"Zephyr, do you even know what you're doing?!!!"
After Rowan led his group into the Holy Land Mary Geoise, the first person to arrive was neither the God's Knights nor the Five Elders.
It was Zephyr's old superior, the previous Fleet Admiral of the Marines and the current World Government Commander-in-Chief.
Kong… Steel Bone Kong!
"Of course I know what I'm doing."
Zephyr took a step forward and walked toward his former superior.
"I'm saving this world, Marshal Kong. Join me in overthrowing the World Government and saving the world."
Facing Zephyr's invitation, Steel Bone Kong's face filled with disappointment.
"You actually believe the words of pirates? You truly disappoint me. You've fallen, Zephyr."
"In that case, I can only arrest you myself."
Zephyr was also disappointed by Steel Bone Kong's stubbornness.
"You're still the same as ever, Marshal Kong. For the sake of saving the world, I can only defeat you here."
"Don't get too arrogant, Zephyr."
Steel Bone Kong tore off the cloak from his body. Black Armament Haki wrapped around his upper body, making him look like pitch-black steel.
Zephyr also activated Armament Haki, but his Haki only wrapped around his two arms.
Bang! Bang!
With two explosive sounds, the two charged at each other at the same time.
In their eyes, there was no one else anymore.
Steel Bone Style: Steel Fist!
Black Arm Style: Crusher!
Boom.
Two completely different yet equally fierce powers collided.
Then, a destructive shockwave spread wildly from the point of impact. The surrounding ground tore apart like paper, and everything within a radius of a hundred meters was thrown into the air.
At the point where the two clashed, black and red light intertwined.
It was the ultimate clash of Armament Haki.
Zephyr's black arm compressed its destructive power into a single point, as violent as a crushing machine.
Steel Bone Kong's fist, on the other hand, released its power without reservation, as wild as a collapsing mountain and surging tsunami.
Both men's arms trembled. Their muscle fibers, strengthened by Haki, let out groans of unbearable strain.
But neither of them took even half a step back.
Boom, boom, boom—
Explosions rang out continuously. The air burst apart wave after wave.
The two stood in place like nails driven into the ground, constantly exchanging blows.
Again.
And again.
And again.
A trace of blood spilled from the corner of Zephyr's mouth, yet he revealed an almost crazed smile.
Veins bulged on Kong's arms, and the flames burning in his eyes seemed capable of reducing a person to ash.
With each collision, the ground beneath them sank into a pit dozens of meters wide.
Every clash of fists was like two meteors colliding. Every impact made the air burn violently. The raging power surged outward in every direction like mountains toppling and seas overturning.
Steel Bone Kong was somewhat surprised. He had not expected Zephyr to be able to reach this level.
In his eyes, Zephyr was riddled with illness, and his body should not have been able to withstand such high-intensity combat.
Yet the current Zephyr had not only regrown his lost arm, even his physical condition seemed to have returned to its peak.
It was simply unimaginable.
What exactly was going on?
"You hesitated, Kong!!"
Zephyr suddenly seized the opening. One punch blasted open Steel Bone Kong's defense, and his other fist drove straight in, slamming fiercely into Kong's body.
But Steel Bone Kong did not get sent flying. Instead, he took the punch with his body.
"Who do you think I am, Zephyr?"
Steel Bone Kong's strongest trait was not his fists, but the body he was proud of—a body like steel.
His Armament Haki had long since penetrated every corner of his body.
Every inch of skin and every bone was protected by Armament Haki.
"Your fists don't hurt at all, Zephyr!"
Amid his furious roar, Steel Bone Kong raised his fist high and smashed it downward toward Zephyr's head.
If that punch landed cleanly, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Zephyr refused to back down. He also threw a punch, from below to above, directly receiving Steel Bone Kong's fist.
"Don't underestimate me, Marshal Kong! Tremor Fist!"
In an instant, a white spherical coating wrapped around Zephyr's fist and collided with Steel Bone Kong's fist.
Steel Bone Kong's pupils contracted violently.
He recognized it.
That was something that only appeared when Whitebeard activated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
But why was it appearing on Zephyr's hand?
Zephyr had become a Tremor-Tremor Fruit user?
Impossible. Whitebeard wasn't dead yet.
Could that thing be fake?
But in the next second, the intense tremor coming from Zephyr's hand shattered all of Steel Bone Kong's doubts.
This power of vibration was unquestionably Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
The massive tremor not only knocked Steel Bone Kong's fist away, it also dispersed his Armament Haki. Before Kong could react, Zephyr's other fist had already struck.
Black Arm Style: Crusher + Air Quake.
Crushing Tremor Fist!!!
The enormous vibration carried an unprecedented impact and slammed into Steel Bone Kong's abdomen at astonishing speed.
Bang!
At that moment, Steel Bone Kong shot backward like a cannonball, smashing through one magnificent building after another before finally crashing with a loud boom into a thick, solid wall.
His entire body was embedded in it.
This scene instantly shocked countless people watching the live broadcast.
At Marineford, Sengoku could not help letting out a "Huh?" the moment he saw Steel Bone Kong get sent flying.
The Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
What kind of joke was this? Whitebeard was still standing perfectly fine right in front of him.
Why could Zephyr use the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
That made no sense.
Could the Whitebeard in front of him be fake, and that Black Arm was actually the real Whitebeard?
"What the hell is going on, Newgate?" Garp shouted at the top of his lungs. "Why can Zephyr use the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?"
Facing Garp's question, Whitebeard laughed loudly.
Then blue flames burned all over his body.
Those were the flames of the Phoenix.
At that moment, not only Garp, but Sengoku, Aokiji, Kizaru, Akainu—every single one of them—was stunned.
If Zephyr using the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power was already absurd enough, then Whitebeard using the power of the Phoenix Fruit was absurdity's mother opening the door for absurdity.
Absurdity had come home.
"How is this possible?" Sengoku was completely dumbfounded.
"There's nothing impossible about it. Vegapunk has already solved the problem of artificial Devil Fruits and invented a drug that allows people to eat multiple Devil Fruits."
Whitebeard pointed at the people invading Mary Geoise on the screen.
"The people you're seeing right now are all users of multiple Devil Fruits."
As Whitebeard's voice rang out, on the screen, Kaido, who had invaded Mary Geoise, laughed wildly.
His whole body transformed into a clawed azure dragon, and he spat fire toward the luxurious Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Boro Breath!!!
The flames descending from the sky instantly ignited building after building. The Celestial Dragons and guards inside immediately let out hysterical wails.
"Help!"
"I am a Celestial Dragon! You pirate! You deserve ten thousand deaths!"
"My treasure! My treasure! Someone, kill that bastard for me!"
Facing these clueless Celestial Dragons, Kaido roared.
"So noisy, trash. Die."
As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth and spat.
Demolition Gust!!!
A large number of wind blades descended from the sky, cutting the roaring and wailing Celestial Dragons into pieces. Blood flowed across the ground, staining the pure white floor red, and a nauseating stench of blood spread through the air.
"Kaido, you deserve death!"
Seeing the Celestial Dragons he was protecting die miserably, a CP0 agent's eyes turned red.
This meant he had failed in his protection duty. Not only would he have to die to atone, even his family would suffer unimaginable punishment.
The desperate agent charged toward Kaido without hesitation.
"Get lost!"
Kaido didn't even look at the little guy rushing at him. His huge dragon tail swept out, a white spherical coating appearing around it as it slammed fiercely into the agent.
Dragon Tail Sweep: Air Quake.
With a muffled bang, the charging agent was instantly shaken into dust, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
"Come out, Five Elders! Get out here right now!!!"
Kaido roared. His violent Conqueror's Haki swept in every direction, engulfing all of Mary Geoise.
Who knew how many guards rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and fainted.
The current him was terrifyingly powerful. The Five Elders, who had once stood high above everyone, were no longer worth putting in his eyes.
He could hardly wait to crush the Five Elders and brutally trample those five old bastards before the eyes of the whole world.
Seeing Kaido act so arrogantly, Charlotte Linlin refused to be outdone.
"Maser Cannon!"
A brilliant laser shot from her hand with unmatched destructive power, piercing through building after building and flying toward the deepest part of Pangaea Castle.
Then, a tremendous roar erupted.
Immediately after, a huge light exploded, forming a mushroom-cloud-like blast.
The shockwaves from the explosion spread outward layer by layer like a collapsing mountain and surging tsunami, sweeping in every direction and making everyone's clothes whip loudly in the wind.
The air was filled with a scorched smell, along with the rising and falling screams of the Celestial Dragons.
The entire Holy Land seemed to have turned into scorched earth.
The people watching the live broadcast all across the world were dumbstruck, wide-eyed and speechless.
In their eyes, that was the Holy Land. It was the place where the Celestial Dragons lived. It was the dwelling place of gods.
And now, that magnificent, glorious, majestic place was being destroyed again and again.
Those Celestial Dragons who stood high above others screamed, wailed, broke down, and even died just like ordinary people when attacked.
The impact of this scene on them was far too great.
"Do you see it?"
Rowan spoke to the camera.
"This is the Holy Land. These are the Celestial Dragons."
"When people are killed, they die. They are no exception."
"In this world, no one is nobler than anyone else."
"So there is no need to fear. Stand tall, hold your heads high, and openly—"
Before Rowan could finish speaking, a strange bird flew over from the distance at astonishing speed.
"You people… have gone too far!!!!"
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