Veins bulged on Whitebeard's forehead as he glared at Carl. Gripping the air with both hands, he pulled with a ferocious force.
The world seemed to tilt in an instant. Not just Whole Cake Island, but the entire sea region of Totto Land experienced a terrifying tsunami. The land was upheaved by an invisible force, tilting at an absurd angle.
On the shaking ground of Whole Cake Island, everyone struggled to maintain their balance. Many collapsed, while some unfortunate souls fell into the gaping cracks that opened beneath them.
Big Mom, standing on Zeus, rose into the air and looked down at the ravaged island, roaring,
"Newgate! This is my territory! Are you insane?!"
Whitebeard's eyes burned red as he gritted his teeth.
"Shut up! I'll take the Marines to the grave with me!"
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Blue fissures spread around Whitebeard, exuding a devastating aura that seemed to tear space apart. The Tremor-Tremor Fruit hailed as the "strongest Paramecia," displayed its catastrophic power, rivaling even Logia fruits in sheer destruction.
In mere moments, tens of thousands of lives had already been lost to the quake. Struggling amid the chaos, Marine soldiers instinctively cried out,
"Fleet Admiral Celestial Dragon!"
Carl wouldn't stand idly by. Dark purple energy coiled tightly around his right leg, compressing in waves. Raising his foot, he stomped it heavily into the ground. His Marine cape billowed as a wave of purple energy swept across the entire surface of Whole Cake Island.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
From above, the island, once tilting toward the ocean, was forcibly flattened back into place. Simultaneously, Carl unleashed a gravitational field that enveloped the island. The transparent shockwaves radiating from Whitebeard were absorbed and neutralized by Carl's deep purple gravitational waves.
The trembling island gradually stabilized, eventually returning to its previous stillness. Whitebeard, drained from the immense energy required for his fruit's awakened state, collapsed under the overwhelming gravitational pressure, sinking into the ground, utterly incapacitated.
From afar, Dragon stared wide-eyed at Carl, disbelief etched on his face.
For decades, Whitebeard had wielded the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with deadly precision. Yet his ultimate, self-sacrificial awakening was subdued by Carl using the Gravity Fruit, a power he had only recently acquired.
If it had been Issho, the fruit's original wielder, such a feat would have been impossible. This demonstrated Carl's overwhelming strength, amplifying the already formidable Gravity Fruit to an exponential level.
Aokiji and Aramaki re-formed their physical bodies, their gazes toward Carl filled with fervor. It wasn't just them—every Marine present now looked upon Carl as if he were a god.
To pirates and the Revolutionary Army, however, Carl was not a god but a demon.
Whitebeard, groaning in agony with every bone in his body shattered, lay motionless. Carl, surrounded by dissipating purple energy, gripped the cursed blade Muramasa and approached the defeated pirate.
At that moment, an unexpected turn of events unfolded.
A massive black mouth descended from above, swallowing Whitebeard whole in an instant.
The suddenness of the act left even Carl momentarily stunned. The onlookers froze as the mouth snapped shut, emitting a loud gulp.
Then, it opened again, revealing a burly figure who emerged eerily.
The Whitebeard Pirates gasped in unison.
"Teach?!"
The transformed Teach grinned, turning to greet Thatch and the others casually.
Carl's eyes narrowed. The ability Teach displayed was unmistakably that of the Munch-Munch Fruit.
The Munch-Munch Fruit, reputed to consume anything—even itself—could reassemble what it consumed, including the user's own body. This explained Teach's sudden transformation from a portly figure to a muscular one.
Originally, the Munch-Munch Fruit belonged to Wapol, a minor antagonist.
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