Cerberus's Might

With a thunderous roar, Teach unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power to its absolute limit, slamming his right fist into the ground beneath his feet with all his strength. The next second, a series of cracking sounds rang out!

"Look! Those cracks are terrifying, like a spiderweb!"

"Is this Vice-Captain Teach's true strength?"

"That is a power worth yearning for!"

Teach's attack had combined the might of the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Even so, the thick steel plates made of refined steel by the Marines remained undamaged! Only several cracks of moderate size had been left behind!

"Hmph! These steel plates are a full half-meter thick! Even if you can destroy them, it will still take quite a bit of time! And that will be our chance to counterattack!"

a Marine vice admiral said coldly, then nodded toward the surrounding Marines.

"Fire!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Countless cannons fired merciless shells, and the entire encirclement instantly turned into a sea of fire!

"Damn it!" Teach stared at the heavy steel plates on the surrounding walls, then frantically pushed the power of his Tremor-Tremor Fruit to its limit! He knew perfectly well that if he were even a second too slow, a dozen more people might die! Every companion here was an elite capable of fighting a hundred men alone, and losing even one would be an enormous blow!

"No good. We have to think of something. If this continues, our forces will be completely worn down!" Marco relied on the power of the phoenix, constantly knocking one shell after another out of the air. He even used his own body to block them!

"Gurarararara! That old fool Sengoku seems to be underestimating us a little!" Whitebeard threw back his head and laughed heartily before turning to look at Teach.

"Teach, lend me a hand!" Whitebeard struck a highly iconic pose, and the muscles in his arm suddenly swelled several times over!

"Got it, Pops!" Teach's figure vanished from where he stood and appeared beside Whitebeard the next second. He placed his arm before his chest, mirroring Whitebeard's exact pose!

Then, as if they shared a single mind, the two men punched at the same time!

"Crack!"

Two powerful tremor forces struck a steel plate simultaneously. With a crisp sound, the steel plate instantly shattered into pieces!

"I'm Whitebeard!" / "I'm Blackbeard!"

The two voices shattered the Marine HQ's stillness. The pirates stopped thinking, and the Marines stopped firing!

"This... is the strongest man in the world!" "That... is the foremost among the Shichibukai!"

Everyone's eyes widened as they stared at the tall and short figures on the battlefield. The combined power of two Tremor-Tremor Fruits far exceeded their imaginations!

"Gurarararara! Boys, charge!" Whitebeard laughed heartily and pointed his Naginata forward. Countless pirates charged ahead like madmen under Teach's lead!

"He's nothing more than a remnant of an old era! Soldiers, for the justice in your hearts, annihilate every pirate!" On the Marine side, Akainu took command, and the two massive forces clashed once more!

Sengoku stood atop the execution platform. After thinking for a moment, he raised the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

"Executioners, carry out the execution of Thatch, the Fourth Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, ahead of schedule!"

"Yes!"

On the battlefield, Akainu once again engaged Teach. The highly destructive magma and the world's most powerful fruit in terms of destructive force violently battered each other. Within dozens of meters of the two men, it was as if a vacuum had formed, and no one dared approach!

Garp also struck again, engaging Whitebeard in a deadly battle. Two legends of the old era—one the hero of Marine HQ, the other the foremost of the Four Emperors in the New World!

With the Blackbeard Pirates joining the battle, the pressure on the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders was clearly reduced. As time passed, the captains of the forty-three pirate crews under Whitebeard slowly entered the fray, each finding an opponent to fight!

The most eye-catching of them all was Little Oars of the Whitebeard Pirates. With his enormous body, he single-handedly kept several giant vice admirals of Marine HQ on the defensive. Every step he took left several Marine HQ elites unable to continue fighting!

With superior numbers and enough top-tier combatants, the Whitebeard Pirates slowly advanced toward the execution platform!

A moment later

Many pirates had already reached a point only dozens of meters from the execution platform. At that moment, two executioners arrived on the platform and raised their long blades, preparing to execute Thatch directly!

However

Van Augur was no pushover!

With his beloved gun in hand, two bullets claimed the lives of the two executioners! Seeing this, Sengoku had no choice but to call for two more executioners. As for why Sengoku did not act personally, that was something one would have to ask him! (Actually, the author just hadn't thought of it...)

Meanwhile, elsewhere

"Haha! Next up is Captain Buggy's magnificent entrance!" The familiar great Buggy was gradually losing himself beneath the adoring gazes of a group of devoted young followers.

"Buggy! Buggy! Buggy! Buggy!"

The adoration on the faces of the large group of devoted followers grew increasingly fanatical. After all, the man before them was a crew member of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger! He was a legendary figure!

"Our esteemed Captain Buggy, then should we take Whitebeard's head first? Or should we knock Garp from his altar first?" one of the devoted followers asked Buggy, posing a question that struck at the soul.

"Ah, well, this... Of course, this great god is going to take both their heads! But our top priority right now is getting a Den Den Mushi so the whole world can witness this captain's magnificent appearance!" Listening from afar to the earth-shaking clash on the battlefield, Buggy forcefully swallowed.

Damn it, can I even beat those monsters on the battlefield?

Returning our gaze to the battlefield, the battle between Blackbeard and Akainu grew increasingly intense!

"Kehahaha! What a powerful attack!" Teach endured twice the pain as he looked at Admiral Akainu, who was hardly in better shape than he was.

"Hmph, I truly didn't expect this! You're merely a lowly vice-captain on Whitebeard's ship, yet you possess such formidable strength!" Akainu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then his entire aura abruptly changed. "However, this battle ends here! You're strong, but your stamina should be running out, shouldn't it? Your attacks are growing weaker and weaker. As your opponent, I truly feel sorry for you! Go to the other world, Blackbeard! Great Eruption!"

Akainu let out a furious roar. His right fist was wrapped in a massive amount of magma, forming a gigantic magma fist! His eyes locked firmly onto Blackbeard. This punch was sure to tear through his body!

The facts unfolded exactly as he had predicted. His fist slammed heavily into Teach's body, and the magma corroded Teach's flesh. Moments later, the scent of roasting meat drifted through the air!

"Teach!!!"

Thatch, kneeling on the execution platform, let out a shrill cry. Faced with the lethal attack of a Marine admiral, even though he desperately refused to believe it, the odds of Teach surviving were vanishingly small!

"Damn it!! Did Teach die because of me?" At that moment, Thatch could not help remembering the fat man aboard the ship who had always pestered him for Cherry Pie. Tears welled up and blurred his vision...

After hearing Thatch's cry, everyone else suddenly stiffened. They slowly turned their heads and saw that the massive wave of magma had truly struck Teach!

For a moment, everyone could not help but grieve...

"Kehahaha! Kehahaha! To save you, I've really taken quite a beating! Thatch, you'd better make Cherry Pie for me every day for a whole week after we get back!"

The towering figure tore through the magma, and a sinister aura rushed toward them!

"I don't think I've ever said that I was merely a user of two Devil Fruits, have I?"

A demonic figure appeared before everyone, and the violent aura made Akainu jolt in shock!

"I still have a Cerberus Fruit! Akainu, let's fight again!"