Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

"boom!"

The collision of flames and flying slashes, the convergence of heat and sharpness, ultimately resulted in Ace's enraged release of a massive flame being cleaved in two.

However, after the flames, Ace struck a peculiar pose with his index fingers crossed to form a cross.

The next moment, an incredibly hot flame condensed from Ace's crossed index fingers, and landed on Ying's shoulder with astonishing speed.

"Crossfire!"

Unlike her previous disdainful attitude of almost ignoring the flames, as the incredibly hot "Crossfire" began to burn on her shoulder, Ying frowned as if she felt an unusual pain. In an instant, she covered her shoulder with a layer of Armament Haki to resist the damage from the "Crossfire".

"efficient?!"

Seeing this, Ace's previously somewhat doubtful expression turned to joy, and he confidently pointed at Ying, saying...

“Kid, I’ve seen through your trick. Your body should be immune to a certain degree of fire temperature, but as long as the temperature is raised to a certain level, the fire can still damage your body.”

However, in response to Ace's joyful expression, Ying's expression was one of haughty anger.

"Insolent pirate!"

The next moment, Ying's figure disappeared from the spot almost instantly, replaced by a cold light that swept towards Ace at an extremely terrifying speed!

"So fast!"

Ace was startled, realizing that his eyes were completely unable to capture such extraordinary speed.

"The 'New World' truly lives up to its reputation as a sea of ​​monsters. I never imagined that just a little girl could be this strong. What about Whitebeard?"

"No, it's because I'm too weak!!!"

At this moment, Ace suddenly realized his weakness. Relying entirely on the power of the "Flame-Flame Fruit" to push his way to the "New World" sea, he didn't seem as strong as he had imagined.

'Relying solely on the 'Flame-Flame Fruit' is far from enough...'

Or perhaps, I haven't fully developed my understanding of the "Flame-Flame Fruit" yet!!!

In the blink of an eye, a sharp, cold light had already reached Ace.

The petite girl wielding a famous sword almost as large as the one behind her looked somewhat ridiculous, but Ace felt an unprecedented danger at that moment.

The blade... aimed straight for Ace's neck!

Instantly, Ace almost instinctively wanted to use "Elementalization" to dodge, but he was shocked to realize something was wrong; it seemed... it was too late!

In the blink of an eye, Sabo grabbed Ace's shoulder and pulled him to the side, narrowly allowing Ace to dodge the attack.

However, Ying's sharp and swift swordsmanship, which was completely inconsistent with her appearance, followed closely behind once again.

Just then, Sabo opened his palm towards Ying, holding a small piece of Vivre Card with something written on it.

"call!"

The "Famous Sword - Sakura Ten" stopped steadily less than a centimeter from Sabo's palm, but the bright eyes staring at the Vivre Card trembled slightly.

The Vivre Card lying quietly in Sabo's palm was slowly moving towards Luminous, and on the Vivre Card was written a somewhat delicate and crooked name—Tefimo Luminous.

Ying clearly remembers that the signature was something her father specially asked her to write on her life card as a memento when she first learned to write her own name.

"Why is it in your hand?" Ying asked Sabo, her voice barely able to contain her composure.

Seeing that Ying had stopped, Sabo couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief, and his expression also revealed a bit of ease.

With the life card given to him by the Chief of the General Staff as verification, it was enough to completely prove that the black-haired little girl in front of him was indeed the Tefimo Ying he was looking for.

Immediately, Ying gently flicked her hand holding the "Famous Sword: Sakura Ten," almost perfectly lifting the Vivre Card from Sabo's palm. Then, she slowly retreated to Sora's side and handed the Vivre Card to Sora.

Sora carefully examined the Vivre Card, nodded, and said, "It is indeed Ying's handwriting..."

Seeing that Sora and Hikari had confirmed their Vivre Cards, Sabo gave a seemingly harmless smile and began to explain.

“Kong, Ying, things are a bit complicated and it’s not convenient to explain them clearly right now. But please believe me that I have no ill intentions towards you. This time, I specifically entered the body of the pure gold lanternfish to find you and take you away from here.”

Upon hearing this, Kong carefully examined Sabo and Ace again, fell into thought for a moment, and then spoke. "So, what is your plan?"

Immediately afterwards, Sabo took out a Den Den Mushi with a somewhat peculiar structure from his pocket, and while pressing the button on the Den Den Mushi, he explained it to Sora and Hikari.

"This is a special Den Den Mushi that can pinpoint a specific location. After we activate this Den Den Mushi, our companions outside the Pure Gold Lanternfish will know exactly where we are inside the Pure Gold Lanternfish, thus avoiding harming us and rescuing us."

[Chapter 673. Heaven and Earth Shattered]

Unlike the pure gold lanternfish, whose body has not yet been significantly affected and appears calm and peaceful.

Outside the body of the pure gold lanternfish, the battle between the "Whitebeard Pirates" and the pure gold lanternfish had reached a fever pitch.

The incredibly large, pure gold lanternfish was covered in blood and was constantly retaliating against the annoying ants around it with its brutal and simple methods.

Even though the golden lanternfish is extremely large, it can easily shatter a mountain range with a flick of its tail.

However, with Whitebeard constantly using the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to limit the Pure Gold Lanternfish's counterattacks, the Pure Gold Lanternfish could only cause limited damage to the Whitebeard Pirates.

This made the golden lanternfish unusually irritable, as if it were surrounded by a swarm of persistent mosquitoes that had already bitten it all over.

Finally, after a period of stalemate, the terrifying body of the golden lanternfish began to struggle violently again, easily breaking through the ice layer on the sea surface as if it were tofu, clearly intending to dive directly into the deep sea.

Upon noticing the movement of the pure gold lanternfish, the Whitebeard Pirates' officers did everything in their power to try and prevent it from escaping.

However, conventional methods are quite effective in dealing with such oversized giant creatures.

Its size is comparable to that of a large island, its scales are as strong as the hardest alloy, and its flesh is tough enough to easily withstand the pressure at tens of thousands of meters below the sea. It can even carry several islands in its stomach and swim freely in the ocean.

"Get out of the way, everyone!"

While Whitebeard roared to remind his crew, he plunged the Murakumogiri sword into the ice, slightly tilted his knees, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and his bulging muscles visibly swelled several times larger. Two white halos, imbued with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, also appeared at his fists.

Marco glanced back at the white-bearded fish, his pupils contracting slightly. He instinctively moved away from the pure gold lanternfish and exclaimed in surprise.

"This is... Everyone get out of the way!"

Immediately, following reminders from Whitebeard and Marco, the numerous members of the Whitebeard Pirates who were attacking the Pure Gold Lanternfish quickly moved away from it.

At that moment, Whitebeard's eyes widened slightly, and he stomped his right foot heavily towards the pure gold lanternfish, causing large, unseen cracks to appear in the ice within a hundred meters radius.

"Heaven and earth shattered!"

The next moment, Whitebeard slammed his fists into the ice in front of him, plunging the entire world into a momentary silence. Even the ceaselessly falling snowflakes seemed to freeze in place, and then…

"Click, click, click..."

Centered on Whitebeard, the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit erupted like never before, revealing a mysterious corner of the legendary power that could destroy the world!

The ice, the sky, and even the pure gold lanternfish were all covered in cracks at this moment.

Then, it erupted!

"boom!!!"

The sky trembled, the ice shattered, and blood splattered everywhere from the enormous body of the pure gold lanternfish.

Apart from a few officers who had followed Whitebeard for decades and personally experienced the era when Whitebeard and Roger clashed, the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates' officers were so shocked that they almost collapsed to the ground.

All of this looked as if the world was being destroyed by Whitebeard.

What...what terrifying power?!

Hidden beneath the ice... Yann was also amazed by the power that Whitebeard had unleashed!

Whitebeard was not the only user of the "Tremor-Tremor Fruit" in history, but he was the only one who truly brought the power of the "Tremor-Tremor Fruit" to such an extent.

At this moment, Yann deeply realized that Whitebeard did not achieve the title of "the strongest man in the world" because of the "Tremor-Tremor Fruit".

On the contrary, it was the terrifying power that Whitebeard displayed that made the power of the "Tremor-Tremor Fruit" admired by the world, and even believed that the "Tremor-Tremor Fruit" was the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit.

Even though Yann had already secretly frozen the seawater five thousand meters below the surface, cutting off the possibility of the pure gold lanternfish escaping.

However, by a hair's breadth, the power that Whitebeard had just unleashed almost pierced through the five-thousand-meter-thick ice layer and reached Arn.

"Among the many monsters in the 'New World' seas, Whitebeard is definitely the most terrifying one..."

Yann murmured something.

It's hard to imagine that Whitebeard, whose body is now beginning to decline, could unleash such astonishing power.

If Whitebeard were still in his prime, what a terrifying man he must have been!

'but……'

Arn peered through the ice, riddled with cracks, at the direction of the pure gold lanternfish that was spitting out a huge amount of blood, assessing its condition.

'Having withstood such a terrifying blow from Whitebeard head-on, the Pure Gold Lanternfish is still alive, and can only be considered severely injured. Its vitality and defensive capabilities are truly astonishing…'

Just then, the screen in Yann's hand suddenly lit up, and a series of data were transmitted, forming the general structure of the pure gold lanternfish, with a conspicuous red dot appearing inside the fish.

Immediately, Yann's eyes lit up slightly, revealing a hint of joy, realizing that Sabo had found Sora and Luminosity and confirmed their current location!

As for Ahn, whose perception of Sora and Hikari was still based on their appearance as six years old nearly a year and a half ago, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Those two idiots must have been terrified after being swallowed by the pure gold lanternfish for so long, right?"

Upon realizing this, the image of Sora and Hikari appeared in Ahn's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt towards Sora and Hikari.

Ultimately, it was Arn's own carelessness that led to Sora and Hikari being accidentally swallowed by the pure gold lanternfish.

Even though Hancock and Robin did not blame Arn for this, believing it to be an adventure for Sora and Luminosity.

Furthermore, Robin was also around that age when she fled Ohara and lived a long and turbulent life on her own.

'but……'

Yaen turned his head to look at the ice flowers floating above him as he maintained his "Bankai: Daiguren Hyōrinmaru" form.

At this moment, eleven of the twelve ice flowers had already withered away under the continuous unleashing of the power of "Bankai: Daiguren Hyōrinmaru".

This also means that the "Bankai: Daiguren Hyōrinmaru" form that Yon can maintain with low spiritual pressure is coming to an end.

"Kong, Ying, wait a little longer, Father will take you home soon!"

[Chapter 674. Complete Liberation]

Compared to the previous injuries that were insignificant given the Golden Lanternfish's enormous size, the Golden Lanternfish was truly injured by Whitebeard's "Heaven and Earth Shattering" attack, with massive amounts of blood splattering everywhere like a gushing fountain.

In the blink of an eye, a pool of blood, no less than a small lake to humans, formed on the ice. The steaming crimson mist, amidst the falling snow, created an incredibly strange and breathtaking scene.

The golden lanternfish became even more frenzied, its terrifying body struggling and causing large amounts of cracked ice to shatter rapidly, while the golden lanternfish's body was forcibly descending.

Meanwhile, Marco, who was soaring in the sky observing the situation, realized that his earlier premonition was correct: this strange blizzard that had frozen the sea was definitely something wrong.

Under Whitebeard's devastating blow, the hundreds of meters of ice shattered almost instantly, but what was revealed was not normal seawater, but an even thicker layer of ice.