The Strongest Man in the World

Yake flew around the Eternal Truth for a full inspection and was thoroughly satisfied.

Anything produced by the system was guaranteed to be top quality.

Robin and the others went to inspect the rooms inside the ship. Only after finding all their clothes and belongings exactly where they had been did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Eternal Truth was now comparable to a luxury ocean liner, lavishly furnished and fully equipped. Even the lawn could be moved aside, revealing an open-air swimming pool beneath it.

"Not bad. Let's sail straight for the New World!"

Yake immediately gave the order to set sail. The portable power bank that was Yake pressed his right hand against the helm to supply electricity, and the Eternal Truth began speeding forward.

Out on the sea, an enormous ship was sailing along. Its bow resembled a whale, and it was none other than the Moby Dick, the ship of the world's strongest man—Whitebeard.

Whitebeard held an enormous bowl in his hands and drank deeply from it.

"Pops, we spotted a strange ship ahead. It's moving incredibly fast. It's a pirate ship—should we go over and take a look?" Marco asked as he peered through a telescope.

"Gurararara, let's take a look. If they're enemies, we'll wipe them out," Whitebeard said nonchalantly.

"No need, Pops. They seem to be heading straight for us," Marco said with an odd expression. Pirate crews this suicidal were truly rare. After all, they were one of the Four Emperors pirate crews, renowned throughout the New World.

"That's Whitebeard's ship. No mistake about it. How could I pass up the chance to challenge such a powerful man?" Yake had spotted the fleet from far away. He had deliberately approached them to challenge Whitebeard and see just how wide the gap was between himself and the strongest fighters on these seas.

"Captain, why don't you reconsider? That's the strongest man in the world, waaah..." Perona clung tightly to Yake's leg, trying to stop him, but it was ultimately futile.

"We should have fought side by side, but the gap in our strength is far too great. Stay quietly on the ship. If anyone comes aboard, even if you have to give everything you have, stop them. Understood?" Yake said sternly.

"Got it, Captain."

"Leave it to me."

Only after hearing Reiju and Robin's replies did Yake leave with peace of mind.

Yake transformed into a bolt of lightning and flashed onto the Moby Dick. Around him stood Whitebeard's sons, watching him like hawks.

"Whitebeard, I've come to take your title as the strongest man in the world!"

Yake shouted with overwhelming momentum, his fighting spirit rising without end.

"Gurararara, so it's you, the brat who calls himself a god. I won't let you take my name so easily!" Whitebeard recognized Yake at once—the God Yake who had made headlines in the newspapers time and again.

"Let me see what kind of power the strongest man in the world possesses!"

"Pops, you don't need to make a move. Let me handle him!" Marco stepped in front of Whitebeard.

"Move aside, Marco. This is my fight!" Whitebeard sent Marco flying with a bold swing, releasing a startling aura at the same time.

Naturally unwilling to be outdone, Yake unleashed his Conqueror's Haki against Whitebeard for their first clash. The weaker crewmen aboard Whitebeard's ship collapsed one after another as though their souls had left their bodies.

"Not bad for a brat who dared to kill Celestial Dragons. What astonishing spirit, gurararara~"

Yake's aura rose to its peak as lightning surged over his entire body.

"Lightning Armor."

"Overload: Thunder Susanoo!"

The lightning across the Lightning Armor began to spread, wrapping around Yake's upper body and forming a phantom figure of thunder. Yake could have stood high in the sky and directly used devastating heavenly lightning to attack Whitebeard's ship, but that would have gone against his original intent. He had not come to challenge the Four Emperors or conquer the New World. He only wanted to test how large the gap was between himself and the monsters of this world.

Even if he lost, it would be fine. Whitebeard would not just kill Yake outright, probably.

Yake drew Tensa Zangetsu and coated it in a flowing layer of Haki.

"Whitebeard, prepare yourself!!"

There were no flashy sword techniques, only unparalleled speed, as he slashed at Whitebeard.

Whitebeard instinctively sensed the danger and raised Murakumogiri, blocking Yake's attack at precisely the right moment.

The two weapons had not even touched when a massive shockwave shot into the sky, as though it would tear the heavens apart.

"That brat is actually this strong?" Marco's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at the fierce battle between his father and Yake.

"Damn it, Whitebeard's power is too great." In their clash, Yake gradually fell into a disadvantage. He quickly changed tactics; he could not confront Whitebeard head-on.

Yake flashed behind Whitebeard, intending to give the old man a slash and draw some blood first.

"Who the hell do you think I am?!!!" Whitebeard immediately sensed Yake's intention. He clenched his right fist as white light gathered around it. Space itself seemed to split apart, accompanied by the sound of shattering glass, and he slammed his fist viciously against Yake's Tensa Zangetsu.

Yake had not expected Whitebeard to still be this powerful, and the terrifying blow sent him flying.

Even Yake's palm had split open from the impact. It was the first time he had suffered such a severe injury. If he did not get it treated soon, it might heal.

Yake pulled himself out of the Moby Dick's bow and flashed before Whitebeard once more.

"Whitebeard, don't tell me you think that's enough to take me down!"

Murakumogiri and Tensa Zangetsu clashed repeatedly as black-red lightning continuously collided between them.

"Lightning Torrent!"

"Arbitrating Dragon!"

The Thunder Susanoo behind Yake also released lightning without pause. Yet Whitebeard relied on his astounding physique to forcibly withstand Yake's high-voltage current and counterattack, even as his body was electrocuted bright red.

After another collision with Whitebeard, Yake staggered back violently. A sweetness rose in his throat, and he coughed up blood. He spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, only then managing to breathe smoothly again.

"So you're not just a brat relying on your ability! Cough, cough. You really are a monster!" Whitebeard was not doing particularly well either. His age was there for all to see. Though his attacks remained mighty, his stamina was no longer so abundant.

"Whitebeard, you're this old and still have this kind of power. You're the real monster. Hahaha, taste this!"

"Super Railgun Barrage!" Yake tossed twelve coins into the air, forming a ring as immense energy continued gathering.

Twelve orange-yellow streaks of electricity converged into a single point and fired at Whitebeard. The Moby Dick's deck was overturned on both sides. Whitebeard did not dare take it lightly; if he took this attack head-on, he might die...

"I am... Whitebeard!!!"

Whitebeard tensed his arm muscles and raised his right hand beside the left side of his head. Energy powerful enough to make heaven and earth change color gathered in his hand. The seawater surged violently, forming a tsunami.

White and orange-red collided, locked in a stalemate before Whitebeard's fist.

In the end, it could not withstand the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's immense destructive power. The concentrated railgun was shattered and dispersed into nothingness.

"The real killing move is only beginning now!"

Yake was not surprised that Whitebeard had blocked his attack, but the true fatal strike had been hidden.

Yake flashed before Whitebeard. Tensa Zangetsu, wrapped in black-red Haki and carrying blue-white lightning, stabbed fiercely into Whitebeard's abdomen until it pierced through...

"Pops!!"