"Oi...Oi...are you kidding me." Kizaru took off his glass and looked at the phenomenon in the distance; titanic blue form with many hands.
"Gurararara...Such a show of power." A wide grin splits Whitebeard's face as he guffawed. Brandishing his weapon, he mused. 'Come...Let's see what you got.'
Blaize standing inside the blue flame giant, with his arms folded, glanced at the tiny Whitebeard below him leisurely.
With a thought, an arm behind him loaded the bow with the blue flaming arrow. When the arrow was pulled to its limit, it was released.
"zzzshh!!!" The flaming arrow bolted toward Whitebeard and reached him at the speed of a bullet.
'Crack!!' Pulling his arm back, Whitebeard punched at the arrow. The surroundings cracked like mirrors and the air shock stopped the arrow from reaching him.
"Boom!"
But, he hadn't expected the arrow would explode upon contact. The explosion triggered a small mushroom cloud along with the burst of extreme temperature. It vaporized everything it touched.
Whitebeard busted out of the explosion with brute force and haki. Leaping high in the air, he imbued his weapon with Conqueror's Haki and shock fruit power.
He swung downward, sending a diagonal slash. With pure strength, devil fruit power, and Haki, the slash heaved the space itself and whooshed towards the gigantic, humanoid avatar made of blue flames.
Without caring about the slash, Blaize used one of the arms nonchalantly to deflect it to the side like it was nothing. At the same time, hundreds of arms punched Whitebeard at his command.
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"Boom!!" "Bang!!"
The fierce clash between Whitebeard and Blaize is the whistle of a rocket, the explosion of gunpowder, and the blooming of fireworks.
The sky is stricken with thunder that crackles, extending blades of lightning black, outlined red. Streams of haki of various colors erupted erratically.
The entire region is filled with explosions and blue flames of extreme temperature. Craters of various sizes shaped the tilted area.
The spectators struggled to keep their eyes open. Just the shockwave and haki clash in the distance stunned many and prickled their skin like pins and needles.
Nothing can stand between the clash of two conqueror haki users. The pressure and intense aura kept everyone far away.
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Three hours passed,
"Hahaha...Wonderful! You bring out the best in people, Whitebeard." Blaize laughed brightly, thoroughly enjoying the intense bout.
But, every battle has an end. Blaize's last strike was a bit heavy, his flaming spear pierced the Whitebeard's chest and exploded. As a result, a fist-sized see-through hole could be seen on his chest.
Nevertheless, the Whitebeard stood with the support of his naginata, exhausted and injured with severe scorch marks. Despite the fatal wounds, he stood proud with his back straight.
There's a wide grin on his face that hasn't faded away from the start, exposing his enjoyment of battle.
In fact, the injuries Whitebeard inflicted on Blaize weren't any lower, but thanks to the latter's extraordinary constitution and devil fruit power, his injuries can be healed. So aside from depleted stamina, he's in perfect condition.
"Cough...cough...The sea has birthed another monster. I can't be the strongest forever." Whitebeard coughed a mouthful of blood and uttered,
"Brat, why did you stop the attack, this kind of injury won't stop me."
Of course, Blaize knows. Even when the other party wasn't in his prime, he fought with his heart pierced and two huge holes melted by magma. Now, Whitebeard's strength is at its peak he won't fall before breathing his last.
But, Blaize didn't intend to finish off Whitebeard. He shook his head, "I didn't come to kill you, Whitebeard. Without you at the top, the sea will be in chaos."
Hearing this, Whitebeard laughed. "Right! With resourceful Fleet Admiral Sengoku leading the marines, he won't do such a foolish thing. My time hasn't come yet."
"True!" Blaize agreed.
Forget about others, he won't allow the demise of Whitebeard. He needs an opportunity like the 'Summit War' to seize the Marines' control from the World government.
"Let's end our battle here. It's my victory assuming your sorry state."
Whitebeard grunted. He didn't take the defeat to heart but parts of life. His concern right now is about his family; Once the news of his defeat and injury reaches the world, it's going to be trouble.
At that moment, his Observation haki caught Blaize making a move. He saw the other party extending his palm, emitting countless small golden particles from them.
Whitebeard didn't reject as the golden glowing particles reached and fused into his body. In a few seconds, his wounds healed visible to the naked eye while exhaustion waned.
He once again felt his body brimming with energy, back to his peak. But he knew it was only temporary.
Before Whitebeard could question his intention, Blaize spoke. "Take it as a gift, for the service you are going to do for me in the future."
His words puzzled Whitebeard further. He could feel the Marine boy was conspiring something but he didn't care.
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The sudden silence in the battle between Whitebeard and Blaize stunned spectators in the distance. Even after a minute, they failed to feel the tremors, collisions, or occasional booms.
"What happened?"
"Has the battle ended? Is Oyaji alright?" A Whitebeard pirate asked.
But no one answered him as their observation Haki couldn't sense the battle situation.
'I hope nothing happened to Oyaji, it's a miracle he fought such an intense and energy-draining battle for so long.' Marco thought while putting up a brave front. He had to.
On the other side, Kizaru, Regis, Kuina, and other marine officers who are familiar with Blaize look relaxed as if victory is inevitable!
Suddenly, a figure flashed and materialized on the deck of the Marine ship. It's Blaize. Aside from his nearly scrapped dress, he was without any injury.
"Blaize-san..." The Marines cheered seeing his appearance and declared loudly. "Victory for the Marines!"
But their tone softened when Whitebeard appeared on the deck of Moby Dick drifting in the distance. His arrival boosted the Whitebeard pirates and eased their tense hearts.
Many of them let out a sigh of relief. But what will happen once they know the result of Whitebeard's defeat? will they collapse?
"Whoa...whoa...I am a bit disappointed. I was sure you would apprehend Whitebeard." Kizaru spoke languidly. "So did you win?"
Blaize gave the lazy Admiral a look and smiled without giving any reply. The result will soon be known as he sensed a peeping at the end of their fight.
It can only be Morgans or World Government. If it's the World Government they won't disclose it but if it's the World Economy Newspaper, then it's going to be fun.
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