Silence...
The vast G-1 island once again fell into a deathly silence.
Rayleigh stared at the father-son harmony between Caesar, Akainu, and Kizaru with a horrified expression.
Yasopp nearly dropped his sniper rifle.
"What the hell are we even fighting for?"
His gaze toward Caesar was like staring at a Demon God emerging from hell.
If this guy were allowed to continue like this...
Everyone couldn't help but imagine a scene:
Caesar, Roger, Shanks, and others sitting together on the ground, happily chatting and laughing.
Roger: "Hahaha, I am Barbarossa Roger."
Shanks: "I am Barbarossa Shanks."
Rayleigh and Gaban: "We're also from the Barbarossa Family."
A chill ran down Benn Beckman's spine, and he shuddered uncontrollably.
"Too terrifying! That's even worse than death!"
"Losing oneself, completely becoming puppets controlled by Caesar. Yet they remain unaware, living in the false memory network constructed by Caesar, believing those to be their real experiences!"
Rayleigh's mouth went dry, his legs weakened, and he felt an urge to flee from this place.
He couldn't imagine himself, at his age, calling Caesar "father."
"I'd rather die!"
Rayleigh couldn't help but voice his thoughts aloud.
"I'm afraid by then, you won't even be able to form that thought!"
Gaban chimed in, feeling unbearably frustrated as if his heart were burning.
He let out a roar, brandishing his twin axes to charge at Akin again.
Roger climbed to his feet, his expression complex with a hint of anger.
He directly pointed his sword Ace at Akin, Kaido, and the others.
"Caesar! If you continue this nonsense, don't blame me for drawing my sword against your subordinates!"
He simply couldn't take it anymore.
He felt an impulse to cut Caesar down with one slash.
Caesar's actions had completely reversed his disadvantage in numbers.
Now, with Akainu and Kizaru added, it was Shanks' side that found themselves at a disadvantage!
Caesar turned to look at him.
"Roger, you've just been reborn. Are you in such a hurry to die again?"
"Isn't living better?"
Gripping his greatsword Candle Dragon, he charged straight toward Roger!
A smile finally appeared on Roger's face as overwhelming battle intent surged skyward.
He was a battle maniac through and through, having spent his entire life fighting others.
Boom!
A fierce, smoke-like aura swept across heaven and earth like a hurricane.
Roger let out a long roar, Ace in hand, as pitch-black Conqueror's Haki lightning crackled around him. From dozens of meters away, he slashed toward the charging Caesar!
"Divine Departure!"
Another powerful Conqueror's Haki-infused strike!
The attack exploded like millions of tons of high explosives.
The air between them instantly detonated, leaving clear cracks in the void.
Caesar grinned, revealing his full set of fangs.
The greatsword Candle Dragon cut through the storm of lightning as he chopped down toward Roger's head!
"Roger! Is this the only move you know?"
Roger raised his sword to block Caesar's slash, laughing heartily.
"Hahaha, I'll show you, Caesar!"
The two collided like two high-speed trains, the violent impact pulverizing the ground within a kilometer radius.
"Fall back! Everyone, fall back now!"
Lucky Roux roared again.
"Are they even human?" Yasopp stared blankly at the massive plaza that had turned into a chaotic zone.
At the center of the battle, two blurred figures whose appearances couldn't be clearly distinguished were violently clashing.
Each collision triggered cataclysmic explosions that shook heaven and earth.
Following these massive explosions came terrifying waves of storm-like shockwaves!
The icy surface in the distance had been completely shattered by the residual energy of their battle, breaking into countless tiny ice fragments.
The turbulent seawater surged violently, rushing toward other sea areas in the New World.
Judging by the ferocious and violent sea waves, it would inevitably trigger terrible tsunamis in other parts of the New World!
If they continued fighting like this, this island spanning over ten kilometers would be completely destroyed by these two men.
Admirals?
Yonko?
Bullshit!
The combat power of these two had already broken through the heavens!
Transcending admirals and emperors, like kings reigning over the world!
"Hahaha, exhilarating! So exhilarating!"
Roger laughed heartily, experiencing unprecedented battle passion!
At this moment, he felt as if he had traveled through time and space to God Valley 38 years ago.
When he joined forces with Garp to battle Rocks!
That battle had also turned the world upside down.
And at that time, Rocks' attacks were terrifyingly powerful!
It was a power that surpassed Devil Fruits and pure Haki-based martial arts.
"Caesar! If we keep fighting like this, even ten days and ten nights won't be enough to determine the outcome!"
Roger's long sword swept through the air, shattering the void.
In the blink of an eye, it had already clashed hundreds of times with Caesar's Candle Dragon greatsword.
The incessant clanging of metal collisions was like a violent storm that never ceased.
"No need for ten days and ten nights! My power is limitless, but yours isn't!"
The muscles on Caesar's arms bulged, his entire body's blood boiling, his aura erupting like a volcano.
"Haki Infusion Ultimate Technique! Heaven-Severing Slash!"
His greatsword swept horizontally, a pitch-black line flashing through the void like a dark light, vanishing in an instant.
The clothing on Roger's right arm exploded, his muscles tensed, and his sword Ace emitted a dragon's roar.
"Haki Infusion! God's Fall!!"
Screech!
When the two blades collided, the tremendous impact made heaven and earth seem to tremble.
Space actually cracked like glass, faint light that Caesar had never seen before shining through the fractured space.
"Hmm?" Caesar couldn't help but frown.
Roger also noticed this abnormal phenomenon and immediately slightly withdrew his attack, looking at the cracks in the void.
He extended his Observation Haki, attempting to probe through the light-emitting cracks.
But in the blink of an eye, the cracks healed and the light disappeared.
The two men exchanged a knowing glance and simultaneously shot upward into the sky.
"Let's battle at the zenith!"
Golden, brilliant wings spread from Caesar's back, carrying him straight up into the clouds.
Meanwhile, a pair of dragon wings actually grew from Roger's back, his speed not the slightest bit slower than Caesar's!
"What kind of creature's egg was that just now? The life energy contained within was enormous."
Their figures directly soared to over ten thousand meters high, still continuously ascending!
"I don't know, probably a dragon egg. I found it in Wano Country's northern cemetery.
Legend says two hundred years ago, the great swordsman Shimotsuki Ryuma slew a real giant dragon.
When we first entered Wano Country, we discovered this giant egg. Thinking we might hatch it, we took it with us when we set sail."
Roger didn't hide anything, directly explaining to Caesar.
"Alright, let's stop here. If we go any higher, we'll leave the atmosphere. Without air, we won't be able to fight freely."
He halted his movement and looked down at the sea, which had become a hazy expanse below.
Caesar also stopped and surveyed their surroundings.
"I've heard our world is a planet, spherical in shape."
Caesar gestured vaguely as he looked at Roger and asked:
"Roger, in this battle, it seems only one of us will survive. Before that, why don't we openly share what we each know?"
Roger smiled freely. "No problem! I've already died once, so I have nothing to hide."
"Then, can you tell me what exactly the so-called final island, Laugh Tale, really is?"