Chapter 134: Astonishing Conqueror's Haki! Marco Shocked
Whitebeard Newgate's current action.
Immediately drew the attention of the surrounding Whitebeard Pirates members. The young Marco looked curiously toward Whitebeard and called out.
"Pops, what's going on?"
They had only just arrived here. The Moby Dick was beached on the shore undergoing repairs—it would probably take quite a while to fix.
Newgate had no particular interest in Wano Country.
In his view, the priority was to repair the Moby Dick quickly and leave this place.
But for some reason, an ominous premonition had suddenly arisen in his heart earlier. He couldn't quite describe the feeling, but he had a hunch he would encounter someone.
With the whistling sound coming from the distance.
A mysterious figure entered Whitebeard Newgate's Observation Haki range, causing his expression to suddenly become several degrees more serious.
Without turning back, he shouted deeply.
"Brats! All of you fall back!"
"I don't know who it is yet, but it's clear someone has come looking for us."
As his words fell.
The figure approaching at astonishing speed from the distance, stepping through the air toward Whitebeard, finally came into view of the others.
A man wearing a brown mask, holding a girl with onion-green hair in his arms.
Without hesitation, he charged straight toward the Moby Dick!
All the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates who saw this scene showed looks of surprise upon hearing Whitebeard's order.
"Pops! Let us handle this guy!"
"You don't need to take action personally!"
Just as they were about to continue speaking, the figure from the sky had already arrived on the open ground not far away.
After setting down the girl—whose face was flushed red—in his arms.
He turned and walked straight toward Whitebeard Newgate.
Marco immediately raised an eyebrow upon seeing this. Ignoring Whitebeard's warning, he stepped forward.
"Pops, let me take care of—"
Before he could finish.
An extremely terrifying Conqueror's Haki suddenly surged toward them.
It caused everyone's expressions to change instantly. As a mere apprentice at the time, Marco had no way of withstanding such Conqueror's Haki.
The newcomer's strength was considerable!
"Gurararara! Now that's an interesting guy!"
Just as the sweeping Conqueror's Haki was about to engulf Marco, Newgate gripped Murakumogiri tightly, laughed heartily, and tossed Marco toward Jozu and the others.
Zzzzt!
Along with the terrifying Conqueror's Haki surging from Newgate's body.
In an instant, it surged back in counterattack. After a brief stalemate.
It shattered the incoming powerful momentum. In the moment of collision, black-purple lightning flashed through the sky, causing the surrounding trees to shake violently.
"Rustle—"
The sound of branches swaying came.
The masked figure in brown watched the scene calmly.
"Newgate, looks like your strength has improved again."
"It seems you haven't wasted these years. Perfect—let me see just how far you've progressed."
"And how much you still fall short compared to the old Rocks."
As his words fell.
The somewhat familiar voice made Newgate raise an eyebrow.
And the words from the other party caused Whitebeard Newgate's expression to become several degrees more serious.
Someone who knew Rocks and recognized him from back then—combined with the Moon Step from the Six Powers he had just used—meant the newcomer was almost certainly an old acquaintance.
But if it was an old acquaintance,
Why hide behind a mask instead of showing his face directly?
After thinking for a moment, Newgate simply decided not to worry about it. Once they fought, he'd know who it was.
"Gurararara! Why don't you come find out for yourself?"
He gripped Murakumogiri tightly.
Terrifying Tremor-Tremor Fruit power condensed in his fist, forming a circular energy wave-like shape that made the surrounding atmosphere tremble in an instant.
At the same time.
Marco—who had just been tossed—was steadied by Jozu and the others.
"Don't think having a Devil Fruit makes you invincible. If Pops hadn't acted just now, you'd already be out cold."
"Just listen to Pops' orders obediently."
Hearing the others' words,
Marco scratched his head sheepishly.
Then he looked toward the mysterious masked figure with an even more serious expression. The aura coming from the other party was like a human-shaped ferocious beast!
But he also had complete confidence in his Pops.
No matter how strong the enemy, they had never been a match for Pops!
As long as Pops was around,
The Whitebeard Pirates would always be the dominant force on the seas!
Lotte looked at the familiar Tremor-Tremor power in front of him. Under the mask, the corner of his mouth curled into a grin as he calmly drew the two blades at his waist.
Unlike before.
These two blades were only Great Grade swords.
Though among Great Grade swords they were top-tier, they were still far from Supreme Grade like Murakumogiri or Shodai Kitetsu.
This was Lotte's disguise to avoid exposing his identity.
The two Great Grade swords were named Torakiri and Kusanagi Kanemitsu.
They were discovered by Lotte during his plundering of heavenly tribute gold in the past. He had simply stored them in the system inventory.
After all, both Shodai Kitetsu and Flame King were Supreme Grade swords.
Their fame was simply too high.
Any famous swordsman would likely recognize them immediately.
So Lotte had specially taken out these two swords for disguise—they were perfect for it. Moreover, Whitebeard's strength shown just now.
Compared to ten years ago.
Had clearly progressed to a brand-new level.
It was likely that the current Whitebeard Newgate had fully entered his peak period. In pure strength alone, he was only slightly inferior to the old Rocks.
After all, Rocks possessed two Devil Fruits developed to their utmost extremes.
The Dark-Dark Fruit in particular was the natural enemy of all Devil Fruit users—making his overall strength slightly superior to Newgate's.
"This is what you asked for. Toki, step back a bit."
"If you're caught in the aftermath later, it won't be good. At least retreat a few hundred meters."
Lotte said calmly.
Though Toki was extremely curious about the battle between Lotte and Whitebeard, she nodded upon hearing the instruction and quickly withdrew.
After all, she had recognized Whitebeard earlier.
As one of the highest-bounty figures on the posters, his strength was undoubtedly far beyond ordinary imagination!
It was better to listen to her cheap captain for now.
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