Chapter 1599 The Devil's Triangle Exits the Stage of History
Edward Newgate, with his mountain-like imposing figure, shuddered slightly as he sensed the immense malice emanating from the direction of the Devil's Triangle.
He commanded in a deep voice, "Marco, fly up into the sky and see what's going on in that godforsaken place."
"Yes, Father!"
Without hesitation, the phoenix Marco suddenly burst into flames of eternal blue, and a pair of magnificent and blazing fiery wings flapped, transforming into a streak of blue light that shot into the sky.
The higher you go, the wider the view becomes. When Marco pierced through the low-lying smoke and clouds and could overlook a vast sea, his gaze immediately locked onto the Devil's Triangle, a region shrouded in dark fog year-round, to the side and rear of Marineford.
The sight that came into his view left this well-traveled captain of the First Division with an expression that went beyond mere surprise; a chill ran down his spine and straight to the top of his head.
"This is……"?!
The Devil's Triangle, which should have been a chaotic, dark place that could devour all light, was now shrinking.
No, it's not shrinking, it's being swallowed up!
The thick black fog that had lingered for years, causing countless ships to never return, was now being sucked in and swallowed up.
The edges of the black mist, like pieces of paper on fire, were shrinking violently inward, their extent decreasing rapidly at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.
Not only the black mist, but Marco's eyesight, enhanced by the Phoenix Flame, could clearly see that the sky above that sea area, the piled-up dark clouds, and even space itself, presented a terrifying scene of distortion and frantic collapse towards a certain point in the center.
Light, sound, air, and everything else are being brutally devoured by that invisible force; it's a despairing kind of disappearance where nothing comes out.
"Dad—!"
Marco suddenly lowered his head and let out a long, terrified howl towards the Moby Dick below, "The Devil's Triangle is disappearing, everything in that area is being swallowed up by something."
His voice, amplified by the flames, carried clearly across the battlefield below.
"What"?!
"To devour an entire sea area? How is that possible?!"
"Could it be a natural phenomenon? But this is too bizarre!"
The pirates were instantly in an uproar, their faces filled with disbelief and deep unease. The disappearance of an entire sea area was beyond their common understanding of power.
The Navy was also thrown into great turmoil and speculation, but some high-ranking officials who knew more about the inside story, such as Sengoku, Tsuru, and even Akainu who was fighting Enel, had a name appear in their minds like a nightmare the moment they heard the word "devour".
"Dark-Dark Fruit..."
Akainu punched away a bolt of lightning that came flying towards him, his lava-like gaze fixed on the Devil's Triangle. "Marshall D. Teach, it really is you!"
A storm raged within him. If this was truly the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, then Teach's mastery of it had likely reached a terrifying level that was beyond their comprehension.
As if to confirm their worst suspicions, just a minute or two later, a brief moment on the battlefield, under the watchful eyes of countless people, the dense fog of death that had shrouded the Devil's Triangle for years and devoured countless lives completely disappeared.
It was eaten!
For the first time in centuries, the afterglow of the setting sun shone unhindered upon this once eternally dark sea.
“It’s really gone…” countless people murmured to themselves.
Pirate ships that pass through this place in the future may no longer get lost here. Whether this is a blessing or a curse is unknown, but this normal scene at the moment is more chilling than any terrifying spectacle.
"Is it the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit?"
Sengoku's speculation drew Artoria's attention. If Teach had already achieved such a feat, then this war might be heading into an abyss that no one could predict.
This is just the beginning, boom—!!!
In that newly cleared sea area, an indescribable domineering and terrifying aura, as if it wanted to conquer the whole world, suddenly erupted.
The Conqueror's Haki was a dense, almost solidified, jet-black aura.
It is not the kind of overwhelming, mind-shaking pressure that ordinary Conqueror's Haki possesses, but a more terrifying kind of erosion, as if it wants to blacken all the colors, sounds, life, and even the concept of existence around it, returning them to that primordial nothingness.
The pitch-black lightning, like a raging venomous snake, spread wildly in all directions from that area of the sea, instantly darkening the sky as if even the sunlight had been driven away by this domineering darkness.
In Marineford, countless weaker individuals, whether from the Navy or pirates, didn't even have time to react before their eyes rolled back, white foam appeared at their mouths, and they collapsed like wheat being harvested under the impact of this seemingly abyss-like Conqueror's Haki.
Even some lieutenant generals felt a strong palpitation and dizziness.
"This is..." Whitebeard gripped the Murakumogiri tightly, his eyes fixed on the direction from which the Conqueror's Haki was emanating. This Conqueror's Haki, this feeling...
A sense of familiarity, dormant for decades, mixed with a bone-chilling cold, suddenly gripped his heart. No, that's not right! It's not exactly the same.
Perhaps Teach's Conqueror's Haki is even more greedy and unrestrained!
It seems like a gluttonous beast that wants to turn everything into its own nourishment, but deep within its core lies a pure, dark essence that seems capable of devouring everything, a will that reigns above all living beings and regards all things as mere straw dogs.
Yet, deep within his memory, the man's aura faintly overlapped with that of the man who once dragged the entire world into war.
"Lox..."
A name he had almost forgotten, carrying memories of blood and fire, uncontrollably surfaced in Whitebeard's mind.
Blackbeard Teach can unleash Conqueror's Haki, so it's not surprising that Whitebeard can do the same. Even if we don't follow the old adage that heroes are like fathers, Conqueror's Haki, this kingly quality, can most likely be inherited through bloodline.
Whitebeard gazed in the direction of the execution platform. Ace, Roger's eldest son, even if he wasn't proud of Roger's bloodline, might still inherit Conqueror's Haki from Roger.
This is a very clear and isolated example in Luffy's family: Garp has Conqueror's Haki, Dragon has Conqueror's Haki, and Luffy also has Conqueror's Haki.
So Blackbeard possesses Conqueror's Haki, which is activated by his ambition. This logical chain works, but isn't it a bit too early for Teach to suddenly appear at this time?
Whitebeard is not injured yet, and if Blackbeard attacks Whitebeard now, Teach won't gain much. Even if both sides are injured, the Navy will be the one who benefits.
Marco fell from the sky, the wafting Conqueror's Haki slightly affecting him; without the qualities of a king, one is always at a disadvantage in a contest of aura.
