Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Douglas Bullet, wearing heavy armor with his face covered by a helmet, mingled among the numerous guards who had rushed over.
He peered through the slit of his visor, gazing at the shattered palace ahead.
Whitebeard, covered in blood, was fighting to the death with a massive black shadow atop the ruins of the palace.
The black shadow seemed to have no physical form, resembling the silhouette of a monster baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, revealing only a pair of scarlet multi-ringed eyes.
"Why would Four Emperors Whitebeard appear in the Holy Land?"
Beside him, a Holy Land guard spoke with surprise.
The other guards couldn't give an answer, looking at the battlefield ahead with terrified eyes.
Whitebeard had broken into the Holy Land.
A mysterious black shadow monster was fighting him.
How could such a monster exist in Mary Geoise, the pinnacle of world power?
Moreover, the battle had been going on for some time.
Where were the Marine Admirals stationed in the Holy Land?
Where were the Five Elders who managed the affairs of the Holy Land?
Where had they all gone?
These ordinary Holy Land guards were completely unaware of the great war in the distant Totto Land.
Bullet stared at the battlefield, not acting rashly.
His goal was simple: bring back Whitebeard's corpse as ordered by Luo Chen.
In addition, he had to hide his identity and secretly film Imu's existence.
He had already recorded Imu's monster form.
In the future, once this footage was circulated, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar.
Four Emperors Whitebeard coming to the Holy Land was definitely an attack.
Then the one stopping Whitebeard turned out to be a monster-like existence.
The existence of such a monster in Mary Geoise would definitely make many people suspicious.
It would be effortless for Luo Chen to use this matter to his advantage.
In the battlefield, Whitebeard's fist was wrapped in a white glow as he punched forward.
The atmosphere shattered like a mirror, with cracks clearly visible.
The powerful vibration force traveled through the air, crashing into the black shadow monster.
Imu snorted coldly, allowing Whitebeard's full-force strike to hit Him; His body only swayed slightly, without any injury.
Whitebeard's strike seemed to aggravate his injuries, and he coughed up a large mouthful of blood.
He grinned, revealing a mouthful of bloody teeth: "Imu, that's your name, right? The true dictator hidden behind the Five Elders..."
Before he could finish speaking, a sharp, ear-piercing roar suddenly came from inside the huge pitch-black silhouette monster that Imu had transformed into.
Conqueror's Haki and sound waves swept out.
In the distance, the guards' eyes rolled back one by one, and they fainted and fell to the ground.
Bullet hesitated for a moment, then fell straight down.
The mini Den Den Mushi in his arms continued to record secretly.
Having cleared all bystanders, Imu had no more scruples and said coldly, "Edward Newgate, attacking the Holy Land, you are seeking your own death."
He could guess that Whitebeard sneaking into Mary Geoise at such a coincidental time was definitely related to Luo Chen.
Aokiji's betrayal leaked the timing of the World Government's operation.
Luo Chen made full preparations, contacting Whitebeard to infiltrate the Holy Land and launch an attack on His main body at the most critical moment.
Imu had figured everything out.
The anger and killing intent in His heart reached the strongest point in a thousand years.
Since killing Joy Boy, no one had made Him so angry and lose composure.
He had used all His powerful subordinates, and even personally stepped in to control the Heavenly King Uranus, yet failed to destroy Luo Chen.
At the final moment, Luo Chen's stamina was exhausted, and he was powerless to defend.
If not for Whitebeard suddenly attacking His main body, causing the connection with Heavenly King Uranus to be disordered, the destruction ray would never have missed.
Every activation of the Heavenly King Uranus required consuming a massive amount of energy.
The energy accumulated by the World Government over eight hundred years was wasted today.
Before Vegapunk developed the conceptualized inexhaustible energy source "Mother Flame," He could no longer use Pluton.
And the only result achieved at such a great cost.
Was actually leveling a patch of sea.
Luo Chen and his forces basically suffered no casualties.
Thinking of all this, Imu became even more furious, having an impulse to go mad and destroy everything.
He vented all the anger and killing intent in His heart on Whitebeard.
Imu's Conqueror's Haki vented furiously, blasting onto Whitebeard like a violent storm.
His expression changed, and he forcefully stabbed the end of Murakumogiri's handle into the ground.
"Want to make me kneel?!" Whitebeard's eyes were crimson, glaring angrily, his knees trembling incessantly.
Imu's Conqueror's Haki was far stronger than his.
But he was Whitebeard!
Four Emperors, the Great Pirate, the World's Strongest Man!
These two titles might no longer belong to him, or were about to no longer belong to him.
But none of that mattered.
The identity Whitebeard liked the most was not Four Emperors, nor the World's Strongest Man.
It was "Pops"!
Those sons on the ship had always worshipped him and admired him.
As a "father," how could he disappoint his children and let them learn to kneel?
Whitebeard seemed to be carrying ten mountains on his back, taking a difficult step forward with extreme heaviness.
Old wounds erupted all over his body, multiple wounds burst open, and fresh blood instantly dyed the ground beneath his feet red.
Thousands of shotguns and hundreds of huge pitch-black tridents condensed around Imu, His voice cold:
"Thirty-six years ago, you escaped with your life from Imu's hands."
"To dare come and send yourself to death today, you don't know what's good for you."
Whitebeard spat out a mouthful of bloody foam and mocked, "An animal hiding in the dark all year round, you know shit."
He completely disregarded his body and released all the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit without scruples.
A huge and muffled sound came from inside Whitebeard's body.
It was as if a bomb had exploded inside his closed body.
The skin on his chest, arms, and face all cracked, flesh tearing, and milky white tremor power broke through the physical limits, releasing to the outside world.
The vibration power inside Whitebeard's body and the vibration power outside merged into one.
Milky white light enveloped his blood-red figure, like a white energy sphere, expanding and spreading rapidly in all directions.
The ground, the atmosphere, the architectural ruins, the creatures in the soil... everything touched by the milky white energy sphere was blown to smithereens.
It was as if a pure white sun rose in the depths of Mary Geoise.
The white light illuminated the sky.
The entire Pangu Castle was enveloped by the milky white vibration power.
When all the light dissipated.
Pangu Castle had disappeared.
All buildings turned into fine powder.
The pristine white marble ground was also plowed down several meters, turning into a patch of dark brown barren land.
On the bare earth, no buildings could be seen anymore.
The entire Pangu Castle was razed to the ground.
The only tall and conspicuous thing was the huge pitch-black silhouette monster that Imu had transformed into.
His shadow body rippled like water, unable to solidify its form for a moment due to the vibrations.
Not far away, the figures of dozens of heavy armored soldiers had long disappeared.
One could faintly see a corner of armor exposed in the muddy ground, reflecting light under the sun.
Whitebeard held Murakumogiri, standing on the dark brown earth; there was not a single patch of intact skin on his body.
His face was lacerated, white bones faintly visible.
There was long no breath at his nose; he stood dead in place, his only remaining unbroken, dim eyeball gazing toward the direction of the New World.
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