182: World-renowned
“Is there anyone else who has an opinion?”
Lu Zhifei’s icy voice was like the Grim Reaper’s scythe, held against the necks of every survivor present.
The world was silent.
Everyone was stunned.
Whether it was the Navy at Marineford or the entire world watching the live broadcast via Transponder Snail, everyone felt as if their throats had been choked, their minds blank, losing even the ability to think.
Legends died.
Heroes died.
Hope also died.
Of the Four Emperors, two were crippled, and one was nailed to the pillar of shame the moment he appeared.
The powerhouses standing at the peak of the world were as fragile as newborn infants before these two siblings, who seemed like demon gods descended upon the world.
On the execution platform, Lin Fei yawned, feeling a bit bored.
The pirate side had completely fallen; there was no doubt that the Navy had won this trial.
Just then, the cold and grand System notification finally rang in the minds of Lin Fei and the other three.
“Marineford trial has ended!”
“Faction judgment: Navy Headquarters, victory!”
“Calculating mission evaluation…”
“Due to contractors Lin Fei, Lu Zhifei, and Lin Mengzi causing a devastating impact on the world line, completely annihilating the Whitebeard Pirates and defeating the Four Emperors Red-Haired Shanks’s pirate group, significantly exceeding the mission objective…”
“Overall evaluation: S+ Rank!”
“Rewards are being distributed!”
“Contractor Lin Fei, you have received a Divine-Grade special reward: Chaos Rumble-Rumble Fruit!”
“Chaos Rumble-Rumble Fruit: The ultimate mutated form of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, possessing all abilities of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and additionally gaining the ‘Chaos Divine Thunder’ authority, capable of controlling various Laws of thunder such as annihilation, creation, and judgment, with infinite potential!”
“Contractor Lu Zhifei, you have received…”
“Contractor Lin Mengzi, you have received…”
“Contractor Xu Zhengyang, you have received…”
A series of reward notifications flashed across the screen, and in Lin Fei’s palm, a strange fruit appeared out of thin air.
It was dark golden all over, its surface covered with profound chaotic spiral patterns, constantly flickering with tiny black electric arcs.
Before he could examine it closely, the light of return enveloped the four of them.
Whoosh!
The four figures disappeared.
Only a devastated, silent Marineford remained, where all the powerhouses had either perished or collapsed.
...
In the real world, at the former Lei Group headquarters building.
Lin Fei and the other three figures appeared.
Xu Zhengyang was still red-faced with excitement over the massive S+ Rank reward, while Lee Nan had already rushed in, holding a tablet computer, as if his butt was on fire.
“Boss! Sisters-in-Law! The worldwide intelligence network has all exploded!!!”
Lee Nan’s voice was trembling, his face filled with fanaticism and awe.
“The video of you slaying gods and proving your Dao has gone viral on all the world’s contractor forums and the dark web!”
His fingers slid rapidly, and shocking news headlines popped up on the screen.
“Shock! Mysterious Powerhouses Appear at Navy Headquarters, One Person Annihilates the Whitebeard Pirates!”
“Four Emperors’ Combat Power Collapses! The World’s Strongest Man Whitebeard Suspected to Have Fallen, Red-Haired Shanks Crushed by a Mysterious Person!”
“Navy Hero Garp Died Tragically on the Spot! Is this a distortion of human nature, or a decline in morality?”
“Boss, your name is now on the highest-priority watch lists of all countries and all top forces!”
“The Lighthouse Country’s Ministry of Defense held an emergency meeting overnight and directly listed your threat Rank as the highest level: ‘World-Destroying Rank’!”
“All S Rank guilds have issued death orders internally: Strictly forbid any member from provoking you and your family in any way! Violators will be directly eliminated and expelled from the guild!”
“Europe’s ‘Round Table Council,’ Sakura Country’s ‘Takama-ga-hara’… all top player organizations worldwide have already learned of your existence and regard you as an unprovokable taboo!”
It could be said that after this battle, Lin Fei’s name had resonated throughout the globe!
He was no longer the nobody who needed to hide his identity, but a truly supreme existence who, by himself, had awed the entire world!
Listening to Lee Nan’s excited report, Lin Fei’s face remained unfazed.
He merely toyed with the Chaos Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand, which was constantly flickering with black electric arcs, and spoke faintly, “Got it.”
With that, he no longer paid attention to the outside world’s commotions, directly opened his mouth, and swallowed the Divine-Grade fruit—a fruit capable of driving any contractor in the world insane—in one gulp.