The massive thrusters on either side of the hull spewed pale-blue streams of high-temperature flame. David's Revenge slowly rose from the sea and steadily ascended into the sky.
Whitebeard looked up at the warship rising into the air, a flicker of surprise crossing his eyes. Then he snorted and threw a shockwave punch.
Dawn flashed and appeared before Whitebeard. A deep black vortex emerged in his left palm, like the gaping maw of an abyss, as he met the shockwave punch barehanded.
The terrifying vibrations of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit vanished like a clay ox entering the sea the instant they struck the black vortex. The Yami Yami no Mi's devouring power completely absorbed them, leaving not even the slightest aftershock.
"So that was the Devil Fruit-sealing effect of the Yami Yami no Mi?"
Whitebeard raised his brow, a trace of gravity flashing through his eyes, but he showed no panic. Surging flowing Armament Haki erupted around him. Using the recoil of its outward shockwave, he swiftly pulled back to a safe distance.
"This really is a little troublesome."
"Just as expected of Whitebeard. Your reaction is fast."
Dawn grinned. The Abyssal Prison Garb around him seemed to come alive, instantly extending dozens of dark-purple, viscous tentacles that swept toward Whitebeard with savage force. Wherever the tentacles passed, the air was violently compressed by the dual pull of gravity and darkness.
[Super Big Ball Rasengan Barrage]!
High-density spheres formed from extremely compressed air shot out from every direction under the push of the dark-purple tentacles. Like a barrage of cannonballs, they crashed down upon Whitebeard's massive, over-six-meter-tall body.
"Such petty tricks are useless against me."
A constantly trembling spherical shockwave mass instantly gathered around Whitebeard's left fist. He then slammed it heavily into the air before him.
Crack!
An incomparably powerful