"Hahaha..."
After blasting Garp into the sea with one punch, Yami didn't care in the slightest about the Marine Hero's life or death. He looked at his fist, which was wreathed in dark red lightning, and laughed wildly: "I've finally mastered this power! My final weakness is finally gone!"
At this moment, Yami's mind was completely clear.
From now on, he had officially entered the ranks of the super-powerhouses. Even without his Devil Fruit abilities, he was one of the strongest in the world.
He just needed to acquire one or two more Devil Fruits that could enhance his combat power, and he could achieve a miracle no one on this sea had yet accomplished: fighting two super-powerhouses alone without losing, or even defeating them.
Before he transmigrated, there was a famous rumor about One Piece: No one can defeat two Admirals working together.
But in fact, this statement was true.
To be precise, in the history of this sea, no one has yet been able to defeat two super-powerhouses working together.
Rocks couldn't, and Whitebeard couldn't either.
If Roger had faced Whitebeard and the Golden Lion together, victory would also have been impossible.
If someone could defeat two super-powerhouses working together, they would not only be the strongest existence in the world, but also the strongest in history.
Now, Yami was just one or two evolutions away from this "strongest in history."
At that time, he would have half a foot in the trans-dimensional tier.
When the super-powerhouses of the sea can't do anything to him, and even ganging up on him is useless, Yami will be a trans-dimensional existence—a Human God!
Thinking of this, Yami couldn't help the corners of his mouth from rising, almost breaking into a full-blown arrogant grin.
He turned to look in the direction of the Buster Call, teleported above the mobile castle, glanced in Nami's and Carina's direction, and called out: "Let's go back. This battle is over."
"Okay, Master."
Carina and Nami, who could hear him with their perception, both responded.
Then Carina turned into the golden nine-tailed fox and, carrying Hancock, returned towards Yami.
Aokiji did not stop them.
Because at this moment, Aokiji had elementalized and merged into the ice plain, going to search for Garp, who had been blasted into the sea.
Kizaru also did not stop Nami from leaving; he couldn't stop her anyway.
In this Buster Call, Yami and Kizaru had a tacit understanding and did not go all out to annihilate the other's forces.
With Kizaru's light-speed ability, even if Nami tried her best, she couldn't stop him from wiping out the Kuja Pirates.
But likewise, even if Kizaru and Aokiji went all out, they couldn't stop Yami from annihilating the Buster Call.
So, the mission of this largest-scale Buster Call was only to destroy the Golden City or Amazon Lily.
Failing to complete this mission meant they had already half-failed.
The other half was the pinnacle duel between both sides.
If Yami had been the one to lose the clash just now, the Buster Call would have won this battle. If they could kill Yami, they would have.
If they couldn't kill Yami, they would just need to follow the Eternal Pose's guidance, find the Golden City, and reclaim or destroy it.
Unfortunately, the one who lost the clash was Garp, and his life or death was currently unknown.
If Yami was confident, he could have finished him off.
But in that case, he would have to face two Admirals working together, breaking their unspoken truce.
At that time, the Buster Call and the Kuja Pirates would be within each other's annihilation range—a fight to the death!
These were the rules of the game in this world. Either continue playing, or flip the table and not play.
Yami didn't press the attack and chose to retreat, showing he was abiding by the rules of the sea. Kizaru and Aokiji naturally also chose to concede defeat.
Thus, after his "Big Three" returned, Yami had Nojiko take everyone into her castle, then teleported away with Nojiko, returning to Amazon Lily.
Immediately after, Yami went to Fish-Man Island to pick up Shirahoshi.
The next day, the big news of "Black Hole" Yami defeating the Marine Hero, and the Yami Pirates defeating the largest-scale Buster Call, immediately spread throughout the world.
The seas were once again shaken by this "most 'inescapable' ability user in history."
The World Government and the Marines, who had launched the operation to restore their prestige but failed, reassessed the threat level of the Yami Pirates and issued new bounty posters the next day.
"Black Hole" Yami, who beat the Marine Hero to a state of unknown life or death, the unprecedented multi-Devil Fruit user, the sole male master of Amazon Lily... his bounty skyrocketed again, from 3,046,000,000 Beri to 4,046,000,000 Beri.
This bounty was only 2.9 million Beri less than the fourth Emperor of the Sea, "Red-Haired" Shanks.
This also meant the government was once again officially endorsing "Black Hole" Yami.
Morgans, on the day the bounties were released, immediately used the headline of the World Economic Journal to spread the news of Yami's ascension to the top, all over the world.
This headline read—"The Fifth Emperor of the Sea is Born!"
Anyone who had read yesterday's news and saw today's bounties had no doubts about Morgans' news.
Whether in strength, achievements, or influence, and the bounty that represents a pirate's status, Yami could sit as an equal with the other four Emperors.
The Fifth Emperor of the Sea, a title well-deserved!
As the "Big Three" under a Pirate Emperor, Hancock's, Nami's, and Carina's bounties also saw a massive surge.
[Pirate Empress Boa Hancock, user of the Paramecia-type Mero Mero no Mi, Bounty: 1,892,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
[Super Railgun Nami, user of the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bounty: 1,573,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
[Tamamo-no-Mae Carina, user of the Zoan-type Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Model: Nine-Tailed Fox, Bounty: 1,000,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
Besides the "Big Three" who could fight an Admiral to a stalemate, Perona, who wiped out the Buster Call's elite, and Nojiko, also became famous.
[Ghost Princess Perona, user of the Paramecia-type Horo Horo no Mi, Bounty: 500,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
[Mobile Fortress Nojiko, user of the Paramecia-type Shiro Shiro no Mi, Bounty: 300,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
[Demon Child Nico Robin, user of the Paramecia-type Hana Hana no Mi, Bounty: 150,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
Aside from Shirahoshi, whom no one knew about, the entire Yami pirate crew had bounties.
Among them, Carina, Perona, and Nojiko were new faces.
Carina's bounty, in particular, broke the record for a first-time bounty, which Yami himself had set. She was the first person since the Great Pirate Era began to receive a first-time bounty of one billion Beri.
From an unknown maid to an Emperor's top commander, Carina became the most dazzling existence in the Yami Pirates.
After all, Yami's strength was long anticipated by the world.
Hancock and Nami were also great pirates already recognized by the world.
So Carina, as a Mythical Zoan, and Perona, with a first-time bounty of 500 million Beri, directly became super rookies of the New World.
Don't be fooled by Perona's 500 million Beri seeming small compared to the "Big Three."
In reality, after Portgas D. Ace became the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, his bounty was only 550,000,000 Beri.
Perona's first-time bounty of 500 million Beri shows just how astonishing her achievements and threat level were.
Carina, even more so. Her wind, fire, thunder, clouds, and sound wave powers... she was a weakened, female version of Kaido.
Once she fully matures, her threat level will be in no way inferior to Hancock's or Nami's.
Besides the Yami Pirates, as the affiliated crew, the bounties for the Kuja Pirates' Sandersonia and Marigold also skyrocketed.
[Boa Sandersonia, user of the Zoan-type Snake-Snake Fruit, Model: Anaconda, Bounty: 80,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
[Boa Marigold, user of the Zoan-type Snake-Snake Fruit, Model: King Cobra, Bounty: 80,000,000 Beri, Dead or Alive.]
Not counting the affiliated Kuja Pirates, just the seven members of the Yami Pirates had a total bounty as high as 9,461,000,000 Beri.
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