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Chapter 305 The Whitebeard's Overlordly Color

Bang-!

BOOM BOOM—!

From the moment he was first hit by the ice fist, Marco had already been on high alert, regarding Esdeath as the most formidable opponent he had ever faced. Yet, even so, he couldn't dodge any of Esdeath's subsequent punches, being repeatedly slammed down from mid-air and narrowly escaping each time.

—He's not an anomaly like Jack, who has fish-man blood. If he really falls into the sea and gets soaked in seawater, he will quickly lose his fighting ability, and it might even endanger his life.

and so.

Marco's horror grew stronger and stronger.

"Just who are these guys?"

"That girl wielding the sword was already strong, but this blue-haired woman is even stronger... When did such a group of powerful pirates appear in the New World?!"

If a pirate crew of this caliber appeared in the four seas, that would be understandable, but appearing on the Grand Line... that's tantamount to utterly destroying the intelligence networks of all the Yonko crews.

the other side.

Esdeath remained calm throughout, quelling Marco's fierce attacks with almost only one hand, and even had the leisure to casually offer Marco a few pointers during the fight:

"The attack power is decent, but the speed is too slow. Do you really expect to hit anyone with such slow, weak punches and kicks?"

"His use of abilities is also very rudimentary, similar to that masked guy."

"...The guy wearing a mask?"

Marco had no idea that Esdeath was referring to Jhin.

In fact, his and Jin's positions are quite similar: both are vice-presidents of the Four Emperors' crews, both are loyal to the Four Emperors they serve, both have the ability to fly and control fire, and even their bounties are similar—one is 1.39 billion and the other is 1.37 billion. They are practically half-brothers.

Even Jin was destined to be defeated by Esdeath in an instant.

So if it were Marco, the difference wouldn't be too great. In fact, theoretically he'd be even weaker than Jhin.

Of course……

For Bulma and the others, who hadn't witnessed the Onigashima battle firsthand and weren't clear about the exact difference in strength between the two sides, this duel was still quite entertaining. Bulma even picked up a camera and started filming.

"Um... there's no need to record such a small-scale competition, is there?"

Uchiha Hikaru glanced at the girl beside him.

"That won't do."

Bulma said with a serious face, "This is a precious record of our 'Dimensional Pirates' facing off against the 'Whitebeard Pirates' head-on. We can make a copy and send it to Morgans so he can publish it for us, so they don't just make up their own stories without seeing what happened... By the way, Hikari, why don't you go out and show your skills too?"

"...No need."

Hikaru Uchiha shook his head.

She wasn't particularly obsessed with fame; her previous attempt to ride on Aokiji's popularity by using the "Photography King" title was just a convenient move. Now that Esdeath is leading the charge, there's no need for her, as the "first mate," to get involved anymore.

unless……

"Whitebeard should be on that ship right now, shouldn't he? He's quite composed."

Just as Uchiha Hikaru was thinking this...

Esdeath seemed to have figured out Marco's secrets and had no interest in playing with him any longer. So she delivered an exceptionally heavy, deliberate punch that knocked Marco down from the air again, and then snapped her fingers as he fell into the sea.

call--!

A cold, fierce wind arose.

At that moment, everyone present felt the light above their heads distort. Looking up, they saw a huge ice meteorite rapidly forming high above Esdeath, growing from a size of over ten meters to a diameter of nearly one hundred meters in the blink of an eye!

That's enough.

"Although you're still far from being as good as Hikaru, your skills are already at a level that I can barely acknowledge... As a reward, I'll use my true abilities a little to show you what the difference is."

Esdeath looked down at Marco and exhaled, "This move is called..."

"Ice! Meteor!!"

The voice just fell.

Esdeath then pointed her fingers like a knife and made a downward slashing motion.

With her movement, the massive ice meteorite plummeted straight into the sea. Even before it directly touched the surface, the surrounding air was violently pushed aside, creating an incredibly powerful hurricane that rose from the ground, whipping up a milky-white shockwave that swept in all directions!

Marco had just climbed out of the sea.

—To be precise, he actually used his Devil Fruit ability to create a powerful shockwave beneath him at the moment of his fall, displacing the seawater on both sides and creating a recess seven or eight meters below sea level that embedded him in, thus preventing him from falling directly into the sea like an ordinary person.

But before he could even catch his breath, the ice meteorite above his head had already taken shape, and Esdeath threw it with her hand, sending it hurtling towards his head!

Above are meteorites that look like dark clouds looming over the city.

Below is the deep, dark sea.

The walls, formed by waves, are all around the central recess, and they are pouring into it.

In this situation, even if Marco wanted to dodge, it was too late. He could only spread his wings at the crucial moment and wrap them around his entire body, hoping to avoid fatal damage in this way—as long as he wasn't killed by this attack, everyone on the fleet would surely lend a hand and rescue him.

But at this critical moment...

An incredibly powerful aura suddenly erupted from the deck of the "Modibik"! It swept across the entire area like a tidal wave!!

At that moment, even Uchiha Hikaru felt a weight on his shoulders.

Those with weaker combat abilities, such as Bulma, Tanjiro, Naruto, and Yuujin Itadori, were directly overwhelmed by this aura and collapsed onto the deck of the "Blue Planet." A feeling of unease arose in each of them.

then……

Then a naginata was seen being swung out in mid-air.

Where the blade passed, the air was torn apart, and terrifying cracks appeared in mid-air, then spread wildly in all directions! And the central target of the spread was none other than the snow-white ice meteorite that had fallen from the sky!

"...Has the main character finally appeared?"

Uchiha Hikaru let out a soft breath. As he spoke, a crimson light flashed in his eyes; his Mangekyou Sharingan had been activated to its fullest potential!

She wanted to see just how much stronger this "world's strongest man's" training was compared to Kaido's.

(End of this chapter)