The shrill scream of meteors tearing through the atmosphere, the dull roar of gravity crushing the Ice, and the earth-shattering explosions of shockwaves ripping through the Void had continued in the waters off the Majiatsuka Kingdom for five days and five nights.
Day and night alternated, the sun rose and the moon set.
The sea, once sealed into a boundless Ice field by Yamato's freezing air, had long since completely melted away amid the world-destroying clash of two top-tier powerhouses.
Violent shockwaves swept across the sea again and again, raising monstrous waves hundreds of meters high. Even the Majiatsuka Kingdom's sturdy coastline had been forcibly shaved down by several meters. The seabed near the shore continuously cracked beneath the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, then closed again under the terrifying compression of the Press-Press Fruit. The geological structure of the entire sea had been completely rewritten by this duel.
Pirates, merchants, and even secret observers from Marine branches on dozens of nearby islands had all rushed over upon hearing the news. Risking being torn apart by the aftershocks, they sailed their ships and surrounded the battlefield from afar.
Even though more than a dozen ships that had ventured too close had been instantly overturned and crushed to pieces by the battle's aftershocks, not a single person left midway.
Everyone stood on tiptoe, staring fixedly at the two figures constantly colliding and separating at the center of the battlefield. They even unconsciously held their breath.
After Roger's death, Whitebeard Edward Newgate had been universally acknowledged as the strongest man in the world, the undisputed king of the seas. He had sat upon that throne for fourteen whole years.
And today, they would witness with their own eyes whether that iron throne, which had stood firm for more than a decade, would be forcibly