Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!
Swish... Swish... Swish...
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully injecting 50,000 Bounty Points! Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine has been upgraded to Lv. 4!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully killing Shito! Gained 600 Bounty Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully killing Bureki! Gained 400 Bounty Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully killing Daiji! Gained 10,000 Bounty Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host...]
Resounding echoes of fate continuously rang in Renji's mind. At this moment, he felt that his previous brief forbearance had been absolutely worthwhile.
With Whitebeard's earth-shattering blow, the entire battlefield's ice, shattered rocks, broken iron, severed limbs, and other debris were all vibrated and scattered in all directions.
It also contained terrifying Tremor Power, which, while having dreadful lethality, also obscured the visibility on the battlefield.
Only those with top-tier Observation Haki could discern the subtle changes on the battlefield through such a degree of energy fluctuation.
But it was quite clear that such powerhouses would find it difficult to spare the energy at this moment to focus on Renji, who moved like a ghost.
The Lv. 4 Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine generated an invisible and boundaryless domain centered around Renji.
With the perfect enhancement of Innate Fighter, the white bone shrine that would normally need to be materialized when activating Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine was no longer necessary, which greatly increased the stealth of Renji's movements.
Otherwise, even in such a chaotic situation, moving at high speed with a giant white bone shrine would inevitably attract countless people's attention.
Swish... Swish... Swish...
Wherever Renji passed, all the pirates were instantly covered in bloodstains. Countless amounts of fresh blood continuously gushed out around Renji. He was like a human flesh shredder, with blood erupting everywhere, sketching a bloody and incomparable scene—a truly blood-soaked battlefield.
With Innate Fighter, Renji could control the domain's slashes to avoid accidentally harming Marine soldiers, nor did he waste excess power slashing at useless ice, or the ground, places that held no meaning for him.
And under careful adjustment, through the powerful perception of Heavenly Six Eyes, the power of the slashes also varied from person to person, ensuring that all pirates were killed just right.
Achieving perfect utilization of Cursed Energy, without an ounce of wasted effort.
Boom!
Whitebeard's Tremor Power engulfed everything.
As the distance was too great, Mihawk couldn't clearly see Renji's movements before being swallowed by the energy fluctuations.
The situation was similar for the other powerhouses.
As the energy fluctuations arrived, they each used their methods to defend, without extra time to pay attention to too much else.
The earth and ice surface cracked, and countless bottomless fissures spread across the entire battlefield.
On the execution platform, Sengoku's body emitted a radiant light, neutralizing the vibrations spreading to the execution platform, but his expression had already turned incredibly grim.
Although the range of this attack was vast, Sengoku noticed that under Whitebeard's deliberate control, the majority of the targets this move could strike were the Marines.
Only the pirates who were charging at the forefront would also be caught in it, but relatively speaking, the damage to the Marines was undoubtedly greater.
"Damn Whitebeard!"
...
Whitebeard looked somewhat fatigued after unleashing this attack. The emptiness brought by the instant release of power within him made him extremely displeased, but the effect of this attack was certainly very significant.
He showed a smile. The defense line painstakingly built by the Marine would surely be largely destroyed by this attack. Even the scarlet magma that had previously surrounded him was now nowhere to be seen.
In this gamble of moves, he had won.
Deep within a crack in the earth somewhere, Akainu's body transformed into magma. Despite timely elementalization and Haki defenses, his mind was currently in a daze.
Crack... Crack...
On an ice surface, ice condensed into Aokiji's body. He seemed unharmed except for his somewhat dirty clothes.
Buzz!
In the sky, a golden glowing figure slowly condensed, his clothes were as neat as ever.
Kizaru's mouth formed an 'O' shape. "Oh. How terrifying. Whitebeard... Hmm?!"
It could be said that among the Marines, Kizaru was undoubtedly the least affected by Whitebeard's move. With the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit, he had fled the battlefield at light speed.
Kizaru, who was just marveling, suddenly discovered something. Amidst the chaotic battlefield, a figure in a Marine uniform was actually heading towards the commanders' direction.
"Renji... How interesting."
On the shattered ice, Renji flew rapidly close to the ground. Along the way, he had slaughtered all the pirates he could conveniently cut down.
[Bounty Points: 69,600]
"Four pirates with bounties over a hundred million..."
Renji's eyes flickered slightly, but thinking about it, it made sense. Those charging so far ahead must have some strength. But unfortunately, they ran into someone as unreasonable as Renji.
After all, who could have imagined that besides Admiral-level combatants, anyone else could kill their way to them in such a situation?
They were all busy resisting that overwhelming tremor.
"Phew... Is everyone alright?"
In the ruins, Marco breathed heavily, shaking off the rocks on his body with a flap of his wings, and looked at the others.
Under the regenerative ability of his blue flames of resurrection, his body was still at full strength, but his stamina had been significantly depleted after a short skirmish with an Admiral.
On the other side, Vista, who had been in a half-horse stance, straightened up, his stamina was also quite drained.
The surrounding rose slashes slowly dissipated. Looking at the smoke-filled battlefield, Vista showed a smile.
"We're fine, but the Marines might not be. Pops' attack should have severely weakened them."
Curiel, the Commander of the Tenth Division, who had participated in intercepting the two Admirals, smiled faintly. "Naturally. Pops is the strongest."
Curiel, with his bowl cut hair and purple glasses, could provide strong support to Marco and others with his Haki-infused firearms.
Jozu then climbed up from the ice, panting, "Damn Marines, it's our turn to counterattack now."
After an intense clash, they were clearly not at their peak condition.
Blenheim, the Commander of the Ninth Division, rested his sword on his shoulder, his chest heaving. "Curiel, your marksmanship is not bad. Thanks for just now."
Curiel grinned at the remark, and just then, Marco, who was about to speak, suddenly had a drastic change in expression.
Immediately after, Vista and Jozu also sensed something was wrong.
A chilling aura silently arrived. At this moment, the six felt as if they had fallen into hell. Endless indifference and bloodlust seemed to completely engulf them, making even their blood congeal.
In the smoke-filled area, a stream of light flashed in azure eyes.
The next instant, under their horrified gaze, a crack appeared in the middle of Marco's face.