"Oh?" Whitebeard raised a brow and smiled at Blackbeard. "Gurararara, how interesting. So in a situation like this, what do you plan to use to turn things around?"
Teach laughed loudly. "Pops, you really are getting senile. When did I ever say I'd turn this around with my own strength? And even if it were just me, what could you possibly do to me with the strength you have now?"
"Then you can try!" Whitebeard grinned as the great blade in his hand swung down without warning. The air immediately trembled, and amid spreading cracks, terrifying force surged toward Blackbeard.
Crack... crack...
As the air shattered, it did not matter whether it was the ocean or the island—everything struck by Whitebeard's blade aura was cleaved cleanly in two.
Yet Blackbeard was completely unharmed. Darkness surged up and shielded him within it; the instant the fractured air touched the darkness, it vanished without a trace.
Teach laughed arrogantly. "See that? My power is no less than yours now. You're old, Pops!"
"Is that so?" Whitebeard's gaze narrowed, fury flashing in his eyes. He was not someone unwilling to admit his age, but he loathed hearing such words come from Blackbeard's mouth.
His belief was that as long as he lived, he would always use his broad shoulders to shield his sons from the wind and rain.
The veins in his hands bulged as he activated the Quake-Quake Fruit. A thunderous rumble rose from the surrounding sea as he intended to sink the island before him straight into the depths.
"Whoa, the ship's going to capsize!" On the Thousand Sunny, everyone swayed along with the trembling sea. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro had returned to the ship during the brief gap just now.
Clang!
With a clash of metal, the tremors abruptly stopped.