Ding! An enemy has been killed, 5.46% experience gained!
Link paid no mind to the changing situation on the ice battlefield.
At this moment, he only cared about the notification sound ringing in his mind.
Ever since the acquisition difficulty entered the seventh stage, Link had not heard a notification for more than 1% experience.
The experience provided by the prisoners of the Infinite Hell on the fifth underground level was not even 1%, not even reaching 0.20%.
Now, Whitebeard had provided Link with 5.46% experience.
One must understand, this was 5.46% of the eighth stage, which directly shortened the final 20% of Link's progress by a quarter.
But on second thought, it made sense. After all, this was the experience of the World's Strongest Man!
This experience also gave Link a vague sense of level division.
The Four Emperors, no... the experience from those super-powerful individuals should be around 5%, just like the Seven Warlords were in the third stage.
That is to say, in the third stage, the experience from each super-powerful individual was likely around 10%, perhaps even higher!
After all, Whitebeard was seventy-two years old this year. His physical functions had severely declined, and his dulled consciousness would also affect the capacity and quality of his Haki. In terms of both combat power and endurance, he was far from his peak.
Although he still occupied the throne of the strongest, he was no longer truly the strongest in the world.
Kaido and Shanks, who were in their prime, and Akainu, might even provide more experience than Whitebeard.
The dividing line between the super-powerful and the powerful was the difference between heaven and earth.
A Warlord like Doflamingo couldn't even defeat a Yonko commander.
Luffy, having mastered the two forms of Gear Fourth, still needed his opponent to hold back to defeat Charlotte Katakuri.
But Gear Fourth Luffy, in front of Kaido, was just mob-level fodder that could be dealt with in a single blow.
In the presence of the super-powerful, there are only two types of people.
One is a super-powerful individual of equal standing, and the other is a mob.
It doesn't matter if that mob is a rookie or a Warlord.
It was precisely because he knew how powerful the super-powerful were that Doflamingo was so afraid of Kaido.
After all, if the other party wanted to eliminate him, they wouldn't even need to come personally; just sending King of the Wildfire would be enough.
"Zehahaha... It's done! Dad, have you been feeling it all this time? This power, it's truly magnificent!"
Just as Link was preparing to summon his virtual panel, Teach's unique laughter suddenly reached his ears.
From under the massive handprint, Teach crawled out from the black cloth covering Whitebeard's corpse, laughing excitedly.
Link appeared in a flash on the palm of the Wood Golem, looking at Teach and jesting, "Teach, congratulations on becoming an existence that has broken the world's rules."
"Zehahaha... I have to thank you, Link."
Teach looked up at the smiling Link, spread his arms, and laughed heartily. "Without your help, I don't know how long it would have taken me to stand on this stage."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Link smiled playfully. "Aren't you going to announce it to the world?"
"Zehahaha... Of course, enjoy the performance that will shake the world!"
Teach, now inflated to the extreme, immediately turned to face the ice battlefield, raised his hands high, and shouted, "My name is Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach! The whole world will remember the name Blackbeard! I will replace Whitebeard and become the world's strongest man!"
This voice spread throughout the entire battlefield and was also broadcast across the world via the Video Transponder Snails.
For a moment, everyone and every Video Transponder Snail subconsciously turned to look at Teach.
In the next second, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates, the just-arrived Red Hair Pirates, and many powerful individuals with good memories all had their pupils shrink, their faces showing expressions of shock.
After releasing decades of pent-up emotions, Teach suddenly took a stance as if charging a punch.
This stance was not at all unfamiliar to the Whitebeard Pirates; in fact, they were extremely familiar with it.
"Could it be..."
Some people also reacted, recognizing the stance they had seen many times before, and an unbelievable guess formed in their minds.
Before they could deny this outrageous guess themselves.
In the next second, Teach proved their guess correct.
Voom...
A transparent white halo appeared, enveloping Teach's fist.
"Zehahaha... Feel the power of the strongest in the world!"
Teach laughed as he threw the punch.
Crack, crackle, crack...
The sound and sight of the atmosphere shattering immediately appeared.
Rumble...
The dilapidated Marineford and the ice battlefield immediately began to shake violently.
The plaza, which had been smashed by the Wood Golem's palm, and the ice of the crescent bay, were instantly shattered and completely swallowed by the surging seawater.
The island of Marineford tilted, and the sea cracked into pieces, rising and falling...
The scene of heaven and earth being overturned appeared once more.
Compared to Whitebeard, who had to charge his power with both hands, Teach's single punch was far too easy.
In Link's eyes, if Teach's previous experience value was less than 1%, it was now very close to 5%.
He was just short of the advanced application of Haki to break into the 5% ranks.
Truly worthy of having the potential of a final boss, the child of destiny representing darkness!
Once he and Luffy grow to their peak, Imu will surely be drawn out as well.
As long as he knows the full extent of the World Government's power, Link can begin the harvest.
"Zehahaha... The power of earthquakes that destroys all, and the power of darkness that swallows all."
Standing on a rock being battered by the waves, Teach raised his hands, which contained both abilities, and laughed wantonly, "From now on, this is my era!"
To dare say such a thing at the feet of the Wood Golem showed just how inflated Teach's ego had become.
But Link didn't say much. He just smiled slightly, looked at the ice field being refrozen by Aokiji, glanced at the arriving Shanks, and then flashed back to Carina and the other girls, smiling, "Let's go, it's time for us to leave."
Link's purpose in returning to the Summit War was to harvest Whitebeard's experience, help Teach obtain the Paramecia-type Gura Gura no Mi, and show off his skills to the world as a prelude to the remaining parts of his plan.
Now that these things were all accomplished, Link had no intention of staying to watch the rest of the show.
"Okay."
Carina and the other girls nodded obediently, and Nojiko reached out to open the Air Door.
After Link's group entered the different dimension, the Summit War fell into a stalemate due to the intervention of the Red Hair Pirates and the rise of Teach.
In the end, Sengoku chose to take all the responsibility upon himself and declared the war over.
Rayleigh, Shanks, Benn Beckman, and the Blackbeard Pirates—the enemy side alone had four super-powerful individuals.
Although his own side also had five super-powerful individuals, if they truly tried to kill Ace at all costs, Garp might really cause problems.
If the Hero of the Marines, the banner of naval justice, were to turn traitor, then the Marines would have truly lost this time.
For the sake of the Marines' banner, the feelings of his old friend, and the lives of so many innocent soldiers, Sengoku felt that the fight could not go on.
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