first time in his life, a cold that sank into his bones—an unbearable discomfort.
And that freezing sword energy was ferociously invasive, and extremely "clingy." It was almost as if one sword was enough to make him lose combat power!
He truly never imagined that one day, as someone with the Hie Hie no Mi (Ice-Ice Fruit), he would have to admit defeat before an ice-attributed sword intent—utterly powerless.
He looked toward Creed, who had already shifted onto the execution platform and sent Kong flying with a single punch, and his heart was filled with complicated emotions.
Just with fists—relying on Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki)—he had knocked away the man known as "Steel Bone," the Fleet Admiral!
Using what you're best at… to defeat you?!
This Creed was clearly slapping the entire Navy in the face!
"Yo~ yo~ yo~! Could it be you're going to switch to the Pika Pika no Mi (Glint-Glint Fruit) ability too? How scary—this old man's terrified!"
Kizaru shouted. Creed's arrogance made him very unhappy.
He immediately turned into his light form, about to unleash a big move—
But at that moment!
A power that shook heaven and earth suddenly erupted from somewhere!
"Damn it! Don't act like I, Blackbeard, don't exist!"
A voice, furious to the extreme, roared out, making the whole area tremble.
After being left to the side and treated like a spectator for so long, Blackbeard finally couldn't endure it anymore—he erupted completely!
Not long ago, he had stolen Whitebeard's Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit). He was domineering, intending to sweep the Navy aside and steal the show.
But then Creed arrived—clearing the field, sweeping everyone down, rescuing the Whitebeard Pirates, and suppressing multiple Admirals. Even Kong had been beaten into rolling on the ground.
It was like a god—omnipotent!
And it turned the man who had just boasted that he was the world's strongest—and who had planned to show off two moves and leave—into nothing but a background clown!
So Blackbeard couldn't accept it!
(End of Chapter)
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