A cook, vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates?

If things continue like this, defeat is only a matter of time.

"Give up, Edward Newgate."

The divine voice of Saint Vocuri echoed in Newgate's mind once more, tinged with a weary arrogance.

"Your power is great, but it is still within the framework of the laws. I am the laws themselves. In the face of absolute nothingness, any form of existence will be erased."

Newgate laughed loudly, his laughter filled with arrogance and disdain.

"Enough with the nonsense!"

He took a deep breath, suddenly stopped attacking, and instead closed his eyes, as if sensing something.

He remembered the king-sized roast meat that Ryan had made before.

The roasted meat contains not only pure power, but also a tyrannical, unreasonable will that turns everything into its own nourishment.

It is a law of food, the most primal desire of life.

"Since your law is devouring..."

Newgate slowly opened his eyes, and an unprecedented light burst forth from his hawk-like eyes.

"My rule is to make you... eat until you're stuffed!"

Instead of concentrating the vibrational force on his fist, he spread it out at an extremely special high frequency, covering an area of ​​several thousand meters in radius across the sea.

This time, it's not just about destruction, but a kind of... seasoning.

He used the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to forcibly change the vibration frequency of the basic particles of all matter in this sea area. Water, air, light, and even space itself were given a completely new taste under this power.

"This is……"

For the first time, Sacred Vochuli sensed that something was wrong.

His invincible Devouring Law, upon contact with this seasoned space, unexpectedly produced an unprecedented feeling of... fullness.

The feeling was like someone who hadn't eaten for three days being forced to drink a hundred bowls of greasy soup; their stomach was churning and they felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Try this, God of War!"

Newgate's voice boomed like thunder.

"This is what my head chef taught me: the best way to deal with picky eaters is to make everything taste like their least favorite thing!"

"Culinary Skills, Shock, and the Manchu Han Imperial Feast!"

Newgate has perfectly combined Rein's culinary theories with his own Devil Fruit ability, creating an unprecedented attack method that operates at the level of laws!

"Roar!"

Vocuri Saint let out a painful roar. He felt that what he was devouring was no longer pure energy and space, but a pile of dark cuisine mixed with countless pungent flavors such as chili, mustard, bitter melon, and durian.

For the first time, his prized Devouring Law showed signs of overload, and the stability of the law began to fluctuate violently.

"Well done, Captain!"

On the deck, Gatz and the others watched with great excitement.

"Now, it's our turn to fight back."

A calm voice sounded behind Newgate; it was Ryan.

He had somehow appeared beside Newgate, and the two knives in his hands, originally made of golden flames, had somehow transformed into an even larger, seemingly cleaver capable of splitting the heavens and the earth in two—a bone-chopping knife.

"This piece of meat is too tough. Seasoning alone is not enough; it needs to be tenderized physically."

Raine's tone was calm, yet it made Vocuri Saint feel his soul tremble.

These two guys... one treats him like a picky customer, and the other treats him like food to be processed?

"You...you blasphemous ants!"

Volchuli Saint was utterly enraged. He abandoned his devouring of space, condensed all the power of the laws into a single point, transforming it into a pitch-black energy singularity capable of swallowing all light, and slammed it fiercely towards the two of them.

He will reduce these two bastards who dared to humiliate him, along with this entire space, to nothingness!

Chapter 185 Kozuki Itto-ryu - Ultimate Technique - Wind of Freedom

Faced with this final blow that could destroy the island, Newgate and Ryan exchanged a glance and revealed a knowing smile.

"Gurarararar! Renn, shall we go first or should we go first?"

"You are the captain, please go first."

"it is good!"

Newgate laughed loudly, concentrating all the vibrational power into the naginata in his hand.

"Then let this guy taste our Whitebeard Pirates'... signature dish!"

"Vibration, Culinary Techniques, Profound Meaning, Creation of Heaven and Earth, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall!"

With a single slash, Newgate unleashed a devastating shockwave that transformed into an invisible, enormous cauldron covered in mysterious patterns, which firmly enveloped the dark energy singularity within!

Immediately afterwards, Ryan moved.

"Culinary Techniques: Finishing Touches - Slow Cooking!"

He raised the enormous flaming bone-chopping knife high, and then slammed it down hard... onto the soup pot made of vibrating force!

boom!

When Newgate and Raine joined forces to temporarily trap the environmental warrior god Worchli with an unbelievable Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, the other battlefield also entered a stage of intense fighting.

Without the command of the two Supreme Commanders, the Five Elders' direct guard, while still maintaining its efficient killing machine nature, finally showed a slight, almost imperceptible stagnation in its seamless coordination.

The monsters of the Whitebeard Pirates seized this fleeting opportunity and launched their most ferocious counterattack.

"Diamond Meteor Shower!"

Joz roared and spun his body at high speed, like a giant diamond top.

Countless fragments of his diamond-like body were flung out by centrifugal force, transforming into a dazzling yet deadly meteor shower that swept across the guard's formation.

Although the guards immediately erected black energy shields for defense, Joz's attack range was too large, and some sharp diamond fragments always managed to penetrate the gaps in the defense, leaving deep, bone-revealing wounds on their bodies.

"Well done, Joz!"

Vista's twin blades transformed into two dancing roses, their dazzling sword light flowing like mercury, penetrating every crevice and precisely attacking the enemies who had exposed weaknesses while defending against the Diamond Meteor Shower.

His sword was no longer just ornate; it had acquired a more decisive and ruthless edge on the battlefield.

However, the guards' resilience far exceeded their expectations.

"Form the formation! Black Tortoise Shield!"

The captain of the guards roared, and the remaining dozens of guards instantly changed formation.

They connected all the energy shields together, forming a larger and thicker black tortoise shell shield array that blocked all attacks.

Above the shield array, black energy flowed, absorbing and converting the attack energy of Jozu and Vista, and then shooting out dozens of jet-black energy rays from the gaps in the shield to launch an indiscriminate counterattack!

"not good!"

Joz and Vista's expressions changed, and they hurriedly retreated.

The battle has once again reached a stalemate.

These guards were like an indestructible swarm of cockroaches; no matter how many times they were defeated, they could always regroup at lightning speed and counterattack with all sorts of unheard-of and bizarre combat techniques.

"Damn it! What are these things made of?!"

Gatz smashed a guard's sternum into a hole with his anchor, but the guard got up as if nothing had happened, coughed up a few mouthfuls of black blood, and charged forward again without fear of death.

They seemed to have no pain or emotions, existing purely as killing machines to carry out orders.

"This can't go on, yoi."

Marco hovered in the air, his blue flame wings casting specks of life-giving light, healing the wounds of his companions.

But he could sense that his companions' stamina was being rapidly depleted, and the incredible culinary enhancements from Chef Rein seemed to be slowly fading over time.

If this drags on, they will still be defeated due to exhaustion.

We must find their weaknesses!

Oden's twin swords were wreathed in a fierce and domineering aura as he clashed with five guards wielding specially made long whips. Although he had the upper hand, he was unable to completely break through their defenses.

Those long whips were like living things, always able to restrict his movements at the most tricky angles, preventing him from fully unleashing his powerful swordsmanship.

"Our glory is built on absolute discipline."

The head of the guards spoke in a cold voice, his eyes devoid of any emotion, as if stating a fact.

"discipline?"

Upon hearing those two words, Oden suddenly seemed to realize something, and a knowing smile appeared on his face, which had been somewhat crazed by the battle.

"Hahaha! I get it! I finally get it!"

He suddenly abandoned his attack on the enemy in front of him, instead closing his eyes and letting the long whips lash his body, producing a series of muffled thuds.

"Mr. Oden!"

Marco exclaimed in surprise and was about to rush forward to help.

"Don't come any closer!"

Oden's voice, however, was filled with unprecedented confidence and pride.

“I just suddenly realized something, something that my brother Ryan taught me before.”

He remembered what Ryan had once told him.

"The human heart is more complex than ocean currents. Some dangers do not come from the sea, but from the places you are most familiar with."

"Some insects can blend into the painting, making them difficult to detect."

Aren't these guards right in front of us just like that?

They were powerful, unified, and disciplined, like a perfect, flawless war painting.

But it is precisely because it is too perfect that it seems... fake.

"Your strength, your will, and even your lives do not belong to you."

Oden slowly opened his eyes, and those eyes, which were always full of innocence and boldness, now had a sharp insight that seemed to see through everything.

"You are merely puppets on strings, and the strings that control you..."

On Oden's twin swords, an unprecedented Ryuo, infused with Conqueror's Haki, soared into the sky!

That was no longer a simple strike, but an extension of will, an ultimate yearning for freedom!

"I will... cut it off!"

"Kozuki Itto-ryu - Ultimate Technique: Free Wind!"

Oden's figure disappeared.

He did not attack any of the guards' bodies; his twin blades transformed into two invisible gusts of wind, sweeping across the entire battlefield.

The wind was gentle, yet it carried an undeniable will to sever all constraints.

ding ding ding...

A crisp sound, like chains breaking, echoed in the minds of every member of the guard.

Their perfectly synchronized movements suddenly froze, and for the first time, the cold, machine-like light in their eyes began to dwindle.

The unified fighting spirit that the World Government had forcibly instilled within them through some unknown means was severed by Oden's strike, which transcended the physical realm!

"Who...who...am I?"

A member of the guard stared blankly at his hands, a look of pain on his face.

Without the control of a unified will, they were no longer perfect killing machines, but turned back into a group of pitiful people with independent thoughts, whose memories had been forcibly erased.

The formation crumbled without a fight.

Chapter 186 The Final Feast

"Well done, Oden!"