Crack! Crack! Crack!

Hundreds of fissures, like shattered glass, spread through the air as Blackbeard's punch fragmented the atmosphere, unleashing terrifying shockwaves that exploded towards Caesar's skull!

"BORORORO!"

"Good! That's the spirit!!"

Caesar suddenly clenched both of his fists.

In that split second, boundless lifeblood erupted from within him, forming a pillar of blood energy that shot into the sky, igniting from air friction into a crimson flame column!

Meanwhile, the jet-black Armament Haki and deep Conqueror's Haki covering his body turned blood-red under the towering inferno.

"Armament Haki Coating!"

"Conqueror's Haki Coating!"

"Lifeblood Ignition!"

BOOOOM!!

In an instant, the air around Caesar twisted violently, as if his body had become a high-density planet with infinite gravity, warping space and atmosphere beyond recognition!

BOOM!

Blackbeard's Air Tremor, Shiryu's Slashing Wave and Redfield's Sword Slash—three attacks from three directions simultaneously struck Caesar's head!

Space shattered like broken glass, cracking and exploding apart.

Black-red and crimson lightning tore through the void for thousands of meters around.

Occasionally, a thin bolt would land on the ice below, triggering earth-shaking explosions.

"Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic!!"

Under the horrified gazes of Blackbeard and his two companions, Caesar's mouth split open into a ghastly grin, revealing rows of jagged fangs as he let out a chilling sneer.

"Borororo! Did you skip breakfast? Hit me harder!"

Caesar clenched his fists and the void instantly collapsed, as if unable to withstand the sheer physical force of his body.

BOOM!

Caesar suddenly swung his monstrous arm.

His massive fist, gleaming with haki, tore through the air with a terrifying howl, transcending time and space in an instant before slamming into Blackbeard's chest!

"Black Hole!" Blackbeard's face twisted in terror as a massive dark void suddenly gaped open on his chest, like a pitch-black maw leading straight to the depths of hell.

CRACK!

The void shattered.

Caesar's devastating fist descended like an a mountain, carrying the overwhelming force that capable of destroying the world, crushing Blackbeard into the ground!

"Guh—AAARGH!"

Blackbeard stared in horror at his chest.

His Dark Hole, which had always absorbed any damage or object, had been torn apart by Caesar's fist.

That terrifying force contained an overwhelming surge of Haki and the sheer physical power of Caesar's Lifeblood!

Blackbeard let out a heaven-shaking scream as his chest caved in violently.

Fragments of his internal organs spewed from his mouth, his vision blurred and his head rang with a deafening buzz.

His body felt like it was about to burst.

"Borororo! Redfield? Weren't you a lone wolf and was too proud to work with others? What's this? Teaming up with Blackbeard now?"

Caesar spoke as casually as if chatting about the weather, turning his gaze to Redfield beneath his feet.

Then he undid his belt... (😖)

The belt unfurled, transforming into a seven-meter-long serpentine blade.

Gripping the sword, Caesar's already colossal frame seemed to radiate wisps of blue energy, twisting and forming into a spectral blue demon that clung to his body.

Its upper torso extended forward, stretching out two slender, elongated arms with ten sharp, claw-like fingers.

As Caesar swung, the blue demon lunged alongside him, wreathed in crimson Conqueror's lightning, and slashed towards Redfield!

SWISH!

Redfield's body instantly burst apart, scattering into countless tiny bats that fluttered away in all directions!

A tidal wave of blood exploded midair, like a crimson waterfall, staining the earth in a sea of red.

"Slaughter Sword Technique—400th Form: Yomi!"

Shiryu, gripping his blood-red blade with both hands, unleashed a blinding slash aimed straight at Caesar.

The overwhelming sword energy tore through the clouds above, making the very space itself wail in agony.

"Yomi? Don't make me laugh, brat!"

Caesar's sword blazed with a blood-red glow as a crimson mist-like demon emerged from his mountainous frame.

Its head was covered in countless eyes, its body wispy like smoke and it bore eight blade-like arms.

"Red Demon! Eightfold Secret Art—Crimson Lotus!"

As Caesar's longsword slashed down, the crimson demon in the smoke suddenly pounced at Shiryu, causing his mind to blur momentarily.

What followed was an all-encompassing chill and stinging pain, as if a soul-deep frost was freezing his very essence.

Eight gleaming arcs of blade light flashed across Shiryu's body in an instant, blooming into eight sprays of blood.

His limbs were severed into over a dozen pieces, reducing him to a limbless torso that collapsed limply toward the ground.

"Frozen Frost Pillar!"

Caesar opened his mouth and exhaled a wave of freezing air towards Shiryu's body, instantly encasing him in a massive block of ice.

A gigantic hand reached up from below, catching the frozen mass.

A mischievous grin spread across Caesar's face as he looked up toward the sky.

His towering frame slowly arched, his right arm raising high in a stance.

"Strikeout Bowling!"

An explosion of supreme physical strength erupted instantly.

BOOM!!

The ice block transformed into a meteor, shattering the sound barrier and tearing through the atmosphere as it shot into the void of space.

Shiryu's limbless body, propelled by Caesar's monstrous throw, pierced through layers of clouds, breached the atmosphere and entered the vacuum of space.

The ice evaporated from intense atmospheric friction, bringing a strange warmth to Shiryu's near-death body and rousing him to open his eyes.

Staring at the dazzling starscape before him, Shiryu's mind was blank.

But soon, he realized—there was no air here.

"I can't breathe."

Gradually, the extreme cold of the environment refroze the warmth on his body.

Pristine white frost spread across Shiryu's form, freezing even his unwilling heart within the ultimate ice.

Slowly.

Shiryu ceased to think.

.....

Deep beneath Banana Island, Blackbeard endured excruciating pain as he desperately channeled the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit to heal his horrific injuries.

Simultaneously, he used Observation Haki to probe the surface.

"Shiryu's presence is gone... Damn it, did Caesar kill him? And Redfield? That useless trash—wasn't he supposed to be a legend from the old era? How could he fail to stop that bastard Caesar!"

Clutching his caved-in chest, Blackbeard attempted to use the Dark-Dark Fruit's void space to escape into another dimension and flee this cursed place.

This venture had been a disastrous loss.

Not only had Pizarro, Vasco and Lafitte died—now even his most capable subordinate, Shiryu, was gone!

"Caesar! I swear will have my revenge with you!"

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