"Boom!"
A thunderous explosion rang out.
Magma and shockwaves collided instantly, sweeping across the battlefield.
[You have obtained Devil Fruit growth experience!]
[You have obtained Armament Haki insight!]
[You have obtained Strength!]
Hearing the system notifications and feeling his power increase, Renji was quite satisfied.
He did not care what kind of person Akainu was.
At the very least, this growth in attributes was real.
"Again!"
The clash between Renji and Akainu had already become the most eye-catching battle across all of Marineford.
One was a Marine Admiral, the highest combat power of the Navy.
The other was the "Pirate Instructor," the successor to Whitebeard.
Renji.
Whether in terms of status or strength, this was the pinnacle fight of the entire war.
"It really is the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?"
At this moment, Whitebeard, sitting aboard the Moby Dick, frowned deeply as he watched Renji fight.
Earlier, he had misjudged it because Renji's usage had been small-scale.
But after the "earthquake" just now, and the way Renji was using the power now—
If he still could not recognize it as the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, then he might as well have lived his whole life in vain.
"How is this possible?!"
Even after recognizing it, confusion still overwhelmed him.
The world had existed for countless years.
There were records of people possessing multiple Devil Fruits.
But never had there been a case where one Devil Fruit was shared by two people at the same time.
"Tremor…"
Facing Akainu, Renji gathered as much of the Tremor power as possible into his right fist.
After his battle with Kizaru, Renji had already surpassed the level of an Admiral. Not by much, but enough.
On top of that, he had gained further boosts in Impel Down.
Especially after his fight with Magellan.
At this point, Akainu was no longer his equal.
"Break the Army!"
As Renji threw his punch, cracks spread out around his fist, tearing through the air like shattered glass.
"Hmm."
Facing Renji's punch, Akainu remained arrogant.
He clearly remembered what Kizaru had said before,
"Renji is very strong, but if I go all out, it's not impossible to defeat him."
"You are strong," Akainu said coldly but once I get serious, you stand no chance against me!"
Magma surged and condensed around his right fist. Gradually, the shape of a hound's head formed atop it.
His strength was on par with Kizaru and Aokiji.
There was no way someone Kizaru could defeat at full strength would be beyond him.
That was the source of Akainu's confidence.
"Magma… Hellhound!"
As he spoke, Akainu threw his punch.
A hellish hound, as if crawling out from the depths of the underworld, formed along his arm and slammed directly into Renji's fist.
"BOOM!"
A massive muffled explosion erupted.
Renji and Akainu clashed head-on once again, locked in a dead stalemate.
For the moment, neither could overpower the other.
[You have obtained Devil Fruit growth experience!]
[You have obtained Observation Haki insight!]
[You have obtained Agility!]
Another three attributes flowed into Renji's body.
Looking at Akainu, Renji felt a slight headache.
Although he was indeed stronger than Akainu, at this level, defeating an opponent easily was no simple matter.
"See that?! That's our Whitebeard Pirates' instructor!"
Seeing Renji fight Akainu to a standstill, the pirates erupted in cheers.
"Your so-called Admirals will lose to our instructor twice over!"
"You just keep bragging!"
The Marines immediately fired back.
From their perspective, the two were merely evenly matched.
And visually, Akainu's magma spread more violently, making it seem like he had the upper hand.
"You yourselves admitted Renji only beat Admiral Akainu earlier because of a sneak attack!"
"No one actually thinks anyone besides the Four Emperors can defeat an Admiral, right?"
"Hahaha! Watching you Marines cope is hilarious!"
Of course, the pirates weren't about to let that slide.
"Sounds nice and all—"
"But wasn't it your Akainu who got knocked unconscious with a single punch earlier?"
For a moment, before Renji and Akainu could even decide the outcome of their fight, the pirates and Marines had already started arguing fiercely among themselves.
At the same time, reporters from all over the world were writing frantically.
Just after sending out the news about two Admirals overwhelming Whitebeard, new headlines immediately followed.
"Shocking! Whitebeard's successor dominates an Admiral—Akainu knocked unconscious!"
"Impossible?! Someone in this world can actually push an Admiral to the brink?"
"Madness! …"
In an instant, all kinds of explosive headlines were transmitted back to their respective headquarters and then broadcast across the world.
"Interesting."
On the battlefield, Renji and Akainu separated once again.
Akainu still held a natural advantage as a Logia user.
The residual shockwaves of the Tremor power had no effect on him.
After all, Renji could infuse Armament Haki into the Tremor power at the moment of impact but not into the aftershocks.
And a portion of the Tremor Fruit's damage came from those aftershocks.
"You're not bad either."
Akainu stared at Renji, his expression growing serious.
At this moment, he finally understood why Kizaru had been worn down and forced into a retreat.
This guy was truly formidable.
His fists once again transformed into magma.
Looking at Renji, Akainu roared:
"Magma…!"
As he poured more power into his Devil Fruit, his right fist expanded massively.
Just the size of the fist alone surpassed even that of Little Oars.
"Tremor…"
Seeing this, Renji knew it had to be Akainu's ultimate move.
He responded seriously.
Massive Tremor energy gathered into his right fist.
This time, however, Renji did not compress it.
Instead, he let it spread wildly into the air.
In an instant, countless cracks filled the space around him, as if reality itself was about to be torn apart.
Within dozens of meters, everything was covered in fractures.
"Great Eruption!"
With his power fully unleashed, Akainu's enormous magma fist larger than Little Oars' charged toward Renji.
"Air Tremor!"
Renji finished gathering his power as well.
Controlling the Tremor power, Renji directed it straight toward Akainu!
"BOOM!"
The two overwhelming forces collided and in that instant, a terrifying explosion erupted!!!
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