"Roar..."
Facing the Elbaf's Spear: Ikoku Sovereignty formed by the giant shockwave, Karl used the strange sound roar he had learned from Charlotte Linlin.
A strange sound shockwave, no weaker than Ikoku Sovereignty, immediately erupted from his mouth, colliding with Charlotte Linlin's Ikoku Sovereignty.
Boom—Crack crack crack!
With the deafening sound, the two shockwaves once again turned into rows of airwaves, sweeping in all directions.
Wherever the airwaves passed, the cracks on the ground followed closely behind, expanding the cracked area.
Before long, in the lenses of the five steel birds filming from the sky, a huge spider web could be seen appearing on the ground.
Whoosh—
The storm formed by the two shockwaves had not yet dissipated when Karl's figure disappeared.
Under the perception of the Observation Haki that the four overlords of the seas had kept active since the moment they met.
A current appeared out of thin air in front of Charlotte Linlin.
The next second, the lightning-flashing Karl smashed a fist into Charlotte Linlin's wrinkled face.
Charlotte Linlin, who had long seen this scene, timely used her palm wrapped in the highest level of Armament Haki to block Karl's fist.
Crack crack...
However, Charlotte Linlin was worse off than Kaido.
Neither her palm nor his fist fell into a stalemate, and a huge force knocked Charlotte Linlin back more than a dozen steps.
Every step trampled the cracked ground, making it even more battered.
At this moment, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, the only two among the four pirate emperors who had fought Karl, deeply felt the sense of powerlessness brought by time.
Especially Kaido, who finally understood why the world believed five years ago that this brat would definitely be the future World's Strongest Man.
Those who stood at the pinnacle of the world were already in their fifties or sixties back then.
Even Shanks, the youngest, was in his thirties.
They were all in the stage of their golden age, and Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had even entered the peak stage of their golden age. In a few years or a decade, they would fall from their peak period like Whitebeard.
At that age, their strength had basically reached its limit.
With their mind, technique, and body all reaching the pinnacle, and their fruit abilities developed to the extreme, they had no hope of further improving their strength.
Karl, whose overall strength was slightly inferior back then, but who was also a member of the super-powerhouses after using the strongest Logia, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, was only 15 years old back then.
This year, he was only 20.
In just five short years, the other party had gone from being slightly inferior in overall strength to surpassing them.
What was even more terrifying was that Karl, whose overall strength had surpassed theirs, had not yet entered his prime and could still grow.
Now they were only knocked back a few steps, or a dozen steps. In the future, wouldn't they be one-sidedly beaten?!
Thinking of this, Kaido desired the position of Alliance Leader even more.
The current him, only the resources of a strange other world could help him break through his current bottleneck and take his strength a step further.
To sit on the throne of Alliance Leader, he must defeat Karl, the World's Strongest Man of this era, whose strength matched his latest title.
And so...
Kaido, carrying his Hassaikai, rushed towards Karl again.
On the way, his huge body of seven meters one was also changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When he rushed in front of Karl, Kaido entered his dragon-human form.
"Zeus, Prometheus!"
"Yes, Mama!"
At the same time, Charlotte Linlin also summoned her other two special Homies.
Holding the emperor's sword, with a thundercloud and a sun floating on her left and right sides, Charlotte Linlin joined forces with Kaido to attack Karl.
"Zehahaha..."
Seeing this, Blackbeard also revealed an extremely evil smile and issued an invitation to Shanks: "Red Hair, do you want to join forces with me to eliminate the World's Strongest Man first..."
"And then the four of us will compete for the position of Alliance Leader?"
"No... You are the only one I won't join forces with, Teach!"
Shanks drew Gryphon from his waist, stared at Blackbeard with a serious face, and said in a deep voice, "I'm actually not interested in the position of Alliance Leader."
"But the command cannot be given to you three ambitious guys."
"So, I won't let you disturb their battle..."
His tone paused slightly, and Shanks continued, "Speaking of which, since you left three scars on my face back then, we haven't fought for many years."
"Just like what we said at Marineford back then, now is the time for us to compete—Teach!"
"Zehahaha... Just what I was thinking!"
Shanks's refusal was completely within Blackbeard's expectations.
Similarly, Shanks was also the existence Blackbeard feared most among the Five Emperors, besides Karl.
Because Shanks was not an ability user!
If Karl were not a rare natural-born monster besides having the strongest Logia, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and his physical strength in his teens surpassing the sixty-something-year-old Charlotte Linlin.
Possessing things like the Double Door and the Spear of Mystery, which were more mysterious than Ancient Weapons...
Shanks would be the pirate emperor Blackbeard feared most.
No matter how strong Karl was, he probably couldn't beat two pirate emperors.
Even if he could, it would take a very long time.
Taking advantage of the chaotic battle between those three seniors, now was Blackbeard's chance to eliminate Shanks.
As long as Shanks was eliminated, the other three were all ability users. Just touching them with the Dark-Dark Fruit ability would be equivalent to cutting off one of their arms.
Everyone would be exhausted, and the final winner would be uncertain!
Thinking of this, Blackbeard's whole body emitted black smoke like thick fog, and he shouted with an evil smile, "`Zehahaha... Come on, Shanks!"
Whoosh—
In response, Shanks was a man of few words and decisive action.
He directly used Haki to fly at low altitude, appearing in front of Blackbeard at an extremely fast speed, and swung Gryphon at Blackbeard.
"Divine Departure!"
Under Blackbeard's wide-eyed gaze, a dark red slash, different from the blue slash of a great swordsman, and also different from the shockwave-like slashes of Karl and Charlotte Linlin.
Landed on Blackbeard, who had also thrown a Haki-covered fist at Shanks, wanting to use Armament Haki to test Shanks's growth over the years.
That dark red slash that ignored defense directly sent Blackbeard flying over a thousand meters away.
The side effect of the Dark-Dark Fruit needing to endure double the pain made Blackbeard roll his eyes and spit out a mouthful of fresh blood while flying backwards.
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