One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Take as many as you can! Old man Whitebeard is already determined to die. He won't be able to fight in peace until he sees you all leave," Mabi said coldly, slashing away the lieutenant general who was attacking her.

"I will never abandon my father, I will fight him to the death." Flames danced in his hand as he punched Sengoku in the distance, the blazing flames engulfing his entire body yet unable to budge him an inch.

Upon hearing his words, Mabi flipped her blade, and with the power to shake the air and destroy everything around her, she directly struck Ace, who couldn't elementalize before attacking without strong Observation Haki. The impact forced Ace to retreat several steps, and as he stared at Ace's wounded body, he roared angrily.

"Get out! Do you want everyone who came to rescue you to die here? With three generals plus Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru—six people capable of fighting a Yonko—what ability do you have to protect them!"

"I can still fight!"

"Can you fight?" Mabi immediately retorted, pointing her long sword at the battlefield.

"Who can you beat! The battle has already come to this point. Whitebeard is prepared to use his life to clear a path for you. If you insist on stopping here to fight, then you'll lose Luffy and Sabo's lives."

"Heh! You want to rescue him as a pathetic wretch? In the end, he's just a loser from the last era. After failing to seize the throne of the Pirate King after ruling for decades, he's been playing a family farce on the sea with a brat. A fool who's wasted his life and only knows how to protect his family." Akainu's figure reappeared above the sea, his face full of frivolous mockery.

"What do you know! My father is..." Hearing Akainu's mockery, Ace, engulfed in flames, loudly protested, raising his arm to unleash the scorching flames, but was stopped by a long, silver-white sword pointed directly at his forehead.

"Red Dog! Shut up! Are you mocking me? As the strongest Marine Admiral of the Logia type, aren't you ashamed to be injured by a nobody like me!" Maby interrupted Akainu's mocking tone and cursed him angrily, causing the veins on his forehead to throb and lava to flow all over his body.

As an admiral-level leader, he was already familiar with the personalities of the Whitebeard crew. He used extremely sarcastic methods to make Ace stay behind to kill him. It was a blatant scheme, but it was extremely effective for someone who valued loyalty and friendship.

Turning around, he pointed his long sword directly at Ace's forehead, his voice chilling: "Leave! I saved you to prevent Luffy and Garp from being sad, not to let you run wild. Rather than letting the powerless Marines kill you, I, a pirate, will kill you. At least he'll be angry and hunt me down."

"And if you want the old man to watch you get beaten to death in front of him, then go ahead and join the war."

"Salted Fish Shakes the Sky!" Before he could react, Mabi turned around again to face Akainu's attack, her silver-white hand flashing as she attacked the fist that was rushing towards her.

The clash of their fists produced a piercing cutting sound, and rings of Qi Lian swept across the point of contact, crashing into the surging ocean below.

The silver-white spatial rift created by Mabi no longer showed any trace of disappearing into the opponent's magma, but instead cut directly along the surface of the opponent's body with Armament Haki, causing spatial rifts to spread all over his body.

Akainu, watching the thin lines of space moving around him and bubbling magma, revealed a cruel smile!

"Heh! Nobody! Nobody who doesn't even have Armament Haki! What gives you the audacity to provoke the Marine Headquarters?"

"Haha! Courage! How could a tyrannical person like you understand the struggle for one's family! A person who doesn't even respect their family is not even a pitiful worm!" Mabi laughed loudly, raising her fists, and the silver-white spatial rifts erupted once again.

"Heh! You stubborn brat, what family do you need just a transvestite!" Akainu chuckled as he swung his fist in response to Mabi's taunts. His magma-covered fist struck without hesitation, the dark red magma scorching Mabi's fist through the spatial rift.

Armament-colored fists flew across the surface, striking Maby's fists repeatedly, causing silver-white spatial cracks to fly everywhere and filling the entire space with a terrifying aura.

Two figures, one large and one small, roamed freely in this world full of spatial rifts, each collision creating even finer spatial patterns. The two seemed oblivious, their fists, brimming with rage, still clashing together.

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"Hahaha! The Marine Headquarters has disappeared! No wonder you're the most powerful man on the sea!" The man with a mouthful of broken teeth jumped onto the ship's side and into the plaza, laughing loudly.

"Hehe! What excellent medical skills! The severed limbs have been restored without affecting movement at all." A burly man stroked the dense stitches in his hand and exclaimed. Looking around, he saw that not only him, but also more than a dozen people behind him had the same fine stitches sewn on their bodies.

"Cough! Cough! It's just stitching up the wound. Don't forget our captain's conditions." The frail old man lying on horseback revealed a terrifying smile.

"What's wrong with following you if what you say is true? The sea we've been away from for decades is still ours." The group, stretching their limbs, revealed an evil smile.

"But before that, we'll have to deal with the Straw Hat Boy who had to break through the wall and sever our limbs!"

"Haha! A rubber body is really hard to chew. I think it would be better if I took Hancock back." Someone else recalled the previous scene with a strange smile on their face.

"Heh! Not just us, but these guys probably won't let that straw hat brat off the hook either." Someone chuckled sideways, looking at the three people sitting in the empty space in the distance. Nearby were some severed limbs and broken walls, all of them criminals who had offended them and were instantly dismembered.

Chapter 199 Blackbeard's Attack! Whitebeard's Perseverance!

"Hahaha! Hahaha! What a lively scene! Sengoku!" Blackbeard, draped in a black cloak, strode arrogantly and burst into loud laughter. His evil laughter, deliberately amplified, spread throughout the shattered plaza. Behind him, a dozen or so criminals of various appearances grinned wickedly as they stared at the marines fighting around them.

Boom! Sengoku, his fists clenched again and his hands hanging by his sides, looked toward the source of the laughter. A group of people in various shapes and sizes, dressed in black and white shirts, immediately came into view.

His forehead veins throbbed and steam rose from his forehead. In an instant, he knew everything that had happened and understood everything. His gaze was sinister as he stared straight in the direction of Blackbeard.

"Blackbeard Teach! This is your plan! Just to liberate these sinners?"

Upon hearing Sengoku's authoritative question, Blackbeard, who was walking, didn't pause at all and burst into laughter:

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Thanks to Fleet Admiral Sengoku for his help, my crew has been able to grow stronger! Liberating them is just the beginning. Everything is for that one goal. As a way of repaying Whitebeard, I want his head."

After answering, he turned to Whitebeard again, his evil eyes filled with ecstatic joy!

"Long time no see, old man with the white beard! It's wonderful to see you before you die; all my decades of planning have been worthwhile!"

"Teach!"

Upon seeing the figure who had propelled everyone to the pinnacle of the battlefield once more, a white shockwave flashed across Whitebeard's hand in his rage, and an invisible impact instantly enveloped everything before their eyes.

"Captain, watch out!"

"It's Whitebeard! Back off!"

An invisible wave swept across, and the expressions of the people behind Blackbeard changed drastically. They all stepped forward and flashed to the side. As pirates who had roamed the seas, none of them had ever come into contact with this old man before. That earth-shattering power still existed in their muscle memory, and their bodies reflexively leaped away from their original positions.

"Dark water!"

A small flash of black light covered Blackbeard's body, and all the surrounding tremors subsided without a ripple. The powerful force that had been separated then shot backward from his side, hurtling towards the distant sea and destroying everything in its path.

"Haha! Haha! As your son, you don't give him any face at all! But then again, you're not going to give him any anyway."

After the dust settled, Blackbeard and the unscathed stone slabs on the ground were revealed to everyone. Patting off imaginary dust from his body, Blackbeard laughed heartily without any more restraint.

His body swayed as he stepped on the broken stones, moving forward again as if nothing in the world could destroy him anymore.

"Get lost!" With another burst of spatial power, Mabi separated from Akainu once again.

His eyes were fixed on Blackbeard in the distance, the man who orchestrated the destruction of the Whitebeard Pirates and the chaos that engulfed the world.

"Teach! You are the only one who is unworthy to be called my son! You have violated the only rule on my ship! For the sake of Sachi, I must kill you and settle this once again!" Whitebeard, wielding a naginata, roared once more as his arm flashed with light.

"Teach, prepare to die!" Ace, whose body was engulfed in flames, was instantly lifted off the ground.

"Get down! Ace!" A pair of large hands appeared out of thin air and pressed down on Ace's head, stopping him.

"You're no match for him, let me handle this!"

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Captain Ace, you haven't been executed yet! I've never forgotten the scars you gave me!" After saying that, Blackbeard deliberately showed off the huge scars on his body, running his rough hands over them with a cruel smile.

“Kill Ace and extract the Flame-Flame Fruit from his body as a gift.”

"Haha! Leave it to us! The Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit is one of the most powerful Devil Fruit abilities in the world!" The burly man with bull horns on his head stepped forward and laughed heartily.

"Leave that brat Luffy to me! His Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit isn't weak either!" another burly man sneered, staring at the yellow sand flying in the distance before disappearing in pursuit.

"Yay! Yay! The Mythical Beast Phoenix is ​​truly one of the most powerful abilities! It's my favorite!" Several more people stared at Marco, transforming into thin lines and rushing towards him.

"Airquake!"

"Dark Water!" Just as the criminals from Impel Down were ignoring their respective targets, Whitebeard and Blackbeard, whose hatred had already reached its peak, clashed once again.

Darkness that devours everything!

An impact that shakes everything!

Two waves, one black and one white, each several meters in diameter, collided again. Without a single ripple, everything was annihilated, leaving only the dull sound of two fists colliding.

"Ouch! Ouch! Whitebeard, why can't you use your shockwave power anymore?" Blackbeard laughed contemptuously as black mist once again enveloped his arm, his lips curving upwards and his eyes filled with endless mockery.

"Whitebeard! I once sincerely admired and revered you, but now you are old and can't even protect these brats who are like stray dogs!"

"Teach!" Hearing the mockery directed at his child again, the white sonic boom surging on his arm expanded even further.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Useless, all ability users are ineffective in front of me!" The fists collided again, and all attacks were annihilated and disappeared once more.

"Hehehe! Whitebeard, you can't beat me." Seeing that Whitebeard's attack had failed, Blackbeard laughed again.

"Shatter the jade." The naginata spun, and in an instant, both hands gripped it, slashing downwards.

With a whoosh, a cold glint flashed like starlight, followed by a soft cutting sound, and blood splattered onto the white-bearded man's robes.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! It hurts! It hurts so much!" The sharp blade, enhanced by Whitebeard's Haki, cut into the back of the opponent's Armament Haki armor without any resistance. As the blade moved, the opponent's mind went blank under the double pain, causing him to lie on the ground struggling wildly.

"Teach! Arrogance and conceit will always be your weakness!" Whitebeard, who was one move ahead, held his opponent's head in one hand and emitted an endless chill, which made Blackbeard, who was still in pain, tremble all over and his eyes showed a little fear.

"Die." He swung his arm and thrust the naginata in his hand with lightning speed.

"Father! You really want to kill your child!" In desperation, Blackbeard seized on Whitebeard's weakness and roared, shaking his head and pleading with the old man before him.

The sharp tip of the naginata suddenly stopped!

This is the moment!

Mapi, who had been observing everything, vanished from Akainu's sight and reappeared in Whitebeard's arms, slashing down with her long sword at his body.

"Crack!" Without even touching the other's body, a huge hand gripped Mabi's long blade, preventing it from advancing any further.

Blackbeard, now out of control, quickly rolled away and disappeared into the group he had led in, where he was surrounded and protected.

"Old man, you're so old-fashioned!" Mabi shouted angrily as the opportunity disappeared. The momentary surge of pain in the other party was the only chance to kill him instantly. It would be much more difficult to kill him again in the future.

All of this was stopped by Whitebeard!

"Kid! He's still my child!" The white-bearded man, his face slightly saddened, slowly released his grip on Mabi's longsword. Bright red blood flowed from the sword in Mabi's hand and dripped into the seawater between the rocks, staining the water red.

“Do you know how many of your children will die at his hands in the future if you let him go this time, given his personality?” Mabi shouted, looking up at the group of criminals who had drawn their weapons.

A momentary defeat allowed the opponent to survive alone. Maby also knew that the battlefield had become even more intense with the appearance of three figures from behind. The addition of several admiral-level fighters meant that the Whitebeard Pirates could be wiped out in an instant if they were not careful.

Even his own efforts would crumble, and his inability to save Ace from leaving would cause Garp grief, making everything he had done futile.

"Kid, I broke my promise. You should leave too! Protect your captain as he leaves. The beginning of a new era is in your hands. I'll take full responsibility for all the mistakes." Whitebeard surveyed the battlefield in the distance, looked down at Maple, and replied softly, his eyes filled with apology. His imposing body, which had been slightly bent, straightened up again, facing the Impel Down criminals who were eyeing him menacingly.

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Mei remained silent. There was nothing wrong with pursuing one's own intentions, but at this point, she was still in a protective state and had no idea or desire to know the consequences.

Even though Whitebeard is still the strongest man in the world and hasn't suffered much damage, the ultimate goal of the entire Marine Headquarters is to kill Whitebeard and destroy his pirate crew. If necessary, the Marines wouldn't mind joining forces with Blackbeard to kill Whitebeard.

"Hey! Little Edward, it's been decades! You little rascal, you're still the same as before, willing to do anything for your family, regardless of whether it's betrayal or not!" A phantom white figure floated out from the red scabbard at Maby's waist as she watched this scene and exclaimed.

"Teacher!" Looking at the figure floating in the air, Mabi clasped her hands together and said respectfully with the blade pointing downwards.

"Hmm, it seems all the old friends have arrived," the illusory soul replied, looking at the familiar figures around it.

"Gallup's legend is indeed true, you're still alive! It wouldn't be bad to see you one last time before I die," Whitebeard said with a forced smile as he saw the phantom.

"I'm still alive, but that strong young man from back then is now old and frail!"

Gallup!

Gallup!