Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 265 The Battle of Marineford Begins

Upon hearing Uchiha Tou's words, Sengoku's expression finally relaxed a bit. After all, the other party wasn't one of his own Marines. As long as he could ensure the battle with Whitebeard, Sengoku didn't care where Uchiha Tou had just gone.

The Whitebeard Pirates, who had just emerged from the sea, had no idea what was going on. However, as they talked, the Whitebeard Pirates learned that Uchiha Tou was their enemy.

"Such arrogance! You think you can take on the Whitebeard Pirates? Let me show you!"

The first to speak was Jozu, the captain of the third division of the Whitebeard Pirates and a user of the Diamond Fruit. He leaped up, jumped over a long stretch of seawater, and landed in front of Uchiha Tou.

Then, his skin gradually transformed into shimmering diamonds, and a dense, domineering black aura coiled around his fists.

"Kid, are you prepared for the consequences of provoking the Whitebeard Pirates?!"

Before the words were even finished, a fist the size of a black, shiny casserole dish slammed directly towards Uchiha Tou's head.

Seeing the fist swinging towards him, Uchiha Tou chuckled lightly. He didn't even draw the Third Generation Kitetsu in his hand, but instead stretched out a palm, without even covering it with Haki, and directly grabbed the opponent's fist.

Jozu's eyes lit up, and he immediately added three more points of force to his fist. As a Diamond Fruit user, he might not be able to speak for other aspects, but in terms of head-on confrontation, this guy would even dare to compete with Kaido and Big Mom. Seeing that the other party was ungrateful and reached out directly, he had already decided to break the bones of the guy in front of him.

"Watch out, that's Diamond Jozu, his ability..."

The one who spoke was Admiral Aokiji, but he stopped halfway through his sentence, a look of shock on his face.

Uchiha Tou's strength was fully demonstrated in his battle with Garp. None of the high-ranking Marines present thought he would be defeated by Jozu. However, they all thought he would probably suffer a loss if he fought a monster like Jozu without using Haki.

The moment Diamond Jozu's fist made contact with Uchiha Tou, his body went limp, and he felt all his energy and spirit dissipate. He couldn't even activate his Devil Fruit ability, and he could feel everything about him being absorbed by the other's palm.

"My...my abilities...what happened to me?"

Joz opened his mouth to speak, but his voice was hoarse, which surprised even himself. His originally tall, full, and muscular body withered away at a visible speed, and even his height of more than four meters was constantly decreasing. In a moment, he shrunk into a small old man of about 1.56 meters.

"What kind of ability is this? It's a terrifying Devil Fruit power!"

Marco was shocked. He immediately leaped up, his hands transforming into burning wings of fire, and two balls of flame slammed directly into Uchiha Touu.

At the same time, Whitebeard gripped his broadsword tightly, a hint of hesitation flashing across his face.

His Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability was too destructive; if he were to use it, the first to die would be the currently extremely weak Jozu. So after thinking it over, he ultimately decided not to make a move.

Just as Marco's flames were about to smash into Uchiha Tou's head, Uchiha Tou showed no fear. The black energy in his hands instantly absorbed the flames.

Just then, Joz, who had turned into a little old man, let out a weak but painful groan, breathed his last, and turned into a dried-up corpse.

For a moment, the entire Marine Headquarters fell silent, all eyes fixed on the lump of corpse in Uchiha Hiyu's hand. Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, Uchiha Hiyu tossed the light, floating corpse to the ground. With a soft cracking sound, the corpse shattered into pieces, like a dried-up clay doll.

After a moment of silence, the Whitebeard Pirates erupted with an aura like a volcanic eruption, and Whitebeard, standing on the deck, roared:

"Damn brat! Die!!"

With a roar, a huge white ball of light condensed on Whitebeard's Murakumogiri and slammed into Uchiha Tou, who was standing in the Marine Headquarters Plaza.

It started with a slight tremor, then the entire plaza began to tilt, and finally a deafening tremor shook the earth. The mere prelude to the activation of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was enough to send chills down one's spine and give the feeling that the sky was about to collapse.

"Watch out! The world's strongest man is about to make his move!"

Standing at the highest point, Fleet Admiral Sengoku roared, and under the vibration of the white light, the Marine Headquarters began to tilt. Without saying a word, many powerful figures took action to prevent the entire Marine Headquarters from falling apart.

As the direct target of the vibrating light orb, Uchiha Touyu calmly extended a hand and grabbed the white light orb. In the faint black aura, the light orb was instantly absorbed completely by Uchiha Touyu.

Devil Fruit abilities also have a counter-relationship with each other. For example, Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit is not very effective against Logia-type Devil Fruits. This is why Akainu didn't seem to be seriously injured even after taking so many hits from Whitebeard in the original work. If it were a Zoan-type Devil Fruit of the same level, even a Mythical Zoan-type, Akainu would be severely injured, either dying or crippled.

As for restraint, Uchiha Tou's Dark-Dark Fruit can confidently say: I can restrain all Devil Fruits!

No matter how powerful the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is, when faced with the Dark-Dark Fruit, which can absorb and devour all fruit abilities and develop them to the point of awakening, the final result is that all the vibration power is absorbed.

"What!? That power... it can even ignore the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

"Are vampire fruits really that scary?"

Garp stared wide-eyed at Sengoku and asked.

Sengoku shook his head, glanced at the flames enveloping Uchiha Tou, and said quite decisively:

"How would I know? You know, fantasy-type Devil Fruits are extremely rare, and even fewer can be developed to the point of awakening. As for the Vampire Fruit's development and awakening... in all these years, there might only be one example like this kid. Who knows what functions it has?"

Both the Navy and the pirates were quite shocked by the power that Uchiha Touya unleashed. Fortunately, the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Vampire Fruit are basically evil types, and their black aura and blood aura look very similar, so no one suspected them.

Of course, doubting is useless, since Uchiha Touya no longer needs to deliberately hide himself.

A blood-red figure flashed, the power of the Mobius Fruit activated, and Uchiha Touya, whose speed was already at its limit, was almost comparable to teleportation. He appeared directly on the Mobius and slashed at Whitebeard with his sword.

Although he didn't unleash the full power of the Momo-Momo Fruit, Uchiha Tou's current speed is already more than ten times the speed of sound. Even though Whitebeard reacted using Observation Haki, his physical speed was far slower than his own Haki.

Faced with Uchiha Hiu's downward slash of the Third Generation Kitetsu, Whitebeard could only do his best to gather Armament Haki and block it in front of the Third Generation Kitetsu.

The Sandai Kitetsu hovered for a moment in front of Whitebeard's chest. The Armament Haki on the sword collided with the Armament Haki on Whitebeard's chest in mid-air, and a terrifying shockwave spread out, causing cracks to appear on the deck of the Möbius.

With a soft thud, the hastily drawn white beard finally failed to block the sharpness of the Sandai Kitetsu. The blood-red blade pierced his chest and instantly began to drain his blood and life force.

However, in just a moment, a massive aura of dominance suddenly erupted, blocking Uchiha Tou's Devil Fruit ability. At the same time, Whitebeard slammed down with a punch, and a terrifying shockwave exploded in mid-air, sending Uchiha Tou flying.

After tumbling twice, Uchiha Touya planted his sword in the plaza and retreated seven or eight meters before regaining his footing. Although the Dark-Dark Fruit could absorb the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, it couldn't absorb the physical phenomena directly caused by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Just now, Whitebeard had directly detonated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's energy orb in his hand, which sent the unsuspecting Uchiha Touya flying.

Although Uchiha Tou was thrown back, he was only slightly disheveled and not seriously injured. On the contrary, the white-bearded man coughed while clutching his chest, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

The wound on his chest was manageable, as it only pierced the muscle and did not damage his internal organs. However, Whitebeard's Haki had been greatly depleted in order to become immune to the power of the Vampire Fruit.

It should be noted that Uchiha Tou's Vampire Fruit had already been enhanced and developed to an unpredictable level. Although Whitebeard was immune to the fruit's power thanks to his own Haki, the consumption of energy was considerable.

While the power of Devil Fruits can indeed be neutralized by Haki, they are not immune to it. The stronger the Devil Fruit ability, the more Haki is needed to neutralize it.

Only a Yonko of Whitebeard's caliber could offset the power of Uchiha Tou's Vampire Fruit. And even that was only barely offset once. If it happened more often, the depletion of Haki alone would exhaust even a Yonko.

Although Whitebeard was old and frail, he was still a veteran with rich experience. After one move, he knew that if he gave Uchiha Hiu another chance to get close, there would be no point in fighting anymore, as he would surely die. In a sense, the Vampire Fruit was a perfect counter to old men.

So, disregarding the backlash from the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he clenched his fists and unleashed a tremendous force of vibration. With his fists crossed, he slammed them into the air beside him. Crackling sounds filled the air as countless fissures appeared, and a terrifying shockwave erupted, instantly triggering a massive tsunami.

No matter what kind of Devil Fruit user they are, they cannot change the fact that they are countered by seawater!

Seeing the towering tsunami rushing towards him, Uchiha Touyu flashed back to the execution platform. His performance just now had completely erased the bad impression of being late, so he spoke without any politeness:

"Admiral Aokiji, it's your turn! I can't stop these tsunamis!"

Without Uchiha Touyu needing to say anything, Aokiji stood up, flicked his cloak, and jumped out:

"Frozen Moments—The Ice Age!"

The Ice-Ice Fruit instantly took effect, spreading extremely cold air and freezing the oncoming tsunami, which was tens of meters high, into an ice wall in an instant. It also froze several kilometers of sea surface into ice blocks, and at the same time froze the Whitebeard Pirates' large fleet.

In fact, the Navy's biggest trump card in daring to go to war with Whitebeard was Aokiji, the user of the Ice-Ice Fruit. Otherwise, facing the tsunami, every single one of the Navy's high-ranking officers would at most be able to escape with their lives, but they wouldn't be able to save 10 Navy personnel.

During the Marineford War, although Akainu was the most hardworking, the one who actually played the biggest role was Aokiji, who had been mostly just going through the motions, because only he could counter Whitebeard's Sea Tremor ability.

Otherwise, facing a calamity-level Devil Fruit like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, ordinary soldiers would probably be wiped out in the first round of attacks, and Devil Fruit users without the physical skills and Haki level of a general would certainly die.

As Aokiji froze the entire sea, the pirates finally had a foothold. The Whitebeard Pirates roared and surged out from the ice, and the two sides immediately engaged in close combat.

The Navy was not to be outdone. A group of Vice Admirals, led by an Admiral, took the lead. As for the Seven Warlords of the Sea—they were just going through the motions; no one expected them to fight seriously.

Not to mention that Jinbe, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, was imprisoned in Impel Down for opposing the Marineford War. Uchiha Touyu doesn't even know if he killed him in the same way when he was on Level 6.

The other Shichibukai, Blackbeard, had already defected to the Navy and died at the hands of Uchiha Touu while in Impel Down.

The entire navy actually only had five Shichibukai left, and they were all a bunch of slackers. Unless Sengoku was brain-dead, he couldn't expect them to fight any tough battles.

The two powerful figures instantly engaged in a fierce battle. Uchiha Touyu, standing above, wore a smile, his body emanating a dense aura of blood and black energy, making him appear like a great demon king. The blood and black energy condensed into the shape of a bat before spreading out.

"So many vampire bats! Ughhhhhh!"

"Don't touch these bats! They'll drain your blood instantly!"

"Why are attacks ineffective against these bats?! It's practically like they've been turned into elementals by a Logia-type being!"

"Aaaaaah! There are even more! These bats can increase their numbers by sucking blood!!"

"Damn it...it's that damned Blood Demon again!! The power of the Vampire Fruit is such a nuisance!"

As Uchiha Touya used this area-of-effect attack again, the ordinary pirates on the battlefield were immediately doomed. Lacking both types of Haki and special Devil Fruit abilities, they were utterly killed upon contact with the blood bats created by the Vampire Fruit, and their deaths would generate even more bats...

Of the tens of thousands of pirates under Whitebeard's command, ninety percent were the type who only possessed brute strength. Faced with the overwhelming horde of blood bats, they were almost all killed or wounded in just over ten minutes.

(End of this chapter)