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"RUMBLE!"
Amidst the pitch-black clouds, the sound of thunder was deafening.
On the ink-black sea ahead, waves reaching a hundred meters high came whistling, and the dull roar vibrated in everyone's ears, as if ten thousand mosquitoes were buzzing at the same time.
"TWEEEET!!!"
Sharp whistles pierced the chaotic void, sounding continuously from each warship.
On the front line of warships, the Marines almost instantly entered a state of high alert. Braving the storm, they drew the weapons at their waists, panting heavily, and stared at the gloomy sea ahead.
In this pitch-black weather, they still couldn't see anything, but they could already feel that oppressive and sinister aura.
The lookout stood on the observation platform, holding his binoculars, and stared ahead.
One warship after another continuously emerged from the tsunami in front, actually advancing together with that huge wave.
No one knew when the enemy had appeared, and they would never have thought that their opponents would be so insane as to use a natural phenomenon to hide themselves.
Suddenly, someone saw in a corner that a wave suddenly shot up, and then with a single slap, it swallowed the warship at the very front.
For a moment, this Marine didn't even react.
But very quickly, a jolt went through him.
"Is this a mutually destructive fighting style?"
At this very moment, under the pitch-black canopy of the sky, whistles were rising and falling one after another. Orders from the higher-ups were also being transmitted from each warship.
There was only one sentence, calm and short.
"Prepare for battle, worry about nothing else!"
The next second, the field officers' eyes turned red. They drew the longswords from their waists, stood in the storm, and looked at the rolling tsunami in front.
"Prepare for battle!!!"
A roar echoed through the night sky, followed by countless voices that spread out and reverberated.
"Prepare for battle!" "Prepare for battle!"
The heavy rain, lightning, fierce winds, and the tsunami were all mixed together at this moment, forming a scene like a dark apocalypse.
The atmosphere was oppressive and heavy.
Everyone's heart felt as if a mountain were pressing down on it as they stared ahead.
Time passed until a certain moment.
"RUMBLE!"
The sound of a thousand troops and ten thousand horses galloping forward rang out, making everyone's eyes widen.
What entered their eyes was a continuous range of pitch-black mountains, mixed with giant warships flying the flag of the World Government.
"The tsunami is here!"
Someone roared, venting the fear in their hearts at this moment.
No one could face such a vast natural disaster without feeling a sense of trepidation. Compared to nature, their strength was too weak.
What was even more shocking was that amidst the rising and falling tsunami, the dense, view-filling enemy warships suddenly appeared before their eyes.
This was an indescribable visual impact!
"What are you all standing there for?"
"Open fire for me!!"
"Right now, in front of you is the enemy you have been waiting for for so long, who has finally shown themselves!"
"Don't be afraid of the tsunami in front! That is something for the high command to consider!"
"Our goal is to hit the enemy with every single cannonball in our hands!"
Suddenly, a furious roar sounded, rushing into the Marines' ears and snapping them awake.
"If you keep spacing out, the enemy will be riding on top of you!"
"You foolish good-for-nothings!!"
The angry curses of their superiors made the Marines move. For some reason, a part of the fear in their hearts was also dispelled at this time.
"WHOOSH!"
A great wind swept over their heads, the whistling sound like thunder.
Sweat, along with the heavy rain, dripped onto the deck. Everyone was extremely nervous.
They watched the mountain-like tsunami approach, seemingly slow but actually fast, and calculated in their minds the distance to the enemy ships within it.
When a certain second arrived.
"Fire!"
The superior's roar was like thunder, and the Marines also widened their eyes and lit the fuses.
"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!"
A continuous barrage of cannon fire rang out, piercing through the curtain formed by the heavy rain and bombarding the enemy ships ahead.
At the same time, in the chaotic void, the dull sound of cannon fire also rang out.
Some thought it was an echo, but soon they saw a friendly warship being hit by a cannonball, which caught fire with a hiss.
"The enemy is firing too!!"
A young Marine said in a panic.
"Of course they'll fire! Just like you, the enemy is the elites of seventy nations!"
The commander slapped him on the head and said in a low voice.
"Get your head in the game for me and continue to fire the cannons!"
Just like that, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle amidst the legendary Aqua Laguna.
In the heavy rain, the massive fleets collided abruptly.
This also signalled that the final, decisive battle had begun at this moment!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!"
The intense sound of cannon fire echoed in everyone's ears. The heavy rain affected their vision at this moment.
But this was undoubtedly mutual. The Marines couldn't see clearly, and neither could the Seventy-Nation Coalition Army.
In the blink of an eye, the warships in the front row saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
"The tsunami is right in front of us!"
A large amount of seawater, not rainwater, was pouring onto the ships, making it impossible for the warships to maintain their stability for a time.
Directly in front, the giant tsunami, over a hundred meters high, was rumbling. It had already arrived, making countless people's throats bob.
Even the captain-class field officers and flag officers couldn't help but tremble at this moment.
The vast and mighty tsunami, stretching for thousands, tens of thousands of meters, with almost no end in sight, seemed capable of swallowing everything in this world.
"What do we do?"
Someone said with a trembling voice.
Faced with such a huge tsunami, even if they wanted to flee, they wouldn't know where to flee.
Suddenly.
"VMMM!"
A circle of white air blast swept over at an extremely fast speed, brushing past everyone's bodies and rushing straight toward the tsunami in front.
The next second, the air was filled with a frosty aura.
"CRACKLE!"
The great sea froze, the rainwater condensed into frost and fell, and the giant tsunami in front was instantly frozen into a huge iceberg, coming to a standstill.
A cold aura enveloped the entire scene, causing everyone to shiver.
The pitch-black sky also became bright at this time, and the dark clouds overhead also disappeared.
"It's Admiral Aokiji!!!"
Only then did someone finally shout excitedly.
Everyone turned their heads in unison to look at the figure in the void ahead, his hands spread open, spewing out a large amount of cold air.
It was one of the five Fleet Admirals, Aokiji!
"Phew!"
Only after freezing this famous Aqua Laguna did Aokiji let out a breath. He looked down at the enemy warships now stopped in the sea of ice.
Looking out, they were not only within the head of the tsunami, but also stretched endlessly behind it, too numerous to count for a moment.
"What a surprising way to make an appearance!"
"The Seventy-Nation Coalition Army, have they appeared here?"
Aokiji said softly, his eyes narrowing.
Looking past the dense warships, when he reached the end, he saw a massive, magnificent, and splendid giant warship.
On the bow of the ship, four figures were now staring intently at him.
"Finally, you've shown your heads!"
Aokiji said in a low voice.
The four figures were none other than the four remaining members of the Five Elders, and also the leaders of this Seventy-Nation Coalition Army.
The Warrior God of Finance, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro.
The Warrior God of Agriculture, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
The Warrior God of Justice, Saint Topman Warcury.
The Warrior God of Environment, Saint Marcus Mars.
Apart from the Warrior God of Science and Defence, Saint Saturn, whose head had been severed by Arashi, the other four Warrior Gods had all gathered here.
Aokiji's eyes instantly grew serious.
During the battle on Onigashima, they had personally witnessed Saturn's power. Against any Marine below the rank of flag officer, he could almost kill them in an instant, needing only a single glance to eliminate his opponent.
It was imaginable that the other four Warrior Gods would be no less weak.
Seeing the sky-covering, dense, and countless enemy ships before him, Aokiji's heart grew even heavier.
Without a doubt, this was the final war for the world.
The number of enemies before him was definitely no less than a million.
And the forces the Marines had gathered at Water 7 at this moment were only seven hundred thousand.
If he and Kizaru had not arrived here from the Sabaody Archipelago two days ago, it might have been even less.
"They've caught us off guard!"
"But!"
Speaking of this, Aokiji turned his head again and looked behind him.
On those rows of warships, the flags hanging were of all kinds, with very strange shapes, but standing at the bow of each ship were the top powerhouses of this world.
"There's no shortage of powerful individuals!"
Aokiji said softly.
Then, a golden flash of light shot over, and Kizaru appeared beside him.
"If we could take down these four here."
Kizaru said in a low voice, his eyes glinting.
"That's not going to be an easy task, Borsalino!"
Aokiji's eyes also flashed, and he said softly.
"But it's not necessarily without a chance!"
After a pause, Kizaru took a deep breath, the corners of his mouth curving up.
"After all, some of the guys we have here are also terrifying monsters!"
"Even though we're comrades now, I still can't help but exclaim, How scary!"
Aokiji began to laugh.
"Then let us be the ones to end this battle!"
As his voice fell, someone had already leapt down from a ship below, roaring as they charged toward the enemy.
Then, from the warships on the frozen sea, figures fell like dumplings, and in the blink of an eye, they had gathered into a dense swarm of ants.
After more than a dozen breaths, the two sides collided fiercely.
The two looked at each other, then dived down, quickly joining the battle group.
A moment later, they saw Fujitora and Crocodile also join the battle. With that, all four Fleet Admirals had entered the field.
Following them were the current flag officers of the Marines.
Admirals Smoker, Buggy, Rosinante, and Kuina, and Admiral Candidates Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, and Moria.
And then, the three brothers —Luffy, Ace, and Sabo —entered the battlefield.
Whitebeard and Dragon stood on their respective warships, both gazing intently at the battlefield ahead, or rather, they had already locked onto those four figures.
Time passed.
The two divisions of Kaido's and Big Mom's crews had also joined the battle group.
This final, decisive battle at Water 7 had thus begun abruptly, catching everyone off guard.
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At Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
"REEEEEEE~~~"
A piercing and prolonged alarm suddenly sounded above this massive fortress.
In an instant, the Marines stationed there all looked up, first with confusion, and then their expressions changed abruptly.
This sharp, piercing whistle represented only one thing.
A state of war at the highest alert level!
"What's going on?"
"Is it an enemy attack?"
"But I don't see anyone!"
The Marines at Marineford scanned their surroundings and found that it was peaceful, with nothing out of place.
In the Fleet Admiral's office.
"Tap tap tap tap tap!"
The sound of hurried footsteps quickly came from outside the door.
Arashi slowly raised his head, looking at the closed main door, his eyes narrowing slightly, already having a premonition.
"BANG!"
The next second, the door was violently pushed open.
"Fleet, Fleet Admiral!"
The one who rushed in was a female Longarm Tribe flag officer, her forehead covered in sweat.
"Speak!"
Arashi's expression was calm, his voice deep and resonant.
This nervous appearance had already made him realise something.
"The Seventy-Nation Coalition Army has appeared!"
Sure enough, the female officer's first sentence made Arashi's gaze harden.
"They appeared in the waters near Water 7, charging into the battlefield under the cover of the Aqua Laguna, and have collided with the fleet stationed there."
"At this time, the war has already begun, and both sides are engaged in fierce combat!"
"The strategy department estimates that the Seventy-Nation Coalition Army must have entered the Grand Line through the Calm Belt, heading straight for the waters near Water 7 to launch an attack on our forces!"
The female officer spoke quickly.
Hearing this, Arashi nodded, his expression not showing any panic.
"In Water 7, the two Fleet Admirals, Aokiji and Kizaru, joined the fleet two days ago. Now, a total of four Fleet Admirals, many Admirals, Admiral Candidates, as well as world-class powerhouses like Luffy, Dragon, Whitebeard, and Ace are gathered there!"
"Although the military strength is only seven hundred thousand, their power is not weak!"
Speaking of this, he looked up again at her.
"Order Fleet Admiral Bullet, stationed in the waters near Alabasta, to quickly reinforce Water 7."
"In addition, the forces in the nearby waters, totalling nearly two hundred and fifty thousand, are to be reinforced quickly. It would be best to surround the Seventy-Nation Coalition Army!"
"We must win this battle!"
By the end, Arashi's eyes were as frigid as could be.
"Yes!"
The female Longarm Tribe officer's heart tightened, and she shouted.
Then, she quickly ran off.
Arashi did not sit idle either. He walked out of his office almost instantly and headed toward the Pluton, which was docked at the Marineford port.
A few minutes later, Pluton shot up into the sky, turning into a thick pillar of lightning and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Arashi stood alone at the bow of the warship Pluton, his arms crossed, his expression serious.
"The final battle!"
"After this battle, the world is mine!"
He had waited for this moment for too long, and now it had finally arrived.
In the waters of Water 7.
The cold air was sucked into the mouths of countless Marines. Heavy panting and red eyes made the blood in their bodies boil.
Looking down from a high altitude, on the boundless surface of the ice, countless black ants were attacking each other.
At the same time, the four Five Elders were already surrounded.
Before them were figures with powerful auras, and they were firmly fixed on them.
"Aokiji, Kizaru, Crocodile, Fujitora—the four Admirals General Commander."
(T/N: The translation stated that four of them are Fleet Admirals, but since that might confuse with Arashi, the Fleet Admiral, I'm using new titles to differentiate them.)
"Kuina, Smoker, Rosinante, Buggy, Gion, and other Admirals."
"And, Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, Empress Boa Hancock, Gecko Moria, and other former Seven Warlords, now Admiral Candidates!"
"As well as, not long ago, the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Army, Dragon, the great pirate Portgas D. Ace, the Sun God Nika, the Big Mom Pirates, and the Kaido Pirates."
Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro had a grave expression. He looked at the people before him and tightened his grip on the longsword in his hand.
"Even you, Figarland Garling of the God's Knights?"
He sighed.
"Is this the end of the world?"
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