On the frozen sea.
Countless shards of ice were scattered everywhere, the area was pitted and riddled with cracks, the bottom of which seemed to lead to the bottom of the sea, deep and terrifying.
The sea was silent; no one spoke, or rather, no one knew what to say. Everyone was gazing at Uya and Whitebeard in the very center.
Even Ain, who had followed Uya for a long time, found it almost unbelievable that Uya had used the Power of Tremors and managed to forcefully repel Whitebeard!
Whitebeard stared at the white aura emanating from Uya's fist, feeling the power he knew all too well, and fell silent.
Suddenly, the Whitebeard smiled.
"Kuralala!"
The laughter was brief, like a chuckle, and the next instant, an unprecedented sharpness suddenly appeared in the Whitebeard's eyes.
At this moment, Whitebeard seemed to have returned to his youth, to his peak condition!
"It's been so long... since I've seen a battle like this!"
The moment he finished speaking, Whitebeard slammed his naginata down, pinning the hilt to the ground, and then suddenly clenched his fist.
Buzz!!!
Concentrating all his power into his fist, a dazzling white halo appeared on Whitebeard's fist, even larger than the punch he had thrown when clashing with Uya's sword!
In the next instant, Whitebeard, almost without pausing, threw a punch at Uya, his fist imbued with the Power of Tremors.
Seeing Whitebeard's imposing aura at this moment, seeing the punch that Whitebeard had poured his spirit into, even Uya couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
It wasn't that Whitebeard wasn't strong enough, but rather that the rules of this world limited his power to this extent, preventing Whitebeard from escaping the shackles of time and transcending this world.
Even with a punch like Whitebeard's, Uya could easily block it without using his full strength.
However, facing Whitebeard's punch, Uya still showed a serious expression, clenched his fist, and threw a punch as well.
boom!!!
Two fists, several meters apart, were thrown out from afar and simultaneously struck the void.
Click! Click!!
The air shattered like a mirror, and the two Power of Tremors twisted and intertwined, even causing a terrifying distortion in the several meters of space between Uya and Whitebeard!
The two Power of Tremors clashed and collided, generating a power that reached the extreme of spatial distortion, even teetering on the edge of spatial shattering!
Even if you threw Kaido of the Beasts into the middle of the clash between Uya and Whitebeard's fists, he would still be blasted into dust by the conflicting and distorted forces of those two forces!
Two cracks appeared and disappeared simultaneously.
In that instant of disappearance, it was as if countless rays of light converged there, making it difficult to look directly at one's eyes, and even prompting one to close them.
No booming sound came from within, because the force generated was too powerful for the ears to bear.
All anyone could see was that the ice surface, spanning nearly ten thousand meters in radius, around Uya and Whitebeard Setsuna shattered and collapsed, and the thick dark clouds in the sky were instantly twisted and torn apart, revealing the azure sky once again.
What's numbing and speechless is that even under these circumstances, the naval warship behind Uya... was still not destroyed!
Even though the ice below was shaken and shattered, it remained undamaged.
The sunlight shining down created a scene that seemed like a dream.
Whitebeard's thick arms were trembling, with veins bulging on them, and veins were also appearing on Whitebeard forehead, clearly indicating that he had exerted all his strength, or even exceeded his limits, in the Power of Tremors!
However, to Whitebeard's dismay, even with such Power of Tremors, he still couldn't defeat Uya; Uya's strength was still a fraction greater than his own!
Even a slight increase in Power of Tremors from advancing even an inch, because their powers were almost identical; even a slight increase was still an increase.
Whitebeard even had a vague feeling that even if he were to return to his youth, to his peak condition, and unleash his ultimate punch, Uya... would still be stronger than him!
I don't know why, but I just have this feeling about Whitebeard.
At this moment, the Whitebeard looked at the white-clad boy, Uya, who was much shorter than him and looked like an ordinary person, and inexplicably felt a sense of distance.
It's like being in two different dimensions, two different spaces, two different worlds, a kind of distance that's impossible to reach.
boom!!!
Finally, in the next instant, Whitebeard's Power of Tremors was shattered once again, and he was sent flying backward with a thud.
Moreover, due to the excessive Power of Tremors, the Whitebeard, who was thrown back, finally aggravated his internal injuries, and during the backward flight, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
This time, without the ice to obstruct him, Whitebeard flew even further, hundreds of meters, covering the distance of several streets.
"Dad!!"
Seeing this, Marco and the others gasped in surprise and could no longer contain themselves. They rushed forward together, while others rushed in front of Uya, gripping their weapons and assuming a fighting stance.
However, no one dared to take the initiative to attack.
Uya watched as Whitebeard was sent flying by his punch, and slowly withdrew his fist. However, he did not pursue him, but stood calmly in place. No one knew what he was thinking.
Standing there quietly, a trace of aura emanated from Uya. This aura was not Conqueror's Haki, but it seemed to be even more transcendent than Conqueror's Haki.
It carries a sense of loneliness, as if it transcends everything!
The Whitebeard Pirates, including Marco Jozu and others, were all watching Yuya warily, but they were all intimidated by this aura, and no one dared to make a move!
As for everyone watching this scene through the video Den Den Mushi, they all remained silent; no one spoke, only silence prevailed.
If Uya's first attempt to repel Whitebeard didn't signify anything, then this second time, with no fancy techniques and a completely head-on defeat, the outcome of the battle was already clear.
The World's Strongest Man, Whitebeard, was defeated!
For decades, Whitebeard had never fallen from his position as the world's strongest, but he has finally stepped down from that position, and in his place is Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters... Uya!
Although Uya is still a Vice Admiral in the Marine Headquarters, this position is no longer important. Everyone knows that, just like the hero Garp, a Vice Admiral in the Marine Headquarters is just an insignificant position.
The current Uya is the new... strongest in the world! (To be continued.)