Seeing Whitebeard's punch about to hit Blackbeard, he suddenly stopped his momentum and coughed up a large mouthful of blood.
Whitebeard's body was at its limit; he could no longer hold on.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
The Blackbeard Pirates arrived at high speed, gunfire roaring like thunder and blade light falling like rain.
In Taro's ears, there was only the endless sound of "Bang bang" from the gunfire. Every shot seemed to hit his heart, making him unable to suppress his surging rage.
"Ah!"
Taro roared, his eyes blood-red.
"You bastards really deserve to die!"
He leaped up, wielding the long blade in his hand, his legs kicking continuously, his Internal Energy driven frantically and chaotically. Only one thought remained in his heart.
Kill them all!
"Mihawk Slash"
"Wave Slash"
"Lion's Majesty: Lions Share"
"Mihawk Slash: Swing"
Countless slashes flew out. After landing, Taro didn't hesitate for a moment, leaping up again to unleash another round of sword skills.
Innumerable powerful slashes flew toward the Blackbeard Pirates, the peerless Sword Qi shredding the area where they stood into pieces.
He couldn't let Blackbeard get the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
Absolutely not!
The irrepressible anger in his heart caused Taro to lose his sanity instantly.
[Warning, the host has suffered Obsesion, please meditate to regulate your breathing]
[Warning, the host has...]
"Warning my ass, just die!"
Taro's mother tongue blurted out as he channeled his Internal Energy to continue the attack.
Everyone on the battlefield was stunned by Taro's attack; this storm-like outpouring of slashes was a fighting style they had never seen before.
Even the well-traveled Sengoku and Garp found it unbelievable; they had never seen anyone spamming skills so crazily.
After his initial surprise, Garp immediately realized something was wrong with Taro's state.
Such a frenzied state, even if one didn't understand the reason, it was clear that it couldn't be a good thing.
Just then, Taro spat out a large mouthful of blood with a "wa" sound, but the obsession in his mind drove his body to continue channeling Internal Energy for an attack.
Seeing Taro vomit blood, Garp felt uneasy.
Looking closer, Taro was already bleeding from his seven facial orifices. Now, there was no time for second thoughts.
Using all his strength, he pressed down on Taro's head, slamming him into the ground to restrain him, and shouted sternly:
"Taro, calm down."
Slammed into the ground, Taro's body was still twisting, and he murmured:
"Kill... kill..."
Seeing Taro, held down by Garp yet still radiating a sky-piercing killing intent, everyone felt a chill down their spines.
The powerhouses among the Marines were shaken; they couldn't understand why Taro would risk bleeding from his seven orifices to force an attack on the Blackbeard Pirates.
That was just a pirate without even a bounty; even if the Marine's stance was to exterminate pirates, there was no need for such haste. Why risk his life?
The ordinary Marine Soldiers were even more shocked, sighing in their hearts. As expected of Vice Admiral Taro; usually amiable and without airs, he becomes a completely different person when facing pirates.
When facing Whitebeard, he was the first to strike!
When facing Blackbeard, he attacked even more frantically!
This is Vice Admiral Taro, the self-cultivation of an excellent Marine!
He truly deserves the reputations of light of the marines and "ink dragon"!
Among the ordinary Marine Soldiers, the more emotional ones were already in tears, completely won over by Taro.
As the targets of Taro's attack, the Blackbeard Pirates, facing this tide-like assault, screamed repeatedly.
When the soul-stirring blade light finally ceased, the scene after the slashes' devastation caused some Marine Soldiers with weaker mental fortitude to collapse and vomit.
The rest were also pale-faced and bloodless.
Even the famous officers in the Marines were frowning deeply.
Among the Blackbeard Pirates, "San Juan Wolf" San Juan Wolf maintained his massive size, still hiding behind the ruins of the collapsed main fortress of the headquarters.
The remaining people—Blackbeard, Shiliew, Lafitte, Burgess, Doc Q, Catarina Devon, Avalo Pizarro, and Vasco Shot—a total of 8 people were present besieging Whitebeard.
But after enduring Taro's attack, only 6 people remained.
Lafitte and Doc Q were nowhere to be seen.
Only the blood and minced meat all over the ground spoke of their whereabouts.
The remaining 6 were also covered in wounds, with some parts even showing white bone. Blood and flesh were mixed together, making it impossible to tell if it was their own or from those two unlucky bastards.
As the storm subsided, everyone was shocked by the scene before them.
For a moment, the entire battlefield was silent, with only the screams of the Blackbeard Pirates rising and falling.
Especially Blackbeard; he covered his face with his bony hands, rolling on the ground and wailing.
After a long while, the wailing gradually subsided.
Just then, Whitebeard, standing tall with his blade, was surprisingly not yet dead.
He first stared at Blackbeard.
"The man Roger is waiting for... at least, it won't be you, Teach!"
Then he looked at Garp.
"Just as there are those who can inherit Roger's will,"
"Someone who can inherit your will has appeared in the Marines as well!"
Finally, he looked at Sengoku.
"One day in the future, someone will appear who can carry these hundreds of years of history and challenge this world."
"Sengoku, the World Government is afraid of the great war that will one day come and engulf the whole world."
"Although I have no interest, when that treasure is found by someone, the world will be overturned. Someone will find it; that day will eventually come!"
Hearing Whitebeard say this, Sengoku was fuming with rage, gritting his teeth.
Whitebeard took one last deep breath and roared to the heavens, shouting the final sentence of his glorious and magnificent life, a sentence that echoed through the clouds:
"One Piece is real!"
Having spoken, he closed his eyes and died!
At the moment his consciousness dissipated, he looked back on the long journey he had traveled. Having spent his life pursuing family, he had obtained everything he wanted.
Farewell, my sons!
With a smile on his lips, Whitebeard passed away!
Taro's head was buried in the rubble, shedding tears of blood.
"You bastard!" Sengoku cursed loudly, knowing very well what the consequences of Whitebeard's final words would be.
"Pops!"
"Pops!"
"..."
The pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates broke into tears.
"Zehahahaha, what a remarkable last statement."
Just then, Blackbeard forced himself up.
After a mocking remark, he pulled out a huge black cloth to cover Whitebeard's body.
Having suffered heavy losses, he no longer had the courage to continue posturing.
The moment Blackbeard laughed, Taro's body began to twitch frantically again.
But with his Meridians severely damaged, he lay on the ground, unable to move, only able to gasp weakly and spit out a few words:
"Stop... stop... him!"
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