Actually, it wasn't that Newgate was fully charged. The tremor he unleashed at the moment of his fall largely neutralized the destructive power of the Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb through various techniques such as recoil.
Otherwise, given Whitebeard's physique, he might not have been able to withstand that attack!
However, for Ortolan, if you can deal with it in this way, that's your skill. As long as I fill up my Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb, I'll consider you fully hit, so it doesn't matter.
"Cough..." Just as Newgate was about to say something, he spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
However, after spitting out that mouthful of blood, he seemed to breathe much more smoothly, and his previously weak momentum gradually recovered. With a burst of strength, he stood up from the ground and looked at Ortolan with a complicated expression.
Leaving aside their side, if we move the time forward a little, to the moment when Ortolan unleashed a Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb and Whitebeard descended from the sky.
The island trembled, and all the attention on the battlefield was immediately drawn to it.
Undoubtedly, battlefields are interconnected, and any factor can affect the entire battlefield.
At this moment, Ortolan severely injured Whitebeard, greatly boosting the morale of the Marines, while the pirates were thrown into a panic.
The violent explosion, in particular, generated a large amount of smoke and dust, obscuring everyone's vision, and Newgate's aura suddenly weakened considerably within his Observation Haki.
The pirates couldn't help but get distracted!
This includes Kozuki Oden, who fought against Sakazuki!
"Brother!" Kozuki Oden witnessed Whitebeard being hit by a Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb by Ortolan. Instinctively, he was worried and for a moment, he was distracted from the battle!
In battles between top-tier experts, a single mistake can lead to drastic changes.
Previously, Newgate was thrown into the air by Ortolan, and he was severely injured because of a momentary mistake.
In the original story, Jozu was also distracted by Whitebeard. He was still fighting Kuzan when, because of this distraction, he was instantly defeated by Kuzan and lost an arm.
At this time, Kozuki Oden was fighting against Marine Admiral Sakazuki!
Sakazuki is known for his ruthlessness. When fighting pirates, he will never hold back if he can give it his all, let alone when you are distracted and reveal a weakness!
Moreover, Sakazuki is absolutely focused. When he fights pirates, he's determined to kill them before he's done. No external factors can shake or affect his mind.
Therefore, even though there was a huge commotion on Ortolan's side, Sakazuki didn't even glance at it, his eyes fixed on Kozuki Oden.
So, at the moment when Kozuki Oden lost his focus, Sakazuki was completely absorbed!
That's right, complete concentration!
After fighting Kozuki Oden, Sakazuki quickly realized that Kozuki Oden's strength was far greater than he had imagined. In fact, he wasn't even entirely confident that he could win the battle!
This surprised Sakazuki greatly. If he remembered correctly, Ortolan had previously defeated Kozuki Oden in a very short time with lightning speed.
That incident caused quite a stir back then. If Whitebeard himself hadn't arrived at the battlefield, Kozuki Oden would have been killed by Ortolan long ago.
How come when Ortolan was dealing with him, he was so relaxed and comfortable, but when it was Sakazuki's turn, Kozuki Oden seemed to have gone into a rage and became incredibly strong?
Is it targeting me?
Or is the gap in strength between me and Ortolan really that large?
Because he realized how troublesome Kozuki Oden, Sakazuki was completely focused and did not underestimate him in the slightest.
Therefore, at the moment when Kozuki Oden was distracted, Sakazuki seized the opportunity and roared, "You dare to be distracted while fighting Marine Admiral!?"
That shout brought Kozuki Oden's attention back. Of course, even without that shout, a strong person like Kozuki Oden wouldn't have been distracted for too long.
However, while attention has returned, the crisis has also arrived!
Just as Kozuki Oden turned around, Sakazuki's massive attack, covered in a large amount of raging, scorching magma, was already upon him.
At this moment Sakazuki's single hand wielded a claw, Haki fingertips radiating an imposing aura of molten lava. A monstrous force, like that of a volcanic eruption, burst forth from his body, propelling his arm even faster!
"Magma Dog!" Sakazuki roared.
Kozuki Oden instinctively wanted to dodge, but he was distracted and missed the best opportunity. Now it was too late!
In the next instant, Sakazuki's claw swept across Kozuki Oden's head, and a burst of blood erupted from the raging magma. Before the blood could even fall into the air, it was completely evaporated by the scorching heat wave!
Immediately afterwards, Kozuki Oden's body rolled out, splattering blood all over the ground.
Sakazuki landed a successful blow, and with Haki tilt of his neck, a deep wound could be seen on his shoulder, revealing bone. It was clear that he had also suffered considerable injuries during his previous encounter with Kozuki Oden.
As Sakazuki moved, magma emerged from the blade, making up for the loss of flesh and blood.
Watching Kozuki Oden roll several times on the ground before struggling to his feet, Sakazuki said with a hint of disgust, "Are all you pirates this tenacious? Even with your heads blown off, you can still survive? Truly worthy of being called parasites of the sea..."
Indeed, from Sakazuki's perspective, although Kozuki Oden had struggled to stand up, the left half of his head, starting from his eye socket, had disappeared!
Sakazuki's attack with the Magma Dog just now blew half of his head off!
At this moment, Kozuki Oden looked extremely ferocious, like a terrifying monster.
Blood flowed continuously from his wounds, and one could even faintly see the charred and mangled skull exposed to the air. The edges of the flesh on his face emitted the smell of burnt cooked meat.
In the original story, Sakazuki shot Whitebeard in the head during the Battle of the Target, but Whitebeard was still able to fight for a long time afterward.
Now, Whitebeard's opponent has become Ortolan, but Sakazuki still managed to blow Kozuki Oden off... Is this fate?
Kozuki Oden truly lived up to his reputation as a character who, even after being boiled into hot pot broth, could still loudly spout nonsense without dying.
Its vitality is truly strong; even after being shot in the head by Sakazuki, it didn't fall.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Sakazuki had no patience to listen. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, magma erupted beneath his feet, and his massive figure charged directly at Kozuki Oden once more.
Kozuki Oden tried to dodge, but the next moment, magma tore through the ground around him and gushed out, completely surrounding him.
At the same time, when he tried to make a move, he felt that his control over his body was gradually disappearing. Obviously, having half of his head blown off was not something he could really withstand. This was definitely a fatal injury. The reason he hadn't died yet was because his vitality was strong enough to delay the outcome!
Therefore, if you are slow at one step, you will be slow at every step!
Blocked by magma and unable to escape, and with his injuries affecting his control over his body, Kozuki Oden could only raise the Enma in his hand at this moment, without making any other moves.
Sakazuki had already reached him and punched him in the stomach!
The scorching hot magma erupted, easily tearing through the flesh and blood of Kozuki Oden's abdomen and piercing through his body!
"Cough..." Kozuki Oden was struck through the abdomen by Sakazuki, and spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
Before the filthy blood could even land on Sakazuki, it was instantly evaporated into the air by the intense heat emanating from his body.
Sakazuki slowly raised his arm, lifting the string of shards of Kozuki Oden that had been hanging from his arm. His expression remained as cold as ever as he looked at Kozuki Oden and said, "From the day you chose to become a pirate, you were destined for this fate. People like you, the trash of the sea, have no place or reason to live in this world!"
Kozuki Oden, clinging to his last breath, opened his mouth wide as if trying to say something.
Seeing this, Sakazuki sneered, "Last words, is that?"
However, the next second, violent and wild magma erupted from his arm, instantly engulfing Kozuki Oden's figure and burning him to a charred corpse.
Then Sakazuki casually tossed the charred corpse to the ground, where it shattered and scattered.
"I have no interest in hearing the last words of you pirate scum," Sakazuki said coldly, crushing half of Kozuki Oden's charred skull with a single kick.
At this moment, Kozuki Oden was momentarily distracted and instinctively engaged in a fierce battle with Sakazuki. Before Marine Admiral Kozuki Oden Sakazuki that fleeting opportunity and killed him in one fell swoop!
This is what battles between top-tier powerhouses who truly harbor murderous intent are like!
If there are no external environmental influences and no weaknesses are exposed, it is common for them to fight each other for ten days or half a month.
However, if even the slightest flaw or opportunity is seized upon by an opponent of the same level, it often results in injury or even death on the spot!