Chapter 180: The Whitebeard Pirates Intervene!
Center of the Deserted Island - Battlefield
On the scorched earth, the smoke of battle had yet to clear.
The crimson setting sun cast its light over the wasteland, and the air hung heavy with the scent of charcoal and blood.
Ace walked slowly through the residual flames. A shocking, bloody gash ran diagonally across his shoulder, blood dripping onto the scorching rock surface, evaporating with a sizzle.
He looked down at the black wooden box gripped tightly in his arms, his brow furrowed.
"This fruit... what secret is hidden inside it?"
He had just thoroughly incinerated the last gasping pirate and was planning to head to the small boat on the shore—
"HUM—!!!"
A violent sense of crisis, like a thousand-pound thunderbolt, exploded suddenly along his spine!
Observation Haki screamed!!!
Ace snapped his head around—
In the ruins not far away, a grotesque, obese figure, almost carbonized by the flames, was slowly crawling up!
"Zeh... Zehahahaha..." That low, eerie laughter sounded like the whispers of a demon from the depths of hell.
His body was charred black, skin and flesh cracked, yet he still grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth and a maniacal smile.
His eyeballs seemed burned through by the fire, yet they stared fixedly at Ace—
Blackbeard · Marshall D. Teach!
In his eyes, the light of madness, greed, resentment, and distortion was intense enough to burst the blood vessels!
"Give the fruit... TO ME!!!"
The next second!
Blackbeard stomped the scorched earth, his right arm thrusting forward violently! The entire arm was shrouded in thick Armament Haki, his five fingers hooked and twisted like eagle talons, tearing the airflow apart!
"Five Claws: HEART EATER!!!"
The target—Ace's heart!
Too fast!!
Too close!!!
The flames hadn't finished compressing yet. Ace could already feel the pressure of death threatening to pierce through his body!
"Damn it!!!" Ace's pupils shook violently. Flames surged from behind his shoulder, attempting a forced propulsion!
But it was too late!
Right at this critical moment—
"SWISH!"
The void twisted violently, shattering like a mirror. A slender, calm hand reached out from the rift!
—It pressed precisely against Blackbeard's tearing claws!
"Ace..."
That calm yet majestic voice rang out like an anchor stabilizing the sea: "I taught you this, didn't I?"
Flames flowed and dispersed from the void. Roy's figure appeared silently between the two, his expression indifferent, his eyes reflecting Teach's twisted face.
He clenched his fingers, and space collapsed abruptly!
"When dealing with enemies—"
"You have to burn them to ash."
"BANG—!!!"
A terrifying spatial tremor hit like a meteorite striking the earth! Blackbeard was instantly struck in the chest by an invisible force. His internal organs screamed in agony, blood spilling from his mouth and nose!
"CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!!!"
He was blasted back hundreds of meters, smashing through the rock wall behind him. Dust and rocks filled the sky as a massive hole was punched through the entire mountain ridge!
Trails of his blood and twisted claw marks were left on the scorched earth!
"AAAAACE————!!!!!"
Blackbeard's throat-tearing roar echoed like a howl from the netherworld.
...
Ace panted heavily, cold sweat rolling down his forehead like beads. He looked with a complex gaze at the back of the figure blocking the danger for him.
"Big Bro Roy..." he whispered, his heart filled with regret.
"I... I'm sorry..."
Roy didn't look back. He simply raised his arm slowly and waved it gently.
"Don't let there be a next time..."
Before his voice could fade—
"BOOM!!!!!"
The heavens and earth trembled. A streak of blue-green flame fell diagonally from the sky like a meteor, the air twisting from the high-temperature combustion!
"What did you do... TO MY NAKAMA?!!"
A figure descending like a meteor, wrapped in rage, spread its wings!
It was the First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates—Marco the Phoenix!!
"Phoenix Brand!!!"
His right leg, wrapped in high-concentration Armament Haki and fused with the flames of the Phoenix, transformed into a blue-gold talon shadow, striking toward Roy like lightning!
A blow that tore through the air, cutting the battlefield like a falling star!
Targeting Roy's face directly!
But Roy didn't move an inch. He simply extended a single finger slowly.
"CLANG—!!!"
With a resonant sound, the air froze instantly!
Marco discovered in horror that his attack, powerful enough to blast a Sea Beast apart, was actually—
Blocked by Roy with a single finger, effortlessly?!!
The shockwave exploded, flames rolling back.
When he saw that calm, rippleless face clearly, he shook violently!
"...ROY?!!"
Deep in his consciousness, the memory of being "one-shotted" on a battlefield in the past suddenly throbbed in pain!!
The scar on his forehead seemed to ache again, a booming tremor echoing in his brain!!
He retreated rapidly, stopping in mid-air, his flame wings trembling slightly.
Just as the Phoenix flames hadn't fully dissipated and Marco hovered in shock—
"ROY————!!!!"
A roar of rage, like the heavens vibrating and the earth growling, exploded from the depths of the jungle!
The sound shook the mountains and made the sky tremble!
The next moment, the jungle collapsed as if crushed by a giant dragon, dozens of ancient trees bursting apart simultaneously!
Deep fissures tore through the ground. A figure towering like a mountain, carrying Haki and pressure like a tsunami, trampled the ground to arrive!
—Whitebeard · Edward Newgate!
His body was wrapped in vibration ripples, eyes wide with rage, veins popping on his forehead. On Murakumogiri, gripped tightly in his right hand, a vortex of Quake-Quake energy spun ceaselessly, looking like a harbinger of the world's destruction!
"You dare raise a hand against my son, ROY!!!"
With a roar, Murakumogiri seemed to tear the air apart, slashing down from the sky. Target—Roy!
"Big Bro Roy!!!" Ace's pupils constricted. He screamed, trying to rush forward!
Roy's expression remained unchanged, calm as ever. He simply waved his left hand gently—
"SWISH—!"
A spatial fluctuation rippled out like a folding mirror. Ace vanished instantly, teleported to the top of a rock pillar hundreds of meters away, safe from the blast zone.
At the same time, Roy's right fist slowly gathered momentum. On his knuckles, Conqueror's Haki rolled and swept like a raging sea, and the world suddenly darkened!
"BOOM—!!!"
Fist and blade—exploded before they even touched!
The convergence of two terrifying forces triggered a loud noise that split the sky and cracked the earth! The entire deserted island boiled over, storms surged, and the shockwave pushed out for ten miles like a tide!
"CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!!!"
Black cracks appeared in the sky, like a torn spiderweb piercing through the clouds! The sea rolled back, mountains roared, and the scorched earth vibrated violently!
The ground caved in directly, a hundred-meter crater appearing beneath their feet!
Ace watched in horror. "This is... the clash of Conquerors at the limit?!!"
Whitebeard frowned deeply. Murakumogiri in his hand was actually trembling from the shock. For the first time, he felt that young power that was nearly crushing him!
"This brat's Conqueror's Haki... is even stronger than it was on the battlefield back then?!!"
Whitebeard roared, his voice like thunder echoing through the clouds, "You dare attack my child!!!"
Roy stared at him coldly, his voice piercing everyone's ears like a blade. "Your crew member... attacked my little brother, attempting to forcibly steal the fruit he brought back."
"As the Captain, you draw your blade against me without asking for the reason?"
Roy took a small step forward, raising his right fist high.
"Whitebeard—you've gotten old, and senile."
"To think you still dare to attack me?!"
As the words fell!
"BOOM!!!"
His fist blasted out again. Conqueror's Haki erupted like earth fire and volcanic spray!
The world shook again!
"Looks like today... you don't want to leave!!!"
Whitebeard was shocked. "Teach started it?!!"
This moment of distraction created a gap in his power—
"THUD—!!!"
Violent energy pierced forward. Whitebeard's giant arm shook, the web of his hand bursting. The vibration was forcibly dispersed, and the ground beneath his feet cracked open as he was forced back three steps!
This Emperor of the Sea, who had dominated the New World for decades, fell to a disadvantage in a clash of strength for the first time!
"POPS!!!"
High in the sky, Marco witnessed Whitebeard being forced back three steps, veins throbbing on his forehead!
His eyes turned cold instantly. Flames soared, and his whole body turned into a blue-gold comet light, plummeting steeply from the sky!
"Insolence!"
"Crane Talon!"
With a shout of rage, he used the high-speed dive of his Phoenix form as a lead. His legs closed like blades in mid-air, stomping forward violently!
This strike, wrapped in spiraling blue flames and high-concentration Armament Haki, utilized inertia to become a claw capable of piercing clouds and splitting the earth!
The air was torn apart instantly, the spiraling fluctuation crushing down like a hurricane—
Targeting Roy's chest!
Facing the ultimate surprise attack from the sky, Roy's expression didn't change even slightly. He remained standing calmly.
He simply raised his right hand slowly, palm slightly open, and waved his five fingers gently.
As if shooing away a fly.
"Don't get in the way."
"CRACK!!!"
A strange spatial rift twisted the void instantly, as if the air was crumpled up!
"BANG—!!!"
Marco's thunderous "Crane Talon" was slapped off course by that palm before it could even hit the target. His entire body was blasted sideways by the spatial shockwave!
BOOM!!!
His body flew backward like a meteor, smashing through three rock peaks!
Rocks collapsed, dust covering the sky!
A trail of blue flame remained in the high air, marking a scar of destruction that lingered for a long time.
The scene fell silent. Everyone felt as if they were in a nightmare.
Roy retracted his palm, his gaze landing on the old Emperor of the Sea who was still gripping his blade hilt with a frown—Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
His voice broke the silence like a rock falling into a well:
"Do you guys—"
"Want to leave?"
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