"Hey, Marco is flying towards the execution platform!" a Marine shouted. "Quick, shoot him down!"
Hearing the man's words, the nearby Marines imdiately raised their weapons and launched an attack on Marco in the air.
But unfortunately, the opponent possessed the Phoenix Fruit—ordinary bullets couldn't deal any effective damage to him!
Seeing this, the pirates imdiately erupted in excitent!
"Go, Marco!"
"Save Ace!"
"Marco, huh." iser stared at Marco flying in mid-air, montarily stunned before exclaiming in surprise, "Is this guy planning to rescue soone?"
Not a bad idea, but... did this guy forget he was just sent flying earlier?!
That old man Garp's attack infused with Conqueror's Haki could really kill soone if it landed!
At that mont, iser noticed Marco in the air glance back in his direction, as if conveying a ssage to soone here.
"This look..."
iser frowned in thought, and then an idea imdiately popped into his head.
That's right, Marco must be trying to send a ssage!
"Does he want to try again?" iser thought to himself.
If he and Marco both appeared at the execution platform... they might actually be able to save Ace!
Might as well give it another shot—it's not like I'll die anyway!
With that in mind, iser quickly created a Shadow Clone to stay by Luffy's side, then his main body charged toward Kuma, intending to use the other's Devil Fruit power to launch himself toward the execution platform!
"Hmm?"
Noticing iser's movents, Borsalino raised an eyebrow and said, "He's running toward Kuma because..."
As if he had figured sothing out, a look of understanding instantly appeared in Borsalino's eyes.
Then, his body gradually transford into yellow light, swiftly rushing toward iser.
By the ti he reappeared, he was already standing in front of iser.
"Kizaru?!"
"You're probably planning to use Bartholow Kuma's ability to fly over there again, aren't you?" Borsalino tilted his head and said. "I won't let you succeed."
iser frowned upon hearing this, then spat and said, "Tch, light-based powers are really annoying."
With this guy blocking the way, it wouldn't be easy for him to get through.
But he could always have Kuma co to him instead!
Thinking this, iser activated his ability, intending to summon Bartholow Kuma over.
Just then, a figure appeared in mid-air and reached Marco in the blink of an eye!
"Garp?!"
Seeing Garp appear before him, Marco's pupils contracted to their limits.
"Get lost!" Garp roared.
As he spoke, Garp swung his Haki-infused fist and smashed it hard into Marco's neck.
"BAM!!"
An overwhelmingly terrifying force struck Marco, sending him plumting from mid-air!
"Whoosh!"
"BOOM!!"
Like a cannonball, Marco crashed into the ground in an instant, creating a massive crater upon impact!!!
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
"Whoosh"
Garp, stepping through the air with Moonwalk, returned to his previous position and stared down at the pirates below, declaring, "Pirates, you shall not pass through here!"
"Vice Admiral Garp has made his move again!!"
Seeing the man seated firmly in his position, the Marines' morale surged to new heights!
"Dammit!"
Marco climbed out of the crater, clutching his neck as he muttered, "We were so close..."
If he and the Blood-Eyed Ninja had managed to approach the execution platform together, they would have surely found a chance to rescue Ace. But unfortunately, this Marine Hero gave them no opportunity.
"Hiss..."
"It hurts so much!"
Feeling the intense pain radiating from his neck, Marco's expression darkened.
The injury was more severe than he had anticipated...
As expected of the Marine Hero, wasn't it?
Glancing at the old man sitting steadily in his seat, a shadow of gloom flickered in Marco's eyes.
"What on earth is that old man Garp thinking?!" iser frowned inwardly.
"Hey, hey, hey~ Isn't it a bit disrespectful to be looking elsewhere right now?" Borsalino spoke up. No sooner had his words faded than he flashed to iser's side, delivering a whip kick!
"Light Speed Kick!"
"Thud!"
The blow sent iser flying backward!!
In the next instant, iser's body twisted strangely, and he reappeared beside Kizaru, aiming a punch straight at his kidney!
"Armant - Super Strength Fist!"
"Clang!"
Borsalino, having protected his kidney with Armant Haki, glared darkly at iser and said, "Are you not done yet?"
Did this brat have to keep trying to shatter his kidney?
In response, iser rely smiled faintly without saying a word.
Then, he infused Haki into his leg and kicked directly at Borsalino's body.
"Clang!"
"BOOM!!"
Watching iser locked in combat with Borsalino, Ivankov declared, "Leave Kizaru to the Ninja Boy! The rest of you, cover the Straw Hat Boy and get him to the execution platform!"
"Understood!" Inazuma nodded in agreent.
He then signaled to the Okama behind him, and they charged toward the distance.
"Follow , Straw Hat Boy!"
"Coming!"
Luffy, who had been waiting beside iser's clone, stood up upon hearing this and quickly ran after Inazuma.
anwhile, the clone beside him frowned, staring intently at the high execution platform.
"A platform made of tal..."
Although he could use Earth Release Technique to manipulate the rocks below and launch an attack, the mont the rocks erged, old man Garp and the Fleet Admiral would detect the Earth Release Technique.
So such a thod would likely be pointless.
In that case, the only option was to find a way to send Luffy across. iser thought to himself.
He refused to believe that old man Garp could truly bring himself to harm Luffy!
With this in mind, iser glanced up at Garp and once again shot the observing man a aningful look.
Garp: ???
What in the world did this kid an by that?
At that mont, 16th Division Commander Izo roared, "Don't be intimidated by the title of Marine Hero! With Pops here, we have nothing to fear!"
"He's right! Pops said he's just a re marine - no need to be afraid of him!"
"Rescue Ace! Destroy the Marines!"
"Oooooh!!"
Encouraged, the pirates howled with renewed vigor and charged forward rapidly.
Seeing this, Akainu instinctively furrowed his brow before turning to Whitebeard and saying, "It seems to completely deal with these guys, I'll have to take you down first."
If he could crush the spiritual pillar of the Whitebeard Pirates, then... the Whitebeard Pirates would be utterly annihilated!
Thinking this, terrifying killing intent erupted in Akainu's eyes.
"Gurararara!"
"Save that talk for when you can actually do it!" Whitebeard laughed heartily.
Hearing this, Akainu didn't respond but instead launched his attack without hesitation.
"Bzzzt"
Terrible magma erged from his arm, transforming into an enormous wolf-like hound!
"Dog Bite Crimson Lotus!"
"Roar!"
The magma in the form of a wolfhound roared before charging toward Whitebeard.
"Hmph!"
Whitebeard snorted coldly at the sight, swinging his naginata backward to strike the Dog Bite Crimson Lotus head-on, forcibly sending it flying!
"Whoosh"
"BOOM!!"
The single strike directly shattered several buildings in the distance!
"Ahhh!"
Those directly hit by the attack scread in agony before being burned to ashes by the terrifying high temperatures.
After glancing back at the destruction, Akainu frowned instinctively and said, "Damn you, Whitebeard, destroying the town again and again."
"Don't bla others for your inability to protect this place properly," Whitebeard retorted.
Akainu fell silent for a mont before rapidly charging toward Whitebeard, his fists transforming into blazing magma!
"Once I take you down, all problems will be solved!"
"Great Erup-"
Before Akainu could finish speaking, he found Whitebeard's naginata already before him, forcing him to abort his attack and use Haki to protect his body instead.
The next mont-
"CLANG!"
The great blade struck Akainu's body, sending the man flying away!
Watching Akainu land in the distance, Whitebeard snorted coldly. "Hmph, you magma brat, you..."
Before Whitebeard could finish, an indescribable pain seized his chest, forcing him to kneel on one knee in agony.
"Dammit... This damn heart condition again..."
As the pain from his heart intensified, cold sweat imdiately broke out across Whitebeard's face.
"Pops?!"
Seeing Whitebeard's pained expression, Marco showed horrified alarm.
"Damn it! Our worst fear has co true!"
With Pops affected by his heart condition in this dangerous state, he had to get there quickly!
Thinking this, Marco rushed rapidly toward Whitebeard's position.
But the distance between them was too great - he couldn't provide support imdiately.
"You've grown old after all, Whitebeard," said Akainu, who had quickly returned, coldly staring at Whitebeard. "Allow to send you to hell!"
No sooner had the words fallen than Akainu charged before Whitebeard, landing a punch squarely on his chest.
"BOOM!!"
The terrifying high temperature instantly blasted a massive wound in Whitebeard's body!
"Is that all there is?"
With a cold sneer, Akainu withdrew his hand and distanced himself from Whitebeard, denying the latter any chance of a deathbed struggle.
Then, everyone noticed the wound on Whitebeard's body still burning with flas!
"Pops!"
Seeing this, Diamond Jozu's pupils contracted to their limits.
"Ara ara, you dare look away while fighting ?" Aokiji said coldly as he appeared beside Jozu. "How foolish!"
"BOOM!!"
The terrifying cold energy touched Jozu's right arm, instantly freezing the entire right side of his body into an ice sculpture!
"Damn it..."
Watching the ice gradually spreading to other parts of his body, Jozu's eyes imdiately turned bloodshot.
Then, the man infused Haki into his left hand and struck his right arm with brutal force!
"CLANG!"
With a single blow, he shattered his own right arm, then quickly distanced himself from Aokiji.
"What?"
Aokiji was montarily stunned seeing Jozu decisively break his own arm.
Then he remarked, "So you broke your own arm to avoid being completely frozen."
Glancing at the severed arm in his hand, a flicker of admiration appeared in Aokiji's eyes.
Undeniably, the man had made the most correct choice—otherwise he would have been completely frozen!
"Captain Jozu!"
"Quick, support Captain Jozu!"
The pirates from the third division angrily raised their weapons, charging toward Aokiji with furious roars.
"Stop them! Don't let them interfere with Admiral Aokiji!"
"Right!"
The Marines rushed forward at the command, weapons in hand, blocking the pirates trying to rescue their comrade.
After glancing at the intercepted pirates, Aokiji turned to Diamond Jozu and said, "Ara ara, it seems this is as far as you go."
"Huff... huff..."
Diamond Jozu gasped heavily, glaring coldly at Aokiji. "I only lost one arm, it's not like—"
Before he could finish, he found Aokiji already standing before him.
"Damn it, Brilliant—"
"Freezing Ti Capsule!"
"BOOM!!"
Not giving Diamond Jozu any chance to strike, Aokiji instantly froze him into an ice sculpture!
"Jozu!!"
Witnessing this, despair flashed in the eyes of the distant pirates.
Their Captain Jozu was finished.
"You lost an arm and half your body is frozen—how could you possibly defeat in this state?" Aokiji exhaled a breath of frosty air.
Then, he shifted his gaze to Marco, who was desperately rushing toward Whitebeard.
"Having lost your composure, your doom is not far off," Aokiji murmured.
Without Whitebeard as their backbone, the Whitebeard Pirates would be utterly defenseless!!!
"Bastard Akainu!" Marco roared. "I won't let you get away with this!"
As he spoke, Marco flapped his wings and took flight, swiftly charging toward Whitebeard.
At that mont, a man using Moonwalk appeared beside Marco, his voice icy cold as he said:
"You've let your guard down."
"Wha—?!!"
Watching Vice Admiral Onigumo suddenly appear beside him, Marco's pupils instantly constricted.
But before he could do anything, the man produced a pair of Seastone Handcuffs and shackled him.
"It's actually Seastone?!"
Feeling the power that made him weak, Marco's expression imdiately turned grim.
It's over...
At this mont, Marco seed to see the shadow of death.
"Eight-Finger Pistol!!"
"Pfft!"
Without hesitation, Onigumo transford his hair into eight palm-like appendages and launched an attack on Marco.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
A single strike directly pierced eight wounds into Marco's body!
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Marco collapsed to the ground.
"Thud!"
"Pops..."
After one last glance at the man clutching his chest, Marco weakly lowered his head.
"Hah..."
Exhaling a puff of smoke, Onigumo said, "Finally subdued."
Although the Phoenix's Devil Fruit Ability is quite troubleso, as long as he can be restrained with Seastone, it can be resolved. Letting out a cold laugh, Onigumo drew the longsword at his waist, intending to finish off this guy for good.
"Don't even think about it!!"
A pirate from the New World charged over from the side, slashing his blade directly onto Onigumo's longsword!
"Clang!"
Frowning at the swordsman blocking his strike, Onigumo said, "Thunder Sword Homas, is it?"
"I can't let you kill Marco, you bastard!" Homas said coldly.
Seeing soone block Onigumo, the other pirates imdiately breathed a sigh of relief and rushed over to drag Marco away to another location.
"Hurry, find the key to the Seastone Handcuffs!" one pirate shouted. "As long as we find the key, Commander Marco can recover!"
"Right!!"
Upon receiving the order, the pirates desperately began searching for the key that could unlock Marco's Seastone Handcuffs.
After all... this is a combatant capable of standing up to a Marine Admiral!
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