"Pops, if you were gone, I guarantee the Whitebeard Pirates and your subordinate pirate crews would be wiped out by the Navy and other pirates within three years. Overprotecting your sons is actually harming them. Do you understand, Whitebeard!"
After Grimm finished speaking, the kingly aura around him intensified, forming tangible currents that clashed with Whitebeard's Conqueror's Haki.
Thump Thump Thump~
At this moment, most of the pirates, caught in the collision of the two Conqueror's Haki, rolled their eyes and fell unconscious, only the captains of the affiliated pirate crews and a few other captains could barely hold on.
The young Whitebeard Pirates are still not strong enough.
"To watch my sons fall and not protect them, what kind of father would I be!"
Whitebeard's eyes widened. Everyone who remained standing amidst the clash of Conqueror's Haki, whether from the Moby Dick or the affiliated pirate crews, looked at Whitebeard with extreme admiration.
This was Whitebeard's unique charisma, which allowed him to become the "World's Strongest Man" even after Shiki and Roger exited the historical stage!
Boom!
Finally, with a world-shattering roar, a powerful surge of energy erupted from the point where Whitebeard's and Grimm's Conqueror's Haki collided, rushing towards the sky. The entire world trembled.
The clash of their Conqueror's Haki ended.
"I am Whitebeard! No one can defeat me!" Whitebeard laughed heartily. "From now on, the name of this era will be: Edward New World!"
One had to admit, Whitebeard was right. After Roger's death, Whitebeard's reputation quickly surpassed everyone else's. If Whitebeard hadn't valued his family so much and acted so unlike a pirate, he might have already become the new Pirate King!
Whitebeard's strength was undeniable, and his sons' reverence for him had reached the level of "faith," bordering on deification.
The Summit War clearly illustrated this issue. Initially, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines were evenly matched, but after Whitebeard was hit, their morale plummeted, and they were almost crushed by the Marines.
Let alone after Whitebeard's death. If Shanks hadn't intervened, the remaining forces of the Whitebeard Pirates would likely have been annihilated in Marineford.
In simple terms, Whitebeard overprotected his so-called sons, making them overly dependent on him as their father.
"Stop wasting words with him, Pops!"
A member of Whitebeard's Second Division, recovering from the clash of Conqueror's Haki, walked up to Whitebeard, glared hatefully at Grimm, and requested permission from Whitebeard beside him: "Let's send this guy to the bottom of the sea now! We want to avenge Captain Drulcy!"
"I agree!"
Jozu, captain of the Third Division, raised his hand and ordered. The opponent was merely a pirate, and an enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates at that, which was reason enough to start a fight.
"All hands prepare! Let's kill this guy in one go and throw him into the sea."
In an instant, on the Moby Dick and the decks of Whitebeard's affiliated pirate ships, weapons were drawn. Grimm instantly became the target of everyone's attention.
"What a grand display. I already said I came alone. Do you need to make such a big scene, Pops!"
Facing a tense crowd, Grimm remained seated on the deck at the bow of the Moby Dick, a smile on his face, his expression unreadable.
"Don't say we're being cowardly. Pirate battles are like this. At least we'll give you a quick end!" Vista, the Swordsman, drew his twin swords first.
"Captain Vista is right!"
"You should have considered the consequences when you killed Captain Drulcy!"
"Now that you keep calling him Pops, we won't let you off either…"
The thousand people who hadn't fainted from the Conqueror's Haki roared.
"Let me test you first. Let's see if you can truly achieve immortality!" The first to attack was the captain of Whitebeard's Sixteenth Division, firing both his pistols simultaneously.
At the same time, the sea below Grimm's back churned, and a blue shark-man burst out of the water, opening its large mouth.
"A mere trifle!" Grimm sneered, then spread his wings and flew into the sky. Izō and Namur, who was extremely cute, had their attacks miss instantly.
"Such speed." The members of the Whitebeard Pirates marveled. Now that the opponent was in the sky, it seemed they couldn't do anything, as they couldn't reach him.
To describe this group, it would be all thunder and little rain!
In an instant, Grimm's body turned into a golden light and circled the Moby Dick at an astonishing speed, then flew directly towards one of Whitebeard's affiliated pirate ships.
The Ash Messenger materialized, and a golden sword light whistled out.
Swish!
The giant sailing ship, five hundred meters long, was instantly split in half.
"What speed was that?"
"His flight speed is much faster than Captain Marco's!"
Everyone on the Moby Dick was stunned. Such flight speed was too fast. Was this guy holding back when he was chasing Marco earlier?
At this moment, an ugly boy, who looked no older than ten, with a few missing teeth, suddenly reacted: "No time to be surprised, hurry and save people!"
Only then did others react. The ship had already sunk. For those who weren't ability users, they quickly dove to save people, while some threw lifebuoys.
Meanwhile, Grimm wasn't idle. He directly summoned the "Hammer of Divine Punishment" and smashed it towards the second ship.
Boom!
Under the impact of the golden light hammer falling from the sky, the bow of this ship was smashed into wood chips. Many people fell into the water on the spot, and the ship began to slowly sink.
Whitebeard's eyes narrowed slightly. He suddenly crossed his hands in front of him, placing them on his shoulders, as if grabbing the surrounding air.
"Mmmph~"
A muffled groan came from Whitebeard's throat. Two seconds later, he suddenly grabbed, as if tearing through something in the surrounding air.
"Everyone, get down!"
Marco shouted. When he saw Whitebeard's action, he knew what Pops was about to do: an Air Tremor. Pops wanted to use his Devil Fruit ability to knock this guy down. Without further warning, everyone immediately grabbed the surrounding ship railings or masts to steady themselves.
Rumble!
Crack, crack, crack…
"En?"
Accompanying a devastating roar, Grimm immediately felt something was wrong. Grimm found that his body seemed to be fixed in the air, unable to move forward or backward, completely becoming a living target in the air.
"This is the attack of the strongest Paramecia, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit… Ah… Cough, cough, cough…" Grimm said, feeling as if his internal organs were shattered, and he spewed out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal organ fragments!
Then Grimm's body plummeted rapidly. At the same time, Grimm noticed the surrounding situation.
Although his ultimate target was himself, the aftershocks of the Air Tremor were still incredibly powerful. The surrounding sea was like a cake placed on a table, completely cut open and tilted to one side.
The cut surfaces of the sea were very neat and smooth, with irregular undulations.
And with this move, even though Grimm continuously used Holy Light to heal his body, he couldn't immediately heal his internal injuries. As soon as the Holy Light healed old wounds, new cracks would immediately appear.
Splash!
Finally, Grimm's internal body was shattered by the tremor, and he fell into the sea.
This is Whitebeard. Too strong!
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