The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

Finally, when they were only ten meters apart, the two stopped at the same time.

"Edward Newgate!!!" Guern's voice boomed like thunder from the heavens!

"Gern!!!" Whitebeard's roar was like the roar of a prehistoric beast, shaking the earth!

"boom!!!!!"

Two angry shouts of each other's names were like the fuse that ignited the final explosion!

The two figures vanished from their spot in the same instant!

It's not elementalization or teleportation, but a terrifying speed that breaks the sound barrier, purely relying on the physical body's explosive power!

The ground cracked open with the force of their stomping!

The next second, the two figures, like two shooting stars falling in reverse, crashed into the very center of the battlefield!

Whitebeard gripped the Murakumogiri tightly with both hands and unleashed a devastating, earth-shattering slash!

With one hand holding the Eight Directions, Gern met the attack with a fierce slash that went against the current!

However, the two Supreme Grade Swords, each imbued with the strongest Conqueror's Haki, did not collide directly!

Just before the blades were about to make contact, the two top-tier Conqueror's Haki, which were similar in nature but completely different in will, generated the most extreme repulsion and confrontation!

"Buzz!!! Zzzzz!!!"

A visible spherical energy field, constantly bursting with black and red lightning, suddenly appeared between the blades of the two swords!

That energy field was extremely unstable, with terrifying pressure inside, where forces were frantically clashing, squeezing, and trying to annihilate each other!

The atmosphere was torn apart, space was distorted and deformed, and even light was swallowed up!

Strike from a distance!

This is a manifestation of the Conqueror's Haki reaching its peak, with both will and power reaching their zenith, neither willing to yield!

Whoever yields even a fraction in this clash of momentum and dominance will have their blade severed by the opponent first!

"Kurararararar!!" Whitebeard laughed wildly, his arm muscles bulging like mountains as he pressed down with unstoppable force!

"Hmph!" Gern's eyes were as cold as ice, his arm holding the knife was as steady as a rock, and his domineering aura, like that of a natural disaster, pressed back without showing any weakness!

Black and red lightning exploded wildly, and the spherical energy field continued to expand, enveloping the two figures within it!

The ground beneath their feet could not withstand the terrifying pressure and began to collapse downwards in a spiderweb pattern!

The clash between natural disaster and the strongest forces, transcending the level of physical contact, has entered into a direct contest of will and strength!

"Kuralalala!!!"

At the center of the energy field came a hearty laugh from the white-bearded man, a laugh tinged with a touch of melancholy. His voice, amplified by the powerful roar, clearly reached Gern's ears.

"It's such a nostalgic feeling... that collision that makes your very soul tremble!"

"Ever since that bastard Roger, I thought I'd never see him again!"

Gern's arm remained as steady as a rock, resisting the overwhelming force, yet a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips as he responded.

"Hmph, you've said that at least ten times, Whitebeard. You say it every time we fight."

"That's because you're always more troublesome than the last time, brat!" Whitebeard laughed, but his strength increased even further.

"Roger is Roger, he's a madman chasing his dreams!"

And you, little navy brat... Gern, you're a 'disaster' born purely for 'subversion'!

It's infuriating, yet I have to admit... you're the only opponent after him who can make me take you seriously!

"Is that so?" Gern's eyes sharpened, and the domineering aura emanating from his Black Blade Eight Desolations surged once more. "Then this time..."

Try not to get knocked to the ground by this 'latecomer,' 'the strongest man in the world'!

"Arrogant brat! You're a hundred years too young to replace me!!"

"boom!!!!!"

The conversation was drowned out by an even more violent energy explosion!

The two Conqueror's Hide energy spheres finally reached the critical point and exploded with a roar!

A terrifying shockwave swept across the entire battlefield in a ring, forcefully pushing away everyone who got close, friend or foe!

Amidst the billowing smoke and lightning, two figures could be vaguely seen finally colliding violently!

The blades clashed for the first time!

A deafening clang of metal clashing tore through the sky!

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"Clang!!!" The two gritted their teeth and exerted their strength at the same time, and the two supreme grade swords finally clashed together!

A blinding burst of sparks erupted between the blades of Murakumogiri and Hakuraku. The explosion of the clashing blades was no longer the roar of metal, but the mournful cry of a collision!

Black, red, and dark purple lightning bolts, like wild snakes, danced wildly and scattered in all directions!

The shockwave spread out in a ring, lifting an entire layer of ground off the ground!

Gern felt an immense force coming from the hilt of the knife. In an instant, the sleeves of his arms holding the knife burst open, his hands went numb, and the ground beneath his feet collapsed half a foot!

"It seems the injury from last time... really didn't affect you!"

"Whitebeard!!!" With a roar, Gern's eyes sharpened, and the muscles in his right arm tensed instantly. His Ryuo-level Armament Haki surged up his arm, forcefully resisting the earth-shattering blow.

“Because…” A red glint flashed in Whitebeard’s eyes. He spun around from the Cloud Slash, and with a sudden burst of power, he slashed downwards.

"I haven't fallen so low as to be beaten up by a brat like you!!"

Seeing this, Guern decisively reduced his strength and retreated, but only for a moment, after a brief separation, the two were locked in a stalemate once again!

"Kurarara! You little Marine brat, I've known for decades that you possess the same strength as me!" Whitebeard laughed, his arms suddenly slamming down!

The cracks beneath Gern's feet spread further, but a sharp smile curved his lips.

Just as Whitebeard's old power was exhausted and new power had not yet been generated...

"Is that so?" Gern's voice suddenly turned icy. "Then I'm truly... fortunate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his left hand suddenly shot out with lightning speed, not to grasp the hilt of the knife, but with his five fingers spread wide.

The highly compressed vibrating particles instantly formed a visually distorting, deadly vortex in the palm of his hand, and were aimed directly at Whitebeard's chest!

"Heavenly Tremor - White Vortex!"

"Buzz!" An invisible yet highly compressed stream of vibrating particles emerged like a vortex!

The air was compressed rapidly, producing a low-frequency vibration that made your teeth ache!

This is not a mere impact, but a highly penetrating flow of vibrational energy that goes straight to the internal organs!

"You're not the only one who can see the future!"

Whitebeard's pupils contracted slightly, and his fighting instincts made him release one of his sword-wielding hands without hesitation, his massive hand covered in Armament Haki slamming back!

"Airquake!"

"Clap!"

The air in front of his palm shattered like glass as the terrifying power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit collided violently with the stream of vibrating particles emitted by Gern!

There was no loud noise, only a chilling sense of spatial distortion!

Two "vibrations" of the same origin but with completely different natures eroded and annihilated each other, eventually turning into an out-of-control shock that suddenly exploded!

The two were simultaneously thrown backward by the recoil, carving deep furrows beneath their feet.

This is why Gern told Sengoku that he couldn't defeat Whitebeard.

The power of the same origin, mutually generating and mutually restraining.

A heavenly earthquake can subdue and calm a tremor, while a tremor can also disrupt and disturb a heavenly earthquake!

Whitebeard shook his slightly numb left hand, looked at Gern, and his fighting spirit intensified.

"It can even mimic and counteract vibrations... Your fruit is as troublesome as ever."

“Imitation? I’ve said it many times.” Gern steadied himself, twirled his black sword, Eight Desolations, and pointed it diagonally at the ground.

A deep hum began to permeate my body, and the air became blurred and distorted due to the high-frequency vibration. "This is 'control'."

Before he finished speaking, he vanished again!

It wasn't teleportation, but rather using the force of vibration to rapidly push off the ground, unleashing a speed close to teleportation!

All that remained was a crater from the explosion and a ring of shockwaves spreading outwards!

Seeing this, Whitebeard swept his sword in front of him, but missed!

The next second, Gern appeared like a ghost in Whitebeard's blind spot to the side and behind, his black sword, Hachiro, emitting a piercing shriek that tore at eardrums.

While the blade was imbued with an aura of dominance, it also flowed with highly condensed, almost tangible, high-frequency vibrational energy. With a single slash, it cleaved through the atmosphere!

"Heavenly Tremor - Crack!"

Wherever the blade passed, space seemed to be torn apart, leaving behind a twisted, constantly trembling black trail!

Whitebeard remained calm despite his surprise, displaying incredible agility with his massive body.

The handle of the Murakumogiri sword slammed backward, precisely parrying the tsuba of the Hachiko sword!

"Clang!!" Another deafening explosion!

The impact of the clash of Armament Haki pulverized all the rubble around them!

However, the strange vibrational power contained in Gern's strike was transmitted through Murakumogiri, attempting to break down Whitebeard's Armament Haki defense!

"Heh." Whitebeard grunted, and a milky-white power sphere instantly covered Murakumogiri.

"Shatter!" The Murakumo-giri suddenly unleashed a powerful shockwave, forcefully knocking Gern's sword away!

Using the momentum, Gern spun around, his blade following his movements, the Black Blade Eight Desolations drawing a perfect arc.

Avoiding the center of the strongest vibration, the tip of the blade aimed at Whitebeard's right shoulder, which was slightly exposed due to the force exerted!

"laugh!"

Although Whitebeard managed to dodge the blade tip in time, the condensed, vibrating blade energy still managed to tear through his captain's coat, leaving a slash mark on the skin of his left chest!

However, at the very moment that Gern succeeded, Whitebeard did not retract his Murakumogiri, which had been knocked away.

Instead, it uses the force of the rotation to sweep the huge hilt of the sword out like a warhammer!

This attack was devoid of any fancy moves; it was purely a manifestation of honed combat experience and terrifying power!

"Too young!!"

"Bang!!!" The heavy hilt of the sword, carrying a terrifying aura, slammed solidly into Gern's side!

Gern felt an irresistible, brute force penetrate his body, his internal organs seemed to shift instantly, and the intense pain almost suffocated him!

He was thrown backward uncontrollably, as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding train, and crashed into the ruins dozens of meters away, kicking up clouds of dust.

"Crash!" Gern braced himself with one hand, sending all the rubble that had been pressing down on him flying. A trickle of bright red blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

He raised his hand and forcefully wiped away the bloodstains, then spat out a mouthful of bloody foam. "Ha, I thought I had succeeded!"

Whitebeard glanced down at the knife wound on his chest, but instead of being angry, he let out an even more hearty laugh: "Kurararara! Wound for wound?"

"Good! Very good! That's it!" He hadn't experienced this kind of intense, dangerous battle in far too long.

Not only is his strength and domineering presence no less than his, but he can also perfectly combine the Devil Fruit with physical skills and swordsmanship to create all sorts of unpredictable and highly penetrating attack methods!

"So, how about this move!?" Whitebeard held back no longer, his arm muscles bulging, and he raised the Murakumogiri high above his head, a chilling milky-white sphere of light gathering on the blade, containing a terrifying vibrational force powerful enough to destroy an island!

Black and red lightning bolts coiled wildly around it!

The atmosphere seemed to groan under the strain, and the sky appeared to darken!

Gern's eyes were extremely solemn; he could feel the destructive energy contained in that strike.

He took a deep breath, gripped the hilt of the Black Blade Eight Desolations with both hands, and held it upright in front of him.

On the blade, a deep, dark purple aura of dominance intertwined with highly condensed, almost tangible, high-frequency vibrational energy.

It emitted a buzzing sound like thousands of bees flapping their wings at the same time!