One Piece: World Conquest Begins with Creating a Little Empress

Katakuri fell silent after hearing Char's words.

Although he couldn't understand what Char was saying, he was deeply shocked!

Katakuri already knew that Char's technology was powerful enough to replicate Devil Fruits, but he never imagined that Char's technology could be this powerful!

The fact that they could mass-produce Devil Fruits is beyond Katakuri's understanding of science and technology...

"Science is amazing, isn't it?!"

Char looked at Katakuri and smiled gently.

So...

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye!

During these three months, the Red-Haired Pirates recruited in the New World in an extremely extravagant manner, accepting almost anyone who came! Anyone who wanted to join Shanks was accepted, with virtually no tests or standards...

This resulted in many of the pirate crews that joined Shanks being weak forces, consisting of the elderly, the infirm, and the disabled, who needed protection from others!

As for the true powerhouses on the high seas, they were still observing. They couldn't possibly believe that Shanks was already on par with Whitebeard and the others as Emperors of the Sea just because Morgans praised him...

Every maritime emperor earned his title through real battles!

It wasn't built on news hype...

Meanwhile, over these three months, many pirates have been placing bets! Everyone is speculating about who Shanks will challenge first—the Emperor of the Sea…

Whitebeard has the highest odds! Wang Zhi has the lowest odds...

Everyone thinks that Shanks' first challenger among the Emperors of the Sea will definitely be Wang Zhi, since it's almost universally acknowledged that Wang Zhi is the weakest of the Emperors of the Sea...

As for Whitebeard! Nobody thinks Shanks would challenge him! Although Whitebeard is getting older and his strength is not what it used to be, the prestige he accumulated and the stereotypes people have of him are just too deep! When people mention Whitebeard, they think of the power that can shake the seas and destroy the world, and the magnanimity that can conquer anyone…

and so……

When Shanks defeated several pirate crews under Whitebeard's command and once again took the initiative to declare war on Whitebeard, the whole world was stunned!

"This kid's going to mess with Whitebeard?!"

Even Wang Zhi was stunned. After looking at the photos in the World Economic Daily newspaper of Shanks defeating seven or eight pirate crews under Whitebeard's command and publicly burning the flags that Whitebeard had left in his territory to protect the towns, thus declaring war on the Whitebeard Pirates, he paused for a moment before whispering, "Is this what they call 'a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger'?!"

"This kid's got guts! That old guy with the white beard is no pushover. If things go wrong, at best the ship will be destroyed and everyone will die! At worst, they'll be reduced to dust!"

"However, speaking of which, back a few years ago, when Shanks had just set sail as a pirate, before he was even that famous, he apparently already crossed Whitebeard's territory once..."

"Last time it was a sneak attack, but this time it's a direct confrontation with Whitebeard. The difficulty of these two things is incomparable! Hopefully, the fact that they sneaked away unscathed last time didn't give these kids the courage to defeat Whitebeard!"

Wang Zhi's analysis is fairly objective...

To be honest, he didn't have a high opinion of Shanks...

As for the other two maritime emperors besides Wang Zhi who were just watching the show!

Charlotte Linlin and Kaido of the Beasts!

Their thoughts were similar to Wang Zhi's; both of them were eager to see the outcome of Shanks' fight with Whitebeard.

As for whether or not to intervene in the battle between Shanks and Whitebeard, neither Kaido nor Charlotte Linlin had any such intention!

The world of pirates is a dog-eat-dog world, just like the natural world!

This matter is different from the Navy's campaigns against pirates!

They won't interfere in this matter...

Suddenly, the storm surged!

In a sea without a lord!

Shanks' Red-Haired Pirates have finally encountered the Whitebeard Pirates!

"Kura la la la..."

The legendary Whitebeard, once considered on par with Roger, now stood on the deck of his pirate ship, wielding a massive razor blade. Looking at Shanks and his crew in the distance, he sneered and said softly, "Hey! Red-haired brat, didn't your father teach you to have reverence for those in front of you? If he didn't, then let me teach you properly! But if you lose, you'll be my son from now on!"

“I’m sorry, Edward Newgate…”

“I’m different from your sons; I don’t have the habit of finding godfathers for myself!”

"Of course, if you're an old man with a white beard and feel you lack fatherly love, you can call me 'Dad,' I don't really mind that..."

Shanks smiled at Newgate after hearing this!

It's just trash talk, right?! It's like anyone can do that...

"Kid!"

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing Shanks' words.

Clearly, Whitebeard was quite angered by Shanks' words...

"That's enough trash talk, isn't it?!"

"Now let me see what you're capable of..."

As Whitebeard finished speaking, he finally began to move.

"Sink them all into the sea, you brats!"

As Whitebeard finished speaking, he casually stuck his naginata into the deck, then suddenly his arm veins bulged as he used his Devil Fruit power to strike in front of Shanks!

"boom!!"

Then, a deafening roar was heard, and the entire atmosphere was shattered by Whitebeard's punch, leaving it cracked and even causing the space itself to collapse!

For a moment, the sea beneath Shanks and the others was shaken by Edward Newgate's white beard, causing it to undulate like a carpet being deliberately shaken...

The members of the Red-Haired Pirates, who were still at sea and had taken the punch from Whitebeard, all changed their expressions drastically, their foreheads covered in cold sweat.

"Surrender, brat..."

Whitebeard stood on the deck, looking at the Red Crew members who were being shaken up and down by his presence, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Surrender? How could we? Who do you think we are!"

Meanwhile, Mihawk, wielding the world's strongest black sword, Night, had somehow appeared on the deck of the Red-Haired Pirates' ship. His sharp eyes, like those of a soaring eagle, were fixed on Whitebeard, the man hailed as the world's strongest, and he murmured, "Let me experience firsthand the difference between us and this man!"

The instant Mihawk finished speaking, he gripped the hilt of the black sword Yoru tightly with both hands, and then slashed fiercely at Whitebeard in front of him...

"boom!"

For a moment, the world seemed to dim and lose its color!

The entire ocean seemed to have been successfully split in two by Mihawk's slash!

This is the terrifying power that the world's greatest swordsman, who is not a Devil Fruit user but fights solely using swordsmanship, can display.

Chapter 128 Dark-Dark Fruit: I am ashamed that my power is insufficient to help Lord Char!

"Is this really something a human could do?!"

"Is this the strength of the world's greatest swordsman?!"

As Mihawk unleashed that earth-shattering sword strike, the crew members of the pirate crews belonging to the Whitebeard Pirates' affiliated groups around the Moby Dick all showed expressions of shock!

Without a doubt, faced with this earth-shattering sword strike, these members of Whitebeard's affiliated group would be instantly cut down if they went up to it; there was no other possibility...

"Let me see what you're made of!"

"Just how powerful was the man who once rivaled the Pirate King? And how far am I from you now?!"

Mihawk stood on the deck of the Red-Haired Pirates' ship, his eagle-like eyes fixed on Whitebeard in the distance. He wanted to see what kind of method the legendary Whitebeard would use to withstand his strongest slash in the world.

In fact, the pirate ship under Mihawk's feet at this moment is also quite remarkable! This warship was specially built for Shanks by a certain unspeakable person, the current head of the Figarand family, the world government's commander-in-chief, the sixth star outside of the Five Elders, and Shanks' younger brother. It is named "Red Horned Three Times Speed" and is the flagship of the Red-Haired Pirates!

As its name suggests, this entirely red pirate ship with a dragon horn at its bow is three times faster than any other World Government warship! This is why Garp can't catch up with Shanks at all! Because Garp's outdated warship is not as fast as Shanks'.

cough cough...

"How could that be? We'd let you attack our king directly!"

Just as that slash was about to cut the sea in half and strike the Moby Dick!

Accompanied by a hoarse shout! Marco, the first division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, whose body was engulfed in blazing blue-green flames and transformed into a large blue-green bird, known as the 'Phoenix', took off directly from the deck of the Moby Dick and then used his own body to crash head-on into Mihawk's world-class slash!

The moment Marco's body touched Mihawk's slash, it was sliced ​​in two by Mihawk's powerful strike!

"Captain Marco!"

"Is Marco dead?!"

The moment Marco's body was severed, countless pirates were shocked.

"how could it be possible?!"

Marco, who had been 'killed' by Mihawk, scoffed at this.

In the blink of an eye, Marco's body, which had been cut in half by Mihawk, turned into countless blue flames and then healed its wounds right in front of Mihawk!

Yes, unlike Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities that allow users to passively or preemptively transform into elements to evade enemy attacks, Marco did physically withstand Mihawk's attack, but then used his ability to heal his wounds. This is the power of the Phoenix Fruit…

For a moment, the immortal Marco and Mihawk's all-severing slashes held out on the sea! Relying on his powerful regenerative abilities, Marco fought against Mihawk's slashes for more than half a minute before finally completely neutralizing them!

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the sea returned to its usual tranquility the instant Marco neutralized Mihawk's slash! After the earth-shattering attack dissipated, Marco transformed back into a firebird, flew to the deck of the Moby Dick, and landed beside his father, Whitebeard.