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

Blackbeard and his gang are treacherous and cunning! Gern... Gern's attitude is unclear!

If we continue fighting, we'll only be wiped out!!!

"We can't let Dad's sacrifice be in vain, Ace!" Marco's voice was pleading.

"We must retreat!! Now!! Immediately!!!"

"Retreat? None of you will escape!"

Just as the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates were struggling and hesitating due to Marco's persuasion...

A cold voice, filled with undisguised murderous intent, broke the tragic atmosphere!

"boom!"

Fiery lava shot into the sky, and Akainu's towering figure, like a gatekeeper, landed heavily in front of all the pirates who were trying to retreat, blocking their way!

Half of his body had already become elementalized, with dark red lava flowing across his surface as if it were alive.

His eyes first swept over the area covered by the black cloth, seemingly having no time to pay attention to Blackbeard's actions for the time being.

It then pinned down on Ace, who was being protected by Marco, and Luffy, who was covered in wounds but had a strong will, standing beside him!

"Heh." A cold, mocking expression, a mixture of utter disgust and the realization of a major secret, appeared on Akainu's face.

"But... I didn't expect that either!"

"Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, and Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army..."

"These are the two most sinful bloodlines in the world..."

"They're actually... sworn brothers!!"

Upon hearing this, Ace and Luffy's pupils dilated instantly, and even the surrounding marines and pirates showed expressions of disbelief!

Akainu was pleased with the effect of his words. He stepped forward, his magma fist slowly clenching, radiating a suffocating heat and oppressive aura.

“Your own father is dead, and you 'sons'…”

He deliberately emphasized the word "son," which was full of irony.

"You should be more filial..."

"Stay here, stay with him..."

"To be buried alive with someone is the proper way!"

"Pirates!!"

When he uttered the final word "pirate," Akainu practically roared it out, conveying his most extreme interpretation of "absolute justice"!

.......

Just as Akainu and the remnants of Whitebeard's army were about to engage in battle, tensions were high.

On the other side, at the bottom of the huge, deep pit where the golden lion was buried.

Shiki the Golden Lion, who should have been lifeless, suddenly twitched his eyelids and opened his eyes abruptly!

The intense physical pain disappeared, and a strange and warm power enveloped him, bursting with vitality.

In an instant, the golden lion's cloudy vision refocused, and he saw a figure that had appeared at the edge of the pit at some unknown time.

Wearing a blue cloak, she is none other than Ain, the user of the Rewind-Rewind Fruit.

"Why?" the Golden Lion asked, his voice hoarse with confusion.

"This must be... the ability that restored Newgate, right?!"

He immediately thought of Whitebeard's illogical return to his peak.

"Hmm." Ain's expression was hidden in the shadow of the hood, her voice calm and even, simply repeating the instruction.

"General Gern said you only have one chance."

"I'll cancel the effect after it's over." She paused, then added, "As for this move... you decide who to use it on."

He said, "Let you figure it out yourself."

After saying that, Ain didn't linger. Her figure quietly retreated and disappeared into the shadows of the pit wall.

"It's you again, you little navy brat..." Shiki let out a low, ambiguous laugh.

He then struggled to support his broken body with his twin swords, and the power of the Float-Float Fruit activated again, allowing him to slowly float up from the deep pit.

The target? The target in this state? Is there even a choice? It's naturally Gern, the one who put him in this predicament!

Such a humiliating disgrace must be repaid with blood!

Having made his decision, Golden Lion gripped the withered tree and Sakura Ten tightly, and floated out of the pit.

His killing intent locked onto the figure in the distance, preparing to launch this one and only attack, risking his life!

However, just as the golden lion emerged halfway from the crater, his gaze fell upon a scene in the distance that nearly froze his blood.

Although the details were obscured by the black cloth, the way the Blackbeard Pirates surrounded them and their undisguised blasphemy...

What are they doing to Newgate's body?!

at the same time

"Shh!"

The enormous black curtain that had been covering Whitebeard's body and Blackbeard's body was suddenly torn down!

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to it.

The Blackbeard Pirates members wore expressions of fervor and anticipation, while the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates were filled with surprise and unease.

Whitebeard's body seemed...unchanged, still standing there quietly.

Blackbeard stood before Whitebeard's body, a smile of excitement and boundless ambition on his face.

Then, he arrogantly patted the white-bearded man's cold arm.

"Dad... thank you for your gift!"

Then, he suddenly turned around, with a smug and arrogant air, and extended his finger.

He pointed at Gern, who was watching coldly from afar, unaware that he was also pointing at the golden lion floating in the center of the pit behind Gern.

"Heavenly Tremor!!! Let me show you... my power?!"

Before he finished speaking, the shadow beneath Blackbeard's feet began to spread rapidly!

"Dark Acupoint!" The profound darkness, like a living thing, devoured the surrounding light and debris.

It reveals the eerie properties of the Dark-Dark Fruit—its ability to devour and suppress everything!

Immediately afterward, to the astonishment of everyone (including the Golden Lion who had just been levitating), Blackbeard raised his left hand and proclaimed, "This is the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit!"

Then, he made a move that made everyone who knew Whitebeard's heart stop.

His right hand was clenched into a fist, his arm pulled back—that posture, that starting stance…

That's clearly Edward Newgate's signature move when he activates the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power!!!

"This pose is...!!!"

Marco, Ace, Jozu, and all the other members of the Whitebeard Pirates are currently engaged in a fierce battle with Akainu.

His pupils instantly contracted to the size of pinpoints, his face filled with extreme shock and disbelief!

Blackbeard did not "disappoint" them.

"The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!!!"

He laughed wildly and threw his right fist at the air to his side, mimicking the pose of a white beard!

"Buzz—Crack!!!!!"

Space... shattered!

Although it wasn't nearly as devastating as Whitebeard's at his peak, the clearly visible, spiderweb-like white cracks...

The dull, terrifying sound of space shattering, the real shockwave...

All of these are proclaiming a fact that overturns conventional wisdom to the entire world.

Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, possesses the abilities of two Devil Fruits!

"Hahahaha!!!!"

Blackbeard stood before the spatial rift with his arms outstretched, letting out a triumphant laugh.

silence!

A deathly silence enveloped Marineford!

Whether it was the navy, pirates, or the Seven Warlords of the Sea, everyone was so shocked by this illogical scene that they lost their ability to think!

Blackbeard's mind-blowing display of dual Devil Fruit abilities and his blasphemous, defamatory laughter that trampled on glory

It was as if the battlefield had been put on pause, leaving only the faint "clicking" sounds emanating from the spatial rifts, stimulating everyone's eardrums.

But soon, this deathly silence was broken by a voice!

"Hey... you bastard..."

The voice trembled with an extreme sense of suppression; it wasn't fear, but anger!

A raging inferno, powerful enough to extinguish reason, enraged the owner of the voice...

Shiki the Golden Lion, suspended in mid-air, was trembling violently and uncontrollably!

He stared intently at the ground below.

Staring at Blackbeard's arrogant face, and even more so at Whitebeard behind him, whose spine remained straight even in death, standing on the earth with an indomitable spirit!

That was the opponent he acknowledged, the partner and enemy who had spent his life fighting with Roger for supremacy of the sea!

That is a monument representing the pride and power of a legendary old era!

But now, this monument is being desecrated by a filthy hyena!

Its power was taken away!

The dignity of their deaths in battle is being flaunted!

Golden Lion gripped the "Withered Tree" and "Sakura Ten" swords, his veins bulging, his strength almost crushing the hilts!

At this moment, the lion was enraged!

Shiki the Golden Lion, the last flying pirate of the old legendary era.

At his peak, the Golden Lion, carrying all the majesty and grief of the overlord of the old legendary era, unleashed a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki!

And so, from his superior position, he struck Blackbeard with a trembling, icy voice, each word like a sharp, piercing dagger.

"I'm asking you..."

"What are you doing?"

"Regarding my partners... my rivals..."

With each word the Golden Lion uttered, his aura surged, and the vitality and power that Ian had reclaimed were ignited by his fury!

"Regarding this...man I approve of..."

"On Newgate's fallen body..."

"do what????!!!!"

Chapter 474 The Final Lion Slash!

"I'm asking you, what are you doing???!!"

"How could you do something like this with that face?!"

With this roar, Shiki the Golden Lion's last bit of power was ignited!

An unprecedentedly powerful and overwhelming Conqueror's Haki, mixed with his lifelong pride and resentment, erupted from his body like a golden tsunami!

The domineering aura was no longer an invisible pressure, but transformed into a visible, burning golden momentum that soared into the sky!

Streaks of dark gold and red lightning leaped and intertwined wildly, emitting a chilling crackling sound.