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Chapter 97 The Whitebeard really marched onto the Red Line! (Fourth update, 12 words, please subscribe!)

The distance between Dawn Island and the Konom Islands is quite far, almost half of the East China Sea.

Such a long distance would take a considerable amount of time, even if traveled by Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Storm put away his nautical charts and compass, deciding to adopt a completely new method of flight.

Sorry, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, you're too slow...

Storm gently stroked the Thunder Ring on his finger, and wisps of silvery-white electric arcs emanated from his body.

In a very short moment.

Storm transformed into a lightning-fast "Lightning Man".

Driven by electric current, it launches into the air.

Storm's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

Rumbling--

A faint rumble of thunder.

Only a twisted, silvery-white lightning bolt remained against the azure sky of the East China Sea.

Storm felt the lightning speed he was experiencing, but he was still not entirely satisfied.

He activated the second [Demon Ring] – the [Momo Ring]!

【MoMo Fruit - 100x Speed】!

The instant that Storm activated the [Momo Ring] speed-up.

He felt as if the flow of time around him had slowed down.

The blowing wind, the drifting clouds, the undulating sea...

Storm felt as if all the natural phenomena around him were being shrouded in the "slow light" of the "Slow Fruit," moving as slowly as a movie in slow motion.

This is not because the natural phenomena around us are too slow.

It was because Storm was moving too fast at that moment!

It might be a few seconds, or it might be half a minute.

Suddenly, a massive red serpent, stretching from the sky to the ground, appeared before Storm's eyes.

The true name of this "red serpent" instantly flashed into his mind—

Red Earth Continent.

But just as this thought crossed Storm's mind, he had already rushed to the front of the Red Line.

boom!!!

The "Lightning Man," accelerated a hundredfold, crashed into the cliff face of the Red Line at an unimaginable speed, instantly unleashing a deafening explosion.

The area on the Red Line that was struck by the "Lightning Man" immediately cracked and shattered, with deep, jagged cracks spreading outwards like a spider web, instantly forming a terrifying crater hundreds of meters in diameter.

A terrifying shockwave erupted in all directions, and huge pieces of rock fell from the cliffs of the Red Earth Continent and crashed into the sea below, as if an unprecedented "rock meteor shower" was falling in this area!

At the very center of the deep pit.

Dust filled the air, and the lightning disappeared.

"Cough cough."

Strom, covered in dust, coughed as he walked out of the pit.

"How did I end up running into a wall?"

This was the first time Storm had combined the powers of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Momo-Momo Fruit.

He hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

The already incredibly fast Thunder is further enhanced by a hundredfold super acceleration.

The result was that even Storm himself couldn't control the speed and crashed headfirst into the red line.

Fast, too fast!

Although Strom had already perfectly mastered the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit after its awakening on Skypiea, and could skillfully use its abilities for high-speed movement.

However, this was the first time he had applied the speed-up effect of the Momo-Momo Fruit to the lightning of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

You can easily exceed the speed limit without even realizing it.

If it weren't for the fact that Storm had just used the [Rumble-Rumble Fruit].

At that incredible speed, crashing headlong into the red earth could very well injure him...

That would be ridiculous...

"If you're bad at cooking, just practice more!"

Storm waved his hand to disperse the dust in front of him. He planned to find some time later to work out the combined effects of the [Rumble-Rumble Fruit] and the [Momo-Momo Fruit].

But the most important thing right now is to figure out where we are!

Storm unleashed his Observation Haki, and his Rumble-Rumble Fruit further expanded his sensory range.

Storm quickly picked up on the "sounds" coming from the surroundings.

But what he felt first was a terrifying aura looming overhead.

Five of them possessed an aura far surpassing that of Storm's strongest opponent to date—Magellan.

There was another person's aura, the intensity of which Storm couldn't even accurately describe.

It's like someone looking up at the moon in the sky.

He knew the moon was there, but he didn't know how big it was; he could only sense the hazy moonlight.

This extraordinary combination of "super five plus one".

This immediately made Storm think of a certain possibility.

His lips twitched violently.

"No way..."

Just then.

The mysterious aura above Storm's head seemed to sense the aura he was emanating.

One of the auras broke away from the main force and rushed towards this place with great agility.

Storm paused for a moment, then raised his hand and unleashed the power of the Clay-Clay Fruit.

Streams of white clay gushed out from every part of his body, instantly enveloping him completely.

Storm's size continued to expand, and in the blink of an eye, he reached a height of six meters.

He stretched out his right hand and stroked his chin, revealing a signature crescent-shaped white beard.

The Edward Teach makes its dazzling debut.

Storm blends perfectly with the Edward Teach, quietly awaiting its arrival.

Not long after.

A strange bird's cry came from outside the pit, accompanied by a terrifying sense of mental oppression.

"How long will it last?"

"How long will it last?"

Countless black and red arcs of electricity crackled in the air—the mark of Conqueror's Haki being activated.

Storm—Edward Teach calmly gazed ahead.

A terrifying black beast-like figure appeared.

Its head is like a human's, its body is like a snake's, its beak is hooked and its teeth are jagged, and its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

Itsumade!

To be precise—

Five Elders, Environmental Martial God, Marcus Maz Saint.

The bird-like Marcus Mazsaint flew down from Mary Geoise on the Red Line to the origin of the terrifying earthquake that had just shaken the entire Holy Land.

Marcus Mazsan immediately noticed the terrifying crater, hundreds of meters in diameter, which looked as if it had been struck by a meteorite. At the same time, his Observation Haki locked onto the aura of the person at the very center of the crater.

"Who are you……"

Marcus Mazsan watched the figure slowly emerge from the pit, his aged pupils contracting slightly.

"Whitebeard!"

"I am—"

A thunderous roar erupted, and Edward Teach vanished instantly, leaving only a few ethereal arcs of silvery-white electricity in his wake.

"Edward Teach!"

Boom!

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of thunder.

Edward Teach appeared as if by teleportation directly in front of the bird head of Itsumade, the strange bird that Marcus Mazsan had transformed into.

He raised his right fist high, and jet-black Armament Haki enveloped and covered the entire fist, with incandescent lightning emanating from the black crevices.

Electric Current Propelled - Lightning Fist!

boom!

Before Itsumade could react.

Edward Teach's "Thunder Fist" struck Itsumade's terrifying, crooked beak with its sharp teeth squarely.

The fist collided with the bird's beak, producing a deafening roar.

Edward Teach's astonishing strength sent the strange bird flying more than ten meters away with a single punch, followed by a rustling sound in the air.

Kaka-

Upon closer inspection, Itsumade's seemingly sturdy beak was emitting a series of soft cracking sounds, with dense cracks appearing on its surface, making it appear as fragile as porcelain that could shatter at the slightest touch.

"唳——"

Marcus Mazsaeng cried out in pain, then looked up and let out a bird's cry that pierced through the clouds and split the rocks.

The next moment, he lowered his head, his eyes, completely beast-like and seemingly devoid of any human emotion, fixed on Edward Teach, and opened his mouth, spewing out a stream of scorching flames.

The crimson flames emitted terrifyingly high temperatures, instantly distorting and heating the surrounding air.

It was as if a brilliant line of fire had streaked across the sky.

The scorching flames spewed out by Itsumade rushed towards Edward Teach.

Edward Teach watched the scalding flames rushing towards him, his expression remaining unchanged. Silvery-white electricity coiled around his body and then rapidly surged outwards.

Waves of incandescent electricity converged behind Edward Teach, and after careful manipulation, were shaped into a roughly formed thunder dragon.

"Thunder Dragon!"

Roar--

The Thunder Dragon roared and crashed straight into the Flame Stream.

Thunder and fire, two equally astonishing natural forces, collided fiercely in mid-air.

Crimson flames and silvery lightning intertwined, rubbing and squeezing against each other before suddenly exploding.

A burst of lightning and firework suddenly lit up the sky.

Half of it is lightning, and half of it is fire.

The scattered arcs and sparks of electricity filled the sky like a meteor shower, creating a spectacular sight.

"This is a Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit!"

Itsumade flapped its wings, opened its beak, and let out a sound of shock.

At some point, its long, narrow beak, which had just been shattered by Edward Teach's punch, was restored to its original, intact state, without even a trace of crack.

Just like Edward Teach's "Thunder Fist" didn't even hit Itsumade at all.

Marcus Mazsan stared at Edward Teach in astonishment.

The appearance of a strange, young "white-bearded" figure beneath the red earth is already astonishing enough.

The opponent's strength was in no way inferior to that of Whitebeard in his youth.

What's even more surprising is...

This "white-bearded man" actually possesses the so-called "invincible" [Rumble-Rumble Fruit]!

"This is definitely the [Rumble-Rumble Fruit]!"

Edward Teach looked arrogantly at Marcus Mazsan.

"And what are you?"

"The giant bird!"

(End of this chapter)