The vast sea fell into dead silence.
Everyone's nerves instantly tightened.
As their gazes locked onto Qin Yu in the void, the oppressive atmosphere seemed to become an invisible hand gripping their hearts.
Faced with this super rookie who had suddenly inserted himself into the situation, a figure hailed as equal to one Emperor and the Four Emperors—
Let alone them, even the Four Emperors themselves did not dare underestimate him.
"Qin Yu, I never expected to run into you here."
A projection was forcibly activated through the Transponder Snail in Ice Witch's hand, quickly displaying Whitebeard's image.
The oppressive atmosphere hanging over the scene immediately eased somewhat.
"Whitebeard, it seems heaven still favors you. At the critical moment, Blackbeard was actually rescued by Imu. You still have a chance to take revenge personally." Qin Yu's Sharingan slowly faded, and the towering Susanoo, dozens of meters tall, also dissipated into the air.
As the colossal figure vanished without a trace, quite a few people present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"You brat, you still love joking around as much as ever. But that move just now seemed to be related to Imu, didn't it?" Whitebeard said gravely.
"I never expected that bastard Teach to have ties with Imu."
"However, if you made your move this time for these Devil Fruits, then I, Whitebeard, am willing to withdraw..."
Though his voice was not loud, it seemed to carry a demonic echo as it reverberated through heaven and earth, refusing to fade for a long time.
Whitebeard, the man hailed as the foremost of the Four Emperors and once the strongest man on the seas, had actually withdrawn without a fight before the battle for the Devil Fruits.
No one would have believed it if they had not heard it with