The sky-shattering roar of thunder erupted, and endless magma exploded from Sakazuki's body, causing the earth to tremble violently.
The restless magma swept everything away, and within a second, it filled the entire world, with magma bursting forth wherever the eye could see.
The Whitebeard Pirates, caught off guard, were instantly submerged in the magma by the violent impact, losing their lives.
Only a blue flame bird still struggled.
However, Sakazuki had no time to pay attention, for Whitebeard's attack had already arrived.
Hum—! Crack—!
A trembling sound echoed, followed by the sound of the atmosphere shattering, and countless tremors erupted from the ground.
The magma covering the ground was blasted tens of meters high, instantly clearing the surface.
The blue flame bird broke free, while the others lay motionless on the ground. Whitebeard's Conqueror's Haki, accompanied by killing intent, surged forth:
"Magma brat!!!"
His bisento, wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, glowed. He saw Sakazuki, who had coalesced from the magma, stomp his foot and move with the speed of wind and lightning towards Sakazuki.
Sakazuki, facing Whitebeard's charge filled with a ferocious aura, clenched his fists together and pulled them apart, forming a magma blade over three meters long.
It instantly solidified, covered in Armament Haki, and wrapped in Conqueror's Haki. He swung it to meet Whitebeard's blade.
Clang!
The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the ground behind them cracked inch by inch.
The two Conqueror's Haki clashed, unleashing countless black and purple lightning bolts that shot out in all directions.
They struck the surrounding buildings and the ground, creating countless craters. Everything hit was annihilated.
The two locked in a blade struggle, their faces contorted in ferocity, killing intent surging in their eyes.
Their strength surged, and the veins on their bodies instantly bulged like giant pythons, writhing. Sakazuki was subtly being pushed to a disadvantage.
Then, the power of magma surged within him, slowly pushing back against Whitebeard. Whitebeard's arm muscles bulged again, pressing down on Sakazuki.
A blinding white light flared at the point where their blades met, filling their eyes and growing brighter and brighter.
Amidst the endless white light, their killing intent-filled gazes were gradually covered by the brilliance, until they could no longer see each other.
Boom!!!!!!!!
A world-shaking explosion roared, and a mushroom cloud thousands of meters high ascended, its scorching heatwave sweeping across the island.
The entire island was instantly torn apart, and the thick cloud layer in the sky was split in two, stretching to the horizon.
In the distance, Marco, transformed into a phoenix clad in blue flames, watched the epicenter of the explosion with immense worry:
"Old Man!!!"
Sengoku, also far from the battlefield and supporting Clow, his eyes narrowed. He instantly transformed into a golden Buddha several meters tall, a shockwave blast forming in his hand.
He swung a punch towards Marco in the air. The shockwave grew as it traveled.
Forming a blast ball dozens of meters in size, it hurtled towards Marco's small figure.
Marco's body's warning signals stimulated his nerves incessantly. He turned his head, his pupils constricting:
"What!"
A shockwave that filled his vision was directly upon him.
Marco, locked onto by Sengoku's Conqueror's Haki, felt his body stiffen. A sense of impending death surged within him.
Crack!
A white, semi-transparent shockwave ring, far smaller than the blast, erupted from the center of the explosion and detonated in front of Marco.
Endless shockwave power rushed towards Sengoku's blast.
Boom!
It directly blew apart. Marco, flung who knew how many meters away from the epicenter,
However, he turned around with surprise towards the explosion's center:
"Old Man!"
A strong gust of wind blew, clearing the swirling dust and smoke, revealing a figure holding a bisento, his body bearing multiple wounds:
"Marco, stay back."
Then Whitebeard's gloomy face appeared, and his overwhelming Conqueror's Haki surged forth:
"Sengoku."
Sengoku shielded Clow behind him, his face grim. He snorted, and his own overwhelming Conqueror's Haki was unleashed.
The clashing Conqueror's Haki whipped up a storm, ravaging the surroundings.
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!.....
A series of unhurried footsteps sounded. Whitebeard, locked in a Conqueror's Haki clash, glanced sideways at the sound.
Sakazuki, in his Magma form, also emerged from the explosion.
His scorching magma body caused the air around him to ripple faintly. The golden light in his eyes ignited as he stared expressionlessly at Marco.
Seeing this, Whitebeard charged towards Sakazuki with his bisento, simultaneously ordering Marco:
"Marco, go to Wikau Island and wait for me."
Overwhelming Conqueror's Haki, accompanied by killing intent, pressed down on Sakazuki.
Sakazuki remained unmoved, his gaze still fixed on Marco flying away into the distance.
"Meigou!"
His crimson arm transformed into smoking magma and stretched out infinitely, hurtling towards Marco at extreme speed.
Whitebeard's figure appeared, his bisento slicing through the infinitely stretching magma arm, severing it.
But the remaining magma still shot towards Marco at extreme speed.
Boom!
It struck Marco, exploding directly. The magma surged outwards, enveloping his form and igniting his survival instinct.
The blue flames on his body erupted, and he struggled to break free, flying away into the distance.
Crack!
Whitebeard channeled his ability and waved his hand, the shattering air pulverizing everything in front of him. A shockwave shot directly towards Sakazuki.
Bang!
Sakazuki's entire body exploded before the shockwave hit, scattering into magma that flowed into the ground.
Then, centered on the ground beneath Whitebeard's feet, an area within tens of meters distorted and turned red.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!.....
As Whitebeard dodged, several thick magma pillars erupted beneath his feet, shooting skyward.
Whitebeard's expression tensed. Feeling it troublesome, he channeled the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability over his feet and dodged again. The magma vents beneath his feet had just formed.
He stomped down, sending the tremor power directly into the ground, shattering the magma gathering underground and cracking the earth.
Rumble!!!
Within a radius of several thousand meters, the ground cracked into countless small pieces, and bottomless fissures crisscrossed the surface.
Countless red lights flickered at the bottom of the cracks, and scorching heat rose to the surface, no longer concealed by the earth.
Seeing the increasing red light within the cracks and feeling the scorching heat,
Whitebeard, his eyes narrowed, seemed to understand something. He looked towards a certain spot:
"Cunning brat."
Sakazuki, condensed from magma, appeared at Whitebeard's gaze, his indifferent voice echoing:
"You found me, a miscalculation indeed."
Whitebeard let out a light laugh:
"Heh."
He did not believe Sakazuki was that disappointed. He gripped his bisento with both hands, brought it behind him, and channeled his ability to cover the blade.
Hum—!
He swung diagonally downwards towards Sakazuki. As his bisento neared the ground, the tremor wave covering it exploded.
A fissure in the air several meters wide formed above the ground. As Whitebeard continued to pour his ability into it,
His arms holding the dual blades bulged with veins, his muscles swelling. The fissure in the atmosphere above the ground continued to expand.
Rumble!!!
The tens-of-meters-wide air fissure exploded violently, smashing into the ground. The entire island shook madly, and the rumbling was incessant.
The magma gathered beneath the island was completely shattered, unable to coalesce for the time being.
The earth-shattering island was divided into massive plates, uneven and jagged, as if tectonic plates had been forcibly rearranged.
Centered on the island, the shockwaves stirred up towering tidal waves that crashed outwards.
Whitebeard and Sakazuki each occupied a large section of the ground.
Whitebeard twirled his bisento, planting it in the ground. He clenched both fists and brought them to his lower abdomen before swinging them outwards forcefully, causing the atmosphere on either side of him to explode.
The seas on either side of the island seemed to be twisted by some unseen force.
Several colossal, rectangular blocks of seawater surged upwards, like lifted lids, and slammed down towards Sakazuki at the center of the island.
Looking at the massive blocks of seawater descending upon him, Sakazuki's expression remained blank. His body directly disintegrated, turning into a pool of magma that flowed across the ground.
Sakazuki's presence, however, appeared within the magma beneath Whitebeard's feet, causing the ground beneath Whitebeard to tremble violently.
The ferocious magma, under Sakazuki's control, gathered power.
Boom!!!!
The colossal seawater blocks slammed down onto the island, emitting a deafening roar, and endless waves surged outwards.
Boom!!!!!!!!
The subterranean magma beneath Whitebeard erupted, and a magma pillar thousands of meters thick shot up, spreading outwards and destroying everything on the island.