Can Qi Simulate Devil Fruits?

Paramecia Devil Fruits, in their normal state, grant their users strange abilities.

But once a Paramecia Devil Fruit awakened, that strange ability could be developed further, allowing it to affect the surrounding environment.

The awakened ability of the [Tremor-Tremor Fruit] allowed its user's vibrations to be transmitted to the surrounding inorganic matter.

The earth, the sky, even the sea!

Centered on Marineford, enormous vibrations rapidly spread outward in the directions of Whitebeard's two punches.

The surrounding seawater was likewise driven by those vibrations, rapidly receding outward in the shape of a massive fan with a gap in it.

It retreated so quickly that a violent hurricane was whipped up in its wake!

Marineford, at the heart of the storm, had a huge amount of air sucked away at that moment, causing everyone to suffer a brief bout of difficulty breathing.

But fresh air soon came rushing down from above.

Thus, a strange sight appeared in Marineford Plaza: the hair of every Marine soldier, the long capes of the officers, the military flags, and everything else that could flutter all swayed wildly diagonally downward.

Those on the left swayed diagonally down to the left, those on the right diagonally down to the right, while those near Marineford's inner city swayed diagonally backward.

If they stood at the boundary between any two of those three directions—left, right, and rear—those things would sway frantically from side to side.

Furthermore, small tornadoes gradually began forming across the plaza.

They were a strange phenomenon created by the convergence of the outward-flowing air currents.

"Break!"

Several giant Vice Admirals immediately swung their fists at the newly formed tornadoes, shattering them in an instant before they could become a greater threat.

"What happened? Why did such a strong wind suddenly start blowing? There are even tornadoes?" asked a Marine soldier who had never fought Whitebeard before.

In truth, this was also the question on the minds of most Marine soldiers and even the officers.

Whitebeard had remained hidden in the New World for years and had not made a move in who knew how long. Forget these young new-generation Marines—even Akainu and the others had never fought Whitebeard. Everything they knew about him came from intelligence reports and Sengoku's accounts.

And at this moment, Sengoku finally recalled his memories of fighting Whitebeard in the past.

"It's the [Tremor-Tremor Fruit]'s ability—[Sea Quake]! That bastard Whitebeard has made the entire sea tremble, using it to raise monstrous waves powerful enough to submerge the entire island in an instant!"

"The [Tremor-Tremor Fruit] is a Devil Fruit with the power to destroy the world!!!"

Sengoku's heavy voice carried anger.

Without a doubt, this was Whitebeard issuing him a challenge!

"The power to destroy the world... how terrifying~" Kizaru remarked, though he looked utterly unhurried.

[Sea Quake] sounded frightening, but as an Admiral, he would not be intimidated by an attack like that.

Besides, he was a light man. He could leave this area at any time.

"[Sea Quake], huh? Aokiji~ Then leave it to me, Fleet Admiral Sengoku."

Beneath the Execution Platform, Aokiji rose to his feet.

[Ice Triple Body]!

Brilliant ice crystals appeared across Aokiji's body.

First, an ice-crystal figure emerged from the crystals on his left. Then, in the same manner, a second emerged from his right, followed by a third from behind him.

Though the three ice-crystal figures were entirely created from ice crystals, a close look revealed that they vaguely bore Aokiji's features.

Clearly, they were ice-crystal clones he had created using his [Ice-Ice Fruit] ability.

After leaving Aokiji's body, the three ice-crystal clones each used Geppo to fly into the sky, charging toward three different directions of Marineford.

Those were also the three directions affected by [Sea Quake].

Only the direction from which the Whitebeard Grand Fleet was attacking remained unaffected.

Whoosh—

The hurricane subsided.

All the flags, hair, capes, and other things that had been fluttering gradually came to a stop.

A stifling, oppressive atmosphere filled the air.

The entirety of Marineford was so quiet that a pin dropping could be heard.

The Marine officers furrowed their brows as they waited uneasily.

The Marine soldiers instinctively swallowed one after another, their bodies beginning to tremble with tension.

At this moment, only the distant rumbling of the trembling sea still echoed on.

Rumble—

Rumble!

—RUMBLE!!!

The sound of the trembling sea rapidly drew closer from the distant horizon. In the end, it became almost like thunder, resounding over all of Marineford.

A hurricane appeared once again!

But this time, it swept inward from the outskirts, seemingly intending to merge into one enormous tornado.

Several giant vice admirals acted again, joining forces to smash the smaller tornadoes one by one.

Yet at this moment, most people had stopped paying attention to the pain of their hair being yanked by the hurricane.

They all stared blankly toward both sides of the sea.

At the point where sea and sky met, a white line was rapidly drawing closer.

In the blink of an eye, the white line seemed to have risen slightly.

Another blink later, they realized it was no white line at all—it was clearly a massive wave!

Ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters, two hundred meters...

As they continued advancing, the gigantic waves grew taller and taller.

By the time they reached Marineford's outskirts, they were already at least five hundred meters high!

At that moment, even Zhu Mang's eyes burned with envy.

This was the true power of a Devil Fruit!

Once developed to a certain extent, it could draw upon the power of nature without consuming ki, effortlessly unleashing attacks of such tremendous force.

That said, could ki achieve the same effect?

Ki in Dragon Ball was actually an incredibly versatile form of energy.

Telepathy, long-distance communication, creating duplicate clones, regenerating severed limbs, even stopping time.

In fact, more than ninety percent of the techniques in Dragon Ball were accomplished through ki.

It was simply that combat was Dragon Ball's central theme, while Son Goku and Vegeta, the main characters, mostly used ki as an aid in battle. Naturally, that made its versatility less noticeable.

"Perhaps I can try using ki in the world of One Piece to imitate Devil Fruit abilities!"

Zhu Mang stared at Whitebeard without blinking, a new goal forming in his heart.

Of course, that would have to wait until he mastered [Paper Art].

[Paper Art] concerned his control over his body, as well as his ability to rapidly restore it, allowing him to trigger the Saiyan passive ability [Life Return].

"Ice Age!"

Just as the Marine soldiers in Marineford Plaza were panicking at the super tsunamis closing in from three directions, a calm voice rang out from beneath the Execution Platform.

It was Aokiji's voice.

As his voice sounded, the three ice crystal clones he had sent out in advance spread their arms and lunged toward the seawater before them.

Splash!

Splash!

Splash!

After three soft splashes, endless ice crystals spread and surged outward from the points of impact with a series of cracking sounds.

In the blink of an eye, the three super tsunamis were frozen together, like three petals cradling Marineford in their center, forming a flower with a gap in it!