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A few seconds later, the lightning on the nine giant 'suns' surged even more violently and raged.

From the perspective of the Whitebeard Pirates in the distance, the most noticeable change was that the nine enormous purple "suns" were becoming increasingly bright.

The next moment, to everyone's astonishment, the brightness of these nine 'suns' rose to another level, just like real suns.

Immediately afterwards, nine enormous purple lightning pillars shot out from these nine 'suns', carrying an incomparably terrifying momentum, and crashed down towards the tsunami below.

A deafening roar of thunder ripped through the sky and crashed down on the tsunami below almost simultaneously.

boom--

A deafening roar resounded, sending up waves thousands of meters high. Under the attack of these nine enormous lightning pillars, the central part of the tsunami in front was directly flattened.

It created an extremely peculiar scene in a short period of time.

That is, a large area in the middle is empty, but the tsunami on both sides is still surging forward.

This situation lasted for several breaths before the power of the thunder dissipated, and the seawater on both sides began to converge back towards the center.

As the tsunami receded, it gradually disappeared, but as the seawater moved towards the center, it created a rotating force, forming huge whirlpools on the sea surface.

This whirlpool is a problem for the Whitebeard Pirates.

The Whitebeard Pirates' numerous ships were being pulled towards the center of the giant whirlpool.

If no measures are taken, the ships will be swallowed up by these whirlpools.

The Whitebeard Pirates have quite a few Devil Fruit users; if they were to be devoured, it would be a huge problem.

Moreover, even if one is not a person with special abilities, losing a ship on this vast ocean would still put them in a very passive situation.

So naturally they wouldn't let that happen.

Marco transformed into a phoenix and soared into the sky, shouting:

"So everyone who can project Armament Haki should go to the bow of the ship, release their Armament Haki to strike the sea surface, creating a reaction force that will pull the ship out of the whirlpool's pull!!"

Having sailed at sea for so many years, they had naturally encountered whirlpools before, so they were already experienced in dealing with such situations.

But before they could make any concrete moves, a sound like shattering glass suddenly rang out.

The captains on the Moby Dick paused for a moment, then immediately turned their gazes toward a certain direction.

The white-bearded man who had been sitting to the side had somehow stood up and was now punching the air beside him.

The air itself seemed like a mirror, with ripples spreading outwards in concentric circles from the white-bearded man's fist.

A tremor emanated from the white-bearded man and continued to spread.

The next moment, the sea surface surged again, and the water that was being pulled towards the center by the whirlpool was now being pulled by another force.

Under the influence of two different forces, the seawater continued to surge, and the whirlpool slowly disappeared.

Before long, the huge whirlpools that were once visible everywhere on the sea surface disappeared, leaving only the wildly churning seawater to tell the story of how turbulent this place was.

Upon seeing this, the many pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of joy appeared on their faces.

As expected, their father is the strongest!

Letting them come might solve the problem, but it won't be easy, and they won't be able to directly eliminate the whirlpools; they can only get their ships out of the whirlpools' traction range.

If you get caught in another vortex after you get out, you'll have to go through it all again.

But now their father has stepped in and solved the problem at its root, which is much better than their previous approach.

Before they could even catch their breath, they suddenly felt a chill in their hearts. The next moment, most of them looked up sharply and gazed at the sky.

Nine enormous pillars of lightning surged toward them, and terrifying pressure suddenly descended.

!!!

In an instant, almost everyone's pupils contracted sharply.

At almost the same time, Whitebeard and many captains made their decision.

All the captains suddenly leaped out and headed towards the farthest lightning pillars, eventually forming groups of three or four and arriving in front of four of them.

After shouting in unison, they simultaneously unleashed their attacks at the incoming lightning pillar.

Whitebeard was not idle either; he also leaped up, clenching his fists tightly, and white spheres appeared on both of his hands.

"drink!!"

After letting out a loud roar, they simultaneously swung their arms forward.

Sizzle!

The sound of something like a mirror shattering rang out again in the air, and a terrifying shockwave erupted from his fist, heading straight for the five lightning pillars that were coming from the front.

The nine lightning pillars were not adjacent to each other; their attack range was so wide that even the white-bearded man could not block them all.

That's why the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates went to block the remaining attacks.

Rumbling--

As the two sides exchanged blows, a series of tremors suddenly resounded in the void.

The terrifying shockwave continued to spread in all directions, and some stray lightning bolts splashed onto the Whitebeard fleet's ships, instantly shattering those areas.

The rest of the Whitebeard Pirates members, seeing this, did not hesitate at all and rushed towards the falling lightning, trying to block it.

They couldn't handle those terrifying lightning bolts. The tiny fragments of lightning that were falling were smaller than their thumbs, yet they couldn't stop them.

Keep in mind that they have all mastered Armament Haki, although their level of proficiency is not very high, but blocking these fragments of lightning is still not a problem.

Unfortunately, the imagination is very rich, but the reality is very harsh!

Go with full confidence, lie there like a coward!

A large portion of the pirates stiffened instantly upon contact with the tiny lightning bolts, their eyes rolled back, and they lost consciousness, collapsing onto the decks of their respective ships.

!!!

Those pirates who didn't try to block the lightning stared wide-eyed at the scene before them in disbelief.

"How...how is this possible?!"

"Why is the power of these stray lightning bolts so terrifying?"

"That……"

As if they had thought of something, the pirates suddenly turned their gaze towards the direction where the captains were, and then they saw a scene that shocked them even more.

They were all engulfed by the terrifying bolts of lightning, but they had indeed delayed for a while, so when the lightning finally struck, it landed on the sea and did not hit their ships.

boom--

Another huge commotion followed. Although the lightning bolt didn't strike the ship directly, it was very close, and the resulting shockwave, mixed with lightning, spread outwards...