Challenge Completed

Rumble!!!!

The shockwave from Sengoku collided with the shockwave from Nagasawa's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, creating a violent explosion. The powerful impact caused by the explosion forced both of them back a few steps.

Sengoku panted and reverted to his human form before returning to the Marines' camp.

He was from the same generation as Whitebeard, so he was not young anymore. Being seventy-seven years old already, he could be considered an old man.

Although his Golden Buddha form was strong, it consumed a lot of strength. As a Fleet Admiral, he couldn't afford to fall here, so Sengoku temporarily retreated to the rear.

'After this war, I'll retire.' Sengoku thought in his heart.

"Who the hell is that?" Suddenly, a Marine found a huge face in ruins behind him.

"Isn't he a Shichibukai? What's he doing on the execution platform?"

At this time, the Marines suddenly found that Blackbeard had entered Marineford.

Sengoku, who had returned to his normal form, saw Shiryu of the Rain, the former head jailer of Impel Down among the Blackbeard Pirates.

"Shiryu, why are you here? And what's with that uniform? What happened to Magellan? What happened to the Impel Down?" Sengoku clenched his fists as he glared at Shiryu.

Shiryu took a deep breath and looked at his former boss. He smiled and casually said:

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku Marshal, since we are here, isn't it obvious?"

Sengoku's muscular body trembled slightly, and his eyes were full of anger.

"Hahahaha!" Looking at the angry Sengoku, Blackbeard laughed proudly. The winner of this war would not be Whitebeard or Sengoku, but him, Blackbeard!

"If you want to know more details, you should go and see for yourself. In short, I joined hands with these guys. I hope you can give me some advice in the future."

Shiryu had no respect for his former superior whatsoever and taunted him.

"You bunch of bastards!" Sengoku wanted to transform into a golden Buddha and kill the traitor and Blackbeard.

"So this is the reason why you became a Shichibukai." Sengoku glared at Blackbeard.

"Hahaha." Blackbeard laughed, revealing his uneven teeth. He said, "Of course, a normal pirate can't enter the Gate of Justice or sneak into the Impel Down. This is the reason why I accepted to join the Shichibukai. Otherwise, do you think I would care about the position of a mere Shichibukai? Now that my goal has been achieved, I don't need this anymore."

All of the Blackbeard Pirates began to laugh. They didn't care about the Marine and Whitebeard Pirates.

Nagasawa looked at the Blackbeard Pirates and had to admit that they all were very strange. He couldn't find anyone who looked like a person.

"That bastard." Ace saw that Blackbeard, who had killed his companion, still dared to show up in front of his pops. Flames immediately appeared in his hands, ready to attack Blackbeard.

However, the flames were instantly extinguished by Nagasawa. Nagasawa shook his head and said, "Ace, the current you is still not enough. I will take revenge for Thatch."

Although Ace was a little reluctant, he still nodded.

"Teach!" Nagasawa, who did not want to see Blackbeard's arrogance, immediately activated Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability and punched in the direction of Blackbeard.

"Sea Quake!"

Crack! Crack!

A powerful vibration power surged in the air. The air was filled with a mirror-shattering-like sound, and a powerful shock wave surged toward Blackbeard Pirates.

Rumble!

The already broken execution platform was hit by this blow, turning it into tiny debris.

And when the attack was about to reach them, Blackbeard Pirates directly jumped between the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates.

Sengoku thought about it and ordered the Marines to distance themselves.

Although he really wanted to beat this bastard, if the pirates planned to kill each other, then that would be the best.

"Hahaha, didn't we go way back, pops? I am your son, and you actually attacked me without warning even though I went out of my way to see you one last time before you died." The corner of Blackbeard's mouth rose, and he laughed. It was completely different from the straightforward and honest image he had shown while he was still in Whitebeard Pirates.

"Shut up, Teach! You killed your companion. You are not worthy of being my son. I will avenge Thatch and kill you, bastard."

Nagasawa stared at Blackbeard, thinking of a way to kill him quickly.

"At your current state, I'm afraid you are no match for me." Blackbeard looked at Nagasawa, whose chest had been injured by Sengoku, and laughed.

If not for the fact that Nagasawa had spat out blood several times and looked seriously injured, Blackbeard wouldn't have dared to come out.

He really didn't expect that Whitebeard, who usually relied on the IV bottle to stay alive, still had that much strength. He fought the three Admirals back and forth on his own and even seriously injured one of them.

Blackbeard was actually afraid that he'd be discovered and wanted to escape earlier.

However, seeing Whitebeard split Marineford into four small islands with a single punch, Blackbeard longed for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power even more and didn't want to give it up.

With the Dark-Dark Fruit that could absorb attacks and Tremor-Tremor Fruit that could destroy everything, he would be invincible and become the next Four Emperors.

Blackbeard was betting that Whitebeard was on the verge of dying and wouldn't be able to hold on much longer.

In the end, he made the right bet as Whitebeard gradually weakened. In addition to Sengoku personally taking action, both sides were already at their limits.

Only then did Blackbeard dare to come out, preparing to kill Whitebeard and take away Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability.

A blue figure quickly flew to Nagasawa's side. It was Marco.

"Teach, you bastard, you actually have the audacity to appear in front of us. Are you courting death?" Marco said in a deep voice.

"Hahaha, Marco, I am not afraid of you now. You are no match for me." Blackbeard laughed arrogantly.

The appearance of Blackbeard made all the Whitebeard Pirates crew angry.

Whitebeard Pirates only had one rule, and that was to not hurt their companions.

Blackbeard, who had killed the Captain of the Fourth Division, Thatch, was someone that all the Whitebeard Pirates crew hated.

"Marco, don't lay a hand on him! I want to personally end him." Nagasawa reached out his hand and stopped Marco, who was about to rush towards Blackbeard.

Although Blackbeard was very patient, to the point he was even prepared to lay low as long as it took in the Whitebeard Pirates, he was also a conceited and rash person. He was convinced that he would definitely win only because Whitebeard was injured.

If you let Marko go together, Blackbeard will be more vigilant, but it's not good.

"Teach, let's settle this!" Nagasawa raised Murakumogiri, and a white bubble appeared on the blade of Murakumogiri.

"It's exactly what I want." Blackbeard loudly laughed as he used the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability, and his whole body exuded ominous black smoke.

"Black Hole!"

A large amount of darkness spread on the ground, and soon the ground where Nagasawa and Blackbeard fought was completely covered with dark and smoky substance.

"Hahaha, this is the power I got after killing Thatch. The Dark-Dark Fruit is the strongest. Have a taste of the strongest power!" Blackbeard laughed arrogantly.

Nagasawa felt the suction from the ground, and the corners of his mouth raised, 'that's all?'

"Air Quake!" Nagasawa swung Murakumogiri fiercely and a powerful shockwave rushed towards Blackbeard instantly.

But at this time, Blackbeard had already rushed up with the thick dark power from the Dark-Dark Fruit in his hand.

"Dark Water!"

Blackbeard touched the shockwave with his palm and absorbed the attack directly.

"Hahaha, I already said that the Dark-Dark Fruit is the strongest. My dark gravity will turn everything into nothingness." Blackbeard laughed arrogantly.

His Dark Water's absorption range was actually very small, and it was useless for large-scale attacks, so Blackbeard rushed directly in front of Nagasawa because he was afraid that Nagasawa would use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to launch a large-scale attack.

He could directly absorb the shockwave before it spread.

Nagasawa glanced at the ground, and the Marines' weapons on the ground had been sucked into the darkness and shattered.

This move by Blackbeard subtly restrained his Flying Thunder God Technique because the iron piece would be destroyed by this technique.

But it was not that he couldn't use it. He could just teleport to the iron piece before it landed on the ground.

A quake bubble appeared in Nagasawa's left fist and hit Blackbeard. Blackbeard laughed, and instead of avoiding it, he threw a punch as well.

Nagasawa's big fist, covered in a quake bubble, instantly collided with Blackbeard's smoking fist.

The contrast between Blackbeard's fist and Nagasawa's was like a comparison between a newborn child and an adult.

But Blackbeard's little fist absorbed the quake bubble on Nagasawa's fist and then pushed Nagasawa back.

Blackbeard said proudly: "What do you think, pops? Your ability is useless before my darkness. I used to admire you very much. You were very powerful back then, but now you are old, it has been fun so far! "

Blackbeard's power was unforgiving. As Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability again, a burst of strong suction force was trying to drag Nagasawa over.

The Whitebeard Pirates crew could just watch anxiously because of what Nagasawa said before.

They would obey Whitebeard's order even though they were worried. They all chose to believe in their pops.

Nagasawa let himself being dragged by Blackbeard's power, and at the same time, he enveloped his hands with quake bubbles again again.

Blackbeard's right fist collided with Nagasawa's left fist again, and Blackbeard laughed loudly:

"Pops, why don't you give it up already? your power is useless to me, and the power of the Dark-Dark fruit is invincible!"

Sure enough, the quake bubble was instantly absorbed by the darkness emanated from Blackbeard's fist.

Taking advantage of the moment Nagasawa lost his strength, Blackbeard punched Nagasawa's right arm, causing Murakumogiri to fly into the sky.

Seeing that Nagasawa had lost his weapon, Blackbeard couldn't help laughing even more arrogantly. He felt that the Tremor Tremor Fruit's ability was at his fingertips, and he believed he could use it better than Nagasawa.

Just when Blackbeard solidified the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit and hit Nagasawa, his punch hit thin air.

Whitebeard actually disappeared directly in front of him!

"What's going on? It's impossible!" Blackbeard shouted in disbelief.

Of course, he knew about Nagasawa's ability. After all, he had watched it in secret for a long time.

But according to his observation, Nagasawa obviously needed that iron piece to use this ability.

But even if there was that kind of iron piece on the ground before, it should have been destroyed by his Black hole, and since Nagasawa hadn't thrown a new piece of iron, there was no way he could use that teleportation ability.

But what Blackbeard didn't know was that Nagasawa also marked Murakumogiri beforehand. In short, he deliberately let Blackbeard hit Murakumogiri!

Nagasawa used Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly reappear behind Blackbeard, clenching Murakumogiri tightly, and stabbing Blackbeard's head with it.

But Blackbeard reacted very quickly and immediately dodged. Although his shoulder was hit in the process, it was better than being stabbed to death by Nagasawa.

Blackbeard rolled on the ground in embarrassment, shouting, "It hurts, it hurts!"

The pain he received was twice the normal amount, and Blackbeard, who was hit by Nagasawa's attack, couldn't bear the pain.

Naturally, Nagasawa would not miss this great opportunity. With Sun Breathing, a crimson flame appeared on Murakumogiri's blade, and he dished out the flaming slash wave toward Blackbeard, who was lying on the ground.

Just when Nagasawa was about to cut Blackbeard's body, the Blackbeard Pirates moved.

First of all, a sword tried to stop Nagasawa's flaming slash wave, and it was Shiryu of Rain.

Shiryu resisted Nagasawa's attack with all his strength and said with a chuckle, "Since we have joined forces, we can't just stand around and watch. I don't want to go back to that dark place so soon."

Bang bang bang!

Bullets were also fired at Nagasawa's body, leaving bullet marks one by one.

Watching Shiryu make a move, Avalo Pizarro also made his move, and he took out his flintlock and fired it at Nagasawa.

After Shiryu and Avalo Pizarro attacked together, the others also stepped in. All took out their muskets and began to cover Nagasawa with firepower.

In the face of the incoming attack, Nagasawa clenched his fist and slammed it out.

Crack Crack!

All the attacks were blown away by the extremely powerful shockwave, and even Blackbeard lying on the ground was smashed into the air by the powerful shockwave.

Blackbeard, who fell to the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood again and looked at Nagasawa in disbelief. He didn't expect Nagasawa to be so calm at this moment and almost killed him directly.

Without the companions he recruited, he must have died by Nagasawa's sword by now.

"What a joke! I can kill you even in this state, Teach." Nagasawa sneered.

"Hahaha, you are the strongest man in the world, after all. Although it is about to become a thing of the past." Although Blackbeard almost died just now, he still laughed loudly.

He still thought that he could kill Nagasawa and then seized the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit for himself.

Nagasawa got lucky just now, but he will not be fooled again, so he will definitely win in the end!

Blackbeard, who was filled with black smoke, charged toward Nagasawa with his fist raised again.

At the same time, other members of the Blackbeard Pirates also took out their pistols and shot Nagasawa in an attempt to interfere with Whitebeard.

Nagasawa's breathing rhythm suddenly changed. The Full Concentration Breathing was activated. The power of Sun Breathing fueled Nagasawa's body, and his huge body faintly exuded a faint red light.

At the same time, a pale golden flame also appeared on Murakumogiri's blade.

The moment the golden flame appeared, terrifying heat was emitted, and the surrounding temperature rose sharply.

"How is that possible? That slash."

Blackbeard stopped charging and looked at the terrifying pale golden flame with a look of horror.

There was no doubt that it was the move that Blackbeard feared the most.

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit could affect a large area with extremely powerful destructive power whether it is at sea or on land, but in Blackbeard's opinion, the flaming slash wave was more powerful when it came to power alone, as it took all three Admirals to stop it.

However, according to Blackbeard's careful observation, this move was physically draining. Every time Nagasawa used this move, he panted, and he had only used this technique three times in total.

There was no doubt that Whitebeard couldn't use this move that many times. In addition, Nagasawa didn't use this move when he fought Sengoku earlier, which made Blackbeard think that Nagasawa no longer had enough strength to dish out another flaming slash wave.

Blackbeard's guess was right, that move indeed consumed a considerable amount of stamina, but because it was a move that combined various power sources, three times were definitely not the limit.

It was just what Nagasawa wanted Blackbeard to think.

Nagasawa, who has known the plot, has been planning it out since he started this Challenge Mission, and Blackbeard was bound to fall for his trap.

In fact, Nagasawa also held back when he fought the three Admirals. If he got serious, he could directly kill Akainu, who was marked with the mark of the Flying Thunder God.

But he might be injured in the process, and killing Akainu was not a necessary requirement to complete the mission. In fact, it would just frighten Blackbeard, who was still in hiding, so Nagasawa only severely injured Akainu and did not kill him.

Blackbeard began to retreat. He didn't want to face this flaming slash wave head-on. There was nothing behind him to protect, so he should just dodge it instead of taking it head-on.

The momentum on Nagasawa's body became stronger and stronger, and finally, he dished out a giant flaming slash wave of more than 30 meters at Blackbeard.

The scorching sun-like slash wave that illuminated the entire battlefield reappeared.

Many Marines looked at Blackbeard and the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates with great interest to see how Blackbeard would deal with this flaming slash wave.

It was terrifying if you were the one facing this flaming slash wave, but if it were someone else, it became amusing.

Facing the giant flaming slash wave of more than 30 meters, Blackbeard began to run wildly, as his Dark-Dark Fruit could not absorb such an attack.

And Blackbeard didn't have the confidence to absorb that golden flame.

His Color of Observation Haki was frantically warning him that he would die if he was hit by the flaming slash wave, even with his huge body!

The rest of the Blackbeard Pirates were also fleeing frantically, not risking to take the flaming slash wave head-on whatsoever.

For a time, the Blackbeard Pirates, who had been invincible, were all dodging the flaming slash wave in embarrassment.

Then again, the flaming slash wave was not that easy to face. The pressure generated by the flaming slash wave could overwhelm most people. Only those strong enough could ignore this pressure, such as the three Admirals or Sengoku.

Among them, Catarina Devon, The Crescent Moon Hunter, failed to shake off the pressure and was hit by the flaming slash wave. The golden flame engulfed her, leaving nothing left.

Seeing this scene, Blackbeard couldn't help but run faster.

Although he could endure the pressure, it still slowed him down a bit, and Nagasawa wouldn't let him run away so easily.

He violently threw out two iron pieces at Blackbeard.

Under normal circumstances, someone might help Blackbeard destroy one or two iron pieces, but since everyone was busy avoiding Nagasawa's flaming slash wave, they couldn't afford to worry about others.

Sskkk!

The two iron pieces pierced Blackbeard's back, causing Blackbeard to scream in pain.

But that was not all! With Flying Thunder God Technique, Nagasawa teleported to Blackbeard in an instant, grabbing Blackbeard's neck with one hand and lifting him up.

Feeling the terrifying heat coming from behind him, Blackbeard was frightened. He looked at Nagasawa in horror and said, "Pops, I'm your son. You can't just kill me like this! I knew I was at fault, and I should be punished for it. I shouldn't have attacked my comrade for the Devil Fruit, but Thatch's death was an accident. I actually didn't want to kill him. I defeated Ace before and showed him mercy. I didn't kill him. Pops, you can't kill me! "

Blackbeard, who felt his death approaching, showed his extraordinary speech skill, racking his brain to beg for mercy and trying to win Nagasawa's sympathy.

If it were the real Whitebeard, he might fall for it as he was soft, but this was Nagasawa in Whitebeard's body. He was extremely disgusted with Blackbeard, who could kill his companions by any means for strength.

"Teach, go to hell, and repent your sins to Thatch!" Without hesitation, Nagasawa used Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability, and Blackbeard instantly vomited blood.

Then Nagasawa threw Blackbeard at the flaming slash wave that was approaching at high speed! He then threw an iron piece and disappeared out of thin air.

"Ahhh!" The moment Blackbeard hit the flaming slash wave, his body was set ablaze, and he let out a loud scream.

Thick black smoke exuded from Blackbeard's body. He wanted to try to absorb the flaming slash wave, but at the next moment, the flaming slash wave exploded, and a massive flame burned Blackbeard's body, instantly reducing him to cinders.

This person who had been planning everything by using Whitebeard Pirates to get the Devil Fruit he wanted for more than 20 years finally died to Nagasawa's flaming slash wave.

Blackbeard Pirates was only recently established at this time, and many of them were prisoners who had just joined, so there was no sense of camaraderie whatsoever. Seeing that Blackbeard was dead, they had no intention of avenging their Captain at all and ran away.

But how could the Marines just watch the criminals escape from their grasp? They immediately intercepted the crew of the Blackbeard Pirates.

Sengoku even turned into his Golden Buddha form again. He smashed Shiryu with a punch, causing Shiryu to vomit blood, and was caught by the surrounding Marines.

"Whitebeard!" Sengoku, who had dealt with the traitor, looked at his old enemy.

Originally, he thought that Blackbeard could at least deal a heavy blow to Whitebeard, but he didn't expect that Whitebeard still had enough power to kill Blackbeard even though his men got in the way.

"Gu la la la!" Nagasawa laughed wildly and said, "Do you still plan to try me? But I still have the strength to deal with you."

Sengoku looked at the Marine headquarters that had been turned into ruins. Because of the powerful attack of Nagasawa, even Marineford went directly from one island to four.

Sengoku found this hard to accept. He made so many meticulous plans and spent so much time reading the intel to find the hole in Whitebeard Pirates.

With such a well-thought plan, not only did he fail to kill Whitebeard and wipe out the Whitebeard Pirates at the Marine headquarters, but Ace was also rescued!

But was it really worth fighting with Whitebeard at this moment?

Akainu was seriously injured, and it was difficult for him to make a move. Aokiji was also stabbed in the chest.

Ace has been rescued, and Garp's attitude is a bit ambiguous, making him unreliable.

If he forcefully continued the battle with Aokiji and Kizaru, one of them might die, while the other would be seriously injured.

In this case, the Marines will fall into an extremely weak state, and it would be over if the other Four Emperors came to attack.

Just when the Sengoku was in a dilemma, a red-haired man with scars on his eye walked into this battlefield alone and said, "I'm here to end this battle."

If it were some random pirate who said this, Sengoku would definitely kill him with a punch.

But against this red-haired man, Sengoku did not do anything. Instead, he waved his hand to tell the Marines not to act rashly.

Because this red-haired man wasn't some random pirate, it was the Red-Haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors of the New World alongside Whitebeard!

At this moment, Shanks came, which had to make the Sengoku cautious. If Shanks helped Whitebeard to deal with the Marines at this time, then the Marines would be doomed.

But there was a Marine who directly gritted his teeth and scolded Shanks: "Red-Haired, you're the one who led Luffy to the wrong path!"

The man was, of course, Garp. He really hated Shanks for giving his grandson weird ideas.

Sengoku looked to the sea. Shanks was not alone. His pirate ship was coming, but only Shanks came down first.

Hawkeye saw that Shanks was coming, so he walked back decisively, preparing to go back and prepare himself to go to the New World to challenge Whitebeard.

"Where are you going, Hawkeye?" a Marine asked.

Hawkeye said confidently: "I only promise to help you deal with the Whitebeard Pirates. Red-Haired is not part of the deal."

After speaking, he left without looking back, and the Marines did not dare to stop him.

Shanks kept walking on the battlefield, saying as he walked, "If you guys keep fighting, it will only cause unnecessary casualties, and in the end, the world will be in chaos. Will you stop this for my sake?"

In the end, he walked to the middle of the battlefield and said, "Anyone who has not rampaged enough, we Red-Haired Pirates will entertain you."

The core crews of the Red-Haired Pirates also stood behind Shanks to support him.

"Gu ra ra ra." Nagasawa laughed. He was glad that Shanks came in time. Otherwise it would not be easy for them to leave.

"Ace has been rescued. There is no need to keep fighting, let's go!"

After that, he notified a ship hidden on the bottom of the sea to come out and then took his men onto the pirate ship.

The Marines were a little shocked when they saw that Whitebeard still had another ship. A coated ship has been hidden on the seabed.

Even if Akainu had destroyed all the pirate ships at that time, the pirates would be able to escape by relying on the hidden ship.

Sengoku returned to his human form as he watched the pirates get on the ship coldly and said, "Let them be!"

After weighing the pros and cons, Sengoku finally decided to give Shanks what he wanted and let the Whitebeard Pirates retreat as the sign of the end of the war.

It's not that he was afraid of Shanks, but Marine headquarters could no longer survive another Four Emperors' attack.

After Nagasawa left, it did not show that the mission was completed immediately. The mission completed message only appeared after the ship left pretty far from Marine headquarters. Nagasawa also blacked out and fainted again.

The Whitebeard Pirates were celebrating their success in rescuing Ace, and Whitebeard suddenly fainted, which scared them.

The keen Marco supported Whitebeard to prevent Whitebeard from falling and then hurriedly called the medical staff to start treating Whitebeard.

Ace looked at Whitebeard anxiously and blamed himself very much. If it wasn't for his fault, Whitebeard would not have taken the risk to save him, much less become like this.

He was not exactly in good shape, and he participated in such an intense battle.

'Pops, don't do anything.' Ace said silently in his heart.

The rest of the pirates who were celebrating also stopped celebrating and gathered around Whitebeard, looking at him worriedly.

But at this moment, Whitebeard woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, and there was a bit of blankness in his eyes.

"Pops, how are you doing?" Seeing Whitebeard wake up, Marco was relieved. He was really scared just now that his father would die because of exhaustion and would never get up again.

Whitebeard thought for a while and said, "Fortunately, it's the usual, but I just had a bad dream. I dreamed that Marco was handcuffed with seastone and then pierced by the Kizaru's laser. I dreamed that Jozu was frozen by Aokiji. I dreamed that Ace was killed by the Akainu. In the end, I died in Marineford to ensure everyone else can retreat."

Seeing the worried eyes of his sons, Whitebeard laughed, opened his hands, and hugged his sons, saying:

"But that was just a dream."

Challenge Mission – Successful.