177: Super strength

The battle began and quickly intensified.

One side was pirates, the other was the Navy.

Both sides were fighting with red eyes.

The Whitebeard Pirates and the group of players cooperating in the battle, as if injected with the most potent stimulant, launched waves of attacks, completely shattering the Navy Headquarters' proud defense line.

“Phoenix” Marco entangled Kizaru, his ever-burning regeneration flames making Kizaru's usually invincible Light Speed Kick appear so pale and powerless for the first time.

“Flower Sword” Vista battled Mihawk, and every clash between the two world-class grand swordmasters erupted with terrifying Sword Qi capable of tearing the earth apart.

But the true nightmare was Whitebeard himself.

Unlike the original plot, Whitebeard here, with the support of the player team, temporarily recovered to his Peak level.

He stood at the bow of the moby dick, every punch and every roar he unleashed stirred the destructive power of vibration!

Giant icebergs were shattered, and sturdy fortress walls collapsed like tofu before him; hundreds of Navy soldiers, without even touching his clothes, had their internal organs shattered by the invisible shockwaves, turning into a rain of blood!

The Navy Admirals, for the first time, appeared so overwhelmed.

Aokiji, in order to freeze the entire bay and maintain the massive ice battlefield, had expended a huge amount of stamina, his face already somewhat pale.

And the most aggressive and violent Akainu, in an aerial fistfight with several Division Commanders and Whitebeard himself, was actually beaten back repeatedly!

His proud Mag-Mag Fruit ability was countered by Whitebeard's overbearing power that could shatter all things, leaving his body covered in spiderweb-like shock cracks, and blood even spilled from his mouth!

The overwhelmed state of the highest combat power directly led to the collapse of the entire battlefield!

“Diamond” Jozu, the Third Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, was like an invincible heavy tank on the battlefield, activating his peerless mode!

His entire body transformed into crystal-clear, indestructible diamond, enduring the roar of countless cannon fires, and he forcibly plowed a bloody path through the Navy's lines!

Several Navy Vice Admirals stepped forward to block him, but they were easily sent flying like bowling pins by his massive diamond body, their bones broken and their fates unknown!

His goal was only one—the execution platform!

And now, he was less than a hundred meters away from the execution platform!

These hundred meters had become the Navy Headquarters' last, tottering dignity!

“Stop him! Quick, stop him!” Sengoku roared hoarsely from the execution platform, his voice for the first time carrying a hint of helplessness and shock.

Garp's fists were already clenched white, his face painfully contorted between his grandson's safety and the Navy's stance.

However, everyone's efforts seemed so ridiculous and futile in front of the diamond-transformed Jozu.

The scales of victory had completely tipped towards the pirates!

And just as the Navy was about to be completely defeated, with Jozu's massive diamond body only a step away from the execution platform, and a victorious, ferocious smile already appearing on his face—

Lin Fei, who had been standing quietly in the No. 3 defensive position like an outsider, finally moved.

He didn't even look at the unstoppable Jozu; he just slowly raised his right hand.

Then, facing Jozu's enormous figure, he gently struck out a palm from a distance.

“Great Ice Monument Breaking Hand.”

His voice was very soft, so soft it seemed as if he was talking to himself.

But as his words fell, an extreme coldness that could not be described by any words followed!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no dazzling light effects.

Only a giant hand, composed entirely of deep, dark black ice that seemed to freeze the Law itself, silently, in a manner that disregarded space and time, directly imprinted itself on Jozu's diamond chest, which was known as absolute defense!

Crack—crunch—!!!!!!!!!

A crisp, scalp-numbing shattering sound, as if from a Soul freezing, echoed throughout the entire battlefield!

Time, at this moment, seemed to be put into slow motion.

The eyes of everyone in the world, filled with endless horror and disbelief, stared fixedly at the incredible scene—

“Diamond” Jozu, whose indestructible diamond body could withstand Admiral-level attacks, began to show visible, rapidly spreading dark cracks like a spiderweb, starting from where the black ice palm had imprinted!

Immediately after, under everyone's stunned gaze!

Bang!!!!!!!!

Jozu's mountain-like giant diamond body exploded with a bang, like the most fragile glass artwork struck by a giant hammer!

It turned into a sky full of flying, crystal-clear, despair-shimmering… diamond dust!

Dead silence.

The entire Marineford, that noisy, tragic, chaotic battlefield, fell into a deathly, suffocating silence.

Whether it was the Navy or the pirates, whether it was world-class powerhouses or those arrogant players, everyone was frozen in place as if under a petrification spell, their minds blank.

“Jo… Jozu—!!!”

Whitebeard's heartbroken roar broke the dead silence.

His bloodshot eyes locked onto the young figure who remained calm and composed, as if he had merely swatted a fly.

“Brat… you're courting death!!!”

Overwhelming rage transformed into an unprecedented, terrifying vibration capable of sinking the entire island into the sea!

The moby dick beneath Whitebeard's feet let out a groan of unbearable strain; he pushed the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to its lifelong Peak, and white halos that distorted space gathered around his fists!

However, Lin Fei didn't even bother to look at him again.

He just slowly raised his head, looked at the enraged strongest man in the world, a mocking curve playing on his lips, and then, gently, stomped his foot towards the Void Realm.

“Black Sky Thunderfall.”

Rumble rumble rumble rumble—!!!!!!!!

A thunderclap a hundred times more terrifying than any before exploded from the Nine Heavens!

Marineford's clear sky was instantly enveloped by endless dark clouds; day turned into night!

A terrifying pillar of lightning, too massive to be measured, completely black as ink yet entwined with world-destroying golden light, like a god's spear of judgment, tore through the sky, disregarded all obstacles, and precisely, violently struck down!

The target was not Whitebeard himself, but the moby dick, his flagship, beneath his feet!

There were no screams, no struggles.

In the face of that absolute, destructive power that surpassed the limits of this world's understanding, the giant ship that carried the Whitebeard Pirates' glory and dreams, along with hundreds of elite pirates aboard it, couldn't even last a single breath before being annihilated into the most primordial nothingness by the terrifying black lightning, along with the thick layer of ice below it!

The sea, once again, revealed its profound color.

And that arrogant strongest man in the world, Whitebeard, like a kite with a broken string, was pitifully sent flying by the aftermath of the explosion amidst the dead silence, splashing into the cold seawater with a thud!

The entire world, once again, fell silent.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku's mouth was open wide enough to fit a fist, and he hadn't even noticed his glasses had slipped off.

For the first time, expressions of “shock” and “fear” appeared on the faces of the three Admirals.

And at this moment, when the entire world was distraught.

Lin Fei made his third move.

His figure flickered from his original spot, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of the Straw Hat boy—Monkey D. Luffy—who was rushing towards the execution platform amidst the chaos, his face filled with anxiety and determination.

Luffy hadn't even reacted to what was happening when he felt his neck tighten.

A hand, seemingly slender yet containing a terrifying power he couldn't resist, had easily gripped his neck, lifting him from the ground like a small chick.

“I'm very sorry, but you won't be saving your brother today.”

Lin Fei showed a cruel and playful smile to Luffy, who was red-faced and struggling desperately.

Then, carrying Luffy, he turned around and slowly walked towards the execution platform, which was already empty.