Cao Ya changed the subject and asked:

"By the way, has the result of the war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy been announced yet?"

He was quite interested in the Marineford War and wanted to know if there had been any deviations or if it was exactly the same as the original story.

Kella answered:

"The Whitebeard Pirates achieved their strategic objective and rescued 'Fire Fist' Ace, but Whitebeard died."

His tone was somewhat wistful and lamenting, "The world's strongest man ultimately died on the battlefield."

"Oh, what happened?" Cao Ya asked with great interest.

In the original storyline, Ace was blasted away by Akainu's punch, but he's still alive now, so it seems some unexpected event has occurred.

Dragon and Sabo were also quite interested, after all, that war would undoubtedly have a profound impact on the world.

Kella gave an awkward smile:

"I only heard about it from other people, I didn't watch the live broadcast, so I don't know what happened on site."

Dragon smiled:

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Cao Ya suddenly remembered something and looked at Long, asking:

"Dragon, your Devil Fruit has awakened?"

His tone was quite certain; to be able to carry an uninhabited island across the Red Earth Continent without the fruit awakening would be a joke.

Devil Fruits are a unique product of the world of One Piece. They are things that contain all sorts of magical laws and rules, and they taste terrible, like shit. I don't know who first came up with that analogy.

However, eating a Devil Fruit grants one all sorts of unique abilities.

Devil Fruits are divided into three main types: Logia, Paramecia, and Zoan. Among them, the Zoan type includes rare Mythical Zoan species, especially the Ancient Mythical Zoan species, which are as valuable as Logia fruits.

The Natural type is the rarest fruit and the most powerful fruit type on the surface.

However, in reality, the abilities of Devil Fruits are all different. Some Paramecia-type Devil Fruits have abilities that are truly unbelievable, completely manipulating the rules of the world.

For example, the Op-Op Fruit, the Slow-Slow Fruit, the Barrier Fruit, and the Hobby-Hobby Fruit all possess unique and extraordinary abilities.

This is a positive term; the abilities of those Devil Fruits are strange and mysterious.

Hidden within the abilities of Devil Fruits lies a higher realm, a power known as "Awakening."

Only a very small number of Devil Fruit users are able to awaken their powers.

Awakening Devil Fruit abilities is extremely rare, so fruit awakening is not a state that can be achieved simply by training the fruit's ability; it also requires certain opportunities and fortuitous circumstances.

Among them, the abilities and effects of the awakened states of "Paramita", "Zoan" and "Natural" are all different.

Once a Paramecia-type ability is awakened, it can influence things "outside of the user," making the surrounding things become part of the user's ability, thus making the ability more powerful and having a wider range and greater effect.

When a Zoan-type ability awakens, the user will possess a powerful body, as well as a tenacious vitality and regenerative ability that allows them to get back up no matter how many times they are knocked down. They will also have extraordinary strength and attack power.

Comparatively speaking, there are almost no examples of Devil Fruit awakening in Logia-type Devil Fruits.

After all, consuming a Logia-type Devil Fruit grants the ability to transform into an element, which is an unconventional awakening.

Dragon ate the "Wind-Wind Fruit," which belongs to the Logia type, making it the most difficult type of Devil Fruit for him to awaken.

Of course, this doesn't mean that a character is weak if it doesn't have a fruit awakening.

Obvious examples include Marine hero Garp, as well as Pirate King Roger, Yonko Shanks, and the world's greatest swordsman Mihawk. None of them ate Devil Fruits, yet they are still among the world's top combatants and stand at the pinnacle of power in One Piece.

Whether or not someone possesses a Devil Fruit, or whether or not their Devil Fruit awakens, does not affect whether or not they can reach the level of top-tier combat power.

"Hmm." Dragon nodded. The awakening of his Devil Fruit had boosted his combat power and given him the ability to intimidate the World Government.

At the same time, he was somewhat interested in the Devil Fruit that Cao Ya had eaten, but then he thought that since Cao Ya hadn't mentioned it, he was too lazy to ask.

Actually, Cao Ya didn't eat a Devil Fruit at all. What does he say?

However, in the eyes of the people in the One Piece world, his behavior clearly resembled that of a Devil Fruit awakening.

After thinking it over, he could only show that he didn't want to talk about the topic, so no one would press him for details.

Of course, given Cao Ya's strength, no one would dare to do that.

Koala dialed his comrade's Den Den Mushi and learned about the course and details of the Marineford War from his fellow soldiers who had watched the live broadcast of the war.

Thanks to Rayleigh's intervention, the Whitebeard Pirates successfully rescued "Fire Fist" Ace. However, during the Navy's relentless pursuit, Whitebeard stayed behind to cover the retreat of his crew, using the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power to shatter Marineford, but he also died from exhaustion.

Unfortunately, after Whitebeard's death, Blackbeard somehow stole the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, becoming the first user of two Devil Fruits.

Previously, Blackbeard had also stormed Impel Down, recruiting a large number of vicious criminals and greatly strengthening the Blackbeard Pirates.

In this war, the Blackbeard Pirates were the biggest winners.

Kerla remarked:

"No wonder Blackbeard went to great lengths to capture 'Fire Fist' Ace and hand him over to the World Government in exchange for a position as a Shichibukai. He not only wanted to start a war to end Whitebeard's reign and make the Navy work for him to plunder the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but also for the sake of those criminals in Impel Down."

The dragon sighed and said:

"With Whitebeard gone, Blackbeard will likely take his place and continue the Four Emperors of the New World."

Cao Yawei nodded silently. Blackbeard, through his elaborate scheme, became the biggest winner, with both his personal and group strength soaring. He had completely outmaneuvered the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy, proving himself to be a true tyrant.

It must be admitted that among pirates, the Blackbeard Pirates will be the most difficult to deal with.

Kerla continued speaking.

Whitebeard was killed while covering the retreat. Marco, Ace, and the others wanted to go back to rescue him, but due to Whitebeard's last command before his death, they had to retreat.

However, the Navy had no intention of letting them off so easily.

The hawks, led by Admiral Akainu, originally intended to continue hunting down the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, but they had to stop because of the Red-Haired Pirates' interference.

At that time, the Navy no longer had the strength to wage another war against the Four Emperors' pirate crews.

Thus, the Marineford War came to an end.

The Navy killed Whitebeard and severely damaged the Whitebeard Pirates, but then the ambitious Blackbeard Pirates emerged, and "Fire Fist" Ace was not executed. It can be said that they didn't gain anything good.

The Whitebeard Pirates suffered heavy losses and never regained their status as one of the Four Emperors' crews. Neither "Phoenix" Marco nor "Fire Fist" Ace were capable of supporting a Four Emperors' crew.

The Red-Haired Pirates were just a random addition to the crew, and there was no real conflict with the Navy; they gained nothing and suffered no losses.

Only the Blackbeard Pirates, who won almost everything, were the biggest winners.

The group exchanged glances, and a single word simultaneously popped into their minds:

"A ruthless hero!"