One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

"Everyone retreat! Go support Dad!"

It was called support, but everyone knew that Joz was just giving it a better excuse to escape.

The other members also knew that the situation was hopeless. After Jozu shouted, they all abandoned their opponents. Those with strong physical skills jumped, while those with weaker skills could only jump into the sea to swim.

During this process, many more pirates were killed on the spot by Giggs and his crew, with no intention of capturing any alive.

After the pirates on the warship were completely cleared out, Akainu and the others came to Gigg's side, their eyes filled with respect.

The most outstanding performer in this battle was Giger. Without him, Oden alone would have been enough to give them a hard time, not to mention the Nekomamushi and Inuarashi who had transformed into Mangetsu, as well as those few trainee crew members with decent strength.

In any case, Akainu was truly convinced of Giger's abilities this time, especially when he saw Giger chasing Oden toward the Moby Dick where Whitebeard was. He was so excited that he wished he could go and join them.

Unfortunately, he suffered a severe abdominal injury, and with Kizaru holding him back, he had no choice but to stay on the warship.

Gion looked at Giger with a glint in her eyes. Giger was still in his transformed state, and his mysterious and noble posture was visually striking. Thinking about Giger's performance in the battle just now, her heart pounded even harder.

Bear carried a knocked-out pirate to Gigg, placed his hand on Gigg's abdomen, and then a red, transparent bear paw emerged from Gigg's back.

He casually tossed the pirate into the red bear's paw. With a piercing scream, Gigg stretched easily and chuckled.

"Thank you, Bear."

The bear scratched its head and said,

"Brother, this is what I should do..."

Ginny was gently rubbing Gigg's belly, while Lucia was giving Gigg a back massage from behind, treating him like royalty.

Giger closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and his waist-length silver hair gradually gathered together. The silver ribbons surrounding him also disappeared, and he returned to his original appearance.

Chapter 68 Whitebeard's Counterattack

After reverting to his original form, Giger clenched his fist. He realized that unlike the other Mink Tribe members, he did not enter a weakened state after transforming.

He wondered if it was related to the fatigue and pain the bear had just caused him, but then he thought it wasn't.

Transformation should be a rapid depletion of physical strength, while Kuma's Paw-Paw Fruit can only remove negative statuses on the body, which is a subtraction. He cannot do addition like replenishing physical strength.

Giger couldn't help but think of the words "Moon God Form" and "Royal Family" that Nekomamushi and Inuarashi had mentioned before.

"Is it because the fur-bearing tribe's genes used by Gulando are special, or has this gene mutated in my body?"

Giger leans more towards the first possibility, because Gulando's pursuit of perfection has reached a pathological level, and given his status, obtaining some ancient Mink genes shouldn't be difficult for him.

As he was pondering, two figures swept through the air and landed on the deck at the same time; it was Garp and Zephyr.

Garp looked very displeased, and he yelled at Zeff.

"Zeff, why are you in such a hurry to come back? This is such a great opportunity! If we join forces, can't we take down Whitebeard?"

Zefa shook his head and said,

"Have you forgotten that we're at sea?"

"I know, but neither of us are Devil Fruit users. Even if the ship is destroyed, shouldn't Whitebeard be the one with a headache?"

"That's true, but didn't you notice? Whitebeard was clearly holding back during the battle. If you push him too far, he might unleash the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit without restraint, causing a terrifying tsunami! Are you confident you can capture Whitebeard under such a cataclysmic event? And what about Giggs and the others? What about the soldiers?!"

Zephyr became increasingly agitated, eventually shouting at the end. Garp listened blankly as Zephyr finished speaking, then wiped the spit off his face, his voice softening as he said,

"Well, you're right. The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is indeed very troublesome on the sea..."

Zefa snorted coldly and continued speaking.

"You know that. To deal with a pirate like Whitebeard, you have to be fully prepared. Ideally, you should lure him to land. Given our current situation, it's already quite good that we've managed to force him to this point. Of course, this time we really owe a lot to Gigg and the others."

At this point, Zefa turned to look at Gigg, his eyes filled with pride, and said,

"Especially Gigg, to be able to injure Kozuki Oden, a key member of the Whitebeard Pirates, so badly, you truly are the best student of this year!"

Although Giger was already widely considered the strongest student, it was only after Zefa said it today that this title was officially recognized.

Akainu nodded in agreement, looking at Giger with burning eyes. He had already made Giger his future goal.

Kizaru then moved closer to Giggs and said in a somewhat lewd low voice,

"Gig, when you become a marshal, don't forget me! I won't say anything else, just give me good treatment!"

Giger looked at Kizaru, both amused and exasperated, and said,

"Borsalino, you really have faith in me, huh? You've even thought of this?"

"Hey! It's only a matter of time, don't worry, I'll definitely support you then! Anyone who dares to object, I'll chop off their legs!"

Kizaru gestured earnestly, but Zephyr overheard everything he said. Zephyr walked over with a dark expression, kicked Kizaru in the backside, and roared...

"All you ever do is think about these ridiculous things. Can't you focus your energy on your cultivation?!"

Kizaru rubbed his buttocks with a resentful look and ran behind Akainu, behaving himself.

Giger glanced in the direction of the Whitebeard Pirates and said,

“Professor Zephyr, they’ve started to retreat.”

Zephyr nodded. Both sides had suffered heavy losses in the battle, with more than half of the ships brought by Garp already dead or wounded.

However, Whitebeard's side suffered even greater losses. In addition to ordinary pirates, two important combatants, Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, were killed, and Oden, a major combatant, was crippled.

Overall, the navy was victorious this time, albeit a Pyrrhic victory.

On the Moby Dick,

Oden had already been carried into the treatment room. He had lost too much blood; if it weren't for his strong constitution, he would have died by now.

Inuarashi's body, split in two, still lay on the deck, looking exceptionally conspicuous.

The others were also injured, and they all hung their heads. Many of the members who were close to Nekomamushi Inuarashi had tears in their eyes, and the atmosphere on the ship was heavy.

Marco had a bandage wrapped around one shoulder. He raised his other arm to wipe the tears from his face and had someone collect and piece together Inuarashi's body so that they could find a place to bury him when they landed.

Throughout the entire process, Whitebeard remained silent until the bloodstains on the deck were completely cleaned up. Then, he slowly lifted his foot and walked towards the bow of the ship.

The people on the ship suddenly felt an extremely terrifying aura. Marco stared blankly at the white-bearded figure's back, muttering to himself,

"Dad..."

Whitebeard walked to the bow of the ship and stood there, his eyes flashing with the unique gleam of Conqueror's Haki. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the naval warships that were gradually moving further away from him.

"Navy, this isn't over yet..."

Bend over, bend your arm, and clench your fist.

When Whitebeard struck this pose, all his sons immediately showed expressions of excitement.

"Dad!!"

Click!

Whitebeard unleashed a powerful punch into the air in front of him, creating a crack that instantly spread for hundreds of meters, and a colossal wave surged up on the sea.

Zefa's expression changed, and he cursed angrily.

"This is absolutely insane! Doesn't he fear that this will backfire on them?!"

As he said, waves rose near Whitebeard's fleet, but they were dispersed by Whitebeard's power and had little impact.

Zephyr was furious at the sight. Facing the oncoming waves, he wrapped his arms in dark Armament Haki and gritted his teeth, saying...

"Fortunately, we've created some distance. With Garp's and my Haki, we should be able to handle a tsunami of this magnitude..."

At this moment, all the warships were submerged under waves hundreds of meters high, and shadows loomed over everyone's faces.

Zephyr and Garp exchanged a glance, about to leap into the air to unleash their Armament Haki to defend themselves.

However, a figure had already leaped into the air before them. Zefa was slightly taken aback, and when he saw who it was, he exclaimed in surprise.

"Gig!?"

Facing the towering waves crashing in from all directions, under everyone's gaze, Giger lowered his head, crossed his arms over his chest, and an extremely compressed dark gravity was gathering around him...

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Chapter 69 White Cave·Shinra Tianzheng!

Floating in mid-air, Gigg had completely transformed into a human-shaped black hole, and the surging seawater was sucked into the darkness in a spiral.

As a large amount of ocean water flowed in, Giger's body suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, and a white spherical barrier appeared and disappeared around his body.

This strange phenomenon caused a stir within the Whitebeard Pirates.

"He's sucking all the seawater into his body, what is he trying to do?"

"Isn't he, a person with superpowers, afraid of the sea?"

"Damn it! It's that navy guy causing trouble again!"

Standing at the bow of the ship, the white-bearded man squinted as he watched the white light emanating from Gigg grow stronger, like a dazzling white star suspended above the sea.

Within the white light, the gravitational pull emanating from Giger had ceased. He slowly opened his eyes and whispered...

"White Hole - Shinra Tensei!"

hum!