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Li Yu poured all the red liquid from the Life Potion into Whitebeard's mouth. The moment the liquid touched the old man's chapped lips, the effect of the item from the Reincarnation Space instantly erupted.
In just over ten seconds, the gruesome knife wound that had pierced his chest visibly creeping healed. The everted flesh receded like a tide, and even the half of his face burned by Akainu's magma stopped bleeding, with new pink skin faintly showing beneath the charred surface.
"Hmph…"
Whitebeard slowly opened his eyes. A trace of confusion flashed in his murky single eye, immediately followed by an astonishing glint.
He instinctively tightened his grip on his bisento, and his body, over six meters tall, swayed slightly as he used brute force to prop up his upper body.
Li Yu met his gaze, then shook his head.
A light blue attribute panel unfolded before his eyes:
[Name: Edward Newgate, Tremor-Tremor Fruit user, native creature of the Reincarnation World...]
As expected, a native!
He withdrew his gaze, completely losing interest in Whitebeard.
Li Yu stared into Blackbeard's eyes. If this guy was a Fallen Reincarnator, it would save him a lot of trouble.
First kill Blackbeard, then use the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability to absorb the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, gaining both abilities—a win-win situation.
Unfortunately, the panel still showed "native creature."
He frowned slightly. Could the Fallen Reincarnator be hidden among Luffy's main crew?
As Li Yu pondered, a thud came from behind him.
Akainu had already jumped onto the ice. He fiercely tore off his Marine coat and threw it into the snow.
His hands had completely transformed into flowing magma, the orange-red flames illuminating half his face. The surrounding ice was sizzling and melting, emitting white steam!
"I don't care who you are."
Akainu's voice was like a red-hot branding iron.
"But before you deal with the injured, shouldn't you first ask for the victor's opinion?"
Li Yu stopped and looked around.
The Marine powerhouses had already surrounded him in a triangular formation. Fleet Admiral Sengoku had taken off his 'Justice' cloak, revealing the uniform embroidered with a seagull emblem underneath.
Among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Mihawk had his hand on his Black Blade Yoru.
Kuma's palm was slightly raised, the paw pads glowing with a blue light.
Li Yu's face remained calm.
"Alright then, come at me all at once. I'm in a hurry."
Today, he had to investigate everyone present. A Fallen Reincarnator would never miss a good opportunity like the Marineford Arc to disrupt the world's timeline.
To make these unruly guys obey, the best way was to thoroughly defeat and establish dominance over the strongest among them.
"Arrogant!"
Akainu laughed in exasperation, his palms enveloped in rolling heat waves as he charged. The air was scorched and distorted.
Li Yu casually raised his left hand, and a transparent ice wall suddenly shot up, dozens of meters high, with interlocking ice prisms forming a crystal-like fortress, completely separating him from Akainu.
"Boom!"
The giant magma fist slammed heavily against the ice wall, creating a deafening roar.
But what made Akainu's pupils contract was that the seemingly fragile ice wall remained completely unmoved!
His proud magma slowly flowed down the ice wall, losing its temperature the moment it touched the ice surface, solidifying into gray-black rock.
It clattered incessantly to the ground, like a pile of useless slag.
"This… this is impossible!"
Akainu cried out in disbelief.
He had sparred with Aokiji countless times; the Mag-Mag Fruit always had a suppressive advantage over the Ice-Ice Fruit. But this ice wall before him was even harder than Diamond!
Li Yu glanced at the panel, confirmed Akainu was not the target, and waved his hand.
Cold air surged like a tide. Akainu, still in his punching pose, was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture, a blend of crimson and snowy white, with his astonished expression solidified on his face.
"If you don't attack together now,"
Li Yu's gaze swept over the remaining people, his voice colder than the ice wall.
"You won't even have a chance to attack."
Sengoku stepped forward, stretching his neck, his knuckles cracking. He took off his uniform jacket, revealing muscles unbefitting his age.
Sengoku said in a deep voice.
"In all these years, I've rarely seen such an outstanding young man. Youngster, let this old man have a go at you!"
Before his words finished, a golden Buddha light suddenly erupted!
Sengoku's body rapidly expanded, transforming in an instant into a giant golden Buddha dozens of meters high. His eyes shone like the sun and moon, and a sacred halo surrounded him.
Zoan-type, Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Beast type, Daibutsu form!
"Take this!"
The golden Buddha's right arm suddenly swelled, covered in pitch-black Armament Haki, and slammed down towards Li Yu like a giant steel mountain. Before the punch even arrived, the ice beneath Li Yu's feet had already cracked into a spiderweb of fine lines.
"Oh?" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Yu's eyes. Is this Armament Haki?
He heard that Haki could negate Devil Fruit abilities. Although this power was weak, it had its unique aspects.
He didn't use his Cosmo; he simply threw a punch.
"Clang!"
The moment his fist collided with the golden Buddha's giant palm, a crisp metallic clang rang out, making the eardrums of those around them ache.
The ice beneath Li Yu's feet instantly collapsed. The ice layer within a several-hundred-meter radius fell like shattered glass, revealing the dark sea below.
Ice appeared out of thin air beneath Li Yu's feet, stably supporting him in mid-air.
"The power isn't bad!"
Li Yu silently evaluated, but he didn't feel anything worth learning from.
Compared to the Seventh Sense Cosmo of a Gold Saint, Haki was still too weak.
He transformed his fist into a palm and precisely pinched one of the golden Buddha's fingers.
To the horror of everyone, he actually lifted the dozens-of-meters-tall giant Buddha as if it were a small chick!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ice surface trembled violently. Sengoku was slammed back and forth like a rag doll, and the golden Buddha's halo grew dimmer and dimmer.
Before long, he returned to his human form, lying limply on the ice, his life unknown.
The vast battlefield was deadly silent.
The pirates gaped, forgetting even to breathe. What kind of monster was this?
Where did Whitebeard find such a helper?
The Marines were ashen. With their Fleet Admiral and an Admiral defeated like this, how could they continue this fight?
They lost, utterly defeated!
The Marineford Arc, broadcast live to the entire world, the Marineford Arc where the Marines deployed all their military might, was actually defeated and overturned by one person!
Li Yu clapped his hands and looked at the remaining people.
"Does anyone else want to try?"
Before his words finished, a yellow light beam suddenly shot out from the crowd, refracting several times in the air, and soaring straight into the sky.
"Haha, kid, I'm just a hired hand."
Kizaru's voice came from high above, carrying his usual laziness.
"This matter has nothing to do with me. Farewell!"
"Trying to run?"
Li Yu's eyes turned cold. No one was leaving until he had checked everyone.
He raised his hand and waved. The moisture in the air instantly condensed, and countless ice crystals, like meteors, converged into a swirling vortex. Blue light flashed… Aquarius's ultimate technique!
Diamond Dust!
The blue ice current arrived later but struck first, precisely hitting the yellow light beam.
"Bang!"
A huge block of ice fell from the sky, hitting the ice surface with a dull thud.
Inside the ice block, Kizaru's eyes were wide with disbelief. He had clearly elementalized, yet he was still frozen. What kind of ability was this?
What a joke! Where did this mysterious young man come from?
After this punch, there was no sound left on the field.
Even Kizaru, who could transform into light, couldn't escape. The others didn't even dare to move, with only one thought in their minds.
Where did this madman come from? He actually defeated all the world's powerhouses by himself!
"Does anyone else want to challenge me?"
Li Yu walked to the Marine Headquarters' main dike and sat in the large chair that originally belonged to Sengoku.
"If not, line up and walk past me one by one. Aokiji, you help maintain order."
Aokiji clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white… "Just a moment!"