The eyes of everyone watching the battlefield suddenly narrowed.
Crack!
Tremors, fractures, collapse.
Everything in sight rippled. Distorted waves spread through the air, followed by total destruction.
Yes, countless cracks appeared in midair.
Dense and savage, those cracks surged forward like an army of thousands, roaring and howling as they charged.
Carrying the terrifying Slash Wave unleashed by that blade, they swept forward in a vast, unstoppable tide, becoming a razor-sharp light that rapidly closed in on River.
Roar!!
The tiger roared. River's pupils contracted, battle aura seething around him as his presence rose to its peak.
He clenched his fist, tiger-shaped energy coiling around it. Golden Haki burned like flames, adorning the surging energy.
"Fist seal: Divine Tiger!!"
With a furious roar, River threw his punch.
In that instant, the space before him collapsed. Tremendous force and tiger-shaped energy roared backward, hurtling toward Whitebeard's slash.
Almost immediately, the two attacks collided violently.
Boom!
Crack!
Blinding light flashed in the air, then countless fractures spread outward as space shattered continuously.
River's tiger-shaped energy was shattered almost instantly. The terrifying force of the tremors pulverized even his Haki and aura, leaving nothing behind.
Crack!
Shattering! Shattering! Shattering!
Everything broke apart, riddled with spiderweb-like cracks.
In the blink of an eye, the tremors reached River, making his pupils contract.
He had underestimated the power of that slash. He had never expected that even the strength of the Seventh Gate would be unable to withstand it.
"Now this is interesting!"
"Newgate!"
Murmuring those words, River broke into an excited smile.
Then the vast force of the tremors swept over him like a tsunami, enveloping and engulfing him completely.
Crack!
River's entire body shuddered, his pupils widening. The tremors invaded his body, and spiderweb-like fractures spread rapidly from his abdomen toward his chest and