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Snow...

It came pouring down from the heavens like an avalanche, turning the entire sea into a vast expanse of white.

In a matter of moments, the surface of the sea froze into a layer of ice sturdy enough for humans to stand on freely.

Facing the Pure Gold Lanternfish, which was charging toward him with a body as large as a massive island, Whitebeard stood proudly right in front of it. Both arms gripping Murakumogiri in reverse had visibly swollen by nearly a full circle, and a terrifying halo condensed around the blade.

As the Pure Gold Lanternfish crushed through the ice with its terrifying bulk and was about to crash into him, Whitebeard's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly widened. Murakumogiri in his hands abruptly slashed toward the Pure Gold Lanternfish, which was tens of thousands of times larger than him.

"Atmospheric Division!"

"Voom!"

An indescribable sound first echoed across the sea. Then came a series of sounds like air shattering. The countless snowflakes drifting down from the heavens froze in midair for an instant before instantly dispersing.

At that moment, everything before Whitebeard seemed like a mirror, rapidly shattering and collapsing.

"Crack!!!"

"Boom!!!"

A tremendous roar rang out. The Pure Gold Lanternfish's body, charging toward Whitebeard, suddenly halted. Its island-sized body seemed to have been forcibly stopped in an instant, while great sprays of blood erupted from all over it, as if a blood-red plum blossom had been added to the snowy-white painting.

At that very moment, Marco, worried about Whitebeard, arrived with a large number of the Whitebeard Pirates' officers.

As the Whitebeard Pirates' First Division Captain and Whitebeard's personal doctor, Marco knew Whitebeard's current physical condition all too well.

If Whitebeard continued acting recklessly, the hidden injuries throughout his body might flare up, making his condition even