Ch. 421Golden light faded, Sengoku the Buddha

Shane fought the Marine forces at Marineford while Sengoku struggled with whether to defend the existing order or oppose the Celestial Dragons. Shane urged him to fight for a new world, but defeated him after Sengoku attacked with renewed resolve.

  • Marco mocked Sakazuki and Borsalino as he evaded their attacks and regenerated from their blows.
  • Young Jozu used his diamond form to break Marine blades and send several Marines flying.
  • Sengoku challenged Shane, torn between his duty as an Admiral and the prospect of a world ruled by the Celestial Dragons.
  • Shane urged Sengoku to stop blaming himself and fight to defeat the Celestial Dragons and change the world's rules.
  • Sengoku attacked Shane with newfound resolve, but Shane's stronger strike overwhelmed him, leaving Sengoku badly injured as Marineford shattered.

Ch. 422Subduing King Kong, Kong

Shane defeated Fleet Admiral Kong and turned toward the Five Elders, who were waiting for him to exhaust his Haki and stamina. Saint Warcury repeatedly resurrected after Roger and the others wounded him, while the fight against the Five Elders' combined form continued.

  • Kong attacked Shane with a Haki-coated steel pillar, but Shane pinned it down and shattered it.
  • Roger, Rayleigh, and their allies coordinated an attack that severed Saint Warcury's head, but Saint Shepherd Ju Peter swallowed them and helped restore Warcury.
  • Saint Warcury struck back and sent Golden Lion flying, but Roger wounded him with his Black Blade, and Warcury soon resurrected again.
  • Shane overwhelmed Kong with more than a thousand punches and left him unconscious in the destroyed execution grounds.
  • Shane looked toward the Five Elders and acknowledged that they were waiting for his Haki and stamina to run out.

Ch. 423Awakening, Vampire Form

Shane used Vampire Form and the Dark-Dark Fruit to force a third Zoan awakening while fighting Saint Warcury, despite his allies’ exhaustion and the devastation of Marineford. He emerged from the darkness with a cute little bat as the Dark-Dark Fruit’s Demonic Will continued to grow.

  • Saint Warcury picked up Saint Nusjuro’s sword and attacked Shane with Three-Sword Style while Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s tail restrained him.
  • Golden Lion killed Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Shane assessed the exhausted fighters’ chances against the Five Elders.
  • Shane combined the Dark-Dark Fruit’s darkness with Vampire Form and the powers of his other abilities, then vanished using the Invisibility Fruit ability.
  • Whitebeard warned the others not to underestimate Shane as the Emperors of the Sea realized he still had strength left.
  • Shane taunted Saint Warcury about awakening multiple Devil Fruits and awakened his third Zoan Devil Fruit, Vampire Form.

Ch. 424An immortal body

Shane awakened Vampire Form, combining its darkness with the Dark-Dark Fruit and gaining the ability to turn into swarms of dark bats and drain vitality. After using the Marines to restore his strength, he walked toward Saint Warcury, who tried to hold him off.

  • Shane's Vampire Form awakened, leaving him physically weakened but allowing him to control darkness more fully and transform himself, his wings, and his shadow into bats.
  • Saint Warcury slashed Shane apart, but Shane reformed from dark bats and explained that his awakened powers had combined the darkness of Vampire Form with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
  • Shane turned into a vast dark swarm and moved to drain vitality from the Marines, while the Five Elders tried to stop him from recovering.
  • Saint Warcury unleashed his Conqueror's Haki and sword slashes, but Shane's bats reached the Marines and siphoned enough vitality to restore much of his stamina.
  • Shane emerged from a deep ravine and told Saint Warcury that he also had an immortal body.

Ch. 425A new generation of justice

As the Five Elders moved to eliminate Marineford and everyone there to deny Shane a source of life force, Tsuru, Borsalino, and Sakazuki stood against Saint Warcury to protect the Marines who upheld justice. Shane arrived to shield them, declaring that a new sun would rise from the darkness.

  • Shane opened Air Doors across Marineford and urged the pirates and Marines to escape before the Five Elders began indiscriminate slaughter.
  • Tsuru recognized that the Five Elders planned to sacrifice Marine Headquarters and ordered the Marines to flee, while Saint Warcury killed those who resisted or stayed behind.
  • Tsuru attacked Saint Warcury with the Wash-Wash Fruit, and several Elite Vice Admirals joined her before Warcury killed them.
  • Borsalino fired a laser to deflect Warcury's blade, and Sakazuki risked his life to strike it with Hell Hound.
  • Shane appeared in front of Tsuru, Borsalino, and Sakazuki as Warcury's attack threatened them, then faced the Five Elders with his Conqueror's Haki.

Ch. 426The Eyes of the World

Shane faced Saint Warcury at Marine Headquarters as Sakazuki and Tsuru escaped, while allies made a final effort to help him. After the live broadcast was cut off, Shane’s forces around the world feared for him but continued their plans, unaware that Marine Headquarters would soon cease to exist.

  • Sakazuki carried Borsalino through an Air Door and resolved to fight Celestial Dragons as well as pirates.
  • Tsuru awakened her Devil Fruit to unleash a cleansing light, but Shane compressed its power, restored some of her life force, and sent her through an Air Door.
  • Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Rayleigh, and Marine fighters attacked Saint Warcury while Shane received advice from Red the Aloof through Observation Haki.
  • Saint Warcury destroyed the Visual Den Den Mushi, ending the worldwide broadcast and frightening viewers who feared Celestial Dragon retaliation.
  • Shane’s allies across the world worried about his fate, while Aokiji continued the plan to take over the world and Kaido flew toward Marineford to help.
  • The chapter ended with the revelation that Marine Headquarters would cease to exist after the battle’s outcome was decided.

Ch. 427You saw it coming!

Shane faced the Five Elders and revealed that he intended to take control of Marine Headquarters after winning, while Saint Warcury insisted the Elders could control the Marines through their families. Shane then exposed that he had anticipated their leverage and arranged attacks on the Affiliated Nations of the Reverie, leaving the Elders shocked by his planning.

  • Saint Warcury taunted Shane, claiming that the Five Elders were immortal and could revive while Shane had only one life.
  • Shane said that if he survived, he would command Marine Headquarters and use its forces alongside the pirates to wage a larger war across the seas.
  • Saint Warcury argued that the Elders held Marine families hostage and used Zephyr's fate as proof of their control over the Marines.
  • Shane emerged unharmed from Saint Warcury's attack and asked the Elders to guess whose homelands he had targeted.
  • Saint Warcury and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter realized that the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet had attacked islands across the Four Blues, the Grand Line, and the New World.
  • Saint Warcury recognized that Shane had planned the attacks from the beginning and shouted, "You saw it coming!"

Ch. 428The Five Elders held nothing back

Shane fought Saint Warcury after the Five Elders combined their powers into a colossal monster, using the Dark-Dark Fruit to weaken him before killing him and the other Elders. As the darkness faded, five tiny worms began regenerating, leaving Shane unsure whether the Five Elders could truly be killed.

  • Saint Warcury transformed into a towering hybrid of the Five Elders’ monstrous forms and attacked Shane with tusks and Saint Nusjuro’s Cursed Sword.
  • Shane blocked Saint Warcury’s strikes with layers of shields created by the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.
  • Shane trapped Saint Warcury in darkness, weakening his defenses, strength, and healing with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
  • Saint Warcury swallowed Shane, but Shane escaped through his back and struck him down with a devastating punch.
  • Shane destroyed Saint Warcury and eliminated the sealed Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, Saint Mars, and Saint Saturn, but five tiny worms appeared and began regenerating.

Ch. 429Grand Funeral Technique

Shane learned from Red the Aloof that the Five Elders grew stronger and healed faster when they were killed separately, then devised a way to destroy their bodies and souls together. As the Five Elders revived again, Shane awakened Reverse Observation Haki and prepared to make the world hear his voice.

  • Red the Aloof explained that the Five Elders healed faster when more of them died within a short time, and that sealing them might be the only reliable option.
  • Red the Aloof told Shane to strengthen his Observation Haki and use it in reverse to make the world hear his voice before sailing away.
  • The revived Five Elders told Shane that their souls returned from the underworld, but Shane realized he could suppress their bodies, extract their shadows, and let the sunlight destroy them.
  • Shane concentrated his Observation Haki like a Den Den Mushi and awakened Reverse Observation Haki of Listening to All Things.

Ch. 430Awakening, Listening to All Things

Shane unleashed his awakened Listening to All Things, flooding the Five Elders with overwhelming information from the natural world. As their fusion was interrupted and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s head exploded, Shane showed that he could use this power to attack them directly.

  • The Five Elders dismissed Shane’s defiance and began preparing to fuse so they could defeat him.
  • Shane used Air Doors to seize Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter by the necks before the fusion could begin.
  • The Five Elders argued over which of them should be chosen for the fusion, and Saint Nusjuro selected Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
  • Shane activated Listening to All Things and flooded the Five Elders’ minds with information gathered from the world.
  • Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s head exploded under the information assault, and Shane challenged the Five Elders’ confidence.

Ch. 431The Five Elders' strongest enemy

Shane used awakened Listening to All Things and Haki to disrupt the Five Elders' fusion and suppress their strength, then tested ways to kill their immortal bodies. Saint Nusjuro admitted Shane was their strongest enemy as Shane met his Cursed Sword with a full-powered palm strike.

  • Shane's reverse Observation Haki overwhelmed the fused Elders and severed their ability to coordinate, leaving Saint Nusjuro able to control only his own power.
  • Shane slammed Saint Saturn into the ground and threw Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter into the sea, testing whether drowning could kill them.
  • Shane explained that the Elders could be killed by ordinary methods but would be reborn unless all five were erased at once.
  • Saint Nusjuro warned that Shane would die eventually and declared that the Five Elders would return as long as God lived.
  • Shane answered that God would not die only because Shane had not reached him, then struck Saint Nusjuro's Cursed Sword with his full-powered palm.

Ch. 432Tempering a Blade with Conqueror's Haki, Creating Something from Nothing

Shane fought the fused Five Elders at Marineford, countering their weather and attacks before destroying Saint Nusjuro’s blade and hands with overwhelming Haki. After tempering his arms with Conqueror’s Haki, he struck the Three-in-One Five Elders with a devastating punch, leaving Saint Warcury demanding that the others act.

  • Saint Nusjuro, Saint Mars, and Saint Warcury attacked Shane together, but Shane dispersed their storm and lightning before striking back with a lightning-filled leap.
  • Saint Nusjuro urged the others to defend and attack with maximum Haki after Shane’s lightning damaged Saint Mars’s wings.
  • Shane’s Haki overwhelmed Saint Nusjuro’s blade, breaking it apart and erasing the hilt along with Saint Nusjuro’s hands.
  • Shane finished tempering both arms with Conqueror’s Haki and created an invisible blast of fist force.
  • Shane punched Saint Nusjuro’s head, enveloping the fused Five Elders in white light as Saint Warcury shouted at the others to respond.

Ch. 433I am Poseidon, God of the Sea

Shane revealed that he had tempered his body with Haki until it resembled Seastone, then used his power over Sea Kings to destroy Marineford and trap the Five Elders. After they revived, he declared himself Poseidon, God of the Sea.

  • Shane explained to Saint Warcury that Haki had transformed his body into a Seastone-like weapon that could withstand seawater.
  • Shane summoned the Sea King overlords, who hailed him as Joy Boy and offered to destroy Marineford at his command.
  • Shane killed Saint Warcury with one punch and explained how Haki and Listening to All Things could prevent the Five Elders from recovering or escaping.
  • Shane ordered the Sea Kings to demolish Marineford while he prepared to defeat the Five Elders together and erase them at dawn.
  • The Five Elders revived amid the ruins, and Shane told them that he controlled Sea Kings as Poseidon, God of the Sea.

Ch. 434The Five Elders Stood Like Lackeys

Shane overwhelmed the Five Elders at Marineford with his Haki and godlike control of the sky and sea, beating them down despite their immortal bodies. Saint Nusjuro was left as the last Elder standing, and the chapter ended with him fearing Shane would bring the world’s forces against Mary Geoise.

  • Shane claimed his Fish-Man lineage made him a Sea God and threatened to turn the Celestial Dragons into the targets of a worldwide hunting game.
  • Shane used lightning and Conqueror’s Haki to suppress the Five Elders, leaving Saint Saturn and Saint Warcury struggling to stay conscious.
  • Shane punched Saint Saturn into a mist of blood and battered Saint Warcury unconscious, then attacked Saints Ju Peter and Mars.
  • Shane confronted Saint Nusjuro after shattering Kitetsu and the Elder’s makeshift bone sword, while Nusjuro feared the prophecy of Joy Boy’s return would come true.

Ch. 435The Five Elders Stake Everything

Shane faced the Five Elders after they fused into a giant demon whose strength and healing were multiplied fivefold. Their battle began with Shane countering Saint Nusjuro’s attacks, but the fight remained unresolved as the Elders struggled to overcome him.

  • Shane waited for the Five Elders as they climbed to Marine Headquarters and transformed into their strongest forms.
  • The Five Elders merged into one enormous being, collapsing the last Marine Headquarters building beneath their combined weight.
  • Shane enlarged himself in Nika Form and welcomed the fused Elders as worthy opponents.
  • Shane drilled through Saint Nusjuro’s shield and struck him with a Haki Spiral Cannon.
  • Saint Nusjuro attacked with lightning, but Shane blinded him with Conqueror’s Haki and endured his hidden appendages and poisoned claws.

Ch. 436Get Me Closer!

Shane continued awakening and strengthening his Devil Fruit abilities while explaining how he planned to suppress the Dark-Dark Fruit and prevent its demonic will from controlling him. As the Five Elders faced him, Zunesha arrived, and Shane ordered it to attack Saint Nusjuro.

  • Shane reasoned that his Nika Form and Paw-Paw Fruit could accelerate his other awakenings and eventually let him fully suppress the Dark-Dark Fruit's will.
  • Shane threatened to erase the Five Elders' bodies and souls, while they feared that even Imu could only revive monsters in their place.
  • Zunesha arrived after the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet won part of the battle, and Saint Nusjuro recognized the ancient elephant as a major threat.
  • Saint Nusjuro attacked Zunesha with Frenzied Thunder, while Zunesha asked Shane for permission to strike back.
  • Shane, standing in Zou, told Zunesha to attack.

Ch. 437The most unlikely witness

Shane overwhelmed the Five Elders and accepted Saint Nusjuro’s challenge, promising to expose their defeat to the world. Garp the Hero began broadcasting from the Whale Forest as the battle continued.

  • Saint Nusjuro attacked Zunesha, but Zunesha shattered his shield and tore the Five Elders’ wings.
  • Shane protected Zunesha with Violet Haki and taunted the Five Elders as Saint Nusjuro failed to pierce his defense.
  • Saint Nusjuro challenged Shane, and Shane accepted before declaring he would show the world the Five Elders’ defeat.
  • Garp the Hero appeared in the Whale Forest and began broadcasting the Five Elders’ darkness and doom to the world.

Ch. 438You are all Nika

Garp revealed that Shane had saved him and that he had been hiding for six months, then helped Shane expose the Celestial Dragons’ history to the world. As the Five Elders attacked and warned that Imu would destroy the world, Shane declared that everyone could become Nika and that they would not lose.

  • Garp revealed that he had survived and explained that Shane had hidden him after the Celestial Dragons erased him.
  • Shane began broadcasting the secret history of the Ancient Kingdom, Joy Boy, Imu, and the Celestial Dragons, while people around the world reacted with fear, doubt, and hope.
  • Shane announced that the D. Clan and Great Kingdom would welcome everyone and reject Celestial Dragons, nobles, commoners, slaves, and divisions between races.
  • The Five Elders charged at Shane, but he seized Saint Nusjuro and mocked their fear of the god they served.
  • Shane turned back to the broadcast and told the world they would not lose because they were all Nika.

Ch. 439The Age-Age Fruit awakens

Shane held the Five Elders captive while people around the world lost their fear of the Celestial Dragons and began to rally behind him. As the Elders tried to flee, Shane awakened the Age-Age Fruit and prepared to finish them.

  • Shane restrained the Five Elders as the live broadcast inspired people to believe they could resist the Celestial Dragons, and Garp's support strengthened their resolve.
  • Shane decided he had to wait until dawn and eliminate the Five Elders while they were fused, so their deaths would inspire the final battle and prevent their return.
  • Shane considered the possibility that Imu possessed terrifying Ancient Kingdom technology and searched for a way to erase the Elders' consciousnesses, souls, and bodies permanently.
  • The Five Elders blew apart their wings to escape Shane's grasp, healed, and debated whether to attack him or flee while he stood motionless with his eyes closed.
  • As the Five Elders turned to flee, Shane awakened the Age-Age Fruit and called them back, saying he had promised to send them to their deaths.

Ch. 440How much imagination do you have?

Shane trapped the Five Elders and revealed how his awakened Nika Form and Age-Age Fruit powers had expanded. The Five Elders accepted that they had lost and asked Imu to kill them quickly.

  • The Five Elders fled through the Devil Teleportation Array while Shane pursued them through Air Doors.
  • Shane caught the Five Elders hundreds of miles away and trapped them inside violet-haki Air Doors before bringing them back to Marineford.
  • Shane explained that awakening had fused and strengthened his Nika Form and Age-Age Fruit abilities, letting him manipulate ages and time within an area.
  • The Five Elders realized they could not escape Shane and blamed their decision to execute Red the Aloof for strengthening him.
  • Saint Mars asked Imu to give them a quick death, and Saint Nusjuro admitted that they had lost.
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