"This Emperor was just as ignorant as you once were."
Whitebeard was burning through the last of his life. His entire body was red, steam billowing around him, and his aura had risen to its absolute peak. He could be said to have come extremely close to godhood.
He was at the same level he'd reached during the Summit War.
But.
I, Gai, had proven with my death that as long as you were below the ceiling, you couldn't threaten a god. The most you could do was make him cough up some blood.
Maybe I couldn't match Imu, but Whitebeard still couldn't threaten my life.
Boom, crack—
The lightning-ravaged sky spun overhead, countless black-and-red bolts spreading densely across it. The entire world was plunged into darkness.
The sight was utterly horrifying.
"Newgate."
"Zehahaha~"
"Whitebeard, is he really going to stake everything?"
Far away,
Sengoku, Kaido, Blackbeard, Sakazuki, Ochoku, Garp, and Dragon all watched. Anyone could see that Whitebeard didn't have long to live. Now that he was burning through his life like this, he might die the very next second.
"Pops."
Marco, Jozu, Vista, and Ace watched, their eyes bloodshot, powerless to do anything but look on.
Whum, crack.
Without the slightest warning,
the atmosphere stretching ten thousand meters before Whitebeard shattered, peeling away and collapsing with a roar. Unstoppable waves of destructive force thundered toward Chaos. No one even saw him make a move.
Likewise,
Chaos had no idea when Whitebeard had struck. A ten-colored shockwave surged out, overturning everything in its path.
In an instant,
the entire world fell silent.
An enormous mushroom cloud, unrivaled in scale, rose into the sky, ringed by five halos. The raging, chaotic atmosphere parted, revealing a sun high overhead, radiating the only light and heat.
The devastation was catastrophic.
At its