A sonic boom tore through the battlefield as steam exploded outward.
Luffy appeared above Akainu in a flash, his black hair standing on end, veins bulging across his face. His facial muscles twitched violently before contorting into a ferocious snarl, eyes burning with savage fury as he roared.
"You… you actually killed Ace!"
His voice cracked, carrying grief, hatred, and uncontrollable rage.
"Gum-Gum Black Mamba!"
Sonic booms detonated one after another. Accompanied by Luffy's furious roar, his right arm twisted and expanded like a king cobra, tearing through the air and slamming into the staggering Akainu with overwhelming force.
"You are not getting away either!"
Akainu's face was drenched in blood. Even at his limit, he refused to stop fighting. His right hand erupted with magma, surging forward with terrifying heat and destructive power.
There was no suspense.
The cobra like arm smashed straight through the magma. With a sharp cracking sound, it struck Akainu squarely in the chest, caving it in. His head snapped backward as blood burst from his nose and mouth. His body spiraled through the air, smashing through one hill after another before finally crashing into the ruins below.
The sky seemed to lose all color.
Luffy retracted his arm, chest heaving, then roared again. Without pause, his right arm shot forward through the smoke for a second strike.
At the critical moment, Akainu rolled desperately across the ground, narrowly dodging the blow.
But Luffy's fist twisted sharply in midair.
It slammed directly into Akainu's back.
The immense force ripped away Akainu's balance, sending him flying uncontrollably.
Gritting his teeth, Akainu forced himself to remain conscious. Magma erupted violently from his right hand.
"Dogtooth Red Lotus!"
"Gum-Gum Jet Ouroboros!"
The two attacks collided. Akainu tumbled across the ground, rolling repeatedly to disperse the force, while Luffy was pushed back several steps. He stabilized himself, then vanished again with a thunderous sonic boom.
Dust and smoke swallowed the battlefield.
From within the haze, volcanic bombs shot out one after another, exploding violently.
Luffy reappeared, a faint red glow flashing across his eyes without warning. In that instant, a fragment of the future unfolded before him.
He moved.
Weaving through the volcanic bombs, Luffy flashed repeatedly, closing the distance at terrifying speed.
"Damn it!"
Akainu sprayed magma wildly amid the rubble and smoke. When he realized Luffy was already upon him, disbelief flooded his face.
"Gum-Gum King Cobra!"
Passing straight through the dense storm of volcanic bombs, Luffy appeared to Akainu's right. His hair bristled with rage, his right arm blazing red as it tore through the air, friction igniting flames around it.
The punch erupted like a catastrophic bullet.
Pfft.
Blood mixed with shattered teeth sprayed outward. Akainu's face twisted grotesquely, bones audibly cracking as his body shot away with a deafening sonic boom. He carved a deep gully across the battlefield, finally collapsing into a pool of blood.
He struggled, shaking violently.
But he could not stand.
Akainu was undeniably powerful, both in destructive strength and durability. Becoming an Admiral required far more than a Logia ability. It demanded monstrous willpower and a physique honed beyond ordinary limits.
Yet now, he lay broken.
"Luffy!"
Sabo, Nami, and countless others stared in disbelief. Across the battlefield and around the world, people were stunned into silence. Even knowing Akainu was already at his limit, witnessing a Supernova overpower a Marine Admiral alone was nothing short of world shaking.
After this war, Straw Hat Luffy's name would echo across the seas.
"Straw Hat!"
Several Rear Admirals trembled as Luffy's Haoshoku Haki surged outward. They forced themselves forward, shielding Akainu while opening fire.
Luffy's eyes flashed red once more.
His figure flickered continuously as he avoided the bullets with terrifying precision. He had already seen their trajectories. His mind held only one thought.
Kill Akainu.
Avenge Ace.
"Buy Admiral Akainu time to recover!"
More Marines rushed forward, even Vice Admirals stepping in to block his path.
But Ace's death had ignited more than just Luffy and Sabo.
Marco, Jozu, and the others were furious.
And on the distant ice field, Whitebeard had seen everything.
Through Observation Haki, he witnessed Ace's death.
His stern eyes trembled.
They grew wet.
He had not cried in decades.
Twenty years. Thirty years. Fifty years.
"Gurararara!"
"Gurararara!"
Whitebeard threw his head back and laughed, yet tears streamed uncontrollably down his face. A grief so deep it felt unbearable wrapped around him. The thunder filled sky seemed to sense his sorrow, heavy rain pouring down across the land.
Kong stood at a distance, his entire body wrapped in solid Armament Haki. His eyelids twitched as he watched Whitebeard.
"Kong," Whitebeard said, his voice suddenly cold. "You killed my most beloved son. I will destroy you, destroy the Marines, destroy Marineford!"
His laughter stopped abruptly.
Whitebeard tore the coat from his back, revealing his scarred, bare upper body. His eyes burned with a chilling, suicidal resolve.
Even if it cost him his life, the Marines would pay.
"Then you will have to step over my corpse first!"
Kong abandoned all hesitation.
He had to stop Whitebeard here. Otherwise, everything would end.
Boom. Crack.
Whitebeard's left arm bulged with veins, his fist enveloped in a pressure dome as he punched forward. In an instant, the atmosphere shattered. A vast wave of power surged like a primordial beast, tearing toward Kong.
The ice field in its path was churned apart, flung violently into the air as if plowed by a god.
Kong clenched his right fist and punched through the air in response.
Mountains collapsed. The earth split. The ground roared until it cracked apart.
Kong grunted, staggering backward several steps as blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, a massive sense of danger crashed down from above.
Whitebeard crouched and leapt across the abyss as the ground exploded beneath him. His right foot, wrapped in a pressure dome, slammed downward toward Kong.
A supreme will surrounded Whitebeard, overwhelmingly tyrannical.
Kong dodged instantly, refusing to meet it head on. The ground collapsed entirely. Whitebeard looked up, his right hand smashing through the air toward Kong once more.
Mountain shattering power surged forward like a tsunami.
Kong braced himself and punched again. Even with top tier Armament Haki, the destructive force tore through his insides. Blood poured freely from his mouth.
Their movements blurred.
The two figures collided directly.
One large knee and one smaller knee crashed together like meteorites. A vacuum formed between them, their power refusing direct contact.
Crack.
Dark red lightning split the sky.
Whitebeard's aura erupted to its peak, completely ignoring the limits of his body. Countless strands of black and red lightning flashed like serpents, transforming the battlefield into a world of crimson and darkness.
Under the gaze of the entire world, the sky split in two.
Black clouds churned violently, lightning raging as a massive chasm opened across the heavens.
Sandstorms retreated, the battlefield spiraling into absolute chaos.
Deafening impacts echoed from the storm's core as their elbows collided again, top to bottom.
The atmosphere shattered in chunks. Pressure crushed the land. Mountains collapsed endlessly as the earth screamed beneath them.
After only two exchanges, the ice field spanning tens of thousands of meters had become utter ruin.
Whitebeard and Kong ascended into the sky.
Their movements appeared slow, almost frozen.
Only true experts understood the truth.
What they saw was merely the aftermath of collisions that had already occurred seconds earlier.
Shockwaves rolled outward repeatedly, each one shattering peaks and tearing the earth apart.
Bang. Crack. Rumble.
Dull explosions echoed without end.
They fought in the most direct way possible.
Fists. Elbows. Knees. Legs.
Flesh meeting flesh.
Pure, brutal violence.
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