Chapter 754: Chapter 638 The Curtain Rises
Bang!
Boom!!
Above the fortress, one of the initially most powerful cannons, the Super Electromagnetic Cannon, let out a deafening roar. All the glass in the fortress shattered, and fortunately, the personnel had already been evacuated; otherwise, there would surely have been casualties.
Silver lightning flickered and, as it exploded above the ice, everyone turned back.
"Enemy attack!!"
"Prepare the Plasma Cannon!!"
The Vice Admirals, who had already received their orders, radiated their extraordinary presence, awakening the stunned soldiers as they shouted loudly.
Having organization and discipline is the Marine's greatest weapon against pirates.
Upon hearing this, even if the soldiers didn't understand what had happened, their instinct to obey orders quickly brought them back to their senses, and they began to mechanically follow commands.
Only at this point did they have the time to think.
What was going on?
The answer quickly revealed itself.
"Sengoku!!!"
A roar filled with rage echoed from beneath the ice, suddenly followed by a terrifying ''Buzz!'' The dreadful Tremor spread along the foundation, causing violent earthquakes that tore through the ice.
The sea and sky were instantly segmented into floating "islands," as if the world were facing Doomsday, rising up into the air.
This was true floating!
The seawater suddenly surged upward in chunks, violating the laws of physics, as a mass of seawater was directly "cut" out by the Tremor, lifting ''The Moby Dick'' from below.
Behind ''The Moby Dick'' was an innumerable, boundless pirate army!
The Whitebeard Pirates had officially arrived!
As their captain, Whitebeard stood at the very front of the white whale, holding a naginata, his seven-meter-tall body remained as still as a statue, contrasting sharply with the panicking Marines around him.
After a brief pause, he suddenly burst into loud laughter.
"Gūlālālālālā! As expected of you, Sengoku!"
"But this isn't enough!!"
After saying this, Whitebeard looked towards the execution platform and asked in a deep voice.
"I'm here to get you, Ace… Have you been doing well these days?!"
"Oyaji…"
On the execution platform, Ace looked up and smiled, "Sorry for causing you trouble."
Having endured several setbacks brought on by Rowen, Ace was no longer the ignorant kid who treated going to sea as a game, wallowing in self-pity over his grudge against Roger.
He understood that Whitebeard's rescue wasn't due to his lineage, but simply because he was a member of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"What nonsense are you saying, stupid son! Gūlālālā!"
With his long and domineering eyes fixed on Ace, a look of joy named "satisfaction" quickly emerged on Whitebeard's face.
"Who ever heard of an Oyaji thinking his son is a bother? Just wait a moment; I'll come to get you!"
"The trajectory of the Super Electromagnetic Cannon was deflected by the enemy, causing only three pirate ships to sink and seven to be damaged."
Rowen, uninterested in the interaction between the two, observed the battlefield through the Heavenly Network and quickly reported after confirming the enemy's damage.
The Super Electromagnetic Cannon was deflected?!
Rowen couldn't help but click his tongue.
This meeting was crazier than the last!
"Strongest Man In The World," indeed, is the most terrifying when it's time to fight!
"That's enough!"
Sengoku's eyes narrowed, and he let out a deep shout, a brilliant golden light erupting from him.
"Whitebeard, who gave you the courage to run wild in the Marine Headquarters!"
''Zoan Mythological Beast - Human-Human Fruit - Great Buddha Form!''
The title of "Marine Fleet Admiral" wasn't earned by Sengoku through mere long service.
In his past, he was a fierce character who could hold his own against Whitebeard while chasing down Roger alongside Garp.
Facing Whitebeard's earth-shattering Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Sengoku roared as his body suddenly shot up to over ten meters in height, his palm glowing with golden Buddhist light at his waist, then thrusting it forward.
Bang!!!
With a single thrust, it was as if a weight of ten thousand tons suddenly appeared in the air, the terrifying shockwave spreading out and enveloping all of Marineford.
The seawater that had been "held" in mid-air immediately burst apart, and the battleships prepared by the Marines fell straight down, mixing with the seawater as they returned to the ocean.
"Not bad, Sengoku! I didn't expect that old body of yours to still be capable of this much."
Seeing the Tremor being countered, Whitebeard's gaze sharpened, and he looked solemnly at the top of the platform, feeling anything but relaxed despite his outward appearance.
Like him, Buddha Sengoku was also willing to fight hard!
"But I can do it more easily than you!"
As he spoke, a series of dense drumming sounds echoed through the heavens and earth.
The Marines turned their heads to see the distant sea rapidly forming billowing ocean curtains that crashed toward Marineford.
Tremor has its peaks and valleys.
As the seawater pushed back by the Tremor rolled back in, a man-made ''Adrian Sea'' tsunami formed in the area of the Great Maelstrom!
"I'll return those words to you, Whitebeard!"
Sengoku glared ahead, sneering.
''Ice Age!''
A tall figure dressed in a blue shirt and a white jacket leaped into the air, arms outstretched and level, with an expressionless face.
Or rather, no one could discern any emotion from that completely frozen face.
Aokiji, exhaling white cold vapor, lightly murmured as two thin mist-like white columns shot straight out, colliding with the towering tsunami that touched the sky.
Kā Chā Kā Chā...
The biting cold wind howled as the piercing sounds of distortion rang out, causing the towering tsunami, reaching a thousand meters, to freeze in place, resembling an ancient iceberg suspended above the Marines.
"Aokiji... the kid who followed Garp back then has grown to this extent?"
Whitebeard marveled as he glanced at the sea surface, which sparkled with sunlight reflecting off the ice, appearing somewhat blinding.
He knew that no matter how powerful his tsunami attacks were, the Marines had plenty of talented individuals to counter them. Without Aokiji, they still had Akainu, Kizaru, and the like— Logia monsters with unreasonable attack ranges.
Continuing this way would only waste stamina and be completely meaningless.
Fortunately, Whitebeard never expected to determine the outcome with a single blow; he was merely using his terrifying destructive power to create an opportunity for the members of his fleet to land.
"Oyaji, everyone has come aboard."
Marco released a blue flame tassel that fell to the ground, quickly saying.
After taking a hit from the Super Electromagnetic Cannon, they suffered significant losses. Luckily, Whitebeard had anticipated and knocked the cannonball away; otherwise, there wouldn't have been any ships left in a straight line to save.
Hearing this, Whitebeard gripped his naginata while standing on the deck, speaking in a deep voice.
"Then let's go, Marco!"
"Bring back Ace, our family!"
"Understood!!"
Marco lowered his head, not wanting the Marines to see the tears in his eyes.
In the past, Whitebeard would have charged ahead into the enemy ranks… but now, his physical condition simply did not allow for such recklessness.
This seemingly bold command to attack was, in fact, an insult to Whitebeard himself.
After knocking away that Super Electromagnetic Cannon, he had likely used all of his excessive strength just to stand here.
For such a hardworking Whitebeard, as his sons, they could only repay him with their all.
As Whitebeard led his forces to charge against the Marine lines, the Marines were unwilling to back down. Various high-damage weapons were fired continuously to halt the advancing enemy.
On Sabaody Archipelago, the Supernovas watched with their blood boiling, itching to join the battlefield and unleash their inner frenzy.
Whether it was Whitebeard's world-destroying Tremor or Sengoku's retaliatory Buddhist Light, both unveiled the veil of "world top-level" for them, showing them how vast the sea was and how exciting the future could be.
Fortunately, reason told them they had no need to interfere in the war between Whitebeard and the Marines, which kept this unruly group of pirates in place, their eyes glued to the big screen.
Among the crowd, "Big Eater" Bonney's gaze was fixed on the fleeting blue lightning when suddenly her peripheral vision shifted, and she turned her head.
"Eh? That ship is gone…"
"Could it be…?!"
Not knowing what she had thought of, she hurried to the shore and then gasped.
"They are crazy!"
"To think they'd go into the water at this time and head toward Marine Headquarters!!"
(End Of Chapter)
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