When Kizaru saw the terrifying King of the World get grabbed by Kozuki Houka and refined in an instant, he froze.
The Holy Knights and Five Elders had crumbled like a rabble.
He immediately stopped attacking Phoenix Marco.
He knew the victor had been decided!
The world had successfully changed hands!
Kozuki Houka had truly become their new Boss.
He really would have to respectfully address Houka as "my lord"!
"I hereby declare the God War over!"
"From this day onward, I am the ruler of the world!"
Houka unleashed terrifying god-level Conqueror's Haki, crushing Akainu Sakazuki, who was still fighting, along with several reckless pirates, into the ground.
Luffy stared wide-eyed at Father Houka in the sky.
He had just been beaten senseless by two hawkish vice admirals and had not even managed to save Ace yet. And now the war had simply ended?
The aged Whitebeard looked at the terrifying Houka. He knew he had to fulfill his deal with Newgate.
He would give Houka his power and hand the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability over to Newgate.
Still, as long as Ace could be saved, everything had been worth it.
It was just that so many of his men had been sacrificed, leaving him with an added measure of guilt.
Newgate had already stated that he would purge the human traffickers and evildoers within the Whitebeard Pirates.
Whitebeard had no choice either. He was no longer qualified to negotiate terms with Kozuki Houka and Newgate.
As long as the Whitebeard Pirates' core division commanders and veteran allied captains could be preserved, he would be more than satisfied.
As Houka made his declaration to the entire world, affiliated nations and people everywhere wore all kinds of expressions.
Wasn't this war supposed to be against Whitebeard, one of the Four