Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"Or perhaps, this is Whitebeard's power at its peak. Once the old and weak king has fully awakened, who can stop him?"

"Hehehe, back when this power roamed the seas, I only saw it clashing with Roger's fleet from afar. Now, experiencing it up close, I finally understand what kind of natural disaster the name Tremor-Tremor Fruit truly signifies."

The tyrannical king took a bite of bone-in leg meat, his sharp teeth baring. "Is this really our target?"

Surrounding him were several heavyweight prisoners who had just been released from the sixth level of the Infinite Hell, and they had all put away their arrogance and unruliness when they were first released.

silent.

San Juan Wolf poked his head out and said, "That's Whitebeard, with over five billion heads, more than all of us combined."

Dai Peng licked his lips and said, "I really want to touch that man's body."

The black-bearded crew member next to him twitched slightly; wasn't this crazy woman's idea a bit too audacious?

Their plan was to pick up the scraps, not to confront Whitebeard head-on.

They don't have that capability yet, at least not right now.

"What should we do now, Captain?" Lafayette, wearing a top hat, turned to look at the burly, dark figure, whose body was wrapped in bandages.

The body that was previously cut only received basic treatment, and the ear is now missing.

Now, not only is the crazed Whitebeard there, but also Garp, and Shiki...

Lafayette said, "At this rate, we're afraid there'll be no room for our original plan to be implemented."

The Blackbeard Pirates are only able to unite because of Blackbeard's plan.

While the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marine Headquarters are both weakened, the Blackbeard Pirates will deliver the fatal blow and personally hunt down this emperor of the old era.

Let their aged white beards become their ticket to fame and fortune, and to ascend to the throne of the Four Emperors.

Just like when they traded Ace for the title of Shichibukai.

The most crucial step then was to steal Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

You can only eat one Devil Fruit at a time; that's a rule, common sense.

Blackbeard's plans and ambitions to defy laws and common sense are what allowed the Blackbeard Pirates to unite.

After all, no one has ever seen someone who possesses two Devil Fruits.

As a result, the first step of the plan has been blocked. The white-bearded man in front of us doesn't look old or sick at all.

The eerie black patterns spreading across half of its body, and the tattered black wings spreading out behind it, certainly exuded an ominous and decaying aura, but in contrast, they also possessed a terrifying vitality and destructive power as if it had returned to its prime!

"And this posture,"

Lafayette lowered his hat brim and said, "Even I've never seen this before. What exactly happened to Whitebeard? Was it done by those monsters from the World Government's Knights of God? It seems they not only failed to kill him, but created something even more troublesome?"

Lafayette said a few words, but noticed that Marshall D. Teach next to him did not let out his usual signature raucous laugh.

He turned his head in surprise and saw a shadow cast over Teach's stubble-covered face.

His gaze was fixed on the demonized body of the white-bearded man in the distance.

"captain?"

"Teach?"

"Hehehehe."

Finally, Teach laughed. "Lafayette, you're right, this is really troublesome."

"What's wrong with you?" Lafayette asked, raising an eyebrow.

Blackbeard raised his thick arm and said, "I saw a similar posture when I was in God Valley."

Valley of the Gods?

Lafayette, Burgess, Van Auger and others all changed their expressions upon hearing this.

The captain actually experienced that forbidden place that was only occasionally mentioned by the strongest experts.

"I almost, I almost died there."

A flicker of lingering fear crossed Teach's eyes.

That man, that sense of oppression.

For the first time in his life, he felt the threat of death.

He almost died there!

It was from that moment that Blackbeard made up his mind to take control of everything!

"Hahaha, it seems Whitebeard still retains a portion of his consciousness and hasn't completely become that kind of monster, but the essence of that power is unmistakable. It's some kind of curse that transcends Devil Fruits!"

Blackbeard laughed loudly, "We really miscalculated. We didn't expect the World Government to be this crazy."

This kind of thing should be hidden away, like history, and kept secret from everyone.

World governments have been doing this for years.

What's going on now?

Has someone suddenly gone mad?

The Five Elders don't seem like the type to do something so irrational.

"What should we do then?"

Lafayette looked ahead and said, "Should we give this white-bearded guy a try too?"

“I don’t want to face ‘Dad’ in this state. No one knows his terror better than me.”

Blackbeard looked ahead and saw a white figure returning to the battlefield. He couldn't help but curse under his breath, "That guy is a freak too. Now our plan has no room to be implemented."

The original plan of the snipe and the clam fighting so that the fisherman could benefit has now turned into a battle between gods, with mortals suffering the consequences.

Whether it's the Whitebeard who's become three times stronger after turning evil, or the Straw Hat Pirates who's practically unkillable like a cockroach, they're both completely beyond the scope of what they can reliably hunt at this stage.

Forced intervention?

Look at what happened to the Knights of God, number 46!

"Captain, what about us?"

Burgess clenched his fists somewhat unwillingly.

"Be patient, be patient!"

Teach decisively said, "Let's wait for the right opportunity. We're not the ones who'll be happiest about Whitebeard's current state. Let's look at the Navy."

This drama is not over yet.

.....

"Newgate!"

The space became inexplicably quiet.

The ice beneath his feet shattered with a deafening roar, and Garp's figure transformed into a straight, black-red meteor as he soared into the sky.

A bolt of black lightning flashed across the pitch-black sky, followed by the appearance of a humanoid silhouette. A massive fist roared towards him, tearing through the air, crackling with black and red lightning. It moved with incredible speed, instantly reaching Whitebeard!

Whitebeard had just looked up when he saw a fist.

Unlike Blackbeard, who lurks in the shadows, Garp always throws punches squarely and honestly.

Fist-bone impact!

Click,

Wherever the fist passed, the space groaned under its strain, and black and red lightning danced wildly, its target being the whitebeard's chest, which was eroded by black patterns.

Because I understand, I must end this quickly!

Having experienced the horrors of God Valley, Garp knew better than anyone how troublesome and terrifying top-tier warriors could be after being corrupted by that power.

Back then, Rocks D. Giebeck was in a similar state, single-handedly holding off Roger and the other two, and the fight was extremely difficult.

In the end, Roger and Rocks risked everything, each unleashing their full power in a final attack fueled by Conqueror's Haki, barely managing to defeat the corrupted Rocks.

Roger isn't here.

Besides himself, the only others who possess top-tier Conqueror's Haki and can use the Entangling Technique are Shiki the Golden Lion next to him and Sengoku further away.

Golden Lion?

That guy just came out of Impel Down, with a ship's wheel on his head, and his aura is getting weaker and weaker; we can't count on him.

Sengoku focused his attention on the navy and would not take action for the time being.

"Therefore, only I can resolve this."

Garp's mind raced, and his punches became even more ferocious. "I can't let you cause any more trouble!"

The iron fist, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, struck Whitebeard's chest like a falling meteor.

The white-bearded man suddenly raised his head.

He grinned menacingly and immediately punched the air in front of him.

The air broke apart.

"Kurararara, this is too slow, Garp!"

hum!

The fist, enveloped in a white, vibrating aura, slammed out and collided with Garp's fist. In an instant, the overflowing lightning spread in all directions.

The shockwave shattered the surrounding ice layer instantly.

From bottom to top, the already cracked sky became even darker, with black clouds churning and then intertwining.

Black and red lightning, along with milky white vibrations, burst forth in all directions, radiating outwards over extremely long distances.

The terrifying Conqueror's Haki that Nika had previously unleashed was as if he had undergone desensitization training.

This clash of Conqueror's Haki has attracted absolutely no attention.

The strong have already gotten used to it.

"Dad!"

Jinbe's pupils contracted sharply underwater, as he could feel the continuous vibrations even from the sea.